Just Married

 Happy Saturday HH Fans,

So yesterday I posted thinking it was Saturday, lol.  It messes me all up when we have a Friday off.  But today really is Saturday or at least I think it is.

Today we are bringing Just Married out of retirement, just in time for Wedding season.  Just love this adorable couple.

I didn't take a picture but on the inside of this card I used the sentiment Hoping Your Day.

I wanted a very simple & clean card but didn't want it all to be white.  I used a stipple brush & Memento Lulu Lavender around the edge of my card to give it some texture.

Copic Combos

Car - N5, N3, N1

Bumper, Grill & Side Light Bracket - C4, C2, C0

Skin - E000, E00, E01

Cheeks - R02, R01

Lights - Y15, Y13, Y11

Man's Hair - E27, E25, E23

Lady's Hair - E37, E25, E33

Black - T9, T7, T6

Purple - BV08, V17, V15

Green - G46, G43, G40

Grounding Under Tires - W6, W4, W2

Supplies - Copic friendly cardstock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink for stamping, misc. satin ribbon, mini little stars, Stardust Stickles, YNS & Honey Bee patterned paper, Bazzil cardstock, card base 6 1/4" x 4 1/4", Memento Lulu Lavender ink, stipple brush

Stamps - Just Married (TDG108) & Hoping Your Day (HH013)

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Thanks for poppin' in today, happy stampin'!

Coffee Divas & BIG SALE!

 Happy Saturday HH fans!

I'm super excited to share one of my favourite images that just coming out of retirement today.  This is Coffee Divas, love these 2 ladies.  I paired this image with a sentiment from our Gnome release call Perfect Blend.

Last year a sweet friend of mine gave me some patterned paper from YNS all coffee themed...I love it.  So happy I had the chance to use it on today's card.

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Copic Combos

Left Girl Hair - E35, E33, E31

Right Girl Hair - E39, E37, E35

Right Girl Pink - R85, R83, R81

Chair Seats - E43, E42, E41

Table Top - E44, E43. E42

Left Girl Scarf & Shoes - BG49, BG45, BG15

Left Girl Blouse - BG15, BG13, BG11

Skin - E000, E00, E01

Cheeks & Lips - R02. R01

Table & Chair Legs - W6, W4, W2

Left Girl Glasses - E43, E42

Left Girl Skirt & Coffee in Cups - E29, E27, E25

Grounding, Flower Pot & Coffee Cups - E42, E41, E40

Supplies - Copic friendly cardstock for stamping, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Bazzil cardstock, YNS patterned paper, misc ribbon, Gina Marie enamel dots, white card base 6 1/4" x 4 1/4"

Stamps - Coffee Divas (TDG107) & Perfect Blend (FLL022)

Thanks for poppin' in today & Happy Stampin'!

My Favorite

 How adorable are these two!?! My son's fiance loves sloths so when I saw the Sloth Love stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps I knew I had to make a card for her with them. My son may even want this card to give her........but if he doesn't, I will put some birthday wishes inside for her. 

After stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured with Copic markers and hand fussy cut the stamp. I went around the edges with a black marker to get any white I may have missed. An old paper pad from Bo Bunny was perfect for my card design so I cut everything to fit my A2 card base. I used some watercolor paper for the circle background behind them.

All the paper edges were inked with Tea Dye Distress ink before I glued down the layers. The sentiment is one long sentiment but I cut it after stamping it and put it on matching card stock. A cute ribbon bow, some flowers with diamond painting drills in the centre and some enamel dots finish off my card.

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Stamp Recipe

Stamps -  Sloth Love (TDG106)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - My Favorite (FDG047)

Patterned Paper - Watercolor Washes - MFT, Only You - Bo Bunny

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, ribbon, diamond painting drills, Tea Dye Distress ink, flowers, enamel dots

Copic Markers

Bodies -W1 W3 W5 W6 E33 E34 E35 E29 E40 E41 E42

Noses - T2 T4 T6 

Mouths - R20 R21

Claws - E41 E42

Branch - YG61 YG63 YG17

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Puppy Birthday Time

 Happy Monday HH Fans!

