"Let it fall..." A Cocoa-themed MemoryDex Card

Greetings! It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday. This week's theme is "Anything Goes" week so I decided to participate in the 2026 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop with a fall and cocoa-themed MemoryDex card. 

I'd be remiss if I didn't remind you that Topflight Stamps is a sponsor of the 2026 Fall Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop and is giving away a $25 gift card to the store!

Here's my MemoryDex card that was created with the Falling For Fall Clear Stamp Set 1282 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create, the Warm Hug Die Set 102 by AALL and Create, and the Côtes du Rhone 6x6 Stencil 201 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create. 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:
Falling For Fall Clear Stamp Set 1282 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Warm Hug Die Set 102 by AALL and Create

Côtes du Rhone 6x6 Stencil 201 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask Set by Lavinia Stamps

Pine Cone VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow!

Versamarker Transparent Embossing Watermark Pen by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Brown Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Summer Sky, Toffee Crunch, and New Sprout Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:
Skin: BV0000, E50, E21, E11, E00, E000

Cheeks: R20

Hair: E89, E87, E84

Lips: E04, R32

Sweater, Socks, and Straw: YG45, YG41

Hat, Shoes, Mug, B45, B34, B32, B21, E43, E42, E40

Flower Eye: R35, YR18, YR16, Y21, Y04

Mushrooms: E71, E70, E44, E43, E42, E40, R37, R35, R32

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

VersaMark Pad by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

Post-It Notes

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use the second largest die from the Warm Hug Die Set 102 to cut white Copic-friendly cardstock. This die-cut will become the image panel.
2. Secure the image panel die-cut to the base of a stamping platform with low-tack tape and/or magnets.
3. Position the the girl from the Falling For Fall Clear Stamp Set 1282 facedown on the image panel die-cut.
4. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
5. Ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp her twice — once onto the image panel die-cut as shown and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 
6. Position the mushroom stamp from Falling For Fall Clear Stamp Set 1282 facedown on the far left of the image panel die-cut as shown.
7. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
8. Ink the mushroom stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp it twice — once onto the image panel die-cut as shown and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 
9. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel die-cut. 
10. Clean and dry the mushroom stamp. 
11. Position the mushroom stamp so that it's slightly above and overlapping the stamped masked mushroom
12. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the mushroom stamp and lift.
13. Ink the mushroom stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp.
14. Clean and dry the stamp again.
15. Position the mushroom stamp facedown to the right of mushroom pair as shown. 
16. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the mushroom stamp and lift.
17. Ink the mushroom stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp.
18. Clean and dry the stamp again.
19. Position the mushroom stamp facedown to the right of the stamped girl as shown.
20. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the mushroom stamp and lift.
21. Ink the mushroom stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp.
22. Stamp the mushroom twice more onto repositionable sticker paper. 
23. Fussy-cut both sticker paper mushrooms and the girl. 
24. Place the sticker paper versions over their counterparts on the image panel die-cut as masks.
25. Place the image panel die-cut onto a magnetic craft mat. 
26. Position the flattest mask from the Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask Set horizontally across the image panel die-cut so that the top of the mask is slightly below the base of highest mushroom and covering the bottom of the image panel die-cut.
27. Secure the mask in place with low-tack tape and/or magnets.
28. Place a Post-It Note so that its edge is covering the handle of the Warm Hug Mug image panel die-cut. 
29. Brush Summer Sky Memento Ink over the Post-It Note and over the Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask to color the top part of the image panel die-cut. 
30. Place the Côtes du Rhone 6x6 Stencil 20 over the image panel die-cut, the Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask, and the Post-It Note. 
31. Brush the same Summer Sky Memento Ink over the Côtes du Rhone 6x6 Stencil onto the image panel die-cut to add a tone-on-tone leafy pattern to the image panel die-cut.
32. Remove the Côtes du Rhone 6x6 Stencil  and the Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask.
33. Brush Toffee Crunch and New Sprout Memento Ink over the bottom part of the image panel die-cut to create the ground below the girl and the mushrooms.
34. Place the Post-It Note so that it's covering the Warm Hug Mug and brush Summer Sky Memento Ink over the mug's handle.
35. Remove all masks. 
36. Color the mushrooms and the girl with Copic markers. 
37. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to her eyes and white dots to the mushrooms.
38. Place the image panel die-cut back onto the base of a stamping platform and secure with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
39. Position the "let it fall..." sentiment from the Falling For Fall Clear Stamp Set 1282 facedown as shown.
40. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the sentiment stamp and lift.
41. Ink the sentiment stamp with Pine Cone VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. 
42. Heat set the ink.
43. Use the largest die from the Warm Hug Die Set 102 to cut brown cardstock. 
44. Cut the remaining brown cardstock with drip die and the chocolate pieces die.
45. Use a dark brown Copic marker to color the debossed areas of the chocolate pieces die-cut then press the chocolate pieces die-cut onto a VersaMark or other embossing pad. 
46. Pour Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow! onto the wet ink, pour the excess back into its container, then heat set the chocolate pieces. This will make it look like glossy dark chocolate.
47. Use the Versamarker Transparent Embossing Watermark Pen by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to color the debossed area of the drippy die-cut.
48. Use the whipped cream and marshmallow dies from the Warm Hug Die Set 102 to cut white cardstock. 
49. Use Warm Grey markers to color the debossed areas of them.
50. Color a scrap of white cardstock with the Green Copics used for the girl's sweater. 
51. Use the straw die from the Warm Hug Die Set 102 to cut the green-colored white cardstock, then use the same green marker to edge the die-cut and color the debossed areas.
52. Adhere the image panel die-cut to the brown MemoryDex die-cut. 
53. Adhere the drip, the whipped cream, the marshmallow, the straw, and the chocolate pieces die-cuts as shown to finish the piece.

