Topflight Stamps: Toadstool Hoppers

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Toadstool Hoppers

We would like to welcome Cathy Norton as our September Guest Designer! You can find her at her blog, Altered Celtic Gypsy.

And here is a little bit about her:

My name is Cathy Norton and I have been stamping over 20 years. I'm married and have 3 kids. I have a part time job that helps pay for my stamp collection and my paper hoarding. My style is all over the board. I like to try new techniques that I see on YouTube or on something that catches my eye that would get my fingers inky.

Cathy has a lovely card and envelope pair to share with us today! Take a look and see how she did it:

Cathy here, I started out with a watercolor paper. I used Distress Oxide Sprays to color the background. When that was dry I took Grunge sun Stencil to make the rays of light. I sprayed water through the stencil and then blotted it up with a paper towel.

Next I stamped the mushrooms on white cardstock and colored with copic markers and cut out. I added Glossy Accents to the circles except the small one. Next I took the flower stem base and stamped that on top of the watercolor card. Stamped the ground and then I added my mushrooms, but what are mushrooms without magical fairies hopping on them? I then added some white highlights with a white gel pen and mounted it on black cardstock.

Now I made an envie to go with the card. I used the flower from the Great Days set and stamped it 3 times and colored it with copic markers; then I used Distress Ink on the whole envie to color the rest. I masked off where the address will go and I stamped the word sentiment from the same stamp set on top of the address would go. I stamped the swirl different spots on the envie.