Have a 4 Alarm Day!

 Happy Wednesday HH fans!

Today I'm sharing a birthday card that I created for my stash using Lil Fire Chief.  You can never have enough masculine cards, right?

I'm not sure about you but I find sometimes I lose my mojo for creating a card.  So with that in mind I popped over to Splitcoaststampers & checked out last week Sketch Challenge.  I used SC1011 as my layout for our adorable little Fire Chief.

Copic Combos

Grey/Black - C9, C7, C5, C4, C3, C2, C1

Brown - E27, E25, E23

Red - R59, R56, R46

Fire Hose - E43, E41, E40, N5, N3, N1

Fire Bell - Y28, Y26, Y23

Skin - E000, E00, E01

Lights - Y19, Y17, Y11

Hair - E35, E33, E31

Windshield - B000, B0000

Shirt - N6, N4, N2

Grounding - W5, W3, W1

Stamps - Lil Fire Chief R018 & 4 Alarm Day H059

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Time to open the Vault!

 Happy Monday HH fans!

I wanted to wish all our American friends a Happy Memorial Day!  My husband & I have family & friends in the US and we are sending best wishes for a wonderful day to all!

Today I'm opening the HH Vault to re-release an image by Dina Gerner called Growing Friends Friends.  I love this precious image.  It reminds me that you can make a new friend when you least expect it.  I paired this image with our sentiment called Pawsing.

I've been a member of Splitcoaststampers for many many years.  But I haven't played a long in their weekly sketch challenges for a long time.  This week I decided now was the time.  I enjoy seeing all the different ideas that they come up with for these challenges.  As well I love to look at what other members post.  Membership to Splitcoaststampers is FREE.  Just pop over & sign up and check out all the amazing tutorials & inspiration from a huge group of talented crafters.

For this card I'm using a sketch from a couple of Wednesday's ago, this one is Sketch SC1008.

Copic Combos

Rock - W6, W4, W2

Pink - R85, R83, R81

Pants - Y28, Y26, Y23

Hair - E44, E43, E40, YR31, YR30

Hedgehog - E25, E23, E21

Hedgehog Skin  - E000, E00, E01, E13, E04, R02

Flowers - BG57, BG53, BG23

Bow - R85, R83, R81

Grass & Leaves - YG17, YG13, YG11

Shading - B00, B000, B0000

Stamps - Growing Friends TDG115 & Pawsing G029

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Meet Gavin the Givin' Dragon!

 Happy Saturday HH fans!

I'm getting a late start to my Saturday morning today.  I'm feeling a little lazy today but that's okay it's Saturday, right!

Today I have a 2 card post for you using our adorable image called Gavin the Givin' Dragon.  Lately I have wanted to create 2 cards with some images - one for a boy & one for a girl.  It sure does save me time to make them both at once & it really helps my stash too.

This pic shows them both together.  To me they look totally different even though they are the same image.  I left off the ribbon on the boy's card but couldn't help adding a few enamel dots.  I used the Happy Birthday Script for the gals card (one of my FAV Happy Birthday sentiments) & I used part of the Swinging Birthday sentiment for the boy's card.  I got the idea to use parts of sentiments from my friend Donna...she is a master at that.  It really is a great idea to make more out of your sentiment collection.

It's no secret that I'm a HUGE fan of purple...actually it's my favourite colour.  I really loved it paired with the orange.

Copic Combos

Purple - V17, V15, V12

Blue - B39, B37, B34

Green - G16, G14, G12

Orange/Yellow - Y38, Y35, Y32

Grounding - C7, C5, C3, C1

Next up is my boy's version.  So I used some dinosaur paper on this one, I didn't have any dragon paper.  But can you really notice the difference?  I suppose you can but I liked it anyway.

Copic Combos

Blue - B06, B05, B04, B02

Shading on Top of Blue - T4, T3

Presents - E09, E08, E07

Shading on Top of Presents - T4, T2

Bows - B02, B01, B00

Toes, Finger Nails & Spikes - E17, E15, E13

Grounding - T4, T3, T2, T1

Stamps - Gavin the Givin' Dragon R095, Happy Birthday Script FDG028 & Swinging Birthday H191

Thanks for poppin' by today, happy stampin'!

