Christmas in July!

Hi everyone it’s DT member Natalie here sharing another Christmas card I made with the fab new release from Time for Tea Designs.

My fun Christmas present card is made using the new Slimline Candy Stripes Die. It was such an easy card to make and will be great for quick Christmas cards but still looks really special. 

I started by cutting out the die then cutting out a rectangle the same size out of some smooth card stock I ink blended a mixture of red distress oxides and splashed some water on. I cut the die panel out again of some fun foam foam and then layered all the panels on top of each other. 

I Popped some ribbon around the card panel tied it in a bow and stamped and die cut a tag and sentiment using the Mew are the Best Gift stamp and die set. Then popped it on my card base and that was my card finished up.

I hope you like my card and keep an eye out in the Time for Tea group for more inspiration. Don't forget you can also get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10

Mew are the Best Gift Die Set

Candy Stripes Slimline Die

Mew are the Best Gift Stamp Set

Heffy Doodle and Time for Tea Designs Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to the Heffy Doodle and Time for Tea Designs Collaboration Blog Hop! Our design teams have come together to share some amazing inspiration featuring Heffy Doodle and Time for Tea Designs products, and there is a prize up for grabs too!

We thought it would be super fun to combine stamps and dies from each company to create a card. I love summer and mermaids so my first reaction was to create a fun slimline under the sea card. The base of my card I cut out using the new Slimline Pull Tab Die I just love that scalloped edge. I cut that out of some Bristol Smooth Cardstock and stencilled on some clouds using the Sunny Side up again  stencil and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide.  

To create the sea layer I cut out another Slimline Pull Tab Die and then used the Best Fishes Banner and Border die set to create the wavy sea border at the top. I added the seagulls and Bouy from the new Heffy Doodle You Go Gull stamp set

and the heat embossed sentiment is from the Time for Tea Mermazing Stamp set.

To create the sun rays streaming through the water I used the sunny side up again stencil however it wasn't quite long enough so I just taped off the rays to finish them off. I used a combination of Tumbled Glass and Mermaid Lagoon then finished it with a spritz of water and some splotches of Mermaid Lagoon. I added the Mermaid from the Time for Tea Mermazing, the Oyster and fish are from the Heffy Doodle Sealy Friends Stamp Set and the String Ray you can find in the Heffy Doodle Oceans of Love set.

The Last layer was created the same way by cutting out another Pull Tab Slimline and cutting out the sandbank with the Circle of Love Nesting Dies I coloured this one with a range of earth toned Copic markers. I added some extra details using different corals and seaweed from the Sealy Friends and Mermazing stamp set and finished off with a super cute Turtle from the Oceans of Love stamp set.

I finished up my card with some bubbles outlined in white Gelly roll pen with some Stardust Stickles. I hope you like my card for today I loved taking part in the blog and hope you are enjoying all the inspiration. Don't forget to follow along the hop here's the list to the rest of the blogs. You should have come from Amanda and the next on the list is Cassie.

Heffy Doodle Blog

Shabneez Khan-Muztar

Amanda Fitterer

Natalie Seddons

Cassie Trask

Catrin Goodwin

Laura Sterckx

Katrina Howe

Tallie Clewley

Sharon Nettleship

Amy Gould

Laura Volpes

Time for Tea Designs Blog

 Heffy Doodle and Time for Tea Designs will each be giving away £25 to their respective stores.

Winners will be chosen randomly and announced on July 28th on the Heffy Doodle and Time for Tea Designs blogs.

 

Lets Ketchup!

Hi lovelies well Saturday has rolled around again so it must be time for another blog post!

I finally got to colour up the Fries Before Guys stamp set its a super fun set and I think the Lets Ketchup sentiment is perfect for right now. I combined it with the Dotty Hearts cover plate die, Bee Happy Hexagon Stitched Nesting Dies and the Splish Splash 6x6 stencil.  

I cut out the Dotty Heart cover plate and to mix it up I squared off the corners using my paper trimmer. I cut out the largest Hexagon die twice but on the second one I popped in the next Hexagon die down to create a frame. Then cut the same frame out of fun foam to create some depth and stuck them all together. 

Now I had my hexagon cut and stuck I could use that as a guide to ink up my ketchup splotches. I added it in opposite corners to where the topper would be placed and then the opposite outer corners of the panel using Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink. I also used the same ink to also make a background panel just slightly larger than the Dotty Hearts panel and stuck them together.

The colouring of the stamped images was pretty simple as they are only small I added some white spots to the cheeks of the chip box and the chip to look like salt using a white gelly roll pen. They were pretty easy to fussy cut too I just had to be careful on the chips arms but my paper was pretty thin so it made it easier. When I stuck them in my frame I decided it needed a little more detail so stamped out the splotches in that same Candied Apple Oxide. Then to finish off I needed my sentiment I used the Mini Frame and Banner Die set to cut out the sentiment strip and then added my sentiment once it was dried I coloured the strip in with the same red copic I used on the Ketchup bottle and popped it on some fun foam to give it some height. Then all was left to do was pop it on my card base and my card was finished.

Splish Splash 6x6 Stencil

Fries Before Guys

Bee Happy Stitched Hexagon Dies

Mini Frame and Banner Die Set

Dotty Hearts Cover Plate Die

You Bake my Day!

Hi guys, I have a super fun card for you today I literally hadn't planned to make this one it was all a happy accident. If you have been reading my blog post you will know that I like to batch stamp and colour things up so the Hamsters and accessories were left over from a few recent cards and they were lying around on my desk on top of the striped paper and I just loved how they looked together.

So I gathered up my accessories and added them to the critters I wanted the stripes but I didn't want it to be too much so I got my cheese die and cut that out of some crisp white cardstock to stick in front of it.

I popped the white up with some foam tape though to give it some added dimension and added my hamsters complete with their new look. I love how the holes just frame the Hamsters and peek those stripes contrasted again that crisp white cheese panel.

I stamped my sentiment and cut using the sentiment strip from the Mini Frame and Banner Die set then coloured with a blue copic marker and popped it on the card. I then added it to my card base and my card was finished a real quick and easy card today!

Bake My Day Stamp set

Bake my Day Die set

Bearing Gifts

Bearing Gifts Die set

Say Cheese Coverplate die

Baked with Love Stamp set

Baked with Love Die set

Mini Frames and Banner Die Set