Gnome For the Holidays

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I used Snowy Gnome - TLF024 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the main image from the new August 2020 release and From Our Gnome - GLL001 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. This little gnome has gone home for the holidays to celebrate with friends and family. As you can see there are a lot of activities going on in Gnome Town. This little gnome has his snowballs ready for the next snowball fun fight! LOL! While waiting for the other team to get ready, he's decided to take a little break and enjoy nature with his little cardinal friends. Then, let the fun begin!!!

To make my card this week, I started out with a simple white card base, sized at 6" x 6". I cut some dark blue cardstock, just slightly smaller and adhered it to the card with Tombow Mutli-Liquid Glue. I just love this paper from PhotoPlay called Gnome for the Holidays Christmas. I thought it went perfectly with this new stamp. I cut it at about 5.75" x 5.75". Then I glued it to the blue paper.

I die cut multiple circles in a variety of sizes using a mixture of My Creative Time - More Stitched Circles and Lifestyle Crafts Cutting Dies - Nesting Circles using dark blue and red cardstock and also Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card for the main image.

The image was stamped onto the Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Cardstock circle using my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black. It was then coloured it in with Copic markers. For the snow, I used Recollections - Christmas Snow Paste, Martha Stewart Crafts Glitter - Crystal Fine and a spatula and let it dry overnight. Then  Stickles - Diamond was added onto the top of it. For the sky a mixture of 2 Gel pens were used and then a little bit of Stickles - Diamond to add some glitter to it. I was trying to get it to match the background paper. Once the Stickles was dry, I glued the bottom 2 layers of circles together and then the top 2 circles.  Both were done separately. The sentiment was stamped with Versa Mark and then embossed with Ranger Embossing Powder White – Extra Fine Detail and heated with Marvy Uchida Embossing Heat Tool. I fussy cut around the sentiment and glued it directly on top of some red cardstock. Then I cut around that as well.

To complete the card I popped up the bottom circles, top circles with coloured image and sentiment with the 3M VHB - 2 sided tape.

Lastly, I added some more sparkle with Stickles - Diamond by adding it to the base of the card in random places.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Snowy Gnome - TLF024 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Sentiment: From Our Gnome - GLL001 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, PhotoPlay - Gnome for the Holidays Christmas, AC White Cardstock Dark Blue Cardstock, Red Cardstock
Die Cuts: My Creative Time - More Stitched Circles MCT-D136, Lifestyle Crafts Cutting Dies - Nesting Circles
Embossing Powder: Ranger Embossing Powder White – Extra Fine Detail
Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape, Stickles - Diamond, Marvy Uchida - Embossing Heat Tool

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R22, R20
Beard: W5, W4, W3, W2, W1, W0, W00
Shirt, Hat and Berries: R59, R37, R35, R24, R22, Stickles - Diamond, Gelly Roll Sakura #8 Pen
Pants, Leaves and Mitts: G99, G94, G21, YG03
Shoes: C9, C7, C5
Cardinals and Scarves: R59, R37, R35, R24, R22, C7, C5, C3, YR16, YR12
Snowballs: BV23, BV20, Stickles - Diamond
Sky: B16, B14, B12, Gelly Roll Sakura #8 Pen, Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen, Stickles - Diamond
Ground: Recollections - Christmas Snow Paste, Martha Stewart Crafts Glitter - Crystal Fine, Stickles - Diamond

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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Dragon Flight!

Happy Tuesday!

I'm back today sharing another image from the High Hopes "August 2020" Release! I absolutely love this "Dragon Flight" image! I mean does it get any cuter than this dragon?!!

I stamped and coloured my image with my Copic Markers and then cut "Dragon Flight" out with my Brother Cut N Scan. Next I die cut out a white piece and added a stencilled cloud background! I used the Honey Bee Thin Circle Frame dies to make this cute little rainbow. I added some die cut clouds on each end of the rainbow. The Sunny Studios "Preppy Prints" 6x6 collection was perfect to use in the background. I popped my Dragon up with an action wobble for a fun interactive element. I used the High Hopes sentiment called "Coloured With Love" and cut it apart to make it fit onto my card.

