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'!

You're Un-frogettable!

 Oh happy day HH fans!

Today I'm sharing I card I made to let a friend know that she is always in my mind.  I'm totally NOT a fan of live frogs, they are slithery and slimy.  BUT I love the ones I colour for cards, I think they are just so cute.  

This is Handstand Frog & I love how excited he looks just hanging out on that lily pad.  He gives me such a chuckle.  I paired this cutie with the sentiment You're Un-forgettable...how fitting right!

Copic Combos

Frog - YG67, YG17, YG13, YG11

Lily Pad - G19, G09, G07, G05, G03

Flower - RV69, RV66, RV64, RV52

Water - BG01, BG000, BG0000

Eyes - BG01

Stamps - Handstand Frog (SLF032) & You're Un-frogettable (F099)

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Back On Your Feet!!

 Happy Saturday HH fans!

I was on the hunt in our collection of rubber stamps for something a little different for a get well card.  I knew I wanted to use the sentiment Back On Your Feet.  So I looked & pondered along the way and ultimately decided on Turtle Stack.  I thought it was perfect with the sentiment....just look at those two turtles on top kicking out there feet!

I also didn't want to do the traditional green that I almost always use when I colour turtles, I needed something with a little pizzazz.  So I used a darker yellow/green combo with some browns. Check out my list of Copic's below.

I have shocked myself with the last couple of cards....no ribbon & I didn't even use enamel dots on this one lol.

Copic Combos

Green - G97, YG93, YG61

Brown - E19, E18, E17, E15, E13, E11

Cheeks - R02

Grounding - T8, T6, T4, T2, T0

Eyes - B16 with 0 Blender

Stamps - Turtle Stack (TLF035) & Back On Your Feet (E222)

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Musical Birthday

  I love having a stash of cards for all occasions and always need a lot of birthday cards on hand. "Flutist" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps is perfect for a card for one of the music lovers in my life and would also be perfect for a friend, just because or a happy spring card - the possibilities are endless with this adorable stamp. 

I stamped this adorable pair on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured with Copic markers and cut it out using a xstitch die. Patterned paper from three different companies came together to help create the layers for the card base. I added to eyelets to the darker piece so I could tie the ribbon bow to add some texture and interest to the card. After gluing down the layers I stamped the sentiment, added it to matching card stock and glued it down. Enamel dots finish off my card. 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Flutist (TDG113) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment -  Happy Birthday Script (FDG028)

Patterned Paper - Watercolor Wishes Rainbow - Lawn Fawn

Just For Fun - Your Next Stamp

Grunge Tones Dark - Craft Consortium

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, xstitch die - Gina Marie Designs, ribbon, eyelets, enamel dots

Copic Markers

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Hair - T3 T4 T5 T7

Pants - B12 B14 B16 B97

Flute - C0 C2 C4 C7

Rock - W2 W3 W4 W6

Dog - E43 E55 E47

Flowers - Y15 R81 R83 R85 R89

Shirt - V15 V17 V99

Grass - G24 G28

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Thinking of You!

 Happy Wednesday HH fans!

I don't often colour flowers only because I love colouring animals.  But today I'm sharing an easy to colour yet beautiful image called Thinking of You.  I can't tell you how many times I wish I had a card like this in my stash & I had to scramble to get something put together for someone.  There are those times that we want to send a little inspiration to let someone know they are in our thoughts.

This images comes with the sentiment right in the centre, to change it up & use it for another purpose is as easy as masking out the centre.

This image comes from our Doodles collection, I put a few links below.

Copic Combos

Flowers & inside the flowers lighter section - YR23, YR21, YR20

Inside the flowers & checker border - YR27, YR24, YR23

Leaves - YG67, YG63, YG61

Shading - YR01, YR00, YR000

Stamps - Thinking of You S230

Other stamps in this collection - Flowers Grow R157, Old Friend R155, The Best Things S231, Garden of Life R156, Sunflower Frame S232

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Best Friends Forever

 Happy Monday HH fans!

What's better than getting to go shopping with your BFF?  I'm happy to share that we have just taken our Shopping Divas out of retirement.  These beauties are now available again!

After I stamped these gals I wasn't too sure if I wanted the look to be bright or muted.  I coloured them up a couple of times and ultimately decided on what I thought was something classy but elegant.  I just had to add a pop of bright green in there....just because lol.

These gals just remind me of going out for the day with my BFF, we love to hit up the local scrapbook store & the quilt shops.

