Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone it's DT member Natalie here with a super cute Christmas card for you today. I just had to sneak in a last minute Christmas card with the Dachshunds. 

It was a pretty quick card to make I already had the Dachshunds coloured up. I love having pre coloured images ready it makes my life so much easier especially when time is short around this time of year. These cuties are new in the shop and are called Stop Dachshund Around. I also used the Sweet Summer and Brighter Days Paper Pads to paper piece there cute jumpers. 

To make the background I used the 

Falalala Die set to make the base which is one of my favourites at the minute it also includes gorgeous snowflake dies. 

I cut the die out of white card stock and ink blended a combination of blue distress oxides on the inner panel. I finished it off with a spritz of water and added some splatters of white acrylic paint. This just gives some added texture. 

Whilst this was drying I cut out another one of the falalala die again in white card stock and used the Slimline Hillside Border Dies to create the snow bank. With the off cuts I also cut out my snowflakes. 

Then all what was left to make was the sentiment. I love big sentiment dies and the Let it Snow one is so much fun. I cut out the sentiment in red glitter card and used some velum to cut out the back piece. I like the added interest of the velum but that you can still see the background behind. 

Then all was left to do was stick everything together I only glued the velum behind the sentiment so that you couldn’t see the glue and I added some foam dots to the dogs to give them some dimension and that was my card finished up. 

I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. Also don’t forget if you want to treat yourself in the shop you can get 10% off any orders using code T4TNATALIE10 ❤️ 

Falalala Coffee Shaker Card

Happy Saturday everyone, I have been so excited to make a shaker card with the new Take Out Coffee Cup Dies. It was really easy to do too but you never know maybe one day Jo will do an add on set for us 😉

The rest of the card was pretty simple to do so to avoid a lengthy blog post I'll let you know how I made the shaker part. I began by cutting out the cup part out of 360 gsm white card twice, once out of brown paper and then again from white fun foam. I adhered the brown paper onto one and then on the second one I needed to cut out a window for the shaker. So using a ruler I measured 5 mm from the edge all around using dots to guide me then just joined them up using the ruler so it was all nice and straight. 

Then using the line as a guide I cut out the inside using my craft knife you want to make sure your blade is nice and sharp to get a clean cut, I used this then as a guide to cut out the middle of the fun foam and adhered them together with a piece of acetate sandwiched between them. 

I found it was easier to add the sequins into this part and adhering the brown paper onto the back. I used a mix of chocolate, gold and burgundy sequins as I was thinking about the Costa Coffee Black Forest Hot Chocolate when I was making this one. If i did it again though I feel like a pop of cream would have been great in there too!

Once this part was put together I added the rim of the cup in the same white card and cut out the cream for the top adding a little colour with some brown Distress Inks. I also cut the cream out of fun foam too so that it sat at the same height as the cup. I finished it up with a cherry and a heart die for a little extra detail. 

I just love how this one turned out and again I got to mix sets old and new which you know I love, Time for Tea stamps just work so well together which is what I love about them, it means you can still keep using your old favourites but adding a new twist with new designs!

For the rest of the card I used the Baked with more Love stamps, Hello Cupcake Stamps, Zig Zag Frame and Tag Dies, Falalala Scalloped Slimline Dies, Slimline Hillside Scene Dies  and the new Snow Flurry Cover Plate Die. I told you I liked to mix and match my sets didn't I 😂

I hope you like my card for today if you want to purchase any of the items in the Time for Tea Shop you can get 10% off your orders using code T4TNATALIE10 . Happy crafting and have a great weekend!

 

Christmas Joy

Happy Saturday Teatimer's how you doing with your Christmas cards? I'm so far behind with mine Christmas has really crept up fast.  Today I have a tutorial for a snowy wreath shaker card you can find all the details below. 

Materials 

• Time for Tea Winter Wreath Stamp and Coordinating Die Set

• Time for Tea A2 Nesting Frame Dies 

• Acetate 

• Wow Gold Embossing Powder and Embossing ink

• Copic Markers 

• Red and White Cardstock 

• Copic Paper 

• Plaid Bow

• Iridescent Fake Glitter Snow 

• White Fun Foam

• Wood Print Paper 

How to Create 

1) Cut out the A2 Nesting Frame Dies twice out of fun foam then once each from the white and red card stock.

2) Adhere the largest red frame on top of the largest white frame then adhere these on top of the acetate using cosmic shimmer glue and cut the acetate to size. Layer the two fun foam frames underneath. Flip over and fill with the iridescent Fake glitter Snow and adhere the wood print paper to the back. 

