Llama Fun for the Holiday!

 

Hello friends! Ericka from Strangely Creative here, and can you believe it? We're in the home stretch—only a couple more days until Christmas! If you’re like me and still enjoying some last-minute holiday crafting, I’ve got one final festive project to share: a llama-themed Christmas card featuring some adorable sets from Katzelkraft.

Now, who doesn’t love llamas? They’re cute, quirky, and full of personality—perfect for a fun holiday card. I decided to dress up my llama with the Katzelkraft Christmas Holiday Accessories set to give it the ultimate festive makeover.

The Process:

1. Stamp & Accessorize: I started by stamping the llama and some adorable holiday accessories, including twinkling lights, a cheerful present, and a big festive bow. Because, really, what's a holiday llama without some sparkle?

2. Add Some Shine: After stamping, I clear-embossed the images to give them that extra polished look. It also helps the colors pop!

3.  Bring on the Color: Using my trusty Spectrum Noir Colorista Watercolor Markers, I brought the scene to life with bright, cheerful colors that scream holiday magic. These markers are a dream to work with and make blending a breeze.

4.  Fussy Cutting Fun: For the pièce de résistance, I stamped the wreath on a separate piece of paper, carefully fussy cut the bow, and attached it to my llama. Voilà—a holiday llama ready to spread Christmas cheer! 

5.  Add a Sentiment: I stamped the Visible Image Christmas Wishes sentiment to complete my card!

 

It’s whimsical, playful, and guaranteed to bring a smile to anyone who receives it. Plus, it’s a great way to make use of those fun accessory stamps that might not get enough love.

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking a peek at my festive llama creation! I hope this inspires you to get crafty with your holiday cards. Wishing you and your loved ones a wonderfully Merry Christmas and a joyful New Year! 🎄🎁

Stay creative,
Ericka 💖

Topflight Stamp Supplies

Katzelkraft - Llamas Shop at: TP	Katzelkraft - Christmas Holiday Accessories Shop at: TP	Visible Image - Christmas Wishes Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Clear Embossing Pad Shop at: TP	Tsukineko - VersaFine Clair - Nocturn Shop at:  TP
Spectrum Noir - Colorista Watercolour Markers - Vibrant Shop at: TP

New Year Card

Hi there! It's Kathi back with a another project. This week the team is focusing on Katzelkraft's wonderful stamps and I've made a New Year's card with their Pensive Cat, Dreamer Sentiments, and Holiday Quotes Unmounted Red Rubber Stamps.

Here's my card!

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the Pensive Cat Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp by Katzelkraft twice  — once onto the image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 

Use Copic markers to color the Pensive Cat on the image panel. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to his eyes. 

Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the Pensive Cat and place him over his counterpart on the image panel.

Brush light grey ink over the masked Pensive Cat to add a background behind the cat. Place the Ornate Stencil by Lavinia Stamps over the image panel. Brush blue and light rose ink over the stencil to add a pattern to the background.

Make sure that the Pensive Cat Stamp is clean. Cover the cat part of the stamp with Post It Notes, use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to ink his elbows and the line below the cat, remove the Post It Notes, and stamp onto a piece of Wood Textures 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium. Fussy-cut along the line below him and around his elbows. Use a dark marker to edge the top of the patterned paper. 

Use Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the "Dreamer" sentiment from the Dreamer Sentiments Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft onto the wood patterned paper. 

Brush light grey ink, blue, and light rose ink over a small piece of white cardstock. Use a speech bubble border die to cut the inked cardstock on a diagonal so that there's a right angle on the top right edge of the bubble border die-cut.

Use light blue ink to stamp the words "Joy" and "Peace" from the Seasonal Words Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps onto the thought bubble die-cut. Use Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the "Happy New Year" sentiment stamps from the Holiday Quotes Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft onto the thought bubble border die-cut.

Remove the mask from the Pensive Cat Stamp. Adhere the thought bubble sentiment border die-cut to the upper right hand side of the image panel. Adhere the stamped wood patterned paper to the lower left hand side of the panel. Use a grey marker to add shadow below the cat's elbows. Trim the combined panel, edge with Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink, and adhere to a navy 5" x 7" card.

Please pop over to my blog, Kat's Tales of Stamping, for step by step instructions and complete supply lists. 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Pensive Cat Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp by Katzelkraft

Dreamer Sentiments Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft

Holiday Quotes Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft

Seasonal Words Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Ornate Stencil by Lavinia Stamps

Wood Textures 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Thanks for visiting today!

Robot Cats, Mixed Media and Birthday Cards with Katzelkraft

 Hello, Lisa Hoel here. I have a Topflight Stamps card for you! This week's brand focus is on Katzelkraft. I used the Katzelkraft stamp sets Holiday Quotes, Robot Cat and Electrical Circuit to make a birthday card for my husband. 

I stamped Electrical Circuit on a gel print background with embossing ink, then embossed with WOW! Sea Salt embossing powder. The Robot Cat I stamped on other paper, painted it with watercolors and then fussy cut it out. It's popped up on a mini wobbler so it has some fun "action" when you shake the 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 here on the Topflight Stamps blog. There is new inspiration posted daily!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Katzelkraft Stamp Set - Holiday Quotes

Katzelkraft Stamp - Robot Cat

Katzelkraft Stamp - Electrical Circuit

Versafine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black

WOW! Embossing Ink Pad

WOW! Embossing Powder - Sea Salt

Mini Wobbler

watercolors

Gel Press Plate

Wishing You Peace

Greetings! It's Tuesday so you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. This week the team is focusing on Katzelkraft's wonderful stamps. I've made a holiday card with the one of the bunnies from the Rabbits Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set. He's wearing a Santa Hat from the Funny Accessories Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set. 