Copic Combos

Left Diva

Hair - C6, C4, C2

Skin - E000, E00, E01, R02, R01

Blue - B97, B95, B93

Gray - W4, W2, W0

Right Diva

Hair - N6, N4, N2

Skin - E000, E00, E01, R02, R01

Blue/Green - BG78, BG75, BG72

Gray - W7, W5, W3

Green - G24, G21, G20

All Shopping Bags - E43, E41, E40

Shading - W3, W1, W00

Stamps - Shopping Divas (TDG114) & Best Friends (FDG019)

Thanks for poppin' by today, happy stampin'!

Birthday wishes from Shelbert

 Happy Friday HH Fans!

I'm poppin' in today to share our adorable little turtle, his name is Shelbert.

For this clean & simple card I stamped my image using Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Copic friendly cardstock.  I coloured him up with some darker tones to match my patterned paper.

I cut some banners from patterned paper off the same pad.  I had some yellow die cut stars just sitting on my desk from an earlier project & they matched perfectly....I needed a little something because I was not using any enamel dots or ribbon for this design.  I'm so happy with how this cutie turned out, I hope you like it too.

Copic Combos

Shell - E89, E87, E84, E81

Turtle Body - YG97, YG95, YG93

Toes - E87, E84, E81

Mouth - R02, R01

Balloon - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11

Hat - Y15, Y13, Y11

Grounding - N4, N2, N0

Stamps - Shelbert P116 & Turtally Awesome J099

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Deepest Sympathy

  This is always a hard card to make but when a friends older brother passed away a few weeks ago I needed to make her a card. With Deepest Sympathy from High Hopes Rubber Stamps is a pretty stamp to make a card with to pass along condolences. I have made a very CAS card this time around but I also have some ideas to make cards with the sentiment masked off so I can stamp another sentiment in the middle. 

I stamped on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured with Copic markers and cut the stamp out with a rectangle die to fit my A2 size card base. I was thinking about finishing it off with some enamel dots but in the end chose to keep it truly clean and simple.

Stamp Recipe

Stamps -  With Deepest Sympathy (TDG110) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, white cardstock

Copic Markers

Leaves - YG01 YG03 YG17 B39

Flowers - Y11 Y15 Y35 Y17 YR04

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Spring is here & it's time for gardening!

 Happy Monday HH Fans!

As I write up this post & it's Sunday.  We started the day off with buckets of rain falling so I was totally dreading going out to do our weekly shopping.  BUT alas the rain stopped & the sun came out, it's turned out to be a beautiful day.  Now that makes me want to be outside in the garden lol.  

Since we are so close to being able to do some things in our gardens I thought what better time than now to bring Lil' Gardener out of retirement.  This sweet little girl just warms my heart, I love her!

I decided to cut up my sentiment in 2 pieces & I like the look.  I added a little sparkle here & there with Stickles and some glaze over the water in the can.

Copic Combos

Skin - E000, E00, E01

Cheeks - R02, R01

Frog - YG07, C2

Watering Can - C4, C2, C0, BG01, BG000, BG0000

Pink - RV69, RV66, RV63

Yellow - Y19, Y17, Y15

Brown - E43, E42, E41

Warm Grey - W5, W3, W1

Green - G19, G17, G16, G14

Blue - B97, B95, B93

Red - R27, R24

Background - B000, B0000

Stamps - Lil' Gardener TDG112 & Just Because FDG057

So glad you popped by today, happy stampin'!

Some birthday wishes from the ocean

 Happy Friday HH Fans!

So I've had this little idea running around in my head for a long while.  I wanted to make a couple of birthday cards for my stash designed around the ocean.  Something bright, cute & fun....these are what I came up with.

The main stamp is our Sea Floor Background & I chose the Sea Turtle and Oliva the Octopus for my two card additional images.  High Hopes has so many different images you can use for an ocean themed card.  Check out the links below for more.

The black frame around the main image is cut using 2 different size rectangle dies.

Copic Combos

Coral (used some of each of these on each card)- RV19, RV17, RV14, YR09, YR07, YR04, V06, V05, V04, BG18, BG15, BG13, V17, V15, V12, RV29, RV25, RV13, BG57, BG07, BG05

Sand (Bottom Card) - E25, E23, E21

Sand (Top Card) - E44, E42, E41

Rocks (Bottom Card) - C5, C3, C1

Shell (Top Card) - V17, V15, V12

Shell (Bottom Card) - Y28, Y26, Y23

Sea Turtle - BG07, BG05, BG02, YR18, YR16, YR15

Octopus - RV04, RV02, RV00

Seaweed - YG09, YG07, YG06

Stamps - Sea Floor Background T051, Oliva Q051, Sea Turtle K041, Bold Happy Birthday F087, Happy Birthday FDG027, more images HERE

Thanks for poppin' in today & happy stampin'!

