Lovebirds

  Happy Monday everyone! I'm over at the Topflight Stamps blog today sharing this sweet little birdie card. This card features a darling mini stamp from JOFY. I love adding mini stamps to my stash because they're affordable, versatile, and always super cute!

I really enjoyed coloring a variety of birds in funky colors, and I picked my two favorite for the card. The stamp is JOFY Mini Stamp #20 and I colored the birds with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. When you receive the stamp, it is all connected as one piece. I cut the images apart so I could use them more freely... I promise no stamps were harmed in the making of this card!

The background was created by first making my own circle mask using a large circle die. I placed the circle mask on top of my card panel, then place the AALL + Create Hung Up on Hearts stencil on top. I blended over the stencil using Prism Inks in Canary Yellow and Camelia Pink. I was sure to overlap some of the ink to mix a subtle orange color in the center. I then removed the AALL + Create stencil and lightly blended the edge of the circle with Prism Ink Arctic Mist to make the shape more defined. Finally, I stamped the sentiment multiple times using Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Thanks for stopping in! I hope you have a very creative week ahead!

3 Valentine Cards with Lawn Fawn

As the month of January wraps up, the cardmaking world is looking ahead to Valentine's Day cards. If you follow me on Instagram, you've already seen these! Today I'm sharing three sweet cards for the big day, all featuring stamps from Lawn Fawn. I was also inspired to make these cards for the Lawnfawnatics "Lots of Heart" challenge.

You'll notice that all of my cards today also feature those mini stamps that Lawn Fawn sells for just a few bucks. These stamps usually have a fun punny phrase to match with a sweet little critter. My first card uses "Stinkin' Cute" combined with little flowers and grass from the Butterfly Kisses set. The background was created with a Simon Says Stamp Falling Hearts stencil with gold paint. All of the images were colored with Copic Markers and cut with my Brother Scan n Cut machine.

Llama tell you... I like you! I enjoyed creating this card with the different cardstock layers matching the sweet llama. The used the Lawn Fawn stamp "Llama Tell You" paired with cactus from the "Stuck on You" stamps. The cardstock is die cut with the Nordic Frames die from The Greetery. The background is created with the Heffy Doodle Confetti Hearts stencil and gold paint. These images were also cut using my Brother Scan n Cut machine.

You're my stud puffin! My last card uses Lawn Fawn's Stud Puffin set paired with Christmas Fishes for the rocks. All images were colored with Copic Markers and cut in my Brother Scan n Cut machine. For the background I used the Falling Hearts stencil with Deco Foil transfer gel duo. I let the gel dry overnight, then ran it through my Big Shot with gold foil from Gina K.

Thanks for stopping by! Get going on those Valentine's Day cards!

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Sunny Days Ahead

 I know many of you are shivering under sheets of ice and blankets of snow these days. I thought I'd bring out some sunny California cheers for those who are feeling like the warm weather may never come back!

This card features stamps, dies, and stencils from The Greetery "Destination" series, mostly from the "Destination: Summer" set. I love all of the small images that can easily be combined in any way you wish. I was going for a Southern California vibe with this card!

I inked the stencil using Distress Inks in Spun Sugar, Lemonade, and Tumbled Glass. The images are stamped with a variety of colored inks, but I mainly used Hero Arts Shadow Inks as those give me the best coverage on my stamps.

Sunny days are on the way! (I promise!)

This next card has more desert vibes. Think: Palm Springs meets Lake vibes. 

I hope you enjoyed a little but of sunshine!

***SUPPLIES USED***

The Greetery Destination stamps, dies, and stencils

Hero Arts Shadow Inks

Distress Ink: Tumbled Glass, Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar, Tea Dye, Shabby Shutters

MISTI stamping tool

Sizzix Big Shot die cutting machine

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White: 80lb and 110lb

You Make me a Happy Camper

 Hello and happy Monday. I'm over at the Topflight Stamps blog sharing this outdoorsy card. I have a card today that brings back great memories! As a child my family took many trips to the beautiful national parks in our country. We would always camp, never stay at a hotel. So stamp sets like "Happy Camper" from Jane's Doodles always speak to my inner child.

To create this card I first stamped the little stars on my cardstock panel and heat embossed them in Wow! Coconut embossing powder. Then I inked the sky to look like a dark night in the wilderness using Distress inks in Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord, and Tumbled Glass. I used a Lawn Fawn die for the grass and colored with Distress Inks Shabby Shutters and Crushed Olive.

 The images were all colored with Copic markers and fussy cut with my detail scissors. I popped the camper up with foam adhesive to help it stand out. Lastly, the darling sentiment and arrows were stamped to the bottom of the card.

Thanks for stopping in! Happy camping!

