So happy you're inspired to play... that's the best possible feedback - though I'm sorry to hear about all those lost teabag papers!! Enjoy your tea and your playtime, and thank you so much for taking the time to comment.

Keep the little square tab too, I use them a lot in little clusters

I just happened to come across your video on the tea bags. How Fun! How Beautiful too! I absolutely love your work.♡ You are so creative! I subscribed to your channel and so look forward to catching more of your projects (-: Oddly enough I have been saving tea bags and have not done a thing with them as of yet... Imagine that....what perfect timing. Thank you for sharing your ideas.

@@debragentosiroberts7491 So happy to hear you found the channel and enjoyed it once you got here. Thank you so much for commenting and subscribing.

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These are actually the little paper envelopes that these particular teabags come in. You absolutely can use dried used teabags to create art (that's one for a future Few Minutes of Fun, I guess!)... they are very fragile and beautiful to play with. If you can't get hold of the teabags which come in envelopes (these are from Lidl's own brand teabags - and from another German supermarket, Norma too - but apparently only if you buy from Lidl Europe now. In the UK they no longer come in the paper envelopes) then a good alternative is something like cash envelopes (little envelopes sometimes used for paying wages - you can usually pick them up in a dollar store or pound shop or euro equivalent for about 100 envelopes for £1ish). Hope you have fun playing, whatever you play with!

I'm so happy you're enjoying my "thinking-out-loud"! Welcome on board. I've really only recently started to add videos here regularly, so there's plenty more to come this year. Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment.

Thank you so much. I hope you can track down a brand of tea that uses them. Mine come from own-brand teabags from Lidl and Norma supermarkets (Those are both German supermarkets which are here in CZ, and in many other countries of course, including the US... but I heard from other crafters that, for instance in the UK, they now sell the teabags without the envelopes 😪). If you can't find the teabag sachets, then cash envelopes are a good alternative - I'm planning a video using those some time soon too. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

Muchas, muchas gracias!

Thank you so much for that lovely feedback. Have a great weekend!

Sounds like the perfect way to use them... hope you have lots of fun playing, and I'm sure your messy fingered friends will love them. And yes, I suddenly noticed I kept saying that!! Thanks so much for your lovely comment.

Excellent - something else to hoard! Hope you have fun playing with them. Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

What a lovely comment, thank you so much. I'm so happy people are finding my "thinking-out-loud" useful!

De rien! Hope you have fun playing.

Ahh, what a lovely comment... thank you so much - that's made my day! I'm so happy you're finding inspiration from the videos. I've only recently begun to add content here regularly (compared to IG and my blog where I've been active for years) so there's much more to come! Thank you so much for watching and taking the time to comment.

Oh, what a lovely comment - thank you so much. That's put a big smile on my face. (And if you want poetry, here's one of my Books, Books, Books videos you should try out if you haven't already... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oqmAaK2h3L_XYIE.html )

There must always be splatters!!

That sounds charming! Yes, I do know the Lipton boxes. They are quite similar to the boxes these ones come in (these are Norma supermarket's own brand Cornwall teas, but Lidl also have the little envelopes on their own brand Lord Nelson teas). And yes, I keep quite a few boxes for storage... but mostly I just paint them white or cover them with some paper rather than full-on decorate them like yours! Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to comment.

Happy to hear you're inspired to have a play with these ideas. I hope you'll have lots of fun. (It would be great if you can mention this video if you're sharing anything you've made in the future!) Thanks for watching and commenting.

I love working small - there's so little pressure - and if I can recycle at the same time, then I'm happy. Thank you for watching and for your lovely comment.

Thank you so much for that lovely comment - I'm very pleased you enjoyed it.

So happy you enjoyed it, and thank you for letting me know!

I'm definitely a coffee drinker. I don't drink much tea (I do like the occasional chai), but thankfully my mother does! Thank you so much for your lovely comment - it's really put a smile on my face.

That's a lovely idea! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thank you so much - that's definitely what I'm trying to do with this series... just invite you all along while I genuinely have a few minutes (or a few more minutes!) of fun. Very relaxed, very gentle - I'm so happy you enjoyed it.

Thanks so much - happy you enjoyed it.

You'll be fine... it's surprising how quickly you build up a stack to play with. Hope you have fun! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

Yes, I love playing with the teabags themselves too... but I couldn't bear to throw away these adorable little envelopes! So happy you enjoyed the video, and thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

That's great to hear, thank you so much - I hope you'll be inspired to have a few minutes of fun of your own!

Thank you very much - happy you like them.

As you know, I love working in series - whether that's 2, 3, 4 or 6!!

Thank you for that lovely feedback - so happy that you are enjoying the videos.

