Norman Goat!

Hello!

Baby Goats always get all the attention but I think the High Hopes Image "Norman Goat" deserves some love too LOL! I mean look at him.... cute or what!! I picture him being the Matriach of the family with all the little goats surrounding him as he tells the tales of his life!

I chose papers today from the Echo Park's "A Dog's Tale" 6x6 collection. After stamping and colouring "Norman" with my Copic Markers, I cut him out using the CDD Fancy Frame die set. I inked all the edges of my papers with Vintage Photo Distress Ink for added dimension.  Don't you just love the HH Sentiment "Humor Me". I think it suits Norman well! Some Burlap ribbon and enamel dots finish off my card.

Copics Used:

Goat: W4, W5, W6, W8, R20/ E43, E44

Top: BG72, BG75, BG78

Pants: R24, R29, R56/  Y35, Y38, Y26

Ground & Outline: W0, W3/ BG0000, BG000

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Happy Stamping!

Hugs to you!

Happy Monday!!!

I'm an early morning riser & one of my fav things to do is sit outside with my morning coffee and just listen to the birds chirping away.  We feed our little flying friends all year long, love watching them.  We have a little birdhouse in the backyard that our friend made for us.  Each year we get little families of new birds....it's amazing to watch.  I'm always trying to plant new plants that attract hummingbirds, I think they are just so amazing. 

I couldn't wait to colour this new release called Hummingbird from High Hopes Rubber Stamps.  I sat looking at it for a while to decide on my colour scheme...ok maybe not for too long lol...my fav color combo bright green & blue green came to mind.  I LOVE PURPLE so I just had to made those beautiful little flowers PURPLE.

I went with the High Hopes Hugs & Hugs sentiment because I can now use this card for a variety of occasions.

Copic Color Combos

Leaves - YG17, YG09, YG07, YG05

Flowers - V09, V06, V05, V04

Flower Centres - YG25, YG23, YG21

Hummingbird - N9, N7, N5, N3, BG09, BG07, BG05, YG25, YG23, YG21

After I colored the stamp I die cut it with an MFT circle die then added the scalloped die cut which is an old one from Whimsy.  A few sparkly self adhesive dots & a wee piece of ribbon to finished off this clean & simple card (CAS)

You can find all the New Releases from High Hopes HERE

Have a wonderful day!

Crafty hugs,

Lil' Fire Chief

Howdy - MichelleO here and I Love this adorable image from High Hopes Stamps - "Lil Fire Chief"

Cute right? I colored with my Copics and highlighted with pencils (colors below) The image is cut out with just a small border around it. I like how it pops off the page! The pattern paper is from MME and I thought the arrows in all different directions gave a lot of direction to the image. I sewed it down on a red paper, then a cream colored card stock base. A border across the bottom of the page with the High Hopes Stamps sentiment "I'm Responding to a Birthday Emergency" A few enamel dots for fun and a great card for a guy or fire chief loving girl.

Copic colors used -

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Just Clowning Around!

Good Morning and welcome,

Today I'm sharing this totally cute Birthday Card using "Juggles"  and "Clowning Around" from High Hopes Stamps.

 First I stamped with Memento ink and colored with alcohol markers. I also added an extra touch using Crystal Stickles and doodle lines with a white gel pen. I used a couple circles dies to cut my main image. The pattern paper is a 12X12 double size sheet called Candy Shoppe from Pebbles. 

Copic List; face C1 C7

overall/hat B000 B02 B05 YR02

shoes YR02 YR04 YG11 YG13

shirt/cloves YG11 YG13 YR02 Y13 Y15 Y35

hair/heart R27 R29 R39

To finish I added a sentiment  "Clowning Around" and adhesive a few orange enamel dots. Hope my card inspired you to created something fun.

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Have a BLESS day.

Rain or Shine

Happy Saturday!!!

I don't know where the last couple of months have gone but my goodness time pass quickly!! 

We released 19 brand new images this week & I decided to play with one of the new Willa's.  There are 4 in the collection.  I can't decide which one is my favorite.  I colored all 4 of them just couldn't help myself they are so cute.  This is Raindrops Willa with the Dot Rain or Shine sentiment.

I wanted to make a shape card a little different for the standard card.  I used my cloud dies from MFT to cut the edges of the card base.  I like it & will surely use the idea again.

Here is a side view, I popped up both the image & the sentiment for the CAS style card.

I colored up Raindrops will with Copics, my go to lol, these are my color choices:

Warm Grey - W5, W3, W1, W0

Ears & Hands - E04, R20, R11

Green - G46, F43, G40

Yellow/Green - YG07, YG06, YG05, YG01

Ladybug - R17, 110

Raindrops - B02, B00, B000

Eyes - B00, E02

I mentioned above there are 3 more Willa's in the a collection...I will make up some cards with these cuties soon too!

