Thank You For Being A Friend

Hello!  This week at Topflight Stamps, we are focusing on a wonderful brand from the Netherlands called Studio Light.  I chose a great set of sentiment stamps called Basic Wishes.  On a white tag, I stamped "thank you" and "for being a friend" with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.  You can mix and match sentiments with this set.  I lightly inked the edges with brown ink, to give a vintage look.  The Craft Consortium Vintage Emporium Paper Pad had the perfect page full of old letters and postcards to use as a backdrop.  Finishing touches from my stash:  a seam binding bow and tiny bit of lace.

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

Studio Light - Basic Wishes

Craft Consortium - Vintage Emporium

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

Have a beautiful day! ~ Colleen

The Holly & The Ivy

Hello!  This week at Topflight Stamps, we are focusing on Anything Goes!  I have a Christmas card to share, to add to my stash.  Using Crealies Stitched Rectangle dies, I created a frame for the PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber - Mini 96 stamp.  As I stamped the Mini 96 with VersaFine Onyx Black ink, I had the old Christmas carol "The Holly and The Ivy" playing in my head (Bing Crosby in particular).  So lovely! 

After mounting the song lyrics on the red frame, I stamped some holly leaves and berries from Visible Image Christmas Robin on a scrap of white cardstock. I colored them and fussy cut them, and added to one corner of the lyrics, along with some die cut greenery from my stash.

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber - Mini 96

Visible Image - Christmas Robin

Crealies Stitched Rectangle Dies

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Vintage Radish Seed Packet

Hello!  This week at Topflight Stamps it's Anything Goes and I have got RADISHES for you!!  This vintage vegetable set by PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 02 has beautiful illustrations of cabbage, radishes, pumpkin and red onion.  There are two labels as well, which I used on my card.  I use VersaFine Onyx Black Ink to stamp with because it is a deep black and gives great coverage, keeping the small details crisp.  I stamped the radish on a piece of patterned paper from Creative Expressions Nature's Compendium, since it has an aged look already.  On a separate piece of the same patterned paper, I stamped the two labels from the set, fussy-cut those, and added gold marker around the edges.  Underneath the round label, I added a piece of netting and then an actual vintage button on top.

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 02

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

Creative Expressions Nature's Compendium

Thanks for taking a peek!  Hope your day is beautiful!

Parisian Garden Viola

Happy Monday!  Colleen here with you to share a floral card for the Topflight Stamps "Anything Goes" week.  I instantly loved this Woodware Viola background stamp when I saw it in the Topflight Stamps shop!  It's so full of detail that it didn't need much else to dress it up.  After stamping it with Versafine Onyx Black Ink on vanilla cardstock, I used purple ink pads and a foam dauber to color in each violet blossom, and green for the leaves.  Then I used a brown ink and foam dauber to "age" the outer edges of the panel.  I mounted this on a purple card base, added strips of a sheer lace to each side, and pearls on the flowers.  Voila!  

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

Woodware Viola

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Hope your week is full of beauty and blessings!

Mixed Media Butterflies

Hello!  This week at Topflight Stamps we are focusing on Mixed Media.  For my card, I lightly spritzed water on a piece of watercolor paper. Then on a silicone mat, I smushed some Lavinia Graphite Dye Ink and also spritzed it lightly with water.  I placed the watercolor paper onto the ink and picked it up, dabbed it in a different place, lifted it, etc.  Once dry, I laid the Lavinia Laurel stencil over it and added grit paste.  When that dried, I used my fingertip to smooth on some gold paste.  On some white cardstock, I stamped a butterfly twice from the AALL & Create Delicate Wings set, fussy cut and layered on to the base. It looked a little bare at that point, so I opened the Creative Expressions French Fabric Tags stamp set and stamped two little tags.  After sponging both of them with a light brown ink, they were added as a layer in front of the butterflies. Finally, a few purple punched flowers dotted with Hunkydory Pearls topped it off.

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

AALL & Create Delicate Wings

Lavinia Laurel Stencil

Lavinia Graphite Dye Ink

Hunkydory Pearls

Have a blessed day!

Victorian Garden Work

Happy Thursday!  I am here with you to share another garden-related card for Topflight Stamps "Anything Goes" week.  I chose a gorgeous vintage inspired stamp set from Creative Expressions called Chateau Garden.  Oh my.  So many pretty stamps in one set, including some sentiments.  On a pale gray card base, I used a couple of paper snippets from Creative Expressions Nature's Compendium paper pad.  On one squarish piece that has text on it, I stamped the elaborate draping frame and then stamped the word "rose" in the center of it, using my favorite dark black ink from Versafine - Onyx Black.  I also stamped the butterfly / flower cluster from the same set, and trimmed out just the butterfly.  After a few light touches of marker, I added it to the frame and popped it up with dimensionals.  The "No. 15" ephemera on the bottom left came from the Nature's Compendium paper pad too.  