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With Thanks

It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday. This week's focus is on Thank you cards which are always useful to have on hand. 

Here's my card that was created with the Grunge Flowers Set 2 Clear Stamp Set by Melina Dahl for That's Crafty, the Thank You Sentiment Strip Rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door, the Crea-Nest Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set by CREA-lies. The background was created with Flying Fig and Marmalady Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Grunge Flowers Set 2 Clear Stamp Set by Melina Dahl for That's Crafty

Thank You Sentiment Strip Rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door

Crea-Nest Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set by CREA-lies

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Flying Fig and Marmalady Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder by Wow!

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Mixed Media Cardstock by Strathmore

Black Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers: YR18, YR07, YR04, V09, V05, V04

Low-tack Tape

Anti-static Pouch

VersaMark Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the main image from the Grunge Flowers Set 2 Clear Stamp Set onto Copic-friendly cardstock.
2. Color the image with Copic Markers. 
3. Position one of the dies from the Crea-Nest Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Setfacedown on the image panel and secure it in place with low-tack tape. 
4. Run the sandwich through your die-cut machine.
5. Remove the two cutting plates from the machine, flip them, and slide the image panel/cutting die onto a craft mat so that the reverse of the image panel is facing up. 
6. Use low-tack tape to secure the die-cut image panel to the background.
7. Flip the image panel/die again so that the image and the die are facing upwards.
8. Brush Flying Fig Elements Premium Dye Ink over the die onto the edges of the image panel to create a white border around the image panel die-cut.
9. Remove the low-tack tape from both sides of the image panel and set the image panel die-cut aside.
10. Use the largest die from the Crea-Nest Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set to cut Mixed Media cardstock to create the background panel. 
11. Remove the cutting die and place the background panel die-cut onto a craft mat.
12. Lightly brush Flying Fig Elements Premium Dye Ink onto the background panel die-cut. 
13. Lightly brush Marmalady Elements Premium Dye Ink onto the background panel die-cut to fill in open spaces and to blend the two colors of ink.
14. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the circles stamp from the Grunge Flowers Set 2 Clear Stamp Set around the edges of the inked background panel die-cut as shown. Heat set the ink.
15. Grab a piece of black cardstock. 
16. Pounce an anti-static pouch onto it. 
17. Use VersaMark or other embossing ink to stamp the Thank You Sentiment Strip Rubber Cling Stamp onto the black cardstock. 
18. Pour Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder by Wow! onto the wet ink.
19. Dump the excess powder back into its container, and heat set the embossing powder.
20. Cu the stamped and embossed strip into Thank you phrases.
21. Adhere the inked and stamped background panel die-cut to a black card that is .25" wider and longer than the background panel die-cut.
22. Adhere the image panel to the card as shown. 
23. Adhere the sentiment to finish the card.

