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!

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!

Pansy and Lace

This birthday card couldn't be simpler to make.  The lacy doily paper does a lot of the work.  The puffy pansy sticker is a single focal point, with a subtle peach lace strip underneath.  That is a vintage piece from my 101 year old aunt's sewing room, after she passed away I received a bag full of laces she had.  Thank you, Aunt Florence!  The little sentiment tag is lavender, to coordinate with the hint of lavender in the pansy.

Make the most of this day!

God bless you!

Autumn Leaves Birthday

I have an autumnal birthday card to share today.  The chocolate cardstock was run through a Big Shot with the Tim Holtz "Acorns" Embossing Folder.  Then I used Simon Hurley Lunar Paste in Gold Rush with my finger to shine up the raised areas of the leaves and acorns.  So pretty in real life.  The paper leaves were made with both coffee filters and sleeves from Starbucks coffee cups, with the Tim Holtz Bigz die "Tattered Leaves."  I used various Distress Sprays to get some color onto two of the leaves.  The final, simple touch is a sentiment from Papertrey Ink "Birthday Basics" and a twine bow.

Thanks for taking a peek!  

Hope your day is wonderful!

Butterfly Birthday

Hello!  I made a birthday card featuring a butterfly collage-type stamp atop a scalloped tag die cut (die set from Temu).  There's a strip of faux vintage tickets used as a border under the butterfly, but it's not too noticeable because I loaded it up with punched flowers in Night of Navy (Stampin' Up!).  I used Nuvo Drops in a gold color in the center of each flower.  The sentiment tag:  Papertrey Ink's "Tiny Tags" die and stamp set.

 

Thanks for coming by!  Hope you have a terrific day!

Enjoy Life with Gossamer Gold

Hello crafters!  I've got a shimmery card to share with you today for Topflight Stamps, using Lindy's Stamp Gang Gossamer Gold spray.  Oh my, this is so gorgeous!  It's got a combination of walnut brown and gold hues in one spray.  First, I took a plain manila tag and spritzed it with this product, then a bit of water and hit it with a heat tool to help speed up drying. Once dry, I used the PaperArtsy Scrapcosy PS317 Stencil and Lavinia Truffle Dye Ink to create borders and a sentiment on the tag.  After mounting it on an old hymnal page and decorative paper, I added a twine bow and it's all set to give to my father in law for his birthday.  Thanks for joining me, and hope you have a great day!

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

PaperArtsy Scrapcosy PS317 Stencil

Lavinia Dye Ink - Truffle

Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadow Mist - Gossamer Gold

Thanks for taking a look and God bless you!

Starry Birthday

Hello!  This week at Topflight Stamps, we are sharing our star-themed creations. I've got a starry birthday card to show, which positively GLITTERS in person, thanks to Spectrum Noir Glitter Paste in Candlelight Gold and the Darkroom Door Starry Night Small Stencil.  The glitter paste is a dream to spread over a stencil, goes on easily and give such a 'wow' factor.  The background panel is navy, which is a good contrast for the gold stars.  The white panel was made with with a Crealies Stitched Rectangle, on which a sentiment from Visible Image Go To Words was stamped.  I finished it up with some gold star ribbon trim from my stash, and a few red stars.

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

Crealies Stitched Rectangle Dies

Darkroom Door Starry Night Small Stencil

Spectrum Noir Glitter Paste Candlelight Gold

Visible Image Go To Words

Have 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.

Reindeer Head Birthday

Hello!  It's Colleen with you again during the Topflight Stamps Celebration Week!  I've got a masculine birthday card to share.

I started with this realistic brick background paper from Craft Consortium Brick Textures pad, and pulled colors from it for the rest of the card.  This paper pad has a lot of different brick textures, in all kinds of colors, so versatile.  This cute Dixi Craft Reindeer Head die became the focal point of the card.  I die cut multiples and stacked several on top of one another, to give dimension.  The sentiment is from Visible Image Go To Words, a staple in my stamp stash.  After stamping it, I fussy-cut and lightly inked the edges with light brown.  The final touch was some burlap ribbon trim I had on hand.

Supplies Used From the Topflight Stamps Store:

Dixi Craft Reindeer Head Die

Visible Image Go To Words Stamp Set

Craft Consortium Brick Textures Paper Pad

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Have a blessed day!