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

Creative Expressions - Chateau Garden

Creative Expressions - Nature's Compendium

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Studio Light Foam Tape 3mm

Thanks so much for joining me!  Hope your day is blessed!

Pure Poppy

Hello, happy Monday!  It's Colleen here with you to share a card for our Topflight Stamps "Anything Goes" week.  I chose a beautiful poppy stamp from Crafty Individuals called Pretty Poppy.  I stamped it on a scrap piece of white cardstock and colored the frame and flower with alcohol markers.  Though it's hard to see in the photo, I added some glossy glue to the center of the flower to make it raised and shiny.  And, since I breathe more deeply when I look at flowers, I thought it would be appropriate to use a "breathe" sentiment from PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 41 stamp set.  There are many words in that set, and you can come up with so many combos/phrases.  I stamped the word and used a small 'ticket' punch I had to create the perfect accompaniment to a beautiful poppy.  The wide lace is vintage, from my dear aunt.  Thanks so much for taking a peek, and hope your day is beautiful!

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 41 stamp set

Crafty Individuals - Pretty Poppy

May your day be blessed,

Shamrock Teapot

Good morning!  Just wanted to share a simple card I made for my sister, who has been going through some very difficult times.  This is a "thinking of you" card.  The teapot die I used is from Temu, and it's so pretty and full of detail.  It came with some fancy teacups too, so I can use them on another card.  The shamrock paper is from a friend, and the little white blossoms are from my all-time favorite Martha Stewart Hydrangea punch, plus the Stampin' Up! Itty Bitty punch trio.  I kept the card flat for a one-stamp envelope.  Oh, the tiny shamrock die cut is from Memory Box Lucky Charms.  I added a small dollop of white Nuvo Drops in the center for some dimension.  The largest blossom has a white semi-glossy round sticker centered on top.

Hope your day is blessed!

Springtime Bird Nest

Hi!  This week at Topflight Stamps, we're creating with Spring or Mother's Day in mind.  I happen to have both!  The front of my card doesn't say "Mom", but can certainly be used for Mother's Day.  With a page from the Creative Expressions Nature's Compendium paper pad, I created a base layer for my card.  On another piece of paper from the same pad, I stamped Crafty Individuals Love Is All Around Bird Nest with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, then trimmed it out and mounted on the base panel.  On vanilla and white cardstocks, I stamped an assortment of tiny things:  blossoms and a tiny butterfly from Hobby Art Hydrangea, and little tickets and a "for you" circle from Crafty Individuals Vintage Tickets & Ephemera.  Each piece was fussy cut, edges inked for a vintage look, and assembled in a cluster around a flower I had in my stash.  The little butterfly was mounted on the "for you" circle.  For the hydrangea blossoms, each one was topped with a Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles Gemstone (a silver ball).  

Supplies Used From The Topflight Stamps Store:

Crafty Individuals - Love Is All Around - Bird Nest

Crafty Individuals - Vintage Tickets & Ephemera

Hobby Art - Hydrangea

Creative Expressions - Nature's Compendium Paper Pad

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles Gemstones (silver balls)

Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you a beautiful spring and a blessed day!

Lavender Birthday

Hello!  It's Thursday, so it's my turn to share during our "Anything Goes" week at Topflight Stamps. I used a page from Creative Expressions Nature's Compendium paper pad as my inspiration for a lavender card.  On a panel of lavender paper, I inked the edges and stamped some cute blackberries from the Lavinia Blackberry clear stamp.  I stamped extra blackberry images on a scrap of white cardstock, and fussy cut them.  Then, I die-cut a light plum rectangle using a Crealies Stitched Rectangle die, and mounted it on top of the lavender / blackberry background.  On a white piece of cardstock, die-cut with a circle, I stamped a birthday sentiment from the very versatile Hobby Art Stamps Hydrangea stamp set.  Also from the same set, I stamped little hydrangea blossoms and leaves, then fussy cut those.  It was fun to create little clusters of blossoms, berries and leaves on two corners of the sentiment circle.  Each blossom got a little dot of glitter glue, too.

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

Hobby Art Stamps - Hydrangea

Lavinia - Blackberry

Crealies - Stitched Rectangle Dies

Creative Expressions - Nature's Compendium Paper Pad

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Hope your day is beautiful.