We are opening the Retirement Vault again today to bring back Puppy Love.  Now who doesn't love an adorable puppy?!

I wanted to create something a little brighter for this card, it snowed here on Friday and it made me kinda grumpy.  So to brighten my spirits I picked Puppy Love to colour up & share with all of you.  It's hard to believe that it's Spring & we have snow here....gosh what is Mother Nature thinking?

I love that you can't see this puppy's eyes it makes me wonder when the fun chase is going to start with that cute little bird.  Or is he thinking let's be bad together?

Copic Combos

Flower Centres - YR24, YR23, YR21

Flowers - Y19, Y17, Y15

Green - YG17, YG25, YG23, YG21

Bird - Y08, Y06, Y04

Beak - YR15

Dog - E35, E34, E33, E31, E30

Lips - R02, R01

Dog Nose - W5, W3, W1

Shading - B000, B0000

Supplies - Copic friendly cardstock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Polkadoodles Scalloped Swag Die (cut twice - once in brown & once in yellow then layered), Gina Marie In/Out Double Stitched Rectangle Dies, Altnew Enamel dots, Honeybee Gingham Galore Fall patterned paper, White 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 card base, Bazzil Brown & Yellow cardstock

Stamps - Puppy Love (TDG104) & Happy Birthday Script (FDG028)

Thanks for poppin' in today, happy stampin'!

Turtle Love Birthday

 Happy Saturday HH Fans!

We are opening the Retirement Vault again today to bring back Turtle Love.  These turtles are just too cute for words, don't you think?

I'm just such a huge fan of turtles so this image was just perfect for me to colour up.  I thought this image would make the cutest birthday card...so here I have it all done.

Copic Combos

Girl Turtle - R14, R12, R11, E44, E43, E42, E41

Boy Turtle - B95, B93, B91, W5, W3, W1, W0

Cheeks - R02, R01

Grass - G46, G43, G40

Shading - B000, B0000

Supplies - Copic friendly cardstock for stamping, Memento Tuxedo black ink, Taffeta ribbon, Enamel dots, Spellbinder dies, Bazzil cardstock, Lawn Fawn "Gotta Have Gingham" patterned paper

Stamps - Turtle Love (TDG105) & Happy Birthday Script (FDG028)

Thanks for poppin' in today, happy stampin'!

Falling For You

 I love when the High Hopes Retirement vault is opened and some of the cutest stamps come back. This week the vault has been opened and the adorable Floating Hedgie is back in the High Hopes line up. It is hard not to smile with him....he is having so much fun! 

We had an old shed in our back yard growing up and my brothers and I had a discussion a few times about using a towel or a blanket to jump off the roof to see if we could fly.......some how I think my Mom is very happy we didn't go through with testing that out! We will leave the cuteness and flying with a blanket to Floating Hedgie I think <wink>

I stamped on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured with Copic markers and hand fussy cut the stamp. Patterned paper from Mintay, Echo Park and MFT were a perfect combination to create my scene. After cutting the papers to fit the 5.5"x 5.5" base, I added a strip of grass and some flowers to give him a place to land. I added some clouds to the sky and the stamp was added with foam pop dots. The sentiment was stamped, cut and mounted to matching card stock. Enamel dots finish off my card. 

 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Floating Hedgie (TDG102)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Falling For You (FDG048)

Patterned Paper - Dots & Stripes - Echo Park, Watercolor Washes - MFT, Background - Wood - Mintay

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, foam dots, grass die - Dress My Craft, flower die - Wildflowers Tim Holtz, cloud die - YNS, enamel dots

Copic Markers

Body -E50 E51 E53 E55 W1 W3 W5 W6

Nose - W1 W3 W5 W6 

Mouth - R20

Blanket - YR21 Y35 Y38 YR14

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Crazy For You

 The High Hopes retirement vault has opened and these adorable piglets decided they want to come out and be part of the fun. I have a girlfriend who loves pigs and I think this is perfect for her and her significant other. They are perfect for an Anniversary, Valentine's Day or I love you card don't you think?

