Happy Bird Day!

It's Tuesday which means it's my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps! It's also May 31st which is World Parrot Day so I decided to celebrate this holiday with a slimline birthday card featuring the wonder Wingman Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle! 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Wingman Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Found in the Woods - Scrapcosy Stencil PS190 by PaperArtsy

Glory Stencil by Lavinia Stamps
Pine, Lime Punch, and Sundance Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Jersey Cream Prism Ink by Hunkydory Crafts

Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Inks by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:
140 lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore®

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Parrot My Colors Cardstock by My Mind's Eye

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Stitched Slimline Die Set by Creekbank Creations

No Frills Plain Slimline Die Set by Gina Marie Designs

Copic® Markers:

Parrots Left to Right: B37, B39, Y17, Y19, BV23, BV25, BV29, C6, C7, C8;  B02, B04, B16, R35, R39, YG03, YG05, YG07, YG17, BV23, BV25, BV29, C6, C7, C8; B18, B28, B29, BV23, BV25, BV29, C6, C7, C8; Stand and Swing: BV23, BV25, BV29, C6, C7, C8

Dimensional Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L

Repositionable Label Paper by Avery®

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp three of the adorable parrots onto Copic-friendly cardstock and onto respositionable label paper. 
2. Fussy-cut the label paper version of the flying bird.
3. Fussy-cut the label paper versions of the two left-facing parrots so that their bodies and wings are separated from their tails.
4. Place the body/wing masks for the left-facing parrots and the entire flying parrot over their counterparts on the image panel.
5. Using a stamping platform and Memento ink, stamp the stand and the swing onto the image panels for the two left-facing birds and onto label paper.
6. Fussy-cut the stand and the swing and place them atop their counterparts. 
7. Place the tail masks for the two left-facing parrots were adhered in place. All stamped elements should now be masked.
8. Trim all three image panels to 2.5" square.
9. Brush or sponge the masked image panels with Jersey Cream Prism Ink to create a colored background.  
10. Using the STAY-tion, place the corner flourish from the Found in the Woods - Scrapcosy Stencil PS190 on the upper right corner of the swinging parrot and secure with a magnet.
11. Brush Jersey Cream Prism Ink over the stencil onto the image panel.
12. Clean the stencil, flip it, and position the corner flourish on the upper left of the parrot on the stand. Secure the stencil in place with a magnet.
13. Brush Jersey Cream Prism Ink over the corner flourish onto the image panel.
14. Clean the stencil, then place the plain flourish from the same stencil onto the top of the panel with the flying parrot.
15. Brush Jersey Cream Prism Ink over the plain flourish onto the image panel.
16. Place a piece of clear acetate horizontally across the base of the parrot on the stand,
17. Brush Desert Sand Memento ink across the base of the panel to ground the stand. 
18. Set all three square image panels aside.
19. Brush Pine and Lime Punch Elements Inks over a piece of mixed media paper and heat set to create the background panel. 
20. Brush Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink over the Glory Stencil onto the background panel. 
21. Use the largest die from the stitched slimline die set to cut the background panel.
22. Edge the panel with Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink.
23. Use the Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink to edge all three of the reserved parrot squares.
24. Adhere the parrot squares to the background panel.
25. Brush a strip of white cardstock with Jersey Cream Prism Ink.
26. Using a stamping platform, use Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the sentiments. 
27. Use a die from the Plain Slimline Die Set to cut the sentiment.
28. Use the Green Oasis VersaFine Clair Ink to edge the sentiment die-cut. 
29. Adhere the sentiment to the cardfront with foam adhesive popping up the center of the sentiment strip and the ends glued down. 
30. Adhere the cardfront to a green slimline card. 

Thanks for visiting today!

Let the Good Times Roll!

Happy Mardi Gras! It's my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. In honor of the holiday, I decided to create a slimline card featuring a Drinks Cart Parade using the Happy Hour Clear Stamp Set 476 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create. 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Happy Hour Clear Stamp Set 476 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Voyager Clear Stamp Set 198 by Olga Heldwein for AALL and Create

Wishy-Washi Washi Tape 19 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Butterscotch and Midnight Black Prism Inks by Hunkydory Crafts

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Raven Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Parchment Beige Vellum: Source Unknown

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers: C0, C1, C2, C4, BV13, BV17, BV20, YR20, YR21, YR24, YR27, YR30, YR31, V06, V09, V93, Y23, RV69, Y26, Y2, BG11, BG70, BG72, BG90, BG93, G28, G29, B41, B45, B60, YG45, YG91, YG93, YG97, R35, R39, E30, E31, E81, E84

Venetian Carnevale from the Midnight Masquerade 8x8 Patterned Paper by Graphic 45®

Patterns and Solids 12x12 Patterned Paper Pad by Graphic 45®

No Frills Plain Slimline Die Set by Gina Marie Designs.

Stitched Slimline Die Set by Creekbank Creations

Banner Die-namics Die Set by My Favorite Things®

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of black cardstock to 9.25" x 8". Score at 4" and fold to form a slimline card. Set aside.
2. Cut a piece of white cardstock to 8.5" x 4".
3. Use magnets to secure the cardstock to the base of a stamping platform positioned all the way to the left and flush with the bottom of the platform.
4. Position the drinks stamp facedown on the image panel so that the right edge of the stamp is at the 8.5" mark.
5. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamp and lift.
6. Ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and stamp. Re-ink and stamp if necessary for a good impression.
7. Keeping the stamp in the same position, slide the paper ~1.75" to the right being sure to keep the paper against the bottom base of the platform. 
8. Reposition the magnets to ensure that the image panel does not move.
9. Re-ink the stamp and stamp. Repeat if necessary.
10. Repeat Steps 7 - 9 three more times until you have a row of drink carts!*
11. Add a strip of Wishy-Washi Washi Tape 19 by Janet Klein to the base of the image under the carts' wheels. 
12. Use one of the dies from the No Frills Plain Slimline dies to cut the image panel then edge it  with Midnight Black Prism Ink.
13. Use E30, E31, and BG72 Copic markers to add the background behind the drinks carts. 
14. Use BV20 to add shadows around the images.
15. The background still needed a little something, so I used Butterscotch Prism Ink to repeatedly stamp one of the background stamps from the Voyager Clear Stamp Set 198 by Olga Heldwein for AALL and Create along the top.
16. Computer generate and print the sentiment onto beige vellum.
17. Use a banner die to cut the sentiment.
18. Fold the sentiment and adhere to the image panel.
19. Use the largest die from the Stitched Slimline Die Set to cut violet patterned paper to become the card front. 
20. Cut a piece of harlequin patterned paper (Venetian Carnevale) from the Midnight Masquerade 8x8 pad to 3.5", then cut into three pieces.
21. Use Midnight Black Prism Ink to edge the card front and all three pieces of the harlequin patterned paper.
22. Adhere the three pieces of harlequin patterned paper to the card front.
23. Adhere the image panel die-cut to card front as shown.
24. Adhere the card front to the reserved slimline card.

Thanks for visiting today!

Notes:

• Having a nice orderly row of drink carts makes my inner Virgo chortle with glee. Chortling is a good thing.
• Retrospectively, I should have colored all the bottles differently so that there would be a wider variety of drink choices. Clearly my inner Virgo was in control of the coloring process.
• Having a parade of drink carts makes me happy especially since I'm finally finished with all those antibiotics and am beginning to feel more normal or what passes for normal with me.