Find all the new High Hopes Releases HERE

Wishing you all a crafty & safe weekend!

Crafty hugs,

You're My Little Cuppy-Cake!

Welcome Everyone;

Another month is over and it is hard to believe after weeks of  working and schooling from home, our communities are slowly beginning to open a bit more.  The children are also celebrating the new normal for the summer break.

For today's card, I'm using the adorable Sitting Party Buddy from High Hopes Stamps, who is definitely celebrating.  After colouring the image with copic markers, I cut him out using the Distress Rectangles Die from Spellbinders.  Instead of using multiple design paper, I used a piece of Emerald Waterfall from Deco Foil with a sheet of "Where's the Party" foil mate from Gina K Designs and ran this through my MINC Machine.  Some twine and enamel dots finished off this CAS card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps: Sitting Party Buddy (S196), Cuppa-Cake (F222) -- High Hopes Stamps
• Paper:  Dots & Stripes Gingham - Spring (Echo Park); Deco Foil - Emerald Waterfall, Where's the Party - Foil Mate from Gina K. Designs
• Copic Markers: 
• E31 - Brick Beige, E33 - Sand, E35 - Chamois, E29 - Burnt Umber
• Y18 - Lightning Yellow, Y17 - Golden Yellow
• G0000 - Crystal Opal, G000 - Pale Green, G00 - Jade Green
• R27 - Cadmium Red, R24 - Prawn
• YG17 - Grass Green, YG13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette
• Prismacolor Pencils:  Light Umber, Dark Umber
• Dies:  Distress Rectangle -- Spellbinders
• Your Next Stamps:  Enamel Dots
• Twine

Check out the High Hopes Stamps website to see the many and varied fun stamps.  If you need some inspiration, stop by the High Hopes Stamps Blog to see what what the HH Divas have been up to.  We post daily and would love it if you stop by.  You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

If you haven't heard or seen them yet, but the first 8 images of the new SUMMER 2020 release are ready for PREORDER.  This release has a total of 19 images so stay tuned for some more fun images.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Hugs;

NEW Summer Release NOW SHIPPING

Come check out all 19 new images HERE

Over the next little while our Design Team will be share awesome new creations with these cuties!

Here are a few more...but that's not all....visit the website for a full view.

Have a super awesome day!

Crafty hugs,

Lora

Really!!!

It seems Bob isn't sure about having another Birthday! I wonder if he stopped counting on his 29th Birthday like I did?! <smile> I gave him a double layer chocolate cake so I hope that helps. 
July is a big Birthday month in my family and Birthday Bob from High Hopes is perfect for the masculine cards I will need for the "older" people on my list. 

I coloured Bob with alcohol markers and hand fussy cut him leaving a thin white edge. I added some clear sparkle pen to the balloon, candles and flames and Stickles to his hat for a bit of Birthday sparkle. 
I set him aside and created my card base by layering patterned paper from Lawn Fawn and adding some twine.
After stamping the sentiment - which is one long sentiment, I cut the word "really" off to put at the top of the card. 
The circle behind him was cut using two circle dies from matching cardstock and I added Bob with some 3D foam pop dots.  Enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Birthday Bob - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Birthday Again - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Spring Fling, Winter Perfectly Plaid - Lawn Fawn

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb cover stock, clear Spectrum Sparkle pen, Star Dust Stickles, twine, 3D foam pop dots - Forever In Time,  enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs

 Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers:

E00 FS9 E11 Y15 735 Y38 TN8 EB8 B00 B02 B04 C1 C2 C4 C5 BG11 BG13

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Happy Birthday To Ye!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I used Peg Leg Pete - R088 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the main image and Pirates Birthday - F147 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Peg Leg Pete is showing off his map of previous adventures from his pirating days around the Caribbean. He's gathered quite a treasure of findings. But, when you are a pirate, there is always more places and ships out there to plunder. LOL!

To make my card this week, I used Scrapberry's - The Pirate's Treasure (6x6 Paper Collection) paper for the main background which fit onto a card base of 6" x 6" perfectly.

I stamped the image onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Cardstock and then coloured it in with Copic markers. Next, I fussy cut around the entire image and used a black marker to go around all of the edges.

To create the look of a ship in the background, I cut 2 small pieces of paper from Joy Crafts - Wood Texture and Joy Crafts Tough Textures miniature 4 x 9 designs. Then I joined them both together using 2-sided tape. Next, I ran both pieces through my Cuttlebug using My Creative Time - More Stitched Circles die cut. I popped up both the image and the small half circle background with 3M VHB - 2 sided tape and placed it in the centre of the card.

