What's the Buzz?

Hello!

Sometimes you just need a cute card to send to a friend to see what's going on in their world. "Willa With a Flower" from High Hopes Stamps is so sweet and is the perfect image for my card. Since there is a little bee in the image, I thought the HH "What's the Buzz" sentiment was cute match.

After stamping my image onto Copic friendly paper, I coloured in Willa with my Copic Sketch markers. I used the Studio Katia "Darling Ribbon and Dotted Frames" die set. It's a set that will make the whole card design, you don't even have to think LOL. My paper today is from the Echo Park "New Day" 6x6 collection. A few enamel dots finish off my card.

Copics Used:

Mouse: T0, T1, T2, T4, C8

Lady Bug: R37, C8

Bee: C8, R37, B000, B00

Flower: YR23, YR27, YR18

Leaves, Grass: G82, G85

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Don't forget to head on over to the High Hopes website and see all Lora's adorable stamps! You can find more inspiration from the Design Team by visiting the High Hopes Blog and Facebook page too!

Happy Stamping!

Willa with a Flower

Happy Sunday & welcome to today's blog post!

Today I'm sharing our adorable image called Willa with a Flower.  I have paired Willa with the Bold Happy Birthday sentiment.  I never seem to have enough birthday cards in my stash so I'm on a little mission to get some done.

I don't seem to use blue very much for my cards so I decided to ignore the pink/rosie flower color and work with the patterned paper instead.  The striped paper is from the Up & Away pad by Dovecraft...yes it has been in my stash for several years.  I also used Bo Bunny's Enchanted Garden pad, also an older pad.  I will be a little sad when that Bo Bunny pad is all gone because I love all the colors in it.

I die cut my image with some Spellbinders dies which I also used for the mat.  The little border across the middle of the card, behind the image is a Martha Stewart border punch.  I decided not to put a background on the stamped image & to just leave it white.  A few enamel dots, some glitter & NO ribbon and this cutie was all done.

 Copic Combos

Warm Grey - W5, W3, W1, W0

Ears, hands - E04, R20, R11

Grass, flower stem - G46, G43, G40

Eyes - B00, E02

Ladybug - R17, 110

Bee - Y17, Y15, C8, C6

Wings - E53, E51, E50

Flower - RV69, RV66, RV63

Thanks so much for popping by today!

Crafty hugs,

 

 

Willa Smiles

Willa is absolutely adorable and makes me smile. I have had a few experiences with mice in my home and office but none of them are as cute a Willa from the new release! I love her big smile and can't help but smile with her. I hope the person who receives this card will smile too!

I coloured the adorable Willa with alcohol markers and cut her out using a pleated lace square die. There is some Twinkle Stickles on the bee wings just for a little bit of bling. 
Next I grabbed some patterned paper from Lawn Fawn and cut them to size for my design. I added some die cut flowers in two of the corners and finished my card off with a bow and enamel dots. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Willa with a Flower - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Sending Smiles - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Spring Fling - Lawn Fawn

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, pleated lace square die - Gina Marie Designs, ribbon, enamel dots, flower die - Funky Foliage Tim Holtz, Twinkle Stickles

 Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers:

Willa - IG1 IG3 RV000 RV11 B01

 Prismacolor pencils for shading Cool Grey 10% 50%

Flower - RV000 RV11 PP5

Flower Stem/Leaf - YG25 YG17 

Flower centre - Y00 CT1 CT4 Y26

Lady Bug - R17 R29 black

Bee - W7 black CT1 CT4

Outline - B00

The High Hopes Design team posts daily inspiration on Facebook and the High Hopes blog - we'd love for you to pop by for a visit! Inspiration can also be found on the High Hopes Instagram and Pinterest pages! 

                                                               

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Sending Hugs and Kisses........

Hi Everyone;

We are now officially half way through the year and some restrictions are being lifted.  Hopefully, they will be able to stay in place and this will become the new normal; -- time will tell.

This might cheer people up -- High Hopes Stamps has a brand new Summer 2020 Release.  For today's card I have used the adorable Willa with a Flower.  After colouring the image with Copic Markers, I cut it out using the Stitched Ovals from Tutti Designs.  Using the larger size of the same die, I cut out two pieces of mulberry paper -- my stash of this awesome paper is low and I have had no luck in finding any stores that stock it.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Will with a Flower (SLF008) and Get Well Wishes Script (H067) -- High Hopes Stamps
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock; DP -- Dandy Days & Speckles both from Lawn Fawn; Mulberry Paper
• Copic Markers:
• Willa: W00 - Warm Gray No. 00, W0 - Warm Gray No. 0, W2 - Warm Gray No. 2, W3 - Warm Gray No. 3, W5 - Warm Gray No. 5, E02 - Fruit Pink, R11 - Pale Cherry Pink, R20 - Blush
•  Eyes: BG0000 - Snow Green, B60 - Pale Blue Gray
•  Grass & Flower:  YG17 - Grass Green, GY13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette, BV000 - Iridescent Mauve, BV00 -   Mauve Shadow, BV01 - Viola, YG01 - Green Bice
•  Bee:  Y19 - Napoli Yellow, Y17 - Golden Yellow, YR01 - Peach Puff, YR02 - Light Orange
• Lady Bug:  R17 - Lipstick Orange, 100 - Black
• Scalloped Stitched Nesting Ovals -- Tutti Designs
• Nuvo Crystal Drops:  Morning Dew
• Enamel Dots - Gina Marie Designs

Check out the High Hopes Stamps website to see the many and varied fun stamps.  If you need some inspiration, stop by the High Hopes Stamps Blog to see what what the HH Divas have been up to.  We post daily and would love it if you stop by.  You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Hugs;

 

 

Rain or Shine

Happy Saturday!!!

I don't know where the last couple of months have gone but my goodness time pass quickly!! 

We released 19 brand new images this week & I decided to play with one of the new Willa's.  There are 4 in the collection.  I can't decide which one is my favorite.  I colored all 4 of them just couldn't help myself they are so cute.  This is Raindrops Willa with the Dot Rain or Shine sentiment.

I wanted to make a shape card a little different for the standard card.  I used my cloud dies from MFT to cut the edges of the card base.  I like it & will surely use the idea again.

Here is a side view, I popped up both the image & the sentiment for the CAS style card.

I colored up Raindrops will with Copics, my go to lol, these are my color choices:

Warm Grey - W5, W3, W1, W0

Ears & Hands - E04, R20, R11

Green - G46, F43, G40

Yellow/Green - YG07, YG06, YG05, YG01

Ladybug - R17, 110

Raindrops - B02, B00, B000

Eyes - B00, E02

I mentioned above there are 3 more Willa's in the a collection...I will make up some cards with these cuties soon too!

Find all the new High Hopes Releases HERE

Wishing you all a crafty & safe weekend!

Crafty hugs,