Work of Art!

Hello!

It's the last day of the "Christmas in July" over on the High Hopes and One Crazy Stamper Blogs. I'm finishing off the month with this adorable snowman stamp called "Making Friends" from High Hopes Stamps. Snowmen and Penguins are my favourite winter "friends" so of course I think his Snowman is just so super cute. 

The paper is from an older Echo Park collection called "I Love Winter". I just love the blues and reds in this collection! I added some Diamond Stickles for a bit of sparkle and a few enamel dots as well. The sentiment from HH called "Dot Warm Winter Wishes" is perfect for the front of my card.

On the inside I used the HH sentiment called "Work of Art". I absolutely love this saying! It's so true as you really do put all your love into building a snowman!

Copics Used:

R24, R27, YR04, YR07

B000, B95, B97, B99, YG23

C1, C2, C5, C7, C9

Now that the Design Teams from High Hopes and One Crazy stamper have inspired you for the month with "Christmas in July"........ join us in August for our "Fall/ Halloween themed cards!

Happy Stamping! 

Supplies:

HHS Stackable Stanley!

Happy Monday crafty friends,
excited to be back with another Christmas-card!!!

For today I'm using "Lg. Stackable Stanley" from  High Hopes Stamps 

To created this Christmas card, I stamped this adorable image with Black archival ink and used my *Prismacolor pencils. The pattern paper is "Milk& Cookies from Doodlebug Design. Pop my snowman with 3D adhesive. To finish I used red and white thread from my stash.

-Find this adorable image and tons more HERE at High Hopes Stamps!

Have a BLESS day.

For more details and photos, please visit my blog at

madewithlovecards.blogspot.com

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Here Comes Santa Claus....

Welcome HH fans;

It is hard to believe that summer is half over and we wonder where has the time gone. This in turn means that school will start in another month and we are getting closer to Christmas.

For my last post for this month's inspiration of "Christmas in July", I have used Flyin' High Santa from High Hopes Stamps.  After stamping the image and colouring it with Copic Markers, I added some Nuvo Fresh Snowfall Glitter Accents to the trim on Santa's hat. 

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Flyin' High Santa, Here Comes Santa Claus (High Hopes Stamps)
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Twas' The Night Before Christmas (Echo Park)
• Copic Markers:  
• Santa:  E0000 - Floral White, E000 - Pale Fruit Pink, E01 - Pink Flamingo, R27 - Cadmium Red, R29- Lipstick Red, T8 - Toner Gray No. 8, T6 - Toner Gray No. 6, T4 - Toner Gray No. 4, C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Cool Gray No. 0, C1 - Cool Gray No. 1
• Plane: Y08 - Acid yellow, Y06 - Yellow, T0 - Toner Gray No. 0, T2 - Toner Gray No. 2, BG0000 - Snow Green, BG02 - Frost Blue, R46 - Strong Red, R27 - Cadmium Red, G09 - Veronese Green, G07 - Nile Green
• Other:  G46 - Mistletoe, YG45 - Cobalt Green, Y19 - Napoli Yellow, Y17 - Golden Yellow, Y28 - Lionet Gold
• Atyou Spica Glitter Pens:  00 - Clear, 05 - Lemon
• Nuvo Glitter Accents - Fresh Snowfall 
• YNS Gumdrops:  Holly Jolly Sparkly

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Until next time, Happy Crafting and have a fantastic day.

 

Distress Christmas Tags!

Welcome back High Hopes Stamps fans!

If you are looking for the perfect stamp to created easy but beautiful tags. 
This is just the perfect one ladies. Think of all the cute Christmas tags you could created with just one stamp!

This cute stamped is  "Checkerboard Gift Tag" from HHS.

Supplies List; vanilla tags, art grip aquarelle pencils, water brush,
Tea Dye & Walnut Stain distress inks, bells,
mini red clothes pin, ribbon, and thread

Here is a close up!
Hope you're inspired with this cute project.

-Find this adorable image and tons more HERE at High Hopes Stamps!

Have a BLESS day.

For more details and photos, please visit my blog at

madewithlovecards.blogspot.com

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Oh come let us adore him..

Happy Sunday!!

It's still a very warm July over here in The Netherlands, but as always for this month I am ready to show you my next Christmas in July card!

I wanted to have a more traditional card for my parents this year, so I made a red and green card for them. The image I've used is called "Let Us Adore Him". It's one of the older stamps, but I like this one very much!

The base of the card is Bazzill white cardstock. Other cardstock colors are Bazzill Cajun and Bazzill Capers. I used those colors for the pointsetta (a Leane Creatief die) as well. 

