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Topflight Stamps Birthday Hop

March 26, 2019

It is Topflight Stamps 2nd birthday! To celebrate, we’ve teamed up with up some of our favorite crafters to bring you a blog hop showcasing some of the fabulous products available from Topflight Stamps. Please hop along with us all and show all of the crafters some love! The Topflight Stamps birthday hop is going to be awesome.

Here is my cards for today. I used the Darkroom Door Paint Drips and Paints Brushes on my cards. I LOVE both of these stamps for cardmaking. I’m a huge watercolor person so these just spoke to me when I saw them. The first card I heat embossed the paint drips and a sentiment in gold embossing powder over a pretty alcohol ink background. I trimmed down this panel so I could layer it over black card stock. Next I stamped the sentiment on black card stock, heat embossed it in gold and cut out just a portion of the sentiment. I added this strip on the card front for added interest. Lastly I added this piece to a white card base to complete the card.

Darkroom Door Paint Drips

For my next card I really wanted to make these little brushes stand out on their own. I stamped and heat embossed them with gold embossing powder and fussy cut each one out. Next I added glue to the end of each one and sprinkled on glitter on the ends. I used red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple glitter.

I stenciled a background in rainbow order to have a nice landing place for my brushes. Stamping out the sentiment directly on this panel keep the card very simple. I used a white card base for my card. I added some cheery red card stock to this panel and then glued on the dotted background. Lastly I added some foam tape behind each paint brush and popped it up near the coordinating colored dots.

Darkroom Door Paint Brushes

Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without prizes! Topflight Stamps is giving one lucky winner a $50 Gift Certificate, and each stop on the hop has an additional $15 Gift Certificate up for grabs. DISCOUNT: Code is SAVE20. The discount will be 20% off all orders over $20 through the end of the month Sunday 31 March. To be in with a chance to win, make sure to visit every stop on the hop and leave a comment by April 8th. Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on April 9th. Good luck everyone.

Topflight Stamps Blog (DONNA)
Sandy Allnock
Jenny Colacicco
Justine Hovey
Toni M Maddox
Kelly Martin
Annette Allen
Kymona Tracey
Ashlea Cornell
Josefine Fouarge
Lisa Hoel
Laurel Beard
Ericka Strange
Ingrid Blackburn
Dana Joy
Amy Tsuruta
Lindsay Weirich

Thanks for stopping by today and sharing the excitement of the blog hop. See you back here soon.

Pink and Main 5th Birthday Blog Hop – Inspiration Overload

March 20, 2019

Hey peeps. Today we are celebrating Pink and Main’s 5th Birthday Blog Hop. I’m so excited for everyone today. Pink and Main has been one of my favorite stamp companies since Michelle started. She is an incredible woman and she has made Pink and Main one of the go to places for beautiful stamps, dies, paper and embellishments. We have some amazing and talented people on this hop and I’m sure you’re going to be blown away with so much inspiration. For my card today I’m using the Party Balloons stamp and coordinating die cuts. I’ve also pulled in a sentiment from the Sweet Bouquet stamp set.

To create my card, I pulled out a variety of inks and stamped out fun confetti onto a white card base. I used the same inks to stamp out each balloon. Stamping the coordinating design on each one with gold ink makes the balloon shine. Next I die cut out each balloon and added some gold thread to the bottoms of each one. Stacking the balloons one on top of the other leaving space for each one to be seen give me my focal point. The last two balloons I added just a bit of foam tape to pop them up.

To add my sentiment, I pulled out a piece of yellow card stock and stamped one of the sentiments. This sentiment came from the Sweet Bouquet stamp set. Trimming this piece into a sentiment banner and adding some foam tape to the back, allowed me to keep the balloon strings all together. Adding just a few gold sequin finished off the card nicely. I have more inspiration using Pink and Main products here.👈🏽

Are you ready now to hop around for more excitement? It’s time to take a scroll along the hop to these very talented crafters. Make sure to leave them some love along the way. There will be FIVE random winners from this blog hop. Each winner will receive a $50 store credit to Pink and Main. Comment by March 24, 2019 and Michelle will pick a winner on the blog March 25 2019.

