Karen Bearse Designs: March 2018

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Happy 1st Birthday Topflight Stamps!!

Hello Stamping Enthusiasts, I am here today to wish a Happy 1st Birthday to Topflight Stamps!!! Here is all the fun prize & party info!

And the Winner is....

Thanks for all the lovely comments on my Topflight Stamps project. I hope you join my blog for more inspiration!

The winner for the $10 coupon was... THE WORDS CRAFTER however she won on another blog & decided to most generously re-gift her winnings!!! Yay there is good in the world. So she asked me to choose another winner & that winner is....

SUE D

Welcome to the Topflight Stamps 1^st Birthday Blog Hop!!! The past year has been more successful than we ever could have imagined and it’s all because of our amazing customers. We are so excited to celebrate with you and give you our 1^st Birthday 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 we have an AWESOME blog hop with some of the best paper crafters in the industry. They are each featuring 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 of the designers on this blog hop are giving away a $10 gift certificate to one of the commenters on their 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.

I had the privilege to be on Topflight Stamps 1st design team which ran July to Dec, 2017. I thought it would be appropriate to re-create my 1st project with them. Here is my new mini-art journal, designed for the hop using corrugated cardboard as a substrate.

I hope you join in the festivities, the links to all the blogs & supplies are at the end of my post. Remember to leave me a comment as I will be drawing one random winner who will get a $10 coupon to the Topflight Stamps shop. Now on to more shots of my project inspiration!

I followed my tutorial just changing up the colors and stamps. This is my original project back in July, 2017. Love this book & it sits on my window sill so I can add to it any time. You can find the tutorial for this book here.

Did you know that darkroom door now has stencils? I used the large version of this one called Polka Dots. With a foam dabber I stenciled paint on my background.

This stamp set is where my front quote came from and the word art was stamped in paint on my covers. The inside of my book was also stamped using the water jar.

I also used this set called Artist Brushes.Love the details on these stamps, plus the paint swatch looks totally real & is perfect especially when applied using paint!

Here is the back of my journal. I love that the words look like graffiti!

Inside front cover. This was stamped with Archival Ink & water colored lightly.

Inside back cover.

I made 3 signatures filled with white & black card stock, canvas, tags & Gel Press papers. Well that is it for today! I hope you enjoyed the walk through my project. Happy Birthday Topflight!

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