Oldometer

  Last weekend we celebrated my Dad's birthday. His birthday is technically tomorrow but the "kids" got together and did an open house for him since my oldest brother was in town. We had a great day and went for dinner afterwards. At the dinner it was time to spoil him with his gift and of course I had to make a card for him! He is turning 75 and drives people around to appointments and things in his retirement so I thought the "Vintage Ride" stamp from High Hopes would be perfect for his transportation themed card. 

After stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper I coloured the stamp with Copic markers and added some Glossy Accents to the windshield. When that was dry, I hand fussy cut it leaving a thin white edge. I found some patterned paper from Memory Box (plaid) and some map paper that I had in my stash which I thought were perfect for my car colours and card theme. I cut them to fit my 5.5" x 5.5" base and added them to the card. To create my "speedometer" or Oldometer in this case -  I cut out circle, stamped the numbers with a stamp from Your Next Stamp and traced the circle to create the circle underneath them. 

The Oldometer idea came from a search I had done for masculine cards a couple weeks before sitting down to do this card. I remember seeing it in my "travels" and for some reason it stuck in my brain - although I don't remember where I came across it. I stamped the numbers with Versamark ink and then heat embossed them with white embossing powder. I cut them out and glued them to a rectangle I had printed with the word oldometer on my computer. I rounded the corners and added it to matching card stock. I cut a frame to put behind everything using two square dies and cut a rectangle for the map paper and rounded the corners. I stamped and added the sentiment to finish off my card and added the car with some pop dots to add some dimension.

Card Recipe

Stamp - Vintage Ride (TT143)

Sentiment - Best Miles (GG041)

Patterned Paper - Woodsy Plaid - Memory Box, stash

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, pop dots, white embossing powder, number stamps - Your Next Stamp, square and circle dies, Glossy Accents, Versamark 

Copic Markers

Tires  - C1 C2 C4 C5 N4 N5 N8

Car - E41 E42 E43 

Seat -E15 E17 E19 E18

Lights - Y00 Y13 Y18

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It's Time

   I have a lot of "men" in my life that I need cards for. One of those men is my younger brother who got a new "toy" last year. He doesn't drive it a whole lot but it has a ton of horse power and when he took me for a ride it didn't take much to set me back in the seat.......I loved it!!! This new car opened up an opportunity for my brother and nephew to go to a driving school to learn exactly what the car is capable of. They were just there last week so I haven't heard how things went....but there have been a video and photos posted and it looked like they had an amazing time. 

The new car and the opportunity it has brought to my brother were the inspiration for my card featuring "Sports Car 1" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. I am sure that last week was just the beginning of a number of adventures! 

                                                                                                                

I decided to do a mini slim line style card because I really wanted to use my licence plate die with this car. I measured the die, cut a card base and rounded the corners with a corner rounder. I set that aside, stamped the car, coloured it with Copic markers and hand fussy cut it. I wanted to have a racing theme for my card so I used patterned paper from the Cartopia pad from Carta Bella.

 

I had the 6x6 paper pad and a 12x12 piece so I cut some of the flags out of the larger paper to put in the bottom corner. I cut three black strips of paper, trimmed off the end to put under the car to "ground" it and glued the car on top. All the paper edges are inked with Black Soot Distress ink and I finished off the card with a stamped sentiment in the corner. 

I will probably give this to my brother or nephew for their birthday so will stamp a Happy Birthday sentiment inside before I give it to one of them...shhhh. 

Card Details

Stamps - Sports Car 1 (SS048) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - New Adventure (GG038)

Patterned Paper - Cartopia - Carta Bella

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, Black Soot Distress ink, licence plate die - Quickutz

Copic Markers

Tires -  N4 N5 N8 N10 C1 C2 C4 C5 R27

Car - R24 R27 E08

Headlights - Y11 Y21 YR21

Grill - C1 C2 C4 C5

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O-fish-ally Awesome

  If you have read some of my past blog posts, you will know that I struggle with masculine cards and I don't fish. I mean I did do a little fishing when I was a kid but as an adult it isn't my thing. My hubby doesn't fish either but we have a few friends in our lives who love it, so when we need a birthday card for one of these friends ..... I need to get creating. 

Last year, High Hopes did a Gnome Mania release and at that time I took notice of the fishing themed stamps in the release. I wanted to challenge myself to find a way to use the "Just Fishin' and Fishing Shack" stamps together on a card. This stamp pairing has been perculating in my brain for awhile now so I am glad it has finally come together! 