3) Stamp out the wreath onto the Copic paper, colour in using Copic markers and cut out using the coordinating dies. Cut out the fun foam using the coordinating wreath die and adhere the wreath stamp on top using Cosmic Shimmer Glue. 

4) Adhere the wreath straight onto the acetate and add the little plaid bow on top.

5) Heat Emboss the Joy stamp onto red card stock using Gold Embossing Powder and cut out with the coordinating dies. Adhere onto the card and then adhere the shaker frame onto a card base.

I hope you liked today's tutorial let me know if you prefer this style or the usual one and don't forget if you would like to pick any of the products up in the shop you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10 💗

 Have a great weekend and I will see you all next week!

Festive Christmas Cheer!

Hi Teatimer's it's DT member Natalie here with some Christmas inspiration. I love how Jo has created some festive elements to add to the Open the Door Die set the new set is called Open the Door Holiday Add on Set and comes with lights, a wreath some fun trees and other bits and pieces. It also has a fun element too as it can open, on this occasion though I decided to keep it closed so the wreath and the other details were the main focus along with the mouse (from the Baked with More Love Stamp set) and their huge stack of presents.

It was such a fun card to make and not a lot of colouring involved so nice and easy to make. I did a stencilled background with the new Tiled Wall 6 x 6 Stencil but decided to keep a white on white look and just add texture using an embossing paste. I think this keeps your eye on the main feature but adds a little interest to the background. 

I just love how it all turned out it's such a cute fun Christmas card to make and I can't wait to see your versions. It could be quite simple like mine or you could really bling it up and add more glitter, snow and baubles. Don't forget to share with us when you do and if you want to get any of the products used in my card or anything else in the shop you can get 10% off your orders using code T4TNATALIE10

Have a great weekend and Happy Crafting!

 

Yum, Good Food, Good Friends!

Happy Saturday Teatimers the new release is finally here! What did you think? It's such a cute release and so versatile. I had so much fun colouring up the Baked with More Love stamp set I teamed it with the new Snow Flurry Cover Die and the Yum Sentiment Die from the new release. 

My plan to was to create a cookie that the little mice had baked and used the Yum so it looks like the mouse on the right had iced it. To do this though I needed to stamp my images by reverse stamping them. It was super easy to do though I just stamped them onto my silicon mat and then laid my copic paper over the top and rubbed it so the image transferred. After colouring just to give it a sharper black line I just went over with copic black outliner. 

I love the texture the Snow Flurry Die created too it just shows how versatile it can be. I'm now thinking well how about with the new Takeout Coffee Cup Dies it can be a the swirling coffee in the cup there's just so many ways to use it. 

I really love how my card turned I'm seriously regretting using the scallops to cut a chunk out of the edge like teeth mark though and having the other little mouse just peeping chomping away! So maybe I'll have to recreate another one!

If you want to pick any of the products up in the shop or another other items don't forget you can get 10% off in the shop using code T4TNATALIE10.

Have a great weekend and I will see you all again next week 💖

 

Falalalala!

 

Happy Saturday everyone it's DT member Natalie here with a fun Christmas Coffee card for you today. The little reindeer's from the Happy New Year Critters are just one of my favourite designs from Jo and you can guarantee they will appear in so many of my Christmas designs. 

I was unsure what to make for my post today so tipped out all my coloured images I already had and  and had a tonne of the reindeer's left over. There was also the coffee cart and the hippo which got me thinking that the reindeer's might like a caffeine pick me up before they take to the skies on Christmas Eve. The hippo and coffee cart which are from the Snappy Before Coffee stamp set weren't quite the right colours though so I stamped them up and coloured them in more traditional Christmas colours.  

The base for the card is the Falalalala Scalloped Slimline Dies which is another one of my favourite Christmas Dies I added some Chipped Sapphire and Salty Ocean for the sky using the darker colour at the edge and blending it to be brighter in the middle. Once everything was stuck together I felt like it needed a few finishing touches with the snowflakes and I added some white gelly roll for some smaller stars and falling snow. 

I just love how this card turned out its such a fun design and I hope you like it too! You can find the products in the Time for Tea shop and get 10% off any orders using the code T4TNATALIE10

Have a great weekend and I'll see you all next week 💖

Cosy Winter!

Happy Saturday Teatimer’s it’s DT member Natalie here with another super cute card to share with you all. I combined a mix of old and new for this snowy winter scene. I love how versatile the new City Break stamp set is from winter to summer it can be used all year round with just a change of characters and colours. 

