To everything there is a season, and with Ecclesiastes 3 in mind we would like to thank Crissy for four years of wonderful art, laughter, and friendship. Crissy was a doll to work with, as when we would give her an idea for a stamp, she would always exceed our expectations with what she created. Watching Crissy's style develop over the years has been a joy, and we know she has touched many with her kind spirit and charming art work. We wish Crissy all of Gods Blessings in her future endeavors, and know her fans will stay tuned as they anxiously await her fresh new images to share with the stamping world!
We would also like to wish Kimmie well as she steps down from her duties as lead diva on our design team. Kimmie was a great treasure and asset to High Hopes as she had many awesome ideas that we have put into practice, and will continue to use. She has always been extremely fast to share techniques and tips with the other ladies on our team, and I know that those of you who follow her blog will continue to gain inspiration and great tips and design ideas. Words cannot express our gratitude for all Kimmie's help with our small growing company... As we have said many times before, it is our design team that is the real "stars" of our show!!
We have had many changes over the last month at High Hopes. We have received several calls from new artists who would like to know if we are going to be adding to our line. The answer is YES!! We are looking forward to offering our customers awesome fresh new images in the next release. We will be having a contest to help find our new artist(s)... starting on Sept. 15th and ending on Nov. 1st. We are looking for Fresh, whimsical, Funky, Fun, cute and silly images to continue on with. We will be giving our awesome design team a vote with who they would like to choose to continue working with, after all, who better knows what they want to stamp, than the designers themselves?
Stay tuned as the details will be posted soon.
Tina, Bethany and the High Hopes Family
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
A Winner and ....Summer Vacation!!
Good morning stampers!! I'm just popping on with a quick little announcement!! Summer is so busy for everyone....stampers included! We have so many things to do and we don't want to miss one minute of the great weather because before you know it, it will be over!! We're all taking little trips and holidays, meeting up with friends and family, not to mention all the wonderful yard work that needs to be done! So the Design Team has decided to take the rest of the summer off from challenges. We hope you won't miss us too badly and that you'll come back to visit!
We couldn't leave without announcing the random winner from last week's fun challenge....and that is.......CreaRenata!! Congratulations! Please email me with your mailing information and I will forward that on to High Hopes!
Hope you are having a wonderful summer and we hope you'll stop in again in the fall!!
We couldn't leave without announcing the random winner from last week's fun challenge....and that is.......CreaRenata!! Congratulations! Please email me with your mailing information and I will forward that on to High Hopes!
Hope you are having a wonderful summer and we hope you'll stop in again in the fall!!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
High Hopes New Email Address!!
Some customers have been having issues with their orders directly from High Hopes and apparently, the messages sent to the current email address have been hit or miss.
I have just received information that a new address has been set up just this evening, so if you have a pending order that you are waiting for or having been trying to contact them for whatever reason, please use this new email address.... highhopesstamps@gmail.com and Bethany has promised to respond to each message within 24-48 hours.
I have just received information that a new address has been set up just this evening, so if you have a pending order that you are waiting for or having been trying to contact them for whatever reason, please use this new email address.... highhopesstamps@gmail.com and Bethany has promised to respond to each message within 24-48 hours.
High Hopes Challenge #42!!
Good morning happy stampers!! It's Sunday again (can you believe it?) and you know what that means....it's time for another happenin' High Hopes challenge!!! Is it August already??? It's hard to comprehend that the summer is half over!!! Oh my!!
Firstly, I'd like to tell you that the random winner from last week's challenge is........Poppet!! Congratulations and be sure to send me your mailing information and I will forward it on to High Hopes.
This week our sassy hostess is Jeanne!! She has called this challenge Go for the Gold!! She would like us to use some gold anywhere on our projects, whether it's in the patterned paper, the cardstock, gold embellishments, ribbon etc. Let's see you show off your gold!
The random winner from this week's challenge will receive the Bee and the No Worries sentiment which are featured on Jeanne's gorgeous card!!
Now have a peek at these inspirational designs created by our wonderful Divas!!!
Firstly, I'd like to tell you that the random winner from last week's challenge is........Poppet!! Congratulations and be sure to send me your mailing information and I will forward it on to High Hopes.
This week our sassy hostess is Jeanne!! She has called this challenge Go for the Gold!! She would like us to use some gold anywhere on our projects, whether it's in the patterned paper, the cardstock, gold embellishments, ribbon etc. Let's see you show off your gold!
The random winner from this week's challenge will receive the Bee and the No Worries sentiment which are featured on Jeanne's gorgeous card!!
