Spooky!

Greetings! It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday. BUT, before we get to that I wanted to remind you that you have a little less than 24 hours to take advantage for the Labor Day Sale! Treat yourself, treat a friend, buy your holiday gifts early! Just pop on over to the Topflight Stamps to fill your basket with goodies!

This week's theme is Halloween, which is my favorite holiday! I love everything about the holiday including creating projects for it, 

Here's a card created with the Dreaded Damask Cling Rubber Stamp by Indigo Blu, the Skull n Roses Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Crafty Individuals, and a sentiment from the Halloween Collection Clear Stamp Set 1 by Melina Dahl for That's Crafty. I also used six colors of Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps and Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow!.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Dreaded Damask Cling Rubber Stamp by Indigo Blu

Skull n Roses Unmounted Rubber Stamp by Crafty Individuals

Halloween Collection Clear Stamp Set 1 by Melina Dahl for That's Crafty

Lemon Drop, Sundance, Russet Orange, Mulberry, Merlot, and Flying Fig Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Clear Gloss Embossing Powder by Wow!

Other Products Used:

140 lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Textured Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Alcohol Markers:

Copic Markers: 

for the Skull: T8, T7, T4, T3, T2, T0, W3, W1, W0, W00, E43, E42, E41, E40, R35, YR31, YR30, YR24, YR21, YR18, YR16, Y38, Y35, FY1

for some Roses: V09, V06, V05, V04

Olo Markers:

for other Roses: V2.7, V2.6, V2.4, V2.3, G1.7

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Anti-static Pouch

Sentiment Frame Die-namics Die Set by My Favorite Things

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an A2 card from black textured cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use magnets and/or low-tack tape to secure a panel of Mixed Media paper to the base of a stamping platform.
3. Place the Dreaded Damask Cling Rubber Stamp facedown on the panel.
4. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
5. Ink the Dreaded Damask Cling Rubber Stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp to create the image panel. Re-ink and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression.*
6. Remove the panel from the stamping platform and heat set the panel thoroughly.
7. Brush Lemon Drop Elements Premium Dye Ink onto the center of the stamped panel.
8. Brush Sundance Elements Ink onto the panel slightly overlapping both sides. 
9. Brush Russet Orange Elements Ink on both sides of the darker yellow inked area. 
10. Continue this pattern using Mulberry, Merlot, and Flying Fig Elements Inks. 
11. Heat set the panel, trim, edge with a black pen, and set it aside.
12. Place a panel of Solar White cardstock onto a the base of a stamping platform. 
13. Place the Skull n Roses Unmounted Rubber Stamp facedown onto the cardstock.
14. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
15. Ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp. 
16. Fussy-cut the image, color with alcohol markers, edge with a black marker, and set it aside.
17. Brush a strip of Mixed Media paper with Lemon Drop Elements Premium Dye Ink. Heat set. 
18. Pounce an anti-static pad onto the inked strip. 
19. Secure the inked strip onto the base of a stamping platform.
20. Position the "Spooky" sentiment from the Halloween Collection Clear Stamp Set 1 by Melina Dahl facedown onto the strip. 
21. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
22. Ink the sentiment stamp with Russet Orange Elements Ink and stamp. *
23. Remove the strip from the stamping platform.
24. Add Clear Gloss Embossing Powder to the wet ink. 
25. Pour the excess powder back into the container. 
26. Heat set the embossing powder. 
27. Let the heated powder cool, then use a Sentiment Frame Die Set to cut the sentiment. 
28. Edge the interior part of the die-cut with Flying Fig Elements Premium Dye Ink. Heat set. 
29. Use the same die to cut textured black cardstock.
30. Adhere the Dreaded Damask to the reserved black textured A2 card. 
31. Adhere the colored, fussy-cut Skull n Roses as shown. 
32. Adhere the framed sentiment to finish the card.

Notes:

• At some time I must have scratched the rubber on the Dreaded Damask Cling Rubber Stamp. Sadly, there's no way to repair it, short of replacing it. Fortunately, the stamp's got a "grunge" vibe, so the result isn't totally heinous.
• Elements Premium Dye Inks by Lavinia Stamps are so versatile. They're great for stamping, blending inks, stenciling, using on a Gel Press, and heat embossing! There are two new colors and re-inkers available at Topflight Stamps!

Thanks for visiting today!