I mixed the City Break stamp set with the bunnies  from the Cosy Winter Stamp set and the lamppost comes from the Carolling Critters Stamp Set. The Time for Tea Stamps just mix and match so well with each other, which is great if you love building scenes like I do! 

For the black frame I used the Zig Zag Frame and Tag dies it almost give it a comic feel to the card like the final scene in the book with the happy ever after 🥰 

Snowy Scenes are one of my all time favourites to create so I love how this card turned out and I hope you do too!  If you would like to create your own version and want to purchase any of the itemsu I used in the Time for Tea shop or any other goodies you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10 ❤️ 

Have a great weekend and I’ll catch you next week!

Just Chillin!

Happy Saturday Teatimer’s the weekend has rolled around so fast! I’ve been busy playing with the new products again. I wanted to create a scrapbook feel but with the critters so created this super fun hamster selfie card with the new Memory Keeping Essential Dies. I have a whole series full of critter Polaroids planned in my head so be sure to keep an eye out for those!

To make my card I began by cutting out the Lots of Love Vertical Cover Plate Die in white and a couple of shades of red and pink. I laid the die cut onto my card base and then adhered the hearts randomly on. 

Then it was time to create the selfie I cut out the die out of some Copic paper and took the inside rectangle out. I began by stamping the first hamster from the Hooray Hamster Clear Stamp Set in the middle at the bottom and then stamping it on some masking paper and fussy cutting it out. Sticking this on top makes sure that you don't get ink where you don't want it when you keep repeat stamping. I used all the hamsters and just kept inking and masking as I went. It's so satisfying when you peel the paper off and see the full image underneath. 

After this was finished I coloured them up using a range of browns and greys and taped it back into the frame stamped my sentiment and adhered it to the card base. 

To finish it up I cut out the lol and heart from the new die set and adhered them onto the card and that was it finished up. I love how super cute it turned out and I hope you do too! If you want to buy any of the products to make your own or anything else in the Time for Tea shop you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10. Have a great weekend and I will see you all next week!

Missing You!

Happy Saturday Teatimer's it's DT member Natalie sharing all the details on how I made my cute card from the blog hop yesterday. 

There wasn't much colouring so it was a super quick card to make. I started by cutting out the Sun Ray Cover Plate Die and ink blending Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide over the top. I then used that as a guide to cut out the back piece for the sky from white card. This was then ink blended with tumbled glass and the Slimline Scene Builder Stencil. Next step was to adhere the Sun Ray on top of the sky using foam tape. 

To make the scene the road is cut out of grey paper using the Slimline Hillside Scene Builder Dies and layered over the top of yellow paper. The buildings were stamped using the new City Break Clear Stamp Set I used a orange, pink and purple lawn fawn inks to get the pretty ombre effect. I fussy cut it out and layered them both onto the card. 

The car and panda I found in my stash of pre coloured images its such a handy pile to have! You can find them in the Car Critters Stamp Set. I adhered them to the card but it just needed a few finishing touches so I stamped out the hot air balloon from the City Break stamp set and the Sentiment is from the Speech Bubbles Clear Stamp Set and that was my card finished up. I hope you love the new release as much as we do! As you can see its super versatile and great for both journaling and card making. 

If you want to get any of the new products or anything else in the Time for Tea Shop you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10. Have a great weekend!

New Release Blog Hop and Giveaway!

 

Hello TeaTimer's it's new release time and we want you to celebrate with us by joining our Blog Hop and Instagram Hop for a chance to win a giveaway! 

Make sure hop along with us for lots of inspiration as well as a chance to win a £30 voucher to the Time for Tea Designs shop. To participate leave a comment on each of the Design Team members blog's. We are also doing an Instagram Hop so be sure to check that out too!

Here is the complete blog hop list, see you there!:

Annalisa Boccia

Jane Taylor

Jayne Vaughan

Lindsey Turner

Natalia Neila

Natalie Seddons

Silvia Galloni

Here's my super fun card for the hop using the new City Break stamps I love how it combines so well with all the older stamps and die sets. Here I mixed it up with the Sun Ray Cover Plate Die, Slimline Hillside Scene Dies, Speech Bubbles Clear Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies and the Car Critters Clear Stamp and Die Set to make my card. As you can see the memory keeping stamps are super versatile so perfect for cards and in your journals.   

A random draw will determine our winner* and will be announced right here on the T4TD Blog & IG stories on Friday, the 5th of November.

*one winner will be drawn from the blog and IG hop participants

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Happy Winter Birthday!

