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!

Strawberry Tag with PaperArtsy

Hello all!  This week at Topflight Stamps we are focusing on the PaperArtsy brand.  It's a vast category, they have so many products in our store!  For my tag, I began with a couple of Fresco Chalk Paint in two colors:  Spring and Winter Green and paired them with PaperArtsy Alison Bomber PS487 and PS472 Large Stencils.  After the background was dry, I carefully glued down some petite strawberry plants, courtesy of PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Strawberry Edition stamp set.  They'd been stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink on scrap white cardstock, colored and fussy-cut.  I also stamped and cut out the words that come with that stamp set:  botanical, medicinal, floral and herbal, and added them on here individually.  There's a round label that comes with the set too, and I used that, plus a postage stamp image from the PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Rosehips Edition stamp set.  They decorate a piece of abaca ribbon I've had for decades.

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps:

PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Rosehips Edition stamp set

PaperArtsy Alison Bomber Strawberry Edition stamp set

PaperArtsy Alison Bomber PS487 Large Stencil

PaperArtsy Alison Bomber PS472 Large Stencil

PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Paint - Spring

PaperArtsy Fresco Chalk Paint - Winter Green

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad

Thanks for looking!

God bless you!

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!

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!