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Copics Used:

Dragon: BV08, BV09, BV17, V000, V00 / YG17, YG23, G28

Flower: Y35, Y38,  YR24, E55, YG17

Here's a short video showing "Dragon Flight" in action!

Since the Honey Bee Circle Thin Frame die cuts out 21 pieces, I couldn't let the "scraps" from my rainbow go to waste. I created These 2 additional cards for fun!

I used the same HH sentiment called "Coloured With Love" in 2 different ways on my cards!

I hope you'll head on over to the High Hopes website and see the New Release images! You can find more inspiration from the Design Team by visiting our Blog and Facebook page!

Happy Stamping!

Butterfly Chick

 Howdy - MichelleO here today - There is a August 2020 New Release at High Hopes Stamps! Another great group of new stamps to play with! This week I used Butterfly Chick! How adorable is this little guy! 

Cute right? I colored with my Copics (colors below) then added a little pencil shadowing. I found some glittering papers from Imaginisce love the sparkle to them. I sewed the layers together with a fun zig zag stitch and then added my image and sentiment also from High Hopes Stamp "Happy Bird Day!" sewn down with a straight stitch. I was going to add flowers or something more, but it just felt finished and I loved seeing all the sparkle to the paper... sorry it isn't showing in my photo for you. 

Copic colors used - 

There are more great images in this release to see!! Click HERE to jump over fast! 

Thanks! 

Bunny Family!

Hello Friends,
Today I'm super excited to shared another image from HHS August 2020 NEW Release!

I absolutely LOVE this "Bunny Family" image.
 It was so fun to colored with my Copic markers. I frame my image using a die from my stash. The frame was layer with black cardstock and pop with 3D foam tape for dimension. The paper is "Hello Spring" from Echo Park. To finish my card I added stickles and doodle some lines with my white pen. I hope you enjoyed this card today.


Thank you for visit my blog today!

Have a BLESS day.

Daffodil Bunny

Welcome everyone;

Besides being a brand new month, High Hopes Stamps has a brand new release for August.  There is no doubt that Daffodil Bunny is a very adorable stamp.

After colouring both stamped images with Copic Markers, I cut them out using different dies. The papers used were all from Lawn Fawn.  Ribbon, twine, enamel dots and jewels finished off both CAS cards

Daffodil Bunny 1

Daffodil Bunny 2

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Daffoldil Bunny SLF006 -- August 2020 Release, Card 1 - Smiling H262, Card 2 - Smell the Flowers  G189 -- all High Hopes Stamps
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock; DP - Perfectly Plaid - Spring, Spring Fling (Card 1), Dandy Day (Card 2) all from Lawn Fawn
• Copic Markers:
• YG11 - Mignonette, YG13 - Chartreuse, YG17 - Grass Green
• YR15 - Pumpkin Yellow, Y17 - Golden Yellow, Y15 - Cadminium Yellow, Y13 - Lemon Yellow, Y11 - Pale Yellow
• Card 1:  E50 - Egg Shell, E50 - Milky White, E53 - Raw Silk, G000 - Crystal Opal, G00 - Jade Green, R29 - Lipstick Red
• Card 2:  R00 - Pinkish White, R000 - Cherry White, W3 - Warm Gray No. 3, W1 - Warm Gray No. 1, W000 - Warm Gray No. 000, Colourless Blender, R46 - Strong Red, BG000 - Pale Aqua
• Dies:  Card 1 - Wonky Stitched Circles - Gina Marie Designs; Card 2 - Double Stitched In & Out Squares - Gina Marie Designs
• Nuvo: Card 1 only --  Jewel Drops - Limoncello, Crystal Drops - Calming Aqua 
• Miscellaneous:  Ribbon, Twine and Enamel Dots, Jewels 

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 the the HH Divas have been up to.  We post daily and would love it if you stop by and visit us.  You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Hugs;

Warm Heart

It's all about the fun of building a snowman with the new release Gnome and Snowman Friend from the August 2020 new release at High Hopes Rubber Stamps. I have some fond memories of building snowmen when I was a kid although we often had to find something other than a carrot for his nose.

