Topflight Stamps: Silence Is Golden

Greetings! It's Tuesday which means you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. It's an "Anything Goes" week for the team. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed lately and crave calm and quiet which is just not happening. SO I decided to make a snarky card celebrating silence with mostly products by AALL and Create.

Here's my card made with the Pierrot and Mime Clear Stamp Set 1210 by Janet Klein, Penned With Love Die Set 71, Garden Frames Di Set DI-80, Stemmed Pouch Die Set DI-83, Laugh Lines Ephemera Set 47, and Washi Tape 5.

I also wanted to show that you can use AALL and Create's fabulous Memorydex Die Sets to create regular cards. Plus, there are so many fun and useful "extra" dies in the sets that increase the Memorydex Die Sets' versatility.

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the Mime from the Pierrot and Mime Clear Stamp Set 1210 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create onto white cardstock. Fussy-cut the Mime, color with Copic markers, and edge with a black pen. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to his eyes. Set him aside.

Use the main die from the Stemmed Pouch Die Set DI-83 by AALL and Create to cut white ledger patterned paper, which will leave a horizontal strip of patterned paper. Edge the die-cut with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko.

Adhere Washi Tape 5 by AALL and Create to the strip of patterned paper so that the word or words you want to highlight are showing. Adhere striped and heart washi tape below the AALL Washi Tape.

Place the largest die from the Garden Frames Die Set DI-80 by AALL and Create facedown over the die so that the top of the die is framing the word of your choice. I chose "Possible" because it's possible to get more done and stay out of trouble if you keep your mouth shut. Just sayin'.

Use low-tack tape to secure the die in place, then run the die and paper/tape combo through your die-cut machine. Trim the bottom off of the paper and edge the piece with a black pen. Adhere this die-cut/washi-tape panel to the bottom of the Stemmed Pouch Die Set DI-83 die-cut panel. Adhere the fussy-cut, colored Mime to the top of the die-cut/washi-tape panel as shown.

Cut a piece of black striped 6x6 patterned paper to 4.25" wide to create the background panel. Edge with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko. Adhere the image panel die-cut to the bottom of the patterned paper background panel.

Use the heart pen nib die from the Penned With Love Die Set 71 by AALL and Create to cut excess red cardstock two times. Adhere a heart pen nib die-cut to each of the top corners, pointing diagonally downwards.

Use Strawberry VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to edge the "Silence is golden. Duct tape is silver" sentiment from the Laugh Lines Ephemera Set 47 by AALL and Create. Adhere the ephemera sentiment to finish the 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:

Pierrot and Mime Clear Stamp Set 1210 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create