Merry Christpaws from our Winter Kitty!

 Happy Wednesday HH fans!

I hope you are all having a great week so far!  I was under the weather yesterday and didn't feel up to getting on the computer to do anything.  

For this week's card I'm sharing another image I coloured with my Prisma pencils while I was away in the Yukon in June.  When I posted this morning I actually called this image Winter Kitty BUT it is actually our Winter Pup.  I have paired it with Merry Christpaws.

I cut the sentiment in half so I could place it on the top & bottom of the stocking.  This card is pretty clean & simple.

I picked up the stocking die which is from Sizzix at a craft sale a couple of month's ago.  My friend and I had a blast looking through all the amazing stuff people had.

Sorry I didn't track the pencils I used....I was on holiday lol.  

I ran the blue cardstock through with an older dot embossing folder I had & added a few sparkly enamel dots.  Oh and some Stickles to the hat & pom pom.

Stamps - Winter Pup SDG005 & Merry Christpaws FLL006

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

You Make Me Smile

 I am an animal lover through and through but I am slightly partial to horses and dogs. At the moment I have a little Shipoo who is the love of my life. He has his moments where he thinks he's a Rottweiller but for the most part he is the best cuddle bug ever and a mom's boy. He is never too impressed with me when I put a sweater on him to go out in the freezing cold that is our winter sometimes but he gets over it pretty quick if I let him run the race track his dad blows for him in the back yard. It's a perfect place to get rid of the zoomies! 

"Winter Pup" from the Winter Friends release just makes me smile and reminds me of my dog when he is dressed to go out. I love his hat and scarf and he is just too cute! I wonder how my dog would like a cute hat and scarf.....

I stamped this cutie on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured him with alcohol makers and hand fussy cut him. Next, I found some snowy paper in the Winter paper pad from Echo Park and cut it and card stock to fit my 5" x 5" card base. 

I cut a second piece of card stock at 4.5" x 4.5" and used an inside out stitched circle to cut a hole. I added a stitched hill die behind the circle, added a picket fence and a stitched snow bank for this pup to sit on. The sentiment is stamped directly on to the card stock.

To create the stcitched snow bank I cut a stitched border and then carefully moved the die down the paper (keeping it in line with the first cut since it is wavy) to the thickness that I wanted, taped it down and ran it through my Big Kick again. This created the little drift he is sitting on. Some snowflakes punched out of the paper I trimmed off and some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Winter Pup (SDG005) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - You Make Me Smile (FDG015)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Winter - Echo Park 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, inside out circle die - Gina Marie Designs, stitched border - Whimsy Stamps, fence die - Your Next Stamp, snow flakes - Marvy punch, enamel dots

 Copic Markers:

Nose- T4 T6 T8

Body - C1 C2 C4 C5

Scarf/Hat - B91 B93 B95 C0 C1 C2

Clothing - E41 E42 E43 BG72 BG75 N5

Star - B91 B93 B95

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Thank You for Being a Friend

Hi Everyone;

Another year is over, and what better way to start a brand new year, with a new release from High Hopes Stamps.  Winter Friends made its debut on Monday with Michelle's adorable Winter Pup.  Today, I have his friend Winter Kitty.  A total myth that pups and kittys don't get along.

After stamping Winter Kitty onto copic friendly paper, I coloured her with Copic Markers.  I cut the image out with an Oval Wonky Stitched Die.  I then added some Frosted Lace Stickles to the trim on Kitty's hat and scarf.  Some Glacier Jewels were added to the design paper, and enamel dots finished off this CAS card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Winter Kitty - SDG006, Being a Friend - FDG018 - both from High Hopes Stamps Winter Friends Release
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock; DP - Winter Wonderland - Doodlebug
• Copic Markers:
• E30 - Bisque, E31 - Brick Beige, E33 - Sand, E34 - Toast
• G0000 - Crystal Opal, G000 - Pale Green, G00 - Jade Green
• Y18 - Lightning Yellow
• Die:  Wonky Stitched Oval - Gina Marie Designs
• Jewels:  Glacier - Pinkfresh Studios
• Enamel Dots:  GIna Marie Designs
• Stickles:  Frosted Lace
• Miscellaneous:  Lace

When you have time, head on over to the High Hopes website and check out the new Winter Friends Release.  While you are there, take a peak at all of Lora's other 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,

Winter Pup

Howdy - MichelleO here today and guess what... There is a release at High Hopes Stamps! Winter Friends! For my first card I just had to color up the "Winter Pup" ... too adorable!  

 

 

This little one is so cute, I colored with Copics (colors below). And then I added lots of Nuvo glitter and white to the hat and scarf. I added those polka dots to match up with my pattern paper. Both patterns are from KasierCraft. The pieces are sewn down and then the image is die cut in an oval and inked with Ranger tea dye ink. I needed some sort of mat and went digging in my stash. Found a great large die that fit perfectly! A High Hopes Stamps sentiment "Friendship warms the heart"  it is punched out with a EK Success ticket punch. A Copic around the edges for a faux mat. 

Copic colors used -

Love the fun warm feel of this one.  There are so many great fun images in the January release!! You must pop over to the High Hopes Stamps website HERE and see all the fabulous images to play with!

Thanks so much!