Golden Bird

I've got so many pretty digital printable images, and most are waiting for their special day to be featured on a card.  LOL  This lucky gal made it!  It's a floral tag from, I believe, My Porch Prints.  I fussy-cut it and inked the edged, then mounted on a pale yellow patterned paper and snippet of an old hymnal page.

The chipboard bird has been given a gilded look with Distress Ink Spray in Antiqued Bronze.  Looks so pretty in real life.  The bird is bearing a tiny - but "big" - birthday wish from Papertrey Ink's "Tiny Tags" stamp set.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Hope your day is full of blessings!

Birthday Bunny for Topflight Stamps

Hello!  I'm here today to continue celebrating Topflight Stamps' 9th birthday week!  To keep up the birthday fun, I've got a card featuring a cute bunny from L'encre et L'image stamp set called The Long-Eared Family.  This little guy is holding a bouquet of clover.  I love him. 😊  I started with a background of patterned paper from Kaisercraft's Provincial paper pad.  Then I stamped that bunny on a scrap of paper with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, colored him with alcohol markers and fussy-cut the image.  The Provincial paper pad has not only patterned papers but also punch-out ephemera, like the two scalloped borders, clock and sentiment.  So easy.  I added some bakery twine for the bunny to stand on, along with some floral embroidery trim from my stash.  Pearls from Hunkydory were the final touches. 

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps:

Hunkydory Precious Pearls

Kaisercraft "Provincial" paper pad

L'encre et L'image "The Long-Eared Family"

Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad

Thanks so much for joining me!

God bless you!

Dec 25

Another Christmas card for my stash!  I used a bunch of  Distress Ink Sprays to create a grungy brownish background and then stamped the Tim Holtz "Music and Advert" vintage advertisement on it.  I roughed up the edges and tore it in a few places to give it an aged look, as well.  The oval features a pine cone and sprig from Simon Says Stamp's "The Magic of Christmas" stamp set, topped with a label and stamp from Stampin' Up!'s "Winter Post".  I added snowy glitter around the oval, and topped it off with a small banner from Tim Holtz's ephemera packs.

God bless you today and every day!

Topflight Stamps 9th Birthday Blog Hop

It's Topflight Stamps 9th birthday and to celebrate, I’ve teamed up with some great designers to showcase celebratory projects using the unique products available at Topflight Stamps. Please hop along with us and see all the inspiring talent from this group of amazing designers! There is a master list of Hop stops on the Topflight Stamps blog! We are also Hopping on Instagram! You can start at the Topflight Stamps account @topflightstamps .

Did we mention there will be prizes?

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without prizes! Topflight Stamps is giving four lucky winners $50 Gift Certificates to the store. Two winners will be chosen from commenters on the blog hop and two will be chosen from commenters on the IG hop. For a chance to win, make sure to visit the stops on the hop and leave a comment by March 31st. Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on Thursday, April 2nd. U.S.A winners only due to shipping issues. Good Luck!

Topflight Stamps

Kathi Rerek

Dina Kowal

Esther Asbury

Annette Allen

Lisa Hoel

Connie Mercer

Gwen Lafleur

Colleen Dietrich - you are here!!

Ericka Strange

Autumn Clark

Alanna Moses

My birthday card features lots of dazzling shine.  I made an inky background on a piece of watercolor cardstock using Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadow Mist Gossamer Gold spray.  Love how it gives both a walnut color AND a shimmery gold too.  I stamped some hydrangeas and leaves from Hobby Art Stamps Hydrangea with VersaFine Onyx Black ink in random spots on the panel.  Then I stenciled some pretty glitter through the PaperArtsy PS323 Sara Naumann numbers/letters stamp in a few places.  On a scrap of white cardstock, I used the Crealies Double Stitched Rectangle and die cut a piece for my sentiment (from the Hydrangea stamp set too).  The rectangle was cut in half and edges were inked.  The final touch was a snippet of crochet lace.  

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

Hobby Art Stamps - Hydrangea

PaperArtsy - PS323 - Sara Naumann

Spectrum Noir Glitter Paste

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Moon Shadow Mist - Gossamer Gold

Crealies Double Stitched Rectangle Dies

VersaFine Onyx Black ink

Thanks for joining us on our hop!!  Good luck!

Birthday Blessings

Shabby chic style is one of my faves!  I started with a deep plum cardstock base, and stamped it with Hero Arts "Newspaper Background" in a plum ink.  The natural colored panel was stamped with some French-inspired images and words, from a generic set I got from Temu.  The sentiment is from Verve "Blessings" stamp set.  The 'au bon marche' label is from Creative Expressions "French Fabric Tags" stamp set, and there are some Chapter One Papers ephemera from their "Damask Rose" digital kit.

