Thank You Card

Greetings! It's Tuesday, my day to share a project made for Topflight Stamps! This week the team is showcasing products by L'Encre et L'Image, a French company that makes wonderful and whimsical stamps, great stencils, and other fab products.

Here's a Thank You card created with the A Stroll in the Garden Clear Stamp Set. 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

A Stroll in the Garden Clear Stamp Set by L'Encre et L'Image

Quirky Post Die Set DI-87 by AALL and Create

Uplifting Sentiment Stickers 6 by Lavinia Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

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

Concord Grape and Pink Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

White Heavystock Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers: YG01, YG03, YG05, YG11, YG13, YG17, YG25, YG41, YG45, YG61, YG63, YG67, B01, B02, <B21, B23, B63, B66, RV91, RV10, RV52, Y11, Y21, Y23, Y26, Y28, E23, BV04, BV25, BV34, G20, G21, G24, T0, T1, T2, BG90, BG93

Waterbrush filled with Copic Colorless Blender

White Prismacolor Pencil by Newell Rubbermaid

Purple Stardust Glitter Gel Pen by Sakura

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Repositionable Scotch Tape by 3M

Low-tack Tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Make an A6 card from white cardstock. Set it aside.
2. Place a piece of 6.5" x 4.5" piece of Classic Crest cardstock onto a stamping platform secured with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
3. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the big planter from A Stroll in the Garden Clear Stamp Set twice — once in the center of the white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper.
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version and place it over its counterpart on the image panel as a mask. 
5. Position the the watering can/house/planter stamp from A Stroll in the Garden Clear Stamp Set facedown on the left of the planter. 
6. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp, lift the lid, ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and stamp.
7. Clean and dry the watering can/house/planter stamp.
8. Position the watering can/house/planter stamp facedown on the right of the planter. 
9. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp, lift the lid, ink the stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and stamp.
10. Use the second largest die from the Quirky Post Die Set DI-87 by AALL and Create to cut the image panel.
11. Remove the mask from the image panel die-cut.
12. Place a piece of Repositionable Scotch Tape horizontally across the bottom part of the image panel die-cut.
13. Use a waterbrush filled with Copic Colorless Blender Solution to wet the area to the left of the watering can.  Immediately color the area with a <B21 Copic marker to create a blue sky behind the planters. 
14. Continue wetting small areas with the waterbrush and immediately coloring with the <B21 marker until the top part of the image panel is mostly colored. You'll note that I left the periphery of the image panel die-cut uncolored.
15. Add drips, drops, and splatters of Colorless Blender to add interest to the blue sky area.
16. Remove the Repositionable Scotch Tape and use a glue pick-up to make sure the area is free of sticky residue.
17. Color the planters, flowers, leaves, grass, and paths with Copic markers.
18. Use a white colored pencil to add highlights to the planters and watering cans.
19. Use a purple Stardust Glitter pen to add glittery centers to the pink flowers.
20. Cut grape cardstock with the the largest die from the Quirky Post Die Set DI-87 
21. Trim pink cardstock to the same size and use it to mat the grape die-cut. 
22. Adhere the matted background Quirky Post die-cut to the reserved white A6 card.
23. Adhere the image panel to the card. 
24. Add the "Thank You" sentiment sticker from the Uplifting Sentiment Stickers 6 to finish the card. 

Thank you for visiting today!

Warm Winter Wishes

Greetings! It's Tuesday, my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. This week my teammates and I are focussing on Winter/Christmas. Since Topflight Stamps is a sponsor for the Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop, I decided to combine both challenges. 

BTW, in honor of the blog hop, Topflight Stamps has a sale on the Coffee/Tea/Cocoa Category.

