Coffee Hugs

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here today, sharing a mixed-media, coffee-themed card I created using several products from Time For Tea Designs. I absolutely love the rich texture achieved with crackle paste and Distress Watercolour Pencils.

To start, I used a palette knife to apply Opaque Distress Crackle Paste through the Coffee Stains 6 x 6" Stencil onto Distress Watercolour paper. Once the paste was completely dry, I added colour using Distress Watercolour Pencils in Seedless Preserves, Stormy Sky, and Ground Espresso. The way the pigment settles into the grooves of the crackle paste creates such a beautiful, dimensional effect.

Next, I used a Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper to round a 1/4" corner on all four edges of the inked panel. I then adhered the panel to an A2 card base using liquid glue.

For the focal elements, I used the coordinating die set to cut the cups from Pumpkin Spice A4 Printed Cardstock and attached them to the card with 1 mm foam tape for added dimension. The coffee beans and spoon are from the Warm Hugs stamp set; I coloured them with Copic markers, die cut them with the coordinating dies, and finished them with white gel pen accents. These elements were adhered with liquid glue.

Finally, the sentiment is from the Be Kind Be You clear stamp set. I die cut it using the coordinating dies and adhered it with 1 mm double-sided foam tape to complete the card.

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Colourful Party

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, and today I’m sharing a colourful birthday card I created using Distress Watercolour Pencils along with stamps and dies from Time For Tea Designs.

I started by die-cutting a piece of Distress Watercolour Paper with a stitched rectangle die to create an A2-sized panel. For the background, I used Distress Watercolour Pencils in Saltwater Taffy, Fossilized Amber, Seedless Preserves, Walnut Stain, and Wild Honey. This beautiful patterned technique is inspired by Jenn Shurkus’ Mixed Media in Season class. I learned so much from this course and highly recommend it to anyone interested in exploring mixed media techniques.

Once the background was complete, I heat-set the panel and added white splatter for extra interest and texture. I then adhered the finished watercolour panel to an A2 card base using liquid glue.

The bear is from the Birthday Bear set, and the mouse is from the Sweet On You set (the coordinating dies are still available). I stamped the images, coloured them with Copic markers, and added highlights using a white Gelly Roll pen. To give the images dimension, I adhered them to the card with 1 mm double-sided foam tape.

For the sentiment, I used the Let’s Party Large Sentiment Die to cut silver cardstock. I die-cut two additional layers from cardstock and adhered all three pieces together with liquid glue to create extra dimension before attaching the sentiment to the card.

To finish the design, I added tiny pink and white embellishments from the Lots of Love Shaker Embellishment Mix for a final touch of sparkle.

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

New Year's Snowman Tag

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, and I’m excited to share a mixed-media New Year’s tag featuring stamps, dies, and a stencil from Time For Tea Designs.

To start, I spread Wendy Vecchi's translucent embossing paste over the Movie Star 6 x6" Stencil onto a Tim Holtz mixed-media heavy stock tag using a palette knife. Once the paste dried, I picked up pigment from the tips of my Distress Watercolour pencils with a wet brush and applied it to the tag’s surface. I layered the colours, adding more pigment and water to create a soft, blended effect. For an extra touch, I spritzed the tag with my Distress Sprayer to add droplets of water, then set it aside to air dry. I used the following Distress Watercolour colours: Saltwater Taffy, Festive Berries, Carved Pumpkin, and Scattered Straw.

Next, I die-cut the Happy New Year Sentiment Die using both navy blue and silver cardstock. I glued the two pieces together with liquid glue, offsetting them slightly to create a shadow effect, then adhered the sentiment to the tag.

I stamped images from the Snow Much Fun and Happy New Year Critters stamp sets, then colored them with my Copic markers. After cutting them out with the coordinating dies, I added accents with a white gel pen for extra detail.

To finish, I added sparkles to the edges of some of the images using a Quickie Glue Pen and Lawn Fawn Prisma Glitter. I adhered the stamped images to the tag with either liquid glue or 1mm double-sided foam tape for added dimension.

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

Welcome Baby

Happy Friday, DT Annalisa here. I am sharing a mixed-media baby card I created using the Loads of Love stamp set, the Five Windows Cover Die, and the Tiled Wall 6 x 6" Stencil from Time For Tea Designs.

For the mixed-media background, I applied Ranger Distress Crackle Paste with a palette knife through the Tiled Wall 6 x 6" Stencil onto Distress Watercolour Cardstock by Ranger. Once the paste dried, I used Distress Watercolour Pencils in the colours Speckled Egg, Broken China, Weathered Wood, and Stormy Sky. I dipped the pencils in water to soften the pigment and then used them to apply colour to the paper.

After the panel dried, I adhered it to a card base using liquid glue. I die-cut white cardstock with the Five Windows Cover Die and attached it to the card as well.

For the floor area, I ink-blended Lost Shadow and Weathered Wood onto woodgrain cardstock. I trimmed this paper to fit inside the largest opening and secured it with liquid glue.

Next, I stamped multiple images from the Loads of Love stamp set and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I colored the images with Copics and added accents with a white gel pen.

To finish the card, I used liquid glue and various thicknesses of double-sided foam tape to adhere the images to the card base. I added the 'baby' sentiment using Watermelon Margarita Puffy Alpha Stickers.

I hope you like it!

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