Thursday, January 16, 2025

Design Team news!

Hellooo everyone!  I've got some fun news:  I have joined the Topflight Stamps design team!! Thank you to Donna and the rest of the team for having me. 😊  This week, we're featuring Anything Goes.

Since Christmas is not far in the rearview mirror, I am still in a holiday mood for cardmaking.  At the end of this post, I've linked to the products I used today.


The first card uses several items from the Topflight Stamps store.  I started with a black cardstock panel to mount on a wine-colored card base.  Before mounting it, I used a PaperArtsy Stencil, PS317 with Spectrum Noir Glitter Paste, Candlelight Gold.  Oh.My.Goodness.  That glitter paste is amazing!!  It spread so easily through the stencil, and gave such an elegant boost to the card.  In real life, it is so sparkly.  Gorgeous product.  (Now I want more colors, lol)

While that dried, I started on the rest of the card.  Using matte gold cardstock, I die cut a stitched rectangle with Crealies Rectangle Dies.  Behind it, I added a layer of fun foam to lift it up from the card.  On top of the rectangle, I used a pretty Eiffel Tower stamp from Katzelkraft - KTZ252 - Ephemera.  I stamped it with Lavinia Graphite Dye Ink Pad - and trimmed it out with scissors, then glued onto the matte gold panel.  The holly leaves and berries from  Visible Image Christmas Robin stamp set were stamped with the same Graphite ink used above, trimmed with scissors, and colored with alcohol markers.


The second card also features PaperArtsy Stencil PS317 with Spectrum Noir - Glitter Paste - Candlelight Gold.  Since I had the products on my desk, I made two black panels with the stencil and paste.  I'm a little new to stencils, so I learned something.  On the first black panel, the images came up crisp once I pulled away the stencil.  I did not clean the stencil before using on the second panel.  Lightbulb moment!  The stenciled image was less crisp than the first.  Still gorgeous though!!  Since there were some areas that were not what I had hoped for, I found a Christmas gift tag in my craft stash and used it to cover some of the glittery paste.  I like it, but now I know for next time. ðŸ˜‰ 

I've linked to everything I used below, with photos to help you visualize the gorgeous products used.  And my Christmas card stash just got a little bigger, yay!  





Crealies - Crea-Nest-Lies XXL - Double Stitched Rectangle Dies








Thanks so much for joining me today!
God bless you!



3 comments:

Vicki Dutcher said...

Well yay for you getting back into a team! This looks like a good fit 😀

Leslie Miller said...

Congratulations on your new job, Colleen! A beautiful debut for Topflight with these gorgeous cards. It's good to see you!

Paperesse said...

Ah, buh...oui!!! C'est magnifique, Colleen!!! So nice to see you blogging again. Both these cards are stunning. I daresay, Topflight Stamps is lucky to have you on board.

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