Robot Birthday Card with Topflight Stamps

Hello there! This week at Topflight Stamps we are featuring Neenah's Metallic Cardstock! The pack comes with four different colors of totally luxe cardstock that has a beautiful sheen to it. I thought it would be perfect to incorporate with the industrial robot birthday card I wanted to make for my nephew.

The paper has a nice weight to it and accepts ink well. For the card base, I used the Mechanical Texture Plate as a stamp to cover the metallic paper with the mechanical pattern. The piece under the robot is the silver metallic paper dry embossed (it embosses really well!) and then highlighted with black ink. It's hard to capture the metallic look of the paper in a photo but trust me, it really glimmers in the light!

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:
Neenah Metallic Cardstock pack
Katzelkraft stamp set - Robots 2
Darkroom Door stamp set - Happy Birthday Sentiment Stamps
Gel Press Plate
Carabelle Gel Press Texture Plate - Mechanical
Alexandra Renke washi tape - Dots Taupe

Other:

Tim Holtz Sizzix die set - Gearhead (Sizzix / SB )
Tim Holtz Texture Fade Set - Diamond Plate & Riveted Metal Set ( Sizzix / SB )
Tim Holtz 3-D Texture Fade - Lumber ( Sizzix / SB )
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black, Potting Soil
Tiny Attacher
Tim Holtz Mini Fasteners
Tim Holtz Sprocket Gears

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Be a Mermaid with Topflight Stamps

It's the weekend and spring is on the way! The weather is starting to turn around here and I love it. I plan on spending Saturday doing some garden cleanup. I'm getting the urge to make spring like projects now too. A few weeks ago I was playing around with the Gel Press and Gel Press Texture Plates and made this spring-y card. At the same time I made the green backgrounds, I made some blue toned ones too in anticipation of making this card for my mermaid loving sister-in-law's birthday.

Check out that past post for info on how to make the Gel Press background using Distress Oxide inks and the Carabelle Gel Press Texture Printing Plate. The mermaid herself I stamped on another sheet of paper, watercolored and fussy cut out to glue onto the card.

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! Also, they are having a sale this weekend!! Check it out:

Topflight Stamps Products:
Gel Press Plate- 6x6
Gel Press Texture Printing Plate - Stained Glass
Carabelle stamps - Sketch A Mermaid, Zinouk of the Ocean, Coral and Shells
Jane Davenport Glitz-Sea Sparkle Markers - Cool Oceans

Other:

Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Distress Oxide Ink - Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch, Broken China

brayer
bakers twine

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Gel Press Fun with Topflight Stamps

For a long time I've been wanting to play with printing on a Gel Press and I'm finally getting down to it and experimenting! I've done a lot with acrylic paint and then I ran across a video in my YouTube wanderings about using Distress Oxide Inks for printing on the Gel Press Plates. I had to try it with the Carabelle Gel Press Texture Plates!

I created the background with the Gel Press and stamped on top of it with Lavinia Stamps.

I tried a few sets of colors and decided upon green tones for the final card. The video I referenced above shows how to do a gradation of colors which was fun to try.

To use the Texture Plates all you have to do is ink up the Gel Press Plate and then press the Texture Plate gently into it to lift off some of the ink. Then just pull your print and you are set! As a bonus, you can press your now inked Texture Plate onto a new piece of paper and get another great print! (Bottom of above print.)

Close up!

I really like using the Texture Plates with the Gel Press. So many possibilities! I look forward to experimenting more. ;-)

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:
Gel Press Plate- 6x6
Gel Press Texture Printing Plate - Stained Glass
Lavinia Stamps - Trees, Whimsical Hares, Trailing Ivy, Moments Like These
Visible Image - Scripted Streets


Other:

AJVD Stitched Sentiment Trio Die Set
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Distress Oxide Ink - Mowed Lawn, Old Paper, Shabby Shutters

brayer

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PaperArtsy Tag with Topflight Stamps

Hello! I hope you are having a nice week. (It is rather snowy here at the moment.) I'm here today to share a tag I made featuring a PaperArtsy stamp set designed by Lynne Perrella (I love her stamps!)

The base is from Studio Light (the black tag from the multi-color pack) that I lightly brayered some Slate Fresco paint onto. I then used silver paint, a Gel Press plate and the Stained Glass Gel Press Texture Printing Plate to print onto the tag. I added additional texture by dabbing embossing ink through a stencil and embossing it with Gunmetal powder.

I die cut some hand marbled paper in my stash to layer on top of all the base layers. Ribbon and additional die cuts came next.

For the focal image, I stamped it with archival ink onto watercolor paper and then painted it with watercolors. When it was dry, I rubbed embossing ink over the whole thing and added three layers of Seth Apter's Vintage Beeswax embossing powder over the top.

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 - Lynne Perrella 34
Gel Press Plate- 6x6
Gel Press Texture Printing Plate - Stained Glass
Darkroom Door Small Stencil - Arty Mosaic
Studio Light Large Colorful Tags
PaperArtsy Fresco Paint - Slate
Baked Texture Embossing Powder - Vintage Beeswax

Other:

AJVD Quatrefoil Cover Plate Die
Tim Holtz Pennants Die
Ranger Archival Ink - Jet Black
Ranger Distress Woodgrain Cardstock
Ranger Gunmetal embossing powder
Ranger Emboss-It Dabber

watercolors
Distress Oxide Ink - Peacock Feathers
Distress Spray Stain - Iced Spruce
silver acrylic paint
brayer
ribbon
marbled paper

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