Hello Mushroom Card with Topflight Stamps

This week at Topflight Stamps our theme is "Anything Goes" which is always a fun one. I like to go through my Topflight stash and pull out favorites, old and new. This card uses a combo of Chou & Flowers stamps and AALL & Create dies.

The base is a background made using PaperArtsy Infusions Dye and die cut panels. The focal stamp is from the Chou & Flowers Mushrooms stamp set and the Hello sentiment is from the AALL & Create Everyday Sentiments stamp set. Fun little die cuts from the SkyCrossed Paradise set make great accents!

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 often!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Chou & Flowers stamp set - Mushrooms

AALL & Create stamp set - Everyday Sentiments

AALL & Create die set - Holey Fun DI-88

AALL & Create die set - SkyCrossed Paradise #34

Infusions Dye Ink - Emerald Isle

Craft Consortium paper pad - Leather Bound

Clair ink pads - Nocturne

watercolors

Happy Halloween with Topflight Stamps!

BOO! Hello, and Happy Halloween! I'm back with another Topflight Stamps card for you. Of course I had to make another Halloween card since it's the actual day…

I pulled out the handy Distress Plaid Paper Pad from Creative Expressions for the background. (Love that paper!) I also love the funky die sets from AALL & Create so I included several bits cut using the SkyCrossed Paradise set.

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:

Hobby Art stamp set - Fungi
PaperArtsy Kate Crane Mini stamp - KCM003
PaperArtsy stamp set - ESN27

AALL & Create Die Set - SkyCrossed Paradise

Versafine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black
Versafine Clair Ink Pad - Shady Lane

Creative Expressions paper pad - Distress Plaid
PaperArtsy Infusions - Golden Sands

watercolors 

Hobby Art Mushroom Card at Topflight Stamps

This week our brand focus over at Topflight Stamps is Hobby Art! I love this set called Fungi and I wanted a chance to play with the new Lavinia Dinkles Ink Powder to create some backgrounds.

After creating several Dinkles backgrounds and picking one to use, I stamped the mushrooms with permanent black ink and then watercolored over the top. I'll have to experiment more with ink powder; it's lots of fun to play with!

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:

Hobby Art stamp set - Fungi

Paper Artsy - Seth Apter Mini 50

AALL & Create - Everyday Sentiments

Studio Light - STAMPMB06

Lavinia Dinkles - Lime Divine

Versafine Clair Ink - Shady Lime

Versafine Ink - Black Onyx

watercolors

Capturing a Bit of Spring

Hello there, I have more projects to share with you! =) I really wanted to make sure I joined in The Funkie Junkie Boutique 'Little Things' Challenge so I got my act together and made a little spring scene to fit into one of the new Tim Holtz Display Dome.

It's a bit hard to photograph under the glass dome so I'm glad I didn't glue it on! Here are some peeks:

I've been experimenting with making spun cotton mushrooms. It is fun but I need some more practice. This one turned out pretty well though. =)

Thanks for stopping by. I hope the rest of your week is a good one and that you have a chance to relax and get crafty amidst all the disruption that is going on. Stay safe and healthy!

Dies:
Tim Holtz Tiny Tattered Florals ( Sizzix / SB )
Tim Holtz Funky Floral #2 ( Sizzix / SB )
Tim Holtz Funky Foliage ( Sizzix / SB )
Eileen Hull Grass Die - retired

Other:

Tim Holtz Display Dome
Distress Ink
Distress Oxide Ink
Glitter Duster
Rock Candy Dry Glitter
Ranger Collage Medium Matte
PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint - Very Berry, Chalk, Snowflake

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Frilly & Funkie Challenge - All Creatures Great & Small

Hello and happy Thursday! I am honored to be a guest designer on the Frilly and Funkie blog for their new All Creatures Great and Small challenge. The projects must have animals as the focus - no humans allowed. ;-) I have created a little decor piece that features a forest mouse (and has a little bird on top. Double whammy, woo hoo!! lol)

Here's a closer peek inside:

and a view of the top:

It was pretty straightforward to put together. The graphics came from two vintage books that I recently found at a thrift store:

Book lovers, do not worry, no books were harmed in the making of this project! I scanned the book cover and the mouse and printed them out for it. ;-)

My biggest tip comes from a rookie mistake that I made. I added all sorts of lovely crackle paste to the little house's bare metal and it promptly fell off when it dried. Oops! I forgot the number one rule of needing to add something like..... clear gesso!.... to the metal first before the texture paste. So I knocked off all the old crackle that hadn't already flaked off and applied a layer of clear gesso. When that was dry I redid the crackle and it worked perfectly! I used DecoArt Media Liquid Acrylics to add color afterwards.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the challenge at Frilly & Funkie. Show them your stuff!

Dies:
Garden Greens (Sizzix / SB)
Garden Greens Thinlits (Sizzix / SB)
Tiny Tattered Florals (Sizzix / SB)
Funky Florals #3 (Sizzix / SB)
Tattered Leaves (Sizzix / SB)
Tapered Fringe (Sizzix)

Other:

Tim Holtz Stamp Set - Falling Leaves
Ranger Archival Ink - Fern Green

Distress Inks - Pine Needles, Vintage Photo, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber
Prima Clear Gesso
Prima White Crackle Texture Paste
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Foliage
DecoArt Media Liquid Acrylics - Geen Gold, Cerulean Blue, Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide, Burnt Umber, Dark Grey 3, Sap Green, Phthalo Green-Gold
moss
vintage faux mushrooms
bark
spanish moss

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Woodland Mouse Vignette
by MonalisaH -Lisa Hoel
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