Spooky!

Greetings!  It's Tuesday so you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. BUT, before we get to that I wanted to remind you that you have a little less than 24 hours to take advantage of the Labor Day Sale! Treat yourself, treat a friend, buy your holiday gifts early! Just pop on over to the Topflight Stamps to fill your basket with goodies!

This week's theme is Halloween, which is my favorite holiday! I love everything about the holiday including creating projects for it, 

Here's my card created with the Dreaded Damask Cling Rubber Stamp by Indigo Blu, the Skull n Roses Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Crafty Individuals, and a sentiment from the Halloween Collection Clear Stamp Set 1 by Melina Dahl for That's Crafty. I also used six colors of Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps and Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow.

Ink the Dreaded Damask Cling Rubber Stamp by Indigo Blu with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko and stamp it onto a panel of Mixed Media paper to create the image panel. Heat set.

Brush Lemon Drop Elements Premium Dye Ink by Lavinia Stamps onto the center of the stamped panel. Brush Sundance Elements Ink slightly overlapping both sides. Brush Russet Orange Elements Ink on both sides of the darker yellow inked area. Continue this pattern using Mulberry, Merlot, and Flying Fig Elements Inks. Heat set the panel, trim, edge with a black pen, and set it aside.

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to ink the Skull n Roses Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Crafty Individuals and stamp onto white cardstock. Fussy-cut the image, color with alcohol markers, and edge with a black marker.

Brush a strip of Mixed Media paper with Lemon Drop Elements Premium Dye Ink. Heat set. 

Pounce an anti-static pad onto the inked strip. Use Russet Orange Elements Ink to stamp the "Spooky" sentiment from the Halloween Collection Clear Stamp Set 1 by Melina Dahl for That's Crafty onto the strip. 

Add Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow! to the wet ink. Pour the excess powder back into the container. Heat set the embossing powder. Let the heated powder cool, then use a Sentiment Frame Die Set to cut the sentiment. Edge the interior part of the die-cut with Flying Fig Elements Premium Dye Ink. Heat set. Use the same die to cut textured black cardstock.

Adhere the Dreaded Damask to a black textured A2 card. Adhere the colored, fussy-cut Skull n Roses as shown. Adhere the framed sentiment to finish the card.

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

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Dreaded Damask Cling Rubber Stamp by Indigo Blu

Skull n Roses Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Crafty Individuals

Halloween Collection Clear Stamp Set 1 by Melina Dahl for That's Crafty

Lemon Drop, Sundance, Russet Orange, Mulberry, Merlot, and Flying Fig Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow

 

Thanks for visiting today!

The Witching Hour with Lavinia Stamps

Hi, friends!  It's Walter on the blog with you after a quick absence last week.  This week's theme for the Topflight Stamps team is Fall/Halloween, and I created a design that has a little bit of both included in it!  I enjoy a good spooky design and fell in love with Willow the Witch from Lavinia Stamps as soon as I saw her.  I used Willow as the center point of my design and added some additional Lavinia stamps to complete the scene.  It's a super simple design that relies on some masking, ink blending, and lots of stamping to bring it to life.

I began by using the Moon Stamp from Lavinia to stamp the moon using Morning Mist ink as well as to create a mask.  I fussy cut the mask and applied it over so the stamped moon so that I could ink blend the rest of the panel.  I applied Lavinia Violet Chalk ink around the outside border of the panel and then applied Lavinia Lime Punch ink to the inside.  I followed up with some Lost Shadow Distress Oxide ink and an ink pouncer brush to apply just a little hint of some mist in the scene.  This also helps to soften the very rich colors of the Lavinia Ink and cover up any darker spots.

With the ink blending done, I removed the mask from the moon and colored it with two shades of cool gray alcohol markers.  I could now stamp the rest of my scene!  I began with Willow to find the perfect featured position for her.  Once she was in place, I then stamped the Witching Hour sentiment, Mini Jinx Cat, and Willow's cauldron.  I was then able to finish the details of the scene by stamping Silhouette Grass and Silhouette Foliage.  Additionally, I used a silver gel pen to add some detail to the cauldron, gray alcohol markers to add the smoke coming up from it, green gel pens to add the position inside the cauldron, and orange gel pens to add the fire below it.  Gray alcohol markers were also used to expand the grassy area to provide some ground as well.

