Wishing You Peace

Greetings! You've got Kathi here today to share a card created for this week's Winter/Christmas theme with the Star Well Clear Polymer Stamp, the Three Dancing Fairies Clear Polymer Stamp Set, the Mini Pipin Clear Polymer Stamp, the Mini Holly Clear Polymer Stamp, and a sentiment from the Christmas Greetings Clear Polymer Stamp Set — all by by Lavinia Stamps.

Here it is!

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the Star Well Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps twice — once onto a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Bristol paper and once onto repositionable sticker paper.

Heat set the image stamped onto the Bristol paper panel and then color the well with Copic markers. 

Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart as a mask. Place the flattest mask from the Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask Set by Lavinia Stamps horizontally across the image panel at the base of the Star Well so that it's covering the bottom of the image panel. 

Lightly brush Della Blue Elements Premium Dye Ink by Lavinia Stamps over the acrylic mask and the masked Star Well. Remove the Acetate Hills Mask.

Position the Mini Pipin Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps facedown to the left towards the bottom of the image panel. Ink the stamp with Fallen Leaves VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko and stamp. 

Position the Three Dancing Fairies Clear Polymer Stamps by Lavinia Stamps above the Star Well as shown. Ink the stamps with Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.

Heat set the image panel. 

Use the Bold Stardust Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Ink Pens by Sakura to add glitter to the Three Dancing Fairies' wings.

Use light grey dye ink to add shadow below Mini Pipin and the Star Well and to add some shadow to random areas of the snowy ground. Remove the mask from the Star Well.

Use a white chalk pencil to add shading/detail to Mini Pipin and the Three Dancing Fairies.

Use a white paint marker to add dots of "snow" to the Star Well's roof, the top of the stone base, along the "ground", coming from the Three Dancing Fairies' hands, and randomly around the images. 

Use Bold Stardust Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Ink to add glittery dots to the snow.

Trim the image panel to 4" x 5.25". Use Green Oasis and Spruce VersaFine Clair Inks to stamp the Mini Holly Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps along the top and sides of the image panel. Use both inks to edge the image panel. Heat set the image panel. 

Use a white gel pen to add additional snowy dots to the entire image panel.

Use a red paint marker to color the Mini Holly's berries. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to the red holly berries. Use a Clear Glaze Dimensional Gel Pen to add dimension and shine to the holly berries. Let the gel ink dry, then continue to build layers of dimension and shine to the berries.

Pat an anti-static pouch over the bottom area of the image panel. Position the "Wishing You Peace" sentiment stamp from the Christmas Greetings Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps facedown as shown. Ink the stamp with Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Sprinkle Clear Gloss Wow! Embossing Powder onto the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into the container, and heat set the powder.

Create an A2 card from heavy white cardstock. Sponge or brush the outside .5" of the card with Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink. Edge the card with Spruce VersaFine Clair Ink. This will create a card that perfectly matches the holly border of the image panel. Heat set the card.

Finish the card by adhering the image panel to the green edged A2 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:

Star Well Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Three Dancing Fairies Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Mini Pipin Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Mini Holly Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Christmas Greetings Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask Set by Lavinia Stamps

Della Blue Elements Premium Dye Ink by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Fallen Leaves, Green Oasis, Spruce, and Twilight VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Bold Stardust Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Ink Pens by Sakura

Clear Gloss Wow! Embossing Powder

Thanks for visiting today!

AALL & Create Christmas Card!

Hello, Lisa Hoel here. We are taking a brief detour from all the Fall/Halloween projects and this week at Topflight Stamps our theme is "Christmas/Winter". There are a load of new holiday products in the store, check them out!

I used the AALL & Creat stencil Winter Quiet plus Lindy's Tawny Turquoise Moon Shadow Mist spray to create the background. After that, I layered on fussy cut stamped images from the super cute Frost It stamp set.

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 often!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

AALL & Create stamp set - Frost It

AALL & Create stencil - Winter Quiet

Lindy's Moon Shadow Mist - Tawny Turquoise

Heffy Doodle stamp set - Classic Sentiments

Versafine Clair ink - Nocturne

watercolors

 

Quick & Whimsical Christmas Cards with Paper

 

Need a few Christmas cards that are quick to make but still full of personality?

Hello crafty friends! Ericka from Strangely Creative here, and today I’m adding a few more cards to my Christmas stash with the adorable PaperArtsy Kate Crane 024 stamp set. These whimsical images are so much fun that I decided to keep things simple—just stamp, add some color, and let those quirky little characters do all the work!

Sometimes you don’t need lots of layers and techniques to create something fun.

Starting with the Christmas Cuties

I started by stamping several of the images from the PaperArtsy Kate Crane 024 set. I love all the personality packed into these little characters! Each image has so many fun details that I knew I didn’t need to create complicated backgrounds or add lots of embellishments. Instead, I decided to pull out my PaperArtsy Mattints and simply have fun coloring.

