Wrinkles are hereditary.....

Hello everyone;

Hmm, Irma is definitely busy ironing out the wrinkles on the towel and maybe she is trying to get ride of the wrinkles.

Now it could be debatable as to whether wrinkles are hereditary... and that we get them from our children.  They could be considered hereditary as we did frown a lot because of their antics and frowning causes  wrinkles... just saying it is a possibility

After colouring Ironing Irma (High Hopes Stamps) with Copic Markers, I used a Double Stitched Rectangle Die from Gina Marie Designs to cut it out.  A piece of Mulberry paper was cut out with the same die.  Some ribbon, Prima flowers - with a dab of Morning Dew from Nuvo Crystal Drops in the center and Your Next Stamps Enamel Dots finished off the card.

 

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Ironing Erma (T085), From Our Children (J080) -- High Hopes Stamps
• Paper:  Xpress It Blending Cardstock; DP - I'd Rather Be Crafting
• Copic Markers:
• Skin:  E0000 - Floral White, E000 - Pale Fruit Pink, E00 - Skin White, R20 - Blush
• Hair:  E33 - Sand, E31 - Brick Beige, B30 - Bisque
• Eyes: B60 - Pale Blue Gray
• Dress:  R85 - Rose Red, R83 - Rose Mist, R81 - Rose Pink
• Apron:  G0000 - Crystal Opal, G000 - Pale Green, G00 - Jade Green
• Shoes:  N3 - Neutral Gray No. 3, N1 - Neutral Gray No. 1, N0 - Neutral Gray No. 0
• Other: YG18 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette, C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Cool Gray No. 0, E42 - Sand White, Y18 - Lightning Yellow, Yr15 - Pumpkin Yellow, E50 - Egg Shell, E51 - Milky White, R46 - Strong Red
• Double Stitched Die -- Gina Marie Designs
• Spectrum Noir Sparkle Glitter Pen: Clear
• Nuvo Crystal Drops: Morning Dew

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Hugs,

 

 

Half The Fun

I had so many fun memories pop in to my head while I was colouring this stamp! Whether it was road trips with my family or my crafty friends, there was always some kind of schenanigans that ensued and kept me chuckling while colouring. 
From fun games played with my siblings to hilarious things like construction pylons jumping out in front of the car, the end result is half the fun - if not more - is getting there! 
Even though this stamp isn't showing a road trip in a vehicle, it reminds me that no matter how long it takes we eventually get there and have some fun along the way. 

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I coloured up this fun stamp with alcohol markers and hand fussy cut it. I should have left a thing white edge at least around the carrot string....we may or many not have had a minor carrot string incident <smile>. Next I created my scene with a left over piece of watercolor paper, some puffy clouds, grass tufts and a fun little sun peaking out from behind the clouds. 
I stamped the sentiment and mounted it on some matching cardstock and finished off my card with some gumdrops.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Bear-ly Inspired - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Half The Fun - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Watercolor Washes - Lawn Fawn, Summer Plaid - YNS

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill digital cover stock,white gel pen, grass tuft and sun dies - YNS, cloud die - Die'sires, gumdrops - YNS

 Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers : AG2 AG4 AG5 Y38 YR04 OR2 YGO1 YG05 YG17 E99 E34 E31 TN1 EB1 EB3 EB6 EB5

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4 Alarm Birthday!!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I used Fireman Matthew - S017 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the main image and 4 Alarm Day - H059 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Fireman Matthew is prepped and ready to put out the fire from all of those flames rising up from the birthday candles on your cake! He even has a lot of little firetrucks on standby too, just in case! LOL!

To make my card this week, I started off with a card base of 6" x 6". I used Echo Park - Scoot by Deena Rutter paper for the background. I just loved those little firetrucks. My older brother used to be a fireman, so I was always looking for background paper to go with the Fireman stamps I would find to make his cards.

I created the brick background by embossing some brown tan paper, using my Cuttlebug and Darice - Brick Wall Embossing Folder. Then I used a mixture of Tim Holtz brown inks listed below to create the texture for the wall. I stamped the image onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using my MISTI and Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then coloured the image in with Copic Markers. Once it was coloured in, I fussy cut around it and went along all of the edges with a black marker.

The sentiment was long and I wanted to make it square, so I did it in several steps. Using my MISTI and Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, I covered the portion of the stamp with tape that I didn't want to stamp. Inked the portion that I wanted and then removed the tape. Then I stamped it, cleaned it off and moved the tape to the next portion that I didn't want to stamp. I did this 3 times to get the result seen in this photo. This allowed me to make the sentiment into a square. Once this was done, I die cut it out using my Cuttlebug and My Creative Time - Stitched Squares Inside and Out.

I ran both the die-cut sentiment and finished coloured image through my Xyron Creative Station. Then I mounted the image onto the brick wall and the sentiment onto some red cardstock. I used my cutter to create a nice square for the sentiment. Next I went around the entire card with Tim Holtz - Fired Brick Distress Ink and popped up the brick wall and sentiment using 3M VHB - 2 sided tape. I added in some water droplets using Stickles - Ice Blue to finish off the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp:  Fireman Matthew - S017  (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: 4 Alarm Day - H059 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz - Fired Brick, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Gathered Twigs, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Rusty Hinge, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Vintage Photo

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Echo Park - Scoot by Deena Rutter (6"x6" - Double-sided), Red Cardstock, Tan Cardstock

Die Cuts: My Creative Time -Stitched Squares Inside and Out

Embossing Folder: Darice - Brick Wall Embossing Folder

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug, Xyron Creative Station, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Skin: E21, E11, E04, E00, E000, R22, R20

Hair: E47, E44, E43

Coat and Pants: E53, YR21, Y21, Y04, C3, C2, C1

Hat: E53, YR21, Y21, R46, R29, R24

Boots: C10, C8, C6, C5, C3

Hose: R46, R29, R24, C3, C2, C1, E53, YR21, Y21

Water: Stickles - Ice Blue

Shadow: C3, C2, C1

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

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Girls Are A Gift!