Now have a peek at these inspirational designs created by our wonderful Divas!!!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
High Hopes Challenge #41!!!
Well, hello again, Stampers!! We hope you are having a wonderful summer weekend....although it's a rather nasty rainstorm for us here in Southwestern Ontario today. Yuck!!
We have a random winner for last week's challenge and that is.......StephanieZ!! Be sure to send us your mailing address Stephanie and congratulations!!!
This week's High Hopes Challenge is brought to us by the lovely Nikki!! Her theme this week is Sparkle and Shine!! So add lots of sparklies, glitter, shine, bling...whatever you like! That shouldn't be too difficult....at least not for those of us who loooooooove sparkle!! Haha!!
The random winner of this week's challenge will receive Party Cat and the Party Animal sentiment, as featured on Nikki's sparkly card!!
Now put on your sunglasses, because there are lots of sparkles and shiney things on the Divas' inspirational cards!!!
We have a random winner for last week's challenge and that is.......StephanieZ!! Be sure to send us your mailing address Stephanie and congratulations!!!
This week's High Hopes Challenge is brought to us by the lovely Nikki!! Her theme this week is Sparkle and Shine!! So add lots of sparklies, glitter, shine, bling...whatever you like! That shouldn't be too difficult....at least not for those of us who loooooooove sparkle!! Haha!!
The random winner of this week's challenge will receive Party Cat and the Party Animal sentiment, as featured on Nikki's sparkly card!!
Now put on your sunglasses, because there are lots of sparkles and shiney things on the Divas' inspirational cards!!!
Sunday, July 19, 2009
High Hopes Challenge #40!!!
Happy High Hopes Sunday, stampers!! It is once again time for another amazing High Hopes Challenge!!!
Firstly, the random winner of Anna's challenge last week is......Ula from My Cards World!!! Congratulations, Ula and be sure to email me with your mailing information!
Well, I hope that you all are having a wonderful summer and are doing lots of fun things outdoors with your family. But today I'd like you to think about snow and presents and winter...oh my!! I'm the hostess this week (that's me, Kimmie) and this week's challenge is.....Christmas in July!!! So pull out your holiday themed High Hopes stamps and get started on your Christmas cards!!
The random winner of this week's challenge will receive Mudzie and Choppers Carolling and the new sentiment as featured on my card!
Now crank your air conditioning up to full blast, grab yourself a cup of hot cocoa and get stampin'!!!
Here's some inky inspiration!!
Firstly, the random winner of Anna's challenge last week is......Ula from My Cards World!!! Congratulations, Ula and be sure to email me with your mailing information!
Well, I hope that you all are having a wonderful summer and are doing lots of fun things outdoors with your family. But today I'd like you to think about snow and presents and winter...oh my!! I'm the hostess this week (that's me, Kimmie) and this week's challenge is.....Christmas in July!!! So pull out your holiday themed High Hopes stamps and get started on your Christmas cards!!
The random winner of this week's challenge will receive Mudzie and Choppers Carolling and the new sentiment as featured on my card!
Now crank your air conditioning up to full blast, grab yourself a cup of hot cocoa and get stampin'!!!
Here's some inky inspiration!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
Important High Hopes News!!
We would like to thank you for your support over the last four years as we started with a dream and an idea, and were blessed to watch it grow. We have made so many cherished friendships along the way, and cannot state enough how much we appreciate those of you who have shared ideas, and your beautiful artwork with us.
As of August first 2009 High Hopes Rubber Stamps will change from accepting both wholesale and retail orders to accepting wholesale orders only. We will of course continue to process all existing retail orders until they are complete, and in your hands.We hope that this change will not discourage you from keeping in touch, and continuing to share your ideas and art with us. We will continue to have a project of the month that we hope our awesome family of retailers will be making available to you. We will of course continue on with our super talented Design team, having calls for "Guest Divas" every three months, and highly anticipate great new images by Crissy every three months as well. The design team blog will continue to inspire you, keep you posted with updates, challenges, and blog candy. We feel so blessed to have one of the most talented group of ladies designing for us, and look forward to meeting new designers as we have the guest spots filled.
The decision to go wholesale only was a very hard one to come to, as we loved having personal contact with so many talented, encouraging, funny, and lovely people! After much soul searching, however, we feel that this is the best route for us at this time. We had grown so much over the past two years that we had been working 14-16 hour days to process orders, and just when we thought we were getting caught up, we would be blessed to have a card or project featured in a magazine with one of Crissy's beautiful images...which of course would create a new influx of orders! The blessings we were feeling, were giving us growing pains, and sadly were not allowing us to give each of our customers/friends the top notch personal customer service that they deserve. It truly weighs so heavy on our hearts if just one customer is left unhappy or feeling un-appreciated.
