SpringTime Joy!!!

Welcome HH Fans;

Well, another month is just about over and it has certainly been a rainy one.  That hasn't stopped these garden friends from having some Springtime Joy.

For today's card I have used this cute Spring Birdhouse Garden stamp from High Hopes Stamps.  After stamping it on XPress It Blending Cardstock, I coloured it with Copic Markers.

Supplies used:

• Stamps: Spring Birdhouse Garden (T115), Springtime Joy Script (F019) -- High Hopes Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock; DP - Spring Fling, Watercolor Wash (both Lawn Fawn)
• Copic Markers:
• E37 - Sepia, E39 - Leather
• E29 - Burnt Umber, E27 - Africano, E25 - Caribe Cocoa
• YG17 - Grass Green, YG13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette
• E30 - Bisque, E31 - Brick Beige, E33 - Sand, E35 - Chamois
• B21 - Baby Blue, B24 - Sky
• YR04 - Chrome Orange
• C9 - Cool Gray No. 9, C5 - Cool Gray No. 5, C3 - Cool Gray No. 3
• N4 - Neutral Gray No. 4, N2 - Neutral Gray No. 2, N1 - Neutral Gray No. 1, N0 - Neutral Gray No. 0
• R81 - Rose Pink, R83 - Rose Mist
• R29 - Lipstick Red, R27 - Cadmium Red
• Nuvo Glitter Drops - Sherbert Shimmer
• Nuvo Crystal Drops - Duck Egg Blue
• YNS Gumdrops

As well as stopping by the High Hopes Stamps blog, you can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Instagram for some daily inspiration the Design Team Divas.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day. 

Hugs,

Thank Ewe

For my card this week I decided to do a non - traditional thank you card , meaning using a some what non- traditional sentiment. I always love to have a few thank you cards in my stash so it is easy to pop one in the mail for a friend or family member. 
"Posey's For You" is a fun stamp with it's fluffy ewe and posey's and when I found I had the Thank Ewe sentiment - it was perfect for a fun thank you ...er thank "ewe" card. This cutie just makes me smile and I hope it will make the recipient smile too! 

I coloured this cutie with alcohol markers, did some shading with Prismacolor pencils and cut it out using a pleated circle die. I thought patterned paper from Echo Park and Lawn Fawn were perfect for this stamp. 
The paper was cut to size and glued to my card stock. Next I cut a circle out of card stock to put behind my image. I didn't want the "bulk" I would have gotten if I put it on top of my patterned paper and card stock so once it was in position, I marked it with a pencil and then cut it to fit snuggly against the card stock. I cut my sentiment banner with a stitched banner die and stamped it so it was centered under my stamp. 
A banner with a heart, enamel dots and some gingham ribbon finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Posey's For You - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Thank Ewe! - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Spring Fling - Echo Park, Spiffy Speckles - Lawn Fawn

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, pleated circle die - Gina Marie Designs, stitched fishtail banner die - YNS, ribbon - Stampin Up!, enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs

Spectrum Noir Markers: IG1 IG3 CT1 CT2 GB5 CG1 DG2 

Copics: C00 BG11 BG13 BG49

Prismacolor Pencils: 10%, 20%, 30% Cool Grey, white

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Happy Thoughts!

Hello HH Fans!

I remember when my kids were young, May brought the opening of the Ice cream store in the small town we lived in. It was a big deal and everyone would walk down to the store after supper with their kids and dogs for the first ice cream cone of the season. This adorable stamp called "Ice Cream For Two" from High Hopes Stamps just reminds me of those special family times.

I coloured my image with my Copic Markers and fussy cut it out using my Brother Cut N Scan machine. I used a SVG file from the Silhouette Store to create my Ice Cream card base. Of course I had to cut it out of papers that match my 2 favourite flavours, Chocolate and Mint Chip. I inked all the edges with Vintage Photo Distress Ink for added dimension.

The "Happy Thoughts" sentiment is perfect for the way this memory makes me feel.

Copics Used:

Skin: E01, E11, E04, R20

Hair: YR21, YR24, YR14, E15, E18

Outfit: R37, R59, R89/ Y35, Y38

Dog:E33, E34, E35, E37, E29, E49/ R22, R24

Ice Cream Cone: G40, G82, G85/ E97, E99

Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

Flower tag

Happy Sunday!

Today I'd like to share with you a quick DIY birthday-flower tag.. You can use it for any occasion if you need a quick tag to go along a present..

For this tag I used Round Posey Button along with the It's Party Time sentiment

To make this card, I've used:

High Hopes Rubber Stamps: Round Posey Button, It's Party Time

Bazzill Basics cardstock: kraft

Other: pink twine, Versamark ink, Copic Paper, Copic Sketch markers

You can use any sentiment and image to make a quick tag! Just browse at the High Hopes Rubber Stamps site to pick the ones you like!

