Thinking of You Butterfly Card with Topflight Stamps

This week at Topflight Stamps our theme is "Anything Goes". (Plus there is a sale for the Christmas/Winter category that is still running through the end of the month!) I created a card using the Quirky Post AALL & Create Die Set and Darkroom Door Butterfly Garden Collage Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps store for a wide selection of different and hard to find stamps, stencils and other paper crafting supplies from all around the world! Also keep an eye on the Topflight Stamps blog. There is new inspiration posted daily!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Darkroom Door Collage Stamp - Butterfly Garden

AALL & Create Die Set - Quirky Post

AALL & Create Stamp Set - Everyday Sentiments

Versfine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black

watercolors

Gel Press print

Beat the Heat with Topflight Stamps

The Summer heat is cranking up and so are dreams of a cool vacation by the sea! This week at Topflight Stamps our theme is "Ocean" The store has a wide assortment of products that fit the bill. I chose a beautiful Darkroom Door stamp called Seaside Squares to use on my card. 

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps store for a wide selection of different and hard to find stamps, stencils and other paper crafting supplies from all around the world! Also keep an eye on the Topflight Stamps blog. There is new inspiration posted daily!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Darkroom Door Stamp - Seaside Squares

PaperArtsy Stencil - PS165

AALL & Create Stamp Set - Everyday Sentiments

Versafine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black

Lavinia Elements Ink Pad - Blue Atoll

watercolors

Beautiful Butterflies with Darkroom Door at Topflight Stamps

Hello, I'm back again with another Topflight Stamps card for you! This week is "Anything Goes" so I had the pleasure of going through my stamp stash to see what tickled my fancy.

Darkroom Door had such wonderful designs (stock up while they are still available!) I went with a favorite, the Butterfly Garden stamp. Used in the background, Tracy Evan's Fern stamp set paired perfectly with it.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps store for a wide selection of different and hard to find stamps, stencils and other paper crafting supplies from all around the world! Also keep an eye on the Topflight Stamps blog. There is new inspiration posted daily!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Darkroom Door stamp - Butterfly Garden

Tracy Evans stamp set - Fern
Visible Image stamp set - Birthday Wishes
Visible Image stamp set - Scripted Streets
Gel Press Plate

Lavinia Elements Ink Pad - Pine

watercolors
Versafine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black

Darkroom Door Christmas Card with Topflight Stamps!

Merry Christmas everyone! It's almost here! I'm still crafting away on Christmas projects, even cards to mail (although I don't think they will arrive at their destinations until after Christmas, oops. Better late than never!) Here is a card I made using the Darkroom Door Pine Cones Stamp Set.

I really love the Pine Cones set. It has a great selection of realistic pine cones and needles. Perfect for woodsy projects and of course Christmas cards! I used Distress Inks because I wanted to utilize their reactivity to water. Using a stamping platform, I first stamped the pinecone in the lighter brown (Brushed Corduroy) and spritzed it lightly with water so it would wick out. After drying it, I stamped over the top with the darker brown for detail. I like the watercolor effect of the wicking. Next I masked off the pine cones and stamped the pine needles. It's a quick and easy card! This design wouldn't be too hard to mass produce if you wanted to make many of them for mailing out.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are finding some holiday joy and have a chance to get some creative time in the midst of the hustle and bustle.

Supplies used:

Topflight Stamps Products:
Darkroom Door - Pine Cones Stamp Set

Other:

Ranger Distress Ink - Ground Espresso, Brushed Corduroy, Rustic Wilderness

Ranger Distress Oxide Ink - Evergreen Bough

Perfect Pearls mist

Tim Holtz Christmas Trim tape

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Topflight Stamps - You Can Still Hop Along & A New Card

It's not too late!! You can still participate in the Birthday Blog Hop (through April 8th) for a chance to win the grand prize and other prizes drawn from each designer's blog comments. Go to the main hop post on the Topflight Stamps blog to get started!

Today I have a spring card to share with you made with one of the wonderful Darkroom Door Collage Stamps and their resist crayon.

I was inspired by Lindsay Weirich's video about the resist technique she used for the Collage Stamps and crayon. (Watch it and you'll get some great tips!) After stamping the image onto watercolor paper with archival ink, I watercolored the butterflies yellow and the ferns green. I added the resist crayon over the areas I had painted on the ferns and over some parts of the yellow painted wings on the butterflies. I went back over the butterflies with orange paint and the crayon preserved yellow portions by resisting the orange.

The crayons are softer than standard 'school' crayons and cover well.

