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! You should have arrived here from the talented Laurel Beard‘s blog. If not, no worries, catch the details below.
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. 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!
I have had so much fun being a part of the Design Team for Topflight Stamps. I love the variety of stamps Topflight has and it was so hard to figure out what to make for this awesome Blog Hop. So after much debate I narrowed it down to these images from 13@arts and Carabelle Studio.
If you follow me, you know that I love using flowers on my cards and Topflight Stamps carries a beautiful variety. These are just some of favorites I’ve collected.
I started by blending Distress Oxides on Bristol Smooth paper, I used several combinations I saw on Kristina Werner’s blog. For this card, I used Old Paper, Evergreen Bough, and Black Soot. I love this unique color combo and thought that the Emerald Creek embossing powder in Midnight Magic would make this flower from 13@arts pop out.
This embossing powder is awesome and has black chunks mixed in to give the image a variegated texture. So fun! I stamped the sentiment with white embossing powder to help it stand out against the black soot ink. I then finished it by spritzing a little water on the background and adding some sequins.
For my second card, I used the Distress Oxide color combo of Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, and Blueprint Sketch.
This color combo is perfect for this detailed Carabelle Studio flower. Once the Distress Oxides were dry, I stamped the image in Versamark ink and white heat embossed it.
The sentiment is from the 13@arts set above and I love the handwritten look.
Here is another look at the two cards.
Below is the Blog Hop order, please visit and comment on each post to enter for a chance to win a $50 Gift Certificate or a $15 Gift Certificate by April 8th.
Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on April 9th. Good Luck!
UPDATED – The winner for commenting on my post is Karen Brown.
BLOG HOP ORDER –
- Topflight Stamps Blog
- 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 (You Are Here)
- Ingrid Blackburn (Next stop)
- Dana Joy
- Amy Tsuruta
- Lindsay Weirich
Thanks for stopping by and helping us celebrate Topflight Stamps 2nd Anniversary. Be sure to check out the awesome Anniversary Sale going on as well!
Supplies
*Listed below are the products I used and contain affiliate links at no cost to you. Thank you for your support! All products were personally purchased.
 13@arts – For You Rose Shop at: TP |
 Carabelle Studio – Flower & Butterfly Shop at: TP |
 Strathmore – Bristol Smooth Shop at: BL | SC | DB | AZ |
 Pretty Pink Posh – Sparkling Clear Confetti Mix Shop at: EH |
 Brutus Monroe – Metallic Embossing Powder – Alabaster Shop at: EH | BL | SC | AZ |
 Emerald Creek – Rita Barakat Magical Mysteries – Midnight Magic Shop at: TP |
 Tombow Xtreme Adhesive Tape Runner Shop at: BL | SC | DB | Misc |
 Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxides Ink Pad Kit – 2017 Bundle One Shop at: EH | BL | SC | AZ | TP |
 Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxides Ink Pad Kit – 2017 Bundle Two Shop at: EH | BL | SC | AZ | TP |
 Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxides Ink Pad Kit – 2018 Bundle Five Shop at: EH | BL | SC | AZ |
 Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxides Ink Pad Kit – 2018 Bundle Four Shop at: EH |
 Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Oxides Ink Pad Kit – 2018 Bundle Three Shop at: EH | BL | SC | AZ |
 Tsukineko – VersaFine Pigment Ink Pad – Onyx Black Shop at: EH | BL | AZ |
 Tsukineko – VersaMark Ink Pad Shop at: EH | BL | HA | SC | AZ |
 Hero Arts – Wagner – HT400 Precision Heat Tool Shop at: HA | SC | AZ |
 MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: EH | HA | SC | AZ |
 Ranger Heat It Craft Tool Shop at: EH | BL | DB | AZ |
 Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Glass Media Mat Shop at: EH | BL | SC | AZ |
I love the vibrant colors and your details show up so well. I need more distress ink oxides now! Botanicals are my favorite to work with as well. Beautiful cards and clear directions.
Thank you so much Martha!
Wow absolutely gorgeous.. love your cards
Thanks Annette!
Love the blending of the distress oxides on the second card. Also I was unfamiliar with 13@arts
Thank you Karen!
Gorgeous in their simplicity. Love your cards.
Thank you Faith!
Your cards are so lovely! TFS
Wonderful color blending!
Beautiful elegant cards!
love the magic of embossing powder
These cards are just stunning!! Thank you for the inspiration!
These are so pretty!!
