Merry Christmas

Welcome Everyone;

I'm a huge fan of both snowmen and penguins.  There are so many adorable stamps over at High Hopes Stamps.  Just love them all and they make great winter and Christmas cards.

For many of us, Christmas is a time to go all out and get spruced with decorations & trees.  That is exactly what this adorable penguin is doing in today's card.  The stamp that I have used from High Hopes Stamps is called Getting Spruced Up.

This is another CAS card.  I added some peel off border stickers to the outer sides of the design paper that is at an angle.  Some Nuvo glitter and enamel dots finish off the card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Getting Spruced Up (S241),  Scripty Merry Christmas (FLL007) -- High Hopes Stamps
• Paper:  Xpress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Peppermint Kisses (Kaisercraft)Copic 
• Copic Markers:  
• Tree:  G46 - Mistletoe, G43 - Pistachio, Y28 - Lionet Gold, E29 - Burnt Umber, E27 - Africano
• Penguin:  N8 - Neutral Gray No. 8, N7 - Neutral Gray No. 7, N6 - Neutral Gray No. 6, N5 - Neutral Gray No. 5, N4 - Neutral Gray No. 4, G0000 - Crystal Opal, G000 - Pale Green, G00 - Jade Green
• Other: Y18 - Lightning Yellow, Y17 - Golden Yellow, BG32 - Aqua Mint, BV00 - Mauve Shadow, B01 - Mint Blue, R27 - Cadmiun Red, R29 - Lipstick Red
• Die:  Loopy Ovals - Gina Marie Designs
• Nuvo Glitter Drops:  White Blizzard
• Nuvo Glitter Accents:  Fresh Snowfall
• Miscellaneous:  Peel off stickers border strips, enamel dots

Have some coffee or tea, while you check out the High Hopes Stamps website to see the many and varied fun stamps.  If you are need of some inspiration, stop by the High Hopes Stamps Blog to see what the HH Divas have been up to.  We post daily and would love it, if you stop by and visit us.  You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Hugs,

Scrapbook Saturday with Bev Code

Welcome High Hopes Stamps Fans;

Hi it's Bev here today ... for Saturday Scrapbook layout projects st High Hopes Rubber Stamps. If you have been visiting me on Saturdays you will see that I am only using stamped images as accents on pages. I try to theme them to photos which makes them a perfect accent. I am hoping I could inspire you to try using your stamps on layout pages too. 

For this page I am sharing a Christmas page using Getting Spruced Up. Copic coloured and accented with Signo white gel pen it's a perfect accent for my page. I put this image and the photo together... and I love putting up my tree... it's a special time in my Christmas.

Supplies List:

• Stamps: Getting Spruced Up
• Copic Markers: E34, E55, E37, R24, R27, R35, R29, G21M G24, G28, C0, C1, C3, C5, Y15, B34, B28, Y28, V09, B21, B28, BG0000, BG000
• Other: Paper, cardtstock, stickers, Ink, signo white gel pen, stickles

Be sure to stop by the Facebook Page for some daily inspiration from the Design Team Divas.  You can also follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

Hugs, 

Spruced Up

Happy Sunday!!

Last year I've started making my Christmas cards way to late, so this time it's an extra early start with my Christmas cards, haha!
Today I've made a card in my favorite colours: turquoise, kraft and white..
The stamp is called 'Getting Spruced Up' by High Hopes Stamps.
I try to use as many scraps as possible and sometimes it's a bit of a puzzle, but the dotted background is actually made of 2 strokes of paper ;)

Supplies used:

Stamp: Getting Spruced Up

Paper: Bazzill kraft

Dessinpaper: lots of scraps (love to use those!)

Colouring: Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils

Other: wooden snowflakes, oval die, Stickles white frost, Stabilo black, light blue glitters

For more details, just visit my blog:  Nog zoveel te doen

Yesterday we've started a brand new challenge at High Hopes Stamps, so I hope I'll see you there with your creation? You have a chance of winning 2 free High Hopes Stamps of your choice!

Twinkle All The Way

Happy Thursday High Hopes Fans!

Thursday means the weekend is almost here and it's my turn to post a card for you.

Today I am sharing "Getting Spruced Up" and the sentiment "Twinkle All The Way" from High Hopes Stamps. This image just makes me smile - the first time I saw it I thought it looked like our penguin friend was doing a photo bomb but I think he is just getting ready to decorate his tree. 

I used this month's challenge sketch for my card layout - but shhh - don't tell the boss I forgot to add my tag.. our secret okay? I coloured my stamp with alcohol markers and cut it out using a stitched oval die. I used a smaller oval die to cut out my sentiment. I chose my paper from an older Echo Park collection called Holly Jolly Christmas - I liked the non traditional colours in this paper pad. 

To add some sparkle I added some star brads from my stash and I have a new addiction - Nuvo Crystal Drops. I added it in tiny drops to my corners and to the stars on the sentiment and to the trim on his hat. 

Nuvo drops let you fill in spaces or make your own enamel dots in whatever size you want - how cool is that! 

Card Recipe

Stamps: Getting Spruced Up (S241) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Twinkle All The Way (HH032) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Holly Jolly Christmas - Echo Park

Dies: Stitched Circle Dies -Your Next Stamp

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic XpressIt, Antique Linen Distress ink, Nuvo Crystal Drops - Honey Gold 

Spectrum Markers: CT1 CT2 CT4 GB5 OR1 BG3 BG5 BG7 EB6 EB3 EB5 CG4 DG3 JG6 TN1 EB1 EB2 PP1 PP3 PP5 LG1 LG2 LG4 

There are three ways to participate in this month's challenge. Click here to find out how to play along for your chance to win some High Hopes Stamps!!

There are still a few days left to come play along! 
This month's sketch will get your creative juices flowing! 

Grab your High Hopes Stamps and come play along! I can't wait to see what you create! 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!