World's Best

I am blessed to have both my Dad and my Father In Law in my life so with Father's Day just around the corner I have been working on cards for them. My Dad used to go golfing quite often so I decided that the Golf Bag stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps was perfect for his Father's Day card. 

After stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured the bag with Copic sketch markers and hand fussy cut it. Next, I cut an oval out of white card stock using a die and added some big puffy clouds with a cloud die and some ink. I cut some grass using a die and added it to the bottom of the oval. It left a funny space under the grass so I cut off the bottom of the oval. Next, I cut a flag using a die from Quickutz, shortened the pole and glued it together. I shortened the pole because I wanted it to look like it was off in the distance a bit. 

I cut a second oval out of matching card stock, off set it slightly and cut the bottom off to match my scene. Some twine, two sentiments and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp - Golf Bag - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Play Golf, World's Best Father - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Playful Pastels - Honey Bee Stamps

Hammermill digital cover stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, twine, cloud die - Quickutz, grass die - Dress My Craft, oval die, enamel dots, Certainly Celery and Bashful Blue inks - Stampin' Up

Copic List

Bag - E41 E42 E57

Clubs - C0 C1 C2 C4 C5 YG61 YG63 YG67

Water - B0000 B00 B01 B04

Hummingbird - BG11 BG32 BG13 BG18 R24 R89

Thanks for popping by! Have a great day!

 

Some garden sweetness!

 Happy Wednesday HH fans!

Well we have made it to the middle of the work week, yeah!  Today I'm featuring our beautiful imaged called Country Garden.  I absolutely love the large flowers in the this image.  There are just so many colours I can imagine using for the flowers.

I picked some pretty bold for me background paper because I was in love with all the fabulous colours is has.  

I turned this cutie into a Thank You card because my stash is super low.

Copic Combos

Brown - E27, E25, E23

Green Leaves - YG67, YG17, YG13

Green Grass - G46, G43, G40

Yellow - Y08, Y06, Y04

Pink - R89, R85, R83, R81

Purple - V17, V15, V12

Warm Gray - W7, W5, W3

Shading - B00, B000, B0000

Stamps - Country Garden T005 & Thank You F103

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

A little birdie told me!

 Happy Monday HH fans!

Happy Victoria Day to all our Canadian fans!  Hope you get to celebrate tonight with some fireworks!

Today I'm here to share our sweet image called Bird Watch....isn't this little bear the cutest?!  

I'm on a roll getting birthday cards back into my stash, you can just never have enough.  I wanted something bright & cheerful. I picked some patterned paper with a bunch of tiny little flowers on it & a matching paper that looks like waves.

Copic Combos

Grass - YG67, YG17, YG13

Ears - R02, R01

Nose - T7, T4, T2

Bear - E44, E43, E42, E41, E40

Bird - B02, B01, B00

Bird Feet - W5, W3, W1

Bird Beak - YR65, YR61

Water - BG01, BG000, BG0000

Bird Bath - N6, N4, N3, N1, N0

Stamps - Bird Watch S134 & Bird Told Me F251

Thanks so much for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Let's Go Fishing!

 Happy Saturday HH Fans!

It's the long weekend here in Ontario & I'm soooo happy for the extra day of rest.  Well it won't actually be a weekend of rest because it's also the weekend we can start planting our gardens.  I'm truly hoping we are all done with the risk of frost here.  

Today I'm poppin' in to share our super cute image called Anthony James.  I just love this guy!  I can never have too many masculine cards in my stash.  I coloured Anthony up using very nature oriented colours.  I'm off to visit my son in the Yukon next month & we will 100% be going fishing.  Not too sure why he takes me fishing because I cause him so much work.  I don't bait my line nor do I take the fish off the hook.  Thinking of my pending trip inspired my colour choices.  I chose the sentiment Dropping A Line, I thought it worked perfect with Anthony.

Copic Combos

Skin - E000, E00, E01

Shirt & Hat - YR27m YR24, YR23

Overalls & Hat - E89, E87, E84

Boots - W7, W5, W5

Boot Souls - W8, W6, W4

Hair - E27, E25, E23

Fish - G99, G94, G85, G82

Fishing Rod - C5, C3, C1, C7

Reel - C7, C5, C3

Grounding - E44, E43, E42

Stamps - Anthony James R022 & Dropping A Line FLL013

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Happy Bear-day!

