Christmas Ephemera for Junk Journals with PaperArtsy

Hi Topflight Stamps Fans, Karen Bearse here making ephemera with PaperArtsy infusions for this Mix Media Monday. I had so much fun playing & experimenting with these crystal gems. I encourage you to see what great backgrounds, paper for die cuts or journal cards you can come up with. The possibilities are limitless. I have a full tutorial on my blog here.

Here is some of the fun created with this play!

To start with you definitely need some Infusions. I used mainly Lemoncello, Emerald Isle, Black Current, Black Knight, Sunset Beach, Royal Blood, & A Bit Jaded.

All the stamps used were by PaperArtsy. This is ZA18.

Here is a fun Christmas set that is great for some background image as well as focal points. ESN40

When creating holiday projects remember you can use images & quotes from other sets. The Don't forget to fly is perfect for Christmas! ETS27.

Here is one of my finished tags, you can see the stamping in the background, the stamped images which were colored with watercolor paint & some extra ephemera. This tag is perfect for art journal, December Daily or your scrapbook page. I hope you get a chance to get inky today!

Snowflakes & Coffee

Happy Friday! I hope your week has been going well. Ericka here and I have one more coffee card for you as part of the Coffee Lovers 2019 Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop. To check out the Topflight Sponsor post click here.

For my card I used the IndigoBlu Snowflakes set, the Coffee Cup Washi from Alexandra Renke, and the Katzelkraft set Coffee & Tea To Go.

I love this washi tape and the watercolor look of the coffee cups.

To find out more about how I created my card, stop by my blog Strangely Creative. Have a wonderful day and I hope your weekend is filled with some creative plans!

Top Flight Stamps carries lots of fun Coffee themed stamps you can see them HERE.

Black Crow Stamped Tag

Hello Topflight Stamp fans – I'd like to introduce our November Guest Designer, Mary Szymanski! We are excited to see what she's going to cook up for us this month. Here is a little bit about her:

I am a wife and mom living in Southeastern Michigan. I’m a self taught Mixed Media Artist who loves to work with color and texture. I usually work small, on ATCs, small journal pages and canvases. I’ve been known to work on bigger canvases a time or two. I enjoy sharing my work and teaching budding artists how to make their own projects with fun textures and supplies. 

Now check out this cool mixed media tag she's created for her first project! Read on for her directions on how this came together:

Hi, crafty friends!  Mary Szymanski here on the Topflight Stamps Blog as the November Guest Designer showing you how I used some wonderful stamps you can get on Topflight Stamps to create this fun tag.

I started off by swiping a #8 manila tag through watered down distress inks in greens and blues.  I love the abstract look of that technique.  Kind of looks like the sky and trees to me. 

I then took the beautiful Carabelle Studio Indian Inspired #1 by Birgit Koopsen stamp (pictured below) and stamped it all around the tag with brown distress ink with and without water sprayed on the stamp.  The image is not whole or perfect and that's what I was going for.  It makes the tag a little grungy looking.

I also used the brown ink to edge the tag. 

I stamped the beautiful Lavinia Crow Drake Stamp (pictured below) in the bottom right corner.  I ripped brown and white chevron washi tape and made a "branch" for the crow to stand on. 

To add a few more focal points, I stamped the small flower from the PaperArtsy JOFY 64 set (pictured below) on white cardstock and colored them with light green, orange and yellow markers, cut them out and glued them down.  Then I drew in the stems and colored them in with a green paint pen.

I made some marks on the bottom of the tag with a green paint pen to make "grass".  For a final touch, I added a black and white quote sticker which says, "there is beauty in simplicity".

I tied some fancy string and seam binding through the hole and viola!

Here are some closeups of the finished tag:

I hope you are inspired by this project I created using Topflight Stamps and want to create a fun tag of your own!

Visit me on social media here to see more of my art:

MotleyMixedMedia on Facebook

Motley Mixed Media on Instagram

MotleyMixedMedia with Mary S on YouTube

Autumn Fairy

Ahh, Autumn.  My favorite time of year!  Today's card features Lavinia Autumn Fall Large but you could easily substitute Lavinia Tree Goddess Luna, Lavinia Raven, Lavinia Three Dancing Fairies and many more for this scene.

