Gingerbread Latte Time!

Happy Saturday Teatimer's it's DT member Natalie here with another cute Gingerbread card. I had to get another one in before Christmas and I also wanted to create another coffee card. This one is a Gingerbread latte card you can check back on my other posts for a couple other coffee cards, including a black forest hot chocolate and a summery berry shaker card. 

This one I kept quite simple as a didn't feel it needed to be a shaker card as I wanted the focus to be on the Gingerbread Family. 

I started by cutting out the largest of the Eu Layering Dies  twice. I inked up one with some blue/green distress oxide inks and spritzed on some water for texture and splattered on some white acrylic paint to look like snow flakes. The second one I used to cut out the snow bank at the bottom using the Slimline Hillside Scene Dies. I layered this onto the base using some foam tape to create some depth. 

For the main features I used the Takeout Coffee Cup Dies  I used brown Distress Oxides to create the cup and a added a little splatters on the cream with the same colours. For the straw I coloured it with red copic markers and added stripes using a white gelly roll pen. 

The Gingerbread are from the new Gingerbread Family Stamp set I coloured them up with Copic markers and added some extra details with black and white gelly roll pens. Once these were all layered on I could see where I needed to place the big sentiment and snowflakes. These are both from the Falalala Scalloped Dies I adhered these and added some extra snow dots using my white gelly roll pen and that was my card finished up. I hope you like it dont't forget to check back for more inspiration and you can also get 10% off in the Time for Tea Shop using code T4TNATALIE10. 

 

 

Falalalala

Falalala, happy Saturday Teatimer's the weekends keep rolling on fast at the minute don't they! I have another sweet Christmas card for you this week. I had the idea of turning the bears from the Happy Trails stamp set into Polar Bears to create this snowy scene card. 

I used the Falalala Scalloped Slimline Die set to create the base layer cutting it out twice and ink blending on some blue/green distress oxides to create my background. I added some texture with ink splatters and some snow with white acrylic paint splatters. Using the second base I cut out a snow bank using the Slimline Hillside Scene Dies and added some foam tape behind to add some depth. Using foam tape I added a second scallop frame on the top so it matched the height of the snow bank. 

I also cut out some snow flakes and the falalala out of white card adding them to the background then adhering the images on top. 

Their igloo house comes from the It's Penguin-ing to Look a Lot like Christmas Stamp set and the little holly came from the Gingerbread Family Stamp Set. 

As always I finished up by adding some final touches with a white and black gelly roll pen. I hope you like my card and as always you can get 10% off in the shop using code T4TNATALIE10. 

 

Have a Sweet Christmas!

Hi everyone Natalie here with some more Christmas inspiration for my post. It's the sweet Gingerbread Family stamp set again because I had so much fun colouring them up and have a million and one ideas!

I had this idea of the little gingerbread man in the car from the Happy Trails Stamp set pulling up with this huge Christmas Tree on the roof which is also from the same set. 

I love how its bigger then the car, he looks so chuffed with himself don't you think!

The frame for the card I used my new favourites which is the Wide Stitched Frame Dies I ink blended a little to make it feel like a Gingerbread Frame. 

All my images were coloured up using Copic markers and for the background I used Distress Oxide Inks. I finished up by adding some snow using a white Gelly pen and adhered it all together. 

I love how it turned out its just a super fun card and quick and easy if your wanting to batch make as the gingerbread family are all the same colour so quick to colour up and cut out especially if you have the dies too.  I know you all loved them as much as us as they sold out so fast, so I can't wait to see what you all do with them. Keep checking back for more inspiration and if you want to buy anything in the Time for Tea Shop you can get 10% off your orders using code T4TNATALIE10. 

 

You mean a Latte to Me!

So the new Time for Tea release is finally here and what a cute one it is. Like everyone else I think I was instantly in love with the cute Gingerbread Family Stamp Set, so keep looking back for more inspiration for them. I have so many ideas I want to create with them!