Happy weekend Teatimer's it's DT member Natalie here with a winter birthday card. I just love the Winter Wreath set it's such a beautiful design and works so well on it's own or combined with the critters. To get started here's a list of materials I used.

 

· Winter wreath stamps and dies

· Salvaged Patina and Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide Inks

· Distress Oxide

· Autumn Scene Cover Plate Die

· White Fun Foam

· White and Red Cardstock

· Copic Paper

· Copic Markers

· Ink - Blending Brushes

· White Wow Embossing Powder and Embossing Ink

· Cosmic Shimmer Glue

How to Create

1) Cut out the Rectangle Die from the Autumn Scene Cover Plate Die from the white cardstock. Blend the Salvaged Patina all over the card stock and add Evergreen Bough Distress Oxides on the edges. Spritz water on top and dab off with tissue paper. Dab some of the oxides onto a paint palette and add water to add some splatters of colour. Leave to dry.

2) Stamp out the Winter Wreath stamp twice, three of the acorn leaves, two acorns, the trio of toadstools, one flower and the leafy branch onto Copic Paper. Colour with the Copics and Die cut out with the coordinating dies. Snip off the top of one of the wreaths halfway up at each side.

3) Using the wreath as a guide stamp and heat emboss the Happy Winter Birthday sentiment onto the ink blended card stock.

4) Stick on the full wreath around the sentiment with the cosmic shimmer glue. Cut out the fun foam using the coordinating die for the wreath and stick to the back of the half wreath using the cosmic shimmer glue and cut off the excess. Then stick this on top of the wreath using the glue. Sticking the trio of toadstools underneath.

5) Adhere the leaves onto the edges and the big acorn and acorn leaf onto the wreath. Then pop up the acorn at the bottom and the flower at the top of the wreath using some of the fun foam.

6) Pop the finished up piece onto the red card stock around 120cm x 150cm and adhere straight onto your card base.

I hope you like my tutorial for today I thought I'd try a different method so let me know which style you prefer. If you want to recreate my card or get anything in the Time for Tea shop you can get 10% off your Time for Tea order using code T4TNATALIE10 . Happy shopping and I'll catch you same time next week!

Too Cute to Spook!

 Happy Saturday Teatimers it’s Design Team member Natalie here with a fun Halloween card to share with you today. I love making Halloween cards, I never send them but they are just so much fun. I used a combination of old and new stamps for this super cute card. I began by cutting out the Smile Inverted Scallop Frame Dies then ink blended it with kitsch flamingo, dried marigold and picked raspberry distress oxides. Then I stencilled some clouds over the top with white pigment ink. Finishing up by adding some splatters of purple and green. 

using black card I cut out another scalloped piece which I then cut my grass out of. I also cut out the tree from the Autumn Scene Cover Plate Dies and adhered them onto the base. 

Then it was just my images to colour the ghosts are from the new Spooky Circle Tags set I just wanted the ghosts on their own so I fussy cut them out after adding a little grey to give them dimension with copics and some rosy cheeks. The pumpkins and Boo sentiment are from last years Spooktacular Clear Stamp Set. I never thought anymore about it till I had adhered it all but as the pumpkins were cut out with the matching dies they have a white border which I wish I had cut off. 

The last thing I needed for my card was the Too Cute to Spook Sentiment Dies I cut the writing out of silver glitter card and the frame for it in dark purple. Then all was left to do was adhere it together. It was a quick card to make as there wasn't much colouring to do so great for quick cards. I hope you like it and if you want to pick up any of the products in the Time for Tea shop you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10. Have a great weekend and I'll catch you later!

Big Birthday Wishes!

Happy Saturday Teatimer's, hope you have had a good week. To say hello to the weekend and world cardmaking we have a fun hop going on over on Instagram so make sure to check it out! 

Since the weather has turned and has blown right into Autumn what better card to make than a fun Autumn themed birthday card. 

It was such a fun card to make and it was so nice to get to mix some old favourites with the newer designs. I went with a blustery evening with the critters making smores, even the little hedgehog joined in with the fun. I began but cutting out the Smile Inverted Scallop Frame Die and using that as a reference to cut out a rectangle to ink up my background. With the rectangle I inked it up with pink flamingo, dried marigold and squeezed lemonade distress oxide inks. Spritzing on water to add some texture.

I die cut out the smile scalloped die again out of white card stock and then cut out the Autumn Scene cover plate die out of the inside part. Then inked up the grass pieces with twisted citron and finishing off with some splatters of mowed lawn ink, the tree was also blended with some brown distress oxides. Then they were adhered to the sunset sky we created and the frame then adhered as well. 

