Mr. Fortuneteller

 Greetings! It's Tuesday so you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. This week's product focus is Creative Expressions and I've made a card with their Mr. Fortuneteller Cling Rubber Stamp by Sam Poole.

Here it is!

Using a stamping platform and Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko, stamp the Mr. Fortuneteller Cling Rubber Stamp by Sam Poole for Creative Expressions onto Copic-friendly cardstock. Keep the stamp on the lid of the stamping platform.

Fussy-cut Mr. Fortuneteller and color him with Copic markers. Edge the fussy-cut image with a black marker and set it aside.

Cut a panel of mixed media cardstock to 4.5" x 6" to create the background panel. Brush or sponge tan dye inks randomly onto the panel. Sponge or brush Dark Denim and Mermaid Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps randomly onto the panel. Mist the panel Ink Potion No. 9 to blend and mottle the colors. Misted water will also work. Heat set the panel.

Ink the Mr. Fortuneteller Cling Rubber Stamp with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko and stamp onto a panel of mixed media cardstock. Re-ink and stamp again if necessary to attain a clean impression. Heat set the panel.

Place the smallest circle mask from the Acetate Circle Masks Set by by Lavinia Stamps over the center of the compass. 

Splatter the panel with gold metallic acrylic paint. Remove and clean the Acetate Circle Masks. Heat set the panel.

Pour a bit of water into a small receptacle (I used a tiny cup that is usually used for condiments. My sushi place sends them with packets of soy sauce). Shake Alizarin Crimson and Brilliant Red Brusho Crystal Colors into the water, stir, and use a clean toothbrush or a paint brush to add red splatter to the panel to bring out the scarf color. Heat set the  panel.

Use a black chalk pencil to outline Mr. Fortuneteller on the background panel then use a cotton bud to soften the chalk lines. Adhere the fussy-cut Copic colored Mr. Fortuneteller over his counterpart.

Trim the background panel then use a scissor blade to distress the edges of the panel. Adhere the panel to blue cardstock cut slightly larger than the image/background panel, then adhere to a black card.

Please pop over to my blog, Kat's Tales of Stamping, for step-by-step instructions and complete supply lists. 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Mr. Fortuneteller Cling Rubber Stamp by Sam Poole for Creative Expressions

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Dark Denim and Mermaid Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Acetate Circle Masks by by Lavinia Stamps

Alizarin Crimson and Brilliant Red Brusho Crystal Colors

Thanks for visiting today!

Creative Expressions Nature Cards

Hello, Lisa Hoel here. This week at Topflight Stamps our brand focus is on Creative Expressions. They have so many great products it was hard to choose! They have a paper pad, Nature's Compendium designed by Sam Poole, that I just love:

I also used the Faded Flora stamp set by Sam Poole to add to the collaged patterned paper pieces. (Out of stock but Nature's Fragments is somewhat similiar.)

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps store for a wide selection of different and hard to find stamps, stencils and other paper crafting supplies from all around the world! Also keep an eye here on the Topflight Stamps blog. There is new inspiration posted daily!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Creative Expressions Wordies Sentiment Sheets - Birthday

Creative Expressions Stamp Set - Faded Florals

Creative Expressions 8x8 Paper Pad - Nature's Compendium

Versafine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black

PaperArtsy Mattints - Nutty, Greenstone

Spring Gel Press Card: Sunlit Fronds & Mixed Media Magic

 

Hello crafty friends! Ericka from Strangely Creative here, and today I’m diving into some Gel Press printing fun as spring starts to bloom! There’s something so magical about layering colors on the Gel Press plate, and this print reminded me of sunlight filtering through a forest—a perfect match for the Tracy Evans Fronds Stencil.

 

I started with a vibrant gel print background, letting the colors blend and create natural textures. To add even more depth, I used a small paintbrush and PaperArtsy Fresco Paint in Twilight to stencil in the delicate fronds. My first frond was a bit heavy-handed with the paint (oops!), but I adjusted on the second one, using a lighter touch to bring out the fine details.

 

Once the fronds dried, I stamped the sentiment from the Tracy Evans Garden Delight stencil using Versafine Clair Twilight ink for a crisp, bold statement. To tie everything together, I hand-traced a simple frame around the card, giving it that extra polished touch.

I love how this piece came together—a perfect mix of layered textures and organic beauty. It’s a great reminder that Gel Press prints are so versatile and can be the perfect base for any creative project!

✨ What’s your favorite way to use your Gel Press prints? Let me know in the comments! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful, creative weekend! 

Topflight Stamp Supplies

Tracy Evans - Garden Delight Shop at: TP	Tracy Evans Boutique - Fronds Shop at: TP	Tsukineko - Versafine Clair - Twilight Shop at: TP	PaperArtsy - Fresco Chalk Paint - Twilight Shop at: TP	Gel Press - Reusable Gel Printing Plate Shop at:  TP
Speedball - 2" Brayer Shop at: TP

PaperArtsy Vases

Hi!  Colleen here with you today to share a card made with pretty supplies from Topflight Stamps.  A panel of watercolor paper colored with Lavinia Dinkles Paynes Gray became the backdrop for this trio of vases. To get that gorgeous gray-blue color, I sprinkled the Dinkles powder onto dry watercolor paper and spritzed with water several times, until the color created interesting pools of light and dark.  While it dried, I stamped some vases and one flower from PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 41 stamp set on white cardstock, colored with markers, then fussy cut them to arrange on the 'table'.  For the flourished corners, I used AALL & Create Festive Dies with some gold glitter paper.  Along the bottom of the 'table' (just some distress inked kraft cardstock) I stamped a sentiment from Crafter's Companion Thankful and Blessed that says, "sending blessings."  A perfect way to thank someone for their hospitality!

