Strong Women & Strong Coffee: A Spring Mixed Media Card

 

 

Hello crafty friends and Happy International Women’s Day!

Today I’m celebrating by joining the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Instagram Blog Hop, and it’s the perfect excuse to combine a few of my favorite things: coffee stamps, gel press prints, and sparkly embossing.

Be sure to check out the hop on Instagram for your chance to win some amazing prizes!

 

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🌸 Creating the Spring Gel Print

I started by pulling out my gel plate and creating a background using soft spring-inspired colors. Gel printing is one of my favorite ways to build interesting backgrounds because every print is a little different and full of natural texture.

Once the print was dry, I stamped one of my favorite coffee images from the Scrapcosy 13 by PaperArtsy.

To add a little sparkle and dimension, I heat embossed the image using WOW! Embossing Powder in Mai Tai, which gives the background a beautiful shimmering finish.

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🎨 Adding a Painted Focal Image

To make the design pop, I stamped the same coffee image again on a separate piece of paper.

This time, I colored it using Mattints in:

• Dragonfly

• The Pink

• Glow

These translucent paints add such a gorgeous stained-glass look when layered.

 

Once everything was dry, I carefully fussy cut the image and popped it onto the card front for extra dimension.

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✨ Finishing Touches

To complete the card, I added:

• A thank-you sentiment strip from Darkroom Door

• A hand-drawn frame to bring everything together and give the card a finished, artsy look

  
  
   

The combination of the soft spring colors, sparkly embossing, and layered focal image makes this card feel cheerful and celebratory.

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☕ Join the Blog Hop

Be sure to head over to Instagram and check out the Coffee Loving Papercrafters Blog Hop for inspiration and a chance to win some fantastic prizes.

And of course—Happy International Women’s Day!

Thank you so much for stopping by and celebrating creativity, coffee, and amazing women with me today.

 

 

 

Topflight Stamp Supplies 

 

Darkroom Door - Sentiment Strip Thank You Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Scrapcosy 13 Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Clear Embossing Pad Shop at: TP	WOW! Embossing - Tracy Scott Mai Tai Shop at: TP	Gel Press - Reusable Gel Printing Plate Shop at: TP
PaperArtsy - Mattint Dragonfly Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Mattint Glow Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Mattint The Pink Shop at: TP

Christmas Holly

Hello!  We've got "Anything Goes" this week at Topflight Stamps, and I'm sharing a Christmas card to put away for later this year!  I started with a pretty marble-ish piece of paper from Craft Consortium Ink Drops Ocean Paper pad, because it reminds me of a frozen pond.  I splattered it with Lavinia Snow White Chalk Paint and set aside to dry.  With a Crealies Rectangle die, I cut a piece of white paper and stamped a sentiment from Creative Expressions "Tis The Season" stamp set with Versafine Clair Nocturne Black ink.  I dragged the edges of the rectangle with WOW! Clear Ultra Slow Drying embossing ink pad, then sprinkled on WOW! Pure Platinum embossing powder and hit it with a heat tool.  I also used some of the platinum embossing powder in random spots on the sentiment panel, and used the heat tool from underneath the paper so it wouldn't blow around.  On a scrap piece of cardstock, I stamped two holly clusters from Visible Image "Christmas Robin" with Memento Tuxedo ink.  Then I colored, fussy cut, and glued them to the sentiment panel.  Thanks for joining me, hope you have a terrific day! ~ Colleen

Supplies from Topflight Stamps:

Craft Consortium Ink Drops - Ocean Paper Pad

Creative Expressions Tis' The Season stamp set

Visible Image Christmas Robin stamp set

VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink

Wow! Pure Platinum Embossing Powder

Crealies Double Stitch Rectangle Dies

Lavinia Acrylic Paint Chalk - Snow White

WOW! Clear Ultra Slow Drying Embossing Ink Pad

Tsukineko Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black

Trio of Inky Butterflies Birthday Card

Hello, Lisa Hoel here. This week at Topflight Stamps our theme is "Anything Goes"! I decided to add to my birthday card stash with this week's card.

The base is a gel print background from my stash. I used the Crafty Individuals Trio of Inky Butterflies stamp and Twilight ink to stamp on top of it. I also embossed the butterfly image with clear embossing powder to give it some shine. The happy birthday sentiment (Go To Words) I embossed with gold embossing powder.

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:

Crafty Individuals stamp - Trio of Inky Butterflies

Visible Image stamp set - Go To Words

Clair Pigment Ink Pad - Twilight

WOW! embossing powder - Polished Gold Superfine

WOW! embossing powder - Clear

Gel Press print

A Stained Glass Looking All Occasion Card

 It's Tuesday which means you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. It's an "Anything Goes" week. I decided that I felt like using one of Lynne Perella's wonderful PaperArtsy Cling Rubber Stamp Sets, specifically the LPC033 Cling Rubber Stamp Set. 

