Luxurious Warm Winter Wishes - Time for Tea Designs DT

Happy Wednesday!

It's Onesie day at school for my little one today - he can go to school in his nightwear for a donation to charity.  Apparently he will be watching a Christmas film this afternoon with cookies and a drink - alright for some!!!

Time for Tea Designs has it's final release of the year today and it is available in the shop.  Among the new products is the Winter Wishes Stamp set which I have decided to showcase today.

It's such a pretty set with lots of additional stamps along with the main wreath and sentiments.  It could easily be adapted for use throughout the year.  

I decided to heat emboss the wreath with gold embossing powder as it shows up so well on the black and gives it a warm luxurious look.

I used my Chameleon pencils to colour in the images and I'm pleased with the overall look.   As ever you can get 10% off anything in store including the new release using my code T4TSHABNEEZ10.

Have a lovely day,

Shabneez

Products Used:

Time for Tea Designs Winter Wishes Stamp Set

Ranger Princess Gold Embossing Powder

Chameleon Double Ended Pencil Set

Everything else from my stash

Using the CrafTangles Happily Ever After Stamp 3 Ways

Happy Thursday!

I'm up on the CrafTangles blog today showcasing a favourite floral stamp of mine - Happily Ever After.

For me this post is about showing how using different colouring mediums can tranform a stamp set.  So to begin, I stamped the image in sepia and coloured in using my Chameleon pens and Colour tops.

I just love how the intricacy of the stamp shows up so well on this card.  

Next, I had a play with the CrafTangles liquid water colours which are very vibrant and a joy to use.  I was really lazy and just put spots on my glass mat then mixed water in with a brush.

I did a wash with diluted water colour for the background and used a frame die which sets the image off.

Finally, I used kraft card and heat embossed the image in white.  I used my Chameleon pencils to colour in the flowers.

I kept all the cards simple so that the focal point remained the stamped image.  You can find a more detailed write up on how I made the cards on the CrafTangles blog HERE.

All being well I'll see you again tomorrow!

Shabneez

Products Used:

CrafTangles Happily Ever After Stamp Set

Versafine Inks

Chameleon Pens and Colour Tops

Ranger White Embossing Powder

Chameleon Pencils

CrafTangles Liquid Water Colours

Elizabeth Craft Design Floral Notes Rectangle Die

Everything else from my stash

Christmas Cards with a touch of Sparkle! - CrafTangles DT

Happy Thursday!

I keep getting reminders from various online retailers advising me on the countdown to Christmas so I thought I had better increase my card production as I send so many.  Of course, there's nothing like having to write a Design Team post to give me a gentle nudge!

I'm up on the CrafTangles Blog HERE with a selection of sparkly Christmas cards.  I just couldn't resist and it gets better as my sparkly products increase.......

I took the opportunity to use my Chameleon pens together with the colour tops on some of the images - they really make it easy to blend.

For my first card I've used the man in red himself and I just love the sentiment don't you?!  The iridescent sparkle was added using glimmer paste through a christmas tree stencil.

Next up heat embossing in gold - it gives such a luxury feel to a card in my opinion.  I bet you think I'm so odd - haha!!! I used acrylic paint flicks on the background and added sparkle in the form of glitter card.

For my final card I used the cute bear stamp set that I'd used at the beginning of the year.  The sparkle comes again from glimmer paste, this time in silver for the background.

I'm hoping to be back again tomorrow but it kind of depends if I can whip up a project in time.  No guarantees I'm afraid - you'll just have to watch this space!

Shabneez

Products Used:

Chameleon Pens

CrafTangles Holly Jolly Stamp Set

CrafTangles Bearing Gifts Stamp Set

CrafTangles Merry Christmas Stamp Set

CrafTangles Snowflakes Stencil 

CrafTangles Tree Background Stencil

CrafTangles Silver Glimmer Paste

CraFtangles Fairy Dust Glimmer Paste

CrafTangles Cardstock

Versamark Pad

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Everything else from my stash

3 Cards in 30 Minutes Using CrafTangles Stencils

Happy Monday!

