Mixed media Waterfall card

I haven't used my blog for absolutely ages mainly because no one visited anymore. Is blogging still a thing?

Anyway I wanted to show this waterfall card that I would like to enter in to the Craft Stamper "Take it , make it " December challenge. 

I've used some gorgeous new Tracey Hey Designs stamps. The sets are called "Let's get dizzy" and "Having it all".

I used the Crafter's Companion waterfall die to make the base.

The background of each image has been made by smooshing Distress Oxide sprays and then stamping the curves over the top. I've added highlights using a white pen. The circles have also been made in the same way and fussy cut. 

I stamped out the main image and coloured them with Spectrum Noir Illustrator pens and then fussy cut them. 

For the bigger backgrounds I have used two Clarity stamp paper pads.

The sentiments have been stamped with versamark and then white embossed onto black card.

Here's the front of the  waterfall card.

Here's page no 2

Page no 3

Page no 4

Page no 5

And there you go a lovely mixed media waterfall card.

Sharon

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Today's card is another new release from Time For Tea Designs. It's called "Moovellous" and comes in a stamp and die set.

           

It's available in the Time For Tea store here

https://timeforteadesigns.co.uk/collections/all

Here's my card

Stamp: Moovellous
Dies: Moovellous
Colouring medium: Spectrum Noir - Triblends
Inks: Distress Oxides

Sharon Today's card is another new release from Time For Tea Designs. It's called "Moovellous" and comes in a stamp and die set.

           

It's available in the Time For Tea store here

https://timeforteadesigns.co.uk/collections/all

Here's my card
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Time For Tea Designs New Releases

Today's card features a new release from Time For Tea Designs. There are 2 new sets available in the store. Stamps and dies are available. You can find them in the T4T store here.

  

I've made a card using the Toucan Do This.

I have stenciled the background with Oxide Inks and then coloured the toucans with Spectrum Noir Triblends.

T4T also have some other brand new stamps coming but they can be bought for now only on the Create & Craft website. https://www.createandcraft.com/gb/search/time_for_tea_designs

I'll be showing some of these sets here on my blog in the next few weeks.

*DISCOUNT CODE* Also I can give you this special discount code to use in the Time For Tea store. 

https://timeforteadesigns.co.uk/collections/all

T4TSHARON10

It has no time limit and can be used numerous times for anything! (except C&C stuff). So go fill your boots! :0)

Sharon

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Cute Card Thursday

Hi there this week's Cute Card Thursday theme is

Anything Goes

Here's my card

I've stamped onto parchment with a WOW white embossing powder.

Stamps: Crafter's Companion - Background Layering Stamps - Spring Display

Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir - Triblends

Sentiment: Crafter's Companion - Gemini Edge'ables - Happy

Card: Papermania

This week we are sponsored by Whimsy Stamps.

Good Luck!

Sharon

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Time For Tea Designs

Time for another Time For Tea DT card and today's card features the lovely Toadally Awesome stamp and die set.

This set is only available on the Create and Craft website here

https://www.createandcraft.com/gb/pp/-toadally-awesome-stamps-and-dies-collection-459285

Here's my card

Stamps & Dies: Time For Tea Designs - Toadally Awesome

Papers: Lily of the Valley - Perfect Pair

Colouring medium: Spectrum Noir - Triblends

Don't forget we have an Instagram challenge each month. All you need to do is make a T4T project and use the #timeforteadesigns.

Sharon

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Cute Card Thursday Challenge

This week's Cute Card Thursday challenge is

Brads, Sequins or Gems

Here's my card I've chosen sequins for the theme

For my card I've used one of the newer background stamps from Crafters Companion. This one is called "Bees in the border". It's a 3 part stamping set and works really well. I've added some sparkle pen and liquid glass on the bees and some stickles on the flower centres.

I've also used the 1st stamp to make a background using clear embossing powder.

Stamp set: Crafter's Companion - Bees in the border

Inks: Tim Holtz Oxide Inks - Spiced Marmalade & Fossilized Amber

Dies: Happy - Issue 21 of the Crafter's Companion mag.

This week we are sponsored by My Creative Scoop  . One lucky winner will win a $10 certificate which you will be able to spend on an online class or in the etsy shop.

Good Luck

Sharon

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Time For Tea Designs Weekly Inspiration

This week's T4T inspiration card uses the fabulous Mermazing stamp and die set.

Stamps: Time For Tea Designs - Mermazing

Dies: Altenew - Shattered Triangles

Inks: TH Oxide Inks

Colouring medium: Spectrum Noir

The waves, seahorses and crabs are all part of the stamp and die set.

The stamps and dies are only available on the Create & Craft website and can be bought individually or as a set.

