Did You Come to our Day 1 Reveal Party??

If you missed our Day 1 Reveal Party over on YouTube here are some of the highlights :)

Here are some of the projects we made during last nights Live event.

These projects used the first of our Reveal goodies:

Carolling Critters Stamps & Dies

Falalalala Slimline Dies

Zig Zag Frame & Tags Dies

Catmas Crackers Stamps & Dies

I had so much fun sharing the new goodies with everyone last night & I can't wait to share more in tonight's Party event too!

 The Winter Wonderland Release will be available from 9am BST Friday 13th November 2020.

It's Day 2 of our Winter Wonderland Release and I'm so excited to share more of these amazing new crafty goodies with you!

For the rest of this week we will be sharing elements from the new release all leading up to the full release on Friday.

If you missed last nights event don't worry you can watch the live replay here:

We did have some technical issues at the start so Part 1 is just 6 minutes of me saying hi & showing your my Penguin headband :) LOL. The main reveal & craftiness is in this Part 2. 

The fun continues with another Reveal Party Live Event on Youtube. tonight.

Follow the link below to find tonight's stream & hit the notification bell to be alerted as soon as our show begins.

The party will start around 7.30pm BST (technical issues allowing :)).

Also look out for sneaks from all the team on all our social media pages and on the T4TD Blog!

Jo

XOXO

Sneaky Peek Day 2 - Let It Snow!

Happy Wednesday!

It's DT Shabneez here with more sneak peeks of the new release out this Friday!  I hope you've been watching the You Tube Lives with Jo and please do make sure you join her again tonight at 7.30pm.

Today, I am showcasing a number of new products: the Skating By Penguin Stamp & Die set, the Winter Background Stamp Set and the Let It Snow Die Set.

I had so much fun creating this card using the various new products.  The Winter background stamp set enabled me to create a background with such ease.  I simply stamped and die cut the 3 different images, coloured and die cut them then raised with foam tape when adhering to give dimension.

I stamped and coloured the penguins with my Chameleon pens and die cut them along with the cute little bird and the snowballs from the same set.  After die cutting the 'Let it Snow' sentiment, I adhered the penguins around it and added glitter to finish.

More sneak peeks tomorrow so please pop back again!

Caroling Critters in the Snow

 

Hello everyone, DT Annalisa here! I am so happy for the new T4T release and excited to show you a sneak peek before Friday's release! Today's card features the new "Carolling Critters." Aren't they just adorable!! Who doesn't love a trio of cute carolling animals?

To start I created a snowy background scene with my Scan and Cut SDX125 using an SVG cut file from Lori Whitock called Christmas Card Layered Houses. To add some interest to the red sky, I added white heat embossed stars (from the Santa Paws and Fairy Garden clear stamp sets) and dots with my white gel pen.

Next, I stamped the images and coloured them in with my Copic markers. The little presents are from the Mew Are the Best Gift Clear Stamp Set and coordinating dies. The little bird is from another stamp set from the new release called "Skating By Penguins" - I just love the extra little critters in sets as they help to complete scenes.

I adhered the critters and other elements with liquid glue and stamped in some extra music notes with black ink. For the sentiment, I used part of the "we wish you a merry Christmouse" from the Caroling Critters stamp set as well as the "Christmas" from the Santa Paws which I die cut out using the coordinating dies.

To complete the card I added some snowflakes with blue gems on top which I have had in my stash for ages.

I am sure you will LOVE the new release as much as I do. Happy crafting!

Don't forget I have a 10% discount code for the T4T store which can be used on anything, anytime and has no time limit - T4TANNALISA10

Sneaky Peek day 1!!

This is Amy back again for the second time this week to share my make using some of the amazing new November release from Time For Tea Designs. 

First off just check out this adorable little door! Isn't it so cute! Its called Open The Door. I knew as soon as I saw it that I wanted to add a little brad as the door handle. 

I used the Brick Wall Stencil with a Beautiful Blender Brush to add some tea dye and vintage photo distress oxide ink to give the bricks a two toned effect.

Then what is more perfect to be the other side of the door than this Carolling mouse from the new Carolling critters stamp set. You might also notice a couple of other little things like the paper and some sentiment strips that you will see more of later in the week ;) 

There is just so much to show you this week so I hope you are ready for it and don't forget to watch out for the lives with Jo as well so you can see even more of each of the new products. 

They will all be available from Friday and if you like a bit of a bargain don't forget you can use my code T4TAMY10 to get 10% off your order at the Time For Tea Designs store.

Thank you for reading this and enjoy the rest of the sneak peeks :)

Huge Hugs 

Amy xx

Time for some Pandamonium!

 I am so, so, so excited to be here. My name is Amy and I have just joined this awesome DT. This is my first project as DT here so please be kind :) I felt like we all needed something bright and happy with everything that is going on so what better than a panda with googly eye?? OK so I went one better and it's not only a panda with googly eyes its also on an action wobble!! I couldn't resist. 

This adorable set of stamps are called Pandamonium Party and in my personal opinion they wont fail to make people smile. I added a tiny bit of shade around their white bits with a light grey triblend marker, Coloured the hat and the balloons with more triblend markers before adding some sparkle with a crafters companion sparkle pen. To make the balloons look shiny with some glossy accents. I used the coordinating dies to cut them all and then added the hats and balloons before fixing on their googly eyes. 