Once again, I used my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink for the sentiment. I taped down the sentiment onto some scrap red cardstock and bumped it up on the card with 3M VHB - 2 sided tape. Lastly, to finish it off, I went around the entire outer edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Rusty Hinge and added a few Kraftin Kimmie - Seashore Dots.

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Peg Leg Pete - R088  (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Sentiment: Pirates Birthday - F147 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Rusty Hinge
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Scrapberry's - The Pirate's Treasure (6x6 Paper Collection), Joy Crafts - Artist Trading Card - Wood Texture (2-3/8x3-3/8" - 85mm x 60mm) and Joy Crafts - Artist Trading Card - Tough Textures (2-3/8x3-3/8" - 85mm x 60mm))
Die Cuts: My Creative Time - More Stitched Circles
Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape, Kraftin Kimmie - Seashore Dots

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R22, R20
Hair: E29, E25, E23
Hat: B99, B69, B66
Coat: B99, B69, B66, R59, R37, R35
Shirt and Vest: E35, E33, E31, C2, C1, C0, Colorless Blender
Socks: E33, E31
Shoe and Sash: C8, C6, C4
Sword: C3, C2, C1

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

You can find lots of inspiration from the Design Team Divas at the High Hopes blog, and the High Hopes Rubber Stamps Facebook Fan page plus you can also follow us on
Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Summer 2020 New Release *PREORDER*

Happy Tuesday High Hopes fans!

We are super excited to share the 1st 8 new images from our Summer 2020 Release.  These images are currently on PREORDER & will begin shipping at the end of next week. 

Be 1st in line to receive these newbies, place your PREORDER today!  Check the link below.

"Raindrops Willa"

"Workout Betty"

"Walker Walter"

"Bluebird"

"A Tulip for You"

"Cardinal"

"Beachball Betty"

"Fred"

Find all these new cuties HERE

Shelbert!

Happy Tuesday!

Today I am sharing the adorable "Shelbert" from High Hopes Stamps! He's so happy it's someone's birthday and he's ready to celebrate!

I was going for a clean and simple card. I started by using an embossing folder and embossed the white background with a diamond pattern. I added a bit of colour with the polka dot paper and inked the edges of everything with some Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink. A few enamel dots and twine from the balloon to Shelbert's hand and I was finished. I always struggle with CAS cards as I love to use lots of bright fun bright papers with lots of layers. 

I die cut the "Turtally Awesome" sentiment also from High Hopes with a balloon die and added twine as the string.

Copics Used:

Turtle: YG01, YG03, YG05, YG07/ E13, E15, E18/ W1, W3

Balloon: B24, B26, B28, B29

Party Hat: R24, R27, R29, Y35, Y38

For more inspiration using High Hopes Stamps visit out Facebook Group or the Blog! The Design Team is always busy creating amazing cards!

Happy  Stamping!

High Hopes Stamps - Riley

Howdy - MichelleO here today Howdy Pardner! Love this little guy and his "pony" from High Hopes Stamps! This is Riley -

A cutie right? I colored with my Copics (colors below)  along with some pencils. I sewed down the layers on brown card stock with a piece of Paper Studio barn wood pattern paper. Don't you just love barn wood paper? I created a border with a Martha Stewart Iron Fence punch and ribbon. For a sentiment I used the sentiment "Howdy Pardner!" All little guys riding horses know how to say Howdy Pardner!

Copic colors used -

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Coloring makes all happy right? And High Hopes Stamps has so many you can fall in love with!

Cherry Chip Chimp!

Hello everyone,

This morning I'm sharing this super cute Criss-Cross Pocket card using "Cherry Chip Chimp" from High Hopes Stamps!

First I stamped image with black ink and fussy cut it leaving a small white border. I used Copic markers to color this image. Added diamond stickles on top of the cupcake and doodle some lines with a white gel pen. For the card base I used white cardstock and the pattern paper is Hooray from Mind's Eye. Love this paper collection!

Copic List; chip body E31 E33 E37 E11 E51

Cherry R24 R29

Cupcake Top RV00 RV10

BG10 BG11 BG13

Here is a close up!
To finish I layered my image on top of a cluster of die cut stars and a crepe paper rosette... just peeking through. Added pink and yellow sequins to match my pattern paper is all done. 
 I stamped "Cherry On Top" with navy blue ink and layered my sentiment with gold cardstock. I hope you this card I created to share with you today.

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Have a BLESS day.

....and they lived happily ever after....

Welcome Everyone;

It has been a long while, since I read fairy tales as a child.  There was a variety of different tales with happy and not so happy endings.  This fairy tale bug though is enjoying his tale with its happy ending.

For today's card, I have used the adorable Fairy Tale Bug from High Hopes Stamps along with the Lived Happily Every After sentiment.  After colouring the image with Copic Markers, I cut it out using a Wonky Stitched Rectangle.  A bit of ribbon, a couple of flowers and some Nuvo Dream Drops finished off the card.  Unfortunately, the Dream Drops are a bit hard to see in the photo.

