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!

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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!