 Happy Wednesday HH Fans!

Today I'm sharing a sweet image I have had coloured for a while now.  I couldn't decide if I wanted to use this a tag on a gift or on a card.  Well I decided to make it into a card as you can see lol.  This cutie is called Buddy's Birthday Tag.

I decided to go with a bright colour focus for this card & I did my best to match the yellow I used in the image.  I think I got pretty close.  

I have a Marvy punch that has been in my stash of rarely used punches that makes a tiny little envelope.  When I say tiny I mean tiny.  You could actually make the same thing by folding up some patterned paper to your chosen size & use an inverted corner rounder to make the little indent....or just eyeball a half circle.  I placed the Happy Bear-day sentiment to appear to pop out of the present.

I can see myself using this adorable tag for a bunch of different things just by changing out the colour combos.

Copic Combos

Bear - E59, E57, E55, R02, R01

Blue - B18, B16, B14

Yellow - Y08, Y06, Y04

Border - C4, C2, C0

Green (for shading around the bear) - G00, G0000

Stamps - Buddy's Birthday Tag S218 & Happy Bear-day F300

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Laurie's Garden Angel

 Happy Monday HH fans!

Today I have Laurie's Garden Angel to share with you.  At first when I looked at colouring up this image I was like....this is going to take a while...but I challenged myself & dove right in.  I'm so glad that I did because I loved every minute of colouring this one.  I did the colouring in chunks.  What does that mean?  Well rather than looking at it as a daunting task, I looked and said I'm going to colour this little part.  Before I knew it I was all done.  I was a little sad it was complete because I wanted to keep colouring lol.

My list of colours for this beauty is looooong but don't let that scare you...remember colour in chunks!

Copic Combos

Wooden Barrel - E29, E27, E23, C7, C5, C3

Bird House Pole & Sign Pole - E47, E44, E43

Sunflowers - Y19, Y17, Y15, E27, E44, E43

Leaves, Vines, Potted Plant, Carrot Tops & Lettuce - G46, G43, G40

Tomatoes, Heart, Bird House, Flowers in Pot - R49, R56, R46 (leave all your red till last)

Potatoes - E57, E55, E53

Carrots - YR18, YR16, YR15

Grass - YG67, YG63, YG61

Dirt - E44, E43, E42

Skin - E000, E00, E01

Shovel Handle & Basket - E89, E87, E84, E81

Watering Can & Shovel - C5, C3, C1

Hair - E37, E35, E34

Dress, Shirt, Hat & Boots - YR27, YR24, YR23, Y28, Y26, Y23, Y21

Signs - W3, W1, W00

Birdhouse & Dress Flower - Y08, Y06, Y04

Birds - BG07, BG05, BG02

Beaks - Y08

Plant Pot - E99, E97, E95

Butterflies - BG07, BG05, BG02, W7, W5

Angel Wings - N1, N0

Shading - B000, B0000

Stamps - Laurie's Garden Angel S251 & Happy Birthday FDG028

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Sunshine & Sunflowers

 Happy Saturday HH fans!

Now who doesn't love a beautiful sunflower....I know I do.  This precious stamps is called Sunflower Frame.  Sunflowers bloom in the fall but you can grab them all year long at your local florist.

Since these are pretty much all Fall colours I'm keeping this one in my stash for a little later on in the year.  Nothing like getting ahead of the game lol.

Here's Huggable Hank

 Happy Friday HH fans!

Today I'm poppin' to share our oh so cute Huggable Hank.

I couldn't seem to settle on what colours I wanted to use for this cutie so I did 2 versions.  I fussy cut out both my images BUT you don't have to.  You can just make your background of clouds on the cardstock you used to colour your image.

I used a cloud die & cut out a couple different sizes of cardstock to make some clouds for the background.  I then cut out some balloons & used the same pieces of cardstock clouds to create the effect on the balloons as well.

Inking up the clouds was easy & fun, it just takes a little bit of patience.  For the blue I chose Salty Ocean Distress Ink.