 After stamping these cuties on alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured them with Copic markers and hand fussy cut them. I set them aside and found a patterned paper combination from an Echo Park paper pad meant for babies but they worked perfectly for this pair. I cut them to fit my A2 size card base, cut card stock to fit and glued them down. I added some ribbon before gluing down the centre pieces and did a simple knot instead of a bow. Next I stamped the sentiment, put it on matching card stock and added it to the design. The piglets are added with foam dots. Some die cut hearts and enamel dots finish off my card.

 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Kissing Piglets (TDG103)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Crazy For You (FDG049)

Patterned Paper - Baby Girl - Echo Park

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, foam dots, heart die - Elizabeth Craft Designs, ribbon, enamel dots

Copic Markers

Bodies - E01 E02 E95 E04 W0 W1 W3 W5

Grass - YG01 YG03 YG17 G28

Bow - BG72 BG75 B97

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Monday Makes - Let's Do Easter Week 5

 Happy Monday HH fans!

Welcome to my final post of Monday Makes Let's Do Easter, so happy you could join me this week!

Who out there is a gnome freak?  My hand is high up in the air....I LOVE gnomes, especially the cute ones.  Not fussy on the ones with the pointed ears that look mean lol.

This week I chose Easter Gnome...love that big carrot he is holding.  I have paired this image with a simple but bolder Happy Easter sentiment.

I kept the card design pretty simple...and...oh gosh NO RIBBON, that's a wozzers for me.

Copic Combos

Blue - B16, B14, B12, B000

Gnome Beard/Face & Bunny - W2, W1, W0

Grounding - W3, W2, W0

Shading - B000, B0000

Green - G46, G43, G40

Nose - E000, E00, E01

Brown - E34, E33, E31

Ears & Mouth - R02, R01, R00

Carrot - YR24, YR23, YR14, YR12

Supplies - Patterned Paper Whimsy Stamps "Eggstra Bunnies", Lawn Fawn "Gotta Have Gingham", Gina Marie Enamel Dots, Gina Marie In/Out Square Dies, Stickles "Start Dust", Copic Friendly Cardstock for stamping, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Bazzil Cream & Beige cardsock, Card base 5 /12" x 5 /12"

Stamps - Easter Gnome (SLF034) & Happy Easter (FDG034)

Thank you so much for poppin' in & I hope today's post has given you a little inspiration to create your own adorable card.

Happy Stampin'!

Love is in the air!

Happy Friday HH Fans!

Today I'm opening the Retirement Vault to re-release an image I miss so much.  This cutie is called Love Birds & is designed by Dina Gerner.  It's perfect for an anniversary, wedding or just to say I love you.  For my card today I have paired Love Birds with our sentiment called My Favorite.

Have you every thought about why you make cards?  In today's fast-paced world, where digital communication dominates, there's something truly special about receiving a handmade card.  Each card is crafted with love and care, these tangible tokens carry not just a message, but a piece of my heart.  That's why I do what I do.  Leave me a comment & let me know why you make cards.

For this card I decided to dust off my Distress Inks, I haven't used them in such a long time.  I created the background on the card base with my ink blending tool using Mustard Seed & Broken China.  I love how blending the yellow & blue created a almost perfect match to the green in the leaves.

Copic Combos

Branch - E39, E37, E35

Leaves - YG09, YG07, YG06

Bird on the left - Y08, Y06, Y04

Bird on the right - B24, B23, B21

Background - B000, B0000

Misc supplies - Memento Tuxedo black in for stamping, Copic friendly cardstock, A2 size card base, Distress Inks Mustard Seed & Broken China, Ink Blending Tool, yellow satin ribbon, Bazzil Parakeet cardstock, YNS Stitched Rectangle dies

Stamps - Love Birds TDG101 & My Favorite FDG047

Thanks for poppin' by today & don't forget to leave me a comment and let me know why you make cards.

