Katkin Krafts Roosters

Hi Everyone,

Cornelia here today. This week it's all about Katkin Krafts. They have beautiful, intricate stamps - go and check them out.

I stayed CAS here. I didn't want to take the attention away from this gorgeous stamp!

I stamped the rooster and colored  him with alcohol ink markers. I added the borders for more interest. Didn't add a sentiment - I din't think this card needs one.

I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting. 

See you next week with more Topflight Stamps inspiration.

And here are the stamp supplies I used: 

Katkin Kraft - The Roosters, Versafine Clair Medieval Blue

Reality called, I hung up ~ AALL & Create

 When you have a fabulous stamp, you don't need to add much to get a giggle. AALL&Create just released this lady, Miss Dee by Janet Klein, and Topflight Stamps has them all in stock. 

Don't overthink the coloring! You can make so many cards with this lady whom I can totally relate to, and mail them to your friends who also need a pick-me-up. CAS card don't get enough love!!

For the next card, I added a stencil with distress oxide for some interest in the background. I also used Versamark Onyx for a sharp and crisp stamp of the sentiment. 

Here is another Miss Dee! Check her out! I love these stamps!!

I hope you have a fabulous day!!

Talk soon, 

Charmaine

Simple Pug Dog Cards Loaded with Personality!

Hey Topflight fans! As my last design team project post, I wanted to share some doggy cards. The adorable Pug dog from the Carabelle-Studio "To Be Or Not To Be" stamp set has such personality, I knew the moment I saw it, that it would be perfect for a slew of occasions for any dog lover.

For my first card, the hipster glasses and the adorable wrinkles on the Pug's forehead, seemed to scream out for a partial, top-only stamping with a cute accompanying saying, "Just popping up to say..." with the inside of the card saying, "Happy Birthday!" (or it could be finished off with so many other sayings, like "Hello!" or "Surprise!") (the sentiments are from the Neat & Tangled "Out of the Box" stamp set). I kept the vast majority of the card front crisp white, and Copic colored the image, including reflection lines on the eye glasses with a Uniball Signo White Gel Pen. I also added Black Sakura Glaze pen for the eye glass frames and Ranger Glossy Accents for the eye glasses.

For the second card, I wanted to play off the concerned expression of the Pug so I used a sentiment from the Mama Elephant "In My Heart" stamp set that says: "MISS YOU more than just a little." Because I wanted to keep this card super simple, I used VersaMark Ink and Ranger Super Fine Black Embossing Powder to stamp the image and the sentiment. 

Then, to add a pop of color, I heat embossed a little heart by the sentiment and the eye glass frames with Ranger Adirondack Brights Watermelon Pigment Ink and clear embossing powder. This bit was somewhat tricky in that I had to hand fussy cut the inside and outside of the eye glass frames and then heat emboss this tiny, delicate piece; but it was well worth the extra effort for this added dimension and interest.

For the third and final card, again, compliments the Pug dog's worried expression. This time, I stamped the dog head at an angle at the lower right corner of the card front and doodled in the top part of his body with Copic Multiliner Pens in 0.1 pt and 0.03 pt. Then I Copic colored the full image, adding Uniball Signo White Gel Pen reflection marks on the glasses. Then I used the "So Sorry I Forgot!" sentiment from the Gerda Steiner Designs "Howl Are You?" stamp set. The inside card liner is stamped with "Happy  Birthday," and "BELATED" both also from the same Gerda Steiner set. For a bit of whimsy, I spaced out the words so that I could use a Red Ultra Fine Point Sharpie marker to add a red carrot to indicate the insertion of the "BELATED".

It's been an honor to be on the Topflight Stamps design team. I had such a wonderful time. I hope you've enjoyed my projects along the way as much as I've enjoyed creating and sharing them with you all. If you're interested in more details about the products I've used on these cards or a process video of crafting them, please check out my blog post HERE. 

Funny Punny Farm Animal Cards

Hi Topflight fans! Katzelkraft critter stamps have some of the best expressions, and the Katzelkraft Farm Animals Stamp Set does not disappoint. These animals are perfect for whimsical, punny cards. 