Thanks Amy! 😉
Your colors are soooo vivid and gorgeous! I love the added sequins!
Gorgeous! Pinned it for future inspiration!
Thank you for your ideas on the 2nd Birthday Hop.
Thank you for your ideas on the 2nd Anniversary Hop
I love both of your cards. Thank you for sharing these amazing ideas.
Pretty cards. Your blending is beautiful.
really pretty cards. I need to emboss more.
Love these beautiful, bold cards. Especially like the white embossed flower. I usually work with small images, so it’s fun to see a different way of making!
~Marilee
Stunning. I will make variations on these.
Love the vibrant colors!
I love your use of midnight magic embossing powder. that card is my favorite!
Thanks Laura!
Oooh, gorgeous! Love the colors and designs! Those black chunks mixed in are perfect!
How neat. Love the sequins on the card.
Beautiful colors.
Your cards really pop against those backgrounds 🙂
Love the color blending on these cards – thanks for the inspiration:)
Wow… these are colored so beautifully!
Love the large stamps.
I love the way the details pop on the backgrounds lovely cards. Thank you for sharing.
I love the way the details pop with the white embossing. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful cards!
What beautiful cards! I love how you colored the backgrounds.
Really nice cards -I’ve added them to my CASE folder
Ericka, I think your cards are top rate! Love those colour combinations in the background. I think I have to get some Distress Old Paper Ink. I agree with you about the handwritten sentiment. It’s so pretty. First time I’ve heard of Top Flight Stamps & I’m seeing products from companies I’ve never heard of. Once I complete the blog hop I want to come back & spend time looking at what they offer for sale I just wish the CDN$ wasn’t so low as the exchange rate is a killer. sigh…
Ericka your cards are top rate! Love the colour combinations using the Distress Oxides. I have to get a bottle of Old Paper ink. Your images are so crisp & I agree that the handwritten sentiment is so pretty. This is my introduction to Top Flight Stamps & I’m seeing products from companies I’ve never heard of. Once I complete the blog hop, I’m coming back to see what they are selling. I just wish the CDN$ wasn’t so low to the US$ & the exchange rate so high. sigh…I thank you for the inspiration.
Like that Textured embossing powder!
So pretty in these colors and the embossing.
Wow, Rey nice
Love the ombre backgrounds and the white contrast. Nice job.
Love the white embossing on the 3 flowers. I’ll have to try the Emerald Creek EP! Thank you!
These are so pretty! Love the backgrounds you created to show off those beautiful floral designs!
Erika, I LOVE the artsy simplicity of each of your cards. They’re both so vibrant and appealing to look at! That rose set has some fun stamps in it – thanks for popping that into your photo! And the Rita Barakat EP, I want that now. Enabler!!! It was fun hopping together. 🙂
Ericka – just ignore me leaving the c out earlier – I KNEW that…lol. Typing too fast…..lol!!! 🙂
Lol no worries it happens all the time 😉
Thank you so much Ingrid! I love your beautiful cards too. I’ll be popping over to leave a comment tomorrow since today was a bit busy!
Beautiful cards. Gotta check that embossing powder out.
They are gorgeous cards! Love those blended backgrounds.
Thank you so much Helen!
Beautiful cards! Love the backgrounds with the Distress Oxide inks.
Thanks so much for sharing…
Gorgeous cards! Love the series Kristina Werner did.
These are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you Kristie!
I realllllly like this flower stamp! Great work!
Both cards are beautiful. I love flowers too. The design is very creative.
Awesome cards!
Pretty flowers! Great technique
Beautiful cards! The color blending is perfect!
Amazing creations! Love your style!
Both cards are wonderful!
WOW, great giveaway. Thank you.
Beautiful cards. Love the embossing on top of the oxide ink.
I’ve never seen the embossing powder with the black pieces in it before! Both of these cards turned out beautifully!
Beautiful cards!! Love the embossing on those backgrounds!
Beautiful cards, I love the white embossed image over those blended colors
Emerald Creek makes some beautiful embossing powders. Your creations are so pretty. Great color choices, especially love the black soot/evergreen/old paper combo. I’ll be using that as inspiration for sure.
Emerald Creek’s embossing powders are new to me, and wow. I don’t think I would have been brave enough to go with a colored embossing powder with those background colors, but I love how it turned out. Thanks for sharing and showing off those stamp sets so nicely.
Thanks so much Annalisa!
Such beautiful cards! I really like the color combinations of the backgrounds.