Warm Winter Wishes Card for Christmas In July!

Greetings! It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday on my blog! This week the team is showcasing Chou et Flowers' wonderful products. But before I get to this week's project, I'd like to remind you that all products from the Winter/Christmas Category are on sale until 11:59 EDT on 7/31/25!

Here's my holiday card created with the Winter Girl Clear Stamp by Chou et Flowers,Roadway Vistas Die Set 78, 

Quirky Post Die Set DI-87, and Holiday Fox Clear Stamp Set — all by AALL and Create. The patterned paper is from the A Gingham Christmas 8x8  Pad by Creative Expressions.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Winter Girl Clear Stamp by Chou et Flowers

Roadway Vistas Die Set 78 by AALL and Create

Quirky Post Die Set DI-87 by AALL and Create

Holiday Fox Clear Stamp Set by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

A Gingham Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Creative Expressions

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Gelly Roll Bold Line Stardust Clear Glittering Ink Gel Pen by Sakura

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Classic Green Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers:

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

 Cheeks: R20

 Lips: E04, RV42

 Hair: E47, E44

 Vest/Hat: G03, G02, G00

 Shirt: C1, C0, R17, R02, R00, R000

 Telephone in Snowglobe: R29, R17, R05

 Big Ben in Snowglobe: W3, W2, E43, E42, E40

 Sky in Snowglobe: B21, <B21

 Clouds in Snowglobe: C1, C0

 Background: BG10, BG0000, G000, <B41, C0

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Text Frame Die Set by Gummiapan Designs

Low-tack Tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create an A6 card from green cardstock.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Winter Girl Clear Stamp onto white cardstock. 
3. Color the image and background panel with Copic markers. 
4. Use the White Gelly Roll Gel pen to add reflections to the snowglobe. 
5. Use the Gelly Roll Bold Line Stardust Clear Glittering Ink Gel Pen to add glittery highlights to the stamped orbs around the image.
6. Cut blue/green plaid patterned paper from A Gingham Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad with the second largest die from the Roadway Vistas Die Set 78. 
7. Use the second largest die from the Quirky Post Die Set DI-87 to cut a window in the die-cut. 
8. Position the patterned paper window within the frame. 
9. Center one of the Text Frame Dies, cutting-side down, on the the patterned paper window and secure with low-tack tape. 
10. Run the window/die combination through the die-cut machine to cut a text window.
11. Adhere the image panel behind the window in the die-cut so that there's a plaid frame around it. 
12. Back the text frame on the window panel die-cut with low-tack tape and place the text frame in it. 
13. Place the window panel die-cut on the base of a stamping platform and secure with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
14. Position the "Warm Winter Wishes" sentiment stamp from the Holiday Fox Clear Stamp Set facedown onto the text frame die-cut.
15. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the sentiment stamp, lift, and ink the stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp onto the text frame die-cut.
16. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
17. Adhere the framed image panel to the reserved A6 green card. 
18. Adhere the sentiment to finish the card.

Thank you for visiting today!

Sent with Love Rose Card

Greetings! It's an "Anything Goes" week over at Topflight Stamps, but before I get to my new post, I'd like to remind you about the Christmas/Winter Sale!

Here's my card created with the Sent With Love Clear Stamp Set 831 by Tracy Evans for AALL and Create, the Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set by CREA-lies, the Cheerful and Strawberry VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko, and A Gingham Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Creative Expressions.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Sent With Love Clear Stamp Set 831 by Tracy Evans for AALL and Create

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

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Cheerful and Strawberry VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

A Gingham Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Creative Expressions

Other Products Used:
Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Chinese Red Cardstock by My Colors

Copic Markers: BV25, BV23, R39, R37, R35, R24, R22, Y11, Y04, Y00, Y0000, YG95, YG67, YG53

Lemon Sorbet Dye Ink by Catherine Pooler Designs

Text Frame Die Set by Gummiapan Designs

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from Chinese Red Cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Inko to stamp the large rose from the Sent With Love Clear Stamp Set 831 twice — once onto a white cardstock panel and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
3. Use Copic markers to color the rose and the leaves. 
4. Outline the rose, stem, and leaves with a yellow marker. 
5. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the rose, leaves, and stem and place them over their counterparts on the image panel as masks.
6. Sponge or brush Lemon Sorbet Dye Ink over the masked image to add color to background of the image panel.
7. Cut the image panel with one of the dies from the Crea-Nest-Lies XXL Double Stitched Rectangle Die Set, being sure to reserve the off-cut for the sentiment. 
8. Edge the image panel die-cut with Lemon Sorbet Dye Ink.
9. Use Cheerful VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the rose verse sentiment and the word "rose" from the Sent With Love Clear Stamp Set 831 onto the image panel using first and second generation stamping.
10. Use Strawberry VersaFine Clair Ink to stamp the "Sent with Love" sentiment from the Sent With Love Clear Stamp Set 831 onto the reserved yellow-dye inked cardstock.
11. Cut the sentiment with a text frame die, edge with yellow dye ink, and set aside.
12. Sponge or brush yellow dye ink over the red/white gingham patterned paper from the A Gingham Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad to color coordinate the patterned paper with the card. 
13. Trim the inked patterned paper to 4¾" x 6¾" then edge it with a red copic marker.
14. Adhere the inked gingham patterned paper to the reserved  5" x 7" card. 
15. Adhere the image panel die-cut to the card front. 
16. Finish the card by adhering the sentiment text strip die-cut as shown.

Thanks for visiting today!