Build Up Your Christmas Gift Tag Stash!

Hello Topflight Stamps fans! Lisa Hoel here. This week we're focusing on Christmas tags, containers or gift card holders. It's always handy to have a stash on hand for the holidays! AALL & Create has some great new die sets available now and they were perfect for combining with festive Lavinia stamps.

I created two large gift tags. The bases are cut using the AALL & Create Die Set Taggletastic. The Merry Christmas sentiment is from the AALL & Create Die Set Season's Cheer and the images are Lavinia stamps Christmas Joy and Eve.

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 - Snowland

AALL & Create Die Set - Taggletastic

AALL & Create Die Set - Season's Cheer

Lavinia Stamp - Christmas Joy

Lavinia Stamp - Eve

PaperArtsy Stencil - PS070

Creative Expressions - 8x8 Paper Pad Christmas Plaid

Versafine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black

Stickles glitter glue

Happy PURR-day Gift Card and Tag

Greetings! It's Tuesday so you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. This week the team is focusing on gift card holders, tags, or containers. Since December is only a few weeks away, I need several of these because there are family birthdays, friends' birthdays, and the winter holidays!

Here's my gift card that has a pull-out tag, made with AALL and Create's Ribboned Whisker Wonders Clear Stamp Set 1214, the Purrfect Gift Clear Stamp Set 121 (retired), the Totally Dotty Stencil 87, the Top of the Pops Die Set 45 and the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27. Brushos, PaperArtsy Infusions, and VersaFine Clair Inks were

 used as well.

Here's the card by itself:

Here's the card with the gift card pulled out of its hiding place.

This card was a bit complicated, albeit fun, to make. Rather than completely bore you, I'll give you the condensed version, then you can pop over to my blog for the verbose and boring instructions.

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko was used to stamp the cats and presents from the Ribboned Whisker Wonders Clear Stamp Set 1214 by AALL and Create. The image was masked and the solo cat (in orange) was stamped atop one of the gifts, positioned so it appears that he is lazily playing with the toy. The masks were lifted, the images were colored with Copic markers, then the panel was cut with the flag die from the Top of the Pops Die Set 45 by AALL and Create.

Sleight Blue and Rusty Car Infusions by PaperArtsy were sprinkled onto wet Bristol paper, misted again to activate the dyes. The background needed more blue and purple tones, so Ultramarine and Violet Brushos by Colourcraft added in the same way. The paper was thoroughly heat set, cut with the second largest flag die from the Top of the Pops Die Set 45, flattened, and used to mat the colored image panel die-cut.

Arctic, Very Peri, Blue Belle, and Medieval Blue VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko were brushed onto another piece of Bristol paper working from the heaviest application of the lighter blues to the lightest application of the dark blues to create the background panel. Fantasia and Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Inks were brushed over the Totally Dotty Stencil 87 by AALL and Create  to add a pattern to the background panel. The panel was trimmed to 4.75" x 6.75" and edged with Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink. The panel was heat set and set aside so I could make the gift tag.

The same inks were brushed onto another piece of Bristol paper, which was then cut with the smallest tag die from the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 by AALL and Create and a pocket die from another die set in my stash. The slot die from the Top of the Pops Die Set 45  was used to cut a slot on the top of the tag.

Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink was used to stamp the sentiment onto a strip of leftover inked paper and die-cut.

The layers were all adhered and the sentiment strip was adhered to finish the card.

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

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Ribboned Whisker Wonders Clear Stamp Set 1214 by AALL and Create

Totally Dotty Stencil 87 by AALL and Create

Top of the Pops Die Set 45 by AALL and Create

Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 by AALL and Create

Ultramarine and Violet Brushos by Colourcraft

Sleight Blue and Rusty Car Infusions by PaperArtsy

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Arctic, Very Peri, Blue Belle, Medieval Blue, Fantasia, and Lilac Bloom VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Thanks for visiting today!

Repeat Stamping

  Hi friends. Alanna with you today with featuring this super clean and simple card. It features the beautiful Poppies stamp from Katzelkraft.

To get started, I stamped the Poppies image using my Misti stamping tool directly onto my A2 notecard using Versafine Claire Nocturne ink. I then trimmed down several pieces of card stock and adhered them directly over top of my stamping at an angle. I trimmed off the sides and then stamped the Poppies image again.

I stamped my sentiment from the More Classic Sentiments set from Heffy Doodle and finished the card off by rounding the bottom two corners and adding in some clear gems.

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

Crafty hugs! ~ Alanna

Quick & Festive Gel Press Card with Gold Embossing Magic

 

Hello, crafty friends! Ericka here from Strangely Creative, and I’m excited to share a super quick and easy Christmas card for those of you aiming to get a head start on your holiday crafting. Today, I used a beautiful gel press print from my stash, paired with the Visible Image Christmas Tree Grunge stamp, and a touch of WOW! Gold embossing to create some festive shine.

One of my favorite parts about creating gel press prints is that you’re never left empty-handed for future projects. This green print was just calling to be transformed into a Christmas tree! With a quick layer of that gorgeous gold embossing, I achieved a festive, grungy elegance without much effort. To finish off, I hand-drew a frame around the card to bring even more focus to the tree—simple but striking!

And there you have it, friends: one Christmas card down, and only…well, let’s say about 74 more to go, haha! Thank you for stopping by, and I hope this inspires you to dig into your own stash of prints (or start creating a few if you haven’t already!) and get into the holiday spirit with your own DIY cards. Happy crafting!