I've been so short of time recently so I was so happy to have a stash of images already coloured up for this card. I always stamp out and colour up about 3 of each image as it's so much easier whilst you still have the pens out. So most of the images were already coloured up apart from the smores sticks and the little hedgehog. The images are from the Life's Up's and Down's stamp set I adhered all them to my card adding some dimension on some with foam pads. I just love the little hedgehog with his little smore stick he's just the cutest. 

I finished off the card with the Big Birthday Wishes Die I cut it out with white cardstock and out of some rich green cardstock I like the way that the green kind of reflects leaves on the trees. Then all was left to do was to adhere it onto my card base and that was my card all finished up. I hope you like it and don't forget to join in with the insta hop. If you want to get anything the shop you can get 10% off your order using the code T4TNATALIE10. Have a great weekend and I will see you next week. 

Coffee first then I do things!

 Happy Saturday Teatimers it’s Design Team member Natalie here with a fun coffee card for you today. I don’t know about you but this has definitely felt like my motto this week but maybe with a cup of tea 🤫😂

I love that the Coffee Lovers set enables you to make some pretty latte art or add a sweet smiley face whatever matches you mood. 

I teamed the new coffee lovers stamp set with the square label dies. I cut out a card base from Kraft card by folding my card in half and then placing the die on the fold but with the cutting edge hanging over the top so it doesn’t cut that bit. I also cut a smaller one from some rich red, then an even smaller one out of cream card stock. On the cream I stamped out lots of coffee cups with brown oxide ink and added the heart latte art in the middle. 

I like to use the same colours through out so used the same red and Kraft card to paper piece the mug and take away cup. Then I coloured in the latte art with a little COPIC marker after stamping it on some white copic paper and fussy cutting it and adding it to the middle. 

I adhered everything and finished up by adding some coffee beans and heat embossing my sentiment in white onto the same red card. It was such a simple and quick card to make which is so handy when you need a last minute one. I can't wait to see your makes with this set, don't forget to share it with us on social media like Instagram and the Facebook group. Also if you want to pick anything up in the shop you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10 Have a great weekend and I'll see you all next week!

Snappy before Coffee!

 Happy Saturday Teatimer’s this weekend has rolled around fast. Have you had a good week? Lots of crafting? That's hopefully my plan, it will be so nice to have a chilled out day. 

I know you all love coffee cards so I have a fun one to share with you today I just love a good pun don't you?!

The shape of my card didn't start out like it ended so I had originally cut out a stitched rectangle but I changed my mind after stencilling the sky and cutting out the grass. There was so much empty space so I used the new Square Label Dies to cut it out instead I like how the stitched detail stayed at the top and bottom though. Then I darkened up the sky edges with some chipped sapphire distress oxide to draw your eye in to the image. The sentiment is also stamped with the same ink. 

The crocodiles are from the new Snappy Before Coffee Stamp Set . They are super fun to colour I used the same yellow for their spikes and belly but darker greens on one and added some little spots and rosy cheeks. I coloured up the coffee cups and die cut everything out and adhered everything together. 

The it was time to make my card base I followed some kraft cardstock in half and took out one of the larger Square Label Dies. I popped the die onto the fold of the card making sure the part of the die that's on the fold is just hanging over the edge so it doesn't cut that part. Once it was made I added some splashes of coffee using the Coffee Stain 6x6 Stencil and adhered the rest if the card on top with some foam tape to give it some depth and that was my card finished up. I hope you like it it's a really quick one to make so great for any last minute needed cards. Hope you have a great weekend and don't forget you can get 10% off in the shop using code T4TNATALIE10 💖

Have a Howling Good Day!

Happy Saturday Teatimers! So release day came did you get anything? What's your favourite product? 

As usual Jo has rocked it with this release there's cute critters, a fab new standalone die which I've used so much! Then who doesn't love coffee products!

As soon as I saw the cute Dog Gone Mutts Stamp set I knew I had to create a cute scene card with a white picket fence and the red dog kennel. 

I stamped out all the critters, accessories and the sentiment and set them aside then began to work on my card base. I used the middle sized Slimline Scalloped Nesting Dies to cut out the card base. I cut it twice out of 360gsm white card stock and on the back one scored a line one scallop down all the way across the top to create the fold for the card and taped it using strong double sided tape. 

