Be Creative

It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week my teammates and I are showcasing Darkroom Door's wonderful projects. Rachel Greig was the muse behind Darkroom Door. She was a photographer, an artist, a visionary, and a genuinely kind strong woman. Sadly, she recently passed away. In honor of her life and her legacy, Topflight Stamps is hosting a challenge on social media. 

Here's the information about this special event from the most recent Topflight Stamps Newsletter:

"We will be having a fun social media challenge to celebrate Darkroom Door Stamps & Stencils and honoring the life of Rachel Grieg. She would love nothing more than to have so many new projects created using the products she created.

To enter the challenge, just create a project using at least one Darkroom Door product. Post it to the Topflight Stamps Design Gallery on Facebook and/or post it on your Instagram feed and use the hashtag #TFSDDC. I'm looking forward to seeing all the amazing things that will be created. I encourage you all to be on the lookout and leave positive comments on these projects. Let's all spread some kindness in memory of Rachel.

The prize for this challenge is a huge package of Darkroom Door stamps with a retail value of over $200!!! To be eligible to win, post your project any day in September and be sure to use the hashtag #TFSDDC. A winner will be chosen at random on October 1 and announced shortly thereafter. The more projects you post the better your chances of winning! I think this is going to be really fun!"

Here's my card using the Pen and Ink Cling Rubber Stamp Set, the Spanish Tiles Cling Background Rubber Stamp, and the "Be Creative" sentiment from the Make Art Cling Sentiment Strip Rubber Stamp . 

 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Pen and Ink Cling Rubber Stamp Set  by Darkroom Door

Spanish Tiles Cling Background Rubber Stamp by Darkroom Door

Make Art Cling Sentiment Strip Rubber Stamp by Darkroom Door

Card Passe Partout Rectangle Essential Die Set by Studio Light

Mermaid Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps

Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Avalanche Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Fade Out Ink by Ink on 3

Tuxedo Black and Desert Sand Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Salvaged Patina Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Copic Markers:

Ink Bottles Left to Right: N0, BG0000, BG000, BG10, BG72, BG75, BG78; C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C6, B32, B34, B37; BG90, BG93, BG96, G20, G21, G24

Pen: BG13, BG15, T0, T1, T2, T4

Multiliners by Copic

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura of America

Sentiment Die-namics Dies by My Favorite Things

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Post-It Notes by 3M

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Place a piece of white cardstock onto a stamping platform.
2. Use Fade-Out Ink to stamp the pen, from the Pen and Ink Cling Rubber Stamp Set , onto white cardstock and onto sticker paper. 
3. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and layer it atop its counterpart as a mask. 
4. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the lidded ink bottle, from the Pen and Ink Cling Rubber Stamp Set, onto the image panel and onto sticker paper.
5. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and was adhere it atop its counterpart. 
6. Position the other bottles from the set on either side of the center bottle, then use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp them  onto the image panel and onto sticker paper. 
7. Fussy-cut the sticker paper versions and place 'em over their counterparts as masks.
8. Place a ruler horizontally across the image panel covering the bottom part of the bottles and the pen. 
9. Brush Mermaid Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps and Salvaged Patina Distress ink over the masks and the ruler onto the image panel to add a colored background.
10. Move the ruler to cover the top part of the image panel.
11. Brush Desert Sand Memento Ink  over the ruler and the bottom parts of the masked images nto the base of the image panel.
12. Lift the masks and the color the images with Copic markers. 
13. Add White gel pen to the bottles as a highlights. 
14. Use one of the dies from the Card Passe Partout Rectangle Essential Die Set to cut the image panel. This left a piece of inked cardstock to use for the sentiment.
15. Brush Mermaid Elements Inkover a piece of white cardstock. 
16. Secure the inked panel to the base of the stamping platform.
17. Use Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair Ink to ink the The Spanish Tiles Cling Background Rubber Stamp and stamp to create a patterned background layer. 
18. Trim this layer slightly then edge with Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair Ink .
19. Brush Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair Ink onto  a piece of plain cardstock cut .25" larger than the image panel die-cut and a 6.25" x 4.25" textured white card to create perfectly matching layers.
20. Seure the leftover piece of inked cardstock from Step #14 to the base of the stamping platform.
21. Place the Make Art Cling Sentiment Strip Rubber Stamp facedown on the strip so that the sentiment will be placed in the inked area.
22. Use Post-It Notes to cover the sentiments surrounding "Be Creative", ink the stamp with Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair Ink, remove the Post-It Notes, and  stamp the sentiment.
23. Use Framed Sentiment Dies to cut the sentiment.
24. Ink a piece of textured white cardstock with Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair Ink and use the same Framed Sentiment Die to cut the frame part of the sentiment.
25. Adhere the stamped background panel to the card created in Step #19.
26. Adhere the image panel to the mat created in Step #19, then adhere to the card front as shown.
27. Adhere the sentiment and the sentiment's frame to finish the card.

Thanks for visiting today!