Scenic Route

 When hubby and I are going somewhere and it is a long drive, we always try to find "the scenic" route. This usually ends up being the no highways way to go and we have seen some beautiful scenery and found some hidden gems over the years. 

It is always fun to find a hidden gem and then go back to it when we have time to spend there ..... on a different road trip of course <wink> It is these road trips that were the inspiration for this card featuring "Choo Choo" from High Hopes. 

After stamping this cutie and colouring it with Copic markers I hand fussy cut it and ran a black marker around the edge to get any white I had missed. I wanted to include a railroad track on my card but I didn't have a die for that so I used a curved edge die to cut the rails and then decided the width of the cross pieces and cut them to fit. I added some trees and clouds to help create my scene. I added my stamped image last and popped him up with some foam pop dots. 

After stamping the sentiment I cut it to size and mounted it on matching card stock. Some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Choo Choo  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiments: Scenic Route - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Cartopia - Carta Bella, sky - Piggy Tails 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, tree and cloud dies YNS, curved edge die - My Creative Time Dies, foam pop dots, enamel dots

 Copic Markers:

Train  - C1 C2 C4 C5 B12 B14 B16 B97

Eyes - N4 N5 N8 N10 B00 B01 B02 B04

Smoke -W1 W2

Hair - E34 E35 E29

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Surfin' Dudley!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I used High Hopes Stamps' image  Surf Scene Dudley - S244. I've seen surfers in action while travelling the world, but have never gone on one myself. Who knows, maybe someday???? Dudley, sure looks happy sporting his vacation pose. LOL!

Using my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the image onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. I coloured in the image with Copic markers and used Copic - Opaque White to create the splash on the waves. My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Dies and My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Layers were both used to die cut the coloured image and background papers. The edges were inked around with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Evergreen Bough. The image was then attached to the Aqua background using double-sided tape.

To assemble the card, I began with a base card of Hot Buy - Cards and Envelopes (5.5" x 4.25"). I popped up the 2 backgrounds with 3M VHB - 2 sided tape and attached them both to the base card. Lastly, I added some pop-dots from CC Designs - Dragon Dreams Enamel to finish it off.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Surf Scene Dudley - S244 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Evergreen Bough

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, DCWV - Coastal - 12" x 12", Hot Buy - Recollections - Jewel Tones, Hot Buy - Cards and Envelopes (5.5" x 4.25")

Die Cuts: My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Dies, My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Layers

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape, CC Designs - Dragon Dreams Enamel Dots

Images coloured with Copic Markers:

Dragon: G94, G82, G46, YG07, YG03, YG00, BV04, BV02, BV01 (Eyes - Sakura Glaze - Black)

Bathing Suit: YR18, YR16, Y08

Surf Board: BG72, BG57, BG32, BG11, YR16, YR14, Y08, Y04

Water: BG70, BG32, BG11, B93, B91, B52, B41, B06, B04, B02, B01, (Copic - Opaque White)

Sky: B02, B01, B00, B000

Sand: E37, E35, E33, E31

Clouds: BG70, C1, C00, Colorless Blender

Hope you like it and have a fantastic week!

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Gnome Friends!

Happy Tuesday!

Oh my gosh I just love me anything Gnome!! Gnomes seem to be all the rage now and that suits me just fine! I was at our local garden centre recently and there were so many cute ones to add indoors or out in your garden! Now I'm just waiting for their sale and I'm going to scoop some up! The "Little Gnomes" stamp from High Hopes is absolutely adorable and I know this won't be the only card I design with them!

I decided to use papers from the Photoplay Tiny Prints called "Tulla & Norbert". The colours in this collection are so pretty and the plaid is my favourite! I stamped, coloured and then cut the image out using my Brother Cut N Scan. I added some ribbon and Stickles to their hats for a fun design element. Of course the HH sentiment called "Chillin' Gnomies" goes perfect with this image!

I added some foam squares to my cut out image to give my card a bit of dimension.

Copics Used:

Noses: E00, E21, E11

Beards: C0, C1, C3

Red outfit: R22, R24, R27

Yellow Outfit: YR21, YR23, YR24

Green Outfit: G02, G03, BG13

Magic Ball: B000, B00, B63, B66, white gel pen dots

E23, E25, E27

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 the High Hopes Blog and Facebook page too!

Happy Stamping!

 

Pansy Arrangement

Howdy - MichelleO here and this week for High Hopes Stamps I went really girlie... Flowers and a little bling so pretty! This is Pansy Arrangement I just love them. 

Now as I first sat down to color I just knew I was going purples... But I ran across this pattern paper from Graphic 45 that just called out and made me use it - so off went all the purples and then I started going for dark pinks and peach colors. I think it works... I did find that I need more peach colors with my Copics.. ha! I really thought I had most all of them, but I am missing a few... will have to look into that! 