For my first card, I used the cow grinning from ear to ear under the sentiment, "My grandfather was a knight," which I printed from my computer. Inside, the card liner continues, "His name was Sir Loin." (yuk yuk). And under that sentiment, I stamped out the steak stamp from the Lawn Fawn "Let's BBQ" stamp set.

For the second card, I used the laughing donkey stamp along with the karate person kicking from the Diemond Dies Karate Die Set #1 to make a silly Fathers Day card. I printed from my computer the partial sentiment, "Hope your Father's Day is..." and then I added the kicking person plus the donkey to pictograph the words, "Kick Ass."

To maintain a CAS look, I first die cut the kicking person from white fun foam, but because I thought the dimension was not enough to give it enough visual weight to stand up to the donkey, I added a lemon yellow kicking person die cut over top. 

So that the karate person didn't look like he was floating, I used a Tim Holtz Shatter Stencil and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to indicate where the kick had hit and shattered a background of glass. I masked off the donkey before blending on the ink through the stencil using a Clarity Stamp Stencil Brush, which enabled me to gradually soften the broken glass look to blend to the white of the card front.

Thanks for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed these cards as much as I enjoyed crafting them. If you're interested in more details about the products I used or to watch the crafting process video, please check out my blog post HERE. 

Monsters Rule!

Hello Topflight fans! CraftyPaws here today to share some whimsical CAS monster cards with ya'll. I silly monsters from the Katzelkraft "Les Monstres des Carpates" are so quirky that little else is needed to craft some super fun cards.

I featured three of the monsters from the stamp set to create three single layer cards. I stamped one monster on each card front and then created masks for each of them so that I could temporarily cover them and lightly blend on a bubbly background using some Tim Holtz Distress Inks and a Dylusions "Quote Bubbles" stencil to add a little visual texture and color. The Claritystamp Stencil Brushes made getting a soft blended patterned look easy.

The first card is an anytime card. I used the stamps from the Concord & 9th "Sophisticated Script" stamp set to stamp out "monster" and then hand wrote "hugs" in a simple bubbly font. I Copic colored this monster in saturated red, blue and golds and then blended on some Squeezed Lemonade and Spun Sugar background bubbles. I added a textured pink bubbly paper strip on the right side of the card as a finishing touch.

The second card is a birthday card. I used a sentiment from the Inkadinkado "Kids Quotes" sentiment stamp set with black and red ink. Then I Copic colored the monster in red, orange and yellow. The bubble background was made with Squeezed Lemonade, and this time I used a red, white and black plaid strip from my scrap box for added interest.

The last card is a feel better or uplifting card. I used another sentiment from the Inkadinkado "Kids Quotes" sentiment stamp set with black and orange ink. I Copic colored the monster in blue and orange, and I used Spiced Marigold Distress Ink for the bubbly background. I dug into my scrap box again and found a cute yellow and black polka dot patterned paper for the decorative strip.

I hope you enjoyed these fun and fast cards. I certainly had fun crafting them! If you'd like to see more details or a video share of these cards, please check out my blog post HERE.

Come Fly With Me!

As a paper crafter, I love surprising people with handmade cards and happy mail. And this cutie patootie from Carabelle Studio's "Little Girl with Balloon" is perfect for just that -- making any time cards!

I wanted to this little girl in her whimsical stance to shine so I decided to keep the card very CAS (clean and simple). I Copic colored the image, added some Clear Wink of Stella to her balloon as well as the heart on her dress for some shimmer, and coated the balloon with Ranger Glossy Accents for high shine. I also had to add a handful of rose gold sequins for sparkle.

I heat embossed the sentiment with Ranger Super Fine White Embossing Powder onto black card stock and popped that up on foam tape for bit of dimension. I then cut down the sides of the card front so that I could edge each side with some gun metal glitter washi tape and some fun Doodlebug pink and red Chevron paper.

For the inside of the card, I used a bit more of that chevron patterned paper to edge the card liner and stamped out the hearts from the stamp set for some added interest. I ended up adding some eyelash detail doodling around the hearts to camouflage a little stamp smearing. :)

Thanks for joining me today at Topflight Stamps! If you're interested in more details about the supplies used in this project or watching a process video making it, please check out my blog post HERE.