Friends Are The Best

  High Hopes Rubber Stamps and the design team are celebrating friends and friendship this month with the Winter Friends Release. It is full of adorable images and sentiments - perfect for sending a card to let someone know you are thinking about them. I know I couldn't have gotten through the last couple years without a little help from my peeps. 

I have quite a few tags in my stamp collection but when I saw the Moose & Friends (TDG019) stamp in this release, I decided to challenge myself to use a tag stamp in a different way. Instead of stamping a sentiment in tag portion, I added a little scene just for something different and fun. This trio has spent the day in the outdoors and have shared some laughs and made some new friends! 

                                           

I stamped this adorable group of friends and coloured them with Copic markers. Next I hand fussy cut them leaving a thin white edge, glued them to card stock and cut them again leaving a thin blue edge a little wider than the white edge. I set them aside and went through the papers in the My Favorite Winter pad from Echo Park until I found some I thought worked together with my stamp and colours. I cut the pieces for my card base along with matching card stock to create my layers and used a loopy oval die to cut out one piece to create some interest. 

To create the scene inside the tag portion, I picked the blue snow flake paper, stamped the tag portion of the stamp and hand fussy cut it. Next I used a hills die to cut some snow banks for the tag as well as the rest of the background. I glued these pieced down and added some die cut trees and deer to finish off the scene. 

The sentiment was stamped and cut out, added a fish tail piece underneath it and some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Moose & Friends (TLD019) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Best Collectibles (FDG017)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: My Favorite Winter- Echo Park

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, tree die - Skating Rink Scene die - Your Next Stamp, Loopy Oval Die - Gina Marie Designs, deer die - Gina Marie Designs, hills die - My Creative Time Dies, oval die - Gina Marie Designs, enamel dots

 Copic Markers:

Moose - E34 E35 E29 E41 E42 E43 C1 C2 C4 C5

Moose Hat - RV29 RV39 RV69

Racoon - T4 T6 T8 W2 W4 W6

Bird - B00 B01 B02

Bird Hat - B39 BV29 C9

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Friendship Warms The Heart!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a card using Friends Snooze - TDG013 by High Hopes Rubber Stamps for the main image and Friendship - FDG023 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Pop on over to High Hopes Rubber Stamps and see all of the wonderful new images as we celebrate our Winter Friends Release!

To make my card this week, I began with a card base of Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock, cut and scored to be 5.5" x 4.25".  I cut the background paper from American Crafts - Jack Frost to be the same size and attached it directly to the base using double-sided tape. Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Chipped Sapphire was used to ink around the outside of the card. Using my Cuttlebug, My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Layers, My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Dies, Gina Marie Designs - Nested Scalloped Stitched Rectangles, I die cut the Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Scrapbook.com - Peppermint Smooth Cardstock and Crafter's Companion - Luxury Cardstock - Ice Blue Pack. Using U-line double-sided tape, I popped up each of the layers onto the card base.

Using my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the image onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card cardstock and the sentiment onto Recollections - White cardstock. I coloured in the image with Copic markers and then added some Stickles - Diamond to the parts of the snow to make it sparkly. Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen was used to create a starry night sky. I added U-line double-sided tape to the completed image and popped it up onto the card. The sentiment was die cut using my Cuttlebug and Poppystamps - Christmas Quotes. I inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Chipped Sapphire and glued it onto the top of the image at an angle to complete the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Friends Snooze - TDG013 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: Friendship - FDG023 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Chipped Sapphire

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb., American Crafts - Jack Frost 6 x 6 in., Crafter's Companion - Luxury Cardstock - Ice Blue Pack, Scrapbook.com - Peppermint Smooth Cardstock - 4.25" x 5.5", Recollections - White

Die Cuts: My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Layers, My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Dies, Poppystamps - Christmas Quotes, Gina Marie Designs - Nested Scalloped Stitched Rectangles

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, U-Line double-sided tape, Gelly Roll Sakura #10 Pen, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen, Sakura Glaze - Black, Stickles - Diamond, Cuttlebug

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Bear and Scarf: C9, C7, C5, C4, C3, E27, E25, E23, BG09, BG05, BG02, BG01 (Eyes and Nose - Sakura Glaze - Black)

Bird, Scarf and Hat: R46, R22, R14, R08, YR18, YR15, BG72, BG57, BG32, BG11, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen

Pine Needles: G29

Sky: B99, B97, B95, B93, Gelly Roll Sakura #5 Pen

Snow: B60, B0000, BV20, BG0000, Colorless Blender, 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
Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

You Got This!

Howdy Partners!

Over at High Hopes Rubber Stamps were celebrating the New Year with a release!!!! This cutie is from the "Winter Friends" new release and is called "Lasso Some Snow". This release has 13 new images and 13 sentiments! I love this cutie and thought I'd show you, you don't have to use winter themed papers to make a fun card!

To begin, I stamped my image onto some Copic friendly paper with Memento ink. Then I coloured it to match the papers from the Doodlebug "Down On The Farm" & "Buffalo Checked Woodgrain" 6x6 collections. I layered the papers with cardstock on my 5.5" square card and added a Spellbinder Lacey Circle die. A few enamel dots and some glitter pen on the snow finishes off my card.