 

Topflight Stamp Supplies

Visible Image - Christmas Tree Grunge Shop at:  TP	Visible Image - Christmas Wishes Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Clear Embossing Pad Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Metallic Gold Rich Pale Shop at:  TP	PaperArtsy - Fresco Chalk Paint - Beach Hut Shop at: TP
PaperArtsy - Fresco Chalk Paint - Green Patina Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Fresco Chalk Paint - Gumboots Shop at: TP	Speedball - 2" Brayer Shop at: TP	Gel Press - Reusable Gel Printing Plate Shop at: TP

A Hello Tag

Hi again! You've got Kathi back with a second project this week. This time I've made a tag with products by AALL and Create including the Lens and Lines Clear Stamp Set 1225 by Bipasha BK, Tag It Yourself Die Set 27, Starbolted Sentiments Die Set 70, and Tagggletastic Die Set 30. 

Here it is!

I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you how much I love AALL and Create's Dies. Each set includes several dies which are unique, versatile, and can be mixed and matched with each other! 

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko was used to stamp the phone/flower from the Lens and Lines Clear Stamp Set 1225 by Bipasha BK for AALL and Create thrice — once onto the image panel, once onto a piece of white scrap, and once onto repositionable sticker paper.

The sticker paper version was fussy-cut and placed atop its counterpart on the image panel. A ruler was placed horizontally across the image panel and grey Copic-friendly ink was brushed over the ruler and the masked image to create a grey background. 

The ruler was moved to cover to top part of the the image panel and Copic-friendly tan ink was brushed over the ruler onto the base of the image panel.

The image panel was cut with one of the dies from the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 by AALL and Create. Then the masks were removed and the image was colored with Copic markers.

The flower from the third image was fussy-cut, colored with Copic markers, edged with a black marker, and adhered atop its counterpart with thin dimensional adhesives. The image panel was trimmed and lightly edged with  Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko.

Two other tag dies from the Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 by AALL and Create were used to cut blue and black cardstock. These were used to mat the image panel die-cut as shown. A hole punch was used to punch a hole in the top of the tag.

The "Hello" nameplate die from the Starbolted Sentiments Die Set 70 by AALL and Create was placed onto low-tack tape, pressed onto the Paradise VersaFine Clair Inkpad,  quickly taped facedown onto silver metallic cardstock, then run through the die-cut machine. This imprinted "Hello" and other details in lovely blue ink, which was then heat set and adhered to the image panel.

Black cardstock was cut with the star circle dies from the Starbolted Sentiments Die Set 70 and adhered to cover the holes on the sentiment nameplate. 

Metallic silver and black cardstock were cut with circle dies from the Tagggletastic Die Set 30 by AALL and Create then layered over the hole on the top of the tag. Multiple fibers and ribbon were threaded through the hole in the tag to finish it off.

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

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Lens and Lines Clear Stamp Set 1225 by Bipasha BK for AALL and Create

Tag It Yourself Die Set 27 by AALL and Create

Starbolted Sentiments Die Set 70 by AALL and Create

Tagggletastic Die Set 30 by AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Paradise and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Thanks for visiting today!

Robots! – Creative Expressions Stamps by Andy Skinner

 Hello, Lisa Hoel here. I'm back with another Topflight Stamps card for you! This week's theme is "Anything Goes" which is always lots of fun. I used one of the new robot stamps designed by Andy Skinner for Creative Expressions to create an anniversary card to give to my husband.

Specifically, I used the "Better Together" stamp. (So true!) I paired it with a gel print background and die cuts (Paper Rose – Cog Frame).

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:

Creative Expressions Stamp Set - Better Together

Paper Rose Die Set – Cog Frame

Versafine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black

Carabelle Gel Press  Plate - Mecanique

watercolors

Gel Press Plate

Have a Purr-fect Birthday!

  It's Tuesday so you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. This week is an "Anything Goes" theme, so I decided to make a CAS birthday card with the super-cute, super-versatile Purr-fect Birthday Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image.

Here it is!

Place a piece of 4" x 5.25" light Kraft cardstock onto a stamping platform. Place a piece of low-tack tape horizontally across the cardstock panel about 1.5" from the bottom. 

Position the right-facing cat stamp from the Purr-fect Birthday Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image on the top left border and the cat-in-the-box stamp from the stamp set on the tape in the center of the image panel. Ink both stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko. Stamp the images. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.

Remove the panel from the stamping platform. Move the low-tack tape so that it covers the stamped box. Use Premier Blending Tool by Hunkydory Crafts to sponge Sand Dune VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko over the tape onto the bottom of the image panel. 

Place Post-It Notes on a diagonal from the bottom edges of the box. Use a second Premier Blending Tool by Hunkydory Crafts to sponge Portabello VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko over the tape and Post-It Notes to create a shadow. Remove the tape and Post-It Notes and heat set. 

Place the image panel back onto the stamping platform. Position the left-facing cat stamp from the  Purr-fect Birthday  set towards the bottom on the right border of the image panel, ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko and stamp.

Position the "Surprise!" stamp on the box on the image panel. Ink the stamp with Avocado VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko and stamp. Lightly ink the stamp with Grass Green VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko and stamp to deepen the color.

Position the "purr-fect birthday" stamp as shown and stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko.

Remove the panel from the stamping platform and thoroughtly heat set it. Use watercolor markers to color the cat's eyes, then add highlights using a white gel pen. 

Edge the image panel with a black marker, then adhere it onto a darker Kraft A2 card.

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

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Purr-fect Birthday Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image

Nocturne, Sand Dune, Portabello, Avocado, and Grass Green VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Premier Blending Tool by Hunkydory Crafts

Premier Ink Blending Sponges by Hunkydory Crafts

Thanks for visiting today!