                                                                                                                                            

 This stamp combo was a lot of colouring but I think they work well together. They also needed to be put on a 6x6 card base - a larger size then I normally do. I stamped them on to alcohol marker friendly paper and coloured them with Copic markers. After the colouring was done, I cut the sky line a little lower then the top of the shack roof so the stack and roof stuck out the top to add a little fun to the card. 

Fishing themed patterned paper from Carta Bella was my choice and I die cut fish net to tuck in behind the stamps. I used two different sentiments for this card - the Happy Birthday is masked out of a larger stamp. I added one sentiment with what my hubby thinks is a lure spinner he found when we were walking the dog. Since he found it the week I was working on getting the colouring done, I took it as a sign lol - I needed to use it on the card. I put it on to look like it was caught in the fish net and we will deliver this card in person so I don't have to worry about things laying totally flat to be mailed. Enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Details

Stamps - Just Fishin' (TLF029), Fishing Shack (TLF038) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - O-fish-ally (FLL019), Dropping A Line (TLL013) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Gone Camping - Carta Bella

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, fish net die - Tutti Designs, enamel dots

Copic Markers

Gnome - E00 E21 E11 E04 W0 W1 W2 B34 B37 B39 B97 R05 R17 YR18 R56 R59 E34 E35 E29

Stump, Poles, Shack - E23 E25 E27 E29

Shack Roof - C1 C2 C4 C7 E08 E09 blender

Sky - B000 B00 B41 B52

Grass, Fish - YG61 YG63 YG67 BG99

Plants - G46 G28 G29 BG99

Pond - B00 B12 B14 B16 

Rocks W1 W3 W5 W7

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Grill Master Birthday

  Food off the BBQ is a summer favourite of mine. I am blessed to have more then a few “grill masters” in my life who can cook all the things on the BBQ like burgers, chicken thighs, steak and bacon wrapped sausage to name a few.......and now I am hungry!  “Grillin’ Joseph” from High Hopes Rubber Stamps is a grill master himself and has just finished making some sausage – grill marks and all! I think he is perfect for a birthday card for one of the grill masters in my life. 

                                                                               

                                                                          

I stamped my image on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured him with Copic markers and hand fussy cut him leaving a thin white edge. I don't have any bbq themed dies or embellishments so I decided I would try making a chef apron with the dies I have. 

I started by cutting a wide stitched tag and trimming it to take off the stitching. Next, I measured the space I wanted it to fill on my card and again cut it down to size. It took a few tries, but using an oval die, I positioned it where I wanted the arm cut out to be on the apron and traced around the outside edge. After cutting it with scissors, I flipped it over to the other side to create the second arm hole and added some ribbon to the top where it would wrap around his neck. The only thing I forgot was to add some ribbon for the strings that would tie around his back.....next time <smile>. 

Next I cut a square piece of card stock to the size I wanted for a pocket, scored the edges and cut off the corners to get a nice, flat fold. I added the "cook and fire" to the pocket by masking off the Flame Broilin' stamp (a bbqing dragon from High Hopes) and stamped it on the pocket, folded the edges down after inking the edges and glued it down. I hung it off the corner of the card base just for fun. 

The large square gingham reminded me of the old picnic table cloths we used to have when I was a kid so I chose one in blue from the Gotta Have Gingham pad from Lawn Fawn and used it for my card base. I inked all of the paper edges with Antique Linen distress ink, stamped and added the sentiment and some twine and enamel dots to finish off the card. 

          

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Grillin' Joseph (R024), Flame Broilin'(Q104)  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Birthday Wishes (FDG024) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Gotta Have Gingham - Lawn Fawn 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, twine, enamel dots, stitched nesting tag - Tutti Designs, oval die - Your Next Stamp, Antique Linen Distress ink

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Hair - E23 E25 E27 E29

Hat/Apron - N0 N1 N2

Pants - B91 B93 B95 B99

Plate - C1 C2 C4 

Stars - Y11 Y15 YR23

Sausage - E08 E09 YR18 E19 E29

Shoes, Shirt, Hat - R05 R17 YR18

Handle - E31 E34 E35 E27

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Your Best Miles

  I double challenged myself for this weeks card. I need some masculine themed Birthday cards for my stash, I have lots of nephews! ... so I challenged myself to not only add to my stash with a masculine card but I also wanted to use an embossing folder - they haven't seen much love lately. 

