Spring Celebration

 

Hello and happy Friday! Annalisa here today, have you seen the amazing sale going on over at Time For Tea Designs!? The SPRING CLEAN SALE is on until Monday, March 28th with 70% OFF selected items. Use SPRINGCLEAN22 at checkout, and your discount will be applied. I used several die sets, including Spring Blooms (part of the sale), to create this spring card.

To start, I used the Spring Blooms dies to cut out several flowers from coloured card stock. Next, I die-cut the letters 'Spring' using Anthony's Alpha Dies from some blue card stock. I added some Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide using my Beautiful Blender Brush to the bottom of the letters. I also cut the bunny elements using the Bunny Builder Dies using pink, black and white card stock and assembled the bunny using liquid glue. 

I had a fence cut from white card stock in my stash (you could use the one in the Windmill Add On) and ink blended on some Weathered Wood Distress Oxide.

I used the Mini Slimline Scallop Dies to die-cut the scalloped frame and the outer panel. I added Dusty Concord Distress Oxide to the outer panel using my Beautiful Rainbow Blender Brush and then adhered it to a 6.5 by 3.5-inch card base.

I cut down a piece of yellow patterned paper from the  Sweet Summer 6x6' Paper Pad and added some Wild Honey Distress Oxide to the edges. I glued the fence to this paper and then both of these to the purple panel.

I added foam tape to the back of the scalloped frame and adhered it to the purple panel. Next, I added the flowers using liquid glue. I stuck the bunny down using a combination of foam tape and liquid glue. For the letters, I added tiny pieces of foam tape to the back of each letter and added them to the panel in an off-kilter fashion - this was SUPER hard for my logical brain! 

I cut out 'let's celebrate' from the Brighter Days Sentiment Cards | White on Grey and used foam tape to adhere it to the card. 

To complete the card, I used my white gel pen to add dashed lines to the purple panel and some white accents to various elements on the card.

Thank you so much for reading my blog, you can use my discount code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the Time For Tea Designs shop to get 10% off your order.

 

Stinkin' Cute

  Hello!

Today I'm sharing another card I made using the adorable Stinkin' Cute stamps and dies partnered up with some older products too.

I created a background in three colours of distress ink and the used the Snow Flurry Cover die to create more interest - can't begin to tell you how much I love this look!

Next I used the Stripes Cover Plate die and placed it on top of the background. I really love how this die gives such a brilliant frame for placing stamps.

Finally I added in the adorable Stinkin' Cute images and Spring Blooms die cut flowers and leaves. The final finishing touch was adding the clear gem stones and tiny heart stamps.

I hope you like my card using the awesome products from T4TD. If you'd like to purchase any items you can get 10% off by using my code - T4TJANE10.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane

x

You Are Loved

 

Happy Friday! DT Annalisa here, sharing a 3D shadow box card featuring several adorable stamps and papers from the new Brighter Days release.

The adorable bunnies are from the Blooming Bunnies stamp set, the grass, flowers and dragonfly are from the Lucky Ducks stamp set, and the sentiment is from the Brighter Days stamp set. There are so many cute creatures and elements in these stamp sets, perfect for creating scenes which I love to do. The bee is from the All Occasion Critters Clear Stamp Set and the butterflies are from Up, Up & Away. I stamped, coloured (with Copics), cut out all of the elements, and set them aside until the card was ready to assemble. 

The clouds are from the Windmill Add On die, I added some Distress Oxide in Speckled Egg to add some colour. The pink and blue die-cut flowers on the top right and bottom left are from the Spring Blooms Dies, they were cut from some pink and blue card stock.

I used my Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e to cut a card base design from Lori Whitlock's SVG Shop which I adapted to create my card. I used the new Brighter Days 6x6' Paper Pad for the pink front panel of this card as it is perfect for a spring card like this. I coloured the tree in the background and flowers and leaves on the front of the card with my Copics. The sky was created using Distress Oxides in Mermaid Lagoon and Broken China with my Beautiful Rainbow Blender Brushes.

Once the card was assembled, I added all of the elements with liquid glue. I also added the 'you are loved' sentiment to the front of the box card with glue.

These types of cards take me several hours to create but I love doing them, so I hope you enjoy seeing and reading about them!

