Sharing handmade cards
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing a card created with a limited colour palette featuring rich blues and soft neutrals. I love how restricting the colours can really make the design feel cohesive and polished. For this card, I used stamps, dies, and stencils from Time For Tea Designs to bring everything together. The background was... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing an interactive, baking-themed card that I created using stamps, dies, and stencils from Time For Tea Designs. I’m planning to give this card to someone who loves baking cookies, so I had a lot of fun adding sweet little details. I started by ink blending Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide onto... Continue Reading →
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 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! Today I’m sharing a gardening-themed card created for someone going through a hard time. It features the Thinking Of You Sentiment Die and the I Really Dig You A4 Printed Cardstock from Time For Tea Designs. I began by using low-tack tape to mask off a floor section on white cardstock. In the... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday! Today’s card features the Queen For The Day Printed Cardstock and coordinating dies. The printed cardstock sheets from Time For Tea Designs are absolutely stunning in person, and I always enjoy creating with them! For the background, I used watercolour paper along with the X Marks the Spot Stencil. I pressed Salvaged Patina,... Continue Reading →
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