For the Love of Stamps | Simple Background Stamping

Hi everyone!  It's Jenny here and I have a fun card for you today which uses simple stamping to create a fun and monochromatic background with a tiny pop of dimension. 

My card was created using the For the Love of Stamps Tattoo Art stamp set. You can  do tonnes of funky designs with this using masking, but for this card I kept it simple.

I took a panel of white cardstock and stamped the large heart at random over the entire panel in red dye ink. I then stamped the largest star in black ink, filling in some of the gaps.   I used smaller and smaller images from the set, choosing different shades of grey and red until there was no space let on the panel.

I stamped the banner in black on a separate piece of cardstock and then used the Love You sentiment from the set to fill it in. I love how the tiny sentiments fit inside this banner!  I trimmed it out and then popped it up on foam tape at an angle over one of the hearts (I purposely didn't put it onto the centre of the card). 

I mounted the panel on a white card base and then for a little sparkle, I used Nuvo Glitter Drops in clear and red to fill in some of the small hearts at random.   It was fun to play with this set and it is SO versatile - masculine and feminine cards and so many possibilities!

Jenny

Dream Your Life in Color - Carabelle Studio

Hi Everyone, 

Welcome to the Topflight Stamps blog, it's Jenny here.  Today I'm bringing you a floral no-line watercolor technique  card created with Carabelle Studio's The Exotiks stamp.   I love the no-line technique (stamping in a light colour and then going over the line with your media so that the line can no longer be seen) as it makes it look like I drew the image myself (and I can't draw for toffee!!)

To create my card, I multi-stamped the main image three times on a panel of cold press watercolor paper using my MISTI and Antique Linen Distress Ink which is great for no line coloring. 

I love this set and it's so fun to colour so I had to break it out again!  It comes with some nice sentiments too!

I watercolored the image using Daniel Smith watercolors.  The leaves were coloured using Sap Green (and Burnt Sienna for the veins), the flowers in Quinacridone Violet and the background in Payne's Blue Grey.  I also added some black ink spatters. 

I trimmed down the image to fit on an A2 size card and adhered it to a card base using double sided tape.  For the sentiment, I stamped on a scrap of grey cardstock in Versafine Onyx black, die cut it out with a stitched rectangle and popped it up on foam tape.

As a finishing touch, I added clear Nuvo Drops scattered around the florals and golden glitter drops to the centres of the florals for some subtle shimmer. 

Hope you liked it!!

Jenny 

Clean and Simple Sentiments with Indigo Blu

Hi Everyone and welcome to the Topflight Stamps blog.  Jenny here with a new card to share using the gorgeous sentiment set from Indigo Blu 'Dreams Come True'.  The fonts in this set are so pretty, I just had to heat emboss them.

Check it out, isnt' it gorgeous?  The stamps are red rubber really big, perfect for taking centre stage.

To create the card, I masked off a heart using some masking paper on some Bristol Smooth cardstock. I then ink blended Distress Oxide in Peacock feathers in the centre and Worn Lipstick towards the edges, overlapping to create a third purplish colour. I flicked on some water with a paintbrush.

I removed the mask and applied a powder tool over the top after the ink was dry.  I then heat embossed the sentiment with Versamark and WOW! embossing powder in Cloud 9. For a finishing touch I added some silvery glitter Nuvo drops.  I adhered the card to a white card base and called it done!

Thanks for joining me today - I hope you enjoyed this clean and simple card!  Let me know if you have any questions, or for more details, check out my blog at jccards.com.

Jenny x