Here's a card created with two of the mugs from the L'Instant Thé/Tea Time by L'Encre et L'Image, Christmas Snowflakes Stencil by Stamperia, Della Blue Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps, PS108 Stencil by Scrapcosy for PaperArtsy, and a sentiment from the Stay Cozy Clear Stamp Set 814 by AALL and Create.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

L'Instant Thé/Tea Time by L'Encre et L'Image

PS108 Stencil by Scrapcosy for PaperArtsy

Christmas Snowflakes Stencil by Stamperia

Stay Cozy Clear Stamp Set 814 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Della Blue Elements Ink by Lavinia Stamps

Premier Blending Tool by Hunkydory Crafts

Premier Blending Sponges by Hunkydory Crafts

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Avalanche Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Satin Finish Vellum: Source Unknown

Inkjet Vellum by Strathmore

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Moonlight White Brilliance Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Seafoam Dye Ink by Catherine Pooler

Jet Black StazOn by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Copic Markers:

R11, R12, R14, R27, YG41, YG61, YG91, YG97, E42, E43, E74, E79, C10, T3

Square Frame Die Set by QuicKutz

Festive Flora 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Craft Consortium

Red Shantung Specialty Paper by FibreMark

Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities Die Sets by Spellbinders

Take the Stage Die-namics Die Set by My Favorite Things

Cloud Dies: Source Unknown

Steam Swirl from a Coffee Die: Source Unknown

Woodgrain Washi Tape: Source Unknown

2" Sookwang Doublesided Tape

Mister bottle with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Misti Stamp Platform by My Sweet Petunia

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of Avalanche cardstock to 10" x 7", score at 5", and fold to form a 5" x 7" card. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp two of the mugs from the L'Instant Thé/Tea Time onto white cardstock. 
3. Fussy-cut both cups, colore them with Copic markers, and edge them with a black marker.
4. Trim a piece of Neenah cardstock to 4.75" x 6.75" to create the background panel. 
5. Use one of the Square Frame Dies to cut a window in the top part of the background panel.
6. Secure the background panel onto the STAY-tion with magnets.
7. Sponge Seafoam ink onto the image panel. 
8. Use magnets to secure the PS106 Stencil by Scrapcosy over the image panel on the STAY-tion.
9. Sponge Seafoam ink onto the image panel to add visual interest to the background.
10. Adhere wood-grain washi tape to the leftover  4.75" x 1.75" piece of white cardstock.
11. Use a scalloped oval die was used to cut white vellum. 
12. Use the corresponding plain oval die to cut patterned paper from a 6x6 patterned paper pad by the Festive Flora 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad.
13. Adhere the plain patterned paper oval atop the vellum scalloped oval.
14. Score and fold the matted oval die-cut and adhere to the front and back of the washi-taped panel.
15. Adhere the washi-taped panel to the bottom of the background panel.
16. Sponge another piece of white cardstock with Della Blue Elements Ink then mist with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol to add a touch of splotchiness. 
17. Sponge Moonlight White Brilliance over the Christmas Snowflakes Stencil to create a snowy sky background. Heat set.
18. Adhere the snowflake panel behind the square opening of the background panel.
19. Use the Curtains die from the Take the Stage Die-namics set to cut white satin-finish vellum.
20. Use a scalloped border die to cut the white satin finish vellum.
21. Use the tie-backs die to cut Red Shantung specialty paper.
22. Adhere the curtains, scalloped border, and red tie-backs to the front of the background panel to frame the window.
23. Back a 2" strip of vellum with 2" wide Sookwang Tape.
24. Use Jet Black StazOn to stamp the sentiment from the Stay Cozy Clear Stamp Set 814 onto the vellum. Let dry.
25. A cloud die was used to cut the sentiment stamped on the tape backed vellum. 
26. Steam swirls were also die-cut from the tape-backed vellum.
27. Adhere the coffee mugs to the background panel as shown. 
28. Use a T3 Copic marker to add shadows beneath the cups.
29. Adhere the vellum steam swirls above the coffee cups.
30. Adhere the sentiment cloud as shown.
31. Adhere the background panel to the reserved 5" x 7" white card.

Thanks for visiting today!