I don't usually make Valentine's Day cards but when I saw the Cow Hugs stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps I decided to make one. I will stamp Happy Valentine's Day inside but I might also use it to send to a friend who needs a hug.... this is such a versatile stamp!
Thursday, January 25, 2024
Hugs & Kisses
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Toad-ally In Love!!
It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a card using High Hopes Rubber Stamps Toad-ally In Love - M127 for the image and sentiment. I toad-ally love this sweet image because it can be used for both Valentine's Day, an Anniversary or just to let someone know that you love them.
To make my card this week, I began with a card base of Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock, cut and scored to be 5" x 5". I used Picket Fence - Blending Brushes, Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Festive Berries, Fired Brick and Barn Door and Lawn Fawn - Lots of Hearts Background Stencils to create my card background. Using Lawn Fawn - Valentine's Hearts Border and my Cuttlebug, I die cut some Craft Smith - Hot Buy - Green and Forever In Time - Texture Rouge cardstock and adhered the 2 pieces together with some glue. I did this twice and then glued the 2 finished pieces to the base card. With my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the image onto the Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card cardstock. I then die cut it using Sizzix Framelets by Stephanie Barnard - 562676 - Hearts Dotted. The image was coloured in and popped up onto the background using U-line douhble-sided tape. I applied some glue onto the backs of 3 of the pre-cut hearts and placed them onto the base background to complete the card.
Card Recipe:
Stamp and Sentiment: Toad-ally In Love - M127 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink: Mowed Lawn, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Festive Berries, Fired Brick and Barn Door
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb., Craft Smith - Hot Buy - Green, Forever In Time - Texture Rouge
Die Cuts: Sizzix Framelets by Stephanie Barnard - 562676 - Hearts Dotted, Lawn Fawn - Valentine's Hearts Border
Stencils: Lawn Fawn - Lots of Hearts Background Stencils
Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, U-Line double-sided tape, Cuttlebug
Image coloured with Copic Markers:
Toad: YG17, YG06, YG03, YG00, E81, R30, BG99, E84, E81Colorless Blender (Eyes - Sakura Glaze - Black, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen)
Hearts: R46, R14, R08, YG17, YG06, YG03
Big Heart Background: R27, R24, R22, R21, R20, (C3, C2, E23 - Shadow under Toad)
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
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Sunday, February 7, 2021
Simple De-Vine!
I don't usually make a lot of cards for Valentine's Day but when I saw the "Simply De-Vine!" sentiment from High Hopes Rubber Stamps I decided to challenge myself to find a way to use this sentiment for a non-traditional Valentine.
Card Recipe
Stamp: Mike On A Vine, Branch - High Hopes Rubber Stamps
Sentiments: Simply De-Vine!- High Hopes Rubber Stamps
Patterned Paper - Baby Blue Memories ink, cloud die - Quickutz
Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, ribbon, stitched inside out circle die - Gina Marie Designs, enamel dots
Copic Markers:
Monkey - E30 E31 E43 E23 E25 E27 E29
Vine and Leaves - YG01 YG03 YG17 G29
Branch - E34 E35 E29
Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!
Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Not Horsin' Round
It's Wednesday, and this week, I'm sharing another Valentine's card I made using High Hopes Rubber Stamps Horsin' Around Horsey - P130. This little horse and his little friend are trotting by to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day.
To make my CAS card today, I used The Paper Studio - Primary Base Colours 4.25" x 5.5". I die cut the 2 background hearts papers from Martha Stewart Crafts - Enchanted Woodland, using my Cuttlebug and My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Dies. I die cut Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using My Creative Time - Scalloped Stitched Oval Dies. The image was stamped onto the die cut using my Misti and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink. I coloured in the image using Copic Markers. Then I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Festive Berries to ink around the edges of all of the die cuts.
To assemble the card, double-sided tape was used to adhere the first layer directly to the card base. 3M VHB - 2 sided tape was added to the backs of the coloured image and second layer of pattened paper and then they were added to the base. To complete the card, I added 3 hearts from Buttons Galore & More - Heartfelt Shimmerz Embellishments.
