Nature is Magical (Blizzards Aren't)

It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday! This week's focus is on Woodware's fabulous products. We had a blizzard over the weekend that brought 17" of snow to my area. Needless to say, I'm SO over winter. Therefore, I decided to use the adorable Green Fingers Gnome Clear Stamp Set  to create a spring-themed card.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Green Fingers Gnome Clear Stamp Set by Woodware

Jolly Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Woodware

Polaroid Pop Die Set DI-89 by AALL and Create

Della Blue, Blue Lagoon, Lime Punch, Green Parrot, and Pine Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps by Lavinia Stamps

Acetate Hills Mask-Stencil

Fine Spray Misters by Spectrum Noir

Glitz Spritz Spray Set (Scintillating Silver Glitz Spray) by Lindy's Gang

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

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

White Heavy Smooth Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

140 lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore

Tan Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers:

Skin: BV000, E50, R01, R00, R000

Hair: YR31, Y23, Y21, W2, W1

Hat/Dress: BG75, BG72, E57, E55, R22

Shoes: N7, N6, N5, N4

Flowers: B37, B23, Y13, YR09, YR07

Leaves/Hair Ties: YG17, YG06, YG05

Wheelbarrow: T4, T2, T1, T0, R25

Tire: C8, C6, B37, B24

Butterflies: B39, B23

Black Multiliner Pen by Copic

Distressed Labels Clear Stamp Set by Woodware

Anti-Static Pouch

VersaMark Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Black Detail Embossing Powder by Stampendous

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Black Sparkle Stardust Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Grass Green Chalk Pencil by General's

Rectangle Frame Set: Source Unknown

Stitched Border Die-namics Die by My Favorite Things

Other Border Die Set by Cheery Lynn Designs

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Low-tack Tape

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Create a 5" x 7" card from tan cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink  to stamp the gnome image and two butterflies from the Green Fingers Gnome Clear Stamp Set onto white cardstock.
3. Fussy-cut them, color them with Copic markers, edge them with a black marker, and set them aside.
4. Use the largest die from the Polaroid Pop Die Set DI-89  to cut a piece of Mixed Media paper. This will become the background panel.
5. Place a piece of low-tack tape on the reverse of the Mixed Media die-cut on a magnetic craft surface.
6. Place the flattest hills mask from the Acetate Hills Masks/Stencils by Lavinia Stamps horizontally across the bottom part image panel die-cut about .75" from the base of the background panel die-cut. Add magnets to assure that the Acetate Hills Mask is secure.
7. Brush Della Blue and Blue Lagoon Elements Inks over the top of the Acetate Hills Mask onto the background panel die-cut. 
8. Use a water-filled Fine Spray Mister to gently mist the background panel die-cut. 
9. Remove the Acetate Hills Mask and heat set the background panel die-cut.
10. Place the previously created homemade stencil on the base of the blue-sponged area. (See February 10th's blog post).
11. Use a small brush to apply Pine Elements Inks over the homemade mask to start to create the grassy area of the background.
12. Brush Lime Punch and Green Parrot Elements Ink to fill in the bottom portion of the background panel die-cut.
13. Move the inked background panel die-cut to a box and lightly spray Scintillating Silver Glitz Spray from the Glitz Spritz Spray Set over. itto add some shimmer. Heat set the panel.
14. Cut a piece of white cardstock slightly larger than the background panel die-cut, then adhere it behind the background panel.
15. Adhere the colored fussy-cut gnomes and both butterflies to the backgound panel as shown. 
16. Use a Black Sparkle Stardust Gelly Roll Gel Pen to add the butterflies' bodies to the butterflies. 
17. Use a black fineliner to add antennae to the butterflies. 
18. Use a green chalk pencil to add a shadow under the gnome and her wheelbarrow and to add some shading to the grass. Set the panel aside.
19. Pounce an anti-static pouch onto a small piece of tan cardstock. 
20. Place the tan cardstock onto the base of a stamping platform and secure it with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
21. Place one of the sentiments from the Distressed Labels Clear Stamp Set facedown on the tan cardstock.
22. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp and lift.
23. Ink the sentiment stamp with VersaMark Ink and stamp it onto tan cardstock. 
24. Ink the sentiment again with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp onto the tan cardstock. Re-ink and stamp again if needed to attain a good impression.
25. Remove the tan cardstock from the stamping platform, sprinkle black detail embossing powder onto the wet ink, pour the excess powder back into its container, and heat set the powder. 
26. Use the smallest frame die from the rectangle frame die set to cut white cardstock, then adhere the frame over the sentiment as shown. 
27. Trim the frame die slightly. 
28. Use border dies to cut white and tan cardstock. 
29. Layer the white border onto the stitched tan border.
30. Cut a piece of tan/white gingham patterned paper from the Jolly Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad to 4.75" x 6.75". 
31. Adhere the layered border across the top of the patterned paper panel. 
32. Adhere the sentiment panel to the center of the layered borders as shown.
33. Adhere the image panel to patterned paper panel as shown to finish the card front. 
34. Adhere the card front to the reserved 5" x 7" tan card.