I used the "Don't Worry" sentiment from High Hopes on my card today. Here you can also see how the image is popped up with foam squares for added dimension.

Copics Used:

Snowman: C00, C1 Copic 0/ YR04, YR09, R01, 

Reds: R24, R27, R29

Blues: B23, B24, B26

Hats: E31, E33, E35

Fence: E35, E37, E39

Wheel & Buttons: W6, W8

Snow: B0000, B000

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!

It's NEW RELEASE DAY - Winter Friends are HERE!!!

Happy Monday HH Fans!!

We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season with family & friends!!  Staying safe sure was the motto again this year.  We have to keep the faith that it will be over sooner rather than later.

We are so excited to share these images that were previously retired!!  This is our Re-Release of Winter Friends & we are thrilled to have them back in our Catalog!!  This release is all about FRIENDS!!!

You can find all the new images & sentiments right HERE

We are launching our Youtube channel this month....please be patient with me as I learn to navigate the world of social media....I'm still a little old school lol!!

Keep your eyes on the blog for daily posts from our wonderful Design Team!

Winter Pup

Howdy - MichelleO here today and guess what... There is a release at High Hopes Stamps! Winter Friends! For my first card I just had to color up the "Winter Pup" ... too adorable!  

 

 

This little one is so cute, I colored with Copics (colors below). And then I added lots of Nuvo glitter and white to the hat and scarf. I added those polka dots to match up with my pattern paper. Both patterns are from KasierCraft. The pieces are sewn down and then the image is die cut in an oval and inked with Ranger tea dye ink. I needed some sort of mat and went digging in my stash. Found a great large die that fit perfectly! A High Hopes Stamps sentiment "Friendship warms the heart"  it is punched out with a EK Success ticket punch. A Copic around the edges for a faux mat. 

Copic colors used -

Love the fun warm feel of this one.  There are so many great fun images in the January release!! You must pop over to the High Hopes Stamps website HERE and see all the fabulous images to play with!

Thanks so much! 

Hello Winter

Welcome Everyone;

Now that the rush of Christmas has come and gone, it is now New Year's Eve.  No doubt it will be a quiet one for people, but still celebrated as for saying good bye to 2021 and hello to 2022.

For my last card of the year I have used Bear, Mountains and paired with Hello Winter stamps from High Hopes Stamps.  These are all from the Woodland Winter Release.

After stamping them all on copic friendly paper, I coloured them with copic markers.  The mountains were stamped 3 times amd each one was also coloured with copic markers.  They were all fuzzy cut  and the outer edges touched up with a Tsukenko Memento Tuxedo Black Marker.  I created the mountains, by adding multiple layers.  White Blizzard from Nuvo Glitter Accents line was added to the mountain tops.  The enamel dots and a snowflake finished off this CAS card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Bear - TDG002, Mountains - TDG007, Hello Winter - FDG007 all from High Hopes Stamps Woodland Winter Release
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - North Country - Prima, Perfectly Plaid Winter - Lawn Fawn
• Copic Markers:
• Bear:  W10 - Warm Gray No. 10, W3 - Warm Gray No. 3, W1 - Warm Gray No. 1, W0 - Warm Gray No.  0, W00 - Warm Gray No. 00
• Mountains:  C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Cool Gray No. 0, BG0000 - Snow Green
• Nuvo Glitter Accents:  White Blizzard
• Miscellaneous:  Snowflake, Enamel Dots

Thank you for stopping by today!  Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and health and happiness for 2022!

When you have time, head on over to the High Hopes website and see all of Lora's adorable stamps!  You can find inspiration from the Design Team by visiting the High Hopes Blog and Facebook page too!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Hugs,

 

A Stack Of Wishes

 A new year is set to begin in a few days and I don't know about you, but I couldn't have made it through without the help of my peeps! We have had so many fun times and may or may not have had some crazy times too! 

The "Perfectly Stackable" stamp from High Hopes brings so many good memories back of some of these times. The crazy times, when my peeps and I let our hair down and just had some good, honest fun! This stamp just makes my giggle! and I have decided that I am the one on the bottom......with the coffee because anyone who knows me knows how much I like my coffee! 

Wishing you all a Happy New Year  and my hope is that you have peeps in your life who help you have some fun ....with just a smidge of crazy ;)

                                                  

After stamping these cuties, I coloured them with Copic markers, added some Star Dust Stickles to the snowflakes and cut the stamp out with a handstitched nested rectangle die. I added them to some fun paper from the Holiday Cheer paper pad from Honey Bee Stamps. Then, I stamped the sentiment and added it to the side of the stamp. A few die cut snow flakes scattered around the design and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Perfectly Stackable (TLF033) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Stack of Wishes (GLL016)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Holiday Cheer - Honey Bee Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, handstitched nested rectangle die - Whimsy Stamps, snowflake die - Sizzix, enamel dots, Star Dust Stickles

 Copic Markers:

Skin  - E00 E21 E11

Clothing - BG72 BG75 N5 E41 E42 E55

Shoes - E23 E25 E27

Beards - W01

Snow -B000

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!