Thank you... it's a very old top that I love (I have it in two colour ways), and it's starting to become my "filming uniform"!

So happy you like them. Thanks for watching and commenting.

What a lovely comment... I love the idea of using the envelopes for tiny cards (and the tea theme!). Thanks so much for dropping by.

Oh, how lovely... thank you so much for watching (lots!), and for taking the time to comment too.

Impossible to throw away free art supplies, right?! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Very happy you found your way here. I've only recently started to add content regularly, so there's plenty more to come this year.

I think you're not the only one going tea-shopping! So happy you enjoyed the video, and thanks for taking the time to comment.

That's great - I love it when people are inspired to play. Hope you have lots of fun.

Oh, what a beautiful, thoughtful comment - thank you so much.

Oh great - I hope you have lots of fun playing. Thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

Very happy to hear that - thank you so much for taking the time to let me know.

Thank you... when I see a little envelope like that, I just can't bear to throw it away!!

So happy to have inspired you to play, and great that you have the tea supplies already on hand! Thanks so much for taking the time to comment.

I think you're not the only one going tea-shopping! So happy you enjoyed the video, and thanks for your lovely comment.

I just couldn't bear to throw them away... I knew they'd come in handy for something!! Thanks so much for watching and commenting.

Oh, that's lovely to hear! I hope you enjoy the other videos. I've only recently started to add content regularly here on KZfaq, so there's plenty more to come this year. Thanks so much for watching and for your lovely comment.

Thank you so much, Patty - happy you enjoyed it.

Thank you - they're in a little crate for flipping through at the moment, along with all the other tiny teabag sachet creations!

Fingers crossed he drinks the right kind of tea!!

Brilliant - so happy to hear that!

Your comment about the sleeves made me laugh. I use fingerless gloves in the winter (it gets pretty cold here in rural Czech Republic), and they do tend to get grubby... but for some reason, so far these sleeves have survived! So happy you're enjoying the fun and inspiration - thank you so much for taking the time to let me know.

Thank you for your lovely comment. This is really just a few minutes of fun. I don't particularly want to spend longer editing than I get to spend making art, so I think I'll be saving fancy camera work for more in-depth work or full classes. If I look at it on my laptop rather than my phone, I can zoom in on a bigger picture anyway!

Thanks so much, Luise - means a lot coming from you!

Inky painty fingers are the sign of a good time!! Thanks so much for watching and subscribing, and for taking the time to comment... much appreciated.

So happy to hear that... it's always been my go-to green for stamping - I love it! Great to know that it has solved your problem.

Thank you!

So happy you enjoyed it... it's not even really a full-on tutorial in my book - just me thinking out loud as I'm having (genuinely) a few minutes of fun!!

That's great - always so happy to hear that people are inspired to play. Hope you have lots of fun.

Thank you.

Hope you have fun playing!

So happy to hear that, thank you!

That'll work... I do love an After Eight mint!! Have fun playing.

I don't drink much tea (I'm a coffee drinker) apart from the occasional chai... but thankfully my mother drinks a lot! Happy you like them. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Happy you found your way here. I've only recently started adding videos regularly here, so there's plenty more to come this year. Thanks so much for watching, and for taking the time to comment.

Thank you!

Thank you - I'm so happy to find that people are finding my "thinking-out-loud" helpful and enjoyable!

So happy you like them. Thank you for taking the time to comment.

Thank you... I'm sure you know the feeling, when you can't bear to throw something away because you know it's going to be useful somehow!

That's such lovely feedback to receive, thank you so much. Delighted you're enjoying the videos here.

Thank you... or tiny!!

Thank you so much - that's really great to know!

Thank you.

You're very welcome - so happy that you're enjoying it all.

Thank you so much.

Thank you so much.

Thank you, happy you like them.

So happy to hear that - thanks for taking the time to let me know!

Thank you so much.

Thank you for that!

Thank you so much - happy you like them.

Thank you so much for that lovely comment.

Sounds as though you're very creatively busy - that's great. Hopefully, your studio will come back to its creative use soon rather than just being used to store stuff. I do love the Graphics Fairy (there are so many amazing digital creators around), but I find I can't get the cost of the printer ink out of my head!! Thanks so much for stopping by - it's great to see you here!

@@w0rdsandp1ctures Thanks for your lovely reply! My poor studio is a tip at the moment. I need to have a major blitz on it before I can use it again! As for the Graphics Fairy, I do agree - if you are printing out a lot of full-sized backgrounds you certainly get through a lot of ink! Talking of teabags, I meant to ask you - what brand is that tea - "Cornwall"? I looked it up and couldn't find it. The sachets are better than most because they have a flap. Also, I often dry teabags, scrunched up, on watercolour paper. They make the most fabulous stains that you can then doodle on. I've just done some on a scrap of paper that was much more absorbent than usual and the stains spread right out, with gorgeous crinkly edges that looked as if they'd been burnt. I overlapped the stains and have now added detailing with Tombow Dual Brush Markers to create flowers. They came out great!