Card Recipe:
Stamp: Horsin' Around Horsey - P130 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Festive Berries
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Martha Stewart Crafts - Enchanted Woodland 12" x 12", The Paper Studio - Primary Base Colours 4.25" x 5.5"
Die Cuts: My Creative Time - Scalloped Stitched Oval Dies, My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Dies
Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape, Buttons Galore & More - Heartfelt Shimmerz Embellishments
Images coloured with Copic Markers:
Horse: E37, E35, E33, E31, T6, T4, T2, R81
Mouse: W2, R81
Grass: YG17, YG13, YG03, YG01
Flower and Stem: G07, G03, RV06, RV04, Y15
Hearts: R39, R37, R35
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
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Friday, January 29, 2021
I Love You!
Hi HH Fans;
February is just around the corner and so is Valentine's Day.
According to Wikepedia, Valentine's Day originated as a Western Christian feast day honoring one or two early Christian martyrs named Saint Valentine and is recognized as a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.. Even though it isn't a public holiday, it is still celebrated on February 14th, and many Valentine's Day cards are given out by children and adults alike. Some as secret admirers.
For today's card I have used the adorable Kitty's Heart Frame paired with I love You! both from High Hopes Stamps. After colouring the image with Copic Markers, I fuzzy cut it. I stamped the image again and cut around the heart shape and then used that mask to cut another heart using some mulberry paper. A heart die was used with another piece of mulberry paper. Some ribbon and enamel dots finished off the card.
Supplies used:
- Stamps: Kitty's Heart Frame - S171, I love You! - D004 both from High Hopes Stamps
- Paper: XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Love Me - My Mind's Eyes, Mulberry Paper
- Copic Markers:
- W00 - Warm Gray No. 00, W1 - Warm Gray No. 1, W2 - Warm Gray No. 2, W3 - Warm Gray No. 3
- R11 - Pale Chery Pink, R20 - Blush
- R85 - Rose Red, R83 - Rose Mist, R81 - Rose Pink
- R46 - Strong Red, R29 - Lipstick Red, R27 - Cadmium Red
- Die: Stitched Nesting Hearts -- Tutti Designs
- Zig Wink of Stella - Clear
- Miscellaneous: Ribbon, Enamel Dots
Wednesday, January 27, 2021
C'mon Baby Light My Fire!
It’s Wednesday, and this week, I used Walker Walter - TLF013 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) and Walker Winnie - TLF012 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the main images and Light My Fire - F154 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. I thought I would create a Senior's Valentine's card with these fun images. This could also be used for an Anniversary card too. After all, you're never too old to be in love!!!
To make my card this week, I used Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. for my base at 4.25" x 5.5". I taped down the card onto a glass mat and then used the stencils Flames - Honey Bee Stamps to create the background using various Tim Holtz Distress inks which I have listed below.
I stamped both the images and sentiment using my Misti and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. I coloured in the images using Copic Markers. Then I fussy cut around both images and in between the walkers. The sentiment was also fussy cut and I cut into 2 pieces to fit my design better. I added 2-sided tape to the back of my sentiments and then attached them to a small piece of Martha Stewart Crafts - Enchanted Woodland paper. Ran this through my Xyron Create a Sticker and then fussy cut around the sentiment again. I found the white too bright when I added it to the card, so I used Copic Y11 to give it some colour.
For the main images, once coloured, I ran both of them through my Xyron Creative Station and adhered them directly to the base. I used my Cuttlebug to cut some hearts out of Martha Stewart Crafts - Enchanted Woodland paper using Sizzix Framelets - Hearts Dotted die. Then I ran them through my Xyron Create a Sticker to change them into stickers and placed them directly onto the base. For the few spots on the images that I didn't fussy cut, I used Copic markers YR23, YR16 and YR15 to fill in the white spaces.