Sharon

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Cute Card Thursday

This week's challenge on the Cute Card Thursday blog is

Flowers

Just right for the beginning of Spring!

I've used my Spectrum Noir Harmony inks to make the water coloured background and I also painted the butterflies and flowers with the same inks.

Inks: Spectrum Noir - Harmony - Plum Pudding, Winter Rose & Frozen Lake

Embossing: WOW fine detail white

Stamp: Kaisercraft - Botanical

Rub Ons: From my stash

This week we are sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps.  One lucky winner will receive a $6 voucher for the store.

Good Luck

Sharon

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Hello Bonnie

Time for a bit of Time For Tea Designs inspiration and this week I made a card using the Copic & Painter Bonnie image.

Image: Copic and Painter Bonnie - Time For Tea Designs

Sentiment: Crafters Companion - Gemini - Hello

Colouring mediums: Spectrum Noir - Triblends & Copics

Dies: Sizzix - Tim Holtz  thinlits

Stamps: Hobbycraft - Basic borders

Don't forget we have a little challenge going on just # your posts using T4T designs on @timeforteadesigns. We pick a winner monthly.

Until next week be good !

Sharon

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Time For Tea Designs DT Inspiration

Hi there

It's time for another Time For Tea DT inspiration post. And I've used the gorgeous Mermazing set of stamps and dies.

This set is only available on the Create & Craft website here

https://www.createandcraft.com/gb/pp/-mermazing-stamps-and-dies-collection-459281

The set is also available seperately.

                           

So here is my card using this set. I've used some fun googly eyes from Hobbycraft too.

Stamps & Dies: Time For Tea - Mermazing

Papers: WRMK - Free Spirit

Embossing powder: WOW - Totally Teal

Sharon

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Cute Card Thursday Challenge

This week's Cute Card Thursday Challenge is

"Anything Goes"

Here's my card

Background: Spectrum Noir - Aquatints

Stamps: Time For Tea Designs - Mermazing

We are sponsored this week by Whimsy Stamps .

The randomly selected winner will be able to choose 3 digital products from the

 Whimsy Stamps digital collection. 

Have fun and good luck.

Sharon

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Time For Tea Designs DT Post

Today I'd like to show you a card and gift box showing the brand new digi stamp set called "Bonnie Hey Friend".

You can find her in the Time For Tea Designs store here.

https://timeforteadesigns.co.uk

I've used a kraft card for the bases of the card and box. 

Bonnie and her little add ons  have been paper pieced with papers from the same pad used as the background layers. Her hair and skin have been coloured with Copics. 

Digi stamps: Bonnie Hey Friend

Papers: Nit Wit Collections - Perfect Pair

Don't forget we have a monthly challenge going on on the FB T4T community page. It's an easy challenge it's always "Anything Goes".

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1310707962407855/

You can also sign up to our brand new newsletter too. You'll find out all the exciting new things we are up to and new releases. To sign up just go to the T4T page here

https://timeforteadesigns.co.uk/

and a pop up will appear where you can just sign up!!

Have a good week

Sharon

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Time For Tea Designs Weekly Inspirational Card

Hi

Tuesday again and it's my turn for the weekly Time For Tea Designs Inspirational card.

I've used the cute "Happy Mom Cat Day" digi image.

                                                  

Here's my card

I've coloured the image with Spectrum Noir Tri blends and framed it with a Molly Blooms stitch stamp.

The papers are Free Spirit by WRMK.

For the sentiment I borrowed the "You are awesome" from the T4T Toadally Awesome kit.

Don't forget we have an Anything Goes challenge going on at our Time For Tea Community Facebook page.

Cute Card Thursday Challege

This week's Cute Card Thursday Challenge is

Spring Fever

I took a different look at the theme and used some tiny springs underneath the toads. :0)

I've used a stamp and die set from Time For Tea Designs called "Toadally Awesome". It's available from Create & Craft and can also be bought individually. 

 I've used Spectrum Noir Triblends for the toads and colouring the vellum. The lillies and leaves have been embossed with fine white WOW embossing powder.

The little dragofly's wings have WOW clear sparkle embossing powder on them too.

The little springs are tiny little ones that easily fit onto a stamped image and already have adhesive on both of the surfaces.

This week we are sponsored by Di's Digi Stamps and one lucky winner will receive a $6 voucher for the store.

Good luck

Sharon

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Time For Tea Designs - Mermazing!

It's cold and rainy here in Scotland ideal crafting weather!

Today I'd like to show you my DT inspiration card for Time For Tea Designs.

I've used a cute little stamp and die set called "Mermazing".

You can buy Mermazing from Create & Crafte here

https://www.createandcraft.com/gb/pp/-mermazing-stamps-and-dies-collection-459281

It's available as a set or seperates.

