Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Ribbon Flower Tutorial

Hello High Hopes Friends!


It's Tutorial Tuesday Time!!

The fabulous Alie has created a great Ribbon Flower Tutorial.
Here's Alie...

Hello again!
Did you all enjoy the blog hop together with the Ribbon Caroussel??
We sure did! It was great to work with some of their ribbons!!
Today it's tutorial time at the High Hopes Stamps blog, so that means the current challenge "ribbons" will be open till next Tuesday. So there is still plenty time to play along!!

In the mean while I'd like to show you a simple flower to make with ribbon..

Step 1:
Put all the things you'll need for this flower on your workspace:
* a thread, I used DMC
* needle
* two little cards (size doesn't really matter, for you can make it anywhere on the cardstock!)

Step 2:
On this photo I will show you how to put the thread through the paper.

Step 3:
Punch trough every black dot.
You can layer your cards with the original on top.
Punch through the original, so the holes are in the card wich you want to work with.

Step 4:
Start on the backside of your card and work your thread through the card like pointed out on the original.
1 to 2
3 to 4 while staying under the first line
5 to 6 while staying under the second line

Step 5:
Now you should have the base of the ribbon flower.

Step 6:
Glue the beginning of the ribbon (I used small ribbon)

Step 7:
Now go round with your ribbon, first under the thread, than over the thread, under, over...
You'll know the drill. Go round untill there is now room left for any ribbon ;)
Just glue the end of the ribbon again.

Step 8:
This is how your ribbon flower should look like:

Now you can add some flower details and use it on a card:

Now it's easy to join us with the "ribbon" challenge this week!!
Just add some ribbon flowers on your project ;)
Hugs,

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Challenge 161: Ribbons

Hello High Hopes Fans!

Thank you all so much for hopping along with us during our Special Blog Hop with Ribbon Carousel
The hop is now over, but the challenge is still open (please see details below).

We are back with the winner of the Blog Hop.
One random participant has won a $25 Ribbon Package from The Ribbon Carousel:
From Jak's Blog...
Congratulations, Sue D. Please email Tangii at tccrain@verizon.net to claim your prize. 

To see the Winner of the High Hopes Gift Certificate, hop on over to the Ribbon Carousel's Blog.

As we mentioned on Wednesday, our current challenge is:
Ribbons

Remember, you MUST use a High Hopes Stamp to enter the challenge.

If you do not use a High Hopes stamp, your entry will be deleted.

One participant will win 1 Free High Hopes stamp.

If you are in need of a High Hopes stamp, check out our Diva stores:
Lacey Stephens - Stamp and Create based out of the US
Nikki Fairbairn - Bunny Zoe's Crafts based out of the UK/Europe

Now let's see the inspiration from the Dream Team...

Alie using Birthday Bob...


and Penguin Pals...




Now it's your turn! 
We have a tutorial next week, therefore, this challenge runs for 2 weeks
through Monday, February 4th at 7pm EST.


Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Blog Hop with Ribbon Carousel

Hello High Hopes fans!!

Well, today is the day! We have a special blog hop for you!
We have paired up with Ribbon Carousel for a joint Blog Hop. 


As you hop along, you will see both the High Hopes Dream Team and the Ribbon Carousel Design Team have used both High Hopes stamps and Ribbon from Ribbon Carousel

There is candy along the way from High Hopes and Ribbon Carousel!

You can see the list of Blogs for the Hop below. 

In the mean time, today is a new challenge. The theme is:
Ribbons

Just remember that you MUST use a High Hopes stamp to enter the challenge.

If you do not use a High Hopes stamp, your entry will be deleted.

One participant will win 1 Free High Hopes stamp.

If you are in need of a High Hopes stamp, check out our Diva stores:
Lacey Stephens - Stamp and Create based out of the US
Nikki Fairbairn - Bunny Zoe's Crafts based out of the UK/Europe

Visit the links below to see the DT samples. 
You can enter the challenge at the end of this post. 

Enter Challenge Below...

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Special Blog Hop Tomorrow

Hello High Hopes Fans!

We are doing something a little differently this week. 

Tomorrow we will have a special blog hop. 
We are joining up with another company to showcase both their products and High Hopes Stamps. 
Therefore, we are pushing our challenge back to tomorrow. 

We hope you will come back for our special Blog Hop!

In the mean time, the winner of the Sketch Challenge is:
Congratulations, Dora! Please email me at stampandcreate@bellsouth.net with your mailing address and choice of 1 Free High Hopes Stamp. Also, please let me know if you would like to be our guest on  February 5th.

Here is Dora's card using Farmer Clem and Tractor...

We will be back tomorrow with the new Challenge and Special Blog Hop!

Happy stamping!

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Challenge 160: Sketch

Hello High Hopes Fans

**We have a new newsletter. 
If you would like to sign up, go to the home page on the High Hopes Website and find it under the "News" section.

Thank you all for playing along with last week's challenge and for joining in on the Blog Hop. 

We have 2 winners from the Blog Hop...

From Lacey's blog:
Janet

and from Karen's Blog:
Dorothy S

Janet and Dorothy, please email me at stampandcreate@bellsouth.net with your mailing addresses and choice of 2 stamps from the new release.

The winner of last week's Stitching challenge is:
Congratulations, Kazabing! Please email at stampandcreate@bellsouth.net with your mailing address and choice of 1 free High Hopes stamp and let me know if you would like to be our guest on Feb 5th.

Here is her card using Retired Raymond...


And now on to our new challenge: A Sketch created by the fabulous Anna

Just remember that you MUST use a High Hopes stamp to enter the challenge.

If you do not use a High Hopes stamp, your entry will be deleted.

One participant will win 1 Free High Hopes stamp.

If you are in need of a High Hopes stamp, check out our Diva stores:
Lacey Stephens - Stamp and Create based out of the US
Nikki Fairbairn - Bunny Zoe's Crafts based out of the UK/Europe

Now let's see the inspiration from the Dream Team.

Our Guest this week is: Sanna using Baby Dragon...











Michelle using Feathered Friends...

Now it's your turn.
The challenge runs through 7pm Monday, January 21st