Spring Excitement

 Am I the only one who gets a spring in their step with the first true days of spring? The days when the sun is bright, and warm and the sky is blue. Feels odd to say it but the first couple of days like that make me feel excited for nice weather and the flowers that will come up in my gardens. When I saw "Pogoin' Dragon" in the High Hopes Stamps line up he seemed to feel the same way so I created a fairly simple scene with him as the focus as he bounces around simply .... enjoying spring! 

After stamping onto alcohol marker friendly paper I coloured with Copic markers and hand fussy cut the stamp. I found some bright blue cloud patterned paper, cut some clouds out of the "sky" and added some white paper behind them instead of using the die cut pieces. Next I placed a wavy slider die under the clouds and cut it out. I chose the wavy die so it would like he is jumping on his pogo stick as he is moved across the front of the card.  

Next I cut out some tulips using a die in a light orange card stock. I added some dimension to the tulips, leaves and stems and clouds with coloured pencil. After gluing down the tulips I added a grass die cut. Enamel dots finish off my card.

Card Details

Stamps -Pogoin' Dragon (Q133) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Say Spring (E256) 

Patterned Paper - Bloom & Wild - Craft Consortium

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, garden flowers die - Whimsy Stamps, pop dots, slider die - Your Next Stamp, enamel dots

Copic Markers

Dragon - YR21 Y38 YR16 YR18 G40 G43 G85

Pogo Stick - C1 C2 C4 C5

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Spring Fever

  Fall is my favourite time of year .....but there is something to be said for spring. After a long, dreary, dark winter it feels so good when the days start to get longer and the mountains of snow start to melt. There is nothing better then those first few days when the temperatures are above freezing, the sky is blue and sun is shining and feels soooo warm! Something about these days makes my heart happy and my insides giddy....I know, weird right? 

I have a girlfriend who loves to garden and the "Egg Drop" stamp from the "Spring Fever" re-release at High Hopes reminds me of her.....okay she is like this with plants not eggs but the happy dance she does is hard not to join in with. I hope you will join us in our spring happy dance!

I stamped the image on alcohol friendly paper, coloured her with Copic markers, added some clouds using a cloud die, ink and a dauber and cut her out using a pleated lace die. I set her aside and stamped my sentiment and cut it out with a fish tail banner die and cut a piece of matching card stock at the same time. Patterned paper from the Spiffy Speckles collection by Lawn Fawn was perfect for my image and card design so I cut it to fit the 5.5" x 5.5" card base. For the purple piece, I cut a scallop border using a die to add a bit of interest to my design. Some flowers and enamel dots finish off my card.  

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Egg Drop (TDG032) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Say Spring (E256) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Spiffy Speckles - Lawn Fawn

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, fish tail banner die - Your Next Stamp, pleated lace rectangle die - Gina Marie Designs, flowers - Poppies & Paperie, enamel dots, cloud die - Quickutz, baby blue ink - Memories Ink, scallop edge die - Your Next Stamp

 Copic Markers:

Skin- E00 E21 E11 R20 R21

Hair/Basket/Shoes - E41 E42 E57

Clothing/Hat - V01 V12 V95 V99

Flowers - Y21 YR21 YR24

Chicks - Y11 Y13 Y15 Y19

Grass - G40 G43

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Did someone say "Spring"?

Welcome Everyone;

We have certainly been having some spring like weather and being finally able to get some fresh air and just enjoy the nice weather. That suits these adorable playful goats just fine, as they are kicking up their heels as someone said "Spring"

To create today's card, I used Playful Goats and Say Spring, both from High Hopes Stamps.  The majority of my cards are CAS and so is this one.  

After colouring the goats with Copic Markers, I cut it out and mounted it on the same cardstock as the base of the card.  Some twine, enamel dots and Nuvo Crystal Drops finished off my card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Playful Goats (S121), Say Spring (E256) -- both from High Hopes Stamps
• Copic Markers:
• Goat on the left:  W00 - Warm Gray No. 00, W0 - Warm Gray No. 0, W1 - Warm Gray No. 1, W3 - Warm Gray No. 3
• Goat on the right:  C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Cool Gray No. 0, C1 - Cool Gray No. 1
• Both Goats: R20 - Pinkish White, T5 - Toner Gray No. 5
• Grass:   G05 - Emerald Green, G07 - Nile Green, G09 - Veronese Green
• Flowers:  R12 - Light Tea Rose, R11 - Pale Cherry Pink
• Butterfly:  E30 - Bisque, YR02 - Light Orange, R14 - Light Rouge
• Miscellaneous:  Flowers, twine, enamel dots
• Nuvo Crystal Drops:  Morning Dew for the flowers and Calming Aqua for the bottom of the card

Do take some time with a favourite beverage and browse the High Hopes Stamps website to see the many and varied fun stamps that are available.  For some inspiration, hop on over to the High Hopes Stamps Blog and see what the HH Divas have been up to. We do post daily. Don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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Hugs,

Did Someone Say Spring?

I don't know about anyone else but I am sooo ready for Spring. We have had a taste of it where I live off and on with some days of blue sky and bright, hot spring sun. It has been followed by snow the next day but hey, I will take what I can get!  
"Hangin' Around" from High Hopes makes me think spring! I mean who wouldn't love to just be hangin out on some reeds absorbing some rays <smile> 

After colouring this cutie with alcohol markers, I hand fussy cut him and set him aside. Next I grabbed some inks and brushes to create my background. 
I combined some distress inks for the sky and Stampin' up inks for the sun. I cut a circle die out and temporarily stuck it where I wanted it to be and inked in blue around it. After the sky was done I removed the die cut and added the ink to the sun. 
To keep the inks from blending together and making a green "ring" around the sun I put the negative piece of cardstock I used to cut the circle on top of the circle and added the ink - anything that went over the edge of the circle ended up on the paper instead of the sky! I added some stitched clouds to the sky and some cattail reeds behind him to create some depth in the card. 