Thanks for stopping by!

Thinking of You!!!

Welcome HH Fans;

Where does the time go.  It seems that Friday has come around and another week is almost over.

For today's card, I have used the adorable Thinking of You Stamp from High Hopes Stamps and created a CAS card.

 

After stamping the image on XPress It Blending Cardstock, I coloured it with Copic Markers.  I then used the Foilmate Vibrant Vines with the Sparkling Silver Foil (both from Gina K Designs)  and ran it through the MINC machine.  This is the positive side as opposed to the negative side which I used last week.  This was then cut out using the Spellbinders Scalloped Die.

Supplies used:

• Stamp:  Thinking of You (S230) -- High Hopes Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Vintage Tea Party (Crafters Companion); Vibrant Vines Foilmate, Sparkling Silver Foil (both from Gina K. Designs)
• MINC Machine
• Copic Markers:
• YG17 - Grass Green, YG13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette
• R85 - Rose Red, R83 - Rose Mist, R81 - Rose Pink
• YR04 - Chrome Orange, YR07 - Cadmium Orange
• N7 - Neutral Gray No. 7
• G0000 - Crystal Opal, G000 - Pale Green, G00 - Jade Green
• Spellbinders Die:  Scalloped Rectangles
• YNS Gumdrops

As well as stopping by the High Hopes Stamps blog, you can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Instagram for some daily inspiration the Design Team Divas.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day. 

 

Hugs,

Hello Butterfly

I love butterflies! They are one of my favourite parts of spring and summer. 
I love to sit on my porch and watch them flutter around and land on the hanging baskets I always have hanging there. 
I have learned that there are different flower types that attract butterflies so I am going to see if I can find some baskets with some of those types of flowers for my porch this year.

I made a card to celebrate butterflies with "Left Butterfly" and "Katie's Bouquet"

I created my scene by stamping three bouquets and the butterfly and coloured them with alcohol markers. Star Dust Stickles were added to the hearts on the wings.  I added some clouds using a cloud die, ink and a dauber and cut the bottom edge with a stitched scallop die.  Some fun gingham and heart patterned paper were perfect for this scene. After cutting the heart paper to size I cut out the word hello with a die. I cut it a second time in white and inset it into the paper. Next, I found the word friend in the size I wanted, masked it off with Post It Notes and stamped it using my Misti. Matching glitter ribbon and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Left Butterfly, Katie's Bouquet - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Special Tweet- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Hugs and Kisses - YNS

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, stitched scallop border - My Creative Time Dies, stitched rectangle die - YNS, Star Dust Stickles, scripty words die - YNS, galena ribbon, Bazzill card stock, enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs

Spectrum Noir Markers: AP1 AP3 IG1 IG3 CT1 CT2 GB5 AG1 AG3 AG4

Copics: RV11 C00

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Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Baby Elephant Celebrates

Howdy - MichelleO here today and this week for High Hopes Stamps I pulled out a "little" favorite. This is Baby Elephant Celebrates - a sweet elephant that brings a smile!

I colored with my copics (colors below) and then added Clear Nuvo on the balloon.. and then white Nuvo on his toe nails. Every little elephant needs a really nice Pedi right? I found paper from DCWV Tres Chic collection on a cream colored base. I sewed the layers down with a straight and zig zag stitch. A pink polk a dot ribbon around tied with a bow.  A fun play on words for a sentiment.

Fun card right? Love how cute this image is.

Copic colors used -

 For so many fun cute images make sure to pop over to the High Hopes Stamps web site and have some fun looking around! Guarantee you will fill a cart!

Sending Smiles!

Hello HH Fans!

It's my turn to share some creative fun over on the High Hopes Blog! I decided to use this oldie but cutie called "Raggedy Ann-ouncement". I love that her "sign" comes blank and you can add whatever sentiment to it that you want. I added the HH "Sending Smiles" sentiment.

I used a fun bright colour palette on this card! It just makes me feel happy and that summer is around the corner. My Paper is from the American Crafts Sunny 6x6 collection (older one from my stash). I added a double heart border, a cute heart tag, heart die and ribbon with a butterfly brad added to it.

Here you can see the dimension I added by using foam squares.

My decorated inside using the HH Sentiment called "Thank You For Being A Friend"

Copics Used:

Skin: E01, E21, E11, R20

Hair & Shoes: N5, N9

Dress & Bow: RV14, RV17, RV19

Wood Sign: E42, E43, E44, E47

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

Have a blazin birthday!

Happy Sunday!

The more birthdays you celebrate, the longer you live!! ;)

Next month are a lot of birthdays in my family, so this theme is perfect for me!