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Something Seasonal Challenge 215 - Remember Card

Greetings! Here's a Day of the Dead "Remember" card created for Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's November's Something Seasonal Challenge with the Day of the Dead Angel Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs. You should know that this fabulous stamp comes in two different sizes. I used the larger one for this card.

Products Used:

Day of the Dead Angel Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Black Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Gold Metallic Cardstock: Source Unknown

Let It Be 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Graphic 45

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:
Face, Neck, Arm, and Hands: BV000, E41, E40, R30

Hair: C7, C6, C4

Lips: R56, R32

Eyes: YG67, YG63, YG61, YG21

Wings and Dress and Flowers:YR18, YR16, YR15, YR09, YR07, Y35, Y28, Y26, Y23, Y13, Y08, Y04, R56

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Anti-static Pouch

Post-It Notes by 3M

VersaMark Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder by Ranger Ink

Gold Posca Paint Marker by Mitsubishi Pencil

Orange Glitter Marker by Grabie Arts

"Remember" Sentiment from the Friendship Words Script Thinlits Die Set by Tim Holtz for Sizzix

2" Double Sided Tape by Sookwang

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from black textured cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Day of the Dead Angel Rubber Stamp onto white cardstock.
3. Fussy-cut the Angel but trim off her halo, the design around it and the tassel fringe at the bottom of her dress. 
4. Use Copic markers to color the fussy-cut image. Retrospectively, I wish I had colored her bouquet in shades of red. Alas.
5. Edge the fussy-cut image with a black pen. 
6. Trim a piece of patterned paper to 4.75" x 6.75". 
7. Pounce an anti-static pouch onto the patterned paper panel. 
8. Cut a Post-It Note in roughly the shape of the Angel's head and place it over that part of the rubber stamp. 
9. Place another Post-It Note over the bottom of her dress. 
10. Use VersaMark or other embossing Ink to ink her halo, the design around it, and the tassel fringe. 
11. Pour gold detail embossing powder onto the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into its container, and heat set the embossing powder.
12. Use a Gold Posca Paint Pen to fill in her halo. 
13. Use an orange Grabie glitter marker to fill in the triangular designs around her halo. 
14. Use a Gold Posca Paint Pen to add a thin gold border around the edges of the patterned paper background.
15. Allow the paints to dry, then adhere the fussy-cut colored Day of the Dead Angel in place.
16. Back a piece of gold metallic cardstock with 2" wide double-sided tape. 
17. Remember" Sentiment from the Friendship Words Script Thinlits Die Set to cut the tape-backed gold metallic cardstock. Adhere the sentiment die-cut to the patterned paper as shown.
18. Adhere the patterned paper panel to the reserved black textured 5" x 7" card.

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31 Days of Halloween - Day 31, Fright Night

Greetings! Here's a card created for Day 31 of Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's October 31 Days of Halloween Challenge with the new Cartoon Girl Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs.

She's one of four new stamps that are utterly fabulous and all have wonderful facial expressions! I thought that the Cartoon Girl looks a bit terrified, so being that it's Halloween and all, I created a spooky graveyard scene for her.