Happy Stampin'!

Lazy Daisy Gift Set

 We have had a lot of spring type weather where I live. Normally we are covered in a ton of snow at this time of year, but this year we have had a lot of sun and double digit temperatures. It feels like spring and spring to me means flowers!! 

I planted some daffodil bulbs in the summer and they have started to come up already! I am hoping the little bit of snow and freezing temperatures we had on the weekend don't kill them but somehow I think they will be alright. The new daffodils and a tulip coming up inspired my cards for this week. I decided to do a card gift set featuring the Lazy Daisy Lady Bug stamp and a number of sentiments from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. Am I the only one ready to see some spring flower beauty in the flower beds? 

After stamping the image 5 times on alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured them with Copic markers and cut them out using a square die. Next, I grabbed my Misti and some of my favourite High Hopes sentiment and stamped each daisy with it's own sentiment. Truth be told, the two smaller Just A Note cards are the result of a sentiment I masked off that I didn't stamp straight, so I trimmed them down to create two smaller cards. I wanted to keep the design clean and simple for this set and added them to a piece of black card stock. There are three 4.5" x 4.5" cards and two approximately 4" x 3.25" cards in this set and I am hoping someone in my life will be able to use them. 

 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Lazy Daisy Lady Bugs (J111)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - You Make Me Smile (FDG015), Sending Smiles (G276), Just A Note (DLL003) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, black card stock, square die

Copic Markers

Stem - YG01 YG03 YG17

Centres - Y11 Y15 YR23

Petals - C0 C1 C2

Lady Bugs - T2 T4 T6 R05 R17 R39

Outline - B000

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Monday Makes - Let's Do Easter Week 4

 Happy Monday HH Fans!

Welcome to Monday Makes Let's Do Easter Week 4, we are so happy you could join us!

This week I have chosen Bunny Masterpiece because it reminds me of when my children were young & we had a ball colouring Easter eggs.  Oh and this little mishap below....

One year my daughter decided she was going to do her eggs all on her own.  I happened to be out that day & she was with Daddy.  So Daddy thinks she's having fun in her toy room playing.  He doesn't think...hmmm seems pretty quite in the house...nope!  I come home to find my daughter covered in paint, thankfully water based, from head to toe.  I can't even tell you how bad the toy room looked.  My girl was so proud of her creations and I have to say they looked a lot better than her or the room.  The problem wasn't the mess I had to clean up, it was that she used fresh eggs.  Easter was a month away, I didn't think they would keep that long.  Well we gave it a go & they made it for Easter...but as soon as Easter was over they were gone to the compost bin.  I wish I had the pictures of the mess & the eggs it would have been great to share with this little story.  Needless to say we went with hard boiled after that & made them a few days before Easter lol.

Copic Combos

Grass - YG63, YG25, YG23

Bunnies Grey - C2. C1. C0

Paint Brushes (hardware part) - C4, C3

Ears & Noses - R02, R01, R00

Yellow - Y38, Y35, Y32

Blue - B16, B14, B12

Pink - R85, R83, R81

Purple - V25, V22, V20

Egg - YR01, YR00, YR000

Shading - B000, B0000

Supplies - Patterned Paper Whimsy Stamps "Eggstra Bunnies", Bazzil White Cardstock, Purple Satin Ribbon, Sizzix Dotted Square Dies, Altenew Enamel Dots "Warm & Cozy", Stickles "Star Dust", Copic friends cardstock for stamping, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Card base 5 /12" x 5 1/2"

Stamps - Bunny Masterpiece (S063) & Happy Easter (F096)

Hope to see you next Monday for my final Monday Makes Let's Do Easter!

Happy Stampin'!

