Celebrate!

 Greetings! This week's theme over at Topflight Stamps is Celebrations! 

Greetings! You've got Kathi here today to share a card with you. Our theme this week is Celebrations! 

Here's a card that could work with many occasions that was created with the Pandamonium Party Clear Stamp Set by Time for Tea Designs and the Celebrate Strip Red Rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door.

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp one of the pandas from the Pandamonium Party Clear Stamp Set by Time for Tea Designs twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper. Stamp the balloons from the Pandamonium Party Clear Stamp Set twice as well. Fussy-cut the sticker paper versions of the panda and balloons and place them over their counterparts as masks.

Position the small rounded rectangle from the Bubble Talk Die Set 72 by AALL and Create over the masked Panda and balloons and use low-tack tape to secure the die to the image panel. Run the image panel/die combination through your die-cut machine. 

Carefully flip the die and use low-tack tape to attach the reverse of the die-cut to the reverse of the mage panel. Flip the the panel right-side up keeping the cutting die in place. 

Lightly brush Della Blue Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps over the die and the masked images onto the image panel to create a sky background.  Tear a piece of Repositionable sticker paper and place it horizontally, slightly below the Panda's feet. Lightly brush Pine Elements Ink over the sticker paper onto the the image panel to create a grassy lawn.

Remove the low-tack tape, the cutting die, and the masks. Color the images with Copic markers.  Set the image panel die-cut aside.

Choose a piece of patterned paper from the Retro Summer 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium Ltd to use as a background layer. Place it onto the base of a stamping platform, secured with low-tack tape and/or magnets. Position the Celebrate Strip Red Rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door so that it aligns to the top and left of the 6x6 patterned paper. Ink the stamp with Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression. Remove the stamped patterned paper from the stamping platform and heat set.

Trim the background panel to 4.125" wide and pat it with an anti-static pouch. Use magnets and/or low-tack tape to secure the panel to a magnetic mat. Use magnets and/or low-tack tape to secure a confetti or other festive stencil over the stamped patterned paper panel. Use magnets or a ruler (or a panel of masking paper) to cover the stamped portion on the left. Sponge embossing ink over the stencil. Add clear glittery embossing powder to the inked and stenciled area, dump the excess back into the container, and heat set.

Remove the ruler, stencil, and low-tack tape from the background. Heavily edge the panel with Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Ink and heat set. Adhere the panel to a white textured A2 card. Adhere the image panel die-cut 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:

Pandamonium Party Clear Stamp Set by Time for Tea Designs

         Celebrate Strip Red Rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door

Bubble Talk Die Set 72 by AALL and Create

Retro Summer 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium Ltd.

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Della Blue and Pine Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Blue Belle VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

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Oops! A Humorous Card

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Greetings! You've got Kathi here to share a card with you today! This week the Topflight Stamps team is focusing on Katzelkraft's wonderful stamps. I decided to make a humorous slimline card scenic card with the Crocodiles Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set and the Les Rats des Ville - City Rats Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft with sentiments provided by the Sharp Tongues White Ephemera 4 by AALL and Create.

Here it is!

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the Crocodile with Balloon and the Open Mouth Crocodile from the Crocodiles Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft onto either side of a panel of white cardstock. 

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the running rat from Les Rats des Ville - City Rats Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft between them. 

Color the crocodiles, the balloon, and the rat with Copic markers. Stamp the same images again onto repositionable sticker paper, fussy-cut the sticker paper versions, and adhere them over their counterparts on the image panel.

Place a piece of repositionable tape horizontally across the bottom part of the image panel.

Starting at the top of the image panel, use the largest of the brushes from the Blending Brushes Set by Time For Tea Designs to brush blue and light purple dye ink over a cloud stencil onto the image panel. Flip the stencil 180° and move it downwards. Continue to brush the same ink over the stencil onto the image panel and over the masked images until you have a cloudy sky.

Remove the stencil, the masks from the images, and the tape. Use Copic markers to color the grass. 

Trim the image panel to 8.25" x 3.25" and edge with a black pen. Adhere the image panel to a black slimline card.