Thanks for popping in!

God bless you!

Butterfly Oval Wreath

A friend sent me this beautiful collage-style panel, and I love the elements on it.  I didn't want to cover them up, so I kept the focal point simple.  The wreath die is from Simon Says Stamp "Ariana Wreath", and the butterfly die is Tim Holtz "Mini Butterflies."

Thanks for popping in!

Hope your day is wonderful!

White Poinsettias

I've got a Christmas card to add to my stash for the next holiday, and it's got a sort of monochromatic feel.  Green and cream make a restful palette.  The olive cardstock base was embossed with the Sizzix "Winter Foliage" embossing folder.  It's got lots of 3D detail.  The mistletoe patterned paper is from Stampin' Up! and the poinsettias and holly leaves are from Tim Holtz "Seasonal Sketch" die set.  I added pearly drops in the centers of the flowers.

Thanks for popping in!

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Beautiful Blackthorn

Hello there!  This week at Topflight Stamps, it's Anything Goes.  I pulled out the PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Blackthorn Edition stamp set to play with.  I stamped the branch twice with WOW! Embossing Ink, then used WOW! Weathered Gold embossing powder and hit it with a heat tool.  It's such a beautiful shine, hard to capture in photos.  The same was done to a postmark from the Blackthorn stamp set.  To color the images, I used Lavinia Spun Candy, Green Parrot and Truffle dye inks and a small detail brush.  I added Hunkydory Classic Pearls along the flowers.

The background images are from the Blackthorn stamp set, stamped in Truffle ink here and there.  I added a sentiment from same set near the bottom of the card, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink.  Final touch was a piece of crochet lace from my stash. 

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber - Blackthorn Edition

WOW! Embossing Powder - Weathered Gold

Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles Precious Pearls

Lavinia Dye Ink - Green Parrot

Lavinia Dye Ink - Spun Candy

Lavinia Dye Ink - Truffle

WOW! Embossing Ink Pad

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Thanks for joining me!  God bless you!

Irish Blessing

I should have posted this yesterday, on St. Patrick's Day!  That's me, usually a day (or more) late.  LOL

This is a rather simple card, with two shades of bluish green for the card base, and a strip of an old hymnal page.  In the circle are an assortment of shamrocks and clovers (from Papertrey Ink's "Irish Blessings" stamped in a mint green, with a sentiment from the same stamp set.  The shamrock die is by Memory Box "Lucky Leaves."

Have a blessed evening!

Shabby Chic Tag

Hello all!  I'm back to share a tag I made to send to a sweet young friend who is working as a missionary to reach college age youth.  I started with a manila tag and some Lindy's Stamp Gang "Buccaneer Blue" spray, and a Darkroom Door "Small Starry Night" stencil.  The spray is really neat, and it's hard to see the beautiful shimmer.  At the bottom of the tag, you can see the blue shift (also near the grommet at the top) whereas most of the tag is a walnut color.  This one spray gives both colors, very cool!  I took a snippet from an old hymn book and sprayed it as well, and pasted it as a backdrop.  The crown, ticket, and "no. 7" label are all from a generic brand stamp set, stamped and fussy-cut.  The little roses were on a Christmas card from the young lady who has since received this tag.  I liked the tiny pops of color.

Thanks so much for joining me!

God bless you!

Le Petit Dahlia

Hello!  This week at Topflight Stamps we are using washi tape on our creations.  I had fun with some AALL & Create Blooming Splodge #74 - gorgeous pink flowers on this one.  I laid down a strip of the washi tape on scrap cardstock and glued it down so it has no chance of peeling up.  Then I used a flower punch from my stash and punched out a couple to use on my card.  Moving on to the card base, I positioned the PaperArtsy "Le Petit Dahlia" stencil over my card and brushed on Lavinia Truffle Dye Ink where the words appear near top and bottom.  I used a pink ink from my stash for the dahlia itself, and this Lavinia Pink Elephant ink pad is a really good match for it.  Then I cleaned the stencil, and took out some stenciling paste to highlight the word "PARIS" from it.  Back to the washi tape, I used a piece of it to decorate the very bottom of the card front, added my punched flowers, and the final touch:  pearls!  Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles Precious Pearls are my favorite way to add some bling to cards!  I used them on the washi tape punched flowers as well as surrounding the word "PARIS". 

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

AALL & Create Blooming Splodge #74 Washi Tape

Lavinia Truffle Ink Pad

PaperArtsy - Le Petit Dahlia PS049 stencil

Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles Precious Pearls

Thanks so much for your visit!

Hope you have a blessed day.