It's time for some skating fun!

Happy Tuesday HH fans!

I'm back today with a fun card using our Frozen Skating Pond & Leapin' Lewis.

When I was a kid my Mom would never let us skate on the local pond.  She got my Dad to make us our own little rink in the back yard.  This way we stayed in the safe zone according to Mom.  Back in those days Winter seemed to last forever.  Now we have weather that just seems to freeze & unfreeze just as fast.  My Dad worked so hard on our little rink every night adding water & scraping it down.  Boy oh boy did we enjoy hours of fun every year on that rink. 

I'm going to save this card just for my Dad this year, I'm sure it will bring a smile to his face.

I picked the Winter Wonderland sentiment because that's how all 4 of us kids felt when we skated for hours everyday.  I popped Lewis up on a mini wobble, so he's pretty fun just a wobbling around.

Copic Combos

Frozen Skating Pond

Ice - BG000, BG0000 & 0 blender

Trees - G28, G24, YG67

Snow, C1, C0, C00

Sky - B000, B0000 & 0 blender

*it's hard to see some of these colours in the photo but in the real they look cool*

Leapin' Lewis

Blue - B24, B23, B21

Black - C9, C7, C5

Skate Blades - C1, C0, C00

Skate Boot, Hat Trim, Scarf - W7, W5, W3

Heart - R27, R24

Beak - YR18, YR16, YR15

Pom Pom - W3, W1

Stamps 

Frozen Skating Pond S074

Winter Wonderland H230

Leapin' Lewis R133

Thanks for visiting us today, happy stampin!

BRR....!

Hello!

Look at this adorable "Skating Along" Penguin from High Hopes Rubber Stamps! He looks like he doesn't have a care in the world! He's just out enjoying the winter day skating on the pond. He's got quite the form too LOL!

I decided to pair Mr Penguin with the "Frozen Skating Pond" to have a little scene for him to skate along! I stamped the images onto Copic friendly paper and then set about colouring them in. I cut the pond out using a MFT Stitched Square die, and cut the Penguin out using my Brother Cut N Scan. Next I popped him up using foam squares over part of the pond. I thought the HH "Brr" sentiment was perfect as I'm sure it's cold where he is! Lots of sparkle to my card today..... Twinkle Stickles on the trees and glitter pen on the ice surfaces. A few enamel dots finish off my card.

Copics Used:

C00, C1, C2, C6, C8, C9

R34, R39, B95, B97, B99

YG17, G28, YR24

B0000, B000, B0

This is my last post before the Holidays and I want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and all the best in the New Year! 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Don't forget to head on over to the High Hopes website and see all Lora's adorable stamps! You can find more inspiration from the Design Team by visiting the High Hopes Blog and Facebook page too!

Happy Stamping!

 

Winter Fun!

Hi!

The 2022 Winter Olympics have inspired me to make this card today! My favourite thing to watch is the skating competitions! I love the beauty of the skating and the costumes are stunning! When I saw "Ice Princess" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps, it brought back so many memories! My sister and I always loved to skate! We would make up routines for our "skating programs" and then would judge each other. We could do a spin and a one foot jump but we thought we were spinning and jumping just like the Olympic skaters lol. The "Frozen Skating Pond" is the perfect background for my little skater!

I stamped the pond and skater onto Copic friendly paper and coloured them in with my Copic markers. I cut the "Frozen Skating Pond" with a Craftin' Desert Diva's Inside Scallop Square die and also used it to get the border around the pond image. The "Winter Fun" sentiment also from High Hopes was stamped directly beneath the pond so it looks one layered. Using my Brother Cut N Scan I cut out "Ice Princess" and popped her up on the pond with some foam tape. Some Diamond Stickles on the trees and Nuvo Glitter Gloss pen on the ice add some fun sparkle to my card! Since "Ice Princess" is a "Star", I added some star stickers in each corner to finish off my card.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E11, E21

Hair: E43, E44, E47

Outfit: RV17, RV19

Skates: C00, C1, C6

Trees: G40, G46, G85

Pond: C00, C0, C1

Snow: B0000, B000, B00, B01

Don't forget to head on over to the High Hopes website and see all Lora's adorable stamps! You can find more inspiration from the Design Team by visiting the High Hopes Blog and Facebook page too!

Happy Stamping!

Merry Christmas Eh?

I am having some fun with Leaping Lewis and the Frozen Skating Pond from High Hopes. I did some ice skating growing up but I don't remember practicing leaping in the air like the talented Lewis! If I were to be honest, I preferred roller skating to ice skating but Lewis is scoring a 12 with this jump and his Merry Christmas wishes don't you?! 

I decided to make this stamp combo in to a bit of a different scene card then I usually create. It is a 4.5 x 4.5 card base and I decided to make it an easel style card. After colouring my stamps with alcohol markers and Prisma pencils, I hand fussy cut Lewis and set him aside. 
Next, I held my breath and cut the pond to fit the size I needed. I added some Nuvo glitter accents to all of the snow areas including behind Lewis which is hard to see. Prismacolor pencils were used to add a smidge of blue to the edges of the ice and I coloured the trees twice so I could fussy cut them and pop them up with foam dots. 
I wanted Lewis to "stand up" off the card but didn't want to use an action wobble so I cut a tiny piece of thin card board, bent the ends and glued them to Lewis and my card. This helps him stand off the card and he does bounce a little too just for fun. 
Some simple twine and enamel dots finish off my card. 


Card Recipe 

Stamp: Leapin' Lewis, Frozen Skating Pond - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Merry Christmas Eh - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Festival of Prints - Stampin' Up

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, fresh snowfall Nuvo glitter drops, gold Wink of Stella, 3D Foam Pop Dots - Forever In Time, twine, enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs

Spectrum Noir Markers: CT1 CT4 B02 IG1 IG3 IG5 BG7 BG10 CG1 DG2 DG4 IB3 IB2 AB3 DR1 DR5 DR7 

Copics: W5 

Prismacolor Premier pencils: white, sky light blue, light cerulean blue

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Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Ice Skating

Happy Sunday!!

Today I'd like to show you these Ice Skating themed winter cards..

On both cards I've used the Frozen Skating Pond. It is a beautiful background stamp to add some depth in your cards..

On this card I've used Ice Princess. Of course in cute pink colours, for a little girl.

And I've also made a card with the funny Skating Mudzie. 

Dessinpapers are from Noor! Winteredition, I've used dark blue cardstock from Bazzill. 

Added foam tape to create a 3d dimension.

Thanks for stopping by!