Here's the card.

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko was used to stamp the Santa Hat from the Funny Accessories Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft twice –– once onto the image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper. The sticker paper version was fussy-cut and placed over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.

The looking up bunny from the Rabbits Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft was positioned so that the Santa Hat would be sitting on his head with his ears sticking out. Tuxedo Black Memento Ink was used to stamp him twice –– once onto the image panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper. The sticker paper version was fussy-cut and placed over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.

The smaller die from the Frayed Frames Die Set 26 by AALL and Create was used to cut the image panel. Place low-tack tape along both edges of the image panel die-cut with the sticky side facing up.

The rolling hills mask from the Acetate Hills Masks-Stencils by Lavinia Stamps was placed over the masked bunny on the image panel die-cut. The low-tack tape will hold it in place.

Dark Denim Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps was brushed over the top of the hills mask and the masked rabbit around the top and sides of the image panel. Blue Lagoon Elements Ink was brushed over the masks and blended with the darker blue to create a night sky.

While everything was still masked, a white paint pen was used to add spatter to create a starry sky. 

When the paint spatter was dry, the rolling hills mask from the Acetate Hills Masks was moved downward and shifted to the side. Light grey ink was sponged over the top of the mask to create snowy hills. This process was repeated to add some more hills, then the flattish mask from the Acetate Hills Masks was placed under the rabbit's feet and more light grey ink was brushed over the top of the mask.

The masks were removed and the rabbit was colored with Copic markers. A white chalk ink re-inker was used to paint the hat's brim and pom-pom.

The North Star from the Christmas Charms Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps was positioned to be in the rabbit's sight line. The thread was covered with repositionable tape, the stamp was inked with embossing ink, the tape was removed, and the North Star was stamped. White detail embossing powder was added, the excess was removed, and the image was heat set.

The Christmas Greetings Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps was positioned on the upper right, inked with embossing ink, stamped, and embossed with white detail embossing powder.

Black cardstock was cut with the larger die from the Frayed Frames Die Set 26, used to mat the image panel, then adhered to a red card.

Please pop over to my blog, Kat's Tales of Stamping, for step-by-step instructions and complete supply lists.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Rabbits Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft

Funny Accessories Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft

Frayed Frames Die Set 26 by AALL and Create

Acetate Hills Masks-Stencils by Lavinia Stamps

Dark Denim and Blue Lagoon Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Christmas Charms Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Christmas Greetings Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Thanks for visiting today!

Simple Alcohol Ink Coloring

  Hi friends. Alanna with you today with featuring the beautiful Poppies stamp from Katzelkraft.  I used this image a few weeks ago on a card. If you missed that blog post, click here.

For this card, I stamped the Poppies image with alcohol friendly black ink. I then used my OLO markers and colored in the image. After the image was colored, I stamped the sentiment, which is from the Basic Wishes set from Studio Light, a favorite of mine.

I trimmed down the panel and added it to black card stock for a thin mat. This was then added to an A2 notecard, and the card is complete.

Find these products I used below in the Topflight Stamps store. 

Crafty hugs! ~ Alanna

A Sparkly Holiday Greeting: Shimmer and Shine Galore!

 

Hello friends! Ericka here from Strangely Creative, bringing you a card that’s sure to brighten your holiday season—literally! This week, I’m sharing a festive and super sparkly holiday card that’s so shimmery, it practically dances in the light.

To start, I pulled out a vibrant gel press print I had created using the Lavinia Lattice Stencil. This background already had an elegant texture, but I knew it needed a little holiday magic.

I used my trusty stamping tool and the Visible Image Snowflake Grunge stamp, heat embossing it several times with WOW! Diamond Splash Embossing Powder. The result? Snowflakes that shimmer like freshly fallen snow under twinkling lights.

 

For the sentiment, I reached for a sparkle embossing powder to give it that final festive touch. It tied in perfectly with the snowflakes and added another layer of dimension and brilliance.

To complete my card, I handcrafted a simple yet elegant frame to draw attention to the sparkly goodness. The frame added a polished, finished look, perfect for a holiday greeting that’s ready to dazzle.

This card is a reminder that you can never have too much sparkle during the holidays! Whether it’s the subtle shimmer of embossing powder or the bold texture of a gel press print, layering sparkle can create a show-stopping design.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope this card inspires you to add a little extra sparkle to your own holiday creations. Wishing you a weekend filled with joy, creativity, and maybe a touch of glitter!

Stay crafty,
Ericka 💖

(P.S. Don’t forget to share your sparkly creations with me—I’d love to see them!)

Topflight Stamp Supplies

Visible Image - Snowflake Grunge Shop at: Alt | TP	Lavinia - Lattice Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Clear Embossing Pad Shop at: WOW US | TP	WOW! Embossing - Diamond Splash Shop at: TP	Tsukineko - Versafine Clair - Twilight Shop at: TP
Lavinia - Acrylic Spray - Chartreuse Shop at: TP	Lavinia - Acrylic Spray - Claret Shop at: TP

PaperArtsy Christmas Card

 Hello, Lisa Hoel here. I'm back with another Topflight Stamps card for you! This week's theme is "Anything Goes". I need some more Christmas cards so I took this opportunity to make one! The stamp is from PaperArtsy – the detail is amazing!! I was having such fun making banners on yesterday's card that I kept on going and added a bunch to this card. The die set I used again is Regency Bunting from AALL & Create.

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 here on the Topflight Stamps blog. There is new inspiration posted daily!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

AALL & Create Die Set - Regency Bunting

Creative Expressions - 8x8 Paper Pad Christmas Plaid

Versafine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black

PaperArtsy Stamp - Noel 1 

Stickles glitter glue