Products Used:

Cartoon Girl Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

White-speckled Navy Cardstock: Source Unknown

Textured Medium Grey, Light Grey, Green Grey, Black, and Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Pixie Green Elements Premium Dye Ink by Lavinia Stamps

Copic Markers:

Skin: BV000, BV0000, RV91, E50, E21, E11, E00, E000

Cheeks: R20

Lips: E04, R56, R32, R30

Eyes: R000, YG03, YG01

Hair: Shinhan Touch BG (Blue Grey) 09, 07, 05

Dress: VF, BV08, BV25, BV23

Tights: YG03, YG00

Shoes: BV08, 

Gargoyles and Columns: C6, C4, C3, C2, C1, C0

Gargoyle Wings Gate Die Set by Scrappy Tails Crafts

Cemetery Wings Die Set by Scrappy Tails Crafts

Wavy Edged Border Die-namics Dies by My Favorite Things

Red Glitter Marker by Grabie Art

Black Metallic Deco Brush Marker by Karin Markers

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from black textured cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to ink the Cartoon Girl Rubber Stamp and stamp her onto white cardstock.
3. Fussy-cut the image.
4. Color Cartoon Girl with Copic and Shinhan Touch markers. 
5. Use a black pen to edge the fussy-cut image to avoid those ghastly white edges.
6. Set Cartoon Girl aside while her setting is made
7. Cut textured green cardstock with wavy curved edge dies.
8. Edge the die-cuts with Pixie Green Elements Ink. 
9. Layer the die-cuts and adhere them to a 4.75" x 6.75" piece of white-speckled navy cardstock to create the image panel. 
10. A thin strip of edged green cardstock was adhered to the bottom of the background panel. 
11. Edge the grassy cemetery on the background panelwith the same Pixie Green Elements Ink.
12. Use the gravestones dies from the Cemetery Wings Die Set to cut very light textured grey cardstock and some greenish grey cardstock. 
13. Use Lost Shadow Distress Ink to edge and age the gravestones. 
14. Tuck the gravestones into the cemetery hills and adhere them.
15. Use the Gargoyle Gate and Gate dies dies from the Cemetery Wings Die Set to cut textured grey cardstock. 
16. Color the grey cardstoc gargoyles with Copic markers.
17. Color the eyes with Red Grabie Glitter Markers, so the gargoyles look demonic.
18. Color all the gates with a black metallic marker. 
19. Adhere the gargoyle column/gates and the additional gates to the scene.
20. Adhere the fussy-cut and colored Cartoon Girl to the image panel as shown.
21. Adhere a "Fright Night" sentiment sticker as shown.
22. Use the bats die to cut a strip of textured black cardstock.
23. Adhere the bat die-cuts as shown. 
24. Adhere the image panel to the reserved 5" x 7" textured black card.

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Wishing You Peace

After an event-filled September and October, I'm finally back to creating with a card made for Topflight Stamps' Winter/Christmas Challenge with the Star Well Clear Polymer Stamp, the Three Dancing Fairies Clear Polymer Stamp Set, the Mini Pipin Clear Polymer Stamp, the Mini Holly Clear Polymer Stamp, and a sentiment from the Christmas Greetings Clear Polymer Stamp Set — all by Lavinia Stamps.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Star Well Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Three Dancing Fairies Clear Polymer Stamp Set  by Lavinia Stamps

Mini Pipin Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Mini Holly Clear Polymer Stamp by Lavinia Stamps

Christmas Greetings Clear Polymer Stamp Set by Lavinia Stamps

Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask Set by Lavinia Stamps

Della Blue Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Fallen Leaves, Green Oasis, Spruce, and Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Bold Stardust Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Ink Pens by Sakura

Clear Gloss Wow! Embossing Powder

Other Products Used:

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

White Smooth Heavy Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers: 