Thank you so much for visiting the blog, you can use code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the shop to get a 10% discount on your entire order.

Hoppy Birthday!

 

Well its Easter Weekend so I couldn't resist making a super cute bunny card! We aren't planning much this weekend but the little man is excited for an Easter egg hunt in the garden hopefully the weather is kind! How about you?

I used so many sets to make this card I find it so hard just sticking to the one but that's what we love about Time for Tea right everything just works so well together. I started my card by cutting out the largest rectangle from the Slimline Scalloped Nesting Dies and stencilling some clouds on there using the Scene it 6 x 6 stencil and some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink. The grass was cut out from another of the large rectangles I cut using the Landscape Edge Standalone Die I just had to join it up and cut it twice to cover the length of the card. This was coloured with Twisted Citron Distress Oxide and a little bit of Mowed Lawn to give the edges some depth. I cut the fallen tree trunk using the Lift the Flap Slimline add on die  which I stamped on a woodgrain effect using the A5 Woodgrain Stamp  using dark brown distress oxide and going over with a lighter one. Then I cut the straight edges a bit wobbly to make them look more wood like. 

The flowers are cut from the spring blooms kit I blended a range of green, yellow and orange oxides for the leaves and some pinks and oranges for the flowers then die cut them out. 

All the stamped images I coloured up in Copic marker the images come from a range of stamp sets including Treat Yourself , Hip Hop Hurray, Life's Ups and Downs and Bears Picnic.

When I popped my card together I felt the layout didn't work with all three flaps open so I just had the middle one that opened and covered up the edges of the other flaps with my flowers and bunnies. Once everything was stuck down I popped on my sentiment and stuck it on my card base and that was my card finished up. I hope you like it and have a great weekend. Don't forget you can get 10% off in the shop using code T4TNATALIE10

 

Happy Mother's Day!

 

This week seems to have flown by I can't believe how fast the weekend has come around. It's been a quiet week with the boys being back at school and work so extra crafty time for me! Did you get your Mother's Day cards finished up? If not I have another quick and easy card for you today. 

A great way to get more out of your dies is to turn them into stamps, its super easy I just cut them out of fun foam and stuck them to my stamping block with some double sided tape. I used the new Spring Blooms Dies to create my background.

If you want to use different colours with the same stamp its probably best to cut one for each colour. I just stuck to one colour per stamp so just cut out one of each. 

I cut my base out of white 360gsm cardstock using the large rectangle from the Autumn Cover Scene Die and stamped my images straight on top. I used Worn Lipstick and Dried Marigold Distress Oxides for the flowers and then Bundled Sage and Mowed Lawn for the foliage. 

Using the fun foam doesn't give a crisp stamp but I like the distressed look I think it adds extra interest to the card. I didn't follow a pattern just tried to even space the flowers and fill in the gaps with the little leaves.

I didn't want to hide too much of the background so I kept my sentiment small and simple. I heat embossed the Happy Mother's Day stamp from the Mum and Dad clear stamp set onto a small rectangular piece of black cardstock. I wrapped some twine around the card and then popped the sentiment over the top using some foam pads. I finished it off by mounting it onto some pale pink cardstock and popping it onto my card base. 

I hope you like my card if you want to purchase anything you can find them in the Time for Tea shop and if you pop in code T4TNATALIE10 you can get 10% off your order. Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by.

 

Floral Window Box Mother's Day Card

Happy Wednesday!

It's DT Shabneez and as it's almost Mother's Day I thought I'd share the window box card I created using some stencils and the Spring Blooms dies.

I began with the background which I ink blended through the Brick Wall Stencil using my distress oxide inks and Beautiful Blender Brush.

Next I used the Square Grid Masking Stencil to create a window frame.  I cut a rectangle for the window box and used distress inks to colour it before activating the ink with water to give it that wooden effect.

I die cut the flowers and leaves from the Spring Bloom die set and 'planted' them in my window box!  To finish I stamped out 'Happy Mother's Day' from the Mum & Dad Clear Stamp Set and stuck it to my window box.

As always you can get 10% off anything in store using my code T4TSHABNEEZ10.

Happy crafting!