With this new change, we hope to accomplish several things:
1) We will continue to keep the whole line of stamps listed at our website, as well as listing new releases
2) We will update our list of retailers so you can easily find us, as well as list companies that will mail order and ship internationally... This is the main benefit to our existing friends as when you order from one of these retailers, they will have the stock in store, and can ship immediately. You will not have a waiting period as you have currently while we custom make each order.
3) Wholesale orders are much easier for us to fill, so hopefully this will free up some of our time so that we can work on an updated catalog (YEAH!!). Once completed we will have a free downloadable pdf. catalog available, and hope to have a high quality catalog available to order.
4) We also hope that with this change we will be freed up to complete a stockpile of stamps so we can go to shows and get to meet our friends face to face! It's our hope that we can talk Crissy, and some of our divas to come to shows with us, so that they can meet you as well.
We have no delusions as to the source of any success we have been given, besides giving glory to God (whom we have looked to daily for strength and wisdom), we know it is the blessing of the awesome design team that has shared their talent with you, and inspired you to take a chance on us. We cannot state enough how much we appreciate all their hard work... as they are the real "Stars" of our show!
Likewise, we sincerely thank you for your friendship over the years. We cherish the sweet encouraging emails, the ideas that you have given us, and all the beautiful art that has been shared with us. We hope that this transition will be an easy one for us all, and we hope that you will stay in touch with us, as getting to know you has been the best part of this business!
Tina, Bethany, and the High Hopes Family
As of August first 2009 High Hopes Rubber Stamps will change from accepting both wholesale and retail orders to accepting wholesale orders only. We will of course continue to process all existing retail orders until they are complete, and in your hands.We hope that this change will not discourage you from keeping in touch, and continuing to share your ideas and art with us. We will continue to have a project of the month that we hope our awesome family of retailers will be making available to you. We will of course continue on with our super talented Design team, having calls for "Guest Divas" every three months, and highly anticipate great new images by Crissy every three months as well. The design team blog will continue to inspire you, keep you posted with updates, challenges, and blog candy. We feel so blessed to have one of the most talented group of ladies designing for us, and look forward to meeting new designers as we have the guest spots filled.
The decision to go wholesale only was a very hard one to come to, as we loved having personal contact with so many talented, encouraging, funny, and lovely people! After much soul searching, however, we feel that this is the best route for us at this time. We had grown so much over the past two years that we had been working 14-16 hour days to process orders, and just when we thought we were getting caught up, we would be blessed to have a card or project featured in a magazine with one of Crissy's beautiful images...which of course would create a new influx of orders! The blessings we were feeling, were giving us growing pains, and sadly were not allowing us to give each of our customers/friends the top notch personal customer service that they deserve. It truly weighs so heavy on our hearts if just one customer is left unhappy or feeling un-appreciated.
With this new change, we hope to accomplish several things:
1) We will continue to keep the whole line of stamps listed at our website, as well as listing new releases
2) We will update our list of retailers so you can easily find us, as well as list companies that will mail order and ship internationally... This is the main benefit to our existing friends as when you order from one of these retailers, they will have the stock in store, and can ship immediately. You will not have a waiting period as you have currently while we custom make each order.
3) Wholesale orders are much easier for us to fill, so hopefully this will free up some of our time so that we can work on an updated catalog (YEAH!!). Once completed we will have a free downloadable pdf. catalog available, and hope to have a high quality catalog available to order.
4) We also hope that with this change we will be freed up to complete a stockpile of stamps so we can go to shows and get to meet our friends face to face! It's our hope that we can talk Crissy, and some of our divas to come to shows with us, so that they can meet you as well.
We have no delusions as to the source of any success we have been given, besides giving glory to God (whom we have looked to daily for strength and wisdom), we know it is the blessing of the awesome design team that has shared their talent with you, and inspired you to take a chance on us. We cannot state enough how much we appreciate all their hard work... as they are the real "Stars" of our show!
Likewise, we sincerely thank you for your friendship over the years. We cherish the sweet encouraging emails, the ideas that you have given us, and all the beautiful art that has been shared with us. We hope that this transition will be an easy one for us all, and we hope that you will stay in touch with us, as getting to know you has been the best part of this business!
Tina, Bethany, and the High Hopes Family
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