I find masculine cards a challenge. I like to add ribbon and bling and, and, and to my cards, not things that are usually used on a masculine card. Thankfully, my stash of stamps from High Hopes includes some transportation themed stamps.  My nephews are at the car buying, driving stage for the most part so cars are cool and I will have lots of stamps to use for their cards - phew! 

I also have a few men in my life who love to ride so "Motorcycle Bob" is perfect for a Birthday card for one of them and the stamp I chose for this weeks card.

I stamped Bob, coloured him with Copic markers and hand fussy cut him leaving a thin white edge. I had some denim paper in my stash but thought it was kind of plain when I put it together with the concrete type texture on my second piece of patterned paper so I used a steam punk embossing folder on it to give it some gears, texture and personality. Second challenge - to use an embossing folder - complete! 

 The denim paper is quite thin so there is a few "white" spots in the embossing but I decided to use it anyway as it gives it kind of distressed look. 

I cut my card base to be 4.5"w x 5.5"h and added the denim paper to it along with some dark blue card stock. Next I cut a house and tree using a die. The die cut wasn't wide enough to cover my concrete piece of paper so I cut it just before the tree. I set the split die to the edges of the paper and strategically placed Bob on top to create my scene. 

Next I stamped my sentiments. The Happy Birthday is actually part of a larger stamp that I masked off to get the two words I wanted. I cut them both out, mounted them on matching card stock and glued them down. Some twine and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Motorcycle Bob (SS526) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Best Miles (GG041), Transmitting Birthday Wishes (F246) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Denim - stash, Autumn Afternoon - Honey Bee Stamps 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, rectangle die - Kat Scrappiness, twine, enamel dots, Cute Home On A Hill die - Your Next Stamp, steam punk embossing folder - Darice 

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04

Tire/Hat/Jacket - N5 N6 N10

Bike/Shirt/Hat Band - Y38 YR16 YR18

Mirror/Handle Bars - C1 C2 C3 C5 

Hair - E33 E35 E57

Lights - Y00 Y11 Y13

Smoke Puffs - W2

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Up To Par

  I admit it, I'm not good at golf. I have had a few unsuccessful visits to the driving range but I do okay at mini golf.....that counts right?!? The only golfing I do these days is make cards with a golf theme so when I got a request for a golf themed card I was happy to see what I could come up with.

I went through my stash of stamps and "Golfer Glen" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps was begging to be used.....especially since the recipient has a sense of humour. Finding a sentiment was the next challenge so I masked and stamped three different sentiments to create the one I wanted to use. 

                                                                                

   I started my stamping Glen and colouring him with Copic markers. Next I had hand fussy cut him and decided he needed some paper pieced plaid pants. I stamped his pants on plaid paper, fussy cut them and added them to the stamp. 

I decided Glen needed to find himself in the rough .....I mean that's where my balls went when I tried golfing so why not?! I created my background with some grunge paper, added a few die cut clouds and some grass reeds I had in my stash and added Glen with foam pop dots. 

To create the sentiment, I found three different stamps that were all the same font and masked and stamped the words I wanted from each stamp. This took more than one try to get it right and a whole lotta patience! I cut it with a fish tail banner and added it to the card along with some glitter dots to finish it off.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Golfer Glen  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Up To Par, Swinging Birthday, Tea-Riffic Day - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - So Rad - Simple Stories (pants), Grunge Light Tones - Craft Consortium

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, grass reeds - stash, fish tail banner die - YNS, glitter dots, stitched cloud die - YNS

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11

Shirt - Y38 YR16 YR18

Club/Hair -C1 C2 C4 C5

Bird - Y38 B91 B93 B95

Shoes - E30 E31 E43 E34 E35 E29

Grass - YG61 YG63

Tee/Socks - B91 B93 B95

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Live Life!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I'm sharing a card I made from the High Hopes Rubber Stamps "Mix It Up Release"  using Sports Car 1 - SS048 for the main image and Live Life - GG037 for the sentiment! It would be great to win a lottery and drive something similar to this awesome car! Then, I could rent a race track and speed around it. That would be sooooo much fun! LOL!