***SUPPLIES***

Jane's Doodle Happy Camper

Copic Markers

Distress Ink: Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord, Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters, Crushed Olive

Lawn Fawn Hillside Border Die

Wow! Coconut embossing powder

Check my Amazon Store for all The Basics used on this card:

Memento black ink, Neenah Solar White cardstock, EK Success scissors, tombow mono multi glue, versafine black ink, foam adhesive, die cut machine

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Happy Mail Card

 Do you send happy mail? I have so many cards sitting in a well-organized box but have such a hard time actually putting them in the mail! This sweet card is the perfect piece of happy mail to send for any occasion...

The Happy Mail Critters set from Time for Tea Designs is perfect for creating simple cards for friends. I colored the darling images with Copic markers and stamped the sentiment with Prism Ink in French Navy. The animals in this set are so cute and the additional images make creating scenes super easy. This little raccoon seems so delighted to receive some letters from his birdie friend!

Supplies Used:

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Time for Tea Designs - Happy Mail Critters

Copic markers

Prism Ink - French Navy

Visit my Amazon Store to find all The Basics used on this card: Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Cutter Bee scissors, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Scotch Foam Tape, Fiskars Paper Trimmer, Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutter

Flower ATC Trio + Video

  Hello everyone and happy weekend! I'm over on the Topflight Stamps blog today to share some colorful ATCs I created featuring beautiful stamps from Ha-Pi Little Fox. I also have a quick video showing you how they all came together.

I created all three ATCs at the same using almost all the same products. This makes the creations very quick to make with beautiful results! I started by painting each ATC with some Paper Artsy Fresco paints. The colors I used are Amethyst, White Fire, Bougainvillea, Caribbean Sea, and Limelight.

I then used the Honeycomb stencil by Darkroom Door with black paint to add a bold contrast to the fun bright colors. I added some small dots with the Paper Artsy paint around the stencil. Then I stamped the beautiful Ha-Pi Little Fox "Secret Garden" flower stamps on each ATC using Versafine Onyx Black ink.

I also stamped each image again onto white cardstock and fussy cut the images. I only added the cut image using a Tiny Attacher stapler, so it appeared to have more dimension and pop up a little.

Finally, I added a small encouraging sentiment sticker to each ATC and did some paint splatter on top.

Thanks for joining me! Please enjoy the quick process video here!

SUPPLIES USED

Ha Pi Little Fox “Secret Garden” - https://topflightstamps.com/products/ha-pi-little-fox-clear-stamp-set-a6-secret-garden

Darkroom Door “Honeycomb” - https://topflightstamps.com/products/darkroom-door-stencil-honeycomb

Paper Artsy paint “Amethyst” - https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-fresco-chalk-paint-amethyst

Paper Artsy paint “White Fire” - https://shrsl.com/3cdbn

Paper Arst paint “Limelight” - no longer available

Paper Artsy paint “Bougainvillea” - https://topflightstamps.com/products/paperartsy-fresco-chalk-paint-bougainvillea

Paper Artsy paint “Caribbean Sea” - https://shrsl.com/3cdbr

Golden paint “Carbon Black” - https://amzn.to/33dPlg0

Hunkydory Mixed Media Mat - https://www.hunkydorycrafts.co.uk/pct49-premier-craft-tools-mixed-media-mat.html

Strathmore mixed media paper - https://amzn.to/3fq4vkv

Windsor Newton paint brushes - https://amzn.to/3tvJqNU 

Versafine ink “Onyx Black” - https://topflightstamps.com/products/tsukineko-versfine-pigment-ink-pad-onyx-black

Ranger Heat Tool - https://shrsl.com/3cdbw

Cutter Bee Scissors - https://shrsl.com/3cdc3

Tiny Attacher stapler - https://shrsl.com/3cdby

Dina Wakley gloss spray “Cheddar” - https://shrsl.com/3cdc1

To My Prince Charming mixed media tag + Video

 Are you ready to meet your prince charming? :) Today I'm sharing a mixed media Valentine's Day tag using products from Topflight Stamps. I also have a bonus companion card to share AND a process video.

The frog is from a fun stamp set by Hobby Art Ltd. called "Limited Edition". I colored him with Neocolor II Crayons on Strathmore watercolor paper. The background was created with the Heffy Doodle Confetti Hearts stencil that I used with Structure Paste and Wow! Embossing Glitter. 

Check out the video here!

I fell in love with this frog so much that I also created a card to go along with the tag.

I used very similar products on the card as I did with the tag. The card uses a few extra accessory stamps from the same "Limited Edition" stamp set, like accenting the edges with the stamped arrows. For the card, the frog is colored with Copic markers. 

Thanks for joining me today! Have you started your Valentine's Day cards yet?

