Christmas Snowflakes

Hello!  This week at Topflight Stamps, we're celebrating CHRISTMAS in July!!  I went with a clean and simple design, making Visible Image "Let It Snow" stamp set the star attraction here.  With WOW! Embossing Ink and WOW! Weathered Gold embossing powder, I stamped the largest snowflake in the center of the card, and then at each of the four corners, and used a heat tool.  The shine on this is gorgeous in person (see second photo below).  The very center of the main snowflake has a cluster of juniper berries from PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber - Juniper Edition.  I stamped it on a scrap piece of cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with alcohol markers and fussy-cut.  It passes easily for a different kind of berry; it's a versatile stamp set!

Have a wonderful week! ~ Colleen

Supplies used from Topflight Stamps:

Visible Image - Let It Snow

PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber - Juniper Edition

WOW! Embossing Powder - Weathered Gold

WOW! Embossing Ink - Clear

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Happy Independence Day!

Hello, Lisa Hoel here. This week at Topflight Stamps our theme is "Stars". It's certainly the perfect opportunity to create a festive themed card for the 4th of July!

The background was created with Lindy's Stamp Gang sprays and Magical Shakers plus some Lavinia Dinkles powder. They all combined with inky goodness! Over that I applies texture paste through the Stars & Rays stencil and then sprinkled on WOW! Caramel Vanilla embossing powder. When the paste was dry, I heat embossed the powder.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps store for a wide selection of different and hard to find stamps, stencils and other paper crafting supplies from all around the world! Also keep an eye here on the Topflight Stamps blog. There is new inspiration posted often!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

AALL & Create stencil - Stars & Rays

Visible Image stamp set - Birthday Wishes

Visible Image stamp set - Rock Out

Visible Image stamp set - Birthday Balloons

WOW! embossing powder - Caramel Vanilla

Lindy's Starburst Sprays - Autumn Leaves (Autumn Maple Crimson)

Lindy's Magical Shaker Set - Under the Sea #2 (Yellow Tang Yellow)

Lavinia Dinkles - Chilli Jam

Mixed Media - Lavender Plumed Bird

Hello!  We're focusing on Mixed Media creations this week at Topflight Stamps.  I made a card using paints, ink and embossing powder.  On a piece of white cardstock, I painted an ombre effect with two PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paints:  Blah Mange and Sugar Plum.  When it was dry, I stamped the Creative Expressions Vintage Plume stamp with Versafine Clair Nocturne (black) ink.  While the ink was wet, I sprinkled on WOW! embossing powder in Platinum and hit it with a heat tool.  The effect is so cool!  Hopefully you can see it in the second card photo below.  On a separate piece of scrap cardstock, I stamped the Woodware Viola stamp with the same Nocturne ink.  Using a circle punch, I punched out two postmarks that were part of the Viola image, inked the edges, and attached to the card front.  A seam binding bow tied around the painted ombre panel was topped with one other piece of stamped ephemera I had on my desk.  Hope you have a terrific day! ~ Colleen

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

Creative Expressions - Vintage Plume

Woodware Viola

Wow Embossing Powder - Pure Platinum

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paint - Blah Mange

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Paint - Sugar Plum

Versafine Clair - Nocturne

Beautiful Blackthorn

Hello there!  This week at Topflight Stamps, it's Anything Goes.  I pulled out the PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Blackthorn Edition stamp set to play with.  I stamped the branch twice with WOW! Embossing Ink, then used WOW! Weathered Gold embossing powder and hit it with a heat tool.  It's such a beautiful shine, hard to capture in photos.  The same was done to a postmark from the Blackthorn stamp set.  To color the images, I used Lavinia Spun Candy, Green Parrot and Truffle dye inks and a small detail brush.  I added Hunkydory Classic Pearls along the flowers.

The background images are from the Blackthorn stamp set, stamped in Truffle ink here and there.  I added a sentiment from same set near the bottom of the card, stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink.  Final touch was a piece of crochet lace from my stash.  Hope you have a wonderful day! ~ Colleen

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber - Blackthorn Edition

WOW! Embossing Powder - Weathered Gold

Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles Precious Pearls

Lavinia Dye Ink - Green Parrot

Lavinia Dye Ink - Spun Candy

Lavinia Dye Ink - Truffle

WOW! Embossing Ink Pad

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

 

Christmas Holly

Hello!  We've got "Anything Goes" this week at Topflight Stamps, and I'm sharing a Christmas card to put away for later this year!  I started with a pretty marble-ish piece of paper from Craft Consortium Ink Drops Ocean Paper pad, because it reminds me of a frozen pond.  I splattered it with Lavinia Snow White Chalk Paint and set aside to dry.  With a Crealies Rectangle die, I cut a piece of white paper and stamped a sentiment from Creative Expressions "Tis The Season" stamp set with Versafine Clair Nocturne Black ink.  I dragged the edges of the rectangle with WOW! Clear Ultra Slow Drying embossing ink pad, then sprinkled on WOW! Pure Platinum embossing powder and hit it with a heat tool.  I also used some of the platinum embossing powder in random spots on the sentiment panel, and used the heat tool from underneath the paper so it wouldn't blow around.  On a scrap piece of cardstock, I stamped two holly clusters from Visible Image "Christmas Robin" with Memento Tuxedo ink.  Then I colored, fussy cut, and glued them to the sentiment panel.  Thanks for joining me, hope you have a terrific day! ~ Colleen

Supplies from Topflight Stamps:

Craft Consortium Ink Drops - Ocean Paper Pad

Creative Expressions Tis' The Season stamp set

Visible Image Christmas Robin stamp set

VersaFine Clair Nocturne Ink

Wow! Pure Platinum Embossing Powder

Crealies Double Stitch Rectangle Dies

Lavinia Acrylic Paint Chalk - Snow White

WOW! Clear Ultra Slow Drying Embossing Ink Pad

Tsukineko Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black

Chou & Flowers Stenciled Cards

Hello, Lisa Hoel here! This week at Topflight Stamps our brand focus is on Chou & Flowers. (Plus there is a sale for the Christmas/Winter category that is still running through the end of the month!) I created a card set using the Flowers stencil from them. I used both regular and crackle texture paste through the stencil, then sprinkled the wet paste with WOW! embossing powder from the Sara Naumann Twinkly Fizz set. When the paste was dry, I heat embossed it. I love the sparkle!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps store for a wide selection of different and hard to find stamps, stencils and other paper crafting supplies from all around the world! Also keep an eye here on the Topflight Stamps blog. There is new inspiration posted often!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Chou & Flowers Stencil - Flowers

WOW! Embossing Powder Trio - Sara Naumann Twinkly Fizz

Visible Image Stamp Set - Go To Words

Masterpiece Design Die Set - Tag It

Clair Ink Pad - Monarch

texture paste