Hello!

Introducing "Bessie Boo" from High Hopes Stamps today! Love the look on her face.....she's like oh my hope my hair turns out ok! I just love the curlers in her hair!

I decided to use papers from the Echo Park "Teen Spirit Girl" 6x6 collection. I stamped, cut Bessie out using a Gina Marie Arched Stitched Tag die, and then coloured her using my Copic markers. A few cute layers of paper and a circle tag cut out of paper make my layout today. I tilted Bessie and popped her up with foam squares for a different look. I added Clear Stickles to Bessie's curlers and some matt enamel dots to finish off my card.

The decorated inside has the "Girls Are A Gift" sentiment also from High Hopes Stamps.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E21, E11, R20

Hair: E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit: V15, V17, BV08/ Y32, Y35, Y38

Curlers: Y32, Y35. Y38

Rug: RV11, RV13, V01, V04

Ground and Outline: W1, W2, W3/ BG0000, BG000, BG01

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Snoozin' Sam

Howdy - MichelleO here today for High Hopes Stamps I have "Snoozin' Sam" ... 

I think we all have done a bit of the Snoozin' that Sam is here lately... And I love that this guy is enjoying a good book and his cat close! All though our Cat is usually sleeping on our chest when napping!

Colored with Copics and shaded with pencils. Then found a very old piece of paper in my scraps, that just felt good with this sleeping man. I sewed all the layers together then used the High Hopes Stamps sentiment "Grandpas Are"worked out perfectly with this image.

Copic colors used -

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Beautiful Friendship Card

Hello and welcome,
 Today I'm sharing a beautiful friendship card using two images from High Hopes Stamps!

I used "Raindrops Ribbit" and colored with alcohol markers. Once I was finish with my coloring, I used my sewing machine. Since I had the change to stay at home with my girls for a month I been learning how to sew. Not the best...but is getting better! I attached the panel to a tag base with foam adhesive. The paper is (splendor) from My Mind's Eye and used a couple of dies from LF.

Here is a close up!
For embellishment I added crystal stickles, white gel pen, light blue flat pearls, seam binding ribbon (pink pirouette), sequin trim, and charms from my stash.

Copic I used; flower B91 B93
rain coat/flower center Y11 Y13 Y15
flower stem E31 E33
frog YG11 YG13 YG17

Here is the inside!

I finish the inside the card with a lovely sentiment called "Dot Rain Or Shine"
 I hope you have enjoy my card today, I will be back soon with more card inspirations!

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For more details and photos, please visit my blog at
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Laurie's Garden Angel

Welcome Everyone;

May is now here and buds on some bushes and trees are starting to bloom.  It is also time to start thinking and how to re-establish the grass and flowerbeds and the planning of the vegetable garden.

For today's card which is a CAS one, I have used the adorable Laurie's Garden Angel from High Hopes Stamps.  What's more I have gone out of my comfort zone.  I don't use yellow often, except maybe for flowers and never to colour  clothes -- those are usually, pinks, a rose colour etc.  So Laurie's outfit in a combination of yellow and blue is a definite first.  I definitely like the combo.  I used Nuvo Morning Dew Crystal Drops to create some crystal drops on the design paper

Supplies used:

• Stamp:  Laurie's Garden Angel (S251) - High Hopes Stamps
• Paper:  Xpress It Blending Cardstockm DP -- Fall Market (Echo Park)
• Copic Markers: 
• Skin: E0000 - Floral White, E000 - Pale Fruit Pink, E00 - Skin White, R20 - Blush
• Hair:  E33 - Sand, E30 - Bisque, E31 - Baby Skin Pink
• Top and Hat: Y0000 - Yellow Fluorite, Y000 - Pale Lemon, Y00 - Barium Yellow, Y02 - Canary Yellow
• Dress:  B0000 - Pale Celestine Blue, B000 - Pale Porcelain Blue, B00 - Frost Blue, B01 - Mint Blue
• Boots:  R46 - Strong Red, R29 - Lipstick Red, R27 - Cadmium Red
• Other:  E43 - Dull Ivory, E42 - Sand White, E41 - Pearl White, E40 - Brick White, E19 - Redwood, E18 - Copper, YG17 - Grass Green, YG13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette, Y17 - Golden Yellow, Y18 - Lightning Yellow, Y19 - Napoli Yellow, W3 - Warm Gray No. 3, W1 - Warm Gray No. 1, W00 - Warm Gray No. 00, C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C1 - Gray No. 1
• Die:  Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A
• Nuvo Crystal Drops: Morning Dew
• YNS Gumdrops
• Lace

Do stop by and visit/browse the High Hopes Stamps Blog to see what is posted by the HH Divas for some daily inspiration.  You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
 
Now to get your creativity flowing, checkout the  High Hopes Website as there is a Store Wide sale, save 20% off right now when you use the coupon Code Love at the checkout!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day. 

 

Hugs,