I started the card by sponging the card front with Distress Oxide Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, and Candied Apple. I then used the PaperArtsy JOFY PS147 Stencil to represent the floating path of leaves.

I spattered PaperArtsy Autumn Fire and Terracotta Fresco Chalk Paint onto the background. I did water it down a bit for easier spattering.

I stamped the Lavinia Fairy images and the PaperArtsy Alison Bomber 04 using Stazon Jet black and my MISTI.

I used Stazon as I wasn't sure if my go-to Versafine Onyx Black would smear on the paint spatters.

For the falling leaves I stamped a leaf from L'Encre et L'Image Falling in Love onto Studio Light Art by Marlene Collage Paper #3 using Versafine Onyx Black.

You know I love that paper--lots of oomph without the mess!

If you'd like to check out my other creations, you can visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, my Instagram, or my Pinterest Board.

You Hold the Power...

Hello everyone!  Betsy on the blog today sharing with you this encouraging card using

AALL & CREATE - Curiosities   stamp set

This is such an interesting stamp set and very different.  I love the ideas that were popping into my head just looking at it!

I started by stamping the hand on Neenah card stock and coloring it with Copics.  I used a 

Copic-friendly black ink and when I colored, I extended the arm as I knew I wanted it to 

come from the side of the card.

Note when I fussy cut out the hand I cut off the string and heart.  I trimmed my background paper to

4" x 5 1/4".  I then stamped the sentiment and I also stamped just the string with the heart...lining up the string with the point of the star.  After I colored the hand I took a black Copic-friendly marker and extended the outline of the arm.

Next I added Stickles to the heart and I dotted the background with it using a toothpick.  I then adhered the hand using foam tape making sure the string that was visible on the finger lined up with the string on the base of the card.

I adhered a piece of specialty card stock to my A2 size white top folding card base.  Then as a final bit of bling I used a sparkle pen there and there...and that finished my card!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

aall-create-clear-stamp-set-209-a6-curiosities

Other Products Used:

Black Hybrid Ink

Copic Markers

Background papers

Stickles

Shimmer Pen

Foam tape

For a more detailed tutorial please check out my blog:

/https://caringheartcards.blogspot.com/

Thank you stopping by!

Betsy

Pocket Notebook with Tracy Evans & Eileen Hull

Hello Topflight Fans, Karen Bearse here with a fabulous project inspired by a wonderful stamp designer Tracy Evans for AALL & Create. Let's make a Pocket Notebook using a die cut by Eileen Hull with Sizzix!! I have a full tutorial on my blog.

I started this project for Mix Media Monday using 2 main stamp sets, both designed by Tracy Evans.

Feathered Bloom 

Hearts

 There is lots of crackle paste, paint, texture & I even pull out my sewing machine.

Paint was added using the wonderful range of Fresco Finish by PaperArtsy.  I used Mermaid, Amethyst & Blueberry but the color possibilities are endless.

I hope you stop by to check out how I started with white mat board & ended up with the cover of a book! I will also have a part 2 next month where I turn my cover into a book. Have a wonderful inky day!

2019 Fall | Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

Hello coffee lovers! Topflight Stamps is so excited to be one of the 2019 Fall/Winter Coffee Lover's Blog Hop Super Sponsor. We look forward to this hop every time. We are offering a $25 gift card to one lucky person. All winners will be announced on the Coffee Lover's Blog.

Today we have Ericka Strange to showcase this festive coffee cup from the Katzelkraft set Coffee & Tea To Go.

Top Flight Stamps carries lots of fun Coffee themed stamps you can see them HERE.

Ericka also used this fun Rota Vitae stencil from AALL & Create to create coffee rings on her grungy background along with some Emerald Creek Embossing powder.

For more information on how she created her coffee card, stop by her blog Strangely Creative.

Make sure to hop along with us and all of the great sponsors.  Link up your coffee themed card on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. There are so many great prizes from a bunch of generous sponsors.

The hop is from Friday, November 1 - Friday, November 8, 2019.

Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy the hop and good luck!