Some bright, sunny paper from Lawn Fawn was perfect for my spring feel card. I stamped and added the sentiment and included a fishtail banner in cardstock to help it stand out a bit. Matching ribbon and enamel dots finish off my card. 
  
Card Recipe 

Stamp: Hangin' Around - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Say Spring - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Spring Fling - Lawn Fawn

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock, circle die - Quickutz, Distress ink, Stampin' Up ink, reeds die - Cheery Lynn Designs, ribbon - Stampin' Up, enamel dots - Whimsy, fishtail banner die - YNS

Spectrum Noir and Copic Markers : AG1 AG3 AG5 CG4 YG67 JG6 PP1 PP3 PP5 E32 E34 E37 B00 B02 B04

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Did someone say Spring?!

Happy Saturday!

I always find that February is such a blah kinda month.  So to brighten up my mood I created this bright card using these adorable images - Hoppy Flower Froggy & Pretty Butterfly which I paired with the Say Spring sentiment.

 

Shhhh don't tell anyone but I accidentally cutoff the little frilly part of the butterfly's antenna....couldn't figure out how to fix it lol.

I was gifted some awesome dies by Gina Marie Designs.....thank you my friend Donna!  I used the doubled stitched square ones for the image & the doubled stitched rectangle for the sentiment.  Gosh I may have found my new favorite dies!

I wasn't feeling patterned paper for this card so I pulled out the Distress Inks and created a little background.  I just tore up a piece of cardstock for the bottom & partially cut a scalloped edge with one of my Spellbinder dies.  I used those for making the background & for the sentiment as well.  I finished this card off with some Enamel Dots & Satin ribbon.

Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters & Bundled Sage

  

Copic Colors

Pretty Butterfly - D001

Green - YG09, YG07, YG05

Blue Green - BG18, BG15

Hoppy Flower Froggy - Q127

Frog body - YG09, YG07, YG06

Frog spots - YG05, YG03

Cheeks - E04 with YG05

Flower stem - YG67, YG63, YG61

Flower middle - Y38, Y35, Y32

Flower bloom - YG03, YG01, YG00, YG0000

I hope you enjoyed today's post, thanks so much for popping by!

Crafty hugs,

 

 

Did Someone Say Spring?

It's time to shake off those winter blues get your happy on and show us your happy dance moooves! 
I am having some fun with my card this week - I mean seriously a dancing cow?! She just makes me giggle and definitely makes me happy! This cow would be perfect to add a birthday cake or party hat to for a fun Birthday card too! We all express our joy in different ways and this party cow sure has the moooves!

After colouring this adorable cow with alcohol markers I added some shading with Prismacolor pencils to a few areas. I hand fussy cut it and ran a black marker around the edge to get any white I may have missed and popped her up using some foam dots. 
Next I added some clouds to a piece of white card stock with a cloud die and some baby blue ink and cut it out using a slash stitched die. The fence with cut with my Cricut using the Old West cartridge and the grass tufts were cut with a die. A piece of gingham ribbon and some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Party Cow - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Say Spring - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Spring Fling - Echo Park

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Misti, Baby Blue ink - Memories Ink, cloud die - Quickutz, slash stitched round square die - Gina Marie Designs, grass tuft die - Your Next Stamp, ribbon - Stampin' Up, enamel dots - Gina Marie Designs, foam pop dots - Forever In Time

Spectrum Noir Markers: IG1 IG3 IG5 BG5 BG7 BG10 TN1 EB1 FS6 CR3 CR1

Primacolor Premier Pencils: dark brown, beige sienna, 30% cool grey, deco peach

The High Hopes and One Crazy Stamper Design teams post daily inspiration on Facebook and the blog.  Inspiration can also be found on Instagram and Pinterest! 

                                                               

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Did Someone Say "Spring"?

Welcome HH Fans;

It seems that Mother Nature can't make up her mind lately; as the weather has been on a bit of a roller coaster this past week -- one day it seems like Spring is here, then Winter comes back.  Did someone say "Spring" has arrived?

For my card today, I have used the adorable Bedelia Butterfly.  After stamping her on some XPress It Blending Cardstock, I coloured her with Copic Markers.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Bedelia Butterfly (S127), Say Spring (E256) -- High Hopes Rubber Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Buncha Scraps - Floral Blends, Digi Studios - Spring Plaid
• Copic Markers:  
• E000 - Pale Fruit Pink, E00 - Skin White, E02 - Fruit Pink, R20 - Blush
• G0000 - Crystal Opal, G000 - Pale Green, G00 - Jade Green
• R11 - Pale Cherry Pink, R12 - Light Tea Rose, R14 - Light Rouge, R14 - Light Rouge
• YG13 - Chartreuse, YG17 - Grass Green, Y15 - Cadmium Yellow, Y17 - Golden Yellow, Y18 - Lightning Yellow
• BV0000 - Pale Thistle, BV000 - Iridescent Mauve, BV00 - Mauve Shadow
• T8 - Toner Gray No. 8, T7 - Toner Gray No. 7, N6 - Neutral Gray No. 6
• N1 - Neutral Gray No. 1, N2 - Neutral Gray No. 2, N3 - Neutral Gray No. 3
• Dies:  Stitched Ovals - Gina Marie Design; Ovals - Spellbinders
• Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Pens:  Clear
• Miscellaneous:  Ribbon and Jewels

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

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Hugs,