From our Gnome to Yours - Merry Christmas

Welcome Everyone;

Another week has gone by and Friday is here again.  For today's card, I have used this adorable Elf Gnome paired with the sentiment called From Our Gnome. Both are from High Hopes Stamps.  Now it looks like this Elf has been enjoying himself.  He is such a fun character.

After stamping the image onto some XPress It Blending Cardstock, I coloured him with Copic Markers.  I cut him out using a Wonky Stitched Oval Die.  Using the same die, I cut a piece of green, red, silver & gold from the Festive Foil Paper Pad by Kaisercraft.  These were lined up so that they overlapped a bit. Some enamel dots finished off this CAS cards.

     

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Elf Gnome -- TLF007, From Our Gnome -- GLL001 both from High Hopes Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - North Pole Trading Co. (Photoplay), Festive Foil Paper (Kaisercraft)
• Copic Markers:  
• Skin:  E0000 - Floral White, E000 - Pale Fruit Pink, E00 - Cotton Pearl
• Beard:  C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Cool Gray No. 0, C1 - Cool Gray No. 1
• Shoes:  W00 - Warm Gray No. 00, W0 - Warm Gray No. 0, W1 - Warm Gray No. 1
• Outfit:  G46 - Mistletoe, G43 - Pistachio, G40 - Dim Geen, BG13 - Mint Green, BG11 - Moon White, BG10 - Cool Shadow, R46 - Strong Red, R29 - Lipstick Red, R27 - Cadmium Red
• Die:  Wonky Stitched Oval -- Gina Marie Designs
• Enamel Dots: YNS (Your Next Stamps)

Come for a visit at High Hopes Stamps and check out the variety of stamps that High Hopes Stamps has to offer for all occasions.  If you are in need of some inspiration, pop on over to the  High Hopes Stamps Blog, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to see the daily posts by the  HH Divas.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Hugs,

Beary Good Friends

  I have to be honest, winter is not my favourite time of year but it has it's beautiful moments. When the sky is blue, there is snow on the trees and the sun is shining and making the snow sparkle like little diamonds it is breathtaking. 

These are the days I love to take my best 4 legged pal for a little longer walk than usual - if it's not too cold - and these days are the inspiration for my card. I used the Winter Wonderland Background and Beary Good Friends to create my winter wonderland scene. 

                                                                     

After stamping my stamps with Memento Tuxedo Black ink I coloured them with Copic markers. I hand fussy cut the friends stamp and added some Star Dust Stickles and white paint for a falling snow effect on the background stamp. 

Next, I used a label die to cut out the middle of the background - yes I held my breath while I did this! I cut a dark navy card stock piece to fit my card front (4.5 x 4.5") and layed the frame piece of my background on it to line up the label die and cut it to create the frame.

It took a bit of patience and lining up to add the background piece to the card stock but I added some foam pop dots and set it in place. The next step was to add the"cut" background piece to the base piece of card stock. To finish creating my scene I added the friends stamp in the middle of the frame with foam pop dots. I added the sentiment, glitter dots and matching sparkly ribbon to finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Beary Good Friends, Winter Wonderland Background - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Winter Wonderland - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, foam pop dots, Star Dust Stickles, white acrylic paint, glitter dots, ribbon, label die - Spellbinders 

 Copic Markers:

Penguin Body - N4 N5 N8 N10

Beak/Feet Y11 Y15 Y17

Hat/Scarf - YG01 YG03 YG17 G28

Bear - E30 E31 E43 E34 E35 E27

Nose - N4 N5 N8 N10

Hat/Scarf - B34 B37 B39

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Polar Friends!!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a Christmas card using Polar Friends - TT058 by High Hopes Rubber Stamps for the main image and All Hearts - HDG004 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Sharing Christmas with loved ones is always something to look forward to.

Using My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Dies and my Cuttlebug, I die cut a 5.25" x 4" rectangle from Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card paper. With my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the image onto it. I coloured in the image with Copic markers and then added some snow to the sky using a Gelly Roll Sakura #8 Pen and Sharpie Water Based Paint - White - Extra Fine Point. Stickles - Diamond was added to the ice cubes and Wink of Stella - Clear was applied to the candy cane. Stickles - Star Dust was added to all of the snow. This was then set aside to dry.