The weekend went so fast and here we are again ready for another week!  My time is often quite limited and yet I often have a few personal cards to make so I challenged myself to make 3 cards in 30 minutes.  I used CrafTangles stamps, stencils and Tim Holtz Distress Inks.

I chose 3 stencils and stuck them all on a sheet of A3 watercolour paper before adding distress inks and spritzing with water.

While the backgrounds were drying I cut out my card bases from CrafTangles cardstock but you can use a heat gun to speed up the drying process.

For my first card I cut our a square from the background and adhered it onto the card base, adding a band with a heat embossed sentiment and sequins to finish.

With the next background, I fussy cut it and stuck half on to my card base before heat embossing a sentiment and adding faux gems to embellish.

For my final  card, I used a stitched border to cut out the background before adhering it on to the card base.  I stamped a sentiment and added bakers twine to finish.

I hope this post has inspired you to pick up your stencils next time you want to make a quick batch of cards.  There is a more in depth post over on the CrafTangles blog HERE.

See you again soon!

Shabneez 

Products Used:

CrafTangles Sequin & Bead Mix - Mermaid Dreams

CrafTangles Cardstock - Fiery Yellow

CrafTangles Cardstock - Navy Blue

CrafTangles Cardstock - Rose Pink

CrafTangles Beautiful Bloom Border Stamp

CrafTanlges Everyday Sentiments Stamp Set

CrafTangles Stencil - Paisley Background

CrafTangles Stencil - Antique Lace

CrafTangles Stencil - Floral Mesh

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Versamark Watermark Ink Pad

Embossing Powders in Gold and White

All adhesive from Stix 2 Anything

Everything else from my stash

The Festival of Lights - CrafTangles DT

Happy Wednesday!

I'm up on the CrafTangles blog HERE with a couple of celebratory cards for Diwali.  Diwali is the festival of light celebrated by Hindus and Sikhs.

You won't be surprised to learn that I have used 'light' as the theme for both my makes.

For my first card I've tried to highlight the diva lamp, keeping the rest of the card monochrome, bar the yellow border.  I've masked the lamp and used distress inks to create the glow from flame.

On my second card the fireworks are lighting up the sky and I used the appropriately named 'Fireworks' stencil with both distress oxides and heat embossing.  Don't the family look colourful in their traditional outfits?

There's a lot more detail on my makes over on the CrafTangles blog.

See you on Friday!
Shabneez

Products Used:
CrafTangles Diwali Wishes Stamps
CrafTangles Diwali Greetings Stamps
CrafTangles Cardstock in Cobalt Blue
CrafTangles Cardstock in Fiery Yellow
CrafTangles Stencil - Fireworks
Distress Oxides
Versamark Watermark Ink Pad
Ranger Embossing Powder in Silver
Ranger Embossing Powder in Gold
Tonic Nuvo Embossing Powder in White
Kuretake Zig Clean Color Pens
All adhesives from Six 2 Anything
Everything else from my stash

Anti Static Craft Pad for Heat Embossing Review & Giveaway

Happy Tuesday!

As you may know from past blog posts I am currently in love with embossing. It's like alchemy watching the powder turn into liquid. 

After having a play I remembered why I wasn't so keen on it the first time round. The embossed images weren't always perfect and I ended up with powder where I didn't want it. That's just the perfectionist in me!

I noticed on many tutorials that people used pads to wipe the surface.  I did a bit of research and found THIS pad on eBay which I bought.

I used it and found it to be very useful. All you do is wipe your surface with the pad and it absorbs any grease or finger prints. You then stamp your image using your embossing ink pad and use your embossing powder and heat as usual.  The results are great - no more embossing powder where you don't want it!

Here are a couple of cards I made using the pad:

I would like to offer TWO of these pads to TWO lucky people! All you have to do is follow my blog (if you're not already) and leave me a comment below by 13 February 2017.  I will pick TWO winners randomly on Valentines Day (14 February 2017).  This is open to all crafters in the UK.

I hope you'll join in!
Shabneez