Thursday, January 30, 2025

Floral Postcard

Hello friends! I'm bringing you some inspiration from Topflight Stamps! This week we are featuring creations that focus on the colors red and pink.

I made a card using two stamp sets from Crafty Individuals. If you've never seen the selection of Crafty Individuals stamps in the Topflight store, go take a peek. So many to choose from!

The sets I used are Crafty Individuals - Floral Postcard and Crafty Individuals - Vintage Tickets & Ephemera. I stamped the postcard and colored the bee and the floral bouquet. Then I inked the edges of the postcard to 'age' it. Before adding it to the card front, I stamped the bright pink card base with a "post card" image from the Vintage Tickets & Ephemera. This created a background with subtle interest.

Once the floral postcard was mounted to the card front, I lightly inked up a little postage stamp that says "HALF PENNY" along the bottom edge, from the Vintage Tickets & Ephemera set. I tucked it underneath the floral postcard, along with a scattering of red pearls. This makes a cute valentine, doesn't it? Something different, something unexpected.

Here are the supplies I used from Topflight Stamps:

Crafty Individuals - 302 - Floral Postcard

Crafty Individuals - 307 - Vintage Tickets & Ephemera

Thanks for joining me today!

Thursday, January 23, 2025

Joy and Peace

Hello, it's me again. I'm here to share a festive Christmas creation. 😊

This week at Topflight Stamps, we are focusing on AALL and Create dies. I used AALL and Create ATC Festive dies to create a pretty frame for the sentiments (they're included too!).

It might be hard in a photo to see the glamourous shimmer on this card, with the soft gold and silver glitter papers. In real life, they shine beautifully! I used the gold glitter paper for the fancy little flourish die, cutting out four of them to grace each corner of the black panel. I added shiny little silver balls on them, as well. They are from Hunkydory's Diamond Sparkle Gemstones. They have adhesive backings so they're easy to add to a paper project.