Spooky!

Greetings!  It's Tuesday so you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. BUT, before we get to that I wanted to remind you that you have a little less than 24 hours to take advantage of the Labor Day Sale! Treat yourself, treat a friend, buy your holiday gifts early! Just pop on over to the Topflight Stamps to fill your basket with goodies!

This week's theme is Halloween, which is my favorite holiday! I love everything about the holiday including creating projects for it, 

Here's my card created with the Dreaded Damask Cling Rubber Stamp by Indigo Blu, the Skull n Roses Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Crafty Individuals, and a sentiment from the Halloween Collection Clear Stamp Set 1 by Melina Dahl for That's Crafty. I also used six colors of Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps and Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow.

Ink the Dreaded Damask Cling Rubber Stamp by Indigo Blu with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko and stamp it onto a panel of Mixed Media paper to create the image panel. Heat set.

Brush Lemon Drop Elements Premium Dye Ink by Lavinia Stamps onto the center of the stamped panel. Brush Sundance Elements Ink slightly overlapping both sides. Brush Russet Orange Elements Ink on both sides of the darker yellow inked area. Continue this pattern using Mulberry, Merlot, and Flying Fig Elements Inks. Heat set the panel, trim, edge with a black pen, and set it aside.

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to ink the Skull n Roses Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Crafty Individuals and stamp onto white cardstock. Fussy-cut the image, color with alcohol markers, and edge with a black marker.

Brush a strip of Mixed Media paper with Lemon Drop Elements Premium Dye Ink. Heat set. 

Pounce an anti-static pad onto the inked strip. Use Russet Orange Elements Ink to stamp the "Spooky" sentiment from the Halloween Collection Clear Stamp Set 1 by Melina Dahl for That's Crafty onto the strip. 

Add Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow! to the wet ink. Pour the excess powder back into the container. Heat set the embossing powder. Let the heated powder cool, then use a Sentiment Frame Die Set to cut the sentiment. Edge the interior part of the die-cut with Flying Fig Elements Premium Dye Ink. Heat set. Use the same die to cut textured black cardstock.

Adhere the Dreaded Damask to a black textured A2 card. Adhere the colored, fussy-cut Skull n Roses as shown. Adhere the framed sentiment to finish the card.

Please pop over to my blog, Kat's Tales of Stamping, for step-by-step intructions and complete supply lists.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Dreaded Damask Cling Rubber Stamp by Indigo Blu

Skull n Roses Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Crafty Individuals

Halloween Collection Clear Stamp Set 1 by Melina Dahl for That's Crafty

Lemon Drop, Sundance, Russet Orange, Mulberry, Merlot, and Flying Fig Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow

 

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Gear Up - A Steampunk Card

 It's Tuesday which means you've got Kathi here today to share a project with you. It's an "Anything Goes" week, so I created a Steampunk card with the Faceless Time Clear Stamp Set 1456, the Papillons Clear Stamp Set 1462, the Frise Pendentifs Clear Stamp Set 1461, and the Time Tinker Clear Stamp Set 1374 as well as the Cog Engine Die Set 125 and the Frayed Frames Die Set 26 — all by AALL and Create. The background panel and die-cuts were created with Steampunk Soiree Magical Pigment Powders by Lindy's Stamp Gang.

Here it is!

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the focal image from the Faceless Time Clear Stamps 1456 by Autour de Mwa for AALL and Create onto a panel of Bristol paper. Heat set the ink, then color the image with Copic markers. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to the hourglass.

Use the largest die from the Frayed Frames Die Set 26 by AALL and Create to cut the image panel, mat it with black cardstock, and set it aside.

Cut a piece of 9" x 12" Bristol paper to a 4.75" x 6.75" panel (for the background panel) and a 2" x 12" strip (for the border and sentiment die-cuts). Place the strip onto a craft mat. Use a small spatula to place a pile of Yesteryear Yellow Magical Powder from the Steampunk Soiree Magical Pigment Powder Set by Lindy's Stamp Gang onto the craft mat. Fold a baby wipe and press the top part of it into the pigment powder. Drag the baby wipe vertically onto the strip of Bristol paper to start to a apply the Magical Pigment Powder, working from the outside edges towards the center. Dip the wipe into the powder and apply it again. Continue until the powder pile is gone and your Bristol strip is colored. Clean your craft mat.

Use a spatula to place a smaller pile of Canna Lily Burnt Orange Magical Pigment Powder onto the craft mat. Using a new baby wipe, press the top of the wipe into the pigment powder, then drag the baby wipe down the strip of Bristol paper to fill in the gaps. Continue to dip the wipe and drag it down the strip until the powder is gone. Clean your craft mat.

Repeat the above process using an even smaller amount of Tophat Teal from the the Steampunk Soiree Magical Pigment Powder Set to add some verdigris colors to the Bristol Strip. When the colors and blend please you, thoroughly heat set the panel and trim it in half.