1st Birthday

   I love to colour and have a drawer in my craft room with a lot of coloured High Hopes Stamps in it. This week, I challenged myself to go through the drawer and see what inspired me. "Baby Elephant" jumped out at me, I thought he would be perfect for a first birthday card. 

 I stamped this cutie on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured with Copic markers and then hand fussy cut the stamp leaving a thin white line. Patterned paper from Echo Park and PhotoPlay were perfect for this adorable stamp and I cut them to fit the A2 size card base and design. To create the sentiment, I masked off each word and stamped them in a line (the sentiment is stacked) leaving enough room for a die cut number 1 and hand printed "st". To finish off hte card I added some die cut balloons, enamel dots and the stamp is added with 3D foam pop dots.

 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Baby Elephant (RDG009)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Happy Birthday! (O001) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Magical Birthday - Boy - Echo Park 

Party Boy - PhotoPlay 

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, corner rounder, number die - Elizabeth Craft Designs Tab die, balloon die - Gina Marie Designs, 3D foam dots, enamel dots

Copic Markers

Body - C1 C2 C4 C5

Ears- E01 E02 E93 E95

Butterfly - Y11 Y15 Y17

Balloon - BG32 BG15 BG49

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Lucky's Pot O Gold

 I'm still rushing to get my St. Patrick's Day cards done.  For this one I picked Lucky's Pot O Gold.  I typically don't find myself making A2 size cards but that's what I picked for this card.

I pulled out & dusted off one of my corner rounders haven't used one in a long time.  I thought the rounded base would be a nice little touch.

I stamped Pot O Gold on Copic friendly cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  I coloured with Copic (list below) & I created the little grass tuffs by flicking the tip of my marker up on the cardstock.  I should have done that step after I had blended the grass shading before doing the tuffs but it worked out ok.

Copic Combos

Grass - G46, G43, G40

Gold - YR23, YR21

Hat & Band - YR24, YR23, YR21

Shamrocks - YG17, YG09, YG13

Hat & Jacket - YG67, YG25, YG23

Hair - E19, E18, E17

Boots - E39, E37, E35

Skin - E000, E00, E01

Pot - N8, N6, N4

Supplies - Patterned Paper Memory Box "Woodsy Plaid", YNS Stitched Rectangles, Altnew Enamel Dots, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copid friendly cardstock, Bazzil Cardstock, Corner rounder

Stamps - Lucky's Pot O Gold P030, Happy St. Patrick's Day Script G145

Thanks for poppin' by today, happy stampin'!

Monday Makes - Let's Do Easter Week 3

 Happy Monday HH Fans!

Welcome back to Monday Makes "Let's Do Easter" Week 3, so happy you popped by!

This week I chose On Top of the World, isn't that little chick the cutest thing?  I chose the sentiment Egg-stra Special for this card.

Most of us don't feel very inspired on a Monday, I know for sure I don't.  So I'm hoping this week's card puts a spring in your step.

My kids are older now & don't do the whole Easter thing anymore but I know my daughter will just love this card.

I can't help myself, almost every card I make I have enamel dots & ribbon on them.  They are my absolute fav embelies.

Copic Combos

Yellow - Y38, Y19, Y17, Y15, Y13

Green - G24, G21, G20

Blue/Green - BG75, BG72, BG71 (I made this color by mixing 1/2 BG75 with 1/2 BG70, you have to play with it somewhat to get the hue you want), BG70

Orange - YR15, YR14, YR12

Supplies - Patterned Paper Whimsy Stamps "Eggstra Bunnies", Lace ribbon, Penny Black Pennant Die, Gina Marie Enamel Dots, Bazzil Cardstock Blue Oasis & a scrapb of green cardstock, Stickles "Frosted Lace", Card base 5/12" x 5 1/2", Copic friendly cardstock for stamping, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Stamps - On Top Of The World (P022) & Egg-stra Special G243

I hope to see you again next week for Monday Makes!

Happy Stampin'!