The focal image of that set reminded me of stained glass, so my objective was to try to achieve that look. Sadly, my first attempts were less than stellar, and the technique I wanted to use didn't work, so I pivoted to Plan C. I'm moderately happy with this card. 

Here's the card.

Here's a close-up that shows more of the stained glass look. 

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the focal image from the LPC033 Cling Rubber Stamp Set by Lynne Perrella for PaperArtsy onto Bristol Paper. It was helpful to use a stamping platform so that I could re-ink and stamp again to get a good impression. Heat set the image panel.

Use Copic markers to color the image. Trim the image panel and edge it with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko. Heat set the image to ensure that it is dry. 

Smoosh the image panel into an embossing ink pad. Add clear detail embossing powder to the wet ink. Dump the excess back into its container. Heat set. Repeat this process to build up three to four layers of embossing. Set the image panel aside.

Use a frame die to cut Bristol Paper. Sponge Monarch VersaFine Clair Ink onto the frame die-cut. Heat set. Sponge Fantasia VersaFine Clair Ink over the frame die-cut to deepen the color. Use a stipple brush to pounce Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink onto the frame die-cut to add some visual interest. Heat set the frame. 

Smoosh the frame die-cut into an embossing ink pad. Add clear detail embossing powder to the wet ink. Dump the excess back into its container. Heat set. Repeat this process to build up three to four layers of embossing.

Adhere a piece of cloudy blue sky vellum to the reverse of the frame. Add metallic glittery foil border stickers to the vellum and scootch the top and bottom of the stickers under the frame. Adhere the image panel to the frame as shown. Set aside.

Use magnets to secure a 5" wide panel of Bristol Paper to the base of a large stamping platform. Place the border stamp from the LPC033 Cling Rubber Stamp Set facedown on the platform so its right edge is at the 8.5" mark on the platform. Ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp.

Keeping the cardstock flush against the base of the platform, slide the cardstock panel ~4" to the right and secure the panel in place with magnets. Ink the stamp again with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp. Trim the completed border height-wise. Repeat the above instructions to create a second border. 

Heat set both borders, color them with Copic markers, and edge both borders with a grey marker. 

Use light grey dye ink to stencil a cobblestone border onto a piece of 5" x 6.75" speckled grey cardstock to create the background panel. Heat set. Adhere the borders to the top and bottom of the the background panel. Trim the panel to 4.75" wide.

Adhere the frame/stained glass focal panel to the background as shown. Adhere the background panel to a dark grey 5" x 7" 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:

LPC033 Cling Rubber Stamp Set by Lynne Perrella for PaperArtsy

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Monarch, Fantasia, and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

 Thank you for visiting today!

A Little Long-Necked Love: Geraldine Giraffe Get Well Card

 

Hello friends! Ericka from Strangely Creative here and today’s project is all about sweet, simple coloring with a whole lot of personality.

If you ever need a quick pick-me-up card, this one is perfect.

 

I pulled out the adorable Geraldine Giraffe from Woodware Craft Collection and stamped her onto smooth cardstock for coloring. Can we talk about that long neck and cozy scarf? She just makes you smile.

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🎨 Copic Coloring Details

I colored Geraldine using my Copic markers, starting with light base layers and slowly building depth with darker shades. The scarf was honestly my favorite part to color. It’s such a great place to play with blending and soft shadow transitions.

 

After I finished shading, I grabbed my white gel pen and added highlights. That little pop of white always brings stamped images to life.

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💛 Why This Stamp Works So Well

This design is simple but expressive. It’s perfect for:

• Get well cards

• Encouragement notes

• Just because mail

Sometimes you don’t need layers of mixed media. A clean background and beautifully colored focal image can say everything.

And let’s be honest… who wouldn’t smile opening this in their mailbox?

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Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope this inspires you to pull out your Copics and color something cheerful this weekend.

Have a wonderful weekend creating.

 Topflight Stamp Supplies

 

Woodware - Geraldine Giraffe Shop at: TP

Painted Woodware Violas

Hello!  This week at Topflight Stamps, our theme is the company Woodware.  I chose to use their Viola stamp set, one of my faves!   On a piece of recycled store-bought greeting card, cut to fit my card base, I painted a background that would nicely highlight the Violas.  I used PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Koala paint to cover the evidence LOL and made a fresh, clean place to stamp the Viola.  Once that was dry, I used Lindy's Stamp Gang Pixie Dust Spray randomly on the panel.  And once that was dry, then stamped Viola in VersaFine Onyx Black ink on top.  On a separate piece of paper, I painted PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Wisteria and let it dry, then stamped Viola there too so I could trim and paper-piece onto my card.  I added a butterfly from AALL & Create Delicate Wings (fussy-cut and layered on), some gems from my stash, and inked the edges of the panel with Lavinia Graphite Dye Ink.  Wishing you a wonderful day! ~ Colleen

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

Woodware Viola

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint - Koala

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paint - Wisteria

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

AALL & Create Delicate Wings

Lavinia Dye Ink - Graphite

Lindy's Stamp Gang Pixie Dust