A Cozy Winter Hug in a Mug

 

 

Hello, crafty friends!

Ericka from Strangely Creative here! Today is the final day of the Fall Winter Coffee Blog Hop, and I couldn't let the hop end without sharing one more cozy, winter-inspired coffee card! For today's make, I'm using the adorable AALL & Create Hug in a Mug stamp set.

I started by stamping my image onto watercolor paper and then reached for some leftover watercolors sitting on my desk to bring it to life. I love being able to use up those extra bits of color! I painted the background using similar shades to tie everything together and then added some extra texture with the Tracy Evans Background Grunge stencil and a little Truffle ink.

For a fun wintery touch, I added some PaperArtsy Pearl Paint to the whipped cream to give it a bit of shimmer and a frosty feel. I finished off my card by heat embossing one of the sentiments from the stamp set in white. I love how all the little details came together to create a warm and cozy coffee-inspired card!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and joining me for the Fall Winter Coffee Blog Hop! I hope you've enjoyed all the wonderful inspiration along the way.

 

And don’t forget to stop by the Topflight Stamps Store and shop the sale for 20% off the Coffee/Tea/Cocoa Categoryt's the perfect opportunity to pick up a few crafty goodies for your next coffee-inspired creation.

Thanks for stopping by, and happy crafting!

☕ Hop Details:
Visit the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop here.

The hop is from Friday, November 6-13, 2026.

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog

 

Enjoy the hop and participate by linking up your newly created projects on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog! 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

 Topflight Stamp Supplies

AALL & Create - Hug in a Mug Shop at: TP	Tracy Evans - Background Grunge ST11 Shop at: TP	Embossing - Bright White Ultra Fine Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Clear Embossing Pad Shop at: TP	Lavinia - Elements Dye Ink - Truffle Shop at: TP
Tsukineko - VersaFine Clair - Nocturn Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Fresco Chalk Paint - Pearl Glaze Shop at: TP

AALL & Create Janet Klein Steampunk Card

 Hello, Lisa Hoel here! This week at Topflight Stamps our theme is "Anything Goes". (It's always fun to have the theme wide open!) I delved into steampunk with this cute Janet Klein stamp set, Geared for Adventure and the cool Cog Gears die set. 

The background is a Gel Press print. I layered the die cuts and fussy cut stamped girl over it once I had added some paint and embossed letters through stencils to it.

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 often!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

AALL & Create stamp set - Geared for Adventure

AALL & Create die set - Cog Gears

AALL & Create stencil - Graphic ABCs

PaperArtsy stencil - Kate Crane PS455

PaperArtsy Fresco Paint - Peach Nectar

WOW! embossing powder - Seth Apter Weathered Gold

embossing ink

Versafine Clair ink - Nocturne

Gel Press print

watercolors

 

"Let it Fall..." A Cocoa-themed MemoryDex Card

Greetings! It's Tuesday which means you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. It's an "Anything Goes" week so I decided to participate in the 2026 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with a fall and cocoa-themed MemoryDex card. 

I'd be remiss if I didn't remind you that Topflight Stamps is a sponsor of the 2026 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and is giving away a $25 gift card to the store!

Here's my MemoryDex card that was created with the Falling For Fall Clear Stamp Set 1282 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create, the Warm Hug Die Set 102 by AALL and Create, and the Côtes du Rhone 6x6 Stencil 201 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create. 

Use the second largest die from the Warm Hug Die Set 102 by AALL and Create to cut white Copic-friendly cardstock. This die-cut will become the image panel.

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the girl from the Falling For Fall Clear Stamp Set 1282 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create twice — once onto the image panel die-cut as shown and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the mushroom from Falling For Fall Clear Stamp Set 1282 twice — once onto the far left of the image panel die-cut as shown and once onto repositionable sticker paper. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel die-cut. 

Clean and dry the mushroom stamp. Stamp the mushroom again so that it's slightly overlapping the mushroom on the image panel. Clean and dry the mushroom stamp and stamp it to the right of the mushroom pair. Clean and dry the stamp yet again and stamp it to the right of the girl as shown. 

Stamp the mushroom twice more onto repositionable sticker paper. Fussy-cut both sticker paper mushrooms and the girl. Place the sticker paper versions over their counterparts on the image panel die-cut as masks.

Place the image panel die-cut onto a magnetic craft mat. Position the flattest mask from the Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask Set by Lavinia Stamps horizontally across the image panel die-cut so that the top of the mask is slightly below the base of highest mushroom and covering the bottom of the image panel die-cut. Secure the mask in place with low-tack tape and/or magnets.

Place a Post-It Note so that its edge is covering the handle of the Warm Hug Mug image panel die-cut. Brush light blue dye ink over the Post-It Note and over the Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask to color the top part of the image panel die-cut. 

Place the Côtes du Rhone 6x6 Stencil 201 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create over the image panel die-cut, the Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask, and the Post-It Note. Brush the same light blue dye ink over the Côtes du Rhone 6x6 Stencil onto the image panel die-cut to add a tone-on-tone leafy pattern to the image panel die-cut.

Remove the Côtes du Rhone 6x6 Stencil  and the Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask and brush tan and green dye ink over the bottom part of the image panel die-cut to create the ground below the girl and the mushrooms.

