Welcome to the Topflight Stamps 1st Birthday Blog Hop!!! I’m so excited to be taking part in this hop, celebrating Topflight Stamps 1st year. To celebrate, Topflight Stamps is giving a Special Discount – 20% off ALL orders – use code BDAY20.
Topflight Stamps is a place you will find different and unique stamps from around the world. Today’s blog hop features some amazing crafters showcasing some of our favorite stamps. Be sure to comment on this blog and all the blogs on the hop to be eligible for the GRAND PRIZE a $50 store credit!!! PLUS – each stop on the hop has a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to one of the commenters on that post. I will announce my winner here on Monday, April 2. The $50 Grand Prize winner will be announced on the Topflight Stamps Blog the same day.
All of my cards feature mandalas. Topflight Stamps carries a number of mandala stamps and even stencils in their store, I love them, particularly the amazing Blockwallah wooden stamps.
Card 1
My first card was created using a Mandala die by Crealies. I dry embossed the die into an A2 panel of Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock using an embossing mat and die cutting machine. I gently brushed dark blue ink (Juniper Mist by Catherine Pooler Designs) over the raised surface using a mini ink-blending tool, leaving a subtle, almost distressed look. I stamped a sentiment in Catherine Pooler Midnight ink underneath, this comes from the Creative Expressions Showered with Love stamp set. I adhered the panel (cut using a stitched rectangle die) to a navy card base using fun foam for dimension. I adhered some tiny crystals in the centre and around the edges of the Mandala for some subtle sparkle.
Card 2
For my second card, I coated a panel of Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock with Versamark embossing ink and completely covered it in WOW! blue embossing powder. After heat setting, I repeated the Versamark and embossing powder step 4 further times. As soon as I finished heating the powder the fourth time, I quickly (and carefully) pushed the Blockwallah Exotic wooden handcarved stamp (these are AMAZING) into the melted powder.
I kept pressure on for approx. 1 minute as the powder cooled and then gently lifted it off. This leaves a really cool impression on the card panel. I then added a sticker sentiment popped up on foam tape, and some drops of Nuvo glitter drops in Night Sky.
Card 3
I used the same Blockwallah Exotic stamp for this card. I first created an ombre wash of Daniel Smith Kyanite Genuine over a watercolor cardstock panel. When dry, I applied a powder tool, then stamped the mandala three times in Versamark ink. Before stamping, I dabbed off the image in parts – I wanted to give a distress batik type look. I heat embossed the images with Ranger Silver superfine embossing powder. I over-stamped a sentiment from the Creative Expressions Stylish Script set using the black Midnight ink. I popped the entire panel up onto a black cardstock card base.
Now, be sure to check out all these blogs and comment for your chance to win the grand prize!!
- Topflight Stamps
- Donna Bowman
- Lindsay Weirich
- Clare Messenger
- Julia Stainton
- Jenny Colacicco – You are here
- Veronica Zalis – GO HERE NEXT!
- Tenia Nelson
- Lisa Hoel
- Teri Anderson
- Jenny Marples
- Nathalie Fournier
- Karen Bearse
- Kristina Song
Have a wonderful day!
Jenny
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Beautiful I love blue
How fun are these new stamps!
I’m loving the mandalas right now and will have to try this technique.
I love all of the but specially card #3 t
Love the colors
Love those shades of blue… thanks for sharing!
Really nice job on all three cards. Really love card 1.. You really use a lot of techniques I have never tried. Thanks for the inspiration!
Beautiful and elegant.
Beatitude cards. Love the ombre.
Beautiful cards! I love the gorgeous mandala design!
Beautiful cards! I especially love the celebrate one the best! I love how you use the gold with the blue! Very pretty together!
Wow beautiful cards!! I’m definitely heading over to topflight to look through the in stock stamps now for the sale!
Wow, what stunning effects you got using these techniques with the stamps and embossing powder! These cards would be stunning to receive and you explained the process so well that even I could do it! Thank you for inspiring me to try something new. Happy 1st Birthday to Topflight.
Beautiful cards! The blue embossed card really stands out! I’ve never thought about doing a card this way but I will now. Love your other two cards as well.
Love the way you used these stamps….so creative
Your cards are gorgeous! Especially the one with 4 layers of embossing powder on the whole card front. I have never seen it done that way and it turned out amazing!
All these cards are just lovely! Great job!
What a cool technique on that second card. I’ve never seen that done! All of them are very pretty!
I have never seen anything like this! It would sure be nice to see a video…hint hint! Beautiful!
Your projects are wonderful! You did a beautiful job on all of them!
The effect of partially wiping the stamp is a great idea. Thank you.
Hi Jenny, your cards turned out beautiful! Love the look of batik, too.
AWESOME ideas! !
Jenny, your cards are so super pretty!!! Thanks for showing us your work with Blockwallah stamps… I was curios to see ideas using their stamps. Your 2nd card is so subtle & lovely. Today is my birthday and I am so enjoying looking at your art. Thanks!
Love to see different ways to use the same stamp, great ideas Thanks!
I love your card ideas. The layers of embossing followed by pressing the stamp while hot intrigued me greatly. Thank you.
Love them all! but especially the blue.
Great textures. Very cool
I am not usually a mandala person, but I do love the 2nd card – all that great texture created with the embossing. Lovely!
Your cards are gorgeous!
wow, each of the cards are beautiful, but that last one is just stunning! wow!!! i’ve almost picked up a blockwallah stamp a few times, but felt a bit intimidated. maybe i need to just do it!
Beautiful. Blue is my favorite color!
Wow! Cards two and three you used the most amazing techniques — they are stunning! (and different!) I just loved them and look forward to trying these techniques out. Thank you for sharing with us.
This mandala stamp is beautiful, have not seen a wooden stamp before and would be interesting to see how it works.
What a fabulous group of cards!!! They are lovely!!!
Lovely cards. I love embossing for so many techniques..
Jenny, these are so beautiful! I love all the different techniques you used – and blue is my favorite color! <3
Gorgeous faux metal card, love that stamp and great birthday bash for Top flight 🙂
What a beautiful way to showcase the products! Thank you for the inspiration!
Nice cards, I have a blue loving friend who would be gaga over them.
very elegant card!
Beautiful cards. Thanks so much for sharing…
What GORGEOUS cards! BLOCKWALLA is a new company to me – which one thing I really LOVE about Topflight! She brings us STUNNING stamps from all around the world. WOW – I love all three cards – thanks for showing me a new technique too. I want to try the emboss-then-stamp one. It looks like enamel ware – beautiful!
Happy 1st Birthday, Topflight!
Love card 2! It’s like those beautiful kitchen tiles!
Very pretty cards you created!
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WOW, those are just beautiful!
My favorite is your second card, the blue one made with the woodcut. I haven’t done this technique in ages; thanks for the fun reminder!
All of your cards are great but I absolutely love the blue embossing powder technique one, Excellent!! Thanks so much for sharing!!
all three cards are fun, and such a variety of techniques. thanks as always for sharing
WOW.. Love the way you embossed your image into the embossing powder. Very cool final effect.. LOVE!
What fun cards! I have a nice collection of these stamps in my stash.
Beautiful cards!
Thanks for the inspiration and for the chance to win such an amazing prize!
Thank you for choosing me as your winner for this blog hop! I am sorry it has taken me a few days to get back to you. I have been very ill (still am) and hadn’t been on the computer to see I had won! It was a lovely surprise to hear and I thank you so much!
I’m so pleased Maureen. I’ve emailed you with your winners code. All the best, and I hope you feel well real soon. Jenny x