Take Me to the Ocean Canvas

It's Tuesday, so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps! If you've visited my blog before, you probably know that I love all things Steampunk. So when I saw Stamperia's wonderful new Sea World Collection, I knew that I had to have it! Also if you've visited before, you know that my projects sometimes take on a life of their own. This is one of those type projects, which was also one of those that came thisclose to being binned because I was not happy with the initial coloring. I fixed it, but then couldn't bear to trim the image panel very much and couldn't fit the sentiment (don't you want to go to the ocean too right now?), so the card became a mixed media canvas.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:
Sea World Octopus Stamp Set by Stamperia
Mechanical Sea World Thick Stencil by Stamperia
Dare to Swim Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image

Other Products Used:
Cryogen White Curious Metallic Cardstock
Tuxedo Black, New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves, Desert Sand, and Toffee Crunch Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Hickory Smoke, and Rusty Hinge Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz®/Ranger Industries
Nocturne VersaFine Clair™Ink by Tsukineko®
VersaMark™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Moving Vines Stencil by The Crafter's Workshop
Metal Grid Background Dinky Stencil by That's Crafty
Copic® Markers:
   Helmet: Y11, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, C0, C1, C2, C4
   Tentacles: BV00, BV01, BV02, BV31 E70, E71, Y74, R30, RV52, RV93, B32, B34
   Pipes: T2, T3, T4, T5, E07, E08, YR23, YR27
Raven Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
8x10 Canvas Panel
Black Media® Gesso by DecoArt®
Media® Matte Medium by DecoArt®
Sea Set #3, Machine #4, and Machine #6 Dies by The ScrapMan
Compass Die by KaiserCraft
Gearheads Thinlits™ Die Set by Tim Holtz®/Sizzix
Mini Gear Die by Memory Box
Clock Die by Momenta
Square Nestabilities® Die Set by Spellbinders®
Tawny Turquoise, Buccaneer Bay Blue, Burnished Brass, and Bluebeard Blue Violet Moon Shadow Mists by Lindy's Stamp® Gang
Grab a Guy Gold, Bavarian Blue, Time Travel Teal, Polka Purple Magical Shakers by Lindy's Stamp® Gang
Blue Velvet Opal Magic Wax by Prima® Marketing
Brushed Iron and Aged Brass Metallique Wax by Prima® Marketing
Art Basics 3D Matte Gel by Prima® Marketing
Mini Art Stones by by Prima® Marketing
Sketch and Wash Pencil by General's®
Glaze™ 3D Glossy Gel Pen by Sakura
Detail Brass Embossing Powder by PSX (this stuff is ancient, but still works!)
Removable ID Labels by Avery®
STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries

Instructions: If I were you, I'd get myself a big cup of coffee. Or wine. Or a margarita. Or all of them.

