Vintage Santa

Happy Thursday!  It's Colleen here with you again, sharing some Topflight Stamps goodness!  I am still trying to build my stash of Christmas cards for this year. I used a versatile stamp set for some 'wow' factor: Creative Expressions Tis The Season. This set has several beautiful images as well as sentiments.  I chose the Santa face to prominently display on my card.  Versafine Onyx Black Ink gave good coverage for all of the fine details on his face, beard and hat.  I fussy-cut the image and lightly distressed the edges with a brown ink, adding a touch of green for the holly leaves and one small red rhinestone as a holly berry.  In my stash, I found a red glitter paper to place behind Santa; so festive!  

I stamped a sentiment from Creative Expressions Joyful Wishes on a little banner, and then mounted it, and Santa, on some burlap.  Love the unexpected pairing of glitzy with rustic!

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

Creative Expressions - Joyful Wishes

Creative Expressions - Tis The Season - Taylor Made Journals

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Thank you for coming by today!

Hope your day is terrific!

Lucky To Know You

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  It's Colleen here with you, sharing some fun things from the Topflight Stamps store.  I used green ink and a Lavinia stencil called Laurel to make a leafy, verdant background.  The sentiment from Crafter's Companion "Fabulous Fuchsia - Loving Thoughts" stamp set is perfect for this holiday, too.  It says: "I'm so lucky to have a friend like you."  So sweet!  I mounted it on a couple of layers of green cardstock, then set it atop a strip of rosette ribbon I had in my stash.

If you are looking for sentiments for your cards and creations, click here to see the 450+ items in this category!  There is something for every occasion.

Supplies used from the Topflight Stamps Store:

Lavinia Stencil - Laurel

Crafter's Companion - Fabulous Fuchsia - Loving Thoughts stamp set

Thanks so much for joining me!  Have a fabulous St. Patrick's Day!

Katzelkraft Cat

Hello!  It's Thursday, my day to share a Topflight Stamps Anything Goes creation with you!  I made a funny thank you card featuring a kitty with attitude (cattitude).  He is Ignace from Katzelkraft.  I love his expression! I stamped him twice: once on a mottled background, and once on a piece of white cardstock.  After fussy-cutting his body, and coloring it, I added him on top of the stamped image.  The sentiment is from Hobby Art Ltd 'Hydrangea' stamp set.  Along the bottom of the card, I added a strip of bricks from Craft Consortium Brick Textures paper pad.  A couple strips of ribbon topped it off.

There are 10 Fat Cats from Katzelkraft, if you want to take a peek at the cuties, each with their own personality. 

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

Katzelkraft - The Fat Cats 9 - Ignace rubber stamp

Craft Consortium Brick Textures Paper Pad

Hobby Art Ltd. Hydrangea Clear Stamps

Thanks for joining me and have a blessed day!

PaperArtsy Vases

Hi!  I am here with you today to share a card made with pretty supplies from Topflight Stamps.  A panel of watercolor paper colored with Lavinia Dinkles Paynes Gray became the backdrop for this trio of vases. To get that gorgeous gray-blue color, I sprinkled the Dinkles powder onto dry watercolor paper and spritzed with water several times, until the color created interesting pools of light and dark.  While it dried, I stamped some vases and one flower from PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 41 stamp set on white cardstock, colored with markers, then fussy cut them to arrange on the 'table'.  For the flourished corners, I used AALL & Create Festive Dies with some gold glitter paper.  Along the bottom of the 'table' (just some distress inked kraft cardstock) I stamped a sentiment from Crafter's Companion Thankful and Blessed that says, "sending blessings."  A perfect way to thank someone for their hospitality!

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 41

Crafter's Companion Thankful and Blessed

AALL & Create Festive Dies

Lavinia Dinkles Paynes Gray

Thanks for joining me today!

Hope you have a great day!

Snowy Cottage

Hello!  Today I am sharing a snowy card with goodies from Topflight Stamps.  It's still cold where I live, and there is snow on the ground, and that inspired this wintry scene.

The cute little house is Crafty Individuals "Little Cottage In The Snow".  I stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black on patterned paper, then trimmed it out.  With a Crealies Stitched Rectangle die, I created a mat out of gold cardstock and mounted the cottage image on there.  The mat beneath that is a panel of white brick patterned paper from Craft Consortium Brick Textures paper pad.

I stamped little snowflakes from Studio Light - Vintage Winter Elements - Vintage Christmas stamp set on patterned paper and fussy-cut those out to add around the framed cottage.  Using a toothpick, I added dots of "snow" with Lavinia Snow White Chalk Paint all over the scene.

Last touch was a sentiment, which is from Creative Expressions Joyful Wishes, stamped twice.

