Warm Winter Wishes

Welcome Everyone;

It is now officially only 6 more weeks to Christmas, which will now creep up very quickly.  The mad rush is starting; however it is going to be a completely different type of mad rush due to all the restrictions with COVID -- limited in person shopping.  Let's hope Canada Post and all the different delivery companies don't get excessively bogged down.

While anyway, I have another Christmas card using the adorable Gnome and Snowman Friend from High Hopes Stamps.  After colouring it with copic markers, I used a Scalloped Stitched Die to cut it out.  Some Christmas Glitter paper was also cut out with the same die.  A snowflake embellishment and some Crystal Ice stickles finished off the card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Gnome & Snowman Friend (TLF022), Dot Warm Winter Wishes (H257) - both from High Hopes Stamps
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock; DP - Gnome for the Holidays Christmas (PhotoPlay), Holiday Joy (YNS), Christmas Glitter (American Crafts)
• Copic Markers:
• Santa: Skin:  E0000 - Floral White, E000 - Pale Fruit Pink, E01 - Pink Flamingo
• Beard:  C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Gray No. 0, C1 Cool Gray No. 1
• Hats & Boots:  N0 Neutral No. 0, N2 Neutral No. 2, N7 Neutral Gray No. 7, 
• Suit:  R46 - Strong Red, R29 - Lipstick Red, R27 - Cadmium Red
• Snowman:  E27 - Africano, E35 - Caribe Cocoa, B34 Manganese Blue, B32 - Pale Blue
• Other:  G43 - Pistachio, G46 - Mistletoe, E30 - Bisque, E31 - Brick Beige, BG0000 - Snow Green
• Snowflake Embellishment
• Stickles:  Crystal Ice

Have some coffee or tea, while you check out the High Hopes Stamps website to see the many and varied fun stamps.  If you are need of some inspiration, stop by the High Hopes Stamps Blog to see what 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,

Define Naughty

  I try very hard to be good every year but I am human and have my moments - wink - so my letter to Santa this year includes a card with a special request.... 

I figure if I get this card featuring "Christmas Gnome" and a mix of sentiments from High Hopes in the mail to Santa soon, I may just have time to get off the naughty list if I'm on it......

I coloured this handsome guy with alcohol markers and then cut him out using a rectangle die. Some Stickles were added to the trim on his boot. I decided to keep my design clean and simple for this one and chose some patterned paper from PhotoPlay to help bring my design together. 

Next I masked the Santa ...I Tried sentiment and stamped just the beginning of it followed by stamping the Define Naughty sentiment - both are trimmed to fit and mounted on matching cardstock. Some enamel dots finish off my card.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Christmas Gnome - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Santa...I Tried, Define Naughty - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Not A Creature Was Stirring - PhotoPlay

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, Star Dust Stickles, enamel dots

 Copic Markers:

Outfit - BG11 BG13 BG49 BG05 BG07 B39

Bow - BG05 BG07 B39

Skin - E00 E11 E21

Present - T2 T4 T6

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Christmas Joy!

It’s Wednesday, and this week I'm sharing a Christmas card featuring Christmas Joy Snowy - S228 from (High Hopes Rubber Stamps). I love snowmen, winter and Christmas! Growing up in a northern community, we had a lot of snow. It was always so much fun and seeing the snow fall on Christmas day was always wonderful. Where we live now, we don't get as much and it's always disappointing when we don't see snow on the ground for Christmas. It's ok for the other days, but Christmas is extra special. Hopefully, Christmas Joy Snowy will bring some snow for us this year on our special day. LOL!

To create the card this week, I first used my Cuttlebug and Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson - Festive Collection Peeking Snowflake to create a die cut out of Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card paper. I stamped the image and then coloured it in with Copic Markers. Once it was all coloured in, I added added some snowflakes to the sky using Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen. Clear - Wink of Stella was applied to all of the leaves. Stickles - Diamond was added to create the ground snow effect and I sprinkled some Martha Stewart Crafts - Crystal Fine Glitter on top of the Stickles while it was still wet. The coloured image was set aside to let it dry.

I die cut the larger oval using the same dies out of Crafts - Thick Glitter Craft Paper. I love this paper, but in order to prevent the glitter from getting everywhere, I first sprayed it with some hairspray.