1. Cut a piece of Cryogen White cardstock in half.
2. Using Tuxedo Black Memento ink stamp the image onto Cryogen White cardstock to create the image panel. 
3. Stamp again onto Removal Labels, fussy cut, and adhere atop the counterpart on the image panel to mask the image.
4. Sponge Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and Mermaid Lagoon to cover the entire image panel.
5. Spritz lightly with water. Heat set.
6. Place the image panel onto the STAY-tion, position the Sea World stencil as desired, secure it with magnets, and sponge Hickory Smoke and Rusty Hinge Distress ink over the stencil. 
7. Lift the stencil but keep the image panel on the STAY-tion for now.
8. Sponge the same colors of ink over the the Metal Grid Background Dinky stencil where desired.
9. Place torn scrap paper horizontally at the bottom of the image panel where the Sea World piping ends.
10. Sponge Desert Sand and Toffee Crunch over the torn paper to form a sandy ocean floor.
11. Lift the torn paper, position the Moving Vines Stencil as desired along the right side. Sponge New Sprout ink over the stencil. Remove and clean the stencil, dry it, flip it, and position the vines along the left edge. Sponge New Sprout ink over the stencil. Remove the image panel from the STAY-tion.
12. Use Bamboo Leaves Memento ink to stamp the ocean plant stamp from the Dare to Swim stamp set over the vines as shown.
13. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink to stamp the fish group from the Dare to Swim stamp set as shown.
14. Remove the mask over the Octopus and color the image with Copic markers.
15. Use Copic markers to color over the stenciled pipes, the stenciled vines, and to color the leaves of the sea plants. 
16. Add several layers of Glaze gel pen to the bubbles, mask, and the other glass elements of the image, letting each layer dry before adding a new layer.
17. Set aside the image panel for now.
18. Coat an 8x10 canvas panel with Black Media Gesso. Let dry.
19. Using Steampunk dies (I listed the ones I used above), cut black cardstock.
20. Use Media Matte Medium to adhere the die cuts to the gessoed canvas. Coat with a good layer or two of Media Matte Medium, and heat set.
21. Do a really bad job cutting the compass die cut at the top left. Use 3D Embossing Gel and Mini Art Stones to camouflage your mistake and add them in two more places. Heat set and allow to the gel medium to bubble if it wants too. It'll just add more texture. Texture is good.
22. Spray the canvas with a variety of Moon Shadow Mists, heat setting every now and then.
23. Use the Magicals Shakers with a water and a brush to add more color as desired. Heat set.
24. Use a poofy brush to add metallic and/or opalescent (sp?) Prima waxes to the raised bits on the canvas. Notice how nice they smell. Get bummed out because one of them went bad and is a funky color. Toss it. Oh well. 
25. Heat set the image panel again because why not?
26. Stamp the sentiment onto black cardstock with VersaMark ink. Heat emboss with Brass embossing powder. 
27. Use one of the squares from the Nestabilities die set to cut the sentiment. Run the edge of the die-cut on the VersaMark ink pad, then heat emboss with Brass embossing powder.
28. Use the next largest square from the same die set to cut black cardstock. Smoosh the die-cut into the VersaMark pad, then heat emboss with Brass embossing powder.
29. Mat the sentiment onto the larger embossed square.
30. Mat the image panel with black cardstock cut 1/4" larger than the image panel.
31. Adhere the image panel as shown.
32. Add the sentiment to the canvas and say "Yahoo!".

Thanks for visiting today!

It's a Darkroom Door Day!

If you're looking for the Topflight Stamps Third Anniversary Blog Hop, click HERE! Remember to comment on each stop if you want to increase your chance to win!

We're sharing projects using Darkroom Door Sentiment Strip Rubber Stamps this week on Topflight Stamps Blog. If you haven't seen this fabulous group of stamps, you really ought to check them out because they're ever so versatile and useful. You should also pop over to TFS's blog all week to see how my teammates are using them!

Here's my card using the Make Art Sentiment Strip stamp, the Paint Brushes stamp, and the Paint Tube Stamps. All of the stamps are by Darkroom Door.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Make Art Sentiment Strip stamp  by Darkroom Door

Paint Brushes stamp by Darkroom Door

Paint Tube Stamps by Darkroom Door 

Onyx Black VersaFine™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:

140 lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore®

Jet Black Archival™ Ink by Ranger Industries

Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Payne's Grey, Primary Magenta, Translucent White, Hansa Yellow Light, Cobalt Teal Hue, Metallic Silver Media® Fluid Acrylic Paints by DecoArt®