To make my card this week, I stamped the image and sentiment using my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. I coloured in the image with Copic markers and then fussy cut around it and set it aside. A piece of Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card was cut to the size of 5.5" x 4.25" for me to create my background. The background was also coloured in with Copic markers. Next, I die cut the background using my Cuttelbug and My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Layers. The sentiment was die cut with Waffle Flower - Nesting Square dies and for the outer square, My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out die was used. Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Chipped Sapphire was used to ink around the edges of both squares.

To assemble the card, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape was attached to the backs of the car image, sentiment and larger blue square. The background coloured image was adhered directly to the base card of The Paper Studio - Primary Simply Solids (4.25" x 5.5"). The car and the sentiment were than attached onto the main background.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Sports Car 1 - SS048 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: Live Life - GG037 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Chipped Sapphire

Die Cuts: My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Layers, Waffle Flower - Nesting Square dies, My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, The Paper Studio - Primary Simply Solids (4.25" x 5.5"), Blue cardstock

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Sports Car: B39, B37, B14, B12, B000, C10, C8, C6, C5, C3, C1, C0

Mountains: BV23, BV20, C7, C5, C3, C1, B000

Sky and Fence: B00, B000, B000, Colorless Blender

Roadway: E74, E71, E70, BV23, BV20, W2, W0, C7, C5, C3, C1, C0, C00, B00, Rubbing Alcohol, Q-Tip

Check out some other fun new returning stamps from the Mix It Up Release here:
Mix It Up Release - High Hopes Rubber Stamps (highhopesstamps.com)

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

You can find lots of inspiration from the Design Team Divas at the High Hopes blog, and the High Hopes Rubber Stamps Facebook Fan page plus you can also follow us on
Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Zack & Ozzie!

 Good morning High Hopes Stamps friends and welcome.

I using this super adorable boy images called "Zack & Ozzie" and the sentiment is "Dot Have A Have Day" both images from High Hopes Stamps

To start my card I stamped the image with black ink and colored with my Prisma colors pencils. I smooth my coloring using a blending pen and added lines with gelly white roll pen. The pattern paper is "Party Day from Crate Paper. To finish my card I stamped my sentiment and layered over a piece of yellow and white cardstock.  Adhesive on my left top corner and is all done. Love how my card turns up. Hope you have enjoy my card today!

Thank you for visit my blog today. 

Have a BLESS day.

    

Surfing Gabriel!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a masculine card using Surfing Gabriel - TT516 by High Hopes Rubber Stamps for the main image and No Waves - FR011 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Gabriel is enjoying the waves and the bright skies. I can't wait for the weather to warm up here so that I can start swimming again too!

To make my card this week, I die cut a square from Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out. A larger square was cut using Waffle Flower - Nesting Square dies and spare blue cardstock. The image and sentiment were both stamped using my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured in the image with Copic markers. Then, I created a mask and put it over top of the coloured image and added in my clouds using various Tim Holtz inks listed below and Avery Elle - Pierced Clouds Die (Used to create stencils). To create the spray on the waves, I mixed a little bit of FolkArt - Extreme Glitter Acrylic Paint and Delta Ceramcoat - White paint and applied it to the coloured image using a 1/4" H.J. Domed Dry Stipple brush. For a little extra sparkle, I added some DecoArt Glamour Dust while the paint was still wet.

Brother Scan and Cut was used to die-cut around the sentiment. Edges were inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Blueprint Sketch. A second circle was die cut using Lifestyle Crafts Cutting Dies - Nesting Circles out of aqua cardstock and inked with Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers.

To assemble the card, I used Recollections - Winter 4.25" x 5.5 for the base. Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Salty Ocean was used to ink around the edges of the card. The coloured image was glued to the larger square and the sentiment was glued to the larger circle. 3M VHB - 2 sided tape was attached to the backs of the larger circle and square and attached to the base card. To finish it off, YNS Gumdrops were added.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Surfing Gabriel - TT516 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: No Waves - FR011 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Salty Ocean, Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink - Broken China, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Blueprint Sketch, Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Recollections - Winter 4.25" x 5.5 (Assorted Box of Cards), Aqua cardstock, Blue cardstock

Die Cuts: My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out, Waffle Flower - Nesting Square dies, Lifestyle Crafts Cutting Dies - Nesting Circles

Stencil: Avery Elle - Custom Steel Dies - Made in the USA - D-05-01 PiercedCloudsDie (Used to create stencils)