I used a MFT die set called "Peek a boo window & edge" to shape the card and a stitched wavy edge die from the same company to make the waves.

The images have been stamped with black versafine ink and then I like to clear emboss the ink to help the pens stay in the lines.

I've used Spectrum Noir Triblends to colour the images. 

Just to finish off the card I added a little silver starfish charm and some sequins.

Don't forget we have a monthly challenge on our Facebook Time For Tea community group and the theme is always Anything Goes.

You can find it here

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1310707962407855

Sharon

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Cute Card Thursday Challenge

Hi there.

Thursday again and it's the Cute Card Thursday Challenge time again. 

I can't believe it but..... it's our 11th birthday this week!!! Wow time certainly flies.

This week's theme is

"Celebrate"

Here's my card

On Crafters Companion Neenah cardstock I have made the background using stamps by Creative Expressions and Stampin Up in a grey and red ink. For the silver circles I have used a WOW embossing powder. 

The "Celebrate" is a SU stamp which I've coloured using a red copic pen and the little confetti bits have been embossed with the WOW powder.

I've layered up the sentiment and main images in first red then grey cardstock to make it "pop".

This week we are sponsored by All Dressed Up.

This week's challenge winner will receive two free digis of their choice from Wendy’s Etsy shop

As always the winner will be chosen using Random.org

Good Luck and I look forward to seeing your projects.

Sharon

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Time For Tea Designs

Hi there and it's my turn to show off my inspiration post for Time For Tea Designs today.

I have used a gorgeous clear stamp and die set called "Mermazing" 

You can find the set here at Create & Craft  

 https://www.createandcraft.com/gb/pp/-mermazing-stamps-and-dies-collection-459281

You can also buy the stamp set and dies seperately.

I have made a 3D shadow box card for my weekly project..

Here's the front view

Here you can see that I added an acetate layer so I could get some depth to the box

I added fish, seahorses and seaweed to the bottom layer and then one of each to the acetate layer.

I've used Copics to colour the images and alot of WOW embossing powders. For the background I used patterned paper with a sea theme and sprinkled blue mix embossing enamel onto it. The nets are chipboard which I embossed with a teal WOW embossing powder.

Don't forget we have a fantastic Facebook Community page which you can find here

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1310707962407855/

You can post your makes and also see all the DT's inspiration. We also have a monthly "Anything Goes" challenge on this page.

We'd love to see what you've been making!!

Have a good week

Sharon

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Cute Card Thursday Challenge

Another Thursday comes around, the days go so fast for me now.

This week's Cute Card Thursday Challenge theme is

Anything Goes

I've made a bit of a mixed media card for the challenge

So here's a list of the items I used

Inks: Oxides - Faded Jeans, Mermaid Lagoon & Tumbled Glass

         Versafine - Onyx Black

Stamps: Aall & Create - Quack the Duck & #39 for the arrows

              Circles - SSS - Make Your Mark

              Sentiment - CZ Designs - Hello You

Colouring medium: Spectrum Noir Triblends

Stickles: Ranger - Baby Blue

This week we are sponsored by Whimsy Stamps.

Good luck!

Sharon

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Time For Tea Designs DT Inspiration

Hi there,

today's post is for my DT inspiration for Time For Tea Designs. I've used one of the new releases for this card and is ideal to send to one of your crafty friends.

I've used Copic & Painter Bonnie for my card.

                                                                                           

I layered a white 6x6 card blank with a layer of Papermania grey cardstock and then a layer of die cut patterned paper. 

The images have been coloured with Copics and then cut out leaving a small border with my Scan & Cut. 

The "wonderful" sentiment came from the same pad as the patterned paper and again I layered it with the grey cardstock.

I used the computer to generate the sentiment and layered it onto the same grey cardstock. 

The images were then adhered to the middle of the die cut apertures with 3D pads.

I thought it needed a little something more so I added a few silver sequins. 

   

We still have an Anything Goes Challenge on the Time For Tea Community Facebook page here. It would be great if you could join us. 

Have a great week

Sharon

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Butterfly Flutterby

Because I'd been doing a lot of girl images lately I thought I'd make a mixed media card today.

For the background I used stamps from Lisa Horton by Creative Expressions. I stamped using the Tim Holtz oxide inks and paint spatters.

The butterfly images have been inked with a black versafine pad and then clear embossed. I have used the new Spectrum Noir Triblends to colour them and again I used paint spatters.

Sharon

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Cute Card Thursday Challenge

This week's challenge for Cute Card Thursday is

"Greens"

My card features one of the new releases from Time For Tea Designs called "Gardening Emily & Ernie".

I've used the new Spectrum Noir triblend pens for my images.

