Nesting Robins

Hello!  You've got Colleen here for an Anything Goes week at Topflight Stamps!  Considering we're in springtime, I have birds and nests on my mind.  I needed a New Home card for someone special, so I pulled out Visible Image "Christmas Robin" stamps as well as PaperArtsy Alison Bomber "House & Home" stamp set.  On a scrap of cardstock, I used Versafine Clair ink in Fallen Leaves to stamp the birds (mom and baby), then fussy-cut them out.  I had some punched leaves from my stash to snuggle around them to create a nest vibe.  I used Versafine Onyx Black ink to stamp the sentiment and add it toward the top of the card.  It's a quote from Laura Ingalls Wilder: "Home is the nicest word there is."  I also added some pearls as "eggs" in the nest.  These are from Hunkydory.  One of my fave accents!  

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

Visible Image Christmas Robin

PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber - House & Home Edition

Versafine Clair - Fallen Leaves

Versafine Onyx Black

Hunkydory Pearls

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Feline Better

Hello everyone!  This week we've got Anything Goes at Topflight Stamps!  I had such fun with these cute kitties from Visible Image "That Lovin' Feline".  I used a paper piecing technique with Craft Consortium Leather Bound pages, stamping each kitty with Versafine Onyx Black ink and then fussy-cutting them out and setting them aside.  On the background of the card base, I used Lavinia's Mysticals Mist in Spring Moss.  Once I spritzed the card, I used spritzes of water to help the color move around.  SO COOL.  There is a copper metallic element in this color, and it moved toward the edges of my card.  (click on each image for a larger look at what I mean)

When the card base was dry, I arranged the kitties, along with their mousie toy and a bird friend, along a "carpet" made with a piece of fabric I had on hand.  It was actually the selvage edge of the fabric, and frayed quite beautifully!  The small hearts and sentiment are also from the same Feline set. 

Supplies from Topflight Stamps:

Lavinia Mysticals Mist Spray - Spring Moss

Visible Image - That Lovin' Feline

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Thanks so much for your visit today!

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.  

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

Starry Birthday

Hello!  This week at Topflight Stamps, we are sharing our star-themed creations. I've got a starry birthday card to show, which positively GLITTERS in person, thanks to Spectrum Noir Glitter Paste in Candlelight Gold and the Darkroom Door Starry Night Small Stencil.  The glitter paste is a dream to spread over a stencil, goes on easily and give such a 'wow' factor.  The background panel is navy, which is a good contrast for the gold stars.  The white panel was made with with a Crealies Stitched Rectangle, on which a sentiment from Visible Image Go To Words was stamped.  I finished it up with some gold star ribbon trim from my stash, and a few red stars.

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

Crealies Stitched Rectangle Dies

Darkroom Door Starry Night Small Stencil

Spectrum Noir Glitter Paste Candlelight Gold

Visible Image Go To Words

Have a blessed day!

The Holly & The Ivy

Hello!  This week at Topflight Stamps, we are focusing on Anything Goes!  I have a Christmas card to share, to add to my stash.  Using Crealies Stitched Rectangle dies, I created a frame for the PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber - Mini 96 stamp.  As I stamped the Mini 96 with VersaFine Onyx Black ink, I had the old Christmas carol "The Holly and The Ivy" playing in my head (Bing Crosby in particular).  So lovely! 

After mounting the song lyrics on the red frame, I stamped some holly leaves and berries from Visible Image Christmas Robin on a scrap of white cardstock. I colored them and fussy cut them, and added to one corner of the lyrics, along with some die cut greenery from my stash.

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber - Mini 96

Visible Image - Christmas Robin

Crealies Stitched Rectangle Dies

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Reindeer Head Birthday

Hello!  It's Colleen with you again during the Topflight Stamps Celebration Week!  I've got a masculine birthday card to share.

I started with this realistic brick background paper from Craft Consortium Brick Textures pad, and pulled colors from it for the rest of the card.  This paper pad has a lot of different brick textures, in all kinds of colors, so versatile.  This cute Dixi Craft Reindeer Head die became the focal point of the card.  I die cut multiples and stacked several on top of one another, to give dimension.  The sentiment is from Visible Image Go To Words, a staple in my stamp stash.  After stamping it, I fussy-cut and lightly inked the edges with light brown.  The final touch was some burlap ribbon trim I had on hand.

Supplies Used From the Topflight Stamps Store:

Dixi Craft Reindeer Head Die

Visible Image Go To Words Stamp Set

Craft Consortium Brick Textures Paper Pad

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Have a blessed day!

Noel Robin

Hi all!  Today I am sharing a Christmas card using a few stamp sets from Topflight Stamps. One of my fave sets is Visible Image - Christmas Robin.  It has images of birds, holly leaves and berries, a branch and sentiments.  Very versatile!  For my card, I started with a manila tag from the office supply store and stamped the large robin with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  Overtop the robin I stamped Darkroom Door Sheet Music to cover most of the tag, with Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves ink.  I went back to the Visible Image Robin set and stamped on a separate piece of cardstock the holly leaves and berries, colored and fussy-cut them.  They were added to the bottom corner near the bird's feet.  At the top of the tag, I tied a twine bow and then added a teensy little tag, which was stamped with "noel".  This is from AALL & Create - Define Christmas stamp set.  I inked up just that one word to add to the cute little tag.  That is one way to stretch your stamps - ink up just a portion of a sentiment.

Supplies from the Topflight Stamps Store:

Visible Image - Christmas Robin

Darkroom Door - Sheet Music

AALL & Create - Define Christmas

Versafine Clair - Fallen Leaves

Versafine Onyx Black

Thanks for taking a peek today!  

Have a blessed day!