The card was now ready to assemble. I used Recollections - Winter 4.25" x 5.5" card for my base. The large oval was adhered directly onto the base using 2-sided tape. The main image was added using 3M VHB - 2 sided tape and some snowflake embellishments were added to complete the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Christmas Joy Snowy - S228 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Crafts - Thick Glitter Craft Paper 02-302270, Recollections - Winter 4.25" x 5.5 (Assorted Box of Cards)

Die Cut: Creative Expressions by Sue Wilson - Festive Collection Peeking Snowflake

Stickles: Diamond

Tools and Miscellaneous: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Marvy Uchida - Embossing Heat Tool, Cuttlebug, Clear - Wink of Stella, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Snowman: B60, B0, B00, R22, R20, Colorless Blender

Jacket and Hat: B39, B32, B28, B24, B23, B21

Buttons: E15, YR24, Y35, Y08

Mitts and Scarf: BG57, BG53, BG49, BG13, BG11, BG10

Holly and Leaves: G99, YG67, YG17, YG01, G21, R39, R37, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen

Nose: E08, YR18, YR16, YR12

Background: B60, B04, B02, B00, B000, BV20, Stickles - Diamond, Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen, Martha Stewart Crafts - Crystal Fine Glitter

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.

A Cozy Season!

Hello!

Today's card uses the adorable "Chris Mouse Dreams" stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. This  little cutie is waiting for Santa to come, all bundled up and cozy for the night!

I stamped and coloured my card with my Copic Markers to match the papers from the Bazzill Basics Paper "Countdown To Christmas" 6x6 collection. I added some lines to the blanket with a thin black marker to create a checkered look. I stamped the sentiment "Cozy Season" below my image. Next using this Frilly Nested Square Die from Gina Marie, I cut out my image, backed it with matching cardstock and added it on a tilt to my card. A nice big bow and some red enamel dots finish off my card.

Copics Used:

E55, E57, E59

R01, R02, R35, R46, R59

T0, T1, T2, T3, T6, T8

C00, C0, C1

B000

Thanks for stopping by today and 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 our Blog and Facebook page too!

Happy Stamping!

 

Rodney Reindeer

 Howdy - MichelleO here today - Now isn't this just the sweetest little Christmas Reindeer? This is Rodney Reindeer from High Hopes Stamps - 

I really wanted Rodney to pop on the card... so I went with white card stock base, and then two pattern papers from Paper Studio a red dot paper and a Christmas Pine tree... Simple but still adds a lot of color. I colored the Reindeer with my Copics (colors below) and then sewed all the layers down.  A pretty but simple High Hopes Sentiment "Sm. Christmas Script" and three Enamel Dots in the corner for fun! 

Copic colors used - 

Love how cute this little Reindeer is .. perfect for a great Christmas card! 

Thanks so much - 

Believe Snowman!

Hi there crafty friends,

I'm back this morning with a Christmas card using this cute and fun snowman image!

Stamps I'm using today "Believe Snowman" and "Dot Snowman" 

from  Highhopesstamps.com 

Image is colored with Copics; snowman C1

snowman hat/buttons C4 C7 C9 

snow BG000 BG01
birds/ bird houses YG13 G99

sign E23 E25

scarf R24 R27 R29 R39

Here is the inside!

Finish my card with the same pattern paper and with this super adorable sentiment. I had a ball using this cute snowman image. Need some inspiration check it up what the DIVAS have created fort this week over  Highhopesstamps.com blog!

Thank you for visit my blog today!

Have a BLESS day.

  

Merry Christmas

Welcome Everyone;

I'm a huge fan of both snowmen and penguins.  There are so many adorable stamps over at High Hopes Stamps.  Just love them all and they make great winter and Christmas cards.

For many of us, Christmas is a time to go all out and get spruced with decorations & trees.  That is exactly what this adorable penguin is doing in today's card.  The stamp that I have used from High Hopes Stamps is called Getting Spruced Up.

This is another CAS card.  I added some peel off border stickers to the outer sides of the design paper that is at an angle.  Some Nuvo glitter and enamel dots finish off the card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Getting Spruced Up (S241),  Scripty Merry Christmas (FLL007) -- High Hopes Stamps
• Paper:  Xpress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Peppermint Kisses (Kaisercraft)Copic 
• Copic Markers:  
• Tree:  G46 - Mistletoe, G43 - Pistachio, Y28 - Lionet Gold, E29 - Burnt Umber, E27 - Africano
• Penguin:  N8 - Neutral Gray No. 8, N7 - Neutral Gray No. 7, N6 - Neutral Gray No. 6, N5 - Neutral Gray No. 5, N4 - Neutral Gray No. 4, G0000 - Crystal Opal, G000 - Pale Green, G00 - Jade Green
• Other: Y18 - Lightning Yellow, Y17 - Golden Yellow, BG32 - Aqua Mint, BV00 - Mauve Shadow, B01 - Mint Blue, R27 - Cadmiun Red, R29 - Lipstick Red
• Die:  Loopy Ovals - Gina Marie Designs
• Nuvo Glitter Drops:  White Blizzard
• Nuvo Glitter Accents:  Fresh Snowfall
• Miscellaneous:  Peel off stickers border strips, enamel dots

Have some coffee or tea, while you check out the High Hopes Stamps website to see the many and varied fun stamps.  If you are need of some inspiration, stop by the High Hopes Stamps Blog to see what 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,