For today's card though I wanted to create a cosy Christmas coffee scene combining them with the Pumpkin Spice Stamp Set. We all know how much coffee is a well loved theme for us Crafter's so this is another super fun set. 

Using red and green as my theme I began colouring up my images, adding a pop of yellow with the pumpkins. As usual I used my trusted copic markers to colour up my images and added some extra details with my white gelly roll pen. 

The base of my card I used the Wide Stitched Frame Dies which I'm absolutely loving at the minute. I used a rich red for the frame and a nice Christmas green for the inside which helps adds some contrast to the card. I mounted these onto my card base and used some foam tape to give the red frame some height so I could layer the images at different heights too to add some extra interest. After everything was adhered I realised I didn't quite place the images right on the left hand side so added in some steam from my mug to add a little interest. Then added some dots of red, gold and white using gelly roll for some background detail and white heat embossed my sentiment which came from the Perfect Blend Stamp set and that was my card finished up. 

I hope you like it and be sure to check back for more inspiration. You can find all the products in the Time for Tea Shop and get 10% off your orders using code T4TNATALIE10. Have a great weekend and I'll see you all next week!

 

Whimsy Halloween Blog Hop!

Thank you all for joining us today! We were saddened to cancel our annual 31 Nights of Halloween event this year after Hurricane Ian. But this time of year, is the absolute most favourite time of year for our Creative Director, Deb Davis. We couldn’t let Halloween pass us by without celebrating our Queen of Halloween with some EEK! worthy Halloween creations!

We DARE you, Deb! We know you love Halloween so much, but will you DARE check out these amazing Halloween inspired projects created just for you! Designers from the Whimsy Stamps New Release team are participating in this blog hop. 

 We also have a spook-tacular prize to giveaway! For your chance to win one a $100 gift certificate to the online Whimsy shop, leave a comment on each of the blog posts along the way. 

 Giveaway begins 10/29/22 and ends at midnight EST, 10/30/2022. We will choose the winners and announce them on the Whimsy Stamps blog on October 31, 2022.

Here's my adorable card using the Cutie Batootie stamp set and isn't it just that! I teamed it with the Haunted 6 x 6 Paper Pad I just love the scenes in this pad it makes for super quick fun cards. Be sure to check out the rest of the cards in the hop. 

 Here is the full list of hop participants in case you get lost on the way.  

Alanna 

Iris

Cari

Sue

Trina

Jenny

Sylvie

Irina

Natalie

Michelle B

Kim

Michelle

Next on the list is Michelle B 

.

Trick or Treat!

Happy Saturday Teatimer's I have another Halloween card for today using the Hello Cupcake Stamp Set by masking out the strawberry and drawing in an eyeball it gives out a whole different feel to my card. 

I coloured in the image using copic markers and then added some dripping blood using a red gelly roll pen. I love how it turned out. Since the eyeball was smaller than the strawberry I could also cut it out using the coordinating die and then  fussy cut around the eyeball. 

For the base of my card I used the Geometric Snowflakes Die and cut out two and layered them over the top of each other to add some depth. I then used this as a template to cut out a rectangle a bit bigger than that one and inked it up with yellow and green distress oxide ink and splattered some purple over the top. 

I let this dry and then adhered them together alongside the cupcake in the middle. Then all that was left was the lettering for which I used Anthony's Alpha Dies and coloured it in using purple distress oxide inks. After adhering these together I felt like it was missing something so used the coordinating dies from the Spooktacular Stamp Set to cut out some bats from black card and just added some little eyes using white gelly roll pen and that was my card finished up. 

I hope you like it and don't forget to keep checking back for more inspiration from the rest of the team. Also if you would like to purchase any of the items in the Time for Tea Shop you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10.  

 

Jumping with Joy!

 

Happy Saturday Teatimer's well Autumn is definitely here so it only felt right to pull out these cuties from the Jumping for Joy stamp set again. 