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Baa Humbug - A Coffee-centric Holiday Card

Greetings! It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday. 

Before I get to my project, I wanted to remind you that Topflight Stamps is thrilled to be a sponsor of the 2025 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. What’s a hop without prizes?! The information telling you how you can enter to win a $25 gift card to the Topflight Stamps store will be at the end of today's post!

This week's theme is "Anything Goes" and I've opted to join the fun by creating a humorous coffee-centric holiday card with the Enervy Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp by Katzelkraft, the Skullduggery Cling Mounted Stamp Set by Indigo Blu, the Snap Thoughts Die Set DI-90 by AALL and Create, and the Jolly Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Woodware/Creative Expressions.

Here it is!

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Enervy Unmounted Red Rubber Stamp by Katzelkraft

 Skullduggery Cling Mounted Stamp Set by Indigo Blu

Snap Thoughts Die Set DI-90 by AALL and Create

Jolly Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Woodware/Creative Expressions

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

White Heavyweight Smooth Cardstock by Bazzill Basics

Copic Markers:
Fur: E47, E37, E35, E34, ED31, E30, R02, R00

Eyes: G43, G40, G24, G20

Collar: R56, R46, R39, R37, R35, C2, C1

Coffee Cup: G43, G40, G24, G20

White Gelly Roll Gel Pen by Sakura

Evergreen Dye Ink by Catherine Pooler Designs

Snowflake Stencil by Polkadoodles

A6 Layers Die Set by Waffle Flower Crafts

Nameplate by Spellbinders

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 an A6 card from white heavy cardstock. Set aside.
2. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp Enervy twice — once onto white cardstock and once onto repositionable sticker paper. 
3. Use Copic markers to color Enervy. 
4. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of him and place it atop its counterpart on the image panel as a mask. 
5. Place the small wavy-edged rectangle die from the Snap Thoughts Die Set DI-90 facedown on the image panel, so that the die is framing the masked Enervy. 
6. Secure the die with low-tack tape, then run the sandwich through the die-cut machine. 
7. Flip the secured cutting die/die-cut panel to the reverse. 
8. Use low-tack tape to secure the die-cut to the back of the image image.
9. Flip the panel over again so that the masked image and the cutting die are facing upwards. 
10. Secure the cutting die in place with low-tack tape, taking care to keep the tape off of the image panel.
11. Place a piece of low-tack tape horizontally just above Enervy's paws and tail end but with the die still showing. Brush or sponge Wintergreen Dye Ink over the cutting die, the masked image, and the low-tack tape onto the image panel die-cut.
12. Move the low-tack tape so that it's covering the bottom part of the die-cut and the inked area. 
13. Brush or sponge Wintergreen Dye Ink over the cutting die, the masked image, and the tape onto the image panel die-cut. 
14. Place the Snowflake stencil over the top part of the image panel and brush or sponge Wintergreen Dye Ink over the stencil onto the image panel.
15. Remove the stencil, the die-cut, the tape, and the repositionable sticker paper mask. You should be left with a white border around the edge of the die-cut.
16. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to Enervy's pupils.
17. Brush or sponge the Wintergreen Dye Ink onto a small piece of white cardstock and secure the inked panel to the base of a stamping platform with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
18. Place the "Baa Humbug" and "Naughty/Nice" stamps from the Skullduggery Cling Mounted Stamp Set facedown onto the inked cardstock. 
19. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the stamps, lift the lid, ink the stamps with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a good impression.
20. Trim the Naughty/Nice panel. 
21. Cut the "Baa Humbug" sentiment panel with a nameplate die. 
22. Use Wintergreen Dye Ink to edge both sentiment pieces.
23. Se;ect a piece of patterned paper from the Jolly Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad and cut it to 4.25" x 6" to create the background panel. 
24. Edge the patterned paper background panel with Wintergreen Dye Ink.
25. Adhere the image panel die-cut to the patterned paper background panel.
26. Adhere both sentiments as shown. 
27. Adhere the background panel to the reserved white A6 card.

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Peace on Earth

It's Topflight Stamps Tuesday. This week the team's focus is Christmas/Winter.