IPC1 Small Point Blend Brush by Dynasty® Brush Company*
Old Paper Tim Holtz® Distress® Ink by Ranger Industries
Ivory Vellum from the stash
Very Vintage Double Dot Designs 6x6 Patterned Paper pad by BoBunny Press®
Brown Cardstock by Bazzill Basics®
Brushed Corduroy Tim Holtz® Distress® Ink by Ranger Industries
Black Pitt Artist Pen by Faber Castell
Silver Leafing Pen by Krylon
Tiny Attacher by Tim Holtz® Idea-ology™
Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Secure a piece of 140 lb. Mixed Media paper onto the base of the stamping platform using magnets.
2. Position the Paint Tubes stamp opposite the Brushes stamp. Ink the stamps with Jet Black Archival ink and stamp.
3. Paint the tubes, brushes, and a paint swash between them using the IPC1 Small Point Blend Brush and Media Fluid Acrylic paints. Heat set to ensure that the paints are completely dry.
4. Use the Pitt Artist pen to touch up the stamped lines. Heat set.
5. Sponge Old Paper Distress ink over the image panel. The paint will resist the ink. Use a dry cloth to wipe away excess ink.
6. Trim the image panel and edge with the silver leafing pen. 
7. Secure scrap paper to the base of the stamping platform with magnets.
8. Position the sentiment strip as desired, ink with Onyx Fine VersaMark ink, and stamp onto the scrap paper.
9. Quickly lift the scrap paper from the platform and replace with the vellum in the same position. 
10. Stamp again.
11. Trim the stamped vellum to use the words you want and edge with sliver leafing pen.
12. Staple the vellum strip to the image panel as shown.
13. Mat the image panel with brown cardstock.
14. Trim the Double Dot paper to 6" x 4", edge with Brushed Corduroy Distress ink. 
15. Adhere the image panel to the patterned paper, then adhere to a 6.25" x 4.25" brown card.
16. After the card is done, realize that the pooled paint and drips are going the wrong way because you painted the scene in the wrong orientation. Oops. Bad me.

The talented and lovely Deb Antonick recommended that I try IPC Small Point Blend Brush by Dynasty Brush Company and I am in love! I got great coverage with great control and not one shedding brush hair!

If you're still reading, here's a PSA reminder about Topflight Stamps' Birthday Sale!

I was a happy customer before I became a design team member because TFS has fabulous service and free shipping over $50!

Thanks for visiting today!

Topflight Stamps' Third Anniversary Blog Hop!

It's Topflight Stamps' 3rd birthday and to celebrate, I’ve teamed up with some great designers to showcase birthday cards using the unique products available at Topflight Stamps. Please hop along with us and see all the beautiful talent from this group of amazing designers! 

You should have arrived here from Dina Kowal''s blog, where you were definitely wowed. If not, no worries, catch the details below.  Follow along here and if you get lost you can always start at the Topflight Stamp Blog.

GIVEAWAY DETAILS
Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without prizes! Topflight Stamps is giving one lucky winner a $50 Gift Certificate to the store. But wait, there is more! Each stop on the hop has an additional $15 Gift Certificate up for grabs for some lucky commenter. For a chance to win, make sure to visit every stop on the hop and leave a comment by March 28th. Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on March 31st. Good Luck!

Here's my birthday card!

Topflight Products Used:

Faerie Magic Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Visible Image

Ripples Stencil by Visible Image

Super Hero Rays Stencil by Paper Rose

Bubbles Mini Stencil by That's Crafty!

Curved Banner Die by Heffy Doodle™

Roundabout Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle™

Periwinkle, French Navy, and Purple Velvet Prism Ink by Hunkydory Crafts

Other Products Used:

Cryogen White Curious Metallic Cardstock

Navy Cardstock

Tuxedo Black, Summer Sky, and Lulu Lavender Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers:

    Skin: BV0000, BV000, E50, E21, E11, E00, E000, R20

    Hair: W1, W2, Y21, Y23, YR30, YR31    

    Dress: B21, B23, B24, B37

    Wings: V12, V15, V28

Removable ID Labels by Avery®

Midnight Masquerade 8x8 Patterned Paper by Graphic 45®

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries

If you don't feel like reading the instructions for my card,  click on over to Connie Mercer's blog, which is your next stop on the blog hop! I'm sure her artwork will inspire you!

Instructions:

1. Create a 5x7 card from Navy cardstock.
2. Cut patterned paper to 4.75" x 6.75" and edge with French Navy Ink.
3. Adhere patterned paper to the Navy card and set aside.
4. Using Tuxedo Black Memento ink, stamp the Faerie onto Cryogen white cardstock and onto label paper.
5. Fussy-cut the label paper and adhere onto its counterpart on the Cryogen white cardstock.
6. Using Memento ink, stamp the wings onto the Faerie image and onto the label paper.
7. Fussy-cut the label paper wings and adhere onto its counterpart on the Cryogen white cardstock. The faerie and her wings will both be covered by masks at this point.
8. Sponge Periwinkle Prism ink and Summer Sky Memento ink over the masked image onto the Cryogen White cardstock. The ink will be shimmery.
9. Place the image panel onto the STAY-tion and secure with magnets.
10. Position the Super Hero Rays stencil so that the center circle part is slightly above the Faerie's masked fingers. 
11. Secure the stencil with magnets and sponge Lulu Lavender Memento ink over the stencil onto the image panel. Remove the stencil but keep the image panel secured to the STAY-tion.
12. Sponge Periwinkle Prism ink over the Ripples stencil onto the image panel.
13. Sponge Summer Sky ink over Bubbles stencil onto the image panel.
14. Clean and dry the Bubbles stencil, then sponge Purple Velvet Prism ink over the stencil onto the image panel.
15. Sponge Purple Velvet ink over a curved ruler at base of the image panel to ground the faerie, though I suppose she could have been hovering.
16. Lift all masks and retain for a later use.
17. Color the image with Copic markers.
18. Trim the image and edge with the Purple Velvet Prism ink, then again with theFrench Navy Prism ink.
19. Adhere the image panel to the card front.
20. Sponge Summer Sky ink over a scrap of Cryogen White cardstock.
21. Cut the scrap using the Curved Banner Die. 
22. Using French Navy Prism ink, stamp the sentiment onto the banner die-cut then edge the die-cut with the same ink.
23. Using dimensional adhesive foam squares, adhere the sentiment to the image panel as shown.

Thanks for visiting today! 

Your next stop on the blog hop is Connie Mercer's blog! 

Your reward for scrolling down this far is this!

Here's a link to visit Topflight Stamps! 

Also, remember that if you get lost, you can pop over to Topflight's blog, which will set you back on your proper path!

Alternately, here's the blog hop list:

Topflight Stamps
Lisa Hoel
Jennie Atkinson 
Cornelia Wenokor
Jenny Colacicco 
Karen Bearse
Dina Kowal
Kathi Rerek
Connie Mercer
Toni Maddox
Lindsay Weirich
Ericka Strange
Jenny Marples
Autumn Clark
Rachel Greig 
    

Flower Girl

Now that it's officially spring and things are blooming, I thought it would be timely to share this card with the Butterfly Beauty Rubber Stamp by Stampendous.

Products Used:
Stampendous Products Used:
Butterfly Beauty Rubber Stamp (6CR020)
Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tskukineko®

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers
Wildflower Honey Heavyweight Cardstock by My Colors
Commodore Blue Cardstock by My Colors
Blueberry Vintage Double Dot Patterned Paper by BoBunny Press®
Copic® Markers:
   Skin: BV000, E000, E11, E21, E50
   Eyes: BG11, BG13 B63
   Lips: E04, R21, R22, R30, RV32
   Cheeks: R20
   Hair: W1, W2, YR21, YR23, YR31
   Shirt: B63, B66
   Butterflies:  YR04, YR07
   Leaves: G20, G21, G24
   Pinkish Flowers: RV000, RV10, RV91, RV93, V20 V22
   Purple Spiky Flowers: V12, V20, V22, V25
   Yellow Flower: Y0000, Y000, Y00, Y02, Y11, Y21, W0, W1

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of Commodore Blue 12x12 paper in half, score, and fold to form a 6" square card.
2. Cut a piece of Blueberry Double Dot patterned paper to 6" square and adhere to the card.
3. Using Memento ink, stamp the image onto white cardstock and color with Copic markers.
4. Trim the image panel to 5 5/8" square.
5. Cut Wildflower Honey cardstock to 5.75" square.
6. Mat the image panel with Wildflower Honey cardstock.
7. Adhere the matted image panel to the card.

Thanks for visiting!

Nuts for St. Patrick's Day!

Top of the morning to you! It's Tuesday, which means that it's time to share a project  created for Topflight Stamps! But, not only is it Tuesday, it's St. Patrick's Day, so I'm sharing three cards with some seriously cute nutty aviator squirrels from AALL and Create's Nutty Squirrel Clear Stamp Set.

