Valentines Sweet treats!

Hi there, it's Saturday and I am a happy camper!

I've waited all week for this day!

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Today's creation is made with the following

High Hopes stamps!

Falling for you found here!
Hugs and Kisses found here!
Me and You found here!
You are loved found here!
Tricera Tops Dino found here!

Today's project is a sweet one.... lol

I Grabbed a pack of chocolate hearts  from our 

local store and divided them up into packages.

Created heart conversation tags and a fun dino 

package for the kids.

The conversation hearts are stamped with Tim Holtz Festive berries. Red twine  and  Valentines gem hearts for some extra love.  I though that a hand written note could be added to each tag! :)

The Dino treat bag was created using a treat topper die.   You could hand cut card stock just as easily if you do not have the treat topper.  Heart embossing folder, Kraft paper for the sentiment and brown twine too.   I like the clear bags this way you can see the treats inside the bag!! 

Thanks for peeking!

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Shower Of Love

Welcome back High Hopes Fans! I hope you're having a good week! 

We have been experiencing warm, higher then normal temperatures where I live. Nice considering it's January, not so nice because it has meant freezing rain and rain are usually on the weather menu. 

Since we have been having so much rain I decided playing with "Shower of Love" was kind of an appropriate stamp to play with this week. I think this stamp could be used for a number of different occasions like a wedding, bridal shower or Valentine's Day to name a few. 

After colouring my stamp with alcohol markers I cut it out using a stitched rectangle die - I love the stitched look on my cards! 

After cutting a piece of matching blue cardstock I ran it through my Big Kick to add the tiny heart detail in the corner. I used a banner die for my heart in the corner and used the larger heart cut out from that as an embellishment. The tiny heart from was added to my banner die and voila! A masculine colour/feel  Valentine's Day card.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Shower Of Love (R144) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Posh - Simple Stories

 Tuxedo Black ink - Memento, Copic XpressIt cardstock,  Build A Banner die - Whimsy Stamps

Spectrum Noir Markers: BGR2 BGR4 BGR5 TN1 EB1 EB2 FS6 CR3 CR1 1G2 1G4 1G5 GT1 GT2 BT2 CT2 GB4 1G1 

The challenge for this month is called: Live, Laugh, Love. There are three ways to win some stamps - click here for details. 

There is also a new sketch to play along with - we can't wait to see what you create! There are still a few days left to come play along!

Thanks so much for popping by! Have a fantastic day!

Birthday Cards... Using Krissy's Snuggle Bear!

Hello High Hopes Friends,

Today I want to share with you a couple cards that I made using this 

adorable stamp called (Krissy's Snuggle Bear) from High Hopes Stamps.

 For my first card, I used different shades of  purple and brown patterned papers.

The image was stamped in black and coloured with alcohol markers. Next I paper piece Krissy's pj's heat embossed some hearts and added polka-dots with a gelly roll white pen. I also add some Diamond Stickles on her teddy bear.

Here is a close up!

I used an old sentiment from my stash, I stamp it with white pigment ink and heat emboss. The ribbon was plain white so I decided to coloured using raspberry ripple ink from S.U I adhesive the main panel with foam tape, to give just a little of dimension.

Copic List: BG10 R20 RV00 RV17 RV19 V00 E00 E51 Bear: E23 E25 E29 E31

I stamped the image onto a piece of white circle cut it with the biggest Spellbinder circle die and colored it using my alcohol markers. I found this adorable white and pink stripe pattern paper from my stash. I used Pink Pirouette seam binding ribbon added a light pink button from my button jar. Next I added some diamond stickles to her teddy bear. To finish my card, I adhesive a few hearts enamel I found in my local store.

Here is a close up!

To give my card a vintage feel I used a small white paper doily, distress ink around the edges of the circle and tag. love how it looks!

Copic List: E000 E00 RV00 RV10 R20 E23 E25 E37 Bear: E00 E31 E33 E37 E51

May sure to stop by again soon for more ideas and inspiration!

For more details and photos, please visit my blog at

madewithlovecards.blogspot.com

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Be my Valentine!

Be my Valentine ♥♥♡♥

Hi, It's me Nat and I'm back again on this beautiful January weekend 

to share some old school valentines.

Today's creations are with ....

High Hopes Not Lion found here!

and

Purrr-ty Tweet found here!

and

Ton of Love Ellie found here!
and
Teicera Tops Dino found here!
also check out these too!!!!
Bubble Blowing Hippo found here!
Horsin' Around found here!
Tip toe Hippo found here!

These are totally sweet images. I LOVE LOVE LOVE these stamps :)

These cards would be totally fun to make with the kids.

Or give some nostalgic valentines to friends.

just  for fun

I'm making these for my co workers to enjoy on our

valentines day celebrations at work!

Super easy to make. Just stamp the images  on paper.  I used Copic paper and coloured up these cuties with Copics.  Cut various sizes of card stock to frame the images.  I also used a corner rounder to give more of a finished look to my cards. I added pop dots to the backs of each image and hot glued the ribbons into place. The tops of the ribbons are looped and the bottoms cut in a "V" banner flag shape. 