Today I have a robot birthday card. I've used Robot with balloon on this cute card.

To make this card, I've used:

*High Hopes Rubber Stamps: Robot with balloon,  Gears border, Blazin birthday sentiment

*Bazzill Basics cardstock: white, green, lightgrey, darkgrey

*other: Uniquely Creative round stitched die, little metal embellishments, Copic paper, black ink, acrylic block, Pergaglue, Copic sketch markers

Thanks for stopping by!
And you know: if you like more inspiration, go check out our social media channels at Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest!

Have a great Sunday!

Greetings from Mer-cat!

Greetings High Hope friends - Lindsay here! Today, I'm sharing the most adorable cat ever - Mer-cat! She's part mermaid, part cat, and a whole lot of cuteness!

I think my favorite stamps are definitely kitty stamps - and I almost always color the kitties like my own orange tabby. I used my Prismacolor colored pencils to color her in, and for the background I created a super simple beach scene - sky, ocean, and beach. This way Mer-cat stays the center of attention!

To keep the card clean and simple, I stamped this adorable sentiment on kraft paper and wrapped some thin metallic gold thread around it. I love adding metallic thread to cards where I want a little bit of embellishment, but not too much. Then I popped the entire piece up off the card with some foam mounting squares. I think this is the perfect card to welcome in summer (which will be here before we know it!)

Thanks so much for stopping by the High Hopes blog! Be sure to check out more card inspiration in the High Hopes Facebook group - where we share ideas, tips, and tricks that encourage each other to be creative!  Have a great day my friends!

Where Flowers Grow...

Welcome HH fans;

Well it seems that spring has finally arrived and flowers, shrubs and trees are beginning to grow as they have new shoots and blooms.  With flowers beginning to grow, so does hope in so many ways.

With this in mind, today's card is using the adorable Flowers Grow stamp from High Hopes Stamps.

After stamping the image, I coloured it with Copic Markers, and cut it out using the Scalloped Square Die from Spellbinders.  The foil background was created using the Vibrant Vines Foil-Makes and Sparkling Silver Foil - Fancy Foils both from Gina K. Designs and fun through the Minc Machine to foil it.  The negative was used for the background. It was cut out using the same die as the image.

Supplies used:

• Stamp:  Flowers Grow (R157) -- High Hopes Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Honey Sweet Patterned Paper - DigiDoodles Design
• Foil Mate & Foil:  Vibrant Vines, Sparkling Silver (Gina K. Designs)
• Spellbinders Die:  Scalloped Dies
• Copic Markers:
• YG17 - Grass Green, YG13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette
• YR02 - Light Orange, YR01 - Peach Puff, YR00 - Powder Pink, YR0000 - PaleChiffon
• R02 - Flesh, R01 - Pinkish Vanilla
• BG10 - Cool Shadow, BG11 - Moon White
• BV0000 -Pale Thistle, BV000- Irridescent Mauve
• B0000 - Pale Porcelain Blue
• Nuvo Crystal Drops:  Morning Dew
• Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen:  Clear
• YNS Gumdrops 

As well as stopping by the High Hopes Stamps blog, you can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Instagram for some daily inspiration the Design Team Divas.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

 

Hugs,

 

 

Thanks!

Happy Tuesday HH Followers!

Today I'm showing you the adorable "Flower Bouquet" stamp from High Hopes using it two different ways for completely different looks. What a perfect stamp that you can use for so many occasions! 

On this version, I coloured the image with my Copic Sketch Markers and added some Stickles to the flower centres for some added bling. I'm using paper from the Simple Stories "Spring Farmhouse" 6x8 collection. I die cut the word "thanks" 3x and glued them together for a bit of added dimension.

Copics Used:

R11, R20, R21, R22

Y23, Y26, N7

BG11, BG32, BG34

My other version using the "Flower Bouquet" has a few more steps to it. First I stamped a flower background (don't know the name of the stamp it's an older one from my stash) and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. Then using the pink orange pearl colour, watercolored the background. I stamped the image onto black cardstock and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. Now all I had to do was watercolor it in using the Kuretake Gansai Tambi Pearl Colors set. I like the look of the pearl colors on the black base.

Here you can see the gold embossed and watercolored background a bit better. The "Thanks" sentiment for this card was cut out with some double sided foam tape and gold paper for the dimension effect. A few Rose gold Sequins finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

Summer Sweetness*

Hi there crafty friends,

Welcome to another Monday card inspiration!

I love this lovely image very much, watermelon is my favorite fruit. I can eat a whole watermelon all by myself believe or not! Every time my mom see me eating watermelon she will reminder me (this yummy fruit was her craving) when she was expecting me. What was your craving when you were expecting?

