March Elemental Challenge - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

As it's the first Friday of the month it's the elemental challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers.  I made my card in half an hour - talk about speed crafting!  I did have the image pre stamped and coloured though.

It has a vintage feel to it and I began by using a mask stencil to create the background then stamped over it and coloured the image using my Chameleon pencils.

I used distress oxide inks to blend across the edges of my card and paper doilies.  I stitched the doilies on to my card through the button so didn't need any glue and added a sentiment to finish.

Here is the mood board from which you need to pick 3 elements - colours count as 1.  I chose the colours, the bird, flowers, twine and buttons.

You can see lots more inspiration from the DT HERE and I hope that you will join in with the challenge.

Have a great weekend!

Shabneez

Products Used:

Aall & Create Pinecone Stamp Set

Chameleon Pencils

Time for Tea Designs Mask Stencil

Distress Oxide Inks

Time for Tea Designs Beautiful Blender Brushes

Dovecraft Mini Doilies

Hunkydory Sentiment

Everything else from my stash

Double Stencil Baby Card - Time for Tea Designs DT

Happy Wednesday!

Mid week already so can't be bad.  We've had notification the boys will definitely be returning to school on 8 March and they are both pleased - one more than the other as he will miss my lunches!

I'm sharing a baby card I made using a stamp and couple of stencils.  I really enjoy coming up with different ways to use or combine stencils.

I've used a die circle for the base and began by using my blender brushes and distress inks through the starry heart stencil.  I then masked the heart and used the scene it stencil to form the cloud background.

The little critter from the Occasional Critters Stamp set is just adorable isn't he?  I added some stars from the same set to make his little blanket even more cosy. In fact it reminds me of the baby blanket my youngest had.  Such wonderful memories! 

The image was stamped then coloured with my Chameleon pens and I added a little glitter glue to the cloud to make it sparkle.

The blender brushes I used along with the very useful brush caddy are currently on offer at Time for Tea Designs and you can get an additional 10% off using my code T4TSHABNEEZ10.

See you again on Friday!

Shabneez

Products Used:

Time for Tea Designs Beautiful Blender Brushes

Time for Tea Designs Occasional Critters Stamp Set & Co-ordinating Die Set

Time for Tea Designs Starry Heart Stencil

Time for Tea Designs Scene It Stencil

Time for Tea Designs Circle Of Love Nesting Die Set

Chameleon Pens

Dovecraft Glitter Glue

Everything else from my stash

You Warm My Heart - Time for Tea Designs DT

Happy Wednesday!

All set for the next lock down?  I had to go and return some school uniform on Monday and the queues to get into the small shopping area near us was awful!  

Today I'm sharing a favourite card of mine using the Time for Tea Designs Life's Ups & Downs stamp and die set.  I love creating backgrounds and this one was a little outside my comfort zone but I was pushed by a supportive friend to give it a go and this is the result!  I am so pleased with how it turned out.  I used distress inks and gold spatters through an oval masking stencil.  

The scene is such a warm and cosy one with the fire and the cute critters in their scarves and woolly hat!  All my images were stamped and coloured using my Chameleon pens then die cut using the co-ordinating dies.  

We had our first frost last night so the boys and I were all wrapped up this morning for the school run.  Winter is on it's way!

Don't forget 10% off anything in the store using my code T4TSHABNEEZ10.

Have a lovely day,

Shabneez

Products Used:

Time for Tea Designs Life's Ups & Downs Stamp and Die Set

Distress Oxide Ink Pads

Chameleon Pens Set

Time for Tea Designs Oval Masking Stencil

Time for Tea Designs Oval Scalloped Nesting Dies

Time for Tea Designs Beautiful Blender Brushes

Everything else from my stash

Spooktacular Creations - Daring Cardmakers DT

Happy Friday!

As promised I am back with another spooky creation as the Daring Cardmakers want to see all your Spooktacular creations this week.

I had fun with this one as the ghosts are just so cute and definitely too cute to spook!  Both the ghosts and the sentiment were die cut along with the frame.  The ghosts were die cut out of glitter card so they sparkle!

The background was created with distress oxides blended through a stencil then some paint spatters to finish.

I hope that you will join in with the challenge and you can find more information from the rest of the Design Team HERE.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and see you next week!

Shabneez

Products Used:

Time for Tea Designs Spooktacular Die Set

Time for Tea Designs Too Cute To Spook Sentiment Die

Distress Ink

Time for Tea Designs Beautiful Blender Brush 

Time for Tea Designs Sunny Side Up Again Stencil 

Everything else from my stash

Life's Ups & Downs - Time for Tea Designs DT

Happy Wednesday!

It's almost half term and I'm ploughing ahead trying to get as much work done as I can so I can have a few days off with the boys.  

My card today is one that was shown on Create & Craft TV by Jo yesterday and she even demonstrated the see saw going up and down!

I really enjoyed making this one as the interactive element on it was so well designed and all I had to do was add a brad to the see saw to make it move!

