Easter Greetings!

Hello!!

The "vault" has opened again over at High Hopes Rubber Stamps and yesterday was the start of the "Spring Fever" re-release. This image called "Bunny Hugs" is just so cute. It reminds me of myself when I was young. My Dad loved my sister and I to have long hair so I coloured this image to match. I also had a favourite pink stuffed bunny but I never had bunny ears LOL!

I decided to use a background die for my main paper today. I have so many and always forget to use them. This background die is from Lawn Fawn and is called ""Quilted Backdrop". I stamped my image onto Copic friendly paper and coloured her in with  my Copic Sketch markers. Using my Brother Cut N Scan, I cut the image out and placed her on top of the circle die that was cut from some designer paper from the Echo Park "Hello Easter" 6x6 collection. I love the handwritten look to the "Script Easter Greetings" sentiment. Some ribbon, a bow and enamel dots finish off my card today!

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E11, E21, R20, RV29

Hair: Y21, E31, E33, E34

Outfit: BG13, BG18, BG32, BG34

Bunny: R81, R83, R85/ Y04, Y08, YR02

Shoes: E33, E34, E35

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Chicken Flock

Howdy - MichelleO here today and I have just gone nuts for the new High Hopes Stamps Chicken Stamps! And this one is too adorable! This is "Chicken Flock"  

 

 

Now with this chickens I just had to go with that country feel. So I dug deep in my pattern papers and found some older Graphic 45 papers, then colored with Copics and sewed down everything with a fun Zig Zag stitch. 

 

The perfect High Hopes Stamps sentiment "Just Chick-en in" makes me happy with this image!  Then for that little extra with my country feel I added three red buttons. Buttons are one of those embellishments that I love using! 

To see more fun country images (High Hopes Stamps has SO MANY fabulous country images!) click HERE to pop right over!

Have a blessed day - 

It's RELEASE DAY!!!!!

We are super excited to have a Re-Release of previously retired images!

This Release is called SPRING FEVER

Shop all the images HERE 

Happy Stamping!!!

Mother's Day Fairy

  Anyone else see a stamp they just have to have because it is so versatile and can be used for soooo many different occasions? 

That is how I felt when I saw the "Fairy On A Leaf" stamp in the new "This & That" release at High Hopes Rubber Stamps. I think she will be perfect for Birthday, Thinking of You and Just Because cards and more but I have chosen to use her on a Mother's Day card this time. How sweet is this little fairy?!!

I stamped this sweet fairy on alcohol marker friendly paper and coloured her with Copic markers. I cut her out with a square die and used a corner punch to round the corners to help soften the feel of the card. 

I love hand fussy cutting my stamps and this card is no exception....except there is a twist. After I cut the stamp using a square die, I laid a circle die over top of the image (I chose one slightly smaller then the image) and lightly traced the inside of the circle with a pencil. I cut a small hole into each section to get started, then cut around the inside of the pencil line and around the outside of the image leaving a small white edge and mounted it on matching card stock. This leaves some of the stamp edges on the outside of the circle instead of completely cutting the whole stamp.

Next I cut patterned paper from Honey Bee and Lawn Fawn and mounted them on card stock to fit the 5.5"x 5.5" card base, glued them down and added the stamped image. For a bit of interest I cut a thin square to put behind the stamp. Some cotton lace ribbon, a stamped sentiment and enamel dots finish off the card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp:Fairy On A Leaf (SLF031) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Happy Mother's Day (FLL029) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Gingham Galore - Fall - Honey Bee Stamps, Watercolor Wishes Rainbow - Lawn Fawn

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, square and circle die, corner punch, cotton ribbon lace, enamel dots

 Copic Markers:

Skin - E00 E21 E11

Hair - E34 E35 E29

Stem/Leaves -YG01 YG03 YG17

Dress - BV00 BV11 V25

Shoes - C1 C2 C4

Lady Bug - R14 R17 T5

Wings -C1 C2 blender

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Gone Fishing!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a birthday card using High Hopes Rubber Stamps Fishing Shack - TLF038  for the image and Happy Birthday Script - FDG028  for the sentiment. I hope you have enjoyed all of the wonderful new stamps from our New Spring Release called "This and That" this month at High Hopes Rubber Stamps. I know I have. This fishing shack is a wonderful image for all of those loved one's in your life who love fishing and would be perfect for a Father's Day card too!