Once everything was dry, I popped up the image onto Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. paper cut and folded to 5.5" x 4.25" with U-Line double-sided tape. I stamped out the sentiment onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card and coloured in the hearts with Copics and tinted the white paper with Lawn Fawn - Peacock ink. To finish off the card, I popped this up with 3M VHB - 2 sided tape.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Polar Friends - TT058 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: All Hearts - HDG004 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Lawn Fawn - Peacock Ink

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb.

Die Cut: My Creative Time - Rectangle Frame Dies

Stickles: Star Dust, Diamond

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug, Gelly Roll Sakura #8 Pen, Sharpie Water Based Paint - White - Extra Fine Point, Wink of Stella - Clear, U-Line double-sided tape, 3M VHB - 2 sided tape

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Polar Bear: B60, BV23, BV20, C1, C00, R30, R20, R02, Colorless Blender

Penguin: W9, W7, W5, W3, W00, E15, YR14, Y17, Y11, R11, RV00, E43, E42, E41, E40

Penguin Scarf and Hat: BG72, BG57, BG05, BG11, BG10, BG000, BG0000

Bear Scarf: RV66, RV63, RV55, BG09, BG07, BG02, BG01, B00, B000, B0000

Ice: B60, B000, B0000

Sky: B99, B97, B95, B93, B45, B41, BG45, BG11, BG10, BV25, BV23, BV20, BV04, V04, V01, YG11, RV04, RV63

Snow: BV23, BV20, Colorless Blender, Stickles - Star Dust

Soda: RV66, RV63, RV55, RV52

Candy Cane and Hearts: R59, R37, R35

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
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Udderly Fabulous!

Hello!

I'm popping in today to share my card featuring the High Hopes image called "Decorating With Charlie" from the "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas" re-release. Love these two friends helping each other out to decorate the tree. 

I started my card by stamping the image onto Copic friendly paper. Next using my Copic Sketch markers, I coloured in the image. I decided to cut the image out with a Gina Marie "Pleated Lace Rectangle" die and layered it over paper from Echo Park's "A Perfect Christmas" collection. My card today is 6.5"x5". The sentiment from High Hopes called "Udderly Fabulous" goes so well with this image. I ended cutting it in half to place it on the top and bottom of my design. A few Christmas coloured gems finish off my card today.

Copics Used:

Cow: N6, N7, N8/ W3, W5, W7/ R01, R02

Mouse: C2. C5, R01, R02

Reds: R37, R59, R89

Bell: Y35, Y38

Ground and tree: E25, E27, YG63, YG67

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Happy Stamping!

 

Christmas Santa

Howdy - MichelleO here today -

Ok so Santa is Great! but a Santa with Presents, Rudolf and Candy Canes?? Best Santa ever! 

 

I colored up this fabulous High Hopes Stamps "Christmas Santa" with lots of Copics and then added Nuvo Sparkle and White for Santa's Trim and the snow. I found a great candy cane pattern paper from Paper Studio to match up with the image. I sewed down the layers of papers and mats with zig zag and straight stitch, then it is all on a bright red card stock card base. For the sentiment a perfect High Hopes Sentiment "Candy Cane Wishes" You just can't help but feel the happy Christmas Spirit right? 

Copic colors used -

 

 

There are SO MANY fabulous images for your Christmas projects at High Hopes Stamps! You really need to pop over and see - HERE  

Hope you have a Ho Ho Ho Smile! Candy Cane Wishes and Mistletoe Kisses! 

Thanks - 

Holiday Greetings from the North Pole

Hi All!

Oh where does the time go.  Another week has gone by and Friday is here again.  In keeping with High Hopes Stamps Christmas theme for this month, I have this adorable but tired NorthPole Reindeer.  He has done his job.  

After stamping the image on XPress It Blending Cardstock, it was coloured with copic markers.  Nuvo Glitter Drops - White Blizzard was added as sone.  Some snow crystals were added to the center of the mini snowflakes.  Twine and some Christmas embellishments finished off this CAS card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  North Pole Reindeer - TLF003 & North Pole Greetings - GLL005 both from High Hopes Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - North Pole Trading Company - Photoplay
• Copic Markers:
• Reindeer:  E30 - Bisque, E31 - Brick Beige, E33 - Sand, E34 - Toast, R00 - Pinkish White, W1 - Warm Gray No. 1, W2 - