AALL & Create Garden Scene

Hello!  We are focusing on AALL & Create products at Topflight Stamps!  Flowers and butterflies from AALL & Create Gravel Script Ephemera are the stars of the stage on my card.  The background was created with several Lavinia Dye Inks, swiped on a piece of watercolor cardstock, then liberally spritzed with water.  The colors I used are:  Della Blue, Bermuda, Green Parrot, Pixie Green and Olive.  When the piece was dry, I sprayed Lindy's Stamp Gang Fairy Fluff over it to create a sparkly scene.  The final touch is a sentiment from Lavinia Sentiment Stickers - Uplifting Collection.

Supplies used from Topflight Stamps:

AALL & Create Gravel Script Ephemera

Lavinia Dye Ink - Bermuda

Lavinia Dye Ink - Della Blue

Lavinia Dye Ink - Green Parrot

Lavinia Dye Ink - Pixie Green

Lavinia Dye Ink - Olive

Lavinia Sentiment Stickers - Uplifting Collection

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Fairy Fluff

Thanks so much for popping in here!

Have a blessed day!

AALL & Create Quirky Post Birds

Hello!  We've got an Anything Goes week at Topflight Stamps!  I had fun with AALL & Create Quirky Postage die set to create a backdrop for little bird postage stamps from PaperArtsy Scrapcosy ESC19 set.  I used two shades of purple cardstock with the postage dies and stacked them, arranging in sort of a quilt style.  The birds were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, trimmed and colored with alcohol markers.  I layered some of the stamps with foam adhesive tape to pop them up.

(The photos below were taken with my iPhone in the light tent and the purples just look so different than the pic above!)

Supplies used from Topflight Stamps:

AALL & Create Quirky Postage die set

PaperArtsy - Scrapcosy ESC19 stamp set

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

IndigoBlu Christmas Card

Hello! At Topflight Stamps this week our focus is on the brand, IndigoBlu!  I used their Christmas Dictionary stamp - fabulous background.  Love the old font.  I stamped it in VersaFine Onyx Black on a neutral colored panel, and layered this panel on a red card base.  The focal point is a trio of holly leaf postage stamps from AALL & Create's Carols and Cancellations, carefully trimmed and colored with alcohol markers.  I created garlands with PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Mini 92 stamp, which features sprigs of mistletoe.  I trimmed out the mistletoe from four stamped images, then touched them with various shades of brown inks and added a touch of glimmer from Lindy's Stamp Gang Pixie Dust.

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps:

IndigoBlu - Christmas Dictionary

PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber - Mini 92

AALL & Create - Carols and Cancellations

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Pixie Dust

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

Thanks so much for joining me!

Merry Christmas in June!  😆

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. 

Painted Woodware Violas

Hello!  This week at Topflight Stamps, our theme is the company Woodware.  I chose to use their Viola stamp set, one of my faves!   On a piece of recycled store-bought greeting card, cut to fit my card base, I painted a background that would nicely highlight the Violas.  I used PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Koala paint to cover the evidence LOL and made a fresh, clean place to stamp the Viola.  Once that was dry, I used Lindy's Stamp Gang Pixie Dust Spray randomly on the panel.  And once that was dry, then stamped Viola in VersaFine Onyx Black ink on top.  On a separate piece of paper, I painted PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Wisteria and let it dry, then stamped Viola there too so I could trim and paper-piece onto my card.  I added a butterfly from AALL & Create Delicate Wings (fussy-cut and layered on), some gems from my stash, and inked the edges of the panel with Lavinia Graphite Dye Ink.

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

Woodware Viola

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint - Koala

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint - Wisteria

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

AALL & Create Delicate Wings

Lavinia Dye Ink - Graphite

Lindy's Stamp Gang Pixie Dust

Thanks for joining me today! God bless you!

Flower Press Art Collection

Hello!  This is an Anything Goes week at Topflight Stamps, and I am sharing a neutral colored card featuring Flower Press by AALL & Create again!  On January 22nd, I used this same pretty stamp in a paper-pieced fashion.  For today's card, I went with a sort of clean and simple look.  On a piece of packaging I was hanging on to, I stamped the image with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I inked the edges of the panel with Lavinia Truffle Dye Ink, a rich brown.  The panel was glued onto a kraft background card base.  My little ephemera piece is a nest image from PaperArtsy Apple Blossom Edition by Alison Bomber, stamped in the Versafine Onyx Black, trimmed, and touched up around the edges with the Lavinia Truffle Ink.  I used dimensional tape to adhere it onto the card, and underlined it with some floral embroidery trim from my stash.

Supplies from Topflight Stamps:

AALL & Create - Flower Press by Tracy Evans

Lavinia Dye Ink - Truffle

PaperArtsy - Apple Blossom Edition by Alison Bomber

Versafine Ink - Onyx Black

Thanks for joining me, God bless you!

AALL & Create Morning Glory

Hello everyone!  After a hiatus, I am so happy to be back on the Topflight Stamps Design Team!  I've got a fun card today to share with you.  I had fun playing with PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paints on some packaging I was about to discard.  The paints covered up the cardboard package nicely!  I used Taupe and Koala with a medium size dry paint brush directly onto the cardboard, and it dries fairly quickly.  The AALL & Create "Flower Press" by Tracy Evans was stamped right onto the painted surface with Versafine Onyx Black Ink.  Then I used Lavinia Snow White Chalk Paint to spatter on some spots. It was lovely as-is, but I decided to go a step further and do some paper piecing using the Craft Consortium Ink Drops "Ocean" paper pad to highlight the blossoms and a couple of leaves.  LOVE how it turned out!  Final touches were several Hunkydory Diamond Sparkle Silver Gemstones in random spots.

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

Flower Press by Tracy Evans for AALL & Create

Craft Consortium Ink Drops - Ocean

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paint - Taupe

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paint - Koala

Hunkydory Diamond Sparkle Silver Gemstones

Lavinia Chalk Acrylic Paint - Snow White

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Thanks for looking and God bless you!