 

Coloring with Mattints

Mattints are perfect for this type of project because their translucent color allows all those wonderful stamped details to remain visible.

 

I added different Mattint colors to the images, letting the colors overlap and blend in places rather than worrying about making everything perfect. The loose coloring works especially well with the playful Kate Crane style and made these cards quick and relaxing to create.

Creating a Winter Sky

For the sky, I wanted a little more depth around the edges without overwhelming the images. I added PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Baltic Blue into the corners and then used Shark Mattint to blend and soften the color toward the center.

 

I love the way the deeper blue frames the scene while the Mattint creates a softer transition around the characters.

It’s a simple detail, but it gives the cards just enough atmosphere to make those whimsical Christmas images stand out.

Keeping It Quick & Simple

One of my favorite things about these cards is how easily they came together.

No complicated layering.

No elaborate backgrounds.

 

Just some fun stamped images, translucent color, and a little blending. When you’re making several Christmas cards, or realize December is getting closer a little faster than expected (yikes), projects like these are perfect for building up your holiday card stash without spending hours on each one.

Cards Today, Tags Tomorrow!

I had so much fun playing with these images that I’m definitely not putting this stamp set away yet.

I think these little characters would be adorable on Christmas gift tags, too! Stamp a few onto smaller pieces of cardstock, add some quick Mattint coloring, punch a hole, add ribbon, and you have coordinating handmade tags to go with your gifts.

 

I love finding stamp sets that can work for more than one holiday project.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope these Christmas cuties inspire you to pull out your holiday stamps, have some fun with your colors, and get a little head start on those Christmas cards and tags.

Have a wonderful week and happy Christmas crafting! 🎄🎁✨

 

 

 Topflight Stamps Supplies

PaperArtsy - Kate Crane 024 Shop at: TP	Tsukineko - VersaFine Clair - Nocturn Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Fresco Chalk Paint - Baltic Blue Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Mattint Foxglove Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Mattint Glow Shop at: TP
PaperArtsy - Mattint Greenstone Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Mattint Ladybug Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Mattint Nutty Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Mattint Shadow Shop at: TP
PaperArtsy - Mattint Shark Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Mattint The Pink Shop at: TP

One Horse Open Sleigh

Happy Monday, crafty friends!  Walter here on the blog with you today with a card that has art coming to life.  Our theme this week is Christmas/Winter and I created a card that checks off both.  It was inspired by an old Christmas movie playing on a black & white television.  You see such a small part of the scene and miss out on the rest of it.  However, to the side of the television, you see the remaining part of the scene in beautiful full color.  I thought it seemed like an interesting concept . . . one that I wanted to create.

I began by stamping and coloring the television set from the Aall & create Retro Treasures Stamp Set.  I colored it with small tipped detail alcohol markers due to the small details of the stamp design.  Once done coloring, I fussy cut the image and then used an exacto knife to remove the center screen.

I then stamped the sleigh ride image from the Creative Expressions A Vintage Christmas stamp set - ensuring that I placed it where I could easily put the television over part of it.  I love the nostalgia of the scene and it was the perfect image to use in my project.  I also colored this image with the small detail markers - again because of the small details in the stamp design.  I used the television window to determine the section that I wanted to be in black & white (aka colored in shades of gray) and started with it.  The rest of the image was colored with various colors.

The Paper Artsy PS073 stencil was perfect for adding some design to the rest of the card panel.  I stenciled the dots and snowflakes in a light blue ink.  I then blended a slightly darker shade of blue around the edges of the panel.  A pouncing brush and white pigment ink toned down the crispness of the images and softened up the overall appearance.

I wanted to have more than just the snowflakes in the background.  Paper Artsy EM90 and JM07 stamps were stamped with Versafine Clair Morning Mist ink to add in the remaining part of the design.  I really like the look of having the text running at different angles and a different style of snowflakes.  It makes it look like they were stamped on printed paper!

I finished off the card by putting a small piece of acetate on the back of the television and then adhering it down to the card with double-sided foam tape strips, which give it the appearance of the movie playing on the picture tube of the old set.

I love how the design turned out!  It's fun, it's whimsical, and it's quite different.  The transition from black & white to color is such a fun design concept and the stamped gray details make it so much more interesting than if I had left it plain.

I hope that you enjoy today's project!  Do you like the transition from black & white to color?  Or do you prefer a more uniform design?

I'll see you again here on the blog next week.  Until then . . . be well!

Topflight Stamps Products Used

Aall & Create Retro Treasures Stamp

Creative Expressions A Vintage Christmas

Paper Artsy PS073 Stencil

Paper Artsy EM90 Stamp

Paper Artsy JM07 Stamp

Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink

Versafine Clair Morning Mist Ink