I added some more crayon over the butterflies again and as a final step, I painted a wash of blue over the whole thing for the background. It was really easy with the resist protecting the ferns and butterflies. I went right over the top and the colors didn't get muddied.

Thanks for stopping by! Below is a list of supplies I used. Be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps blog for more inspiration. There is always something fun to see there! 

Topflight Stamps Products:

Darkroom Door Collage Stamp - Butterfly Garden
Darkroom Door - Resist Crayon

Other:

watercolors
Distress Watercolor Cardstock
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Tim Holtz Stickers - Big Chat

Tim Holtz Kraft Metallic Cardstock - Jewels

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PaperArtsy with Topflight Stamps

Hello! I'm back with another card to share with you today. =) This time I got to play with my new Distress Oxide Sprays for the background (love them!) and PaperArtsy products which are always a treat.

I spritzed and squooshed (that's a word right? lol) the Oxide Spray to form the background. I created a whole stack of different backgrounds in my experimentations. (Hurray, for future projects!) I added some stenciling with Distress Oxide Ink and then stamped the flowers. It has a definite spring feel.

Thanks for stopping by! Below is a list of supplies I used. Be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps blog for more inspiration. There is always something fun to see there! 

Topflight Stamps Products:
PaperArtsy stamp set - Tracy Scott ETS24
PaperArtsy Stencil - JOFY PS130
Darkroom Door - Happy Birthday Sentiment Stamps

Other:

Sizzix Tim Holtz die set - Labels ( Sizzix / SB )
Sizzix Eileen Hull die set - Birds & Butterflies ( Sizzix )
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black

Distress Oxide Ink - Seedless Preserves, Dusty Concord, Cracked Pistachio
Distress Oxide Spray - Iced Spruce, Wilted Violet, Cracked Pistachio, Picked Raspberry
Tim Holtz Metallic 2 Cardstock

Sizzix and Scrapbook.com links in this post are affiliate links which do not affect the price you pay but allow me to earn a small percentage of a sale. Thanks! (My husband also thanks you!)

Winter Tree with Topflight Stamps

Hello! Still working on Christmas projects? Once again I have more ideas than time. ;-) I created this project to be more of a 'winter' theme so I can leave it out past Christmas.

This MDF tree kit comes with all sorts of papers and embellishments to use with the tree. I used the cardstock woodland creature embellishments from the kit to add to my scene.

Here's a few tips!

I decided not to cover the tree with paper. I wanted to create a more mixed media look. I started by covering the MDF with a coat of gesso to seal it and prepare the surface.

Then I used some of the Infusions Dye to color the surfaces. You never know quite what you will get from the dye crystals. The color patters are interesting and the dye crystals are very concentrated! A little goes a loooooong way. Once the dye was dry I stamped the pine needles onto all the surfaces with archival ink and heat set it. Then I stamped and embossed the Winter Scene around the base of the tree panels. After assembling the tree and inserting it into the base (I had to sand a bit to get the trunk to fit into the slots on the base) I applied the snow texture paste all around the base surface. Using a strong wet glue, I glued the other elements in place while the snow texture paste was wet and then sprinkled all the exposed snow surfaces with glitter. Some die cut snowflakes completed the look!

Thanks for stopping by! Below is a list of supplies I used. Be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps blog for more inspiration. There is always something fun to see there! Have a great week and Merry Christmas. =)

Topflight Stamps Products:
Darkroom Door - Pine Cones
Katzelkraft - Winter Scene
Studio Light - MDF Christmas Tree Kit
Paper Artsy Infusions Dye - Emerald Isle

Other:

Tim Holtz Sizzix Die - Paper Snowflakes, Mini ( Sizzix / SB )
Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Christmas Typography
Ranger Archival Ink - Library Green

Versamark Ink
gesso
Deco Art Snow Tex
black embossing powder
Ranger Rock Candy Dry Glitter
mini trees
mini pinecones
preserved juniper greens

Scrapbook.com and Sizzix links in this post are affiliate links which do not affect the price you pay but allow me to earn a small percentage of a sale. Thanks! (My husband also thanks you!)

Christmas Tags with Topflight Stamps

Hello and welcome to the holiday season! Happy Thanksgiving if you are here in the US and hang onto your warm fuzzy hats because Christmas is right around the corner! I have a tag and its tutorial to share with you today. I bleached loads of pine cones to sell at a craft bazaar this fall and I wanted to make tags to put on the bags. I wanted them to be festive but fairly simple since I had to make so many of them! The Darkroom Door Pine Cones stamp set was just what I needed. Added bonus: the bottom part is perforated so you can tear it off and be left with a gift tag for another use.