Card Recipe:
Stamp: Walker Walter - TLF013 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps), Walker Winnie - TLF012 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Sentiment Background: Light My Fire - F154 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Fossilized Amber, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Barn Door, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Fired Brick, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Wild Honey, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Carved Pumpkin
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Martha Stewart Crafts - Enchanted Woodland 12" x 12", Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb.
Die Cuts: Sizzix Framelets by Stephanie Barnard - 562676 - Hearts Dotted
Stencil: Flames - Honey Bee Stamps
Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape, Xyron Creative Station, Xyron Create a Sticker
Images coloured with Copic Markers:
Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R22, R20
Hair: C5, C3, C1, Gelly Roll Sakura #8 Pen
Shirt, Dress, Earring, Lady's Shoes, Horn: BG72, BG57, BG32, BG11, C3, C1
Pants: B26, B24, B21
Man's Shoes: E27, E25, E23, E21, C3, C1
Blouse, Flowers and Socks: RV19, RV17, RV14, RV11, RV10, G09, G07, Y17, Y08
Tennis Balls: YG05, YG03, YG01
Walkers, Horns, Wheels and Grips: C9, C7, C5, C3, C1
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
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Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Hoppy Valentine's Day
It’s Wednesday, and this week I'm sharing a Valentine's Card featuring Bunny Love - S054 from (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the main image and Hoppy Valentines - F092 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Love this adorable image and it can be used for so many different occasions, Valentine's, which I've used here, Easter or even for an Anniversary card.
To create the card this week, I stamped the main image and sentiment onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using Memento - Tuxedo Black ink and my MISTI. I coloured in the main image with Copic Markers. Then I fussy cut around it. The sentiment was die cut using Whimsy Stamps - Quick Strips Die Set - WSD330.
To create the base I began with AC Cardstock - Christmas (6" x 6"). Then I die cut K&Company - Kelly Panacci - KP Valentine - 30-599338 paper using My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out. For the smaller heart, I used K&Company - Kelly Panacci - KP Valentine - 30-599345 paper and Sizzix Framelets by Stephanie Barnard - 562676 - Hearts Dotted dies. I also used the same dies to cut the larger heart using Recollections - Christmas Noel paper. I inked around all of the cut images with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Aged Mahagony and also Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Barn Door.
To assemble the card, the large square was attached directly to the base using double side tape. All of the remaining layers were popped up using 3M VHB - 2 sided tape.
Card Recipe:
Stamp: Bunny Love - S054 from (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Sentiment: Hoppy Valentines - F092 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Barn Door, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Aged Mahagony
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, K&Company - Kelly Panacci - KP Valentine - 30-599345, K&Company - Kelly Panacci - KP Valentine - 30-599338, AC Cardstock - Christmas, Recollections -
Die Cuts: My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out, Sizzix Framelets by Stephanie Barnard - 562676 - Hearts Dotted, Whimsy Stamps - Quick Strips Die Set - WSD330, Recollections - Christmas Noel
Tools and Miscellaneous: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Sakura Glaze - Black, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape
Image coloured with Copic Markers:
Bunnies: BV23, BV20, B60, E43, E42, E40, R85, R83, R81, Sakura Glaze - Black (Eyes)
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
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Thursday, January 7, 2021
I Heart U
Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I am adding to my Valentine stash with "I Heart U Monkey" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps.
He is perfect for Valentine's but I think he would be fun to use to send to a good friend or even for a birthday!
Card Recipe
Stamp: I Heart U Monkey - High Hopes Rubber Stamps
Patterned Paper: Petal Lane - Bo Bunny, Dots and Stripes - Echo Park
Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, glitter enamel dots, heart flower border - YNS, ribbon, heart die - YNS
Copic Markers:
Monkey - E23 E25 E27 E29 E30 E31 E43 C1 C2
Letters - RV00 RV02 RV13
Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!
Wednesday, February 19, 2020
It's No Mystery!
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Wednesday, January 29, 2020
Sweets for my Sooeet!!!
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Thursday, January 23, 2020
Pawsitively Purr-fect
She is fighting a hard, tough battle daily and I am hoping that some happy mail with something she loves, filled with love will maker her smile.
Card Recipe


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