Spring Blooms Mother's Day Card

 

Not long to go till its Mother's Day have you got your card made up? I have some inspiration for you if not using the new Spring Blooms kit. Again I love how well the Valentines release combines with this one. It's quite a quick card to make as there's no colouring involved just some simple die cutting. I kept my colours quite simple pink obviously for the hearts a little subtle lilac and a pop of contrast from some greens and yellows. 

I made a card base slightly larger than the Lots of Love Horizontal Cover Plate  Die and popped some pink card on top then layered on the horizontal hearts die cut out of white. I re-cut the same die then out of pale and dark pink. The hearts were then randomly layered onto the card base there was no pattern but I tried to make it even. 

The big die cut sentiment is the new Got it from my Mama die I cut out the back in the pale pink and some white fun foam and layered them together. The sentiment was cut using the out of the same darker pink card and layered on top. It cuts in several pieces but it's pretty easy to line up. 

Once this was all put together I could use it to figure out the rest of the layout. I stamped the smaller sentiment from the Mum and Dad clear stamp set onto the paler pink with a pink oxide ink making sure it's dry before cutting it out with the Mum and Dad Coordinating Dies. 

Then it was just the flowers and fauna to cut out again using the Spring Blooms Dies I tried to balance out the colours the flowers I made opposite on each side.

Once everything was laid out how I wanted it I stuck it down with some liquid glue and that was my card finished up. I hope you like it and don't forget you can get 10% off in the shop using code T4TNATALIE10  Have a good weekend and happy crafting!

 

Got it from my Mama

 

Hello everyone and happy Friday! DT Annalisa here and today I am sharing a Mother's Day card that has a sentiment as the focal point. This is not something that I normally do, but the new 'got it from my MAMA' die was perfect for this.

To start, I did a watercolour ombre background using Worn Lipstick Distress Ink on some watercolour cardstock. After it dried I ran it through my Big Shot and die cut it with the Dotty Hearts Panel Die. I stuck this onto a white card base to complete the background of my card. I love how this die creates a beautiful pattern on my cardstock.

Next, I used the Spring Blooms Dies to die-cut leaves and flowers from some coloured card stock. I use the Got It From My Mama Sentiment Die to die cut the sentiment from some pink card stock as well as a white cardstock for the outline portion of the die. For the stamped sentiment, I used the 'I turned out awesome' text from the Mum & Dad Clear Stamp Set along with its' coordinating die. I then die-cut several of the small heart bubbles out and glued them together for dimension.

I arranged all of the floral elements on the card and adhered them down with liquid glue. I used liquid glue to stick the 'got if from my MAMA' to the white outline base and then added some foam tape behind this section for some dimension. After adhering down the heart bubble die-cut, I glued the 'I turned out awesome' sentiment using liquid glue to complete the card.

I hope you like this card and would love it if you could use T4TANNALISA10 for 10% off on your order the next time you purchase anything from Time For Tea Designs.

Got It From My Mama Flower Card

 Hello crafty friends, Vic here today. I am loving the New Release so much so that I wanted to make a nice floral card but also keep it cute too! I am so looking forward to Spring and these flowers just make it feel a bit more brighter.

For my card today I inked up a piece of white card using some Kitsch Flamingo Distress ink and some Scattered Straw distress ink using my Beautiful Blender Brushes. Once my ink lending was complete I stamped and coloured these adorable hamsters from the Big Hugs Stamp Set and I also used the bee from the Buzzing For You Stamp Set.

Once my images were coloured I die cut some of the flowers and stems from the Spring Blooms Die Set. I then die cut the Got It From My Mama Sentiment Die. I used some bright pink and white card for this and adhered them together using PVA glue. Once all my pieces were die cut I adhered them onto the top part of my card. 

I love the spring flowers and the sentiment is so lovely. I then added both of the critters to my card. To finish my card off I stamped some pink hearts from the Storms Don't Last Stamp Set. I love this little heart stamp. I used some pink ink to stamp the hearts.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, Jo will be live on our Facebook Page tonight at 8pm where she will be crafting live.

You can also save 10% off your Time For Tea Designs Purchases using the code: T4TVICKI10 at the checkout. 

Have a lovely day,

Vic x

Thanks Mum Watercolour Bouquet

Happy Wednesday!

