Sharing handmade cards
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing a sweet Valentine’s Day card featuring the Sweet Cart Critters stamp set from Time For Tea Designs. I used Distress Watercolour Pencils along with the Scattered Hearts Stencil to create a soft, pretty water coloured background. For the background, I started with watercolour paper and the Scattered Hearts Stencil. I... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday! I’m sharing a fun, interactive critter card featuring stamps, dies, and stencils from Time For Tea Designs. It creates such a cute little scene of critter friends catching up over coffee. The die I used is from Lawn Fawn and is called the Ta-Da Diorama. I followed the instructions in Lawn Fawn’s intro... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday. Today I’m sharing a sympathy card I made for a dear friend who recently lost her husband. They had been together for decades, so I wanted the card to feel heartfelt and gentle. I used the Thinking Of You Sentiment Die, along with a stencil from Time For Tea Designs, and kept the... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing a fun interactive pop-up card featuring the Love Is In the Air stamp set from Time For Tea Designs. With its bright colours and playful design, this card would be perfect for Valentine’s Day. I started by cutting white cardstock to 3¾ x 5 inches. Using the cloud section of... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday! Today, I’m excited to share a mixed-media New Year’s tag featuring stamps, dies, and a stencil from Time For Tea Designs. To start, I spread Wendy Vecchi's translucent embossing paste over the Movie Star 6 x6" Stencil onto a Tim Holtz mixed-media heavy stock tag using a palette knife. Once the paste dried, I picked... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year!Starting 2026 with a golden-themed celebration card using several Time For Tea Designs stamps and dies. These two adorable bunnies are ringing in the new year with some bubbly! For the background, I used Scattered Straw Distress Watercolour Pencil on Distress Watercolour Paper, applying a layering technique to create an organic watercolour effect.... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday! I saved my favourite Christmas card that I made this year for last. I absolutely love this whimsical nighttime Christmas scene, created using the Santa’s Nice List and Sweet Christmas stamp sets. For the background, I pulled out a moon masking stencil from my stash. I started by securing the negative (moon) portion... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday before Christmas! Today I’m sharing a sweet and colourful penguin scene I created using the It's Penguin-ing to Look A Lot Like Christmas stamp set from Time For Tea Designs. To make the background panel, I used watercolour paper and Distress Watercolour Pencils in Cracked Pistachio, Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac, Picked... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday, everyone! Today I’m sharing a sweet Christmas scene I created using the Gingerbread Family - Our House to Yours stamp set from Time For Tea Designs. To build the background, I started with watercolour paper and layered Picked Raspberry, Salvaged Patina, and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Sprays. I applied the colours, heat-setting between layers... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing a cheesy Christmas card featuring the Merry Cheesemas stamp set and the Say Cheese Cover Plate Die. I love that I was able to use a non-traditional Christmas colour for the background of this project! I began with watercolour paper and a mix of Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, and Rusty... Continue Reading →
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