Bear Birthday

 July is a big Birthday month for me. Most of my immediate family has a Birthday in July and most of them are men and young me that I need cards for. My Dad's Birthday is one of them and he used to always tell us when we were kids he is going to move us up into the bush so we can live off the land.......so I thought the Bear and Mountains stamps from High Hopes were perfect for his Birthday card.

                                                                                      

I stamped the bear and mountains on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured them with Copic markers and hand fussy cut them. I set them aside and found some patterned paper from Honey Bee Stamps for the sky and cut it to fit my 5.5" x 5.5" card base. 

Next, I got some green cardstock and cut out some grass and trees to create my scene. I glued them all down and added a piece of light blue card stock for the water. I added the bear and mountain stamps, twine, and the sentiment and finished it off with enamel dots.

Card Recipe

Stamp - Bear (TDG002), Mountains (TDG007) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Pirates Birthday (F147)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Modern Spring - Honey Bee Stamps, Outdoor Adventure Basics - Paper Rose

Hammermill digital cover stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, twine, tree die - Memory Box, grass die - Dress My Craft, enamel dots

Copic List

Bear - E23 E25 E27 T2 T3 T7

Mountains - C1 C2 C4 C7

Thanks for popping by! Have a great day!

                                                                                

Penguin Christmas Wishes

  I am working furiously to get my Christmas cards done. I am not sure it will happen but I have hope! <smile> Last week I shared that I have a lot of people on my card giving list that love snowmen.......well, I have just as many that like penguins so I am really glad that High Hopes Rubber Stamps has some many penguins perfect for the job!

My card features "Waving Penguin" floating down the river on a hand drawn piece of ice with the "Mountains" in the background which I have coloured to look like icebergs. 

                                                                                                                                       

 After stamping the mountains and adorable penguin on alcohol marker friendly paper I coloured them with Copic markers and hand fussy cut them. The piece of ice he is floating on is hand drawn, coloured and fussy cut. I used some patterned paper from Echo Park for the card base and some Lawn Fawn paper to create the river. The snow banks for the river edge were cut with a curved die and I added some Prismacolor pencils to the edges to give them some depth. An icicle border and some sparkly snowflakes add the the wintery feel of the card.

 

I stamped the sentiment and added it to some matching cardstock and added a bow and some holly leaves to the corner. The penguin has Star Dust Stickles added to the polka dots on his scarf and the stripes on his hat and is added to the card with foam pop dots. Some enamel dots finish off the card.

Card Details

Stamps - Waving Penguin (RLF007), Mountains (TDG007) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Penguin Greeting (K051)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Winter - Echo Park, Water Colour Wishes - Lawn Fawn

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, snowflake die - Memory Box, ribbon, foam pop dots, holly die - Your Next Stamp, enamel dots, Star Dust Stickles 

Copic Markers

Penguin - T4 T6 T8 T9 Y11 Y15 YR23 Y26 C1 C2

Hat - C1 C2 C4 C7 R05 R56 R59 G14 G07 G28 BG99 G46 G28 BG99

Icebergs - B21 B93 B95

Prismacolor Pencils - Light Cerulean Blue, Powder Blue

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Christmas Monkey

 Welcome to Christmas in July at High Hopes Rubber Stamps. The design team is getting a head start on their Christmas cards and will be providing inspiration all month long! 

Apparently "Ski Bum Monkey" was inspired by the photos he took on his winter vacation last year. He has chosen his favourite photo to send out as his Christmas cards this year! 

                                                                         

After stamping the monkey and mountains on alcohol marker friendly paper I coloured them with Copic markers and hand fussy cut them. 

I set them aside and found patterned paper from Recollections and cut them to fit my card 5"x 5" card base. Next I cut a polaroid die, trees and a piece of snow. Before gluing anything down, I used my Misti to stamp the sentiment on the polaroid frame. 

 I cut a piece of matching patterned paper to go across the middle of the card, and glued the mountains, trees and snow down. Next I added the polaroid frame over the mountains and added some sparkly snowflakes (hard to see in the photo) and ribbon. Ski Bum Monkey was added with foam pop dots and enamel dots finish off the card.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Ski Bum Monkey (M142), Mountains (TDG007)  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Sm. Christmas Script (F051) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Northern Lights - Recollections

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, snowflakes - Marvy punch, polaroid die - Your Next Stamp, tree die - Gina Marie Deisgns, ribbon - Galena, 3D foam pop dots - Forever In Time, enamel dots 

 Copic Markers:

Body - E43 E44 E47 E49 E30 E31 E43

Scarf/Mitt - BG11 BG32 BG15 BG49

Ski Poles - BG11 BG32 BG15 BG49 N1 N2 N4

Skiis - E32 E34 E35 E29

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Hello Winter

Welcome Everyone;

Now that the rush of Christmas has come and gone, it is now New Year's Eve.  No doubt it will be a quiet one for people, but still celebrated as for saying good bye to 2021 and hello to 2022.

For my last card of the year I have used Bear, Mountains and paired with Hello Winter stamps from High Hopes Stamps.  These are all from the Woodland Winter Release.

After stamping them all on copic friendly paper, I coloured them with copic markers.  The mountains were stamped 3 times amd each one was also coloured with copic markers.  They were all fuzzy cut  and the outer edges touched up with a Tsukenko Memento Tuxedo Black Marker.  I created the mountains, by adding multiple layers.  White Blizzard from Nuvo Glitter Accents line was added to the mountain tops.  The enamel dots and a snowflake finished off this CAS card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Bear - TDG002, Mountains - TDG007, Hello Winter - FDG007 all from High Hopes Stamps Woodland Winter Release
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - North Country - Prima, Perfectly Plaid Winter - Lawn Fawn
• Copic Markers:
• Bear:  W10 - Warm Gray No. 10, W3 - Warm Gray No. 3, W1 - Warm Gray No. 1, W0 - Warm Gray No.  0, W00 - Warm Gray No. 00
• Mountains:  C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Cool Gray No. 0, BG0000 - Snow Green
• Nuvo Glitter Accents:  White Blizzard
• Miscellaneous:  Snowflake, Enamel Dots

Thank you for stopping by today!  Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and health and happiness for 2022!

When you have time, head on over to the High Hopes website and see all of Lora's adorable stamps!  You can find inspiration from the Design Team by visiting the High Hopes Blog and Facebook page too!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Hugs,