I went for a fun shaker card with them so I could use sequins behind to give the look of leaves dancing in the wind. I used the A2 Stitched Hearts Cover Dies to create the frame and layered acetate underneath. I then cut out a panel to fit behind which I inked up with Squeezed Lemonade and Dried Marigold and added some thick foam tape behind. Filling this with gold and orange sequins I added the frame on top. 

Then for the rest of the card I coloured up the critters from the Jumping with Joy stamp set using copic markers and die cut them out. As usual adding cute little dots to their cheeks and black shiny noses using a black and white gelly roll pen.

I adhered them using foam tape then it was just time to add the sentiment which I stamped out the jumping and heat embossed it in white on black. I didn't want the joy part though so when I die cut the sentiment I chopped that part off.  Then all that was left was the big Joy which I used the Joy Stitched Sentiment Die and cut out of dark green to carry on with the Autumn colours. 

That's my shaker card finished up, it was really quick and easy to make. You can find all the products in the Time for Tea shop and get 10% off your orders using code T4TNATALIE10.

Have a great weekend and keep checking back for more inspiration from the team. 

Love you a Latte!

 Happy Saturday Teatimer’s hope you have had a great week. It’s DT member Natalie here with a sweet Pumpkin Spiced Latte Halloween card. I had so much fun with this one as I’m sure you can tell. I really enjoy playing around with the Take Out Coffee Cup Dies and I’ve done a few different scenes with it including a Black Forest Hot Chocolate winter scene and a Very Berry Summer themed card as well which you can also find on the blog. It’s just so versatile it’s also super easy to turn into a shaker card as well as you can see in my tutorial for the Black Forest Hot Chocolate card. 

I used the Snow Flurry Die to create my background and ink blended a range of pink and purple distress oxide inks. To which I added some clouds using the Cloud Dies and the Windmill Add on Die Set. For the outline clouds I added some velum behind to add a soft texture. 

I added some black grass using the Slimline Hillside Dies and then began on the coffee cup. I cut out the main body and did some ink smooshing with orange and brown distress oxides. Setting that aside to dry I cut out the rest of the elements. 

For the stamped images I combined the Spooktacular, the little mouse from Hey There Critters and the toadstools from Life's Up's and Down's which is another great Autumn set. I coloured all the images up with Copic markers and die cut them all, except the big pumpkin which I fussy cut. the reason being I didn't want a white edge as I wanted it to look like it was part of the sleeve for the cup.

After adhering everything together I added some stars to the sky using a range of colours of gelly roll pens, they are great for just adding finishing touches to your card. I hope you like my card for this week don't forget to check back for more inspiration and if you want to purchase anything in the Time for Tea Shop you can get 10% off your orders using code T4TNATALIE10. Have a great weekend!

Here’s the Scoop!

Happy Saturday Teatimer’s hope it’s been a good week. I love the Autumn weather that's hitting us this week but I am really missing those hot summer days that are perfect for ice cream at the beach. These cute critters from the Cool Critters Stamp Set have to be one of my favourite Time for Tea stamp sets.  I have quite a few other cards for inspiration with them on my Instagram page. 

I began by cutting out the largest rectangle from the Layering Dies Metric Size to create my base which I inked up with distress oxide inks. I cut out two more rectangles which I used to cut out the waves and the beach again inking them up with distress oxides. 

For the clouds I used the Cloud Dies and layered over velum to give them a softer look. 

Then stamped and coloured up my images, I used COPIC colours to colour up my images. Then added some extra details for the cheeks and noses using a black and a white gelly roll pen. 

Once everything was cut and coloured I layered everything up on my card base. Finishing up with some dotted details randomly on my card with coloured gelly roll pens. 

I hope you like my card and if you want to get any of the products in the Time for Tea Shop you can get 10% off using code T4TNATALIE10 . Have a great weekend and don't forget to check back soon for more inspiration from the rest of the team. 