For the scene part I used the rectangle from the Slimline Postage Stamp Frame Dies but it was a tad too long so I just chopped off about 5mm's off the edge. I ink blended this with Tumbled Glass and hint Chipped Sapphire around the edges to darken it up a little. I also added a few Chipped Sapphire splatters for a little bit of interest. The grass I cut another rectangle out and used the Landscape Edge Standalone Die I just had to cut half and then line it up to cut the other half as they aren't quite long enough. I did this twice and then inked them up using Twisted Citron and Mowed Grass Distress oxides. Then for the last part of the background I used the clouds and Picket Fence from the Windmill add on die set. I just cut them from white card stock and left as is. 

When I'm colouring I try not to use too many colours so it's not too hectic so used a range of browns and warm greys for the dogs. Then used the same brown for the wood on the kennel and a warm red for the rest of it and pop of yellow for the ball. I like how the final colouring turned out and I didn't need loads of colours to get them all looking different apart from two of the dogs but they aren't next to each other so I think it works ok. 

Once they were all coloured and die cut I just stuck everything together as the grass was a bit longer than the sky panel I just flipped it over once it was stuck and used the edge to guide my scissors. 

I love the final look of the card and I hope you do too! If you haven't treated yourselves yet you can get 10% off in the shop using code T4TNATALIE10. 

Hope you have a great weekend and I will see you again next week. 

 

A super sweet velum shaker card

Happy Saturday Teatimer's hope you have all had a good week. I'm attempting to get all my summer themed cards made before Autumn creeps upon us. So what better summer theme than a whopper of an ice cream sundae. This card didn't turn out anything like I had planned at the beginning but I love how it turned out. 

I started out by cutting out the A2 frame dies in white cardstock twice and once from white fun foam this enabled me to get the size of the panel of the background. For the background panel I used a mix of Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass and Kitsch Flamingo. It's a great way to practice your blending as it doesn't need to be perfect as you can only just see it behind the velum shaker. After this I adhered the white fun foam frame on top and added my shaker sprinkles inside then adhered the velum on top  and layered the last frame on top of that. 

The letters are cut out of the same white card stock using Anthony's Alphas I added the letters at the top of the bottom so the cream would ground the image. The ice cream image is from the new Sundae Sweeties stamp set its super fun and being a bigger image great for practicing your colour skills. I coloured that up and the little mouse and the cherry when die cutting out the cherry and the little mouse I cut out another two of each using plain white card stock so that I could add a little extra dimension but I didn't want the thickness of the fun foam or the weight to make the velum sag.

I finished it off with some white heat embossed writing on black cardstock and popped them on top. 

I love the subtleness of the of the shaker card it adds some extra detail without being the main focus of the card. 

I hope you have a great weekend and like my card today and if you want to buy any of the products you can get 10% off in the shop using code T4TNATALIE10. 

Celebrate, make a wish ❤️

Well Saturday has come around again quick Teatimers hope you all having a great bank holiday weekend. I shall be back at work Monday so making the most of my last two days off and the sun is out today too!

This week I wanted to build on my birthday card collection I never seem to have one when I need one you know. The new Birthday Bear Clear Stamp Set is perfect for this its such a cute set and doesn't have to be used for birthday. I stamped out my critters and coloured them up and tried to shade them so they look more 3-D you can see on the bear where I added darker browns under their chin and places I thought would be in shadow. Once coloured up I cut them out with the coordinating dies and left them to the side whilst I worked on the rest of the card. 

I used the Large Scallop Celebrate Frame Dies to cut out the background and ink blended using a combination of Shaded Lilac, Dried Marigold and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Inks. I spritzed with water to add some texture and set aside to dry. 

For the sentiments I white heat embossed the make a wish sentiment from the bear set and cut out using the matching dies. The celebrate is from the die set we used to cut out the base I cut it out twice using white and the same deep purple cardstock I used for the other part of the sentiment. 

Once the base was dry I used the new Bokeh Bubbles 6x6 stencil with white pigment ink to create some circles just for some added interest. Again setting it aside to dry.

Once everything was dry I adhered everything together and finished up with some sequins and adhered it onto the same deep purple card stock and popped it onto my card base. 

I hope you like my card and have a lovely weekend!

If you want to treat yourself in the Time for Tea shop don't forget you can use code T4TNATALIE10 to get 10% off your order 💖

 

Bee Happy Take 2!

 

Happy Saturday Teatimers I have another Bee Happy card for you this week. My mojo had left me and I was feeling a little uninspired so I decided to use the new monthly challenge for a bit of inspiration. I loved the colours and the bees are just super fun so that's where I started. 