Topflight Products Used:

Nutty Squirrel Clear Stamp Set by AALL and Create

Scalloped Rectangles Frame Die Set by Paper Rose

Clouds Die Set by Joy Crafts (used to make masks)

Curved Banner Die by Heffy Doodle

Blues Ombre Prism Ink Pad by Hunkydory Crafts

Pink Jellybean and Midnight Black Prism Inks by Hunkydory Crafts

Other Products Used:

Cryogen White Curious Metallic Cardstock

Classic Green and Classic Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Really Rainbow 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Lawn Fawn®

Removable ID Labels by Avery®

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers:

    Squirrel Fur: E50, E51, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6

    Squirrel Noses: E04, RV9

    Squirrel Mouth: E04, RV42, RV93

    Scarves and Parachute: G02, G03, G05, G16, G19, G29

    Helmets and Goggles: G43, G46, G82, G75, Y23, 26

    Plane: G20, G21, G24, G28

    Clouds: B60, RV0000, RV000, BV0000, C00, C0, C1

Blue Simply Sweet™ RubOns by Doodlebug Designs Inc.™

Class A'Peel™ Stickers by Stampendous®

Retired, ancient Sentiments 2 Stamp set by Purple Onion

Stamping Platform

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi/Ranger

Acetate

Dimensional Tape

Shamrock Confetti Sequin Stuff

Instructions:

1. Cut blue cardstock to 5.5" x 8.5", score in half, and fold to form an A2 card. Set aside.
2. Repeat step #1 with green cardstock to create two A2 cards. Set aside.
3. Cut two pieces of patterned paper from the Rainbow pad to 5.25" x 4". Edge both sheets with Midnight Black Prism ink.
4. Cut an 8.5" x 11" piece of Cryogen White cardstock in half to form two image panels.
5. Use Memento ink to stamp the Pilot and Parachutist squirrels towards the top of each panel.
6. Stamp both squirrels again onto the ID Label Paper to create masks. Fussy-cut, and adhere atop their counterparts on the image panel.
7. Use the two smallest of the Clouds dies to die-cut the ID Label Paper to make cloud-shaped masks.
8. Adhere the cloud masks as desired on the Parachutist image panel.
9. Using the two darkest shades of the Ombre Blue Prism pad, sponge blue ink over the masked images and the clouds on both image panels. You'll note that dye inks pick up some shimmer when sponged onto Cryogen White Metallic cardstock. Nifty!
10. Randomly sponge Pink Jellybean Prism ink onto the Parachutist image panel.
11. Lift all masks and retain for another use.
12. Color all images with Copic markers.
13. Use alphabet rub-ons to add the sentiment to the plane's banner.
14. Trim both image panels and edge with Midnight Black ink.
15. Adhere the Pilot image panel onto the rainbow patterned paper, then adhere it to the blue card.
16. Mat the Parachutist image panel onto green cardstock cut slightly larger, adhere to rainbow patterned paper, and adhere to one of the reserved green cards.
17. Use Memento ink to stamp the sentiment onto one of the rainbow patterned paper sheets. 
18. Die-cut with a flag label die and edge with Midnight Black Prism ink.
19. Adhere to the Parachutist card to finish it.
20. Stamp the Posing Parachutist onto a small piece of Cryogen White cardstock.
21. Fussy-cut the image, color with Copic markers, and edge with a dark marker.
22. Use the smaller of the Scalloped Rectangle Frame dies to cut green cardstock.
23. Adhere acetate over the window.
24. Add dimensional foam adhesive around the opening to create a well.
25. Dump in some shamrock shaped confetti sequin thingies. Accidentally add a strand or two of white cat fur.
26. Seal the aperture with blue cardstock cut slightly smaller than the edge of the die-cut.
27. Cut a piece of rainbow patterned paper to 5.25" x 4" and edge with Midnight Black Prism ink.
28. Adhere the patterned paper to the other green card.
29. Adhere the shaker element.
30. Adhere the colored Posing Parachutist as shown.
31. Use the Curved Banner Die to cut green cardstock.
32. Adhere the sentiment sticker, then adhere the banner to the card to finish it up!

Thanks for visiting today!

Watercolor Trendiness

Watercoloring is so trendy these days, so it's not a surprise that our little friends from House-Mouse Designs® want to try this technique?

