NEW Lavinia Chalk Paint + Gel Press Fun Seahorse Tag

Hello, Lisa Hoel here. This week our theme over at Topflight Stamps is Anything Goes! We get to play with whatever strikes our fancy. I just got my hands on some of the new Lavinia acrylic chalk paint so I pulled out my Gel Press plate and had some fun.

The paint worked well on my Gel Press plate and comes in so many lovely colors! I went to town and made a whole stack of prints. The paint dries with a matte finish so it's perfect for layering on stamping and other mixed media techniques.

I chose two of the prints to use for my tag – the tag base and the raised panel with the seahorse stamped on it. See the list below for all the different stamps and inks I used.

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 on the Topflight Stamps blog. There is new inspiration posted daily!

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Lavinia Stamps - Sebastian Seahorse

Lavinia Stamps - Sea Creatures

Lavinia Stamps - Shoal of Fish

Lavinia Stamps other - Mini fish, Seaweed 2, Fish Set

Lavinia stencil - Coral ST003

Lavinia acrylic chalk paint -
Spruce, Calypso, Snow White, Thistle Mist, Lime Zest, Parisian

Lavinia Elements Ink - Bermuda, Mulberry

Versafine Clair Ink - Shady Lime, Twilight

Versafine Ink - Black Onyx

Gel Press plate

Best Fishes Card

It's Tuesday, so you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. This week is an "Anything Goes" theme for the TFS team. Since it's Mer-May, I decided to make a Best Fishes card featuring the Be a Mermaid Clear Stamp Set 852, the Mermaid Clear Stamp Set 853, and the Plenty of Fish Clear Stamp Set 858, all of which are by Janet Klein for AALL and Create.

Creating the scene for this card involved a whole lot of stamping with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko, fussy-cutting masks, sponging Copic-friendly ink on the background, then stamping sea plants with with green Copic friendly ink. 

When I had the scene set, all the images were unmasked and colored with Copic markers.

I used a Copic black marker to edge the 6.75" scene, then adhered it to a 5" x 7" Kraft card. The sentiment was stamped with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko, cut with a flag cutting die, and adhered to the image panel 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:

Be a Mermaid Clear Stamp Set 852 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Mermaid Clear Stamp Set 853 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

Plenty of Fish Clear Stamp Set 858 by Janet Klein  for AALL and Create

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Thanks for visiting today!

One Layer Birthday Cards

 Hi friends. Alanna back on the blog with you today and I have another pair of clean and simple birthday cards to share with you today. I've needed to build up my birthday card stash and like to have a lot of mail friendly cards on hand.

For my cards, I started by taking the long rectangle stamp from the Shadow set from Hobby Art and I stamped it directly onto my A2 notecards two times with some Pearlescent Shimmer inks from Spectrum Noir in the Cosmic Purple and Tropic Blue colors.

I took one of my favorite sets from the store, Birthday Wishes from Visible Image and stamped my sentiment with Versafine Claire Nocturne ink. I then took the Fireworks set from Craft Emotions and stamped several images, framing up my sentiment. And that finishes off my cards for you today.

Find all the products I used in the Topflight Stamps store below. Crafty hugs! ~ Alanna

Visible Image Mixed Media

Hello friends! Ericka from Strangely Creative here and  today I have a Mixed Media page I made using some Visible Image supplies along with the PaperArtsy Fresco Paints. First I need to apologize for my post and pictures. My house was stuck by lightning and it just happened to fry both of my computers along with my light box. So my pictures aren’t as nice as they usually are and are lacking my watermark. I’m doing my post on photo so I also apologize for the lack of links. 

I love playing with my gel press and so for my background I used the PaperArtsy Cerise and pulled up the print I then used the Visible Image Fragments stencil With the Twilight Fresco Paint. I stamped the Visible Image Butterfly Effect on a gel press leftover and cut it out with the coordinating die. 

I used the AALL & Create Die Set 34 and attached all my elements to complete my page. Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend.

Check out the SALE going on now!

Fresco Paint Underwater Scene

 Hi Everyone,

Cornelia here today. This week it's all about different kinds of Media here on the Topflight blog. I used Fresco paints  and a visible Image stencil to make my background.

I brayered the paints onto my gel plate and put down the stencil. Pulled the print. I brushed in the white parts left by the stencil with distress inks.  I stamped the fish onto scrap paper and colored them with alcohol ink markers. Stamped and heat embossed the sentiment. Lastly I added Crystal Lacquer to the fishes eyes and some googly eyes as well. 

I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting. 

See you next week with more Topflight Stamps inspiration.