Today I'm showcasing "Summer Sweetness" 

from Highhopesstamps.com 

For this card I used; 

The paper studio "Big stripe soft yellow/white"

Echo park "Summer Dreams"

green crochet lace, sequins string

Gelly roll white pen 

Spellbinder Circle Dies

The sentiment was made on my computer

Image is colored with Copics;
skin E000 E000 V000 R21
hair E23 E27 E57
dress Y11 Y13 Y15 R21
watermelon R24 R27 R29 R39
grass/watermelon peel YG11 YG13 YG17
sky B000 B02

Here is a close up!

To finish my card I added Diamond stickles all over her dress and glossy accent around the pink lace.This cute image was so fun to colored hope my card inspired you to created something pretty!

 Don't forget to check Facebook and Instagram for more amazing inspirations.

Have a BLESS day!

For more details and photos, please visit my blog at

madewithlovecards.blogspot.com

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It's a jungle out there!

Happy Sunday!

I love plants! Not the bugs and the critters and the snake that comes along, when you're in a jungle, yikes! But just the plants! So you can wake me up to go to a garden center anytime! 

My favorite plants are orchids. While most people seem to find it hard to keep orchids alive, they seem to like it at my place, cause I don't often need to throw away an orchid. And they bloom also more than once! Yeay!

So while I was inspired by my plants, I wanted to create some jungle cards. 

I've used the MFT stamps pockets to create a large shaker card. Both the boy and the girl card.

Here's a close-up at both cards:

And the inside for both cards (it's a Dutch sentiment, meaning Congratulations):

To make this card, I've used:

*High Hopes Rubber Stamps: Walkabout Wally, Sheila, Stanley Snake, Jungle Leaf Corner, 

*Bazzill Basics Cardstock: white and kraft

*MFT stamps: A2 rectangle die + matching pouches

*Pretty Pink Posh: green and pink confetti

*other: green and pink beads, Pergaglue, Dutch sentiment 'gefeliciteerd', Copic paper, Copic sketch markers, black ink, acrylic block

Thanks for stopping by!

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Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest

Enjoy!

Have a great Sunday!

The Best Things, Old Friend and Alcohol Pearls

Welcome HH fans;

Time has a way of sneaking up on us and before you know it another week,  month, or even years have gone or flown by.  The sentiments on both of today's cards sums up rather nicely our life's journey.

For today's cards, I used the stamps called The Best Things and Old Friend, both from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. Both images were stamped onto XPress It Blending Cardstock and coloured with Copic Markers.  The backgrounds for both cards were created using Alcohol Pearls, a new product.

The Best Things

Old Friend

Inside of Old Friend

While at Scrapfest last month, I picked up a new product for me called Alcohol Pearls.  Alcohol Pearls work in the same way as the regular alcohol inks, but with a difference.  The finish has a pearlescent sheen to it.

While pursuing the Internet for information on Alcohol Pearls, I came across a youtube video by Jennifer McGuire showing how to create a smooth background using a ruler, a strip of white felt and some alcohol pearls.

After adding a few drops of three different Alcohol Pearls to the felt strip edge and then adding some blending solution, Jennifer just moved the ruler along the Yupo paper.   The link to the video can be found here Alcohol Pearls.

For the background below, I used the Envy, Villainous, and Enchanted Alcohol Pearls.

Background for The Best Things

Background for Old Friend

An Alcohol Ink applicator tool with felt was used to create the backgrounds below.  Again, the Envy, Villainous, Enchanted Alcohol Pearls were used. The background on the left was used for the Old Friend card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps: The Best Things (S231), Old Friend (R155), Thank You For Being A Friend (HH039)
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Alcohol Pearls:  Villainous, Envy, Enchanted
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, Yupo Paper
• Copic Markers:  The Best Things
• YG17 - Grass Green, YG13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette
• V04 - Lilac, V01 - Heath, V000 - Pale Heath
• BV000 - Irridescent Mauve, BV01 - Viola, BV02 - Prune
• R85 - Rose Red, R83 - Rose Mist, R81 - Rose Pink
• B000 - Porcelain Blue
• Copic Markers:  Old Friend
• YG17 - Grass Green, YG13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette
• V04 - Lilac, V01 - Heath, V000 - Pale Heath
• BV000 - Irridescent Mauve, BV01 - Viola, BV02 - Prune
• G0000 - Crystal Opal, G000 - Pale Green, G00 - Jade Green
• C0 - Cool Gray No. 0
• Peel Off Stickers
• Miscellaneous: Jewels

As well as stopping by the High Hopes Stamps blog, you can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Instagram for some daily inspiration the Design Team Divas.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

 

Hugs,