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Picket Fence - Blending Brush, 1/4" H.J. Domed Dry Stipple, YNS Gumdrops, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R30, R20 (Eyes: Sakura Glaze - Black, Gelly Roll Sakura #8 Pen)

Hair: E47, E44, E43, E40

Swim Trunks: B79, B69, B66, YG03, YG01

Surf Board: Y38, Y17, Y15, YR18, YR16, BG57, BG32, BG11

Water: BG70, B93, B91, B52, B41, B06, B02, B01, B000

Water Droplets: B06, B02, B00

Sentiment: B000

Foamy Water: FolkArt - Extreme Glitter Acrylic Paint, Delta Ceramcoat - White, DecoArt Glamour Dust

Check out some other fun new stamps from the vault for Boys and Men here:
THE VAULT IS OPEN! MEN & BOYS RELEASE Archives - High Hopes Rubber Stamps (highhopesstamps.com)

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

You can find lots of inspiration from the Design Team Divas at the High Hopes blog, and the High Hopes Rubber Stamps Facebook Fan page plus you can also follow us on
Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Happy Birthday

Good morning HHS friends and welcome.

Today I bring you a fun birthday card!

For my card I'm used "Time Well Spent" and the sentiment is "Bold Happy Birthday" from High Hopes Stamps

To start my card I stamped the image with black ink and colored with alcohol markers. Used my white jelly pen to doodle some lines. Since my pattern paper is pretty busy I keep my embellishments to the minimum. I adhesive my main image with foam tape to give a bit of dimension. To finish my birthday card I stamped my sentiment and layered over gold cardstock. Beautiful right? 

Thank you for visit my blog today. 

Have a BLESS day.

  

Surfer Bob!!

 It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a masculine card using Surfer Bob - TT519 by High Hopes Rubber Stamps for the main image and Surf's Up - FR009 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Wild and crazy Bob has awesome balance on his surf board. We had the opportunity to see surfers in Hawaii riding the waves on one of our trips. It was amazing!!! I've never tried surfing before, but I would sure love to. It's definitely on my bucket list. LOL!

To make my card this week, I used Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. paper folded to 4.25" x 5.5" for the base. I cut Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card to the same size as the base and stamped the image and sentiment using my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured in the image with Copic markers and created my own background.

To create the background, I first created a mask of Surfer Bob using Post-It Note paper and fussy cut around the image. Then I put it over top of the coloured image. Using a Picket Fence - Blending Brush and Lawn Fawn - Cloudy Stencil, I began the top of the sky with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Salty Ocean. I did this for 2 rows and then switched to Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, followed by Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink - Broken China. The mask was removed and the water was created by just adding a mixture of strokes with the Copic colours listed below.

I added double-sided tape to the coloured image and attached it to the base. Then, I mixed a little bit of FolkArt - Extreme Glitter Acrylic Paint and Delta Ceramcoat - White paint. Using a 1/4" H.J. Domed Dry Stipple brush, I created the water spray for the waves. For a little extra sparkle, I added some DecoArt Glamour Dust while the paint was still wet.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Surfer Bob - TT519 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: Surf's Up - FR009 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Salty Ocean, Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Ink - Broken China

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb.

Stencil: Lawn Fawn - Cloudy Stencil

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Picket Fence - Blending Brush, 1/4" H.J. Domed Dry Stipple

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R30, R20

Hair: E47, E44, E43, E40

Swim Trunks: B69, B52, Y17, C01 for shading

Surf Board: Y17, Y15, YR18, YR16, YR14

Water: BG72, BG70, B93, B91, B52, B41, B06, B02, B01, B000, C0

Foamy Water: FolkArt - Extreme Glitter Acrylic Paint, Delta Ceramcoat - White, DecoArt Glamour Dust

Check out some other fun new stamps from the vault for Boys and Men here:
THE VAULT IS OPEN! MEN & BOYS RELEASE Archives - High Hopes Rubber Stamps (highhopesstamps.com)

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

You can find lots of inspiration from the Design Team Divas at the High Hopes blog, and the High Hopes Rubber Stamps Facebook Fan page plus you can also follow us on
Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Baseball Gabriel

Good morning High Hopes Friends!

For today I'm sharing a fantastic sport card inspiration,

This cool image is called "Baseball Gabriel" and the sentiment is "Awesome & Wonderful" both stamps from High Hopes Stamps

Supplies List; red cardstock for my base, the pattern paper is "Latest & Greatest" from Authentique. I layer my main image with another piece of the same pattern paper and adhesive the sentiment but before I did I used my copic to colored and them fussy cut it to match the pattern paper. 