Supplies used:

• Stamps used:  Fairy Tale Bug (P119) and Lived Happily Ever After (G012) -- High Hopes Stamps 
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock; DP - Riverbank Revels
• Copic Markers:
• C7 - Cool Gray No. 7, C5 - Cool Gray No. 5, C4 - Cool Gray No. 4, C2 - Cool Gray No. 2, C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Cool Gray No. 0
• E29 - Burnt Umber, E27 - Africano, E25 - Caribe Cocoa
• YG17 - Grass Green, YG13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette
• R29 - Lipstick Red
• YG06 - Yellow, YG04 - Acadia
• B000 - Pale Porcelain Blue, B00 Frost Blue, B01 - Mint Blue
• G00 - Jade Green
• Wonky Stitched Rectangle Die -- Gina Marie Designs
• Ribbon
• Prima Flowers
• Nuvo Dream Drops 

Check out the High Hopes Stamps website to see the many and varied fun stamps.  If you need some inspiration, inspiration stop by the High Hopes Stamps Blog to see what the HH Divas have been up to.  We post daily and would love it if you stop by.  You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day 

  Hugs, 

 
 

High Flying Ace

It's a bird! It's a plane!......errr nope it's Lg. Flying Ace from High Hopes Rubber Stamps getting ready to hit the skies in his vintage plane. Ace is perfect for Just Because, Sending Smiles, and Birthday cards to name a few! 
He is so fun to colour and just made me smile with his toothy grin and big thumbs up! 

After colouring Ace with alcohol markers, I hand fussy cut him and ran a black marker around the edge to get any white I had missed. Paper layers from an old Echo Park pad were perfect with fun modern and vintage airplanes and a pop of orange. I used a rectangle die to cut out the background to go behind Ace using a rectangle die and added some stitched clouds.
 I wanted an airplane element to put in the sky but I couldn't find anything airplane in my stash - gasp! So I took a piece of the airplane paper and fussy cut a vintage plane to put in the sky. I went with the vintage style, open cockpit plane because it ties in perfectly with Ace's scarf, helmet and goggles. Some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Lg. Flying Ace - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Half The Fun - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Jack & Jill - Echo Park 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb cover stock, stitched cloud die - YNS, rectangle die - Kat Scrapiness, enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs

 Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers:

G07 DG3 JG6 YR04 OR2 OR3 C1 C2 C4 C5 CG1 

The High Hopes Design team posts daily inspiration on Facebook and the High Hopes blog - we'd love for you to pop by for a visit! Inspiration can also be found on the High Hopes Instagram and Pinterest pages! 

                                                               

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Buddy's Surprize!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a birthday card using Buddy Bear's Surprise - S193 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the main image and Shhh Party! - H038 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Buddy is not very good at keeping secrets though or spelling! LOL! He is however, ready to bring you presents and party on!

To make my card this week, I started off with a card base of 5.5" x 4.25".  I love this background party paper by Echo Park called "It's Your Birthday". I cut it the same size as the base card and then used 2-sided tape to attach it to the base. Then I inked around the entire outside edges of the card with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Wilted Violet.

I used My Creative Time - Stitched Squares Inside and Out to cut some Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. Then I used my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black Ink to stamp the image. I coloured in the main image with Copic markers. I stamped the sentiment onto some yellow cardstock with Memento - Tuxedo Black ink and then used Your Next Stamp - Stitched Rectangle Die Set to die cut it out. Next, I ran both my image and sentiment through the Xyron Creative Station to turn them both into stickers. I applied both of these to some Violet cardstock and trimmed a small border. Lastly, I popped up both the image and the sentiment using 3M VHB - 2 sided tape.

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Buddy Bear's Surprise - S193  (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Sentiment: Shhh Party! - H038 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Wilted Violet
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Echo Park - It's Your Birthday (6"x6" Double-Sided)
Die Cuts: My Creative Time - Stitched Squares Inside and Out, Your Next Stamp - Stitched Rectangle Die Set (YNSD214)
Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape, Xyron Creative Station

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Bear: E29, E27, E25, E23, R22, R20, R00, R14
Banner and Bow: BG18, BG13, BG11, Y00
Hat: V09, V06, V04, Y19, Y11
Present: BV04, BV02, BV00, Y38, Y19, Y11, YR16, YR15
Flowers and Leaves: G07, YG13, RV22, RV23, RV21,
Grass: YG17, YG13, YG03, YG01
Sky: B01, B00, B000, B0000

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

You can find lots of inspiration from the Design Team Divas at the High Hopes blog, and the High Hopes Rubber Stamps Facebook Fan page plus you can also follow us on
Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.