@ShoshiPlatypus Sorry for the delay responding. I've only just worked out that KZfaq doesn't tell me when there are replies to replies... I have to go looking for them! Cornwall is the own brand of Norma, a German supermarket which is pretty widespread in Europe. Lidl's own brand Lord Nelson has the same envelopes, but someone else who has been on the hunt told me that particular packaging is now only in Europe, not even in the UK, so I have no idea whether they have it in their US stores. I love actual teabags for creating art too - fragile as they are. Your scrunchie ones sound fabulous!

@@w0rdsandp1ctures Many thanks for your reply and no probs! Following all the replies and comments is not easy. Thanks for the info about the teabag sachets. I’ll ask my hubby to look out for them next time he is in Lidl’s. We are in the UK.

So happy you like them - thanks for letting me know... your squeal made me smile!

Excellent... hope you have fun playing! Thank you so much for subscribing and commenting.

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Thank you so much - happy you're inspired to play. I hope you have lots of fun.

I think you're not the only one going tea-shopping! So happy you enjoyed the video, and thanks for taking the time to comment.

So happy you enjoyed it - I love working small and in sets... Thanks for watching and commenting.

That's such lovely feedback - thank you so much for watching and commenting.

Thanks! Happy you like them.

So happy to hear you enjoyed it - thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment.

Thank you - happy you love them. The flowers aren't Idea-ology... there are lots of paper Idea-ology flowers in various packs, but these acetate ones are around on Etsy, Amazon, Temu and Ali Express (if you can bear to put a bit of money in the pockets of the evil giants!).

@@w0rdsandp1ctures I was already looking for them..but couldn't find them..! Thank you for your reply...! just went back to have a better look in the video what it said on the package! I don't like to buy from the evil ones 🥴.Which ones did you buy which company..I am so in love with the flowers that I am so temped to buy them!! Found out too i motslu have other teabags which don't have a foldpocket but they are cloesd I you need to wrip the top off..😔 I live in the Netherlands....Groetjes Holly.

@@user-iz5zx2nj4y Golly, I'm not sure any more - they've been sitting around in my craft stash for years. It may well have been Ali Express before I realised exactly how evil they are! Temu (who seem to be marginally less evil - at least they haven't yet been stealing PaperArtsy copyright designs and reproducing them as cheap bad stamp sets) have some nice ones... just go to Temu and search for "flower stickers" (but remember they are not actually sticky). I can't help with Dutch teabags, I'm afraid, but I have also often used cash envelopes in the same way... They're mostly a little bit bigger, but still a great substrate to work with. You can usually get them in UK pound stores, 100 or 200 in a pack for a couple of pounds - something like these, but less expensive, hopefully - www.amazon.com/Envelopes-Gummed-Wedding-Favors-Showers/dp/B0CR6N3N55?th=1 I should think there's something similar in the Netherlands. Have a look online for mini envelopes, cash envelopes, wedding favour envelopes, and even teabag envelopes, and you can probably track something down.

@@w0rdsandp1ctures Thanks for all your help and advise..I shall have a look at the envelopes..also found some tea with the style packing 🙂 you have . On Amazon I also found the flowers...

Oh, that's wonderful... I'm always so happy to hear when people are inspired to play. Hope you have lots of fun. Thanks so much for taking the time to share your thoughts.

@@w0rdsandp1ctures ❤

Thank you so much.

Oh, interesting... I'll give it a go. I don't mind gluing, and I can't say I've noticed that they are problematic drying, but every little helps. MInd you, given I'm often sticking down over quite textured surfaces, I usually put extra glue even on sticky stickers! Thanks so much for watching and taking time to add that information about the stickers.

@@w0rdsandp1cturesI watched someone on you tube get them off easily. She put the sticker face up on the table, got her pokey tool, she put her nail about a 1/4 inch from an edge and used the tool to gently pull up the sticker. Then she slid her nail in and Bob’s your uncle! I hope this makes sense. lol. Hugs, treen 💕💕💕

They sell a sticky mat. You press the sticker down, and that frees you to have 2 hands to use a pokey tool to lift and remove sticker.

Thank you for that lovely feedback.... and yes, I'm not shy about snipping things when they don't fit!

Thank you!

I'd rather have the feel of paint on my fingers than rubber! Thanks so much for your comment, which made me laugh a lot!

Absolutely - what a brilliant idea!

Thank you - happy you like them!

Thank you so much.

Happy you like them - thanks for taking the time to comment.