Place the Post-It Note so that it's covering the coffee cup and brush the same blue dye ink over the Warm Hug Mug's handle.

Remove all masks. Color the mushrooms and the girl with Copic markers. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to her eyes and white dots to the mushrooms.

Use Pine Cone VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the "let it fall..." sentiment from the Falling For Fall Clear Stamp Set 1282 onto the image panel die-cut as shown. Heat set the ink.

Use the largest die from the Warm Hug Die Set 102 to cut brown cardstock. Cut the remaining brown cardstock with drip die and the chocolate pieces die. Use a dark brown Copic marker to color the debossed areas of the chocolate pieces die-cut then press the chocolate pieces die-cut onto a VersaMark or other embossing pad. Pour Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow! onto the wet ink, pour the excess back into its container, then heat set the chocolate pieces. This will make it look like glossy dark chocolate.

Use the Versamarker Transparent Embossing Watermark Pen by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to color the debossed area of the drippy die-cut.

Use the whipped cream and marshmallow dies from the Warm Hug Die Set 102 to cut white cardstock. Use Warm Grey markers to color the debossed areas of them.

Color a scrap of white cardstock with the Green Copics used for the girl's sweater. Use the straw die from the Warm Hug Die Set 102 to cut the green-colored white cardstock, then use the same green marker to edge the die-cut and color the debossed areas.

Adhere the image panel die-cut to the brown MemoryDex die-cut. Adhere the drip, the whipped cream, the marshmallow, the straw, and the chocolate pieces die-cuts as shown to finish the piece.

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

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Falling For Fall Clear Stamp Set 1282 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Warm Hug Die Set 102 by AALL and Create

Côtes du Rhone 6x6 Stencil 201 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask Set by Lavinia Stamps

Pine Cone VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow!

Versamarker Transparent Embossing Watermark Pen by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Thanks for visiting today!

Getting Artsy with Paper Artsy!

Good Monday morning, friends!  It's Walter on the blog with you today and this week's theme for the Design Team is Anything Goes.  I have a rather funky and artsy design to share with you - one that I had a lot of fun creating.  I had the idea for a design like this since the first time that I saw the PaperArtsy Figures Stamp Set and the corresponding Stencil.  The phrase "shadows of herself" popped into my mind at that moment and I finally decided to put it onto paper.  This design includes two shadows and a central figure who dreams of much more simple times of the past.  The vintage newspaper ads represent the past in this case.

It's actually quite an easy card to make - lots of stenciling, masking (the stencil set includes the masks for the figures), ink blending, and a little stamping.  That's it!  I thought it would be fun to use the PaperArtsy Advertising Edition Stamp Set to fill in the center figure and give it a nostalgic theme.  I used a gold metallic gel pen to outline her and make her pop a bit.  The shadows were colored with cool gray alcohol markers so that you may still see the stenciled details through them and really make it a shadow-like effect.  I finished off the figure and shadows with some Wink of Stella to give the design a little sparkle.

Here are just a few process pics of some of the steps discussed above:

Do you like this design?  If so, what draws you to it?  If not, what don't you like about it?  I'd really enjoy hearing what you think!  Thanks for spending this time on the blog with me today.  I'll see you again next Monday.  Until then . . . be well!

Topflight Products Used:

PaperArtsy Advertising Edition Stamp Set

PaperArtsy Figures Stamp Set

PaperArtsy Alison Bomber PS501

PaperArtsy Scrapcosy PS529

Tsukineko - Versafine Clair Ink Pad - Morning Mist

Tsukineko - Versafine Clair Ink Pad - Nocturne

Hunkydory - Diamond Sparkles Precious Pearls - Gold & Silver

 

2026 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop ☕️ 🎄

 

 

Hello and welcome to the Topflight Stamps Blog! We’re thrilled to be part of the 2026 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and what’s a hop without prizes?! ☕✨
Keep reading to find out how you can enter to win a $25 gift card to the Topflight Stamps store!

Hi crafty friends, Ericka here from Strangely Creative, and today I’m sharing a festive Christmas Coffee card featuring the Chou & Flowers Winter Mug paired with the AALL & Create Hug in Mug sentiment.

I stamped my image with Nocturn Versafine ink and then used Lindy’s Gang Magicals to watercolor my card. After everything was dry, I added the sentiments in gold WOW! Embossing and finished with a hand drawn frame.

 

If you love coffee, color, and creative play, be sure to hop along with us and check out all the inspiring projects and don’t forget to stop by the Topflight Stamps Store and shop the sale for 20% off the Coffee/Tea/Cocoa Category! 

☕ Hop Details:
Visit the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop here.

The hop is from Friday, November 6-13, 2026.

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog

 

Enjoy the hop and participate by linking up your newly created projects on the Coffee Loving Papercrafters blog! 

 

Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

Topflight Stamp Supplies 

AALL & Create - Hug in a Mug Shop at: TP	Chou & Flowers - Altitude - Winter Mug Shop at: TP	Embossing - Bright White Ultra Fine Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Clear Embossing Pad Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Metallic Gold Rich Pale Shop at: TP
Tsukineko - VersaFine Clair - Nocturn Shop at: TP