Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Peeking Springtime Buddies

Hello High Hopes Fans

You can find our March Challenge HERE
The challenge runs through Tuesday, March 31st. 


Well Easter is this weekend! Wow that sure came fast, but on the other hand it means Spring is here!!
Today I am sharing with you my last Easter card and cute little basket I made. Both of these projects use the stamp called Peeking Springtime Buddies.


I wanted to try something new to me and that is using a stencil and modeling paste on my card. I used a brick wall stencil and tried to make it look like the image is peeking over the top of a wall. For the basket I followed a tutorial I found on Pinterest. I used a doily for them to "peek" over and added some flower brads and Easter grass.


I added some lace, flowers and die cuts to finish off the card.



Click HERE to view the  basket tutorial.


Copics Used:
Ducks: Y13, Y15, Y17 / Y32, Y35, Y38
Bunny: C0, C1, C3, nose: C5, C7
Top & headband: R81, R83, R85
Flower: B01, B04, Y13 & Stickles
Leaves: YG03, YG06, YG07
bows: B01, B04 / YG03, YG06, YG07  & Stickles

I've had so much fun using the Easter stamps from High Hopes! They are super cute and not hard to fall in love with!
I want to wish everyone a wonderful Easter weekend!
See you next week,
Cheri



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Egg-stra Special

Hello High Hopes Fans

We are still playing along with this month Spring Themed Challenge.

You can find our March Challenge HERE
Today is the last day to enter the March Challenge.
The challenge runs through 7pm EST tonight. 

Five more days till Easter and I have one more Easter card to share with you.
This one features Easter Masterpiece.


I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black Dye ink and colored with Copic Markers.
The patterned paper is Doodlebug Springtime Paper Pack.


The ribbon is May Arts.
I used my Fiscar grass border punch.
The sentiment is Egg-stra Special.




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I hope you have a great day and I'll see you next week!

Monday, March 30, 2015

Flop Eared Rabbit - Lynne


Happy Monday High Hopes fans!

Lynne here, with a CAS Easter card using Flop Eared Rabbit
Isn't he a cutie!
Coloured with Derwent Inktense Watercolour pencils and clear gloss and glitter added to his tail.
Thanks for visiting High Hopes blog today .... feel free to pop over to my blog too!

If you haven't already played along in our Anything High Hopes Goes March challenge get your skates on as it ends tomorrow -  Tuesday 31 March.  
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Monday, March 30: Just Married

Hello High Hopes Fans

You can find the March Monthly Challenge here. 
The challenge runs through Tuesday, March 31st. 

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Happy Monday, 

Our new stamps release is here: Spring is in the Air now available on High Hopes Store

This cute oldie stamp is Just Married Adorable right!
Just the perfect stamp to used on a wedding card!!


I stamped my image with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on some copic paper. I used lots of  copic markers for my card...
Copic Markers List: Sky BG10, B000 & 0
Ground E00, 23, 25
Grass YG09, 11, 17, 95, 97
Car C1,3, 5, 9, W1, 3, E33, Y17, R29
Sing B000 & 0
Groom & Bride B93, 95, E000, V000, C1, RV10
Bouquet RV00, 10, 17, 19, YG09, 17
Shoes RV27, C3, 5, 9

For embellishment I used clear and bright pink gems, star dust stickles from ranger, tulle metallic silver finish embossing powder from Zing, vellum, and glossy accent.

Here is a close up!


Be sure to play along with us this month's challenge: Anything Goes!
                  There is a FREE DIGITAL stamp if you don't have any High Hopes Stamps yet!                        Thanks for stopping by today!

Spring is in the Air

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Saturday, March 28, 2015

Saturday March 28: Fox On The Beach - Lisa

Hello High Hopes Fans
 
Don't forget about our March Challenge

Lisa


 
Here is another adorable, newly released stamp called Fox On The Beach (S510).  These cuties were coloured with Copic markers (C1, E49, E47, BG57, R24, YR07, YR04, 100). Pink chalk added some colour on the fox's ears. Glossy Accents were also used on the fox's nose, drink and umbrella.  The paper is from Carta Bella-Summer Lovin' 6x6 Paper Pad, along with some Red and White Cardstock.  A few YNS-Glitter Black Licorice Gumdrops finished the card off.

Have a wonderful weekend! 

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We hope you have been enjoying the Sneak Peeks of the 
Spring is in the Air Release.

We are happy to announce that the stamps are 
NOW Shipping!!


