Some garden sweetness!

 Happy Wednesday HH fans!

Well we have made it to the middle of the work week, yeah!  Today I'm featuring our beautiful imaged called Country Garden.  I absolutely love the large flowers in the this image.  There are just so many colours I can imagine using for the flowers.

I picked some pretty bold for me background paper because I was in love with all the fabulous colours is has.  

I turned this cutie into a Thank You card because my stash is super low.

Copic Combos

Brown - E27, E25, E23

Green Leaves - YG67, YG17, YG13

Green Grass - G46, G43, G40

Yellow - Y08, Y06, Y04

Pink - R89, R85, R83, R81

Purple - V17, V15, V12

Warm Gray - W7, W5, W3

Shading - B00, B000, B0000

Stamps - Country Garden T005 & Thank You F103

Thanks for poppin' by today & happy stampin'!

Pumpkin Thank You

  Sometimes someone does something so kind that just saying thank you isn't enough so I like to send a card. I love the "Pumpkin Border" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps so I decided to use it for a seasonal thank you card for just such a person.

I had a "plan" for this stamp and card design but when I started putting my plan together thing went sideways real quick. In the process of trying to make my original plan work I ended up coming up with a mini slim line design that actually works a lot better then what I had planned - can you say happy accident?

                                                                             

                                                                     

 After stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper I coloured it with Copic markers and hand fussy cut it leaving a thin white edge. Patterned paper from Echo Park and Lawn Fawn helped my create the background for my card. I cut the sky using a circle die and cut some off the bottom to give my the half circle shape. Next I added the fence and grass dies and added the pumpkin border on top. The sentiment is masked out of a larger sentiment - I love stretching my supplies by doing this! A gingham ribbon bow, some falling leaf die cuts with inked edges and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Details

Stamps - Pumpkin Border (J105) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Being A Friend (FDG018) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Fall - Echo Park, Water Color Washes - Lawn Fawn

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, grass die -  Dress My Craft, circle die, fence die - Gina Marie Designs, bark ink - Versa Color, enamel dots, mini leaf die - Your Next Stamp, gingham ribbon

Copic Markers

Sunflowers - Y11 Y19 YR24 E17 E23 E25 E27 E29  YG01 YG17 YG67 BG99

Pumpkins - YR15 YR16 YR18 E19 YG01 YG17 YG67 BG99

Leaves - YR21 YR23 YR24 E23

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Itty Bitty Heart!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a CAS card using High Hopes Rubber Stamps Sweetheart Gnome - SLF012  for the main image. I just love this sweet little gnome image as you can change the sentiments that she is holding onto. On this card, I chose to add a heart as I thought it would go great with the sentiment Itty Bitty Heart - H006.

To make my card this week, I began with a card base of Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock, cut and scored to be 5.5" x 4.25". For the background, I used my Cuttlebug, Scrapbook.com - Brights Smooth Cardstock and the embossing folder called Cuttlebug - Thank You. After putting this paper through my Cuttlebug, I saw that the texture was white on some of the letters. I decided to take some more of the background colour off using 3M 405N Tri-M-Ite sanding paper. I just loved the rustic effect it gave. With my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the image and sentiment onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card cardstock. The image was coloured in and fussy cut. A cutter was used to go around the sentiment. 3/8" We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper was used to create the rounded corners. I inked around all of the edges of the sentiment with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Barn Door.

To assemble the card, I attached the embossed background directly to the base using double-sided tape. The sentiment and image were both popped up onto the card using U-Line double-sided tape to complete the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Sweetheart Gnome - SLF012 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: Itty Bitty Heart - H006 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Barn Door

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb., Scrapbook.com - Brights Smooth Cardstock (4.25" x 5.5")

Die Cuts: Lawn Fawn - Valentine's Hearts Border (Heart for message)

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug - Thank You

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, U-Line double-sided tape, Cuttlebug

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E00, E000, R30, R20

Hair: E18, E08, YR18, YR14

Clothing and Hat: BG72, BG57, BG32, BG11, BG09, BG05, BG02, BG01, R46, R14, R08

Message with Heart: E50, E41, YR30

Shadow: C3, C2, 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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Milton Moose

Hello High Hopes Fans!

Today I am back with a cute card created with an older HIgh Hopes image, Milton Moose.

I colored Milton with Prisma Pencils(canary yellow, chocolate, apple green, sky blue, cardinal red, sunburst, black, beige) and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

I had my sewing machine out because I just mended a shirt so since it was handy I decided to sew on this card.

The sentiment is Large Fancy Thank You.

The paper is Doodlebug Designs.
I used the Spellbinders Classic Circle and Classic Scallop Circle dies too.

I hope you enjoyed my card this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Thank You for Teacher

Hello High Hopes Fans!

I have another teacher card to share with you today.

The patterned paper that I used on last weeks card was still lying around on my table so I decided to make another card with it.

This time I used the Mouse Tales stamp.

All the patterned paper is The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.

The ribbon is also from Hobby Lobby.

The image was colored with colored pencils.

The sentiment is Large Script Thank You from High Hopes.

I hope you enjoyed my card today!

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Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine