Hello! This week at Topflight Stamps, we're focusing on a sweet brand called Chou & Flowers. I used Lemon Flower, which has a filigree frame and lemon flowers and leaves. I stamped the flowers with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, fussy cut and colored those, and set aside. I stamped the frame with embossing ink, sprinkled on WOW! Embossing Powder in Silver Smudge and used a heat tool to set it, and trimmed it. On my white cardstock background, I sprayed Lavinia Spring Moss, spritzed with a little water, and set aside to dry. Once dry, I used Darkroom Door Small Stencil "Crackle" and Studio Light Stencil Paste in Gold (Silver featured here) to create some shimmery interest along the bottom half of card. The Chou & Flowers frame and lemon flowers were glued on top, and little pearls from Hunkydory were added to the flower centers.
Thursday, May 14, 2026
Framed Lemon Flowers - Chou & Flowers
Thursday, April 2, 2026
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.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
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.
Supplies From Topflight Stamps:
PaperArtsy - Alison Bomber - Blackthorn Edition
WOW! Embossing Powder - Weathered Gold
Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles Precious Pearls
Lavinia Dye Ink - Green Parrot
Thanks for joining me! God bless you!