 Supplies used from Topflight Stamps Store:

Crafty Individuals Little Cottage In The Snow

Studio Light - Vintage Winter Elements - Vintage Christmas 

Creative Expressions Joyful Wishes

Craft Consortium Brick Textures

Lavinia Chalk Paint - Snow White

Crealies Double Stitched Rectangle Dies

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Katzelkraft Bird

Hello!  Today is Thursday, and it's my turn to share a project with you for Topflight Stamps!  This week, we are highlighting Katzelkraft products.  In the Topflight Stamps store, you'll find close to 300 Katzelkraft items, such a wide variety!

The set I used for today's card is called Ephemera.  On a pale pink patterned piece of paper, I stamped the script image from the Ephemera set in a light ink. The bird from the same set was stamped in Lavinia Graphite ink on light colored cardstock, then fussy cut.  A sentiment from Crafter's Companion Fabulous Fuchsia Loving Thoughts was stamped in the bottom left corner of a pink patterned paper.

I added a strip of lace overtop of the papers, dotted it with pearls, and added the pretty bird.  Love those long tail feathers!

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

Katzelkraft - Ephemera

Crafter's Companion - Fabulous Fuchsia Loving Thoughts

Lavinia Graphite Dye Ink

Thank you so much for looking!

Have a blessed day!

Winter Snowflakes

Hello!  I've got a wintry card to share today for Topflight Stamps.  I wanted to suggest a snowstorm, so I started with a deep blue cardstock and flicked Lavinia Snow White Chalk Paint by tapping a damp paintbrush overtop of the card, in a random way.  I die cut a tag, then stamped Studio Light "Vintage Christmas" snowflake stamps on it in Versafine Clair Ink - Twilight.  With the same ink, I also stamped a snowflake border from the Vintage Christmas set along the bottom of the tag. The sentiment is from the same Studio Light stamp set, stamped on a little oval punched tag, with a bit of twine tied through the top.

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Studio Light - Jenine's Mindful Art - Vintage Christmas - Vintage Winter Elements

Lavinia - Chalk Acrylic Paint - Snow White

Tsukineko - Versafine Clair Ink Pad - Twilight

 

Thanks for stopping by today.

God bless you!

Tall Wild Flowers

Hello!  I am sharing a collage-style card using pretty stamps from Topflight Stamps.  Spring is (eventually) coming, and I took my inspiration from that, with lots of greenery coming up from the earth.

First, I stamped the two images from Crafty Individuals' Tall Wild Flowers on green patterned paper, and trimmed them out.  Next, I stamped some small ephemera from PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 41 on cream cardstock and trimmed those out.  I played around with how I would layer all of these components and once I found the right look, I took a pic with my phone camera to remind me how I did it.  To build the base beneath all the pieces, I used green striped patterned paper and lace from my stash.  Then, using glue, I added back all of the little pieces on top of the lace.

Check out the oodles of stamps in the Scrapcosy 41 set!  So many fun things to play with!

Items from Topflight Stamps used in my card:

Crafty Individuals - 185 - Tall Wild Flowers

PaperArtsy - Scrapcosy 41

May your day be filled with blessings!

A Christmas Bird with Lavinia Stencil

Hello friends!  It's Colleen Dietrich here with you today for Topflight Stamps.  This week we are highlighting Lavinia Stamps goodies!  The Lavinia section of the Topflight Stamps store is huge; over 700 items, including stamps, stencils, paint and more.  

For today's card, I used a Lavinia stencil called Laurel.  It's a pretty vine, soft and delicate.  It reminds me of the organic designs on icy windows.  With that inspiration, I made a Christmas card.  I also used Lavinia Dinkles in Paynes Gray to help create a mottled texture.  I lined up the stencil on top of watercolor paper and spread a silver paste on top, then removed the stencil.  When the silver paste was dry, I sprinkled on the Paynes Gray Dinkles and spritzed with water a few times.  The effect was beautiful!  It spread in a random fashion amidst the Laurel leaves.  When it was dry, I was ready for the next layers of the card.

I used a piece of vellum die-cut in the shape of a flower, so the beautiful stencilling could shine through, and glued to the center of the card.  Then, using the Crafty Individuals Love Is All Around Bird Nest stamp, I stamped the image and fussy-cut the bird, then added brown ink to distress the edges.  Some pearls and a sentiment from Studio Light - Vintage Winter Elements stamp set finished off the frosty card. 

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Lavinia Stencils - Laurel

Crafty Individuals - Love is All Around - Bird Nest

Studio Light - Vintage Winter Elements

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Easter Bunny

A while back, my cousin gave me a lot of her rubber stamps she no longer needed.  It felt like Christmas morning to me, to open that bag full of neat, older stamps!  One of them is this cute l'il Easter Bunny by PSX (G-2672).  Love his face, so sweet.  I colored him with soft shades of Copic markers then die-cut with Spellbinders Labels Thirteen.  The striped blue patterned paper and Ivy background stamp (in yellow on yellow) are both from Stampin' Up!.

The seam binding ribbon is from Hug Snug, and tied with a "Colleen Bow." 

Hope your weekend will be beautiful!  It's Super Bowl weekend, and I am not at all into football, but my husband is a big Eagles fan.  So, "Go Birds!" as they say around here!