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 Hi Everyone, This week it's all about the big birthday of Topflight Stamps! We had a birthday hop on the  Topflight blog  on Tuesday, but you can still hop along and win some fantastic prizes. Furthermore there is a 20% discount on all merchandise! So what are you waiting for???? You might remember my last blog post for Topflight stamps where we featured paints. As I told you, I made a bunch of backgrounds with my gel press plate. And I used one of those for this card.   I stamped those wonderful candles from Darkroom Door onto the background. Colored them with water colors. Stamped the candles again and heat embossed them in white. Colored them with Copics. Stamped the turtle and bee onto scrap paper, colored them with Copics and fuzzy cut them. Trimmed the background paper. Arranged everything on the card and glued it down. Heat embossed the sentiment and fuzzy cut it as well. Added it. Mounted it onto a dark blue card base. I hope you liked this. Thanks for...

     Hi Everyone, I am back with my weekly Katzelkraft post. I am having so much fun with my Katzelkraft calendar.  Of course April is dedicated to Easter, which will be on April 17th this year. I knew I wanted to use those cute rabbits. Sketched it out, before I started.  First I stamped the rabbits, the sentiment and the chicken. Next I made the background - sponged and masked. Colored with watercolors and a few marker accents. Stamped the grass (masked again) and stamped the goose. Stamped it again onto scrap paper, colored it and cut it out. Stamped the grass (masked again) and stamped the goose. Stamped it again onto scrap paper, colored it and cut it out. Added the calendar page into the center. Glued to goose onto the page. Added a bit more sponging to the bottom.  The stamps I used are from the following sets: Les Lapins - KTZ271,  Farm Animals  - KTZ208,   Herbs Folles  - KTZ256, Holiday Quotes - KTZ207 ( FRANCE)   Rabbits...

Hi Everyone, It's Topflight Stamps 5th birthday and to celebrate, I’ve teamed up with some great designers to showcase celebratory projects using the unique products available at Topflight Stamps. Please hop along with us and see all the beautiful talent from this group of amazing designers! You should have arrived here from  Jenny Marples 's blog. If not, no worries, catch the details below. I used this cute set Hogs & Kisses from Paper Rose for my card I colored the stamps with Copics. Trimmed the card and added it to a wood background paper Follow along here and if you get lost you can always start at the   Topflight Stamps Blog Topflight Stamps Kathi Rerek Dina Kowal Esther Asbury Annette Allen Jennie Atkinson Rachel Kleinman Connie Mercer Charmaine Canham Lisa Hoel Jenny Marples Cornelia Wenokor  - you are here Rachel Greig Ericka Strange Karen Bearse Melina Dahl Autumn Clark Maria Willis Angela Myhre GIVEAWAY DETAILS Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebra...

  Hi Everybody,  Some of the products I have used have been provided to me from various companies I design for. Affiliate links may be used in the links provided below. I made this card with the recent release stamps from  Crackerbox Stamps . This release focuses on  Easter . There are lovely new stamps and sentiments. Go and check them out  HERE .  I first stamped the little peep repeatedly with my Misti onto Kraft card stock. Stamped the sentiment. Stamped the big Peeps onto scrap paper, sponged them and cut them out. Made a little envelope from patterned paper.  Assembled the card.   The stamps I used: Peeps set Favorite Peep sentiment I hope you liked this. Thanks for visiting! Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Inkspirationa l - critters that hop

   Hi Everyone, The new April release from  Funky Fossil Designs  coming into the shop on Friday April 1st - no joke! I am introducing the first 3 sets  in this post. Sorry to keep it all crammed into one post, but I just got the stamps and was pressed for time to produce at least something for the previews.... The first card is made with the delightful set "Waters Edge" by Claire Brooking. It looks like you can use it to illustrate a children's book - very sweet. I stamped on a page of the new Shibori paper pad that is part of this new release. My second card is made with the set "Architecture". For all the history lovers out there and travelers who like to visit ruins. I made an alcohol ink background and stamped with Staz-On ink. The paper strip on the side is from the Monochrome paper pad My last card for today is made with the set "Treetop Lane" and is designed by Elena Zinski - you probably recognize her distinct, funky style! I paired it up wit...

   Hi Everyone, I made this card with the new released  Doodle Blooms die set from   Funky Fossil Designs .  I die cut the flowers and leaves in cream card stock. Die cut the polaroid frame and the Birthday sentiment . I arranged everything on my card. Glued it all down. No stamping on this card - does not happen very often for me.  Happy Stamping! Linking up with: Addicted to Stamps and More  - I choose die cuts Perfectly CAS  - die cut Daisy Chain challenge  - use die cuts The Paper Players - Blooms

Hi Everyone, This week it's all about paint on the Topflight blog . Time to give my Fresco paints some love. I pulled out my gel press pad and went to work on some backgrounds. Hard to put  a stop to it - I always create a whole lot of them, but they come in really handy at times! I selected one of them. The orange blob in the middle looked like a balloon to me. So that's where the inspiration came from.  I rummaged through my stamps and thought the Katzelkraft rabbit would be the best animal to hold the balloon. Stamped him onto the card and then again onto scrap paper, colored him and cut him out. Did the same with the fly - was not in the initial plan, but then thought it would be a great counterpoint. Stamped the greenery and glued the animals onto the card. Added the heat embossed sentiment. 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:  Rabbits - KTZ271,...