Winter Snowflakes

Hello!  I've got a wintry card to share today for Topflight Stamps.  I wanted to suggest a snowstorm, so I started with a deep blue cardstock and flicked Lavinia Snow White Chalk Paint by tapping a damp paintbrush overtop of the card, in a random way.  I die cut a tag, then stamped Studio Light "Vintage Christmas" snowflake stamps on it in Versafine Clair Ink - Twilight.  With the same ink, I also stamped a snowflake border from the Vintage Christmas set along the bottom of the tag. The sentiment is from the same Studio Light stamp set, stamped on a little oval punched tag, with a bit of twine tied through the top.

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Studio Light - Jenine's Mindful Art - Vintage Christmas - Vintage Winter Elements

Lavinia - Chalk Acrylic Paint - Snow White

Tsukineko - Versafine Clair Ink Pad - Twilight

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

God bless you!

Tall Wild Flowers

Hello!  I am sharing a collage-style card using pretty stamps from Topflight Stamps.  Spring is (eventually) coming, and I took my inspiration from that, with lots of greenery coming up from the earth.

First, I stamped the two images from Crafty Individuals' Tall Wild Flowers on green patterned paper, and trimmed them out.  Next, I stamped some small ephemera from PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 41 on cream cardstock and trimmed those out.  I played around with how I would layer all of these components and once I found the right look, I took a pic with my phone camera to remind me how I did it.  To build the base beneath all the pieces, I used green striped patterned paper and lace from my stash.  Then, using glue, I added back all of the little pieces on top of the lace.

Check out the oodles of stamps in the Scrapcosy 41 set!  So many fun things to play with!

Items from Topflight Stamps used in my card:

Crafty Individuals - 185 - Tall Wild Flowers

PaperArtsy - Scrapcosy 41

May your day be filled with blessings!

A Christmas Bird with Lavinia Stencil

Hello friends!  It's Colleen Dietrich here with you today for Topflight Stamps.  This week we are highlighting Lavinia Stamps goodies!  The Lavinia section of the Topflight Stamps store is huge; over 700 items, including stamps, stencils, paint and more.  

For today's card, I used a Lavinia stencil called Laurel.  It's a pretty vine, soft and delicate.  It reminds me of the organic designs on icy windows.  With that inspiration, I made a Christmas card.  I also used Lavinia Dinkles in Paynes Gray to help create a mottled texture.  I lined up the stencil on top of watercolor paper and spread a silver paste on top, then removed the stencil.  When the silver paste was dry, I sprinkled on the Paynes Gray Dinkles and spritzed with water a few times.  The effect was beautiful!  It spread in a random fashion amidst the Laurel leaves.  When it was dry, I was ready for the next layers of the card.

I used a piece of vellum die-cut in the shape of a flower, so the beautiful stencilling could shine through, and glued to the center of the card.  Then, using the Crafty Individuals Love Is All Around Bird Nest stamp, I stamped the image and fussy-cut the bird, then added brown ink to distress the edges.  Some pearls and a sentiment from Studio Light - Vintage Winter Elements stamp set finished off the frosty card. 

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Lavinia Stencils - Laurel

Crafty Individuals - Love is All Around - Bird Nest

Studio Light - Vintage Winter Elements

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Easter Bunny

A while back, my cousin gave me a lot of her rubber stamps she no longer needed.  It felt like Christmas morning to me, to open that bag full of neat, older stamps!  One of them is this cute l'il Easter Bunny by PSX (G-2672).  Love his face, so sweet.  I colored him with soft shades of Copic markers then die-cut with Spellbinders Labels Thirteen.  The striped blue patterned paper and Ivy background stamp (in yellow on yellow) are both from Stampin' Up!.

The seam binding ribbon is from Hug Snug, and tied with a "Colleen Bow." 

Hope your weekend will be beautiful!  It's Super Bowl weekend, and I am not at all into football, but my husband is a big Eagles fan.  So, "Go Birds!" as they say around here!

Noel Robin

Hi all!  Today I am sharing a Christmas card using a few stamp sets from Topflight Stamps. One of my fave sets is Visible Image - Christmas Robin.  It has images of birds, holly leaves and berries, a branch and sentiments.  Very versatile!  For my card, I started with a manila tag from the office supply store and stamped the large robin with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  Overtop the robin I stamped Darkroom Door Sheet Music to cover most of the tag, with Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves ink.  I went back to the Visible Image Robin set and stamped on a separate piece of cardstock the holly leaves and berries, colored and fussy-cut them.  They were added to the bottom corner near the bird's feet.  At the top of the tag, I tied a twine bow and then added a teensy little tag, which was stamped with "noel".  This is from AALL & Create - Define Christmas stamp set.  I inked up just that one word to add to the cute little tag.  That is one way to stretch your stamps - ink up just a portion of a sentiment.

Supplies from the Topflight Stamps Store:

Visible Image - Christmas Robin

Darkroom Door - Sheet Music

AALL & Create - Define Christmas

Versafine Clair - Fallen Leaves

Versafine Onyx Black

Thanks for taking a peek today!  

Have a blessed day!

Christmas Angel

Hello friends,

I'm sharing a Christmas card I made this past holiday season, in preparation for next Christmas.  The angel and little December calendar are both from The Graphics Fairy.  I subscribe to their weekly email newsletter, and usually find some neat things for free.  These items are from that stash.