Wishing Well Stone Base: T3, T2, T1, T0, BG90 (and RG0 Olo Marker)

Wishing Well Roof/Supports: E53, E51, E50, E49, E47, E29, E27, Ew25, E23, E21, E04, E02, W3, W2, W1

Pail: E53, E51, E21, E04

Rope: E84, E81, Y28, Y26, Y23

Lost Shadow Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger. Ink

Silver Metallic Sunburst Gel Pen by Pentel

Red and White Posca Paint Marker by Mitsubishi Pencil Company

Clear Gloss Dimensional Glaze Gel Pen by Sakura

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

White Chalk Pencil by General's Pencil Company

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

Anti-static Pouch

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Star Well Clear Polymer Stamp twice — once onto a 4.25" x 5.5" panel of Bristol paper and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
2. Heat set the image stamped onto the Bristol paper panel.
3. Color the well with alcohol markers. 
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart as a mask.
5. Place the flattest mask from the Acetate Hills Stencil/Mask Sethorizontally across the image panel at the base of the Star Well so that it's covering the bottom of the image panel. 
6. Lightly brush Della Blue Elements Premium Dye Ink over the acrylic mask and the masked Star Well. 
7. Remove the Acetate Hills Mask.
8. Place the image panel onto the base of a stamping platform and secure it with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
9. Position the Mini Pipin Clear Polymer Stamp facedown to the left towards the bottom of the image panel. 
10. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
11. Ink the stamp with Fallen Leaves VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. Re-ink the stamp and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression.
12. Position the Three Dancing Fairies Clear Polymer Stamps above the Star Well as shown. 
13. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps and lift.
14. Ink the stamps with Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.Re-ink the stamps and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression.
15. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform.
16. Heat set the image panel. 
17. Use a white chalk pencil to add some shading to the Three Dancing Fairies and Mini Pipin. 
18. Use the Bold Stardust Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Ink Pens to add glitter to the Three Dancing Fairies' wings.
19. Use Lost Shadow Distress Ink to add shadow below Mini Pipin and the Star Well and to add some shadow to random areas of the snowy ground. 
20. Remove the mask from the Star Well.
21. Use a White Posca Paint Marker to add dots of "snow" to the Star Well's roof, the top of the stone base, along the "ground", coming from the Fairies' hands, and randomly around the images. 
22. Let the paint dry, then add dots of Bold Stardust Glittering Gelly Roll Gel Ink to the snowy areas. 
23. Trim the image panel to 4" x 5.25". 
24. Use Green Oasis and Spruce VersaFine Clair Inks to stamp the Mini Holly Clear Polymer Stamp along the top and sides of the image panel. 
25. Use both inks to edge the image panel. 
26. Heat set the image panel. 
27. Use a White Gelly Roll Gel Pen to add additional snowy dots to the entire image panel.
28. Use a Red Posca Paint Marker to color the Mini Holly's berries. 
29. When the paint is dry, use a White Gelly Roll Gel Pen to add highlights to the red holly berries. 
30. Let the gel pen ink dry.
31. Use a Clear Glaze Dimensional Gel Pen to add dimension and shine to the holly berries. Let the gel ink dry, then continue to build layers of dimension and shine to the berries.
32. Place the image panel back onto the base of a stamping platform and secure it with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
33. Pat an anti-static pouch over the bottom area of the image panel. 
34. Position the "Wishing You Peace" sentiment stamp from the Christmas Greetings Clear Polymer Stamp Set facedown as shown. 
35. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the sentiment stamp and lift.
36. Ink the stamp with Twilight VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp. 
37. Remove the image panel from the stamping platform.
38. Sprinkle Clear Gloss Wow! Embossing Powder onto the wet ink, dump the excess powder back into the container, and heat set the powder.
39. Create an A2 card from heavy white cardstock. 
40. Sponge or brush the outside .5" edges of the card with Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink. 
41. Edge the card with Spruce VersaFine Clair Ink. These two steps will create a card that perfectly matches the holly border of the image panel.
42. Heat set the inked areas of the white card.
43. Finish the card by adhering the image panel to the green edged A2 card.