  

Here's a photo of the challenge it's super fun and you can win the chance to guest design on a future challenge and the chance to win £25 to spend in the Time for Designs store, so what are you waiting for! The chance to win the spends is generated randomly too so no need to be shy and worried your not good enough. The challenges run from the first day of the month to the last day of the month so you have until the 31st August to get your entries in. 

My card looks really complicated but it was so quick to make the bees are so easy to colour as they are only small so not much shading is needed I just finished them of with a pop off pink on their cheeks. You can find them in the Bee Happy stamp set I cut mine out with the coordinating dies too which is great for cutting out the little heart flight marks. 

For the shaker card I used the Bee Hive Slimline Die which I cut out in White, Red and a Golden Yellow cardstock. Then again out of white fun foam because the lines are so narrow this is the best way to make the shaker card and so much easier. I adhered my white fun foam cut out straight onto my white card base and filled different sections with either red cardstock or yellow seed beads leaving a few just plain white. Once these were filled I adhered some acetate straight on top and then the Golden Yellow cut out on top of that. Before adhering my letters and bees I also adhered some of the white cut out on the top of the acetate for a little added interest. 

Then it was time for the main details this is where I totally regret adding some dimension with my letters but I'll remember for next time. I cut out the letters with  Anthony's Alpha's  out of black cardstock and adhered those on first so that I could get the placement right. With the bee on the right I cut the envelope out of their hands and placed it so that it looked like the bee was holding the letter B. 

Its such a fun card and is so quick to make but still looks so detailed and I love the shaker element. I hope you like it too and I can't wait to see all of your challenge entries. Don't forget you can get 10% off in the Time for Tea shop too using code T4TNATALIE10 💓

Bee Happy!

 Happy Saturday Teatimers this weekend has rolled around fast don’t you think. I have a sweet bee scene card to share with you this week. You know how much I love my scenes so as soon as I saw the new Beehive Slimline Die I knew I had to create an abstract cloudy sky with it. 

I began by cutting out the Beehive die then used this as a guide to cut out the base for the blue sky. I used peacock feathers and tumbled glass distress oxide to blend the sky. Then popped the beehive straight on top. If I made it again I think I would have added some dimension here so it’s not so flat. The best part for the scene was the grass which I cut using the Slimline Hillside Scene Dies I created a little hill so that the bee on the left could reach the beehive a little easier and then there was more blue on the other side for contrast. 

The bees are from the Bee Happy Clear Stamp Set and are so simple to colour as they are quite small so great for quick cards. Once I’d coloured up all my elements I popped them onto my card and added my sentiment which I white heat embossed onto black card stock. I thought it was missing something though so added some flicks of green onto the green to look like blades of grass. Then stamped out some cute little flowers and popped them on. 

Last thing to do was to pop it onto my card base and that was my card finished up. I wished I’d added a little dimension but you know everything is a learning curve. 

I think the Beehive slimline Die is so versatile too and will definitely be a go to die in my stash. I hope you love it too! If you want to buy any of the products in the shop today you can get 10% off using code T4TNATALIE10. 

Have a great weekend and I will see you all next week ❤️

Hello Cupcake!

Happy Saturday Teatimers, this weekend has come around so fast. It’s been so lovely to have a week off  just to chill. Also I got to spend some time creating more designs with the new release so be sure to keep an eye out for those. 

My card for today is a sweet cupcake themed card using the new Hello Cupcake stamp and die collection. I teamed it with the Bee Hive Slimline Die which is just perfect for shaker cards. 

To start my card I stamped out all my images and left them to the side whilst I cut out all my elements. I cut the Bee Hive Slimline out of white 360gsm card stock and then again out of fun foam to create the shaker base. The fun foam is so much easier than foam tape when you have dies like this. I did cut off some of the little hexagons on the foam tape where it was a cluster of them to make the shaker space bigger so the sequins would move more freely. 

Once they where cut out I popped some acetate on top of the fun foam and then stuck the white card cut out on top of that. To make the shaker bit I flipped over the shaker and added my mix of sequins and added some cosmic shimmer glue to stick it. Then just popped some black card at the back this just gives it a pop of black and ties in with the sentiment which I white heat embossed onto the same black card stock. This was then stuck straight onto my white card base. 

I went for a pretty pink theme for my card using light pinks for the icing and some RV’s for the wrapper. I added some dark shading at the bottom of the wrapper and used a rounded motion to give it a 3-D look. Then darker shading in the creases again to make it look 3-D. With the bun I used a combo of browns but added a few dots to give it a textured look. 