Use the both dies from the Cog Engine Die Set 125 by AALL and Create to cut the colored Bristol paper strip. Flip the die-cuts over and color the back with a black Copic marker or sponge them with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko.  This step will edge the die-cuts from the back.

Place the 4.75" x 6.75" panel and a small scrap of Bristol paper onto a clean craft mat. Use a spatula to add a pile of Pocket Watch Pewter Magical Powder onto the clean craft mat. Press the top of a clean baby wipe onto the pigment powder, then drag the baby wipe onto the Bristol paper panel and scrap, working from the outer edges towards the center. Dip the wipe into the powder and continue to apply color to the panels. When done, heat set the panels thoroughly.

Pounce an anti-static tool/pouch onto the background panel then place it onto the base of a stamping platform. Position the corner gears stamp from the Papillons Clear Stamp Set 1462 by Azoline for AALL and Create facedown along the top left of the panel. Ink the stamp with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Remove the panel from the stamping platform, add Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by WOW to the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into the container, and heat set. 

Clean and dry the corner gears stamp. Place the background panel back onto the stamping platform and position the the corner gears stamp from the Papillons Clear Stamp Set 1462 along the lower right hand edge. Position the border gears stamp from the Frise Pendentifs Clear Stamp Set 1461 by Azoline for AALL and Create vertically along the bottom left hand edge. Ink the stamps with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Remove the panel from the stamping platform, add Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by WOW to the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into the container, and heat set. Edge the background panel with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink.

Use a nameplate cutting die and a small gears die to cut the grey-colored scrap of Bristol paper. Place a piece of low-tack tape on the back of the Bristol paper scrap die-cut to keep it in place and secure the scrap onto the base of a stamping platform. 

Position the "Gear Up" stamp from the Time Tinker Clear Stamp Set 1374 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create facedown onto the die-cut. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. 

Remove the die-cut piece from the stamping platform. Add Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by WOW to the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into the container, and heat set.

Use the nameplate frame die and a small gears die to cut a leftover scrap from the tinted strip. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to edge both parts of the nameplate die-cuts, then adhere the sentiment die-cut onto the frame die-cut. Adhere the gears die-cuts to cover the holes of the nameplate.

Adhere the border die-cut to the right side of the background panel. Adhere the matted image panel onto the background panel as shown. Adhere the sentiment nameplate die-cut to the upper left of the background panel. Adhere the completed background panel to a 5" x 7" black 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:

Faceless Time Clear Stamps 1456 by Autour de Mwa for AALL and Create

Papillons Clear Stamp Set 1462 by Azoline for AALL and Create

Frise Pendentifs Clear Stamp Set 1461 by Azoline for AALL and Create

Time Tinker Clear Stamp Set 1374 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Cog Engine Die Set 125 by AALL and Create

Frayed Frames Die Set 26 by AALL and Create

Steampunk Soiree Magical Pigment Powders by Lindy's Stamp Gang

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Morning Mist and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by WOW

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All Geared Up to Celebrate

 Greetings! It's Tuesday which means you've got Kathi here to share a project with you! This is an "Anything Goes" week, so I decided to try a new technique and to use some of my new stamps! 

Here's a Steampunk-themed card created with the Precision Paws Clear Stamp Set 1373. the Time Tinkerer Clear Stamp Set 1374, and the Steamheart Gears Stencil PC-270 — all by AALL and Create. 

Cut a piece of 9" x 12" Mixed Media paper in half. Place it onto a craft mat. Use a small spatula to place a pile of Yesteryear Yellow Magical Powder from the Steampunk Soiree Magical Pigment Powder Set by Lindy's Stamp Gang onto the craft mat. Fold a baby wipe and press the top part of it into the pigment powder. Drag the baby wipe vertically on the Mixed Media paper, working from the outside edges towards the center. Dip the wipe into the powder and apply it again. Continue until the powder pile is gone. Clean your craft mat.

Place a small pile of Apothecary Azure Magical Powder from the Steampunk Soiree Magical Pigment Powder Set onto the craft mat. Use a clean baby wipe to repeat the process described above. The pigment powders will blend and start to create layers as you work.When the powder is gone, clean your mat.

Place a small pile of Pocket Watch Pewter Magical Powder by Lindy's Stamp Gang onto the craft mat. Use a clean baby wipe to add additional color to your background. When done, clean your craft mat, then heat set the background panel.

Place the Steamheart Gears Stencil PC-270 by AALL and Create over the background panel. Brush or sponge Graphite Elements Premium Dye Ink by Lavinia Stamps over the stencil onto the background panel to enhance the background panel.

When done, trim the background panel to 5 5/8" square and edge it with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko. Use stipple brushes to add speckles of yellow, orange, turquoise, and blue chalk ink. Heat set the panel and set it aside. 