Get Whale Soon

Happy Saturday Teatimer's I'm back with another cute cards using the new Get Whale Soon Stamp Set from Time for Tea Designs. 

I love a good pun so had to cut up the Get Well Soon Large Sentiment Die to create this fun punny get well soon card. I used the Smile Inverted Scallop Frame Die for my base layer and used the dotted wave embossing die from the Ocean Waves Die Set to create embossed waves. 

I ink blended over this with blue and pink oxides so the pink tied in with the sentiment and added some spritzes of water and splatters of the same colours. 

The whales and their fun accessories are coloured up with copic markers I just love the Get whale Soon pun they create adding them to the middle of the sentiment. To finish everything up I added some stars and bubbles using a white gelly roll pen. 

I love how this one turned between the rich colours and the pop of pink to that punny sentiment it's just a super fun card. You can find all the supplies in the Time for Tea Shop and get 10% off any orders using code T4TNATALIE10 

Have a great weekend and don't forget to come back soon for more inspiration and cute cards!

 

Congratulations, Well Done!

Happy Saturday Teatimer's I've got a fun whale card today for you using the new Time for Tea release. 

As you probably know I love to make scene cards and the Stitched Slimline Slopes Die is perfect for this. 

I used an ombre technique with Distress Oxides to create darker water at the bottom and then lighter towards the top where it hits the sky. Then for the sky I blended the sky and then stencilled some sun rays over the top. I finished it up with some spritzes of water and splatters of the same colours and coloured up some fish using an orange gelly roll pen. I also drew in some birds in the sky too to add some extra interest.

The whales and narwhal are from the new Get Whale Soon Stamp and Die set  I coloured them up in a range of colours for more contrast and a pop of colour. Then all that was left to do was the sentiments which I white heat embossed onto black using the Simple Sentiments Clear Stamp Set.

That's my card finished up I hope you like it you can fund all the products in the Time for Tea Shop and you can get 10% off your purchases using code T4TNATALIE10

Have a great weekend and be sure to keep checking back for more inspiration. 

 

Get Whale Soon!

Hello Teatimer's I have another Whale card for you today. This time its a sweet Get Whale Soon card for which I went for a bright and colourful colour scheme. 

I began by cutting out the largest frame from the Metric Layering Frame Dies three times so I had one for the base layer and the other two I cut out the sand bottom and the waves. I ink blended these with distress oxides and layered them altogether. 

For my images I combined the Get Whale Soon stamp set with an older discontinued mermaid set. You could use the weed from Fintastic Friends too though if you have that. I coloured those up with Copic markers and added some finishing touches using Black and White Gelly Roll pens. 

I also heat embossed the sentiment onto black card and cut that out with the coordinating dies. I love that Time for Tea stamps have the coordinating dies to cut out the sentiments too. It just adds something extra to your card. 

After adding adhering everything together I added some birds in the top left corner and some pink dots using a gelly roll pen and that was my card finished up for today. 

I hope you like it and be sure to check back for some more inspiration from the design team. 

Also a nice added bonus if you want to purchase anything in the Time for Tea Shop you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10. 

 

Alpaca my Bags!

Hi I'm super excited to share my second card as Guest Designer for Heffy Doodle. I love the little llama's from the llamazing llama's Stamp Set and had this cute idea of them sailing away on a little cruise ship which I created using the new Boats and Barns Die. 

I started off by cutting out two rectangles sized 8.5 x 3.5 inches and blending Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold and Pink Flamingo Distress Oxides onto the card. Finishing off with some spritzes of water which I dabbed off and then adding some splatters of colour using the same inks. On the second rectangle I cut out some waves which I inked up using Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide inks again using the same technique of ink splatters and water spritzes. This time also added some splatters of white acrylic paint as well. I also cut out a little sandbank too using the base of the boat and just trimming it. The same technique was used for this but with Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold, Tea Dye and Vintage Photo inks. Setting these aside to dry I stamped, coloured and cut out my llamas and accessories and the fish from the Sealy Friends Stamp Set. I coloured up them with copic markers finishing them up by adding some details using white and black gelly roll pen. I went with a rainbow colour palette for my fish for a bright summery look.

