High Flying Ace

It's a bird! It's a plane!......errr nope it's Lg. Flying Ace from High Hopes Rubber Stamps getting ready to hit the skies in his vintage plane. Ace is perfect for Just Because, Sending Smiles, and Birthday cards to name a few! 
He is so fun to colour and just made me smile with his toothy grin and big thumbs up! 

After colouring Ace with alcohol markers, I hand fussy cut him and ran a black marker around the edge to get any white I had missed. Paper layers from an old Echo Park pad were perfect with fun modern and vintage airplanes and a pop of orange. I used a rectangle die to cut out the background to go behind Ace using a rectangle die and added some stitched clouds.
 I wanted an airplane element to put in the sky but I couldn't find anything airplane in my stash - gasp! So I took a piece of the airplane paper and fussy cut a vintage plane to put in the sky. I went with the vintage style, open cockpit plane because it ties in perfectly with Ace's scarf, helmet and goggles. Some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Lg. Flying Ace - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Half The Fun - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Jack & Jill - Echo Park 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb cover stock, stitched cloud die - YNS, rectangle die - Kat Scrapiness, enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs

 Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers:

G07 DG3 JG6 YR04 OR2 OR3 C1 C2 C4 C5 CG1 

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Half The Fun

I had so many fun memories pop in to my head while I was colouring this stamp! Whether it was road trips with my family or my crafty friends, there was always some kind of schenanigans that ensued and kept me chuckling while colouring. 
From fun games played with my siblings to hilarious things like construction pylons jumping out in front of the car, the end result is half the fun - if not more - is getting there! 
Even though this stamp isn't showing a road trip in a vehicle, it reminds me that no matter how long it takes we eventually get there and have some fun along the way. 

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I coloured up this fun stamp with alcohol markers and hand fussy cut it. I should have left a thing white edge at least around the carrot string....we may or many not have had a minor carrot string incident <smile>. Next I created my scene with a left over piece of watercolor paper, some puffy clouds, grass tufts and a fun little sun peaking out from behind the clouds. 
I stamped the sentiment and mounted it on some matching cardstock and finished off my card with some gumdrops.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Bear-ly Inspired - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Half The Fun - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Watercolor Washes - Lawn Fawn, Summer Plaid - YNS

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock,white gel pen, grass tuft and sun dies - YNS, cloud die - Die'sires, gumdrops - YNS

 Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers : AG2 AG4 AG5 Y38 YR04 OR2 YGO1 YG05 YG17 E99 E34 E31 TN1 EB1 EB3 EB6 EB5

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Half The Fun

With fall comes different responsibilities around the farm. As kids, we often tried to find fun ways to get our responsibilities done - this stamp reminds me of that. I mean what is more fun then a "hay ride" to take a chicken back to it's coop?!? We didn't necessarily always think things through  ......but boy did we have fun getting our work done!

After colouring my stamp with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, I cut it out using a stitched rectangle die. I think the paper from Simple Stories has a country feel to it - perfect for my card. Some twine, punched maple leaves and my fav - gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Hay Ride - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Half The Fun - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Hello Fall - Simple Stories

 Tuxedo Black ink - Memento,  Misti, Forever In Time pop dots, stitched rectangle die - YNS, twine - Recollections, Love Me Some Latte gumdrops - YNS, maple leaf punch - Recollections

Spectrum Markers: FS2 FS5 TN2 TB8 BT9 TB9 CR7 CR11 DR6 CT4 GB5 OR1 CG1 DG2 DG4 BG5 BG7 BG10 FS8 MB1 MB3 MB4 OR1 OR2 B04 EB6 EB3 EB5 BT4 BT6 BT7 

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