Pink and Main
Zsofia
Amy R
Annette
Ardyth
Ashley
Amy Y
Dana (ME)
Caly
Dana J
Cassie
Donna
Jennifer
Jeannie
Leeanne
Ilina
Laura
Laurie
Lynnea
Mindy
Kathy
Tracy
Xenia
Yolie

Thanks for stopping by today. Next on the hop is CALY. Enjoy your day everyone.

Technique Tuesday Blog Hop Day 2

February 2, 2019

Hey peeps. It’s Technique Tuesday Blog Hop day 2 and I’m using the Remember When Scrapbooking stamp set. This is a perfect stamp set for cardmaker and scrapbookers alike. It’s super easy to create very graphic cards with it as well as use it for all your scrapbooking needs. The Remember When stamp set is so versatile and I’m sure it will be one you will reach for continuously.

For my card today, I stamped out some colorful blocks using one of the solid images that comes in this stamp set. I used spring like colors to keep my card light and bright. Next I stamped out several of the sentiments in black ink on three of the squares. This left with with lots of white space and it keeps your eye moving across the card with each sentiment. I added just a few matching colored gems to complete the front of the card. I used a piece of black card stock to mat this white panel on and adhered everything to a white card base.

Inside the card I placed a photo of my girlfriends and I. We took this picture back in the summer and I want to give each one of them a copy of it to remind us of the wonderful day we had together.

Make sure to leave comments on the design team members blog for your chance to win. You can find more details over on the Technique Tuesday blog.

Dana
Heather
Amy
Danilea
Emily
Jill
Kymona

See you back here soon.

Dana

Technique Tuesday Blog Hop

February 1, 2019

Hey everyone. Today we are having the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop. So many of our talented design team members have projects to share with you today. February products are live today so you can pick up your goodies after hopping through all the blogs. So let’s get started with the Kind Cosmo stamp set.

Remember during the Technique Tuesday Blog Hop you have a chance to win a great prize and you can also make your purchases today. That’s a win-win right? For my card today I used the Kind Cosmo stamp set and matching dies. As you already know, Technique Tuesday features a beautiful floral stamp set everyone. I love the clean and simple lines of this month’s Kind Cosmo stamp.

I stamped my image on watercolor paper and colored it in using distress oxide inks. Next I smooched some distress ink on a piece of watercolor paper in a random print so it gave my flowers a space to land on and it kept the background simple. I stamped one of the sentiments from the Kind Cosmo stamp set on this background piece and layered it over black card stock. I decided to pop my flowers up on foam dots for added dimension.

Kind Cosmo stamp set from Technique Tuesday

Now it’s time to hop on over to the other designer’s blog to see their lovely creations. Make sure you comment on each one of the blogs before February 2nd letting us know what you enjoyed about the sneak peeks, projects or post for your chance to win one of three $20 gift certificates to the Technique Tuesday store. We’re going to pick 3 winners from all the comments and announce the winners on February 5th.

I’ll be back tomorrow with more inspiration from the Technique Tuesday February release. Have a great day.

Dana

Technique Tuesday January Release Bog Hop

January 1, 2019

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Good morning everyone. Today is Technique Tuesday January 2019 release blog hop. I’m super excited to share my project with you today. We have some amazing projects from the design team for this release. So let’s jump right into it shall we?

For my project toady I used the Narcissus stamp set and coordinating crafting dies. I LOVE coloring simple floral images and this one is perfect for color pencils, watercolors or alcohol markers. I used various shades of cool grey, yellow and green markers for my image. Since these flowers are white with yellow centers I didn’t just want to leave them white without some color to it. That’s when a nice cool or neutral grey marker comes in handy. You can also use a very pale blue or violet to achieve a similar look.

Next I stenciled on a yellow burst onto a piece of Neenah solar white 80 lb card stock and trimmed it down. I backed this piece with black cardstock to help it stand out. I stamped the sentiment onto a flag banner and heat embossed it in white. Adding some small dots using a white gelly roll pen added just a tad bit of texture to the panel. Lastly I popped my flower on some foam tape and added some silver sequin. This panel was added to a white card base.