Adhere the sentiments from the Sharp Tongues White Ephemera 4 by AALL and Create to complete 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: 

Crocodiles Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft

Les Rats des Ville - City Rats Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set by Katzelkraft

Sharp Tongues White Ephemera 4 by AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Blending Brushes Set by Time For Tea Designs

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Spread a Little Kindness

  It's Tuesday, so you've got Kathi here to share a project with you today. It's an "Anything Goes" week for the TFS team. It's been very cold here in New Jersey with snow on the ground. The birds are all puffed up and hungry, which reminded me of the Bot-ology Spread a Little Kindness Rubber Cling Stamp Set by Andy Skinner for Creative Expressions, so I decided to make this card.

Place a piece of white cardstock onto the base of a stamping platform. Position the the focal image from the Bot-ology Spread a Little Kindness Rubber Cling Stamp Set by Andy Skinner for Creative Expressions facedown centered horizontally on the cardstock. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift. Use tape or Post-It Notes to cover the leaves on the stamp. Ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko, remove the tape or Post-It Notes and stamp.

Use Copic markers to color the image panel. 

Stamp the focal image again onto repositionable sticker paper, fussy-cut it, and place the sticker paper version over its counterpart on the image panel. Be sure that the lower part of the image panel with the base of the park bench, the robot's feet, and the sidewalk are covered by either the sticker paper or Post-It Notes.

Brush grey/blue dye ink over the masked images. Mist the image panel with a Fine Spray Mister by Spectrum Noir filled with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol to mottle and blend the ink without pilling the paper.

Use a white paint pen or a brush with white acrylic paint such as Snowflake Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic by PaperArtsy to add white spatter to the background.

Remove the masks from the image panel. Use a white paint pen or a brush with white acrylic paint to add dots of snow over the images. 

Use an A2 Polaroid Frame die to cut blue patterned cardstock. Adhere the image panel behind the window of the frame die-cut.

Flip the patterned cardstock over to reveal the solid side. Pat the cardstock with a non-static tool. Use Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the sentiment included in the Bot-ology Spread a Little Kindness Rubber Cling Stamp Set by Andy Skinner for Creative Expressions. Sprinkle clear detail embossing powder onto the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into its container, and heat set the sentiment.

Die-cut the sentiment with a label die. Adhere the sentiment die-cut paper to the polaroid frame. Attach tiny pewter gears using philips head screw-top brads on either side of the sentiment die-cut. Adhere the cardfront to an A2 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:

Bot-ology Spread a Little Kindness Rubber Cling Stamp Set by Andy Skinner for Creative Expressions

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Blender Brush Set by Time for Tea Designs

Fine Spray Misters by Spectrum Noir

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Purrfect New Year Calendar Card

Greetings! It's Tuesday so you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. But before I get to all of that, I wanted to remind you that there's a Winter Sale over at Topflight Stamps that ends tonight, December 31st at 12:59 p.m.!

Our theme this week is "Anything Goes". I've made a calendar card with the That Lovin' Feline Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image, Filigree 8x8 Stencil by Lavinia Stamps, VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko, Bubble Talk Die Set 72 by AALL and Create, and sentiments from by Heffy Doodle and Time for Tea Design cat-themed stamp sets.

Here it is!

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the long tall cats from the That Lovin' Feline Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image.

Use Copic markers to color the cats and use a white gel pen to add highlights to their eyes. 

Place a ruler or scrap paper horizontally under the right cat to cover the bottom portion of the image panel. Brush Cheerful VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko over the masks to add color to the top part of the image panel. 

Place the Filigree 8x8 Stencil by Lavinia Stamps over the image panel and secure with tape, magnets, etc. Brush Paradise VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil on opposite sides.

Brush Verdant VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto edges of the blue ink towards the center of the panel. Wipe the excess ink off of the stencil again. Brush Cheerful VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the center part of the image panel. 

Place the ruler on the dividing line so that it's now covering the top part of the image panel. Brush Paradise VersaFine Clair Ink over the ruler onto bottom of the image panel. Heat set the entire panel.

Cut white cardstock with two of the speech bubbles from the Bubble Talk Die Set 72 by AALL and Create. Use Summertime and Cheerful VersaFine Clair Inks to add color to the speech bubble die-cuts. Heat set the die-cuts.

Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp select words or phrases from different sentiment or cat themed stamp sets to form the sentiments onto both of the speech bubbles. Stamp the hearts onto the bubble and color with a red marker. Heat set the sentiment speech bubbles and adhere to the image panel as shown. 

Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the "lovin' feline" sentiment from the That Lovin' Feline Clear Polymer Stamp Set on the bottom of the image panel as shown. Use Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the line of pawprints. Use a black colored pencil to touch up the pawprints if necessary. Trim the image panel to 5.5" square and edge with a black marker.

Brush Summertime and Cheerful VersaFine Clair Inks over a ruler onto a piece of white cardstock that is slightly larger than the calendar. Heat set. Adhere the calendar to the inked panel using strong tape or glue.

Cut a piece of textured white cardstock to 5.75" square. Sponge Cheerful VersaFine Clair Ink around the outer .5" of the square. Place a checkerboard stencil over the inked area and sponge Summertime VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil to blend with the orange ink. Heat set then use this layer to mat the image panel. Adhere the matted image panel to a black 6" x 6" 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:

That Lovin' Feline Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image

Filigree 8x8 Stencil by Lavinia Stamps

Bubble Talk Die Set 72 by AALL and Create

Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

"Year" is from this set.

Whatcha Saying? Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

"You're" is from this set.

Kitty Capers Clear Stamp Set by Time for Tea Design 

"Mew" and "Pawsome" are from this set.

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Cheerful, Paradise, Verdant, Summertime, Morning Mist, and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Thanks for visiting today! Happy New Year!

Relax! A Katkin Krafts Card

Surprise! You've got Kathi here Thursday instead of my usual Tuesday. I was swamped with social-family-peopley stuff for almost an entire week, so I was running behind and feeling stressed. Luckily, the lovely Cornelia switched days with me which relieved the pressure. Whew! This week the Topflight Stamps is showcasing Katkin Krafts' wonderful stamps. Being me, I had to get the Just Chillin' Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set because it features a zen boho cat, some gorgeous flowers, and a really great sentiment (which I didn't use).

Here's my first card using this great set!

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko was used to stamp the focal cat image from the Just Chillin' Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set by Katkin Krafts twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper, which was fussy-cut to create a mask.

Copic markers were used to color the wonderful cat and his pillow, then the fussy-cut sticker mask was adhered over the colored image.

A ruler was placed horizontally about 2" up from the bottom of the image panel. Sundance Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps was brushed over the ruler and the masked image onto the image panel to color the background. 

The ruler was temporarily removed and the Profusion Stencil 84 by AALL and Create was placed over the image panel. The ruler was positioned back in place, covering the bottom part of the image panel. Sundance Elements Ink was brushed over the stencil and the ruler to add subtle tone-on-tone pattern to the background.

The stencil was removed and the ruler was moved to cover the top part of the image panel. Pine Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps was brushed over the ruler onto the lower part of the image panel to add color to the bottom of the image panel.

Using a stamping platform, the "Relax" sentiment from the Relax Sentiments Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set KTZ222 by Katzelkraft was positioned facedown on the image panel, then lifted by the platform's lid. A Post-It Note was used to cover the two sentences below the word "relax", Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko was used to ink the stamp, the Post-It  Note was removed, and the sentiment was stamped onto the image panel.

The stamp was removed and the phrase "Hit the Pawse Button" and "It's your Purrday" stamps from the Kitty Capers Clear Stamp Set by Time for Tea Design were positioned facedown on the image panel, then lifted by the platform's lid, inked with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamped.

The image panel was removed from the stamping platform and heat set. The panel was trimmed to 4.75" x 6.75" and adhered to a 5" x 7" card.

Please pop over to my blog, Kat's Tales of Stamping, for more detailed instructions and complete supply lists.

 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Just Chillin' Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set by Katkin Krafts

Relax Sentiments Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp Set KTZ222 by Katzelkraft

Kitty Capers Clear Stamp Set by Time for Tea Design

Profusion Stencil 84 by AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Sundance and Pine Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Thanks for visiting today!