 
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Friday, March 27, 2015

Friday March 27: Emilee & Lola - Jane

Hello High Hopes Fans
 
Don't forget about our March Challenge
 
Jane 
 
Here is Emilee & Lola (T500), one of the many cute and newly released stamps at High Hopes Rubber Stamps.  Unfortunately, the colours seem off in this picture.  I tried several times to get the colours exactly as they are on the actual card, but it just was not going to allow me to do so.  Maybe it's time to invest in a real camera??? lol!  Anyways, the image was coloured with Tombow Markers and water. I added some Glossy Accents on the bear and dog's noses and Pink Stickles to the flower centres.
Supplies used
Ink - Coloured with Tombow Markers (N60, 491, 533, 942, 850, 800, N75, N95, 977, 969, 990, 761, 723, 743) & water.  Black Embossing Powder, Versamark Ink Pad
Paper - Blue/Purple, Green & White Cardstock, Wild Rose Studio-Bella's Birthday 6x6 Paper Pad
Misc - Glossy Accents, Cotton Candy Stickles, Spellbinders-Floral Ovals die, Martha Stewart-Grass Edger Punch, Pink Rhinestones, Prima-paper flowers, Glue dots, Foam Tape.

Also, join in on this month's "Anything High Hopes Goes" Challenge...we love to see what you create!  Click here for the March Challenge details.
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We hope you have been enjoying the Sneak Peeks of the 
Spring is in the Air Release.

We are happy to announce that the stamps are 
NOW Shipping!!


If you are in need of a High Hopes stamp, you can find them at these stores:
Lacey Stephens - Stamp and Create based out of the US

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Friday March 27th, 2015 - Fox on the Beach - MichelleVata


Isn't this the cutest stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps?  The Stamp is called Fox on the Beach.  As soon as I saw it, I knew it was all about my DAD!  My dad turns 76 today!  Everyone used to call him the sly fox when he was working (many many years ago before he retired) so I knew I had to make this into a birthday card for him!

The top green tule actually pulls (see image 2) out a hidden message for my dad from myself and my family!  Hopefully he will know enough to push it back down afterward so it stays with the card LOL!



Just in case he doesn't remember to push that tag down again into the card, I will write similar sentiments inside the card


The Copic Markers that I used to colour this image are;

Fox - Brown - E40, E41, E42, E43
Fox - Red - R59, E08, E35
Nose - Eyes - C9, C7, C5, C3
Glass - BG000, BG0000, B00
Umbrella - YG07, YG05, Y35, Y38, Y00
Blanket - BG02, BG07, BG09

The product that I used for this image are;

From One Crazy Stamper - 


Card Stock - On Hand
Brads - On Hand
Ribbon and Tule - On Hand

I hope you join me again next Friday for another High Hopes Card Design!  Thanks for popping in and have a great week!  Feel free to pop on over to my blog!


Click here for the March Challenge details.
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We hope you have been enjoying the Sneak Peeks of the 
Spring is in the Air Release.

We are happy to announce that the stamps are 
NOW Shipping!!



If you are in need of a High Hopes stamp, you can find them at these stores:
Lacey Stephens - Stamp and Create based out of the US
One Crazy Stamper based out of Canada

Thursday, March 26, 2015

Dancing Hedgehogs - Lacey

Hello High Hopes Fans

If you are looking for the March Challenge, you can find it here
The challenge runs through Tuesday, March 31st.

Lacey
So how are you liking the new release? These are some cute stamps!!

Today I have another card using one of the new release stamps...

This is called Dancing Hedgehogs. You can find the whole release here

I saw this print paper with these fun sayings "Run, Smile, play, giggle", etc and knew that they were perfect for this image. They are an old My Mind's Eye pad. 

I used some beautiful Wild Orchid Crafts Flowers, Magnolia Scalloped Stitched Lace DooHickey, Wrinkle Ribbon, Butterfly Punch, and Pearls to finish it off. 


The image was embossed in black onto watercolor paper and watercolored with Twinkling H2Os...


Twikling H20s used:
Rich Cocoa, Cedar Wood, Wintermist Grey, Hot Cinnamon, Bashful Blue, and Playful Peony

Don't forget that the March Challenge ends at 7pm EST Tuesday, March 31st.


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Thursday March 26th - Gentle Panda

Hello High Hopes Fans

The challenge runs through Tuesday, March 31st. 
You have a few more days ..... have you played along for your chance to win?


Today I'm excited to showcase another super cute stamp from the Spring is in the Air release  called Gentle Panda


This stamp was so fun to colour - such a cute, happy little Panda. He seriously makes me smile.  He's just huggable don't you think?


I wanted to keep the paper colours and embellishments a little more neutral and simple to keep the focus on the stamp. 