Copic Combos - For the blue dragon

Blue - B18, B14, B12, B16

Green - YG17, YG13, YG11

Toes, Nails & Horns - C6, C4, C2, C1

Since I didn't have the right colour of twine I decided to ink up my own.  I used Seedless Preserves Distress Ink & a dauber.  A little messy but totally worth it.

I used Happy Birthday Script for both cards but I cut one of them up for a little different placement.

Copic Combos - For the purple/pink dragon

Purple - V09, V06, V05, V04

Pink - RV19, RV17, RV14

Toes, Nails, Horns - RV14, RV13, RV11

Stamps - Huggable Hank S109 & Happy Birthday Script FDG028

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Where flowers grow!

 Happy Wednesday HH fans!

Today I'm sharing another one of our Doodles collection stamps.  This one is called Flowers Grow.  I love this collection of stamps because the sentiment is already in the centre of the stamp.  But you can choose another sentiment by just blocking out the centre when stamping.  Doing that will give you more options to use this sweet image.

Since I didn't have just the right purple in my stash of patterned paper I chose to play off the green instead.  I have put a link below to all the other stamps in this collection.

Copic Combos

Green - G46, G43, G40

Blue - B26, B24, B23

Purple - V25, V22, V20

Blue/Green - BG13, BG11, BG10

Stamps 

Flowers Grow R157

More stamps in this collection - The Best Things S231, Old Friend R155, Thinking of You S230, Garden of Life R156, Sunflower Frame S232

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Time to play!

 Happy Monday HH fans!

I'm here today to share our adorable image called Lg. Puffy Kitty with you all.  I don't know about your family but in my family cats rule, at least with my Dad & Brothers.  I have both dogs & a cat so I can't pick one over the other, I love them all.

I love the look on this kitty's face as he/she is trying to grab onto that thread...it just cracks me up.

I picked a sentiment that I like to use on my Fall harvest cards because I thought it also worked perfectly for this image.  This sentiment is called Fancy Basket Saying.

Copic Combos

Basket - E39, E37, E35

Pin Cushion - R56, R46, R37

Measuring Tape - Y19, Y17, Y15

Yarn - BG18, BG15, BG13

Thread - E25, E23

Scissors - C4

Basket Frill - E34, E31, E30

Grounding - W5, W3, W1, W0

Kitten - C4, C2, C0

Stamps

Lg. Puffy Kitty R060 & Fancy Basket Saying H138

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Happy Birthday from the Party Animals!!

 Happy Saturday HH fans!

I'm poppin' in today with a fun birthday card using North Woods Stack.  I kept this card pretty clean & simple mainly to focus on those adorable animals.  It might be fun to colour these cuties up in funny colours too....will have to try that next time just for giggles.

My son lives in the Yukon so I can see this card going out to him for his birthday in January '25...now that's getting ahead lol.

Copic Combos

Moose - T7, T4, E29, E27, E25, E23, E21

Bear - N6, N4, N2, R02, R01

Beaver - W7, W6, W4, W2. E47, E44, E43

Duck - G09, G07, G05, G46, G43, G40, YR18, YR16, YR15, Y19, Y17, Y15, E17, E15, E13, W6, W4, W2 (you don't have to use as many colours as I did here)

Grounding - E44, E43, E42

Stamps - North Woods Stack T203 & Birthday Party Animals J058

Thanks for poppin' in today & happy stampin'!

The Best Things

 Happy Wednesday HH fans!

I was going through my stash of cards when I quickly realized that I was really short on Thinking of You cards.  So I created a very clean & simple card using The Best Things.

I used an embossing folder last week for the 1st time in I don't know how long so I grabbed another leafy one for this card.  I embossed on white cardstock & inked it up using Memento Pear Tart.  I just wanted some colour to show off the beautiful embossing folder & of course it had to match a colour I used on the image, lol.

This image comes from our Doodle Collection.  I posted the links below for quick reference.  All of these images have the sentiment right in the centre of the stamp....perfect for that quick card.  I do have more of the collection coloured up & will post a couple more cards soon so stay tuned.

Copic Combos

Blue/Green - BG07, BG05, BG02, BG49, BG45, BG23

Yellow/Green - YG25, YG23, YG21

Stamps - The Best Things (S231)

More stamps in this collection - Flowers Grow R157, Old Friend R155, Thinking of You S230, Garden of Life R156, Sunflower Frame S232

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!