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Hello Crafty Friends! Mary Key here and this week with my fellow Topflight Stamps team are featuring Fall/Autumn ideas. I am going to use Chou & Flowers clear stamps - In the Forest. I just love colors of the Fall, my favorite time.
I will be using watercolor paper along with some black ink which is waterproof. I wanted the black ink not to stand out as much. Here I am fussy cutting to mask parts of the fox, log and boulders after stamping and used a stamp that is in the stamp set some wording.
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Hi all. MEL PILLING here. This week, the Topflight Stamps Team is focussing on fall/autumn. For this project, I used all LAVINIA STAMPS.
I began by stamping all the trees, using Versafine Clair in Acorn, Fallen Leaves, and Nocturne . I sketched the fence posts on wood grain paper, then cut them out and darkened the edges with watercolour markers.
The background was done, using Dinkles in Lime Divine , Mustard Seed . Deep Yellow , Sepia , Burnt Orange , Magenta and Chilli Jam. Once I sprinkled all the Dinkles over they dry card stock, I sprayed with a water mist to wake them up. Once completely dry, I used a Blender brush and Elements Ink here and there to deepen the colours. For this I used Emperor Red, Paprika, Russet Orange, Saharah and Sundance. Once all this was completely dry, I stamped my three crows in Versafine Clair Nocturne then glued on the fence posts. I then drew in the wire for the fence. I stamped in the berries below the fence and coloured them with Posca Pens. I highlighted the crows, and then added the sentiment.
LAVINIA STAMPS USED
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Hello crafty friends! Ericka from Strangely Creative here and today I have a simple rustic thank you card using the Creative Expressions Worn & Weathered Paper Pad. I started by selecting a pattern and cutting it down to an A4 card. I then used the Darkroom Door You Are Everything set and stamped the flower with Lavinia Elements Ink in Henna.
I then used the Visible Image Thank You set and stamped it in Versafine Clair Pine Cone ink.
I finished my card with some ink blending using the same Henna Elements ink and then added a little water splatter for additional texture. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.
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Hi Everyone,
"Hello" Mary Key here! This week, Team Members are featuring Creative Expressions. I made a note card to use with any occassion. I am going to use Andy Skinner - Papillon Dreams stamp and Building Blocks Stencil.
For my card, I did some ink blending with some blues and brown inks on my card base. Then used Building Blocks Stencil with darker blue tones of ink. After, I stamped the top, bottom and sides of my card with some black ink using Papillon Dreams stamp, then spritz some water to get some water spots and distressed my card using some scissors.
For Papillon Dreams stamp, I used some vellum paper and some black ink, then tore the vellum to look a little distressed and used some brown tone ink on the vellum paper. I did some fussy cutting on white cardstock of the butterfly and a little coloring. Put it together on some white cardstock and I really like how the white cardstock looks with blue and brown tones of colors.
Hi everyone, MEL PILLING here. This week the Topflight Stamps design team are highlighting CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS . So we’re going to the Beach!!
I used Blender Brushes for the sky in gentle circular motions using Distressed Ink in Salty Ocean, and Elements Ink in Blue Lagoon. I masked off the sky at the horizon from above with paper and washy tape. I then used a blender brush that already had some mystery browns on it (not sure which ones) and filled in the sandy area to about a third of the card from the bottom. Then I splattered it with black ink to make grit.
Then using a paint brush, I painted the water. For this, I used a valley shaped mask of torn paper at the bottom to mask off some of the shoreline. I painted the water in many blues, some of which mixed together on my mat to make different colours. I used Distressed Ink in Blueprint Sketch, Sapphire and Prize Ribbon. I used Elements Ink in Blue Lagoon, Mermaid and Blue Atoll. Once this was completely dry, I stamped my ladies directly onto the background using Versafine Clair Nocturne . I then added the waves and highlights with white acrylic paint.
The foam on the waves was done with paint and white liquid pearls. L l l 7 I added some holographic glitter to the water for shine, and painted in some grass using Elements Ink in Greensleeves, Pine and Olive. Be sure to shade underneath the wavelets to make it dimensional.
The bathing suits were stamped onto patterned paper and fussy cut out. I stamped the girls again on clean card. I coloured them with pencil crayons, skin and hair only. Then I glued the patterned bathing suits to the girls, Paper Doll style. I fussy cut the girls out with their new bathing suits glued on, then glued them onto the background. I just drew in the seagulls.
CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS STAMPS USED
Using patterned paper to cut out clothing makes everything easier than colouring. By snipping off the one piece suit bottom on the blue bathing suit, I was able to change the style of the bathing suit on the one girl. I really enjoyed using these creative expression stamps today. I hope you check them out on the Topflight Stamps website.
Thanks for joining me today on the Topflight Stamps blog. Using this paper doll technique takes me back to my childhood. You can even use this technique to put clothing on animals or fairies. It works really well. Hope you give it a try.
Hi friends. Alanna here with a trio of quick and easy birthday cards for you today. If you know me and my style, you know that I love to create simple yet effective cards that can be mass produced when needed.
To get started on these cards, I took the awesome Shadow Stamps set from Hobby Arts and stamped the small rectangle image three different times with the Lime Soda and Queen Bee colors of the Shimmer Pearl inks from Spectrum Noir.
I then stamped the sentiments into the center rectangle which are from the gorgeous Basic Wishes set from Studio Light. I love the larger scripty sentiments in the set and how many supporting smaller sentiments there are.
I then stamped three of the fairies from the Fairy Foragers set from Lavinia. I formed a visual triangle with my placement and that completes these cards.
Find all the products I used on my cards linked below in the Topflight Stamps store.
Crafty hugs! ~ Alanna
Hello crafty friends! Ericka from Strangely Creative here and today I have a fun mixed media card using my gel press and the Katzelkraft Llamas. School is starting up, and as a teacher I can always use thank you cards. For my card today, I used a gel press print I had in my stash and stamped the Llama on a separate paper and cut it out.
I finished my card by stamping the Thanks sentiment from the Katzelkraft Enjoy Quotes set and clear embossed it.
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend!
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