Milton Moose

Hello High Hopes Fans!

Today I am back with a cute card created with an older HIgh Hopes image, Milton Moose.

I colored Milton with Prisma Pencils(canary yellow, chocolate, apple green, sky blue, cardinal red, sunburst, black, beige) and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

I had my sewing machine out because I just mended a shirt so since it was handy I decided to sew on this card.

The sentiment is Large Fancy Thank You.

The paper is Doodlebug Designs.
I used the Spellbinders Classic Circle and Classic Scallop Circle dies too.

I hope you enjoyed my card this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy New Year!

Hello High Hopes Fans!

Today I am sharing a card for the next holiday!

No...NOT Christmas...because I am confident that you are all ready for that holiday!

If you are looking for a fun image for New Years You might want to consider getting

 Father Time and Baby New Year

This is such an adorable image for wishing your friends a Happy New Year!

I colored the image with Prisma Pencils (Peach, Violet, silver, chocolate) and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The sentiment is Happy New Year.

I also used the snowflake background.

The ribbon is May Arts.

The clock embelishment is The Paper Studio.

I hope you enjoyed my card today.

I hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Goliath Christmas Mouse

Happy Friday High Hopes Fans!  

Just 9 more days left till Christmas and if you still have some last minute cards to make this is a quick cute one that you can make with any Sizzix Flip it Die.

I used one of High Hopes older images, Goliath Christmas Mouse.

I colored the image with Prisma Colored Pencils (warm grey, cardinal red, yellow, black)

The patterned paper is from The Paper Studio.

I tied green grossgrain ribbon (Celebrate it) around the card and then glued bells on.

The inside sentiment is Magic of Christmas.

I hope you are enjoying the holiday season and aren't too stressed out with all the "stuff"!

Take some time to stamp and have fun...you'll be glad you did!

Gingerbread House Heart

Hello High Hopes Fans!

Christmas is only a month away so if you haven't started your Christmas Cards yet, it's time to get started!  

Today I am sharing a card that I made with 
Gingerbread House Heart

I colored the image with Prisma Pencils (cardinal red, sky blue, apple green sienna, yellow).

Then I blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The paper is The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.

The ribbon is Ofray.

The sentiment is Magic of Christmas.

I used Spellbinder Classic Rectangle dies.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Gingerbread Boy Banner

Happy Friday High Hopes Fans!

While the team has been having a blast playing with the stamps from the new release I thought it would be fun to play with an older image!

This is Gingerbread Boy Banner.

I colored the image with Prisma pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

(Cardinal Red, Grass Green, Spring Green, Pink, Sienna, sky blue, silver)

The ribbon is May Arts.

The paper is We R Memory Keepers.

The sentiment that I stamped on the banner is Dot Warm Winter Wishes.

I hope you enjoyed today's inspiration.

We appreciate you stopping by!

Let's Monkey Around

Hello High Hopes Friends!

Today I am sharing one of my older High Hopes images that is perfect for any time of year.

This is Winter Fun Monkey.

I colored him with Prisma color pencils.

(apple green, pink, chocolate, light peach)

I got a little overly happy with the Snow!  It's Spoonful of Snow embossing elements from Stampendous.

The sentiment is from High Hopes too!

The paper is The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby. 

I used Spellbinders dies and the ribbon is from Michael's.

That's it for now...hope you got a little inspiration from my fun card today.

Thanks for stopping by!

Chillin' Tommy Turkey

Hello High Hopes Fans!

The High Hopes Diva's have been sharing lots of Christmas inspiration all month long but since we are only a couple of weeks away from Thanksgiving in the US I thought I would share a quick and easy Thanksgiving card.

This is Chillin' Tommy Turkey.

I colored the image with my Prisma colored pencils.

(chocolate, Sienna, orange, yellow, grass green, cardinal, black)

I blended the pencil with gamsol and blending stumps.

The paper is The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.

The ribbon is May Arts.

The twine is Doodlebug Designs.

The pumpkin button is from my stash but I think it was from Michaels.

I hope you enjoyed my card today.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Happy Fall Y'all

It's Friday again and I am back with another fall inspired card!

This is one of my favorite stamps from High Hopes and I look forward to inking it up every fall.

The image is called Harvest Mice.

I colored it with Prisma Colored Pencils 

(Cool Grey, Apple Green, Sunburst Yelllow, Spring Green, black, Violet, Orange, chocolate)

The sentiment is Happy Fall Y'all.

The patterned paper is Doodlebug Designs.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I hope you got some good inspiration!

Birthday Clown

Happy Friday High Hopes Fans!

Lots of birthday's this month at the office so I have been busy making big birthday cards.

This one is a big 5 x 7 card.

The words are by Sizzix.

The image is Juggles from High Hopes.

I colored him with Prisma color pencils (orange, cardinal red, yellow, spring green, turquoise, violet)

I blended the pencil with gamsol and blending stumps.

I used Classic Oval and Classic scallop oval dies by Spellbinder.

I just love this fun, happy clown.

He's perfect for kids and adults alike!

I hope you enjoyed today's birthday card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Bunny Bloom

Happy Friday!

Hello High Hopes Fans!  I am back with a bright fun card featuring an oldie but goody from High Hopes Stamps!

This is Bunny Blooms.

We have been having such beautiful, sunny weather here in California the last few days that I just had to make a bright spring card.

The image was colored with Prisma colored pencil and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The patterned paper is from a pack of Doodlebug Designs paper.

The flowers are Recollections from Michael's.

I hope you enjoyed today's inspiration and that you get some time to stamp this weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Too Cool!

Hello High Hopes Fans!

Kristine here with a bright winter card to share.

This is Cool Claude.

The sentiment is Cold Hands Script.

I colored the image with Copic Marders.

(C7 C5 C3 C00 BG02 BG000 V15 YG99 YG93 R27 YR00 YR02 YR04)

The patterned paper is from the Echo Park "We Are Family" paper pack.

The sparkly Stickers are by The Paper Studio.

There are 3 ways to win 2 stamps of your own choice from High Hopes Stamps!! Just hop on over to the CHALLENGE blogpost and join in on the fun!

Here is the sketch for the November challenge:

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Udderly Fabulous

Hello High Hopes Fans!

I have a super cute card to share with you today using one of the newest images from High Hopes Stamps.

It's called Decorating with Charlie.

The patterned paper is The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.

Here is a closer look....

I stamped his face two times and popped out part of it.

That wasn't part of my original plan but I smeared his nose what I colored it so this was a great way to cover it up!

The image was colored with Prisma color pencil and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

Here is a peek at the inside of the card where I stamped

Udderly Fabulous.

With a new month also a new challenge begins and you can work (also) with a new sketch again this month:

If you'll go to the Challenge blog post, you can join us with a new monthly challenge or 2 other ways to win new High Hopes Stamps!! Go for it!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Fall Y'al!l

I know it's hard to believe that summer is soon coming to an end but I know a lot of my friends are sending their kids back to school and soon the cooler weather will be here.

I can't wait till fall!

Today's card is my ode to fall!

This is Harvest Mice from High Hopes Stamps.

I colored the image with prisma colored pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The pattered paper is from Doodlebug Desings and so is the ribbon!

The sparkly dots are from Doodle Bug.

I used Spellbinder dies.

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