 Copic I used skin E21 E51 hair/bat E31 E34 uniform R24 R29 R39 helmet/shoes C5 C7 C9 socks C1 C3

 Thank you for visit my blog today. 

Have a BLESS day.

    

Bob's Tubing Fun

  I have tried tubing in the past and I had fun but it I only tried it once. I was with some friends in a spot in the river where we weren't supposed to be and there was one tiny spot on a rock you had to catch with your finger tips or you would end up going down some really dangerous rapids. I caught it but barely and honestly didn't try it again. 

My Dad tried tubing as well but he was being pulled by my uncle in a boat. He had to show us kids he could still have fun so he crawled in to the tube and away we went. I remember the smile on his face........but I don't think it was quite as big as the one Bob has on the "Tubing Bob" stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. This immediately brought back the fun memories with my Dad an I hope it does for him too. 

I coloured Bob with Copic markers after stamping him with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and cut him out using a circle die. It is hard to see in the photo but I added some glossy accents to his glasses. 

I cut a card stock circle to go behind him with my Fiskars circle cutter. After finding some patterned paper from Bo Bunny that matched my card theme I cut out the pieces to fit my design. This design is based loosely on a card I saw from Kristine Marcotte and was perfect for this fun stamp. 

I kept the paper monochromatic to keep the focus on the stamp. Antique linen on all the edges gives the layers some definition and helps them pop. The two rectangle panels are popped up with foam pop dots and Bob was glued to them after they were placed. Some photo corners, twine and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Tubing Bob - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiments: Happy Father's Day - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Beach Therapy - Bo Bunny 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, twine, antique linen Distress ink, 3D foam pop dots - Forever In Time, enamel dots, Glossy Accent, photo corner die - Quickutz

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11 E04 R30 R32

Hair - E34 E35 E29

Trunks - Y38 YR16 YR18

Tube - YG03 YG17 G28

Water - B00 B01 B02

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Soccer Fun!!

 It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a masculine card using Soccer Gabriel - SS525 by High Hopes Rubber Stamps for the main image and Awesome & Wonderful - FR001 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Soccer has become a really big sport in North America over the last while. In Europe, they call it "Football"! We have 6 soccer fields at the end of our street in the park and before Covid, the fields were packed with both young and old from morning till night with teams competing. It looks like Gabriel is saving the day for his team today! LOL!

To make my card this week, I used Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. paper folded to 4.25" x 5.5" for the base. I cut Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card to 4-1/8" x 5-3/8" and stamped the image and sentiment using my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured in the image with Copic markers and created my own background.

To create the background it was fairly easy. After stamping the main image, I drew in the net using a lead pencil and ruler for the main frame and the goal line. Once I was satisfied with the look, I erased the harsh lines so that they were barely visible. I used a combination of green Copic markers and just made small circles everywhere to give the lawn some texture. I also used the chisel edge nib to cover more of the background easier. For the trees, again I used another combination of greens. I based the entire tree line with YG91 and then just drew a bunch of squiggly lines to create round and triangular shapes using the various markers listed below to give the effect of a forest. Lastly, I took a Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen and using a ruler made vertical and horizontal lines to create the netting.

To assemble the card, I applied some Tombow Multi Mono Liquid glue to the back of the coloured image and applied it to the base. I stamped out the sentiment and inked around the edges first with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn and then a black marker to make the outer lines crisp.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Soccer Gabriel - SS525 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: Awesome & Wonderful - FR001 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Mowed Lawn

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb.

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Tombow - Multi Mono Liquid Glue

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R24, R20, Eyes (Sakura Glaze - Black, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen)

Hair: E47, E44, E43, E40

Shirt, Socks and Shoes: B18, B16, B14, B12, B04, B02, C3, C1, C0, C00, Colorless Blender

Shorts: C9, C8, C5, B04, B02

Soccer Ball: C9, C1, C0, C00

Goal Post and Goal Line: C1, C00, Colorless Blender

Grass: YG17, YG13, YG11, YG03

Trees: G99, G94, G85, YG97, YG91, YG63

Check out some other fun new stamps from the vault for Boys and Men here:
THE VAULT IS OPEN! MEN & BOYS RELEASE Archives - High Hopes Rubber Stamps (highhopesstamps.com)

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

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