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the cat and the dog from the Precision Paws Clear Stamp Set 1373 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create onto white Copic-friendly cardstock. Use the same ink to stamp the Time Tinkerer from the Time Tinkerer Clear Stamp Set 1374 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create onto white cardstock. Fussy-cut all three images, color with Copic markers, and edge with a black marker. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to the Time Tinkerer's eyes. Use a white pencil and add highlights to the cat's eyes (I wanted them to be fainter as his eyes are covered by glasses) and to the watchface. Set the characters aside.

Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the sentiments from the Precision Paws Clear Stamp Set 1373 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create onto the remaining piece of the Mixed Media paper. Add clear detail embossing powder to the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into its container, and heat set the powder. 

Use sentiment strip dies to cut the three sentiments, trim them horizontally, then edge them with the Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink.

Adhere the three sentiments to the reserved 5 5/8" square background panel. Adhere the dog, cat, and the Time Tinkerer atop the sentiments as shown to create the card front.

Cut a piece of copper metallic cardstock to 5.75" square and use it to mat the card front. Use a sentiment die (or alphabet dies) to cut copper metallic cardstock. Adhere the sentiment as shown. Adhere the card front to a 6" square black 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:

Precision Paws Clear Stamp Set 1373 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Time Tinkerer Clear Stamp Set 1374 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Steamheart Gears Stencil PC-270 by AALL and Create

Steampunk Soiree Magical Pigment Powder Set by Lindy's Stamp Gang

Graphite Elements Premium Dye Ink by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

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Attitude is...

It's Tuesday! This week's team focus is on PaperArtsy's wonderful products! Here's my encouragement card created with their LPC066 Cling Rubber Stamp Set by Lynn Perrella, the Small Backgrounds Large Stencil PS133 by Scrapcosy, the Large Stencil PS317 by Scrapcosy, and the Tracy Scott Mini TSM23 Cling Rubber Stamp by Tracy Scott.

Here it is!

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp one of the images from the LPC066 Cling Rubber Stamp Set by Lynn Perrella for PaperArtsy twice — once onto Bristol Paper and once onto repositionable sticker paper. Heat set the Bristol Paper version to set the ink to avoid ink transfer to alcohol markers. 

Color the image on the Bristol Paper panel with Copic markers. Fussy-cut the image stamped onto repositionable sticker paper and place it atop its counterpart on the image panel as a mask. 

Brush light grey dye ink over the masked image panel to color the background. Place the circles portion on the Large Stencil PS317 by Scrapcosy for PaperArtsy towards the top of the image panel. This stencil has a repeating pattern which makes it easy to cover larger areas with the stenciled pattern. Brush the same light grey dye ink over the stencil's circles onto the image panel. 

Move the stencil to cover more of the image panel, taking care to line up the circles and diamonds. Continue to brush light grey dye ink over the stencils circles onto the image panel. 

Remove and clean the stencil.

Place the border from the Large Stencil PS317 by Scrapcosy for PaperArtsy so that the base of the border is even with the bottom part of the stamped and colored image. Brush light grey ink over the stencil onto the image panel. Brush light blue dye ink over the stencil to differentiate the border design from the stenciled circles. Keeping the stencil in place, brush sparkly gold pigment ink over the stencil onto the image panel.

Place low-tack tape or scrap paper horizontally onto the image panel, covering the top part. Brush grey ink, then blue ink over the the stencil to color the bottom part of the image panel.

Remove the stencil and heat set the panel. 

Spray the image panel with Gossamer Gold from the Moon Shadow Mists Spray Set by Lindy's Gang to add some shimmer. Heat set the image panel. 

Remove the masks. Use the fourth largest die from the Crea Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set by Crealies to cut the image panel. Use the sparkly gold pigment ink to edge the image panel die-cut. Heat set the wet ink. 

Cut blue/purple cardstock 1/8" larger than the image panel die-cut and use it to mat it. Cut aqua cardstock 1/4" larger than the image panel and use it to mat the matted image panel. Set the double-matted image panel aside.

Sponge or brush the light grey dye ink used earlier onto a strip of Bristol Paper. Heat set the ink. 

Use Adriatic Sea VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to ink the Tracy Scott Mini TSM23 Cling Rubber Stamp quote stamp by Tracy Scott for PaperArtsy and stamp onto the grey-inked Bristol Paper strip. Heat set the ink. Cut the quote image apart, edge the phrase pieces with Bali Blue VersaFine Clair Ink and heat set them.

Adhere the double matted image panel to a textured blue 5" x 7" card. Adhere the sentiment quote strips 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:

LPC066 Cling Rubber Stamp Set by Lynn Perrella for PaperArtsy

Small Backgrounds Large Stencil PS133 by Scrapcosy for PaperArtsy

Large Stencil PS317 by Scrapcosy for PaperArtsy

Tracy Scott Mini TSM23 Cling Rubber Stamp by Tracy Scott for PaperArtsy

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Moon Shadow Mists Spray Set by Lindy's Gang

Gossamer Gold Moon Shadow Mist by Lindy's Gang is also available individually.

Crea Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set by Crealies

Adriatic Sea and Bali Blue VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

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