Puppy Birthday

  I have a lot of dog lovers on my birthday card giving list and a lot of them have birthdays coming up over the next few months so I was super excited when "Mr. Moe" was released from the High Hopes Retirement vault! He is one of my favourite stamps - maybe because he reminds me of my dog <wink> - and perfect for a dog lovers birthday card. 

After stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured with Copic markers and hand fussy cut leaving a thin white edge. Honey Bee stamps had the perfect patterned paper for this cutie so I cut the papers to fit my A2 card base and added a grass die cut to complete my scene. I masked the sentiment off a longer sentiment, stamped it, mounted it on matching card stock and added it to the top of the card. Some colored clear dots finish off my card. 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps -  Mr. Moe (SDG015) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment -  Pirates Birthday (F147)

Patterned Paper - Summer Stems, Modern Spring - Honey Bee Stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, grass die - YNS, color clear dots - Gina Marie Designs

Copic Markers

Body - E41 E42 E55 E57

Nose - E23 E25 E27

Flower - Y11 Y15 Y26 G24 G46 G99 R20 R21 R22

Butterfly - E3 E27 YR31 YR35 YR38

Grass - YG03 YG17

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Lil' Swinger

 Happy Monday HH Fans!

Here in Southern Ontario we have been wondering if Spring is every going to arrive.  We have had a mix of snow, hail & rain over the last week.  The weekend was super nice but you never know what tomorrow will be like lol.

This week I'm bringing another image out of retirement.  This cutie is called Lil' Swinger, isn't she adorable?!

For something a little different than your standard square or A2 size card I decided to cut off a 2" strip on the front of the card.  I was then able to place my matted image in the centre of the card so the side of the image lined up with the edge of the back base.

Copic Combos

Skin - E000, E00, E01

Cheeks - R02, R01

Hair - E30, E33, E35, YR31

Blue/Green - BG09, BG57, BG53

Purple - V06, V05, V04

Rope - E27, E25, E23

Swing Seat - E29, E27, E25

Background - B000, B0000

Stamps - Lil' Swinger TDG109, Happy Mail DLL001, Birthday Wishes FDG024

Thanks for poppin' by today, happy stampin'!

Good Times

 The Dancing Divas have been brought out of the High Hopes retirement vault and are enjoying a night out on the town at a dance hall with a heart shaped disco ball!?!  I have a few friends that when we go out, even when we have planned our evening we always end up somewhere else doing something spontaneous and fun just like the Divas. 

I created a special background for them using inks stencils, water splats and Stickles.

After stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured with Copic markers and hand fussy cut the stamps. I set them aside and chose the ink colours and stencil for the background.

The background was inspired by an image I saw online and when I saw it I decided to put my spin on it with the products I had in my craft room. I started by cutting a white piece of card stock to fit the card base (5.5"w x 5.5"h) - it is cut a bit smaller then the black card stock base and added some die cut circles to mimic the lights. 

I took each ink colour and added it to the paper over top of the circle die cuts (they were removed when I was done) and used some of the darker colours through the stencil to add the dots around the edges. The outside edge is blended with black ink to add to the depth of the card. Next, I sprayed some water on my fingers and spritzed it onto the background. When that was dry I used a different stencil to add the Stickles dots for some added sparkle. 

At this point I was happy with the background......but something was missing! So I found a free silhouette image of people dancing and printed it off. I cut out the inside of the images - this is opposite to normal fussy cutting when you cut the outside - and when that was done, I laid it on my card and using it as a stencil, added them lightly in the background with black ink. 

I added a piece of grey wood patterned paper for the dance floor, inking the edges in black first. I couldn't find a circle "disco ball" in my stash so I ended up using a sparkly heart. After gluing down the Divas, some enamel dots and a sentiment finish off my card. 

Stamp Recipe

Stamps -  Dancing Diva 1 (SDG013), Dancing Diva 2 (SDG014)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment -  Good Times (FDG014)

Patterned Paper - handmade by me

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, heart - stash, wood paper - Simple Stories, white gel pen, silver Wink of Stella, Inks - Rosebud - Memento, Wilted Violet, Salty Ocean, Black Soot Distress inks, Night of Navy Stampin' Up, enamel dots 

Copic Markers

Dancing Diva 1

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Hair - E23 E57 E79

Top - Y11 Y15 Y17 Y35

Pants - B12 B14 B16 B97

Dancing Diva 2 

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Hair - E08 E09 E18

Top - YG01 YG03 YG17

Pants - B95 B97 B99

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!