It's DT Shabneez here with a bouquet perfect to thank Mum for everything.  It's funny as after having children of my own I appreciate everything my Mum has done for me so much more.

The flowers and leaves from the Spring Blooms Die Set were all die cut from watercolour card and I used my watercolour palette with a water pen to paint them all.  I arranged them in a bouquet made with tissue paper and tied with some twine.

The MUM sentiment was die cut out with watercolour card and I painted it with an ombre effect using my watercolour palette.  The other sentiments from the Mum & Dad Clear Stamp Set were stamped, die cut and stuck on the card.

All these dies and stamps will be featured on Create & Craft this Sunday.  In the meantime don't forget you can get 10% off anything in store using my code T4TSHABNEEZ10.

Happy Crafting!

Mother's Day card using the Spring Blooms new Release

Hello and welcome to another awesome Time For Tea Designs' new release! DT Annalisa here, and today I am featuring two of the new beautiful die sets from the Spring Blooms mini-release - the Spring Blooms Die Set and Mum Sentiment Die. I also used a sentiment from the new Mum & Dad Sentiments Stamp Set and its' coordinating die. All of these elements work so well together, especially for creating soft floral mother's day cards like this one.

Not only is the new release available today, but also, the very first Paper-crafting Kit from T4T is now available! The kit is filled with so many goodies - stamp set & coordinating dies, stand-alone dies, patterned paper, envelopes, pastel cardstock, embossing powder, Stickles, Distress Ink - giving you a great opportunity to try items that you may never have used before. The kit is in very limited supply, so if you are interested, be sure to jump on this quickly to grab these items at a savings of 50% (if you were to buy these items separately).

To start, I die cut the background heart panel with the Lots of Love Horizontal Cover Plate Die from some white card stock. I adhered the main panel to a card base and then stuck all of the hearts back in place. Next, I die cut the 'mum' sentiment letters as well as all of the floral elements from coloured cardstock. I stamped the 'happy mother's day' sentiment with black ink and die cut it out with its' coordinating die.

To assemble the card, I glued the leaves down and then the flowers, some of which I popped up with some foam tape. I glued the foliage behind the 'mum' sentiment letters and its' outline and then added foam tape behind the whole piece and adhered it to the card. I used liquid glue to stick down the 'happy mother's day' text.

Thanks for visiting my blog, be sure to use code T4TANNALISA10 when you visit the shop to get a 10% discount on your entire order.

Dutch Card Video Tutorial Using The NEW RELEASE!

 Hello crafty friends, Vic here today and I have a fun video to share with you using some goodies from the Brand New Release. 

In my video today I will be showing you how to make this fun folded dutch card. You will only need a piece of A4 card to create this along with some pattern paper. I don't know about you but I find it so much easier to create fun folds using just one piece of card. I will show you all the steps in the video that you need to make this card.

The card will open as the picture shown above. I added some ribbon to my card but you don't need to add this if you don't want to. This will also stand up by itself as the two bottom folds will act like a stand. 

For my card I used the brand new Mum Sentiment Die. I absolutely love this font its just so pretty! I adhered the dies using some pink and white card. I placed the die at the top of my dutch card. I then die cut some flowers using the Spring Blooms Die Set. The flowers are so sweet and will definetly be used on a lot of my cards. 

For my insert I used the Mum and Dad sentiments stamp set. This stamp set has so many fun sayings and can be used through the year. I stamped the greeting Happy Mother's Day and added some flowers using the Spring Blooms Die Set. I also added some grass using the Landscape Edge Standalone Die. If you watch the video you will see that I was having 'one of those days' where my colouring was going wrong. I watercoloured a little bird from the Happy Mail Critters Stamp Set which was the only image I could 'save'. I then went on and aded a couple of critters from the Butterflies Stamp Set. I used my copic markers to colour the critters in and they are all listed on the screen of the video. 

Once all my pieces were adhered down I added a ribbon to tie the card up. I loved how this turned out and it was so fun making this dutch folded card. I hope you give this a try and if you do don't forget to tag us in your photos. We love seeing you're creations.

You can also save 10% off your Time For Tea Designs orders including the New Release!!! using the code: T4TVICKI10 at the checkout. 

I hope you enjoy the video and I can't wait to see what you make with the new release!

Have a lovely day, thanks for stopping by!

Vic