I sewed down the layers onto a white card stock base, and then cut out the pansies with an oval stitch die. The High Hopes Stamps sentiment "Smell the Flowers" seemed perfect. Wait... Pansies do smell right? Oh well it is the thought - for a finish I found some bling enamel dots that worked as embellishments. This card reminds me of my Grandma.. She would have loved it. Maybe that's why it makes me happy. 

Copic colors used - 

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Life Happens!!!

I everyone and welcome,

this morning I'm happy to showcased another fun image from the "Mix It Up Release". 

 

For today card I used "Police Car" and the sentiment is "Life Happens" from High Hopes Stamps!

To start my card I stamped the image with black ink and colored with my Prisma color pencils and a blender. After I colored I fussy cut it leaving a small white border. The pattern paper is "Getaway" from Echo Park. I used three of the pattern paper from the pad and I small strip for the sentiment too. To finish my card I doodle a few lines using white gelly roll pen. Hope you love my card inspiration today. 

Thank you for visit my blog today. 

Have a BLESS day.

      

Your Best Miles are Still Ahead

Welcome Everyone;

Now that things are beginning to look up, we can look forward to some leisurely peaceful summer drives in the country and to the beach.   I remember the Beetle from growing up.  These cars may be small, but they certainly got you places.

For today's card, I have used Beetle Bug 1 from the Mix It Up release and paired it up with Best Miles;  which both have been sprung from the High Hopes Stamps Vault.  After colouring the samped image with Copic Markers, I used a Double Stitched Rectangle Die to cut it out and mounted it on some Foil from Kaisercraft.  To add the Silver glitter, I used a Nuvo Silver Glitter Marker to colour the area first, then added some Nuvo Silver Sparkle Dust.  I didn't think it was going to stick, but it did.  How long it will last is another story, and time will tell.  I haven't added Sparkle Dust to a card, this way before.  The creative experiment of the day.   Some enamel dots finished off this very CAS card.

 Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Beetle Bug 1 (SS040), Best Miles (GG041) -- both from High Hopes Stamps, Mix It Up Release
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Watercolor Washed (Lawn Fawn), Capsule Collection (Papermania), Foil Paper Pad - Frost (Kaisercraft)
• Copic Markers:
• B95 - Light Grayish Blue, B93 - Light Cockery Blue, B91 - Light Grayish Blue
• BG90 - Ocean Mist
• N0 - Neutral Gray No. 0, N1 - Neutral Gray No. 1, N2 - Neutral Gray No. 2, N3 - Neutral Gray No. 3
• Y00 - Barium Yellow, Y02 - Canadary Yellow
• Y13 - Lemon Yellow, YR15 - Pumpkin Yellow (Flower) 
• Die:  Double Stitched:  Gina Marie Designs
• Nuvo Glitter Marker:  Silver
• Nuvo Sparkle Dust: Silver
• Miscellaneous:  Enamel Dots

Do take some time with a favourite beverage and browse the High Hopes Stamps website to see the many and varied fun stamps that are available.  For some inspiration, hop on over to the High Hopes Stamps Blog and see what the HH Divas have been up to. We do post daily. Don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Hugs,

Fairy Wishes

 It's all about the magic of fairies with "Flying Fairy" from the Mix It Up Release at High Hopes. 

Honestly, I wasn't told a lot about fairies when I was growing up but as I got older and could choose the books I wanted to read I found a few fantasy type books that exposed me to the magic of fairies. I used to watch for fire flies and when I saw them imagined they were fairies. 

I chose to add this gorgeous stamp to an inked background I created hoping to give my card a magical feel. 

I stamped this fun fairy and coloured her using Copic markers. I added some clear sparkle pen to her wings and wand but it is hard to see in the photo. Next I hand fussy cut her leaving a thin white edge.

To make my background, I used some inks, water, Silver Stickles and white acrylic paint on watercolour paper. To create the background I used a similar process to creating a galaxy background and added some of my own "touches".

After creating my very sparkly background I used a swirling star die to cut some of it out. Some white glitter paper was added behind the stars for some extra sparkle. It is really hard to get a good picture of all the sparkle on this card - it is very sparkly in person but creating the background was so fun. After stamping the sentiment, I cut it to size and added it to some matching card stock.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Flying Fairy  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiments: Make A Wish - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Inked Background

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, Not Quite Navy and Summer Sun Stampin' Up ink, Rosebud Memento ink, Seedless Preserves Distress ink, white glitter paper, swirling stars die - Tim Holtz, Clear Spectrum Sparkle pen, silver Stickles

 Copic Markers:

Skin  - E00 E21 E11

Dress - R81 R83 R85

Flowers -V22 V25 V17 YG01 YG03 YG17

Hair - E34 E35 E29

Wand - Y11 Y08 Y38 C2 C4 V22 V25

Wings - C1 C2 blender

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!