Simply The Zest

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here and I’m sharing a bright green thank-you card that I created using stamps and dies from Time For Tea Designs. To create the vibrant background, I used Twisted Citron Distress Paint.

I started by placing several drops of Distress Paint onto a piece of acetate and spritzing it with water. I then repeatedly pressed the acetate onto Distress Watercolour Paper, spritzing the paper with water to help the paint spread and blend. I repeated this process several times, heat-setting between layers to build up colour and create a textured background.

Next, I die-cut a thin frame from Distress Watercolour Paper using the Simple Square Nesting Dies. I coloured the frame with Distress Watercolour Pencils in Weathered Wood, Lost Shadow, and Hickory Smoke, then adhered it to the green background. The completed panel was then glued to an A2 card base.

For the focal images, I stamped the fruit from Squeeze the Day, die-cut them with the coordinating dies, and coloured them with Copic markers. I added white gel pen highlights for extra detail and interest. The adorable mouse is from Sweet Cart Critters and was also die-cut using the coordinating die set.

Finally, I adhered the images and sentiment using a combination of liquid glue and 1mm double-sided foam tape for added dimension.

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All Aboard the FriendSHIP Art Journal

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here! I'm excited to share another page from my mixed media art journal, featuring the new Boat Buddies stamp set, along with some older sea-themed stamps from Time For Tea Designs. I’m really pleased with how it turned out!

I started by applying a base layer of white gesso to my page, followed by a pastel blue paint from Hero Arts for the sky. For the ocean, I used the Making Waves stencil along with Distress Paints in Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and Prize Ribbon, topped with white acrylic paint. I layered on several coats of paint, and for the top layer, I used a baby wipe on the bubbles area of the stencil to reveal the lighter Salty Ocean color underneath.

In the sky area, I applied white acrylic paint over a cloud stencil using a sponge. I created the sandy area using brown acrylic paint and a textured sponge, then added white paint splatters over the background.

For the shape and texture of the island, I used the Takeout Coffee Cup Dies, the Snow Flurry Cover Die, and scissors. I added color with Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Paint.

I stamped several images from the Boat Buddies stamp set, colored them with Copics, and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen. Additionally, I incorporated images from the Seasons Tweetings (seaweed), Sealed With A Kiss (fish), and Beach Buds (crab, shells, turtle, palm tree), and Get Whale Soon (whale) stamp sets.

To adhere all the stamped elements, I used liquid glue. Lastly, I completed the card by adding white dots with a 0.7mm Posca Pen, which I had never used before, but I highly recommend it!

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Thank Ewe Farm Friends

Happy Friday! It's DT Annalisa, and I'm excited to share a spring farm scene I created using the Ewe Are Moovellous and Ewe Are The Best stamp sets from Time For Tea Designs.

To create the sky section, I used Mermaid Lagoon Distress Spray Stain on watercolour paper. For the grass section, I applied Twisted Citron Distress Paint as a base layer. I added the paint to my glass mat, sprayed it with water, and then repeatedly pressed the watercolour paper onto the glass mat, drying it in between each application. To add texture, I included splatters of Mowed Lawn and Rusty Wilderness Distress Watercolour Pencils.

Next, I die-cut the sky and grass sections using the Waves Cover Die. I also die-cut white cardstock with the same die to create a white outer frame. I adhered this frame to a card base using liquid glue. Then, I added the grass and sky sections inside the frame with additional liquid glue.

I stamped several images from the Ewe Are Moovellous, Ewe Are The Best, and Oops a Daisy stamp sets. After colouring them with Copics, I cut them out using their coordinating dies and added white gel pen accents with a Gelly Roll Pen.

Finally, I attached the images to the card base using either liquid glue or double-sided foam tape.

Thank you so much for reading my blog post! Don’t forget to use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you shop at Time For Tea Designs to get 10% off your order.