I made the background using the Sunny Side Up Again Stencil and Distress Oxide Ink Pads.  I then cut and coloured my images using my Chameleon pens.  I die cut the scalloped oval from the die set and stuck on a larger oval frame.  I wanted to keep the card simple so that the eye was drawn to the image and I think I succeeded.

The stamp set and its co-ordinating dies are available to buy from Create & Craft and everything else from Time for Tea Designs.  Don't forget you can get 10% off everything in store using my code T4TSHABNEEZ10.

See you again soon!

Shabneez

Products Used:

Time for Tea Designs Life's Ups & Downs Stamp Set

Time for Tea Designs Life's Ups & Downs Co-ordinating Die Set

Time for Tea Designs Beautiful Blender Brushes

Time for Tea Designs Oval Scalloped Nesting Dies

Time for Tea Designs Sunny Side Up Again Stencil

Chameleon Pens

Distress Oxide Ink Pads

Everything Else from my stash

Hanging On To Summer! - Time for Tea Designs DT

Happy Wednesday!

Hope you didn't miss me too much as I had to skip my usual Friday blog post.  It proved impossible with the amount of work I have on.  You'll be pleased to know I've been a good egg and drafted both my posts for this week!

Time for Tea Designs have a new release and among it is this Autumn Cover Plate die.  Now the name may suggest autumn but I found it's so versatile it works across all the seasons.  Today, I've kept with a summer look as I'm hanging on to it for a little while longer!

I die cut the elements on the set and then set about colouring them in using my distress oxide inks and beautiful blender brushes.  I also created a scene using the Scene It stencil.

The additional images and sentiment are all from the Life's Ups & Downs stamp and die set which I coloured in using my Chameleon pens.

The release will be on Create & Craft next Tuesday 13 October, alternatively you can buy from the store with 10% off everything using my code T4TSHABNEEZ10.

See you Friday!

Shabneez

Products Used:

Time for Tea Designs Autumn Cover Plate Die

Time for Tea Designs Life's Ups & Downs Stamp & Die Set

Time for Tea Designs Beautiful Blender Brushes

Time for Tea Designs Scene It Stencil

Distress Oxide Ink Pads

Chameleon Pens

Everything else from my stash

Crafty Friend - Time for Tea Designs DT

Happy Wednesday!

How has your week been so far?  I've had a child off with a tummy bug but thankfully he's all better and back at school today.

Today I've gone all out and used a lot of products, mostly Time for Tea ones to make this card even though you wouldn't think so looking at it!  I must admit I really enjoyed making it and as I have so many crafty friends it will definitely come in handy!

I do think these cats are very clever - one being able to paint and the other to write in such a beautiful cursive font as well!  My images have been cut and coloured in using a combination of Chameleon pens and pencils.

I used my favourite Splish Splash stencil with the Beautiful Blender brushes and distress oxides for the top of the card and it reminds me of icing on a cake!

The Essential Stripes stamp was used to make a background on my card base and the Washi Tape strips for the cats to perch on which work rather well!  All stamps, dies and stencil can be bought on the Time for Tea Designs site with 10% off using my code T4TSHABNEEZ10.

Enjoy the rest of the week,

Shabneez

Products Used:

Time for Tea Designs Crafty Cats Stamp Set

Time for Tea Designs Crafty Cats Co-ordinating Die Set

Time for Tea Designs Beautiful Blender Brushes

Time for Tea Designs Happy Birthday Sentiment Die 

Time for Tea Designs Essential Stripes A7 Stamp Set

Time for Tea Designs Washi Strips A7 Stamp Set

Time for Tea Designs Splish Splash Stencil Set

Distress Oxide Ink Pad

Chameleon Pen Set

Thanks for Owl You Do - Time for Tea Designs DT

Happy Wednesday!

I've had a very productive week so far and I'm hoping it'll continue as I have a number of deadlines to meet!  The summer holidays have already begun for one child and I think it's another couple of weeks before the second one finishes.  This made me think of teacher cards and the newly released Owlsome Stamp Set from Time for Tea Designs is perfect!

The background for my card was made using the Sunny Side Up Again stencil and distress inks using the Beautiful Blender brushes.  The owl and other images from the set are all stamped and coloured with my Chameleon pens.

I added touches of glitter to the flowers and glossy accents to the owl's eyes which give a lovely domed effect.

As ever, you can get 10% off anything in the store using my code T4TSHABNEEZ10.

Hope to see you later on in the week,

Shabneez 

Products Used:

Time for Tea Designs Be Owlsome Stamp Set

Time for Tea Designs Scene It 6x6 Stencil

Time for Tea Designs Thanks Sentiment Die Set

Time for Tea Designs Beautiful Blender Brushes

Time for Tea Designs Best Fishes Die Set

Distress Oxide Inks

Chameleon Pens

Glossy Accents

Dovecraft Glitter Glue