We had some pretty interesting "noses" over the years but we always had fun rolling snow into balls that were  much larger then we were - which left the challenge of getting them on top of each other.  Thankfully my oldest brother was the tallest and could usually manage to get the balls on top of each other. I love the memories that came flooding back as I coloured this fun stamp and I can officially say I have started my winter/Christmas cards!

I coloured my stamp with alcohol markers and hand fussy cut it leaving a thin white edge and set it aside. Next I found some paper from Echo Park that worked perfectly with the colours and cut them to fit my design. I used a stitched edge to cut some snow hills and added some snowflakes using a die from Gina Marie. I added some Stickles to the snow for the little bit of bling I like to add to my cards - especially Christmas cards and enamel dots finish my card. The stamp is popped up with foam dots to add some dimension.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Gnome and Snowman Friend - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Cold Hands Script - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: My Favorite Winter - Echo Park

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, snowflake die - Gina Marie Designs, enamel dots - Carta Bella, Recollections card stock, Star Dust Stickles, foam pop dots - Forever In Time

 Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers:

Gnome - E00 E21 E11 B91 B93 B95 G07 DG3 JG6 R56 R59 V06

Hat - W5 BG7 BG10 R56 R59 V09

Snowman - W5 BG7 BG10 R56 R59 V09 YR02 OR2 OR3

Birds - B01 B02 B06 C2 R56 R59 V04

                                                               

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Magical Friendship

It’s Wednesday, and this week, we are celebrating a brand new August 2020 Release with variety of fun new images! Be sure to go and check them out, you won't be disappointed.

Today, I'm using Dreamy Dragon - SLF019 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for my main image from this new release along with the sentiment Magic Friendship - F234 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps). This little dragon looks so peaceful and it looks like he's found a new friend too!

To make my card this week, I started out with a simple white card sized at 5.5" x 5.5". Then cut Recollections - Petite Floral paper to the same size and taped it down onto the base card. Next, Kraftin' Kimmie - Purple Petunia ink was used to ink around the card. Another piece was cut from the same paper collection at 1.25" x 5.5" and Kraftin' Kimmie - Party Peach ink was used to ink around the edges. The cardstock was put through my Xyron Create a Sticker and then mounted on top of the base card.

Next, My Creative Time - Bunch of Fun Circle Dies and my Cuttlebug were used to die cut the scalloped circle background out of Recollections - Purple Passions and circle for the main image out of Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. The main image and sentiment were both stamped with Memento - Tuxedo Black Ink using my MISTI. The image was coloured in with Copic markers and then the sentiment was die cut using My Creative Time - Sentiment Label Dies. I traced around the outside of the die and then cut it out of the same Recollections - purple paper so that the die cut piece would have a thin border around it. I ran the sentiment through my Xyron and adhered it directly on top of it. I cut off one side of the label so that it would be flush with the edge of the card. The same purple ink used earlier was used again to edge around it. The image, sentiment and large scalloped circle was then popped up with 3M VHB - 2 sided tape.

Once this was done, Stickles - Purple was used to go around the edges of the large scallop and Stickles - Icicle was used to go around the main image. Lastly, a few flowers from Crafts - Mini Fabric Flower Picks were added to finish off the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Dream Dragon - SLF019 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Sentiment: Magic Friendship - F234 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Kraftin' Kimmie - Party Peach, Kraftin' Kimmie - Purple Petunia
Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Recollections - Petite Floral (12 x 12 in - 30.4 x 30.4 cm), Recollections - Purple Passions 8.5" x 11"
Die Cuts: My Creative Time - Bunch of Fun Circle Dies, My Creative Time - Sentiment Label Dies - MCT-D139
Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape, Stickles - Purple, Stickles - Icicle, Xyron Create a Sticker, Crafts Mini Fabric Flower Picks - 02-0201883

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Dragon: YG95, YG93, YG17, YG13, YG03, YG01, V12, V09, V04, Y18, Y17, Y15, E15, R02, R01, R000
Butterfly: V12, V04, V01, Y18, Y17, Y15, E15, YG03
Sky: B12, B02, B01, B00
Grass: G17, G14, G07

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
Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.