After everything was inked and coloured up it was time to work on the boat, I love how versatile the die is giving you the option to create a boat, ark or barn. Again I went for a nice bright pink to add a pop of colour against the kraft card. I love how the llamas sailing the ship with the big wheel, think they forget to pull up the anchor though! I wanted to create a chain for my anchor so threaded through some gold cotton tying it with a knot and gluing it behind the bottom of the boat. 

I cut out the rest of the pieces and adhered everything together. Popping the boat onto the base adding a bit of foam tape to the waves to add some dimension and tucking the sand bank underneath then adding all the rest of the llamas etc. 

I felt like it needed a little bit of something else when it was all adhered so added a few birds in the sky with a copic outliner and added some dots of colour with some neon gelly roll pens. 

The last thing to add was the sentiments and that was my card finished up. I have had so much fun guesting for Heffy Doodle this month and I hope you have liked my projects.

Have a Beary Good Day!

Happy Saturday Teatimer’s it’s DT member Natalie here on the blog with this super sweet bear card. I haven’t been well the past few weeks so needed a quick card for my post for today. Luckily when I colour up my stamps I always stamp and colour about three out of each image and then I have some left for another project later on. 

These sweet bears are from the Bears Picnic Clear Stamp Set. It’s such a sweet set with four bears a picnic basket some little ants and picnic food. I’ve used it many times and still love it so much! 

As you can see I added two of the same stamp but just coloured them up in different ways. As I wanted it to look like two friends having a Frappuccino in the park and then flying their kites way up in the sky. 

The background was pretty simple to make too the Stitched Slimline Slope Dies make for quick easy backgrounds. I just inked up the inside with different Distress Oxides to give the impression of grass and sky. Great for when your in a rush! I did layer the frame twice to add some depth and dimension. 

 For the sentiment I heat embossed white onto black card. I love this technique as it makes the sentiment really pop. Then to finish off my card I added some details with my gelly roll pens just adding some dots of colour in the sky and grass and then little dots on the cheeks and some shiny black noses. 

I hope you like my card for today and if you want to pick up any of the products you can get 10% off in the Time for Tea shop using code T4TNATALIE10 ❤️

Heffy Guest Designer

Hi it's Natalie here and I'm so excited to have been asked to be July's Guest Designer for Heffy Doodle. The critters are just the cutest and I had so much fun creating this Jungle at night scene card. 

I began my card by cutting out the Go Wild (A2) Frame Dies and ink blending them with a mix of Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks. I also cut the frame out of green fun foam to add some depth and create the impression of a deep, thick jungle. 

Next I needed to create the night sky so cut out a piece of white card to fit behind and layered on Chipped Sapphire, Uncharted Mariner and Tumbled Glass Distress oxide. To which I spritzed on water and dabbled it off and splattered on some gold watercolours to resemble stars. Once this was dry I added the vines using Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide and the vine stamps from the Chimply the Best Stamp Set. 

S

I stamped out all the chimp images, the bananas and vines with memento tuxedo ink on to copic paper and coloured them up with copic markers. For the monkeys I used E37, E35 and E31 for the fur and then E31 and E42 for the faces adding R20 to the cheeks and ears and R32 to the tongue. Finishing them up with some White gelly roll pen dots on the cheeks and black on the dotted eyes.  I don't have the Chimply the Best Coordinating Dies so I fussy cut my images but I'd definitely recommend  getting the coordinating dies as they are a little fussy to cut and the dies would save so much time. 

For the main sentiment I used the big Go Wild die in the Go Wild (A2) Frame Dies using black card for the shadow part and Silver Glitter card for the letters. The black just makes it really pop and I thought the silver works well for the night sky look. 

When adhering everything to my card I tried to add some dimension by adding vines behind the lettering and underneath the frame alongside some of the bananas too. 

Once everything was adhered I added some dots and stars to the sky using the same white gelly roll pen and that was my card all finished up. I hope you enjoyed my tutorial for today be sure to come back soon for some more inspiration. 

 

You’re a reel star!

Happy Saturday Teatimer's I have a fun 3-D cinema card for you today. It was super easy to make and great for kids birthday cards or your movie loving friends. 

I cut out and coloured up the Movie Night Stamp using copic markers. Adding some finishing touches with a black gelly roll pen on the nose and some cute white dots on their cheeks. Once everything was cut out I could cut out the base. I used the Box Clever Die Set for this and cut it out of black card. This way I could figure out the height in which the seats needed to be. Adding the back one a little higher like it would be in the cinema.

It was at this point I realised I needed a pop of colour so added a lot of movie tickets in the background. Then at the sides I added some white panels which I stencilled the Popping Popcorn 6 x 6 Stencil using yellow and orange distress oxides, as you can see below.

To finish off the front I used the Purrfect Day Scene Builder Dies for the curtains and coloured them up with copic markers adding some little gold bands with a gold marker. Then for the sentiment I cut out another black strip and heat embossed my sentiment I didn't have any yellow embossing powder so coloured over my white with the same yellow copic marker over the top. I don't know whether this is good for your copics though so I wouldn't do it often and I scribbled off some ink on some scrap paper just in case. Then that was my card finished up. You can find all the products in the shop and get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10. 

 

Sending love!

Morning Teatimer’s the sun is shining and it looks like it’s going to be a lovely weekend. Have you any plans? I'm off to Stamp Magic tomorrow and super excited!

My card this week really did not turn out as planned but I love how it now, looks like a night sky full of stars. I wanted to create a card for Jo and Ant after the sudden loss of their beautiful kitty Rosie. It's so hard loosing a fur baby and I wanted them to know we were thinking of them. 

My plan originally was to have a plain white background with the paw prints but I really struggle with CAS cards and wast loving the look. So I created the base by cutting out the largest rectangle from the Layering Dies Metric Sized  and layered on the paw prints cut out with the Pawsome Dies. 

For the rainbow I used the Rainbow Mini Shaker Die and cut it out of coloured card and added clouds using the coordinating die from the Storm's Don't Last Forever Clear Stamp set. The cute kitty is from the Puurfect Day Stamp set and coloured up with Copic Markers. 

It was at this point I realised I really didn't like the plain white background so tried water colouring in blue around the paw prints but that wasn't working either. So i grabbed my trusty Distress Oxides and began blending with a range of blues and adding black soot around the edges to darken them up. 

I added some splatters of gold paint and stars using white gelly pen and adhered my rainbow and kitty finishing it up with some clear sequins and a black frame using the A2 Nesting Dies. 

That was my card finished up for today, I hope you like it. You can find all the products I used in the Time for Tea Shop and get 10% off orders using code T4TNATALIE10 . 

Have a great weekend!

 

Hello, I miss you!

 Happy Saturday Teatimer’s these weekends are coming around fast! Have you been doing lots of crafting this week? I’ve been busy creating once again, using the super cute new release. This week I thought I’d better colour up something else besides those adorable kitties, so these cuties are from the new Let's Chat Stamp and Die set. 

I stamped them out using memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured them up with copic markers. Cutting them out with their coordinating dies and adding some finishing touches to their cheeks and noses using black and white gelly roll pens. 

For the background I used the Flirty Flowers Cover Dies which I cut out of white card and layered on top of a white card base. I added a white frame using the Smile Inverted Scallop Frame Dies and popped it up using some white foam tape. 

The big Hello sentiment is from the Hey, Hello, Hi Dies set which I cut out of fun foam as well as the pink paper so it would be the same height as the frame and it's so much easier than faffing with the foam tape. 

I love how the Time for Tea Coordinating Die Sets cut out the sentiments too so I heat embossed my other sentiment onto black card and cut that out using the Coordinating Dies. For the other sentiment I cut out one of the speech bubbles from the Speech Bubbles Coordinating Die Set and heat embossed the I Miss You inside it. Top tip it's easier to stamp and then cut out. I laid these two sentiments flat so that it was the hello die that was popped up alongside the cute Critters and the telephone. This just adds a bit more dimension and interest to your card. 

It really was a quick card to make with nit much colouring and perfect for sending to someone to give them a pick me up!

I hope you like it and if you want to pick any of the items up in the Time for Tea Shop,you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10 ♡ 

Meow you Doing?

Hi everyone it's DT member Natalie here with another sweet kitty card. I just couldn't resist colouring them up again they are just so fun! I teamed the kitties with the new Pawsome Dies and Pawsome Rainbows Paper Pad. 

I began by cutting out a base out of white card by using the Imperial size Layering Dies and then taking the Pawsome Dies, I randomly cut out paw prints around the card. I used the biggest one at the bottom and got smaller as I went up as I thought it was more aesthetically pleasing. This was then popped over the top of a sheet of the Pawsome Rainbow Papers using foam tape to add a bit of depth. 

The cats I stamped from the Puurfect Day and the Hey There Critters Stamp and Die Sets. I used Mememto Tuxedo Black ink to stamp and coloured them up with COPIC markers and cut them out with the coordinating dies. Using some black and white Gelly Roll pens I also added some finishing touches on their noses and cheeks and adhered them onto the card. 

For the sentiment I white heat embossed onto black card and cut them out into strips and laid one next to each kitty. Then just popped it all onto my card base and that was my card all finished up. 

I hope you like the finished result you can find all the items in the Time for Tea Shop and if you want to purchase anything there you can get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10T4TNATALIE10. Have a great weekend and I’ll see you next week ❤️

Life without you would be a catastrophe!

Happy Saturday Teatimer's the new release is finally in the Time for Tea Shop and wow what a release not only in size but in also in cuteness! The cheeky kitties have to be my favourite, so needless to say they were the first ones I coloured up. 

I used the Stitched Window Die to create a shelving unit and added the kitties from the both the Kitty Capers and Purrfect Day stamp and Die sets. I love how the furry ginger kitty is like it wasn't me whilst the other kitty is watching whilst there's milk spilling the milk over that poor grumpy kitty underneath. 

The two stamp sets work so well together but you still have so many images in each set alone to create a super fun scene. Underneath the images I used the new Tiger Stripes stencil to create a subtle wood effect behind. It just gives a little more detail so the background is not so plain but subtle enough to take over the card. 

I hope you like my card for today don't forget to check out the Time for Tea Shop for more inspiration and see the full release and if anything catches your eye you can get 10% off using code T4TNATALIE10. Have a great weekend and happy crafting!

 

Big Birthday Wishes!

 The weekend is finally here again, have you anything nice planned? I’m hoping for a crafty day 🤞 I’ve been trying to build up my Birthday card stash as I can never seem to find one when I need one and the Hello Cupcake Stamp Set with the Big Birthday Wishes Sentiment Die is a perfect combination for this. 

I really wanted to create a rich chocolate cupcake and combined it with red since strawberries are red. Creating an almost monochrome look for my card. I love how mixing up the colours gives a completely different to your card. Here's one I made a couple of months ago with the same set using a range of pink tones.

 

The pinks make it really sweet and cute where I feel the rich red and brown combined with the monochrome background give it a more sophisticated grown up feel. 

For my latest card I used the Smile Inverted Frame Dies to create a frame for my card and layered the cute polka dot paper from the Sweet Summer 6x6 Paper Pad and layered some Velum over the top to tone it down a little. It's a great technique for adding some interest to the background but toning it down so it isn't quite so busy. 

Once the background was layered up I just popped on the rest of the images. For the Big Birthday Wishes Sentiment I layered red card over the top of the black for a little added interest. 

I love how my card turned out and my Birthday card stash is slowly coming together. This one is such a quick and easy card to make and you could easily mix up the colours for a whole different look. 

If you want to purchase any of the items you can find them in the Time for Tea Shop and get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10 

Thanks for reading and have a lovely weekend!

You are Sweet!

 Happy Saturday everyone, it’s DT member Natalie here. Have you got anything planned for the bank holiday weekend? I’m so excited to have three whole days off, it doesn’t happen very often so I’ll definitely be making the most of it 🥰 

It only seemed fitting for a sunny day to have a fun ice cream card. I used the Sundae Sweeties stamp set to create my card and combined it with the Geometric Snowflakes dies to create like an ice cream cone background. Then using the A2 stitched Hearts Cover plate die to create a blank space for my kitty so it didn’t get lost in the busy background. 

For the dripping ice cream I cut out a rectangle the same size as the background. Then using the 6 x 6 Splish Splash Stencil I lined up on the corner and drew and outline to create my shape. I didn’t want the drips to rip so I inked it up first using distress oxides and layered the confetti stencil over the top. Once that was finished I cut it out and layered it onto my card. 

I had to finish up my card with some white gelly roll stars and some sprinkles on the ice cream. 

It’s such a fun card and I love how it turned out. You can find all the products in the Time for Tea shop and get 10% off using code T4TNATALIE10 ❤️ 

You are so Sweet ❤️

 Happy Saturday Teatimer's it's Natalie here with a super fun summer shaker card. If you can remember back at Christmas I made a similar card turning the Take Out Coffee Cups Dies into a shaker card. 

You can find all the details on how I made the shaker here. 

I thought a bright, summer milkshake version would be super fun.  I wanted to show you how you could make two of the same cards but change a few elements like the colour and shaker bits and you get a completely different look for a new season. 

Instead of sequins I used small fruit shaker elements and some tiny ice cubes then instead of snow I added grass and went for pops of pink, yellow and orange as opposed to the cold blues I used for the winter card. 

As you can see two completely different but similar cards, I just love how it turned out. 

If you want to recreate your own version you can find all the supplies in the Time for Tea Shop and get 10% off any orders using code T4TNATALIE10. 

Have a Cool Birthday!

Happy Saturday Teatimer's anyone else longing for warm summer days again?! It's been so wet and miserable recently that I decided to create my own summer's day instead, I just love that cheeky little skunk with their two fab ice lollies. It does look a tad warm in front of that hot sun though.

To make my card I used the Skies the Limit Slimline Dies which I cut out twice from white 360gsm card making sure to keep all of the cut out pieces. I then adhered the two die cuts together and layered on top of another piece of white card. 

Taking the die cut pieces I ink blended Squeezed Lemonade and Dried Marigold for the sun and Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans for the sky. Adding splatters on top using the same colours. Once dried I adhered the pieces back together. 

For the grass I took some white card the same length and used the Slimline Hillside Scene Dies to cut out the grass. I ink blended this with Twisted Citron and Rustic Wilderness Distress oxide again adding splatters with the same colours. 

The last thing to do for my card was colour up those cute critters from the Cool Critters Stamp Set. I used Copic markers to colour them up using a small range of colours so they all coordinate. I finished them up by adding some extra details to their cheeks and the skunks ice creams with white gelly roll and some pastel coloured Signo Uniball pens. Once they were all coloured I cut them out using the coordinating dies and adhered them to my card using foam tape to add some depth. 

The last thing to do was add some dots and stars using the pastel pens and a gold gelly roll pen to add a little texture and some more details and that was my card finished up. I hope it brought some sunshine to your day! You can find all the products in the Time for Tea shop and get 10% off your order using code T4TNATALIE10.