 Here's my card created with the adorable Little Light Clear Stamp Set TP-1314 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create, AALL and Create's Bubble Talk Die Set 72 and their Holey Fun Die Set DI-88. The patterned paper is  from the Jolly Christmas 8x8  Pad by Woodware.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Little Light Clear Stamp Set TP-1314 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Bubble Talk Die Set 72 by AALL and Create

Holey Fun Die Set DI-88 by AALL and Create

Jolly Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad by Woodware

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Della Blue Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Colorista Essential Metallic Markers by Spectrum Noir

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Blue Textured Cardstock by Bazzill Basic

Copic Markers:

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

Cheeks: R20

Lips: R83, R81

Hair: W3,  W2, W1, W0, Y23, Y11

Eyes: Blue Grey*

Dress: <B41*, B41, B43*

Collar: C0

Wings: B60, C0, C00

Candle: W1, W0, Y11, Y00

Flame: YR14, Y15

Leaves: YG45, YG25, YG23

Ribbon: R37, R35, R24

Bird: B60, C0, C00, Y15, Y11

Shinhan Touch: Blue Grey 3

Black Pigma Pen by Sakura

Lost Shadow Distress Ink by Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink

Golden Glitz Delicata Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Repositionable Sticker Paper by Avery

Low-tack Tape

STAY-tion by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Glassboard by Glassboard Studios

Stamping Platform

*Copic Inks blended by me

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the Little Light Angel from the Little Light Clear Stamp Set TP-1314 twice — once onto white cardstock and again onto repositionable sticker paper.
2. Color the Little Light Angel with Copic markers. 
3. Fussy-cut the sticker paper version of the Little Light Angel and place it atop its counterpart on the image panel as a mask.
4. Place the small rounded rectangle die from the Bubble Talk Die Set 72 facedown on the image panel so it's framing the Little Light Angel. 
5. Secure the die in place with low-tack tape and run the combination through your die-cut machine.
6. Flip the secured cutting diet/die-cut panel to the reverse. 
7. Use low-tack tape to secure the die-cut to the back of the panel. 
8. Flip the panel over again so that the masked image and the cutting die are facing upwards. 
9. Place a piece of low-tack tape horizontally just above the bottom of Little Light Angel's dress. 
10. Sponge Lost Shadow Distress Ink over the tape and the cutting die onto the bottom of the die-cut image panel to ground the the Little Light Angel.
11. Move the low-tack tape so that it's covering the grey-inked bottom of the image panel die-cut/cutting die. 
12. Brush or sponge Della Blue Elements Inks  over the back of the cutting die onto masked image panel die-cut.
13. Remove the low-tack tape and the die from the image panel die-cut. Clean the ink off of the die with a baby wipe.
14. Position the image panel die-cut onto the base of a stamping platform with magnets and/or low-tack tape. 
15. Place the halo stamp from the Little Light Clear Stamp Set TP-1314 facedown over Little Light Angel's head on the image panel.
16. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the halo stamp and lift. 
17. Ink the halo stamp with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and stamp.
18. Use the gold metallic marker from the Colorista Essential Metallic Markers Set to color the halo. Set the image panel die-cut aside for now.
19. Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink to stamp the dove from the Little Light Clear Stamp Set TP-1314 onto a scrap of white cardstock. 
20. Fussy-cut the dove, color with Copic markers, and edge with a black pen. Set aside.
21. Use the largest die from the Holey Fun Die Set DI-88 to cut a piece of blue patterned paper from the Jolly Christmas 8x8 Patterned Paper Pad. This will become the background panel.
22. Use the smallest die from Holey Fun Die Set DI-88 to cut a leftover piece of the blue patterned paper. 
23. Flip the patterned paper and place low-tack tape across the back of the aperture left in the patterned paper. 
24. Place the patterned paper die-cut onto the tape in the aperture and then place the patterned paper onto the base of a stamping platform. Secure it with magnets and/or low-tack tape.
25. Position the "Peace" sentiment so that it is facedown on the die-cut. 
26. Press the platform's lid onto the back of the halo stamp and lift. 
27. Ink the sentiment stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink and stamp.
28. Remove the sentiment die-cut from the tape holding it to the patterned paper.
29. Edge the background panel die-cut and the sentiment die-cut with Golden Glitz Delicata Ink. Heat set both pieces.
30. Adhere the Little Light Angel die-cut to the background panel as shown. 
31. Adhere the sentiment die-cut and the dove above her on the background panel as shown.
32. Adhere the completed background panel die-cut to a blue card that is .25" larger than the background panel.

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