SUPPLIES FOR TAG:

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Hobby Art Limited Edition

Heffy Doodle Confetti Hearts Stencil

Structure Paste

Wow! Embossing Glitter Amalfi

Prism Rainforest Green ink

Tag

Liquitex Gesso

Strathmore watercolor paper

Versafine black ink

Cutter Bee detail scissors

Water brushes

Caran d’ache Neocolor II Crayons

Ideaology Gumdrops

Scotch Foam Tape

Liquitex Gloss Gel

Palette Knife

Tombow Mono Multi Glue

MISTI

SUPPLIES FOR CARD:

Hobby Art Limited Edition

Heffy Doodle Confetti Hearts Stencil

Wow! Embossing Glitter Amalfi

Prism Ink Mauve Moment

Prism Ink French Navy

Versamark Embossing Ink

Copic Markers

Taylored Expression Blending Brush

Check my Amazon store for The Basics that were used on this card: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Neenah Solar White cardstock, Tombow Mono Multi Glue, Cutter Bee detail scissors, Scotch Foam Tape, Heat Tool, MISTI

Magical Birthday

 Sometimes a card just makes me so unbelievably happy that I decide it actually deserves a blog post (!!!) rather than just an instagram post. Bonus points because this happens to be for my husband who is celebrating his 35th birthday soon! This little dragon with his birthday accessories is really putting a smile on my face...

I started by creating a circle mask to use with the Simon Says Stamp Clouds for Days stencil. The clouds are shaded with a Taylored Expressions blender brush and Distress Ink Tumbled Glass. The dragon and balloons are colored with Copic markers and fussy cut with my favorite Cutter Bee detail scissors. The dragon is from the mini Lawn Fawn set "Winter Dragon" and the birthday accessories are from one of my first ever Lawn Fawn sets "Party Animal".

Copics used:

Dragon: BG11, BG34, BG23, BG49, BG09, YG05, YG07

Balloons and Accessories: Y06, Y08, Y19

To create the sentiment I actually combined words from 3 different Lawn Fawn sets! I love that they are so easy to mix and match for a seamless creation. I used "Year Seven", "Butterfly Kisses" and "Winter Dragon" to put the sentiment together. Have a MAGICAL birthday!

I'm entering this card into the Lawnfawnatics Let's Celebrate challenge.

Supplies Used:

Lawn Fawn stamps: Winter Dragon, Party Animal, Year Seven, Butterfly Kisses

Stencil: Simon Says Stamp Clouds for Days

Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Mustard Seed

Copics: various colors (see above)

Liquid Pearls Peacock

Stickles Gold

Waffle Flower A2 Lacy Layers Die

Spellbinders nesting circle die

Visit my Amazon store for all of The Basics that I used on this card:

Neenah cardstock, Tombow mono multi glue, Sizzix Big Shot, Cutter Bee scissors, MISTI, Scotch Foam Tape, scorboard, Fiskars Rotary Paper Trimmer, Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Topflight Stamps Newest Design Team Member

 Happy New Year! I'm excited to share that I have joined the Topflight Stamps design team for 2022! I have two new cards to share with some cute and new-to-me stamp sets from Time for Tea Designs.

I have quickly fallen in love with the adorable images from Time for Tea Designs and the sets are so easy to mix and match with one another. I used the Time for Tea stamp sets "Car Critters" and "Grateful for You Background" to put together this scene. This little llama looks so smitten to be driving around the glittered Andes mountains with his winter scarf!

The images were colored with Copic markers and then fussy cut with my favorite Cutter Bee detail scissors. The llama is popped up on Scotch foam tape to make sure he's the star of the card. The "Hey!" sentiment is stamped with Prism Ink in Blackcurrant Jam and I inked the banner border with Arctic Mist.

I had so much fun playing with the images in the Car Critters stamp set that I threw together another bonus card...

This darling little panda is clearly living her best life in her hot pink convertible. She's going on a shopping spree for sure :) I lightly inked the scene with Prism Ink "Rainforest Green" for the grass and Prism Ink "Arctic Mist" for the sky. I used Prism Ink "Slate Grey" for the sweet sentiment, which is perfect for a graduation or new beginnings card.

Thanks for popping in and I wish you all a healthy 2022 year ahead!

Supplies Used:

Time for Tea - Car Critters stamp

Time for Tea - Grateful for You Background stamp

Waffle Flower A2 Lacy Layers Die

Whimsy Stamps Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die

Lawn Fawn Say Cheese Die

The Greetery Sentiment Suite Basic Die

Copic Markers

Prism Ink: Arctic Mist, Rainforest Green, Blackcurrant Jam, Slate Grey

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Wink of Stella Clear glitter pen

Taylored Expressions Blending Brushes

Cutter Bee Scissors

Scotch Foam Tape

Fiskars Rotary Paper Trimmer

Tombow Mono Multi Glue

Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine

MISTI stamping tool

Neenah Solar White cardstock

Crop-a-Dile corner chomper