Warm Winter Wishes

Do you still have crafty gifts to get for the holidays? Have you been nice? Or have you been naughty? Either way, you should pick up a few goodies from you to you. Topflight Stamps is holding a holiday sale that runs until midnight on December 18th EST!

It's Tuesday which is my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps! This week's theme is "Anything Goes". The winter holidays are rapidly approaching so I decided to make a slimline Holiday card using the Missy Merry Clear Stamp Set 607, the Holiday Fox Clear Stamp Set 608, and one of the stencils from the Scenic Winter Layering Stencil Set by Polkadoodles.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:
Missy Merry Clear Stamp Set 607 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create
Holiday Fox Clear Stamp Set 608 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Scenic Winter Layering Stencil Set by Polkadoodles

Della Blue Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps
Black Blending Brushes by Time for Tea Designs
Nocturne VersaFine Clair™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Gelly Roll Bold Line Stardust® Clear Glittering Ink by Sakura®

Festive Selection - Diamond Sparkle Gemstones by Hunkydory Crafts

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers
Patch and Avalanche Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Obsidian Amalgam Ink by Gina K™ Designs
Copic® Markers:

Girl's Skin: BV0000, E50, E21, E11, E00, E0000, R20

Girl's Hair: W1, Y21, Y32, YR31

Girl's Lips: RV000, RV00, RV91

Girl's Eyes: B21, B34

Girl's Dress: B21, B34

Girl's Sweater and Hat: RV0000, RV000, RV91, C00, C0, C1

Fox Face: BV000, BV000, E50, E51, E53

Fox Fur: E1, E15, E17, E29

Fox Jacket: YG45, YG45, YG67, R14, R17, R29, N4, N6, N8

Wagon and Gifts: R14, R17, R29, N6, N8, B21, B34, YG41, YG45

Black Brush Multiliner Pen by Copic®
Silver Gel Pen

White Uni-Posca Paint Pen by Mitsubishi Pencils

Rectangle Die by Spellbinders
Nameplate Dies by Spellbinders
STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink
Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut and score a piece of Avalanche cardstock to form a slimline card. Set aside.
2. Use Obsidian Amalgam ink to stamp Miss Merry from the Missy Merry Clear Stamp Set 607 the fox and the gift wagon from the Holiday Fox Clear Stamp Set 608 onto white cardstock
3. Fussy-cut the girl, the fox, and the gift wagon.
4. Color the fussy-cut images with Copic markers and use the black brush Multiliner to edge them.
5. Set the images aside while you create the background panel for them.
6. Use magnets to adhere the snow header stencil from the Scenic Winter Layering Stencil Set over a piece of white cardstock.
7. Use the largest brush from the Black Blending Brushes to brush Della Blue Elements Inks  over the stencil onto the white card. 
8. Remove and clean the stencil.
9. Use a white paint pen, white ink, and/or white chalk to add a snowy ground to the stenciled background scene. 
10. Gelly Roll Bold Line Stardust Clear Glittering Ink by Sakura was used to add some sparkly glittery dots along the snowline.
11. Trim the background panel to 8" x 3.25".
12. Use magnets to secure the stenciled background image panel to the base of a stamping platform.
13. Place the reserved fussy-cut fox and the gift wagon onto the background panel.
14. Position the wagon's long handle stamp, from the Holiday Fox Clear Stamp Set 608, face-down onto the background panel so that it's between the fox's hand/paw and the wagon.
15. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
16. Remove the fussy-cut fox and the gift wagon and set aside again.
17. Ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Tsukineko and stamp the handle.
18. Remove the long handle stamp from the stamping platform.
19. Position the handle stamp facedown onto the image panel so that it's aligned with the long handle.
20. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp. Lift.
21. Ink the handle stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
22. Remove the background panel from the stamping platform.
23. Heat set the handle and the long handle.
24. Use the silver gel pen to color the long handle.
25. Use a red Copic marker to color the handle.
26. Adhere the fox to the background panel so that his hand is on the wagon's handle.
27. Adhere the gift wagon to the background panel on other side of the wagon's handle.
28. Adhere Missy Merry to the background panel.
29. Brush a scrap of white card cardstock with Della Blue Elements Inks.
30. Secure the scrap to the base of the stampting platform.
31. Place the sentiment stamp from the Missy Merry Clear Stamp Set facedown on the inked scrap.
32. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
33. Ink the sentiment with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
34. Remove the sentiment scrap and heat set.
35. Use a small rectangle die to cut the sentiment.
36. Use a nameplate tag die to cut white cardstock.
37. Adhere the sentiment onto the white nameplate die-cut.
38. Cut green cardstock to .25" larger than the background panel.
39. Mat the image panel onto the green cardstock.
40. Adhere the green cardstock to the reserved white slimline card.
41. Adhere the matted sentiment die as shown.
42. Add gemstones from the Festive Selection - Diamond Sparkle Gemstones  to the sentiment die-cut to finish the card.