Dessinpapers are from Basic Grey.

The sentiment is a Frisian one. Here in the Netherlands we have a second language and I am blessed to be raised with that language as well ;) 

Copics used:

If you're not quite ready for Christmas cards yet, we also have a new Modes of Transportations release, check it out HERE!
Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check in regular this week again for more Christmas in July inspriration!!

Magic of Christmas

Welcome HH fans;

From Santa and Rudolph, to Jack Frost and Frosty the Snowman, I have always found Christmas to have a magical air about it.  It also seems that it is the time that families and friends gather for some Christmas Cheer.

For today's Christmas Inspiration here at High Hopes Stamps, I have used Santa & Rudy.  After stamping the image, I coloured it with Copic Markers.  Nuvo Fresh Snowfall Glitter Accents was added to the trim on Santa's hat

Supplies used:

• Stamps: Santa & Rudy Block, Magic of Christmas (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Christmas Time (Carta Bella)
• Copic Markers:  E27 - Africano, E25 - Caribe Cocoa, E23 - Hazelnut, E21 - Baby Skin Pink, T8 Toner Gray No. 8, T6 Toner Gray No. 6, T5 Toner Gray No. 5, E0000 - Floral White, E000 - Pale Fruit Pink, E00 - Snow White, E01 - Pink Flamingo, C00 Cool Gray No. 00, C0 Cool Gray No. 0, C1 Cool Gray No. 1, R27 - Cadmium Red, R29 - Lipstick Red, BG0000 - Snow Green, BG000 - Pale Aqua, G46 - Mistletoe
• Spectrum Sparkle Brush:  Clear
• Nuvo Glitter Accents:  Fresh Snowfall
• Zig Wink of Stella:  Silver, Red

Don't forget to follow the High Hopes Stamps blog as the DT Divas will be bringing Daily Inspiration throughout the month.  You can also follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest.

Until next time, Happy Crafting and have a fantastic day.

Christmas Cats Block - Meowy Christmas!

Howdy - MichelleO here today and it is Christmas in July at High Hopes!  I pulled out some kitties to play with!

This is Christmas Cats Block - 

Love these cats - they are just fun for those people in your life that have a bit of furry nature in them... yeah you guys know who you are! I colored with my copics (colors below) I matched it up with the puuuuurrrrfect High Hopes Christmas message "Meowy Christmas!"

I matted the image with a Spellbinders Die. And then I colored the leaves in the die with a copic just so they would pop a bit more.

My Copic colors used -

Loving digging through my High Hopes Stamps Christmas stamps and coloring up some favorites. Have you surfed through all the fabulous High Hopes Stamps in their Christmas images? Oh my I guarantee you will find more than one you will want to use on this years holiday cards! Pop over to the High Hopes Christmas stamps HERE

Thanks so much!

Christmas Joy!

Hi HH Fans!

It's Christmas in July over on the High Hopes and One Crazy Stamper Blogs and I thought this adorable Snowman called "Christmas Joy Snowy"was perfect for this theme!

It's been fun to pull out my Christmas papers and these papers are from the Echo Park I Love Christmas 6x6 collection. I added the "Think Snow" sentiment which is perfect to remember on these hot summer days! I love the Stampendous Spoonful of Snow added under Snowy. You sprinkle it on and heat from underneath to melt it. It's just so pretty in person!

Here's the decorated inside with the HH sentiment called "Work of Art".

Copics Used:

N5, N6, N8, C1, B0000, B000

R35, R37, R39, YG63, YG67

Y23, Y26, YR07, YR09

E41, E42, E43

Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

Santa

Happy Sunday!!

I wanted to colour on Kraft for a while. I love the way the colors pop on the kraft background! 

For this card I used Motorin' By Santa.  

This layout is perfect for using up some scraps! And a little doiley for fun! In the corner is a 'from Santa' stamp. 

Colors used: Faber Castell pencils

If you like the motor in this stamp, we also have a brand new release with lots of cars! Check it out HERE!

Have a great Sunday!! 

All hearts -- High Hopes Stamps

 Hello High Hopes fans. Happy Happy Saturday!!!!! :) 

Today I'm creating with …

High Hopes All Hearts found here!

She-Baa Sheep found here!

 My image is coloured with Copic markers.  Added a wreath with die cut poinsettia, gumdrops, white acrylic paint and the sweetest sentiment "all hearts" which is 

perfect for Christmas!

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Merry Christmas

Welcome HH Fans;

I really like it when a stamp can be used in more than one way.  For today's post, I have not just one card, but two using the Three Pane Christmas  stamp from High Hopes Stamps.  Polar White Flower Soft was added to Santa's hat.