Spectrum Noir Markers used: 
Panda: BG5 BG7 BG10
Nose/Feet: PP3 PP5 DR3 
Bamboo: DG2 DG4 YG67 (Copic) TN2 TN6


Foxes and bears and horses oh my! 
This release if filled with so many fun new images. 
This link will take you to the High Hopes New Release section - grab a coffee, put up your feet and enjoy!


I hope you have enjoyed my post today -thanks for stopping by!





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Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Wedmesday March 25th, Bella Bear - Natalie

 
Hi, It's Natalie here, I'm back again on another fabulous Wednesday showcasing the super sweet Miss Bella Bear.  She's a new release from High Hope Stamps and once again I've fallen in love :)
 
Since Bella is hiking I decided to create a camping scene by displaying a trail sign using my old typewriter! Please visit my blog for further details.
 
Copic Markers used are ...
YG03 YG05 YG63 YG67 BG0000 BG000 BG10 C1 C3 C5 C7 0 E31 E33 E35 E37 RV99 RG95 RV93 RV9 R22 R21 R20

Please join in the Anything High Hopes Goes March challenge which runs through to Tuesday 31 March.  There's a free digi at the top of the page if you don't have any High Hopes stamps yet!
 
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Buddy Bear Camping - It's Your Day!

Howdy -

This week I had some fun with Buddy Bear Camping - Great Guy image don't you think?


I used papers from Simple Stories - coloring with my copics with to match the colors of the papers.  Love the rich colors of these - I doodled the edge of the image and then used the sentiment "It's your day!" And for an embellishment I found a chipboard piece that I colored with a Copic.

Inside more of the same papers and another High Hopes Sentiment Large Fancy "Happy Birthday!"



Copic Colors Used -


There are so many wonderful images in this new release - You can see all the new release images HERE. Enjoy -

MichelleO

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

All Horses Deserve to be Loved - Dina


Hey Stampers!
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I created this colorful card, not only because I love horses, but also in honor of all my horse loving friends.
I used white cardstock as my base of my 5×7 card, and affixed various pattern papers, from DCWV Stacker III, in shades of purple and blue.
The little flowered paper is also from DCWV from the Pocket Full of Posies stack. I roughed up the edges using some sand paper to give it a slight distressed look, to give it more dimension, and to reveal more of the white edges.
I stamped with the "Spring is in the Air" new release “My Pony”. and painted the image with watercolors and prismacolor markers. I fussy cut the stamped image and affixed it to a white scalloped punched piece of white cardstock and lightly painted a background.

I used a Fiskars Rope border punch and a piece of shear white ribbon which I placed behind “My Pony” image. 
I cut the cloud out with  Paper Smooches “Curly Clouds” Die because they are just so stinkin’ cute!
I then printed out and attched the sentiment- “All horses deserve, at least once in their life, to be loved by a little girl”


To finish my card, I embellished with some Prima Paper Flowers, which I dotted with my favorite YNS Gumdrops – Lavender, and punched out some paper flowers from the background papers, dotted them with YNS Gumdrops – Cotton Candy Blue, that I got from One Crazy Stamper, and affixed them randomly on my card.
Happy Stamping!




Snuggles and Cuddles

Hello High Hopes Fans

You can find our March Challenge HERE
The challenge runs through Tuesday, March 31st. 


Today my card is created using the newly released stamp called Snuggles & Cuddles. This Panda and her little one is absolutely adorable! Did you know that a Panda can spend 14-16 hours a day eating bamboo? Just a fun fact for you!!


As soon as I saw this image I knew my paper choice had to be back and red! I used paper from American Crafts "Amy Tangerine Sketchbook" and Kaiserkraft's "Shaken Not Stirred" collections. A red bow, black button and some matching enamel dots finished off my card.

Inside view of card


Copics Used:
Panda: W3, W4, W5, W7, W8
White panda parts: W1
Cheeks and feet pads: R20
Tree trunk: E53, E55, E57
Leaves: YG91, YG93, YG95

Head on over to High Hopes Website and see all the new releases, they are so cute!


See you next week!
Cheri


If you are in need of a High Hopes stamp, check out these stores:
Lacey Stephens - Stamp and Create based out of the US
Nikki Fairbairn - Bunny Zoe's Crafts based out of the UK/Europe
One Crazy Stamper based out of Canada

Saturday, March 14, 2015

Saturday , March 14 th Kids - Alex.

Hello High Hopes Fans

It`s Alex. here and i show you now my card !

 I color always with watercolor pens from Albrecht Dürer.



 For this card i had used 5 Rubber Stamps.
- Ally Rose
- Little Sand Architect  
- Thoughtful Kimberly
- Four Paned Frame
- Bobby Lee  



Have a super weekend! 
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