Pawsing To Say

  Phew! It was a marathon but I am finally done my Christmas cards...and just in the nick of time! Now that I have them done, I can think about the other cards I will need for next year. 

I, like most card makers I'm sure, need a variety of cards. This week I decided to have some fun and step out of my comfort zone to create a CAS (clean and simple) card for my Just Because, Thinking of you card stash. 
Puppy Pals from High Hopes Rubber Stamps is perfect for this style of card.

I decided to have some fun and created my own background paper for this card. The first step was to cut a piece of white card stock to the size I needed to fit my A2 size card. Next, I took Mowed Lawn Distress ink and smooshed it on to a piece of acetate, misted the piece of acetate with water and "kissed" the white card stock to the ink. I rotated the paper to get "kisses" of colour where I wanted them on the paper and set it aside to dry.

While the paper dried, I hand fussy cut the stamped image I had coloured with Copic markers leaving a thin white line. I found some water colour look paper to match and cut it out using fish tail banner dies. I stamped the sentiment directly on one of them and then layered them together, glued them down and added the stamped image. A heart banner in the corner finishes off the card. 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Puppy Pals (SS034)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Pawsing To Say (G306) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Bloom & Wild - Craft Consortium

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, fishtail banner dies, Mowed Lawn Distress ink, heart banner die - Whimsy Stamps

Copic Markers

Noses - N3 N5 N8 10 

Bodies - E13 E15 E17 E18 C1

Grass - YG61 YG63 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Dashing through the Snow

Howdy - MichelleO here and this week for High Hopes Stamps we have a little snow play going on! "Snowman Dash" is full of fun!

Are these guys full of winter fun or what? I colored with my Copics (colors below). And then to add some shine I added Nuvo white for that snow feel. Fast Snow Feel! 

My pattern papers are all from Paper Studios. Love that piece of lace I cut from one pattern! Three Marvy Snowflake punches, and then the sentiment also from High Hopes Stamps "Dashing through the snow" Is perfect! 

Copic colors used -

For all your winter fun images make sure to pop over to the High Hopes Stamps Web Store HERE and see all the fun going on! 

Thanks so much!

 

Snowy Merry Christmas

  I am still working away on my Christmas card to do list. The weeks and days are flying by ....but I work best under pressure?...that's the story I'm sticking to anyway <smile>. I have a lot of people on my list who like snowmen so I have done a card for one of them this week featuring Snow Kisses from High Hopes Rubber Stamps.

I coloured this adorable stamp with Copic markers, hand fussy cut it and added some white polka dots to her scarf and mitts just for fun. I set the stamp aside and found some patterned paper from Echo Park and cut it to fit my 5.5" x 5.5" card base. I glued down the paper layers and added a piece of ribbon and a bow in the corner. I stamped the sentiment, cut it out using a fishtail banner die and hung it down the side of the card for something different and fun. The stamped image was added with foam pop dots and I added some sparkle with Star Dust Stickles on the hat and scarf. Enamel dots finish off my card. 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Snow Kisses (TT059)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Scripty Merry Christmas (FLL007) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Winter - Echo Park

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, fishtail banner die, enamel dots, ribbon, Star Dust Stickles, foam pop dots, white gel pen

Copic Markers

Clothing - B95 B97 B99 R81 R83 R89 R89

Birds - B00 B01 B02 B04 Y11 Y15 Y17 C1 C2 C4 R20 R21 R22

Nose - N5 N8

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Father Time & Baby New Year

Howdy - MichelleO here - Can you believe we are almost 1/2 way through December? Christmas is coming quick and then the New Year! So for today's card I decided to have some fun with one of my favorite New Year images! High Hopes Stamps Father Time & Baby New Year - so precious!  Love Baby New Year's Cheeks!

 

 I colored with my Copics and then went to find papers. Backwards from how I normally do things, but just happened that way. But while digging I found some perfect papers from K-Ology K & Company. Love that sage green color. Matched up with kraft card stock for the base I cut out and layered the patterns. Adding a white lace punch from EK Success band top and bottom of the stripe paper. 

The sentiment "Happy New Year" is also from High Hopes Stamps. In one of my favorite fonts. 

Copic colors used -

 Time sure has flown by this year. Can't believe it is time again for New Year cards already. Here comes 2024! 

For lots of perfect images for you cards pop over to the High Hopes Stamps Web Store HERE - 

Let Us Adore Him

Howdy - MichelleO here today - this week for High Hopes Stamps I chose a sweet image - with a great sentiment. I hummed the entire time I was putting this one together. This image is "Let Us Adore Him"

Sweet image! And I just love the sentiment also from High Hopes Stamps "Let Heaven and Nature Sing!" 

I colored with my Copics (colors below) and found papers from Pink Paisley papers deep in my stash. They are all stacked up on kraft card stock for a base. A simple card - and I wanted something just a little additional but really didn't want bling or flashy on this one. I went digging deep in my drawers and found this cute little Fiskars punch of a music note! That fits perfect with my sentiment and my humming going on! 

Copic colors used - 

Simple card and I missed my sewing machine with this one. Sigh... its on the fritz again. I need to do some internal cleaning on it. Seems all my paper sewing does build up some fuzz inside and I just need the time to clean it. Time... uh right. 

Hope you enjoyed my card - and please pop over to High Hopes Stamps website and see all the glorious images to play with! You will love them... and fill a cart fast I am sure! 

Thanks so much!