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'!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Tuesday!

It's "Christmas In July" over at High Hopes Stamps! I have lots of friends that have birthdays in December, so instead of making this a "Christmas Card", I decided to make it a birthday card! High Hopes "Lil' Snowbird" is beyond adorable and perfect for one of my Besties!

To start, I stamped my image onto Copic friendly paper and coloured it in with my Copic Sketch markers. I am using papers from the Bella Blvd. "Santa Squad" 6x6 collection. I chose papers from this designer collection that didn't scream Christmas and they were perfect for my Birthday theme. Using a Gina marie Double Looped Oval die, I cut out the coloured image. I thought the High Hopes "Bird Told Me" sentiment was perfect for this image! A white gel pen was used to make polka dots on her bow and mitts to match with the ribbon bow I made. Some Stickles and glitter pen add that touch of sparkle I love so much!

Copics Used: 

Skin: E00, E21, E11, R20, R22

Hair: T6, T7, T9

Outfit: RV55, RV66/ YG01, YG03, YG17

Bird House: E25, E29, Y35, Y38

Bow: R35, R37, R39

Snow: B0000, B000, B00

 Head on over to the High Hopes Blog or FaceBook page for more "Christmas in July" inspiration. The HH Designers are always happy to see you swing by!

Happy Stamping!

 

A Bird Told Me

 Like most crafters I know, I can never have too many Birthday cards in my stash. My post today is just such a card and it features "Bird Watch" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. 

How adorable is this bear peeking over the bird bath to chat with his bird friend! He just makes me smile and I hope the person who receives the card does too. 

After stamping this cutie I coloured it using Copic markers, hand fussy cut him and ran a black marker on the outside of the stamp to get any white I had missed. Patterned paper from Craft Consortium was perfect for my background to add a few puffy clouds and a couple strips of grass. I stamped the sentiment, cut it to size and mounted it on matching card stock.

Some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Bird Watch - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiments: Bird Told Me - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Grunge Light Tones - Craft Consortium

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, cloud and grass dies - Your Next Stamp, enamel dots

 Copic Markers:

Bird Bath - C1 C2 C4 C5 B00 B02 b04

Bird - Y11 Y15 Y17 B12 B14 B16 B18

Bear - E50 E51 E53 E55 E13 E15 E17 E23 E25 E27

Grass - YG61 YG63 YG67

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

A little bird....

Hi Everyone;

Friday is here again and what's more it's a long weekend.  This means that there is more time to spend with family as well as more playtime. 

This week I went outside of my comfort zone and dug out other dies besides circles, squares and ovals, a cloud stencil and some distress inks.  It has been a long time since I have used these and it is time to use and play with them again.  Oh the possibilities.

For today's card, I have used the adorable Gotcha and a Bird Told Me; both from High Hopes Stamps.

After stamping and colouring the image with Copic Markers, I cut it out using an distress edges die.  Using a mini cloud edges stencil and Salty Ocean Distress Ink, I created some clouds that didn't quite come out as I was expecting them to.  I definitely need some practice.  The extra grass is from another die that has been unused for a very long time.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Gotcha (R115), Bird Told Me (F251) -- High Hopes Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink - Salty Ocean
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock; DP - Perfectly Plaid - Spring & Spiffy Speckles (both from Lawn Fawn)
• Copic Markers:
• YG07 - Acid Green, YG06 - Yellowish Green, YG05 - Acid Green
• E40 - Brick White, E41 - Pearl White, E42 - Sand White
• N0 - Neutral Gray No. 0, N1 - Neutral Gray No. 1
• YR07 - Cadmium Orange, YR04 - Chrome Orange
• Y04 - Acacia, Y06 - Yellow, Y08 - Acid Yellow
• Other:  YG01 - Green Bice, YG03 - Yellow Green
• Dies:  A2 - Distress Edges (Spellbinders); Spring Meadow (Cottage Cutz) 
• Stencil: Mini Cloud Edges (My Favourite Things)

While having a coffee or tea break, do stop by the High Hopes Stamps Blog as daily inspiration is posted by the HH Divas.  We would love for you to stop and visit.  You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day.

Hugs,

Cute Birdy - Treat Bag

Hello High Hopes Fans!!!

Come join our monthly challenge...and you could be the next winner of two High Hopes Stamps of your choice.  The details for the January Challenge - "Anything Goes" can be found here. 

For today's post, I thought I would make something a little different, yet keeping with a birthday theme..
 Jane 

Side view of the treat bag 

This is Cute Birdy (F250) and Bird Told Me (F251) sentiment.  I think this Birdy is just sooo adorable and works well for so many different projects!

I started by colouring the image with Tombow Markers and water. After the image was all coloured and dry, I applied some Glossy Accents to Birdy's beak. 

The main image was fussy cut out.  A YNS die called Scalloped Topped Treat Bag was used to create the small bag using SU Pacific Point Cardstock.  The designer paper is from Doodlebug-Springtime 6x6 paper pad.  For the sentiment, it was stamped with a versamark ink pad then heat embossed using black embossing powder on SU Apricot Appeal cardstock.  To complete this project, Doodlebug twine was tied in a bow around the top of the flap, and a small piece of Hook and Loop tab (a thin velcro, adhesive-backed tab) was placed under the flap, to easily open and close the treat bag.  

 

Supplies Used:

***Note: If you are in need of any products used here, please send Lora at OCS an email and I'm sure she would be happy to get the item(s) you are looking for.

 

Ink - Tombow Markers - 055, 985, 977, and 452.  Versamark Ink Pad and Black Embossing Powder.

 

Paper - Doodlebug - Springtime 6x6 Paper Pad; SU Apricot Appeal, Pacific Point & White Cardstock.

 

Misc - Glossy Accents, YNS-Scalloped Topped Treat Bag Die, Doodlebug Twine-blue jean, Tombow-Hook & Loop Tabs, Water Brush, and Glue Dots.

Optional - Mini Eggs or any other small candies to be place inside the treat bag.

Thanks for stopping by!
 

 ***********
 

Save 30% off STOREWIDE until March 31st, 2016 on all stamps!  Get free shipping on orders over $50.00 (before tax & after discount within Canada & the US only)

 

You can find High Hopes stamps at the links below.

One Crazy Stamper based out of Canada

High Hopes Website