Parisian Christmas

Topflight Stamps would like to welcome a new designer to the Team. Thank you for joining us Colleen Dietrich. We know our fans will be inspired by her artwork so be sure to give her a follow on Instagram so you don't miss out!

Hello everyone!  I am new to the Topflight Stamps design team, and my name is Colleen Dietrich. So glad to be here! Thank you to Donna and the rest of the team for having me. 😊  Here is a little bit about me:

Addicted to card making since before 2010! My cards have been featured in Paper Crafts Magazine, CARDS Magazine and Take Ten Magazine by Stampington & Company. I sell some of my cards at a local boutique. This form of crafting brings me such joy!

Since Christmas is not far in the rearview mirror, I am still in a holiday mood for cardmaking.  At the end of this post, I've linked to the products I used today.

The first card uses several items from the Topflight Stamps store.  I started with a black cardstock panel to mount on a wine-colored card base.  Before mounting it, I used a PaperArtsy Stencil, PS317 with Spectrum Noir Glitter Paste, Candlelight Gold.  Oh.My.Goodness.  That glitter paste is amazing!!  It spread so easily through the stencil, and gave such an elegant boost to the card.  In real life, it is so sparkly.  Gorgeous product.  (Now I want more colors, lol)

While that dried, I started on the rest of the card.  Using matte gold cardstock, I die cut a stitched rectangle with Crealies Rectangle Dies.  Behind it, I added a layer of fun foam to lift it up from the card.  On top of the rectangle, I used a pretty Eiffel Tower stamp from Katzelkraft - KTZ252 - Ephemera.  I stamped it with Lavinia Graphite Dye Ink Pad - and trimmed it out with scissors, then glued onto the matte gold panel.  The holly leaves and berries from  Visible Image Christmas Robin stamp set were stamped with the same Graphite ink used above, trimmed with scissors, and colored with alcohol markers.

The second card also features PaperArtsy Stencil PS317 with Spectrum Noir - Glitter Paste - Candlelight Gold.  Since I had the products on my desk, I made two black panels with the stencil and paste.  I'm a little new to stencils, so I learned something.  On the first black panel, the images came up crisp once I pulled away the stencil.  I did not clean the stencil before using on the second panel.  Lightbulb moment!  The stenciled image was less crisp than the first.  Still gorgeous though!!  Since there were some areas that were not what I had hoped for, I found a Christmas gift tag in my craft stash and used it to cover some of the glittery paste.  I like it, but now I know for next time. 😉 

I've linked to everything I used below, with photos to help you visualize the gorgeous products used.  And my Christmas card stash just got a little bigger, yay!  

PaperArtsy - Large Stencil - Scrapcosy - PS317

Crealies - Crea-Nest-Lies XXL - Double Stitched Rectangle Dies

Visible Image - A6 - Clear Polymer Stamp Set - Christmas Robin

Katzelkraft - A5 - KTZ252 - Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set - Ephemera

Spectrum Noir - Glitter Paste - Candlelight Gold

Lavinia - Elements Premium Dye Ink Pad - Graphite