Here's my card with Stampendous' new House-Mouse Designs® Watercolor Wash!

Products Used:
Stampendous Products Used:
House-Mouse Designs® Watercolor Wash (HMP116)
Cling Inspiring Text 6x6 Rubber Stamp (6CR08)
Tuxedo Black Memento® Ink by Tsukineko®
Onyx Black VersaFine™ Ink by Tsukineko
Mixed Media White Paper

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers
Grey Cardstock
Copic® Markers:
   Mouse Skin: BV0000, BV000, E50, E51
   Mouse Noses: R20, R21
   Mouse Fur: E31, E33, E35, E57
   Mouse Fur: E35, E49, E49, E53, E57
   Palette: BG90, T0, T1, T2
   Watercolors: YR04, YRE07, Y02, Y04, BG13, V06, V09, G03, G07, R08, B02, B04
   Brushes: B02, B04, B16, Y11, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, E34, E37
   Glass: BG0000, BG000, C00, C1, C3, Y02, B60
Polka Purple, Yodeling Yellow, Lederhosen Green, Cuckoo Clock Cardinal, Bavaria Blue Magical Shakers by Lindy's® Gang
Pumice Stone Tim Holtz® Distress® Ink by Ranger Industries
Heat Embossing Tool
Die-Cutting Machine
Stamping Platform.

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 8.5" x 11" grey cardstock in half. 
2. Score one half at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card. Set aside.
3. Spritz mixed media cardstock with water, and sprinkle with Magical Shakers, and spritz with water to let colors blend and migrate.
4. Heat set and repeat step #3 until you're happy with the color mix and coverage.
5. Heat set until the colorful paper is completely, totally bone dry.
6. Put the spritzed dried paper under a piece of scrap paper and under both cutting plates and run the sandwich through your die-cut machine to flatten the paper.
7. Use temporary adhesive to adhere the flattened paper to a piece of printer paper.
8. Use magnets to secure the paper to the base of the stamping platform.
9. Position the 6x6 background stamp face down atop the background paper where desired. Press the cover onto the stamp, and lift.
10. Ink the stamp with VersaFine ink and stamp.
11. Repeat step #10 if necessary.
12. Trim the stamped, spritzed mixed media paper to 4" x 5.25" and edge with Distress ink.
13. Adhere to the grey card.
14. Using Memento ink, stamp the House-Mouse image onto Copic-friendly cardstock.
15. Color with Copic markers, trim, and mat with grey cardstock.
16. Adhere the matted image panel onto the card front.

Thanks for visiting today!

Celebrating Mother's Day

It's Tuesday, so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps! We're celebrating Mother's Day this week on TFS's blog, so be sure to pop over there for great inspiration by my team mates!

My Mother's Day card features JOFY 15, which is one of my favorite JOFY sets as it features birds, two birdhouses, leaves, blooms, and a fabulous branch. In other words, it's perfect for Mother's Day. I've also used Paper Artsy's terrific Fresco Finish Acrylic Paints. 

Here's the card!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

JOFY 15 by Paper Artsy

Summer Sky, Sky, Sherbert, Lawn, Zesty Zing,  Snowflake,  Periwinkle, Buff, Toffee Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paints Paper Artsy

Clouds Die Set by Joy Crafts

Onyx Black VersaFine™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:

140 lb. Mixed Media Cardstock by Strathmore®

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Blue Violet and Jet Black Archival™ Ink by Ranger Industries

Copic® Markers: E04, RV42, E70, E71, E74, E77, E81, E87, Y32, Y35, Y38

Light Indigo, Dark Pthalo Green, Dark Sepia, Cold Dry 1-1230, Cold Grey III-232, Black Pitt Artist Pens by Faber Castell

Waffle Cone Patterned Paper from the Two Scoops™Collection by Basic Grey®

Classic Green Cardstock by Bazzil Basics Paper®

Instructions:

1. SwishSummer Sky, Sky, Sherbert, and Lawn Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paints across 140 lb. Mixed Media cardstock.
2. Smoosh  Lawn and Zesty Zing Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paints onto a scrap of MM cardstock
3. Smoosh Snowflake and Periwinkle Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paints onto another scrap
4. Smoosh Mermaid Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paint onto another scrap.  
5. Smoosh Buff, Toffee, and Chocolate Pudding Fresco Chalk Acrylic Paints onto the last scrap. 
6. Use Onyx Black VersaFine ink to stamp the leaves, branch, and birdhouse onto the painted scraps. The stamped images were then fussy-cut and edged with a black Pitt Artist pen.
7. Cut the Periwinkle/Snowflake cardstock with all the Clouds dies.
8. Detail the images stamped onto painted cardstock with the Pitt Artist pens.
9. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp the birds. 
10. Color them with Copic markers and fussy-cut. Edge with a dark marker.
11. Assemble the card as shown, trim, and edge with the Blue Violet Archival ink.
12. Adhere to the image panel to plaid patterned paper that had been trimmed to 4.75" x 6.75".
13. Adhere the matted image panel onto a green 5" x 7" card.

Thanks for visiting today!

Purrfect Birthday

It's Tuesday, so it's time to share a project created for Topflight Stamps! Have you checked out the wonderful new stamps, dies, and stencils from Heffy Doodle that are now available at TFS? If not, you should remedy that immediately! Actually, while you're visiting TFS, you should check out the "new" category since there's a TON of great new products!

But I digress. Being a certified crazy cat lady, I had to have the Purrfect Day Clear Stamp set to add to my extensive collection of cat stamps. BTW, it's a good thing that I don't have as many cats as I have cat stamps. If I did, there'd be no room for us in the house! Oops. Digressed again. This great Purrfect Day Clear Stamp set has twenty (20) stamps, including five (5) cats, a cat tree, cat toys, cat dishes, and several sentiments. 

Here's my card, which uses all five cat stamps, the cat tree, the mouse cat toy, and a sentiment from the  Purrfect Day Clear Stamp set. I also used the Roundabout Sentiments Clear Stamp Set with the matching Curved Banner Die. 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Purrfect Day Clear Stamp set by Heffy Doodle™

Roundabout Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle™

Curved Banner Die by Heffy Doodle™

Onyx Black VersaFine™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Dark Kraft Cardstock by Recollecions®

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers:

    Cats: C00, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6

    Noses: R81, R83

    Cat Tree: B32, B34, B37, E42, E43, E44

    Pom-Pom hanging from tree: R81, R83, B32

    Mouse Toy: E42, E43

    Background: Y21

    Floor: B26, B28

Kitten Smitten 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Doodlebug Designs Inc.™

Rainbow Dot-Stripe Petite Prints 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Doodlebug Designs Inc.™

Perfectly Plaid Rainbow Petite Prints 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Lawn Fawn®

Self-Adhesive Removable 8.5" x 11" Labels by Avery®

Stamp Platform

3D Foam Adhesives by Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L

Instructions:

1. Using Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, stamp the cat tree onto Copic-friendly cardstock and onto a sheet of Self-Adhesive Removable Labels.
2. Fussy-cut the label version to create a mask and place over its counterpart on the image panel.
3. Using the Stamp Platform (or a stamp positioner), position each cat on the tree as desired, ink the stamp with Memento ink, and stamp onto the image panel. 
4. Position the mouse toy so that it's dangling from the paw of one of the cats, ink, and stamp.
5. Lift the Cat-Tree mask and reserve for another use.
6. Color the tree, cats, mouse, and background with Copic markers.
7. Position the "Purrfect Birthday" sentiment on the image panel, lift the stamp platform cover, ink with Onyx Black VersaFine ink, and stamp.
8. Using the Curved Banner die, cut the pawprint patterned paper.
9. Stamp the "Hope You Have a" sentiment onto the die-cut using Onyx Black VersaFine ink.
10. Trim the image panel.
11. Cut the brown polka-dot paper 1/4" larger than the image panel, then adhere the image panel.
12. Trim the plaid paper to 4.5" wide.
13. Trim dark Kraft cardstock to 9.25" x 6.25", score in half, and fold to form a card base.
14. Adhere the plaid paper to the card base.
15. Adhere the matted image panel.
16. Use dimensional adhesive to adhere the stamped sentiment banner as shown to complete the card.

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