More Holiday Inspiration!

Hello High Hopes Fans!!

We hope you all had a lovely Christmas and Boxing Day (for our European friends)!

As a reminder, we are not having any new Challenges until Jan 3rd.

In the mean time, we are back this week with a little more holiday inspiration from a few of our lovely Design Divas!!

Heidi using Bearly Swooshin...

Kristine using Christmas Joy Snowy

Merry Christmas!!

Hello High Hopes friends!

It's Lacey here and I wanted to wish you all a wonderful Christmas!! The Divas and I are so thankful for all of you who come here each and every week to see our cards and participate in our Challenges. You are such an inspiration to us and we are so happy to get to play along with you every week!

Today I have another banner I created using some of the High Hopes Santas...

We had to move our Screen to the dining room to make room for the Christmas Tree in the Family Room so this is kind of in a tight spot.

Here are close ups of the flags with stamps...

Woodland Santa

Sitting Santa

Three Pane Santa

Christmas Treat

Santa in Chimney

Reindeer Games

Tropical Santa

And here's the final banner again...

Merry Christmas to all of you from all of us!!

Holiday Inspiration!

Hello High Hopes Fans!

As a reminder, we are taking a break for a few weeks so the Divas can have a much needed rest!! We will be back on Jan 3rd with our next challenge.

But we are back this week with a little Holiday Inspiration!

Check out this adorable project by our lovely guest, Heidi...

We hope you are having a lovely Holiday and hope that you can spend some time relaxing and hanging out with family and friends!!

Numbers Challenge Winner and random inspriation

Hello High Hopes Fans!

We are back this week with the winner of the Numbers Challenge.

Since that was our last challenge of the year, we are posting the winner today but we do not have a new challenge. The Design Divas are taking a few weeks off to enjoy the Holidays!

However, we will still have posts each week with random inspiration from the Divas -

I mean, even though we don't HAVE to make a card,

it's hard not to play with some High Hopes stamps, right?!

Ok, so the winner of the Numbers Challenge is:

Congratulations, Debby! Please email me at stampandcreate@bellsouth.net with your choice of 3 free High Hopes Stamps.

Debby is actually a former Diva and check out this amazing creation using

On Guard Oberto, The Thundering Rouge, and Banana Tree...

Oh my gosh, what a stunning card!!

Now here are a few cards from some of our lovely Divas...

Heidi using Merry Mouse...

Sirpa using Fishing Santa...

Kristine using Winter Fun Monkey...

We also have some inspiration from Lacey's Kids with cards they created for a new neighbor:

Ansley - 9 years old, using Little Missy...

Ryan - 7 years old, using Warm Wishes...

Happy stamping!!

Meet the Divas: Jeanne & Anna

Hello High Hopes Fans!

Click here for the current challenge.

It's time for a new Meet the Diva's!

This week we are heading down to the Loan Star State of Texas (USA)!

We have both the hilarious Jeanne Streiff and the "Sweet Miss Daisy" Anna Wight.

First up is Jeanne...

http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

1)How long have you been crafting? Did you start as a child? Did someone inspire your creativity?

I’ve been coloring since I picked up my first crayon.

2) When did you buy your first stamp? What were the circumstances surrounding that purchase?

Oh gosh, a long time ago. I started buying stamps regularly in 2005 though after going to a home party.

3) What is your favorite stamping medium? Waterproof ink, Embossing Ink/powder? Glitter?

Most of the time I stamp and color with markers. I use Momento inks and Neenah paper.

4) When in your local stamp shoppe or online stamping store, what is your guilty pleasure that you end up buying although you know you already have tons of? Ribbons/Papers/Inks/Pens... etc.?

Stamps… ;)

5) What coloring medium do you prefer? Prisma's, Tombow's, or Copic's? Other?

I use Shinhan Touch Twin markers. They are alcohol based and blend beautifully.

6) Future goals of things you want to learn to use with your stamping... or try.. .be it a technique or submitting to a magazine, or teaching classes, starting your own shoppe...etc..

I’d like to get back to drawing again. It’s been a while and I’ve missed it.

7) Other crafting you do? Job? Hobbies or interests?