                                    

Here's a close up view

This was my first try with the pens and I must say I was impressed with them. I found them quite juicy (which I like) and they blended really easily. I'm looking forward to them bringing out more colours.

This week we are sponsored by My Creative Scoop. One lucky winner will receive a $10 voucher to spend in the etsy shop.

Good Luck!

Sharon

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Time For Tea Designs

This week's inspiration post for my DT spot with Time For Tea Designs features one of the new releases. This one is called "Reading Rosie and Ralph". 

She is available from the Time For Tea Designs store here.

I've coloured the image with Copics. I made her nice and bright with spring colours as it is like spring here in Scotland. Let's hope it lasts!

I added some pretty spotty paper to accentuate the image and also some lovely lime sequins.

Don't forget we have a challenge going on with an Anything Goes theme. It's on the Facebook Time For Tea Designs Community page here.

Have a good week!

Cute Card Thursday

Hello from a very rainy Scotland :0(

This week's Cute Card Thursday Challenge is 

Buttons / Enamel Dots

We are sponsored this week by Di's Digi Stamps.

I've used lots of Sizzix products for my card.

Background: Sizzix embossing folder - Scattered Sequins

Dies: Sizzix Thinlets - Frames

Biggest heart: Sizzix  Bigz - this is a die that came with my machine

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted - Sweet Little Sentiments

One lucky winner will receive a $6 voucher to spend in the Di's Digi Store.

Looking forward to seeing your makes 

Sharon

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Time For Tea with Beats Bella

It's my day to post my card for my Time For Tea Designs DT inspiration.

I've used one of the new releases called "Beats Bella".

She can be found ( along with all the new releases) in the Time For Tea Designs store here.

To make Bella's background I sprayed some oxide inks with water and then smooshed the card through it. I did this several times making sure each layer was dry each time. 

I then printed out Bella and used my Scan and Cut to cut around here leaving a small border. 

She has been coloured with Copics.

Don't forget we have an Anything Goes Challenge on the Time For Tea FB community page which you can find here. Would love to see you join in!

Till next week have a good week.

Sharon

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Cute Card Thursday Challenge

This week's theme for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge is

Wings

I've used a patterned paper for the background and then stamped a selection of mixed media stamps from AAL & Create in black ink randomly onto it. 

I then stamped the bird image in black ink onto another co ordination patterned paper and added a few splats. The sentiment was stamped onto white cardstock and cut out randomly and then layered onto black cardstock.

A simple but effective card :0)

This week we are sponsored by All Dressed Up. One lucky winner will receive some ADU digi stamps as their prize.

Good Luck!!

Sharon

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Time For Tea Designs "Valentines"

Today it's my turn for a little Time For Tea Designs project for Valentines and I'd like to show you a gorgeous digi image called "First Love Phoebe".

I've coloured her hair and skin with Copics and then gave her a lovely patterned pieced outfit. 

You can find her in the Time For Tea Designs store here.

She's ideal to make into a Valentine's card. I've used Sizzix thinlits dies to embellish my card.

Did you know we have a Facebook page to show off your T4T cards? You can find it here - 

Time For Tea Designs Community Page      https://www.facebook.com/groups/1310707962407855/

We also have a brand new blog  -    https://timeforteadesigns.co.uk/blogs/news  

and instagram -     https://www.instagram.com/timeforteadesigns/

Have fun and Good Luck!

DT Sharon

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Cute Card Thursday & CAS(E) Challenges

This week's theme for Cute Card Thursday is

Anything Goes

For this card I've also followed the CAS(E) this sketch challenge. Here's the sketch I've followed

                                                             

I've used a Time For Tea digi image called "Winter Hoodie" ( she's not in the shop yet as it's just been opened and all the images haven't been brought over yet) and I finally got out my Polychromos again. Need a bit of practise but not too bad lol. I did still use my Copics for the skin as I only have 24 pencils and I couldn't find a nice skin combo.

I've cut her out using my Scan & Cut. The die at the bottom of the card is a Sizzix Tim Holtz die.

The sentiment is a stamp set by CZ Design and is called Hello You.

This week we are sponsored by Whimsy Stamps.

Good Luck 

Sharon

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Time For Tea Designs

I can finally announce I have been picked for the T4T design team yay!!!!

Time For Tea Designs have had a total make over and now have a new shop and blog here

                                                               Time For Tea Designs

So to celebrate I made this cute Valentine's card featuring Phoebe Hugs.

I've used my scan & cut to cut the image out leaving a little border.

I then coloured her with Copics.

The background is a cut file which I've cut using my Silhouette Cameo in a white cardstock.

I then layered it up onto red then black cardstock.

I cut out the hugs using a die and again layered it up so it would stand out.

She makes an ideal image to use on your Valentine's cards!

Sharon

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