I absolutely adore this fun Halloween scene!  The stamps from Lavinia make it so easy to create wonderfully magical scenes.  I'll be back again next week with another project and post.  Until then . . . be well!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Lavinia Willow the Witch Stamp

Lavinia Mini Jinx Cat Stamp

Lavinia The Moon Stamp

Lavinia Witching Hour Stamp

Lavinia Grass Silhouette Stamp

Lavinia Silhouette Foilage

Lavinia Violet Chalk Ink

Lavinnia Lime Punch Ink

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Versafine Morning Mist

Hunkydory - Diamond Sparkles Glitter Gemstones Purple Sparkles

Create a Garden: Turning Gel Prints into a Journal Page & Bookmark

 

Hello friends! Ericka from Strangely Creative here, and today I’m sharing not one, but two projects created with the beautiful Tracy Evans Boutique Designs Create a Garden stamp set: a mixed media journal page and a coordinating bookmark.

I love the versatility of this collection. With flowers and birds in a variety of sizes, there are so many possibilities for cards, tags, journal pages, bookmarks, and more.

And, of course, I couldn’t resist pairing these stamps with some colorful gel prints from my stash!

Creating a Garden from a Gel Print

I started by digging through my collection of gel prints and choosing one that I thought would make an interesting background. One of my favorite things about keeping gel prints on hand is that I can pull one out whenever I want to create without having to start completely from scratch. The layers of color and texture are already there—you just have to decide what story you want to tell on top of them. For this page, I decided to create a bold silhouette-style garden scene using the flowers from the Create a Garden set.

 

Creating the Silhouettes with Embossing Powder

Instead of stamping the flowers in traditional black ink, I reached for WOW! Embossing Powder in Pea Coat. The deep blue creates a beautiful silhouette effect against the colorful gel print while still allowing the background to remain part of the design.

I love how the detailed flowers stand out against all those loose, unpredictable layers underneath. It’s that contrast between structured stamped images and free-flowing gel prints that makes mixed media so much fun.

Adding the Birds & Sentiments

Next, I added the birds and sentiments from the set using clear embossing powder. The clear embossing creates a more subtle layer that catches the light without competing with the bold floral silhouettes.

 

Those little differences in finish help create depth and encourage you to look a little closer at the page to discover all the details.

Don't Forget the Scraps!

After finishing my journal page, I still wasn’t ready to put these stamps away. I had a leftover piece from one of my recent gel prints sitting on my desk, so rather than adding it back to my scrap container, I decided to turn it into a bookmark.

 

I stamped the leftover piece with images from the Create a Garden set and heat embossed them with WOW! Vintage Gold Embossing Powder. That beautiful metallic gold completely changed the look of the same stamps and gave the scrap a second life as something useful.

One stamp set, two gel prints, and two completely different looks!

 

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I had so much fun creating with the Tracy Evans Boutique Designs Create a Garden set, and I already have ideas for how I want to use these beautiful flowers and birds in future projects. I hope this inspires you to dig into your gel print stash, play with your embossing powders, and see how many different ways you can use your favorite stamps.

Have a wonderful day and happy creating! 

And don’t forget to check out the sale going on now while you’re shopping!

 

Topflight Stamp Supplies 

Tracy Evans Boutique Designs - Create a Garden Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Clear Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Clear Embossing Pad Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Tracy Scott Gold Vintage Lace Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Tracy Scott Pea Coat Shop at: TP
Lavinia - Sentiment Stickers - Uplifting Collection Shop at: TP	Tsukineko - Versafine Clair - Twilight Shop at: TP	Lavinia - Elements Dye Ink - Henna Shop at: TP	Tsukineko - VersaFine Clair - Nocturn Shop at: TP
	Gel Press - Reusable Gel Printing Plate Shop at: TP	Speedball - 2" Brayer Shop at: TP	Lavinia 5/8 Stencil Brush Shop at: TP

Mixed Media Collage Card with PaperArtsy

Hello, Lisa Hoel here. Welcome to September! This week at Topflight Stamps our theme is Anything Goes. I decided to dig through my box of scraps (you guys keep little scraps of paper "just in case" too right? right?) to make a collage. Can't let those good bits go to waste! ;-) I added stamped elements from PaperArtsy stamp sets to the collage and used a Gel Press print for the background.

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:

PaperArtsy Lynne Perrella stamp set - LPC048

PaperArtsy Lynne Perrella stamp set - LPC043

PaperArtsy Seth Apter stamp set - ESA08

Studio Light mask - X Background

Gel Press print

Versafine Clair ink - Nocturne

AALL & Create stamp set - Everyday Sentiments

watercolors

black texture paste