 Supplies Used From Topflight Stamps Store:

PaperArtsy Scrapcosy 41

Crafter's Companion Thankful and Blessed

AALL & Create Festive Dies

Lavinia Dinkles Paynes Gray

Collage Fodder with PaperArtsy

Hello, Lisa Hoel here. This week at Topflight Stamps our theme is "Anything Goes". I was in a mixed media/collage mood so I created some collage fodder stamps using PaperArtsy Fresco Paint, stamps and ephemera. These little guys are so much fun to make!

The background is a page from a book that I had used as a brayer clean off paper during gel printing. I layered snippets of Japanese patterned paper and postage stamps onto it and then stamped over it with the Lynne Perrella stamp set.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the Topflight Stamps store for a wide selection of different and hard to find stamps, stencils and other paper crafting supplies from all around the world! Also keep an eye here on the Topflight Stamps blog. There is new inspiration posted daily!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

PaperArtsy Stamp Set - Lynne Perrella LPC023 (this is similar: LPC021)

Versafine Pigment Ink Pad - Onyx Black

PaperArtsy Fresco Paint

various Japanese paper scraps & postage stamps

Silence Is Golden

 Greetings! It's Tuesday which means you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. It's an "Anything Goes" week for the team. I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed lately and crave calm and quiet which is just not happening. SO I decided to make a snarky card celebrating silence with mostly products by AALL and Create.

Here's my card made with the Pierrot and Mime Clear Stamp Set 1210 by Janet Klein, Penned With Love Die Set 71, Garden Frames Di Set DI-80, Stemmed Pouch Die Set DI-83, Laugh Lines Ephemera Set 47, and Washi Tape 5. 

I also wanted to show that you can use AALL and Create's fabulous Memorydex Die Sets to create regular cards. Plus, there are so many fun and useful "extra" dies in the sets that increase the Memorydex Die Sets' versatility.

Use Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to stamp the Mime from the Pierrot and Mime Clear Stamp Set 1210 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create onto white cardstock. Fussy-cut the Mime, color with Copic markers, and edge with a black pen. Use a white gel pen to add highlights to his eyes. Set him aside. 

Use the main die from the Stemmed Pouch Die Set DI-83 by AALL and Create to cut white ledger patterned paper, which will leave a horizontal strip of patterned paper. Edge the die-cut with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko.

Adhere Washi Tape 5 by AALL and Create to the strip of patterned paper so that the word or words you want to highlight are showing. Adhere striped and heart washi tape below the AALL Washi Tape.

Place the largest die from the Garden Frames Die Set DI-80 by AALL and Create facedown over the die so that the top of the die is framing the word of your choice. I chose "Possible" because it's possible to get more done and stay out of trouble if you keep your mouth shut. Just sayin'. 

Use low-tack tape to secure the die in place, then run the die and paper/tape combo through your die-cut machine. Trim the bottom off of the paper and edge the piece with a black pen. Adhere this die-cut/washi-tape panel to the bottom of the Stemmed Pouch Die Set DI-83 die-cut panel. Adhere the fussy-cut, colored Mime to the top of the die-cut/washi-tape panel as shown.

Cut a piece of black striped 6x6 patterned paper to 4.25" wide to create the background panel. Edge with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko.  Adhere the image panel die-cut to the bottom of the patterned paper background panel.

Use the heart pen nib die from the Penned With Love Die Set 71 by AALL and Create to cut excess red cardstock two times. Adhere a heart pen nib die-cut to each of the top corners, pointing diagonally downwards. 

Use Strawberry VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko to edge the "Silence is golden. Duct tape is silver" sentiment from the Laugh Lines Ephemera Set 47 by AALL and Create. Adhere the ephemera sentiment to finish the card. 

Please pop over to my blog, Kat's Tales of Stamping, for step-by-step instructions and complete supply lists. 

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Pierrot and Mime Clear Stamp Set 1210 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Penned With Love Die Set 71 by AALL and Create

Garden Frames Die Set DI-80 by AALL and Create

Stemmed Pouch Die Set DI-83 by AALL and Create

Laugh Lines Ephemera Set 47 by AALL and Create

Washi Tape 5 by AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Strawberry and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Thanks for visiting today!

Snowy Cottage

Hello!  It's Colleen with you today to share a snowy card with goodies from Topflight Stamps.  It's still cold where I live, and there is snow on the ground, and that inspired this wintry scene.

The cute little house is Crafty Individuals "Little Cottage In The Snow".  I stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black on patterned paper, then trimmed it out.  With a Crealies Stitched Rectangle die, I created a mat out of gold cardstock and mounted the cottage image on there.  The mat beneath that is a panel of white brick patterned paper from Craft Consortium Brick Textures paper pad.

I stamped little snowflakes from Studio Light - Vintage Winter Elements - Vintage Christmas stamp set on patterned paper and fussy-cut those out to add around the framed cottage.  Using a toothpick, I added dots of "snow" with Lavinia Snow White Chalk Paint all over the scene.

Last touch was a sentiment, which is from Creative Expressions Joyful Wishes, stamped twice.

 Supplies used from Topflight Stamps Store:

Crafty Individuals Little Cottage In The Snow

Studio Light - Vintage Winter Elements - Vintage Christmas 

Creative Expressions Joyful Wishes

Craft Consortium Brick Textures

Lavinia Chalk Paint - Snow White

Crealies Double Stitched Rectangle Dies

Versafine Onyx Black Ink