Topflight Stamps: Thank You Card

Greetings! It's Tuesday so you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. This week the team's focus is on Thank You cards which are always useful to have on hand, but especially now with the holiday season approaching.

Here's my card created with the Seaside Shell Treasures Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Crafty Individuals, the Thank You Sentiment Strip Red Rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door, the Mermaid Sea Shells Stardust Spray Set by Lindy's Stamp Gang. Stamping was done with the Nocturne and Bali Blue VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Place a piece of Mixed Media Paper or other water-friendly heavy cardstock into a box to protect your working surface. Spray Opal Sea Oats Stardust Spray from the Mermaid Sea Shells Stardust Spray Set by Lindy's Stamp Gang onto the panel. Use a paper towel to pick up any large blotches. Heat set the panel.

Repeat this process with Cocklebells Coral and Azure Sea Asters Stardust Sprays from the Mermaid Sea Shells Stardust Spray Set until you're happy with the coverage. Use a water-filled Fine Spray Mister by Spectrum Noir to mist the panel. Thoroughly heat set the panel .

Flatten the panel by placing it onto the base of a die-cut machine. Add a clean piece of cardstock atop the sprayed panel followed by both cutting mats. Run the sandwich through the die-cut machine several times until it is flat.

Place the dryed flattened sprayed panel onto the base of a stamping platform secured with magnets and/or low-tack tape.

Place the Seaside Shell Treasures Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Crafty Individuals onto the platform's lid, ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko, and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if needed to attain a crisp image.

Heat set the panel. Open each of the bottles of the Mermaid Sea Shells Stardust Sprays and use the tube of the spray nozzle to add drips of color to the stamped Shells. Mist some water onto your craft mat, dip a cotton bud into the water, and use to spread the color a bit. Heat set the panel and set aside.

Take a piece of beige/off white parchment print cardstock and secure it to the base of a stamping platform. Place the Thank You Sentiment Strip Red Rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door onto the platform's lid. Ink the stamp with Bali Blue VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary.

Adhere the sentiment panel to the center of the background panel. Spray each of the colors of the Mermaid Sea Shells Stardust Sprays onto your craft mat. Dip a stipple brush into each of the spray puddles, pounce the brush onto a paper towel, then pounce it onto the card front.

Trim the card front to 5.25" x 4". Edge the panel with Bali Blue VersaFine Clair Ink and heat set. Adhere the panel to beige/off-white parchment print A2 card. Add flat backed pearls to finish the 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:

Seaside Shell Treasures Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Crafty Individuals