I’ve very luck in that my jobs are all craft related. I coordinate artistic teams for Shinhan Art Materials (Touch Twin markers and other fine art supplies), The {Stamps} of Life and Discount Cardstock.com. On my off time I watch bunches of movies and read.

8) Share with us your favorite project, and the techniques you used.

- Cuuuute image, marker coloring, Flower Soft and fun twine!

Here are some more of Jeanne's adorable cards...

And now it's time for the fabulous "Sweet Miss Daisy" - Anna Wight...

http://sweetmissdaisy.typepad.com/

1)How long have you been crafting? Did you start as a child? Did someone inspire your creativity?
My family is very crafty, and some of my oldest memories are of me and Mom coloring in coloring books at Grandma's house. Mom is a wonderful quilter, and Dad is very handy with wood, construction, and tying flies for fishing! I think just about everyone in my family does something crafty.

2) When did you buy your first stamp? What were the circumstances surrounding that purchase?

It was the summer of 1993, in a little shop in Florence, Oregon. I remember because I worked at the Girl Scout camp near there during the summer, and there was a little shop in town that always had the cutest things! The stamp is from the line of Richard Scarry images that Penny Black licensed that year. I still own it, and am still trying to collect images from the line. Help a girl out!? *grin*

3) What is your favorite stamping medium? Waterproof ink, Embossing Ink/powder? Glitter?

I think my favorite is just coloring images. Watercoloring, markers, pencils ... love it all! I really do love to stamp in black StazOn ink and watercolor images using a variety of watercoloring products. I also have a fondness for adding glitter to just about everything. Doesn't everyone?

4) When in your local stamp shoppe or online stamping store, what is your guilty pleasure that you end up buying although you know you already have tons of?

Ribbons/Papers/Inks/Pens... etc.?

Designer paper. Ribbon, string, twine, jute. Coloring tools. Buttons. Dies. GLITTER! ...I don't have just one guilty pleasure, it seems!

5) Future goals of things you want to learn to use with your stamping... or try.. .be it a technique or submitting to a magazine, or teaching classes, starting your own shoppe...etc..

I've done a lot of things as a stamper. I love the people I've met through this craft, and am so grateful for all the opportunities that have come my way. I would love to try more "techniques", but don't always have the patience to deal with the "mess" of techniques. I tend to do most of my work in about 24" of space, or less. There's not a lot of room for "mess", along with the MESS! Especially since I am a multitasking crafter, and always have several projects going at any given time.

6) Other crafting you do? Job? Hobbies or interests?

I like to sew, and I love photography. I find inspiration in colors, and nature. I love the country/primitive style, and love to add a bit of it to most everything I do.

7) Share with us your favorite project, and the techniques you used.

I think my all-time favorite High Hopes project was the "old goat" card. I stamped the image in black StazOn ink, and painted it with liquid re-inkers. I also really love the card I made using the High Hopes lamb. I used flock to give the lamb texture, and was just delighted with the results! And I really love the Northwoods Stack image, so this card stands out as a favorite of mine, as well.

Make sure to go check out Jeanne's and Anna's blogs!

We will be back next week with the winner of the Numbers Challenge.

There is still plenty of time to enter if you would like to play along!

Happy stamping!

December Monthly Special

Hello High Hopes Fans!!

Welcome to our final sale of 2011!

We wanted it to be HUGE... we wanted it to be HOT.. we wanted it to be irresistible... and so it had to be a sale featuring our Dragons!

All unmounted and cling foam mounted Dragon stamps are on sale for 25% off for the first week of December.

To see the Dragon's on sale (including some sayings, and Dragonfly's) just go to the High Hopes website and put "Dragon" in the search box.... or click here.

There are 52 images on 6 pages.

When you are done shopping, be sure to put the special sale code DECSALE in the

comments box.

We will re-invoice you before billing to adjust your total down to reflect the special sale price.

The sale runs Dec 1-7th

You won't want to miss this one... so don't be dragin' your feet! It's a great time to stock up on some of your favorite Dustin Pike and Crissy Armstrong Dragons!

From all of us at High Hopes Rubber Stamps,

we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a New Year filled with Peace, Love, and Health!

Here are some cards using some of the Dragons on sale created by current and past Divas...