 For the background I used my time for tea beautiful blender brushes and some distress oxide inks to make this colourful background (I used Wilted Violet, worn lipstick and antique linen) before then adding sparkle using some pineapple glacier paste with the starry sky stencil

The squares behind them I cut using the quilted square nesting dies. The sentiment is from the stamp set and the rectangle that it i stamped on is from the coordinating dies. I heat embossed it in white embossing powder to stand out and match with the black and white of the pandas.

 I hope this has given you all a little smile and that you are all staying safe and well. Don't forget if you do want to get any Time For Tea Designs goodies then you can use my code T4TAMY10 to get 10% off of your order :D

Huge Hugs

Amy xx

Time For Tea Designs products I used:

 

I can Bearly wait to see you!

                                

Happy Saturday everyone it's Design Team member Natalie here. How are you all doing? I hope your all safe and well we are back in lockdown in the UK so I'm staying home and safe and crafting! I have such a fun Bear card to share with you all today. I love to mix and match sets so it' great that all the Time for Tea sets work so well together. I combined the Home Sweet Home, Woodland Critters and Beavering Away stamp sets for this card. I have to admit it wasn't what I had imagined when I first started this card I had originally made a little bear cave to sit in the middle surrounded by trees but it just wasn't working but you know these things happen and I still think it turned out super cute!

I had lost my mojo for a while so I spent time just sat colouring and die cutting Autumn images its great to have them and I find it helps seeing them sat on your desk. I just move them around and play with scenes and see what works well together and soon the ideas just start coming. So when my cave idea wasn't working that's what I did. 

In my folder of coloured images I also keep die cuts of bases so I can even use those to see what size I want, some even have a background stencilled on already where it's not quite worked for what I wanted then. For my card today I used the largest slimline rectangle from the new Slimline Scalloped Nesting Die set as you can see from the photo it was such a big card I struggled to fit it all in the photo!

I love slimline cards so much but boy are they tricky to photograph especially in square mode for Instagram. There's a lot of empty space in the top and bottom to fill but I struggle with getting the right balance of background props so if anyone has any tips send them my way!

I wanted to do something different for my blog post today that showed that even Design Team members don't always get it right first time or you know we struggle with things too. So I thought it would be fun to share my tips on how I get out of the rut and get back creating again. I hope you still enjoyed reading my ramblings and let me know what you do to get back into it again. 

As always I hope you liked my card and don't forget you can get 10% off in the shop using code T4TNATALIE10

Home Sweet Home Stamp Set

Home Sweet Home Coordinating Die Set

Beavering Away Stamp Set

Beavering Away Coordinating Die Set

Lanscape Edge Standalone Die Set

Slimline Scalloped Trio Die Set

Woodland Critters Coordinating Die Set

Woodland Critters Stamp Set

 

Happy Fall Friday! It suddenly got warmer so my husband and I are off for a hike today to enjoy it while it lasts. Today I am sharing an interactive fall card featuring the Life's Ups & Downs Clear Stamp Set as well as elements from Beavering Away Clear Stamp Set and Woodland Critters from Time For Tea Designs. I love how this turned out.

This card took me hours and hours to complete. I made a lot of mistakes along the way and almost gave up but didn't! I made the card base with my NEW Brother Scan N Cut SDX125e using an SVG cut file I purchased from Lori Whitlock's SVG Shop. The learning curve is quite steep which is why I hesitated for years but so far I am taking my time and trying not to get too frustrated. It is pretty amazing what this machine can do. I won't describe how to put together the card as Lori has some great videos on this on her website.

For the background, I created a warm fall sky using Chipped Sapphire, Carved Pumpkin, Ripe Persimmon, Rusty Hinge and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxides. I used splatters of some of the darker colours for some texture. For the middle of the card, I stamped the Woodgrain Clear Stamp Set in a pale grey and I then applied Hero Arts Soft Brown ink with my Beautiful Blender Brush. For the darker inside area of the middle of the card, I used Vintage Photo Distress Oxide.

I die cut out the trees (added some shading with C0 and C00) and leaves (coloured them with Candied Apple, Scattered Straw and Spiced Marmalade) from a die set I had in my stash from Hello Bluebird. I adhered these with liquid glue to the background.

I stamped, coloured and cut out my Time For Tea Designs images. I had to mask out a small portion of the sticks with the marshmallows on them so that the elephant and hippos could hold them.

I stuck all of the elements down to the center part of the card. Originally the hippo and elephant were too far out and I couldn't close the card! A tip for anyone creating this type of card DO NOT put your elements outside of that center portion of the card as they will interfere with the shutter being able to close.

The next issue I came across was the interactive shutters getting stuck on the fire elements so I had to add some acetate over them to solve this issue. Lesson learned!

I decorated the 'belly band' on the outside of the card with leaves and the mouse from the Woodland Critter set. I love how this card turned out. This card will definitely be going to someone special.

 Don't forget I have a 10% discount code for the T4T store which can be used on anything, anytime and has no time limit - T4TANNALISA10