These can either be tags since the loop is on the top of the ribbon or old school valentines. Just write your To/From notes on the back.

Thanks for peeking !! 

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Not Horsin Around!

     Happy Thursday High Hopes Fans!

This week I've been horsin' around (pardon the pun) with another fun Valentine's Day stamp from High Hopes. 

I love that the sentiment is included although I had to rearrange my card making routine slightly....after all, I didn't have to find a place for the sentiment! It has been fun to have a bit of a challenge with the process. 

This week's card layout is based on an older challenge sketch from High Hopes. I have posted it below my card for you. I also chose to use some non-traditional Valentine's Day colours just for fun!

Here's the sketch I followed

I started my horsin' around by colouring my stamp with alcohol markers and then cutting it out with a classic circle die. The background cardstock was cut out using a circle cutter. I placed it on patterned paper from an older 6x6 paper collection from Echo Park. Some twine, banners and gumdrops (my fav) finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Horsin' Around Horsey (P130) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: This & That - Echo Park

 Tuxedo Black ink - Memento, Copic XpressIt cardstock,  Fishtail Banner dies - YNS, Classic circle die - Spellbinders, Fiskars circle cutter, bakers twine, Love Earth Gumdrops - YNS

Spectrum Noir Markers: EB3 EB5 GB8 GB10 1G2 1G3 1G5 CG2 DG2 CT4 GB5 

Copics: E37 RV11 RV34

The challenge for this month is called: Live, Laugh, Love. There are three ways to win some stamps - click here for details. 

There is also a new sketch to play along with - we can't wait to see what you create! Come play along!

Thanks so much for popping by! Have a fantastic day!

Buddy Makes A Friend

Howdy - MichelleO here today - Having so much fun with High Hopes Stamps new Live Love Laugh collection. This week I colored "Buddy Makes A Friend" isn't he too cute?

I colored with my copics (colors below) I matched it up with Paper Studios Barnwood Pretty papers. Love the pink and grey together. I added the new High Hopes Sentiment "Falling For You" Totally sweet sentiment for a valentine don't you think? Then I added three white enamel dots.

Copic colors used -

Make sure you visit the High Hopes Store HERE to see all the new images!

Thanks so much for looking!

New Friends!

Happy Tuesday!

Tuesday means it's my turn to post over at High Hopes Stamps. This is another one of the new images called "Buddy Makes A Friend" from the Live, Laugh, Love collection! Buddy is absolutely adorable as he sits there making a new friend with the little blue bird.

I'm following along with the January Sketch using papers from the Doodlebug Hello Sunshine 6x6 collection. I love the fun bright colours and added a bit of Stickles to all the flower middles.

On the inside I used the new sentiment called "You Are Loved".

Copics Used:

Buddy: C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, R20

Bird: BG02, BG05, BG09

Flowers: RV06, RV09/ YR16, YR18/ Y17, Y19

Grass: YG23, YG25

See all the new releases here

There are 3 ways to participate and win this month! Click here to go to the Challenge and see the rules and link up your card!

Here's the Sketch for the month of January!

Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

InLinkz.com

Double Gate Fold Valentine's Card!

Hey High Hopes Friends,

I hope you all had a very happy weekend!!!

 High Hopes Stamps is showcasing another absolutely beautiful and awesome 

Stamp Release Called "Live, Love, Laugh" this month!

Here's a look at the 'Double Gate Fold Valentine's Card' I created using a couple of the new 

 stamp called "Betsy Loves Barney, My Favorite, and Crazy For You"

The image was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured with alcohol markers. I fussy cut my image and glue it with foam tape to give some dimension. I add Wink Of Stella and Glossy Accent on her hair bow.

This is how it looks when is closed!

Here is a close up!

 I had so much fun making this background scene.

To finish, I glue a few Pretty Pink Posh sequins to the main panel and heat embossed one of the sentiment with white embossing  powder. Cut it as a banner and used more 3D foam tape.

May sure to stop by again soon for more ideas and inspiration!

For more details and photos, please visit my blog at

madewithlovecards.blogspot.com

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A ton of love! High Hopes Stamps

Hi there, We've made it to another weekend.... Yahoo!!!
I've been playing around with this the sweetest little Valentines from High Hopes..

Totally old school, totally cool designs.

 Reminds me of the Valentines we used to exchange in school.

Today's creation is made with ...

High Hopes Ton of Love Ellie found here!

Love that the sentiment is part of the image :)

 Decided on a bright and cheery pattern papers that has some oranges and red floral design.  Aqua card stock was added as the base of the card and the  banner flags too.

Copic markers, red twine, a pretty flower, glittery button and scallop circle were all added to the card for some Valentine love!!

xoxoxo

Thanks for peeking!

Have a great day :)

You can check out all the great images from this new release HERE!

There are 3 ways to participate and win this month! Click here to go to the Challenge and see the rules and link up your card!