The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink "Christmas Blessings" on a PTI "Tiny Tag" die cut.  The poinsettia is made of paper, and I've had it in my drawer for several years.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Wish Big Little Fawn

Hello friends! 

Since I woke up my blog (ha ha) recently, I've been looking at the drafts I had saved quite a while ago.  Here's another! 

I have one fairly simple card to share today.  Made it quite a while back and just now getting around to sharing it.

Avery Elle Story Book balloon, fawn, sentiment & matching dies; glitter frame; rhinestones

I added markings on the fawn with a white pen.

The chipboard frame is covered in white glitter but it sure was hard to capture in a photo.

Thanks again for taking a peek at my card!

Hope your day is blessed!

Easy Pastel New Home Cards

A friend had given me a bunch of cardmaking goodies she didn't want anymore. Among the items were these bright, fun papers and some matching die cuts.  I assembled them into two new home cards, and added a sentiment to each.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink "Love Lives Here."  

Thanks for looking at my cards today!

Have a blessed day!

Pink & Green for a birthday and a baby

Just popping in with a couple of pink and green cards to share today, one for a birthday and one for a baby.  Both were simple to put together, using some favorite tried-and-true items I like.  Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punch / Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty Accents flower punch; stamped sentiments; patterned paper; trim of some sort.  It's like a magic formula for me. 😄

sentiment - The Greetery "Sentiment Suite: Birthday"; hydrangea punch - Martha Stewart; flower punch - Stampin' Up! "Itty Bitty Accents"

Baby sentiment - Papertrey Ink "Tiny Tags"; Congratulations sentiment - Hero Arts "Everyday Sayings"; pink crochet flower - Stampin' Up!

Proverbs 10:29 

The strength of the simple is the way of the Lord, and it is fear to those who work evil.

God bless you!

Floral Postcard

Hello friends!  I'm bringing you some inspiration from Topflight Stamps!  This week we are featuring creations that focus on the colors red and pink.

I made a card using two stamp sets from Crafty Individuals.  If you've never seen the selection of Crafty Individuals stamps in the Topflight store, go take a peek.  So many to choose from!

The sets I used are Crafty Individuals - Floral Postcard and Crafty Individuals -  Vintage Tickets & Ephemera.  I stamped the postcard and colored the bee and the floral bouquet.  Then I inked the edges of the postcard to 'age' it.  Before adding it to the card front, I stamped the bright pink card base with a "post card" image from the Vintage Tickets & Ephemera.  This created a background with subtle interest.

Once the floral postcard was mounted to the card front, I lightly inked up a little postage stamp that says "HALF PENNY" along the bottom edge, from the Vintage Tickets & Ephemera set.  I tucked it underneath the floral postcard, along with a scattering of red pearls.  This makes a cute valentine, doesn't it?  Something different, something unexpected.

Here are the supplies I used from Topflight Stamps:

Crafty Individuals - 302 - Floral Postcard

Crafty Individuals - 307 - Vintage Tickets & Ephemera

Thanks for joining me today!

Joy and Peace

Hello, it's me again.  I'm here to share a festive Christmas creation. 😊

This week at Topflight Stamps, we are focusing on AALL and Create dies.  I used AALL and Create ATC Festive dies to create a pretty frame for the sentiments (they're included too!).

It might be hard in a photo to see the glamourous shimmer on this card, with the soft gold and silver glitter papers.  In real life, they shine beautifully!  I used the gold glitter paper for the fancy little flourish die, cutting out four of them to grace each corner of the black panel.  I added shiny little silver balls on them, as well.  They are from Hunkydory's Diamond Sparkle Gemstones. They have adhesive backings so they're easy to add to a paper project.

There are three sentiments included in this ATC Festive die set:  Joy, Jingle and Peace.  The script font is easy to read and has a pretty flourish.

Topflight Stamps Products Used Today:

AALL & Create - Die Set - 61 - ATC Festive

Hunkydory - Diamond Sparkles Gemstones 3mm - Silver Metallic

Thanks so much for joining me today!

God bless you!

Love Birds

Hello friends!  I have a simple love / Valentine card to share with you today.  It's clean and simple, but with a little bit of detail.  Does that make it "simple", or no? 

The birdcage is from Inspired By Stamping "Sweet Aviary" set, with a tiny red heart added from a Stampin' Up! "Heart to Heart" punch.  There's a pearl too, and some little wooden birds.  The sentiment is from Verve Stamps "Heart to Heart" (isn't that funny, both the punch and stamp set go by the same name.) 

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Joyful Robins

Hello all!  I am here to share with you a card created for the Topflight Stamps Design Team as we highlight AALL & Create products this week!   I used the ATC Festive die set for my sentiment.  It looks pretty with a subtle silver glitter paper, and lives up to the 'festive' name!  I also used the Crafty Individuals - Jolly Holly Robins to coordinate with the 'joy' die cut.  Those little birds are singing amidst holly branches... definitely a joyful scene!  These were mounted on a panel of deep red patterned paper, to make both the image and the die cut pop.

Be sure to check out all of the AALL & Create items in the Topflight Stamps store.  So, so many AALL options - over 1,000 items!

Items used from the Topflight Stamps store:

AALL & Create - Die Set - ATC Festive

Crafty Individuals - Jolly Holly Robins

Thank you so much for joining me today!