For the icing I used the darker shade of pink on the bottom of the layers and to the sides where the shadows would be. I finished it up with some darker pink dots and some white dots with my Gelly Roll pen. I added the Gelly roll pen to the seeds of the strawberries too to give them a pop. The mice I used the same E35, E34 and E31 that I used for the bun and added some rosy cheeks with little white dots to finish them off. Then it was just time to stick them down on the card base, I do wish I had added some dimension to the stamped images popping up the little mice at the front a little more but I won't forget next time. After all we are all still learning and working on adding layers and dimension is something I need to think about more. I do hope you have liked my card for today though if you want to buy any of the products or anything else in the Time for Tea shop you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10. I hope you all have a great weekend and I will see you all again next week!

Have a Cool Birthday!

Happy Saturday Teatimers! So what did you think of the new release, What's on your wish list or did have to have it all? 

I just love the Cool Critters set I love the little kitty with their Twister Ice lolly and I couldn't resist giving the racoon a little Fab lolly. 

To make my card I stamped out all the images from the Cool Critters stamp set, I always do three of each so while I have my pens out I can colour up a few at a time. This always helps when you need a quick card later on as they are already cut and coloured up and ready to go. 

There wasn't a lot of fancy colouring I just added some dots for texture on the ice cream. Then to make the Fab lolly I used my coloured Gelly Roll pens to add the sprinkles then cut them out with the coordinating dies 

Going with the Twister theme I really wanted to create a fun summer background with the Slimline Candy Stripes die unfortunately this is no longer available in the shop at the minute if you haven't got it  though you could use and striped die or maybe a striped stencil. I cut the die out with white cardstock, pink and green paper and then out of white fun foam. I love using fun foam as an alternative to foam tape when it's quite a fiddly die to stick. I stuck the white card onto the foam tape using cosmic shimmer glue.

I made up a white card base just a little wider than the die and stuck my foam base straight onto that. Next I just laid and stuck in my coloured pieces in a pink, green and then leave a gap pattern. 

I was just going to stick my critters and van straight on top but I'd gone for the same twister colour scheme for the Ice Cream Van and it blended into the background too much. To counteract this I used one of the circle dies from the new Simple Circle Dies to cut out a velum circle which I popped underneath this just mutes the background colours a little so your focus is on the Ice Cream Van. 

Once the van was in place I popped on my critters and added my sentiment which I white heat embossed onto black cardstock and cut out with the coordinating dies. I just love how Time for Tea coordinating dies cut out the sentiment too. 

I hope you like my card for today the new release is just super fun if you would like to pick any of it up in the shop or anything else you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10

Have a great weekend and I will see you same time next week 💓

 

You are elephantastic take 2!

 Happy Saturday everyone, have you been enjoying the sunshine this week? It’s been far too hot for the craft room and my mojo seems to have disappeared at the worst time. I needed to make some quick teacher cards and presents though, but what to do when your brain is hot and bothered and the ideas aren’t coming?! 

Everyone seemed to love my elephant card from the other week so I decided to make a couple more of those. I then mixed it up a little for the other teacher adding a little green to the mix and a different elephant. It adds a more masculine feel but I still like that it has a cuteness to it. Mixing up old designs is a great way to get the ideas flowing and to make quick cards.

For my card you can find all the details for on my previous blog post here just with the change of green oxides and a different elephant. Alongside that though I wanted to make some message sticks to add to my presents. I got three little succulents from IKEA and I wanted to add a little message to them. To do this I used the You are Awesome sentiment die. 

I cut the outline out twice once in white card-stock and again in white fun foam and layered them on top of each other. Then for the You are awesome sentiment I coloured up the white cardstock with some Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink and then cut it out. With it being small it's much easier doing it this way around. To make sure my letters were all lined up when adding it onto the foam and card base I used the negative die cut as a template. Laying it over the top and piecing the letters back in that way. Its a bit fiddly but its the best way I've found to get them centred, straight and the same width between the letters. I made three of these one for each plant once the top was all finished I got out my wooden skewers and chopped them down to size I went so they were just a little taller than the plant. To stick them together I used my glue and stuck it at the back if you wanted you could also add a little peg and add a little note underneath but I didn't think about that until after typically lol!

So that's my project finished up for this week I hope you like it those message sticks are perfect for all occasions I've made Christmas ones before, you could also do Happy Birthday ones wherever your imagination takes you. If you want to get ay of the products I used today in the shop or anything else you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10. Have a great weekend and I will see you all next week.