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.
Showing posts with label creative expressions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creative expressions. Show all posts
Thursday, April 2, 2026
Mixed Media - Lavender Plumed Bird
Supplies From Topflight Stamps:
Wow Embossing Powder - Pure Platinum
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Monday, March 23, 2026
Birthday Blessings
Shabby chic style is one of my faves! I started with a deep plum cardstock base, and stamped it with Hero Arts "Newspaper Background" in a plum ink. The natural colored panel was stamped with some French-inspired images and words, from a generic set I got from Temu. The sentiment is from Verve "Blessings" stamp set. The 'au bon marche' label is from Creative Expressions "French Fabric Tags" stamp set, and there are some Chapter One Papers ephemera from their "Damask Rose" digital kit.
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God bless you!
Thursday, March 5, 2026
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:
Wow! Pure Platinum Embossing Powder
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Vintage Radish Seed Packet
Hello! This week at Topflight Stamps it's Anything Goes and I have got RADISHES for you!! This vintage vegetable set by PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 02 has beautiful illustrations of cabbage, radishes, pumpkin and red onion. There are two labels as well, which I used on my card. I use VersaFine Onyx Black Ink to stamp with because it is a deep black and gives great coverage, keeping the small details crisp. I stamped the radish on a piece of patterned paper from Creative Expressions Nature's Compendium, since it has an aged look already. On a separate piece of the same patterned paper, I stamped the two labels from the set, fussy-cut those, and added gold marker around the edges. Underneath the round label, I added a piece of netting and then an actual vintage button on top.
Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:
Creative Expressions Nature's Compendium
Thanks for taking a peek! Hope your day is beautiful!
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Mixed Media Butterflies
Hello! This week at Topflight Stamps we are focusing on Mixed Media. For my card, I lightly spritzed water on a piece of watercolor paper. Then on a silicone mat, I smushed some Lavinia Graphite Dye Ink and also spritzed it lightly with water. I placed the watercolor paper onto the ink and picked it up, dabbed it in a different place, lifted it, etc. Once dry, I laid the Lavinia Laurel stencil over it and added grit paste. When that dried, I used my fingertip to smooth on some gold paste. On some white cardstock, I stamped a butterfly twice from the AALL & Create Delicate Wings set, fussy cut and layered on to the base. It looked a little bare at that point, so I opened the Creative Expressions French Fabric Tags stamp set and stamped two little tags. After sponging both of them with a light brown ink, they were added as a layer in front of the butterflies. Finally, a few purple punched flowers dotted with Hunkydory Pearls topped it off.
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Thursday, April 17, 2025
Victorian Garden Work
Happy Thursday! I am here with you to share another garden-related card for Topflight Stamps "Anything Goes" week. I chose a gorgeous vintage inspired stamp set from Creative Expressions called Chateau Garden. Oh my. So many pretty stamps in one set, including some sentiments. On a pale gray card base, I used a couple of paper snippets from Creative Expressions Nature's Compendium paper pad. On one squarish piece that has text on it, I stamped the elaborate draping frame and then stamped the word "rose" in the center of it, using my favorite dark black ink from Versafine - Onyx Black. I also stamped the butterfly / flower cluster from the same set, and trimmed out just the butterfly. After a few light touches of marker, I added it to the frame and popped it up with dimensionals. The "No. 15" ephemera on the bottom left came from the Nature's Compendium paper pad too.
Thanks so much for joining me! Hope your day is blessed!
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Thursday, April 10, 2025
Springtime Bird Nest
Hi! This week at Topflight Stamps, we're creating with Spring or Mother's Day in mind. I happen to have both! The front of my card doesn't say "Mom", but can certainly be used for Mother's Day. With a page from the Creative Expressions Nature's Compendium paper pad, I created a base layer for my card. On another piece of paper from the same pad, I stamped Crafty Individuals Love Is All Around Bird Nest with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, then trimmed it out and mounted on the base panel. On vanilla and white cardstocks, I stamped an assortment of tiny things: blossoms and a tiny butterfly from Hobby Art Hydrangea, and little tickets and a "for you" circle from Crafty Individuals Vintage Tickets & Ephemera. Each piece was fussy cut, edges inked for a vintage look, and assembled in a cluster around a flower I had in my stash. The little butterfly was mounted on the "for you" circle. For the hydrangea blossoms, each one was topped with a Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles Gemstone (a silver ball).
Supplies Used From The Topflight Stamps Store:
Crafty Individuals - Love Is All Around - Bird Nest
Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you a beautiful spring and a blessed day!
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Lavender Birthday
Hello! It's Thursday, so it's my turn to share during our "Anything Goes" week at Topflight Stamps. I used a page from Creative Expressions Nature's Compendium paper pad as my inspiration for a lavender card. On a panel of lavender paper, I inked the edges and stamped some cute blackberries from the Lavinia Blackberry clear stamp. I stamped extra blackberry images on a scrap of white cardstock, and fussy cut them. Then, I die-cut a light plum rectangle using a Crealies Stitched Rectangle die, and mounted it on top of the lavender / blackberry background. On a white piece of cardstock, die-cut with a circle, I stamped a birthday sentiment from the very versatile Hobby Art Stamps Hydrangea stamp set. Also from the same set, I stamped little hydrangea blossoms and leaves, then fussy cut those. It was fun to create little clusters of blossoms, berries and leaves on two corners of the sentiment circle. Each blossom got a little dot of glitter glue, too.
Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:
Creative Expressions - Nature's Compendium Paper Pad
Thanks so much for joining me today!
Hope your day is beautiful.
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