Postal Collage

Hello all!  We've got an "Anything Goes" week at Topflight Stamps.  I had fun making a collage card with various elements from PaperArtsy stamps:  Alison Bomber Rosehips Edition; Alison Bomber Violets Edition; Alison Bomber Blackthorn Edition; Alison Bomber Apple Blossom Edition and Scrapcosy 41.  Each of these sets has a little postage stamp / postmark / small label, and I stamped each one on scrap paper and colored in with alcohol markers, then fussy cut.  I set these aside to create my background.  On watercolor paper cut to fit my card, I sprayed Lindy's Stamp Gang Buccaneer Bay Blue in a random way, then spritzed water to help the color move around.  While that was drying, I tore a piece of kraft paper from a shopping bag into a smaller rectangle.  I spritzed it with Lindy's Stamp Gang Gossamer Gold, and followed up with some sprays of water to move the color.  Once that was dry, I assembled all of the little elements in the center of the kraft rectangle, and added some scraps of burlap in two corners.

The Lavinia Uplifting Collection Stickers have their spot(s) on here too.  I used the white ones from the sticker set (they come in black and a neutral tone, too) and grunged them up with distress ink.

Supplies used from Topflight Stamps:

PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Rosehips Edition

PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Violets Edition

PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Blackthorn Edition

PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Apple Blossom Edition

PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 41

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Buccaneer Bay Blue

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Gossamer Gold

Lavinia - Uplifting Collection Stickers

Thanks for popping in!  Hope your day is blessed!

Framed Lemon Flowers - Chou & Flowers

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.

Supplies used from Topflight Stamps:

Chou & Flowers Lemon Flower stamp set

Darkroom Door Small Stencil Crackle

Lavinia Spring Moss spray

Hunkydory Pearls

WOW! Embossing Powder - Silver Smudge

Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Thank you SO much for coming by!  I hope you have a beautiful day!

Chou & Flowers Postcard

Hello all!  We've got an Anything Goes week at Topflight Stamps!  I was inspired by the vintage vibes of a few Chou & Flowers stamp sets:  Brittany Text, Envelopes and Postmark Background.  I stamped the Envelopes, Brittany Text and Postmark Background in Versafine Clair Nocturne on patterned papers, then fussy cut them all and arranged with some ephemera in my stash.  These were layered on a piece of vintage lace trim.  The final touches:  Hunkydory Pearls!  

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

Chou & Flowers Envelopes

Chou & Flowers Postmark Background

Chou & Flowers Brittany Text

Hunkydory Pearls

Versafine Clair Nocturne

Trust in the LORD, and do good; Dwell in the land, and feed on His faithfulness.

- Psalm 37:3 NKJV

I hope you have a wonderful day!

Botanical Postage

It's been such an honor to be a guest designer for the month of April with Creative Worship Stamps!  Thank you to Korin for having me, and to Esther for patiently answering all of my questions.  😊

For my last creation this month, I pulled together quite a few stamps and dies to create a flora-and-fauna postage-themed Scripture card.  A verse stamp from Fear Not fit perfectly in one of the largest rectangles, and I paired it with sprigs of greenery from Beautiful Branches, stamped in a few areas.  The postmark wavy edges and tiny American flag are from Going Postal, as is the "par avion" sentiment.  I had stamped that one on white cardstock and grunged it up with Distress Ink, then layered it onto a piece of deconstructed cardboard box.  One of the pretty birds from More Than Sparrows was stamped on white cardstock, colored with alcohol markers and trimmed, then glued her body onto the postage background.  I stamped her first on the actual postage, so the feet would show and I wouldn't have to fussy cut those.  A tiny butterfly from Vintage Nature Elements was stamped and I used the matching die, and placed foam tape beneath to give dimension.  It was the perfect size for that right top corner!

Thanks for joining me all month at CWS.  It's been fun to use their beautiful products!  

More Than Sparrows stamp set

Postage Stamp Cover Plate die

Beautiful Branches stamp set

Fear Not stamp set

Going Postal stamp set

Vintage Nature Elements die set

Vintage Nature Elements stamp set

Isaiah 41:10 - Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Thanks for coming by!

Hope you have a beautiful day!

More Than Sparrows

Hello friends!  It's been a pleasure being guest designer at Creative Worship Stamps for the month of April, and my time with them is almost up!  I've got a card to share with you today and then one more this week.  

For this sweet bird focal point, I stamped a Song Bird and used the matching die, then colored him with alcohol markers.  On the card base, I laid down a mat of brick paper from Craft Consortium Brick Textures paper pad as a backdrop.  Between the bird and brick, a little "softening" was needed, so I used a vellum die-cut flower I had on hand.  The sentiment is from More Than Sparrows, and it's surrounded by more softness in the form of vintage lace I inherited from my great aunt.

Supplies Used From Creative Worship Stamps:

Song Birds die set

Song Birds stamp set

More Than Sparrows stamp set

Craft Consortium Brick Textures

Matthew 10:29

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.

Thanks for coming by!

Hope your day is filled with blessings from above!

Field Notes

As a guest designer for the month of April at Creative Worship Stamps, I've had so much fun playing with the beautiful stamps, dies, and stencils found in their store.  This card I'm sharing today is one of my faves, if I may say so.  I love the crisp black and white of the botanical images against a shimmery aged postage background.

On the Postage Stamp Cover Plate, I first inked up the entire thing with a light colored Distress Ink.  Then I sprayed it with Distress Mica Stain Spray in Unravelled, to give it a beautiful glimmer.  This was matted with black cardstock before going onto the white card base.  Images from Vintage Nature Elements and Going Postal stamped on white cardstock, die-cut or fussy-cut, were added here and there amidst the panel.  I stamped a postmark from Going Postal on the bottom portion, and a script stamp from that same set along the right portions under the mushroom.

Supplies From Creative Worship Stamps:

Postage Stamp Cover Plate Die Set

Vintage Nature Elements dies

Vintage Nature Elements

Going Postal

Ephesians 6:14 NIV

Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place,

Thanks for your visit today!

God bless you!