The bleached pine cones are perfect for decorating with and make a nice change from regular brown cones.

Here's the how-to:

Step 1 – I cut tags out of old manila folders. (You can buy pre-made tags too.) Assembly line tactics are key here. I laid down an initial layer of background color and texture by squishing Antique Linen Distress Stain onto my craft mat and then applying it to the tags with a brayer. It makes a cool streaky effect.

Step 2 –  More texture was added with random stamping with the Crackle Background stamp and Pale Ochre ink.

Step 3 – Mask sheets are a Tim Holtz product that has been discontinued which is too bad because it's really useful! There must be a similar product out there so look around if you can't find these somewhere. I stamped the pine cone onto the mask sheet with archival ink and then cut it out with fine tipped scissors. Then I stamped the pinecone in place on the tag and covered it with the mask in preparation for stamping the needles.

Step 4 – I stamped the pine needles twice with 'full strength' ink and once with the residual ink left on the stamp to make a lighter green area behind the pine cone.

Step 5 – Finishing the tag…

I made the description/price tag using a graphics program and printed them out on kraft label paper. I cut them out and stuck them onto the bottoms of the tags. About an 1/8th of an inch above the edge of the label, I used the perforation tool to inscribe a perforated line. When it's bent at the line it will rip right off so all the 'commercial' stuff is removed.

As a final step, I used a Ground Espresso Distress Marker and the Marker Spritzer to add a splatter of dark speckles over all the tags.

NOTE: All week long Topflight Stamps is having a daily deal sale! Today you can get Gel Printing Texture Plates for 25% off! Check it out and keep an eye on the site to see what the rest of the deals are. ;-)

Thanks for stopping by! Below is a list of supplies I used. Be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps blog for more inspiration. There is always something fun to see there! Have a great week and happy Thanksgiving. =)

Topflight Stamps Products:
Darkroom Door - Pine Cones
Crafty Individuals - Crackle Background


Other:

Tim Holtz Sizzix Die - Tag & Bookplates retired
Ranger Archival Ink - Pale Ochre, Potting Soil, Fern Green, Library Green, Red Geranium

Ranger Distress Stain - Antique Linen
brayer
Tonic Perforator Tool
Ranger Marker Spritzer Tool
Distress Marker - Ground Espresso
red & white bakers twine
Tim Holtz Mask Sheets - discontinued =(

Scrapbook.com and Sizzix links in this post are affiliate links which do not affect the price you pay but allow me to earn a small percentage of a sale. Thanks! (My husband also thanks you!)

Father's Day Card with Darkroom Door

Father's Day is coming right up! I finished the last card I need today. Whew! I like not being last minute. ;-) I used the Tool Shed stamp set from Darkroom Door and a bunch of Tim Holtz products:

The background is stamped with a wood grain pattern and I also embossed some card stock with the Rulers embossing folder (along with adding copper embossing powder to the raised areas). I stamped a manila tag with various Distress Ink colors and all those great tool stamps from the Tool Shed stamp set.

Topflight Stamps is having a flash sale on masculine stamps that is running through TONIGHT, 12am EST (June 8th) I'm just catching the tail end of the sale, but if you hurry you can take advantage of it still. ;-)

Most of the supplies I used for this project can be found at Sizzix or Simon Says Stamp. Follow the links below and a shopping you may go. ;-) Some links are affiliate links and there will be no additional cost to you but they help support my art endeavor. Thanks!

Wood Grain Background Builder	Tim Holtz Sizzix ALPHANUMERIC Thinlits Die 660056	Sizzix Thinlits - Alphanumeric	Tim Holtz Sizzix CELEBRATION WORDS SCRIPT Thinlits Die 660223	Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 13PK - Celebration Words: Script	Embossing Folders 2PK - Bottle Caps & Rulers Set
Tim Holtz Sizzix BOTTLE CAPS & RULERS Texture Fades 658575	Stampendous DETAIL COPPER Fine Metallic Embossing Powder DP104	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001	Distress Oxide Ink Pad - Spiced Marmalade	Distress Oxide Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Distress Oxide Ink Pad-Fossilized Amber
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BLACK SOOT Ranger TIM19541	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad RUSTY HINGE Ranger TIM27157	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PUMICE STONE Ranger TIM27140	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad HICKORY SMOKE Ranger TIM43232	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad VINTAGE PHOTO Ranger TIM19527	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad BRUSHED CORDUROY Ranger TIM21421
*Tim Holtz Idea-ology TINY ATTACHER Stapler Tool Mini Staples TH92800

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