Thanks for visiting today!

Merry Christmas from the Cat

It's Tuesday which is my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps! This week my teammates and I are showcasing stamps and products by Crafty Individuals. Since I'm a crazy cat lady, I opted to use the Bob the Cat Unmounted Rubber Stamp #612 by Crafty Individuals as my focal image.

Here's the card!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Bob the Cat Unmounted Rubber Stamp #612 by Crafty Individuals

Reverse Stars Clear Stamp Set #484 by AALL and Create

Caturday Clear Stamp Set #477 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create
Purrfect Day Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Classic Sentiment Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Brights Essentials Patterned Paper Pad by Studio Light
Nocturne VersaFine Clair™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers
Avalanche Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Obsidian Amalgam Ink by Gina K™ Designs
Sea Salt Hybrid Ink by Taylored Expressions
Copic® Markers: C00, C0, C, C2, Y21, Y23, Y32, Y325, Y38, R14, R27, R81, G00, G02, G14, B21, B60, BG10, BG70 BG90 BG93, E81, T0, T1, N4, N5, N6

Red and Green Triplus Fineliners by Staedtler

Quickie™ Glue Pen by Sakura® of America

Fun Flock by Stampendous!®

Ribbon Tag Dies by Spellbinders®

Black and Light Green Gemstones by KaiserKraft

Post-It® Notes by 3M
Repositionable Label Paper by Avery®
STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink
Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of Avalanche cardstock to 10" x 7". Score at 5" and fold to form a 5" x 7" card. Set aside.
2. Use Obsidian Amalgam to stamp Bob the Cat onto white cardstock and onto label paper, which was fussy-cut to be used as a mask.
3. Use Copic markers to color the image.
4. Use Triplus Fineliner pens to color the strings in the gift tags on the image.
5. Place the fussy-cut label paper version over the colored image as a mask.
6. Use Sea Salt Hybrid ink to stamp the Reverse Stars Clear Stamp Set #484 around the image.
7. Use a stamping platform and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the word "Meow" from the Caturday Clear Stamp Set #477  to the left of the image.
8. Heat set.
9. Use a stamping platform and Obsidian Amalgam ink to stamp the fish gift from Purrfect Day Clear Stamp Set below "Meow". 
10. Use Copic markers to color the fish gift.
11. Use a red Triplus Fineliner to draw a line between the fish and the "O" in "Meow". 
12. Trim the image panel and use a black pen was used to edge it.
13. Trim black polka-dot patterned paper from the Brights Essentials Patterned Paper Pad to .25" larger than the image panel. Note:  This pad is 5.8" x 8.3" and is double-sided with pattern on one side and the matching solid color on the reverse. 
14. Use a white glue pen to fill in the the pom-pom on the cat's hat.
15. Sprinkle White Fun Flock onto the gluey pom-pom and allow to air dry.
16. Trim red patterned paper from the Brights Essentials Patterned Paper Pad to 4.75" x 6.75" to be used as the background panel. 
17. Use a stamping platform and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp "Merry Christmas" from Heffy Doodle 's Classic Sentiment Clear Stamp Set and "From the cat" from the Purrfect Day Clear Stamp Set onto the solid side of the red patterned paper left from Step #16.
18. Use one of the Ribbon Tag Dies to cut the sentiment.
19. Edge the die-cut with a black pen.
20. Cut a .375" strip of of black polka dot patterned paper  from the remaining piece of paper, trim it to 4.75", and edge it with a black pen.
21. Thread the strip through the die-cut and adhere it to the background panel. 
22. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to edge the background panel and heat set.
23. Tap the excess Fun Flock  off of the pom-pom on the image panel.
24. Adhere the image panel to the background panel, then adhere to the reserved 5" x 7" white card.
25. Add the gemstones to finish the card.

Thanks for visiting today!