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 fish cardstock from Photo-Play - Camp Happy Bear at 5.5" x 1.25" and Stampin' UP! Wood Textures paper to 5.5" x 3.25". I wanted to keep both of these piece completely flat on the base so I ran both pieces through my Xyron Creative Station and adhered both pieces to the base card, starting with the fishing pattern. I die cut some dark chocolate cardstock to the size of 4.25" x 3.25" using my Cuttlebug and My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Dies and popped it up onto the base using U-Line double-sided tape. Using my Cuttlebug again and this time, My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Layers at the size of 4.25" x 3", I die cut Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. I stamped the main image onto this die cut and sentiment onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card using my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black. The image was coloured in with Copic Markers and then double-side tape was applied to the back of it. This was  attached to the card over top of the larger rectangle. I fussy cut around the sentiment and ran it through my Xyron Create a Sticker. I applied it to the dark chocolate card stock and fussy cut around it again. U-Line double-sided tape was applied to the bottom half of the sentiment and liquid glue to the top portion. This was then adhered to the bottom of the card. I added in 3 little fishes from Buttons Galore & More - Sprinkletz Fish Tank to complete the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Fishing Shack - TLF038 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: Happy Birthday Script - FDG028 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb., Photo-Play - Camp Happy Bear (6" x 6"),Stampin' UP! Wood Textures 6" x 6" (15.2 x 15.2 cm), Dark Chocolate cardstock

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

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, U-Line double-sided tape, Cuttlebug, Xyron Create a Sticker, Xyron Creative Station, Buttons Galore & More - Sprinkletz Fish Tank (NK138)

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Fishing Hut: E79, E49, E47, E44, E43, E31, E29, E27, E25, E23, E21, T5, T3, T2, T1, B000

Stones: E47, E44, E43, E42

Pathway, Rod and Reel: E37, E35, E33, E31, C3, C1

Net: C3, C2, C1, R49, R14

Pail: C3, C1, R46, R14, R08, B16, B12

Large Fish: YG17, YG01, RO2, G28

Sign: YG17, YG11, YG01

Sky: B02, B01, B00, B000

Grass: YG63, YG17, YG13, YG03, YG01

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.

Fairy Special Day!

Happy Tuesday!

I always love Tuesdays because it means I'm sharing a card using an image from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. Today I got to colour up this cutie called "Fairy on a Log" from the "This & That" release.

I'm in love with these papers from the Paper Rose "Rainbows & Unicorns" 6x6 collection. I coloured my image with my Copic Sketch Markers to match my papers. Using a Gina Marie Frilly Lace Square die, I cut out the image. I thought the HH sentiment called "Fairy Special Day" was perfect for my card! I added some glitter pen to her wings and some enamel hearts to finish off my card.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E21, E11, R20

Hair: E55, E57, E59

Outfit: RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, Y32, Y35, W1, W3, W5

Wings: B000, B00

Mushrooms: RV91, RV93, W1, W3, W4

Flower: Y32, Y35, Y38, E43

Log: E43, E44, E49

Grass: YG17, YG03, YG01

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!

Handstand Frog

Howdy - MichelleO hoppin by today! Now seriously how can you not giggle at a frog that can do handstands? Yep! This is High Hopes Stamps "Handstand Frog" talented little guy huh? 

 

 

Cute too. I colored with my Copics (colors below) and then cut out with an oval die. The pattern paper is from Graphic 45 that is sewn down onto a scrap green polka dot paper. White card stock all sewn together with a fun zig zag stitch. 

 

The sentiment "Just hoppin' by to say hi!"  is punched out with an EK Success ticket punch and then the edges with green copic marker for a faux mat around the ticket. Then the card just needed some flowers right? So three mulberry flowers with a Martha Stewart leaves punch. 

Fun bright happy card! 

Colors used -

To find more happy images - make sure to pop over to the High Hopes Stamps Web site HERE 

Have a HOPPY day!