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31 Days of Halloween Challenge - Day 28 "We Ride"

 Greetings! Here's a card created for Day 28 of Lost Coast Portal to Creativity's October 31 Days of Halloween Challenge with the Witch 2 Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs.

Products Used:

Witch 2 Rubber Stamp by Lost Coast Designs

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Silver Metallic Cardstock by Recollections

Black Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Acetate Circle Masks by Lavinia Stamps

Dark Denim, Della Blue, Blue Lagoon, Violet Chalk, and Flying Fig Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps *

October Nights 6" x 8" Stencil by Picket Fence Studios

Tuxedo Black Memento Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko *

White Shimmer Delicata Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:

Witch's Skin: BV000, BV0000, E50, E21, E11, E00, E000, R20

Witch's Hair: YG25, YG23

Witch Hat and Skirt: BV25, BV23, BV20, N6, N5, N3

Witch's Top, Sash, and Socks: YR27, YR24, YR23, YR21

Broomstick: E84 E31, E47, E27, E23, YR28, Y26

Outline: C00

Silver Star Stardust Gel Pen by Sakura

Removable Adhesive

Vintage Alphabet by Top Dog Dies/Accucut

2" Sookwang Double-sided Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Note: Items marked with asterisks ( * ) are available at Topflight Stamps.

Instructions:

1. Create a 6" square card from black textured cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Witch 2 Rubber Stamp onto a 6" square piece of Bristol Paper. 
3. Heat set the image, then color it with Copic markers.
4. Place the image panel onto a magnetic craft surface.
5. Place the largest acetate circle mask over the colored image. This white circle area will become the moon.
6. Brush Dark Denim Elements Dye Ink around the outside edges of the image panel and over the outside of the circle mask. 
7. Brush a Della Blue Elements Dye Ink over the panel working from the outside edges towards the circle mask, blending as you go. 
8. Brush Blue Lagoon Elements Dye Ink onto the image panel and over the outside of the circle mask. 
9. Finish the background night sky by brushing first Violet Chalk, then Flying Fig Elements Dye Inks over the panel and the outside of the circle mask.
10. Remove the circle mask and heat set the image panel.
11. Add a bit of removable adhesive to the moon, then secure the circle mask back in place. 
12. Use magnets and/or tape to secure the October Nights Stencil over the image panel. 
13. Brush Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink over the stencil onto the image panel.
14. Use a very small brush to apply White Shimmer Delicata Ink over the large diamond shapes on the stencil.
15. Remove both the stencil and the circle mask from the image panel. 
16. Carefully remove the adhesive from the moon area of the image panel. 
17. Heat set the image panel. 
18. Trim the image panel to 5.5" square and edge with the Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink.
19. Heat set the image panel.
20.  Trim a piece of silver metallic cardstock to 5.75" and use this to mat the image panel.
21. Add 2" wide Sookwang or other two-sided tape to the reverse of a strip of the remaining silver metallic cardstock.
22. Use alphabet cutting dies to cut the silver metallic cardstock. 
23. Adhere the "We Ride" sentiment die-cut letters to the matted image panel as shown. 
24. Adhere the matted card front to the reserved 6" square black card.

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Halloween MemoryDex Page

It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday and an "Anything Goes" week, but before I get to my project, I wanted to remind you that you have less than 24 hours to take advantage of Topflight Stamps' World Cardmaking Day Sale! Buy some holiday gifts or treat yourself! 

With that reminder done, it's time to move onto this week's project!

You might have noticed that I'm on a Halloween crafting kick, but imho it's the most wonderful time of the year! I'm so excited to see all the Halloween decorations going up in my neighborhood. 