The first card is a CAS layout.  After the image was stamped, I coloured it with Copic Markers.

The second card, is a completely different layout. I ran the Holiday Magic Embossing Folder through my die cutting machine before adding silver foil using the GoPress Machine.  It was cut at an angle and a piece was added to the top and bottom.  The bottom half doesn't show up well in the photo.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Three Pane Christmas, Merry Christmas (High Hopes Stamps)
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - A Perfect Christmas (Echo Park); Christmas Time (Carta Bella)
• Copic Markers:  T0 Toner Gray No. 0, T6 Toner Gray No. 6, T7 - Toner Gray No. 7, T8 - Toner Gray No. 8, C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Cool Gray No. 0, R46 - Strong Red, R29 - Lipstick Red, R27 - Cadmium Red, R20 - Blush, E0000 - Floral White, E000 - Pale Fruit Pink, E00 -Skin White, E30 - Bisque, E31 - Brick Beige, E33 - Sand, Y28 - Lionet Gold, E49 - Dark Bark, G46 - Mistle
• Flower Soft:  Polar White
• Embossing Folder:  Holiday Magic (Spellbinders)
• Heat Activated Foil - Silver
• YNS Gumdrops -- Holly Jolly Sparkle

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Until next time, Happy Crafting and have a fantastic day.

Candy Cane Wishes

This sweet mouse seems to have her hands full with this extra large candy cane doesn't she?! 
My second post for the Christmas in July theme features "Merry Mouse". I think she is just adorable with her elf outfit and of course her candy cane.

This sweet mouse is coloured with alcohol markers and hand fussy cut. I set her aside and cut my paper layers, including the dotted oval background behind her. I added silver wink of stella to the bells on her outfit and Stickles to the pom pom on her hat. 
 Next, I masked off the part of the sentiment I wanted with post it notes and held my breath. It took a couple tries but I got the portion I wanted - I think it is perfect for this stamp. 
A simple bow and some glittered gumdrops finish off my card.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Merry Mouse - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Candy Cane and Mistletoe - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Winter Playground - Bo Bunny 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Misti, Classic scallop oval die - Spellbinders, Silver Wink of Stella, Star Dust Stickles, dotted oval die - Sizzix, gumdrops - YNS

Spectrum Noir Markers: BT4 BT6 BT7 FS6 CR3 FS8 IG2 IG3 IG5 CR7 CR11 DR6

                   

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Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Fishing Santa

Howdy! MichelleO here today and High Hopes Stamps is doing a bit of Christmas in July - And I decided that Santa Claus needed to be tracked down on Vacation and get a card made with him! This is his off time and he has been out doing a bit of fishing -

 - Fishing Santa  -

You didn't think he would wear his Santa Suit fishing did you? But that hat... well every guy has that one hat they wear 24/7 -

I colored with my copics (colors below) and then inked the edges of my image. For my base I used Kraft cardstock, and then papers from Paper Studios. With white card stock mats and kraft card stock mats.

A few Enamel Dots and the sentiment to finish it off - I love this Santa. Its good to know that he gets time off to play too!

Copic colors used -

Pop over to see all that High Hopes Stamps has to get that head start on your Christmas cards! Lots of FUN! HERE

Little penguin

Happy Sunday!

Another Sunday here with summer temperatures and we're having a Christmas in July theme..

No suprise my MOJO was gone.. 

While I was working on a shaker card, it just didn't seem right the way it turned out.. so I'll try to get it to work for next week (fingers crossed).. 

So for this week I ran out of time and had to make a simple card. Simple but fun! I really like it! 

I chose this cute Package Packin' Penguin (cute and quick to colour ;) ) for my card along with the Penguin Greeting sentiment..

The dessinpaper is from My Minds Eye (2012 Winterwonderland collection), I found out I have a lot of that collection, hahaha... perhaps turquoise is my favorite colour?? 

And I added some litlle wooden stars too (my favorite too!)

Copics used:

Well, I'm off to find my mojo again.. 

Have a great weekend! 

And don't forget you can find more inspiration on our Facebook Page, Intagram and Pinterest! I might find my mojo there! 

Christmas in July

Hi there High Hopes fans. I'm here to share a little card using …..

High Hopes 

His love for Ewe

and

We wish you a Merry Christmas found here!

This months theme is Christmas in July!

 I coloured this sweet image up using Copic Markers.  Added twine, gum drop gems, music notes and 

Christmas pattern papers.  Some sewing stitches using a thick button thread and 

Vintage photo distress ink too!

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