And here are the stamp supplies I used: 

Fresco Aquamarine, Fresco Baltic blue

Fibers stencil, Brayer

 Gel Press, AALL&Create #858

AALL&Create #1038, You are Fintastic

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Katzelkraft Mixed Media Birthday Card

Hello, Lisa Hoel here! This week our theme over at Topflight Stamps is mixed media so ink, paint, sprays and other supplies are making their way into our projects. I created a birthday card for my nephew using PaperArtsy Fresco Paint, WOW embossing powder, texture paste, water colors and Gel Press prints. That's a lot of stuff…

The bottom layer is a piece of cardstock with some Stone Fresco Paint brayered onto it. I then used some black texture paste through the Short Circuit stencil over the top. While it was wet, I sprinkled on a little Oiled Slate WOW embossing powder onto the paste. Once dry, I heat embossed it.

The top layer background is a gel print with additional stenciling over the top of it. The stamped cats were watercolored and then fussy cut to add to that. A mat and stitch elements were cut using the SkyCrossed Paradise Die 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! 

Topflight Stamps Supplies Used:

Katzelkraft Stamp Set - Cats

Katzelkraft Stamp - Robot Cat

AALL & Create Die Set - SkyCrossed Paradise

Visible Image stencil - Short Circuit

AALL & Create stencil - Microscope Views

Darkroom Door Sentiment Stamps - Happy Birthday

PaperArtsy Stamp set - ETS24

PaperArtsy Fresco Paint - Stone, Pumpkin Soup, Very Berry +various

WOW Embossing Powder - Oiled Slate

Versafine Ink - Black Onyx
Prism Ink - Smoked Paprika

Gel Press plate

Time - A Mixed Media Piece

Greetings! It's Tuesday which means you've got Kathi here to share a project with you. This week the TFS team is focussing on paints, inks, sprays, etc. I do love the excuse to get my mixed media mojo started and to experiment and see what happens. I decided it was time to play with my PaperArtsy stash, specifically Hot Picks Printed Tissue 1, Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints, Infusions, and two Ink and the Dog Mini Cling Mounted Stamps.

Here it is:

This project is a bit complicated and I see loads of problems with it now caused by user error. It was my first time using printed tissue on a project, which shows. Anyway I decided to use the clock, the crown, the large butterfly, and the three butterflies from the Hot Picks Printed Tissue 1 by PaperArtsy. Each image was outlined with a water pen, then torn, painted on the reverse with Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints by PaperArtsy, except for the crown which was colored with Gold Nugget Essential Metallic Marker and another brighter gold metallic marker. These elements were set aside to dry.

The excess Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints, leftover from painting the tissue paper, were smooshed onto a panel of mixed media paper rather randomly until the panel was mostly covered. Shark Mattints by PaperArtsy was brushed over the entire panel. heat set, and then another heavier coat of Shark Mattint was added. While the panel was wet, I sprinkled on some Royal Blood Infusions by PaperArtsy and allowed it to spread a bit before misting it with water.

 I tore some pages from an old Butterfly Guide and coated them with a few layers of Shark Mattints to tint them. 

Paradise VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko was used to stamp the butterfly from the Ink and the Dog Mini MN115 Cling Mounted Stamp by PaperArtsy in the center-ish of the panel. Morning Mist VersaFine Clair Ink by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko was used to stamp the script text from the Ink and the Dog Mini MN124 Cling Mounted Stamp by PaperArtsy three places on the image panel. and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink  by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko was used to stamp the checkerboard from an older PaperArtsy stamp randomly around the image panel. The panel was heat set, then another layer of Shark Mattints by PaperArtsy was brushed overtop.

The butterfly guide torn text paper, the clock, butterfly wings, and crown painted tissue paper were all adhered to the panel with Shark Mattints, then several layers of Shark Mattints were painted overtop. The panel was heat set.

The edges were tattered with an Paper Distresser and a scissors blade. The high points (wrinkles) of the tissue paper and the edges were touched with Classic Treasure Gold. 

Black mixed media cardstock was cut with alphabet dies, layered, and adhered in place to add the sentiment. The panel was matted onto black mixed media cardstock to finish the piece.

Please pop over to my blog, Kat's Tales of Stamping, for complete supply lists and more information.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Hot Picks Printed Tissue 1 by PaperArtsy

Smoked Paprika, Tango, Zesty Zing, and Glass Blue Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylic Paints by PaperArtsy

Shark Mattints by PaperArtsy

Royal Blood Infusions by PaperArtsy

Ink and the Dog Mini MN115 Cling Mounted Stamp by PaperArtsy

Ink and the Dog Mini MN124 Cling Mounted Stamp by PaperArtsy

Paradise, Morning Mist, and Nocturne VersaFine Clair Inks by Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko

Gold Nugget Essential Metallic Marker by Spectrum Noir

Thanks for visiting today!