Therefore, I couldn't resist making a page for the Halloween MemoryDex Mini-book that I started last year. This MemoryDex page was created with AALL and Create's Mostly Harmless Clear Stamp Set 1294 and the Boosentials Clear Stamps Set 1203 — both by Janet Klein for AALL and Create. I also used the Galactic Edges Die Set 68, which is one of the fabulous MemoryDex Die Sets by AALL and Create.

Here's my MemoryDex Page!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:
Mostly Harmless Clear Stamp Set 1294 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Boosentials Clear Stamps Set 1203 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Galactic Edges Die Set 68 by AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko
Dark Denim, Blue Lagoon, Pine, and Violet Chalk Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Bristol Paper by Strathmore

Raven Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers: W2, W1, W0, T4, T3, T2, T1, T0, C0, C00, N5, N4, BV20, BV00, BV000, BV0000, V91, V25, V22, V20, R56, R35, R32, R30, R11, R02, R01, R00, R000, RV91, E81, E<70, E18, E15, B45, B43, B41, <B41, <B21, YR31, YR30, YR18, YR15, YR12, Y06

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Clear Glaze Dimensional Gloss Gel Pen by Sakura

Silver Jimnie Gel Pen by Zebra

Low-tack Tape

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

STAY-tion by Ranger

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a 5" square from Bristol Paper. Use the smaller die from the Galactic Edges Die Set 68  to cut the square, then use the deckled edge-looking die to cut the remaining bit of paper. Keep both sides of the deckled edge paper to use later.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink  to stamp the girl from the Mostly Harmless Clear Stamp Set 1294 about .75" from the bottom of the MemoryDex die-cut.
3. Heat set the stamped image. 
4. Stamp her again onto a piece of repositionable sticker paper. 
5. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it atop its counterpart on the die-cut as a mask. 
6. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the mummy boy from the Mostly Harmless Clear Stamp Set 1294 to the left of the masked girl. 
7. Heat set the stamped image.
8. Stamp mummy boy again onto repositionable sticker paper. 
9. Fussy-cut the Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it atop its counterpart on the die-cut as a mask.
10. Place one side of the deckle-edged die-cut horizontally over the MemoryDex die-cut so that the deckled edge is slightly above the character's feet and covering the top part of the die-cut. 
11. Brush Pine Elements Premium Dye Ink over the deckled edge onto the bottom of the image panel die-cut. 
12. Use a smaller brush to apply Violet Chalk Elements Premium Dye Ink under the character's feet to ground them and create a slight shadow. 
13. Remove the deckled scrap. 
14. Line up the other side of the deckled edge paper so that it's covering the bottom green-inked part of the image panel, 
15. Brush Dark Denim Elements Premium Dye Ink over the top of the deckled edge and the masked images onto the image panel die-cut. 
16. Brush Blue Lagoon Elements Premium Dye Ink over the masked images onto the image panel die-cut, blending as you go.
17. When your background is complete, lift the masks. 
18. Color the images with Copic markers. 
19. Use a N6 marker to expand mummy boy's pupil. 
20. Use a White Gelly Roll Gel Pen to add a highlight to the pupil. 
21. Use a silver metallic gel pen to color the shaft of the pin. 
22. Use the Clear Gloss Glaze Pen pm the red pin head and the buttons on the girl's dress and her shoes.
23. Let the gel ink dry, then reapply another layer of Gloss Glaze.
24. Repeat Step 23 again to build up layers of dimension and shine,
25. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks to stamp the bats from the Boosentials Clear Stamps Set 1203 as shown. 
26. Heat set the ink.
27. Use the large die and one of the edge dies from the Galactic Edges Die Set 68 to cut black textured cardstock to create the base of the MemoryDex page.
28. Adhere the image panel to the black MemoryDex page. 
29. Adhere the edge die to adorn the right side of the memory dex page.

Thank you for visiting today!