Topflight Stamps 9th Birthday Blog Hop

It's Topflight Stamps 9th birthday and to celebrate, I’ve teamed up with some great designers to showcase celebratory projects using the unique products available at Topflight Stamps. Please hop along with us and see all the inspiring talent from this group of amazing designers! There is a master list of Hop stops on the Topflight Stamps blog! We are also Hopping on Instagram! You can start at the Topflight Stamps account @topflightstamps .

Did we mention there will be prizes?

GIVEAWAY DETAILS

Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without prizes! Topflight Stamps is giving four lucky winners $50 Gift Certificates to the store. Two winners will be chosen from commenters on the blog hop and two will be chosen from commenters on the IG hop. For a chance to win, make sure to visit the stops on the hop and leave a comment by March 31st. Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on Thursday, April 2nd. U.S.A winners only due to shipping issues. Good Luck!

Topflight Stamps

Kathi Rerek

Dina Kowal

Esther Asbury

Annette Allen

Lisa Hoel

Connie Mercer

Gwen Lafleur

Colleen Dietrich - you are here!!

Ericka Strange

Autumn Clark

Alanna Moses

My birthday card features lots of dazzling shine.  I made an inky background on a piece of watercolor cardstock using Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadow Mist Gossamer Gold spray.  Love how it gives both a walnut color AND a shimmery gold too.  I stamped some hydrangeas and leaves from Hobby Art Stamps Hydrangea with VersaFine Onyx Black ink in random spots on the panel.  Then I stenciled some pretty glitter through the PaperArtsy PS323 Sara Naumann numbers/letters stamp in a few places.  On a scrap of white cardstock, I used the Crealies Double Stitched Rectangle and die cut a piece for my sentiment (from the Hydrangea stamp set too).  The rectangle was cut in half and edges were inked.  The final touch was a snippet of crochet lace.  

Supplies From Topflight Stamps:

Hobby Art Stamps - Hydrangea

PaperArtsy - PS323 - Sara Naumann

Spectrum Noir Glitter Paste

Lindy's Stamp Gang - Moon Shadow Mist - Gossamer Gold

Crealies Double Stitched Rectangle Dies

VersaFine Onyx Black ink

Thanks for joining us on our hop!!  Good luck!

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

Crafty Individuals - Vintage Tickets & Ephemera

Hobby Art - Hydrangea

Creative Expressions - Nature's Compendium Paper Pad

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Hunkydory Diamond Sparkles Gemstones (silver balls)

Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you a beautiful spring and a blessed day!

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:

Hobby Art Stamps - Hydrangea

Lavinia - Blackberry

Crealies - Stitched Rectangle Dies

Creative Expressions - Nature's Compendium Paper Pad

Thanks so much for joining me today!

Hope your day is beautiful.

Katzelkraft Cat

Hello!  It's Thursday, my day to share a Topflight Stamps Anything Goes creation with you!  I made a funny thank you card featuring a kitty with attitude (cattitude).  He is Ignace from Katzelkraft.  I love his expression! I stamped him twice: once on a mottled background, and once on a piece of white cardstock.  After fussy-cutting his body, and coloring it, I added him on top of the stamped image.  The sentiment is from Hobby Art Ltd 'Hydrangea' stamp set.  Along the bottom of the card, I added a strip of bricks from Craft Consortium Brick Textures paper pad.  A couple strips of ribbon topped it off.

There are 10 Fat Cats from Katzelkraft, if you want to take a peek at the cuties, each with their own personality. 

Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

Katzelkraft - The Fat Cats 9 - Ignace rubber stamp

Craft Consortium Brick Textures Paper Pad

Hobby Art Ltd. Hydrangea Clear Stamps

Thanks for joining me and have a blessed day!