Playing with Carabelle Cactus Stamps

Hello Topflight Stamp Fans, Karen Bearse here with an art journal/smash book type page. I love combining art journaling with a photo and a story.

This page is from "My Favorite Book", made from an old thrift shop bought book and filled with my favorite photos. A great way to get some of those pictures off my phone! 

I got to play with this Carabelle Studios Cactus set which is perfect for the photo above! A little Archival ink, some scrapbook paper, some markers & a pair of scissors & my cute cacti were ready to go. To see how I made this page you can check out my blog post here. Thanks so much for joining me today, see you next week!

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Embossed Bookmarks

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today.    It's Tuesday and it's my turn on the blog.  If you haven't checked out the Topflight store yet, you need to see the variety of stamps in the store.  They have some amazing stamps from all over the world.

Today I'm using Enchanted Tea Party stamps from Couture Creations to create bookmarks.  With school in session, why not create bookmarks to help your children enjoy the reading process.

I began by cutting cardstock strips 2" x 6" and embossing them with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  Then I matted each with blue cardstock.  To emphasize the embossing, I ran a blue ink pad across each one.

I stamped the phrases in black ink, then die cut each to fit the tags.  For extra strength, I matted each bookmark again with kraft cardstock.  I adhered the phrases to each bookmark.

I punched holes in each one and then added Whisker Graphics twine.

Thanks for stopping by and please pop by my blog for more crafty inspiration. 

See you next Tuesday.

Steph

Paperartsy/Jofy Blooms

Hi All, it's Clare with you on the Topflight Stamps blog today. I just love using Paperartsy Stamps, they are often at the top of my go to list!  The beautiful, crisp designs are simply stunning.

I used Jofy set#54 for this project.  Stamped onto some painted deli paper I applied it to my clean and simple card, with the exception for some splatters here and there.

The art work is just stunning on it's own so I just added a little doodling  and a few sequins for a subtle bling.

Sending love and best wishes to wherever you may be in the world. So many people are being affected by the extreme weather at the moment!  I hope this blog post reaches you safe and sound?

Crafty Hugs,

Clare

September Guest Designer - Jenny Colacicco

Welcome to the Topflight Stamps Blog!

Today we are excited to share another gorgeous Halloween project from our amazing guest designer Jenny Colacicco.  She has used the IndigoBlu stamp set called Hocus Pocus to create this fabulous Halloween card. Please check out her blog for details on how she created this Halloween Masterpiece. Thanks for joining us this month Jenny!!

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Have a Spooktacular Halloween altered tray

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my new Mixed Media/Altered project made for Topflight Stamps shop.

This is a Halloween weeks on Topflight blog and each day one of our designers is inspiring you with an early Halloween project.

As you know I am a big fan of anything altered and Mixed Media, so this is  my Mixed Media Halloween inspiration today: and altered chipboard printers tray  filled with all thing spooktacular stamped bottles and signs.

I used the most spooktacular stamps set from Crafty Individuals UK: Poison and Danger

So here are some close- ups to the stamped spots inside the tray.
Some images were stamped with clear embossing ink and heat embossed with black fine embossing powder and some smaller images were stamped with black permanent ink. Both ways were  perfect to color with water colors as I did.

 For the more interest I added a couple of 3d stickers as a title and to add some dimension .
I hope that you like my post today and inspired with the stamp and die I used.
And if you want to see some more of my work you are welcome to my own  blog.
See you next Friday with more Topflight Stamps inspiration.

Halloween Tag with Katzelkraft Stamps

Hello Stamping fans, Karen Bearse here today with a spooky Halloween Tag using Katzelkraft stamps. I love this holiday & tags are a great way to play & experiment with product. 

Here is the final result. I had fun playing with Distress Spray Stain, embossing powder, & paint pens. 

Here is the Halloween stamp set I got to play with, it really has some great detail & lots of potential for art journal pages, cards & project life cards. Plus hello gotta love that Batman looking bat!

 

I totally messed this tag up while I was making it but got a big save using Tim Holtz's new Stamp Platform. 

Oh no, look at my stamp fail where the washi tape resisted. To get the tutorial on this fun creepy project & how I saved my tag, using Tim Holtz's Stamp Platform, you can check out my blog here. Thanks for joining me here on Topflight Stamps & see you next week!!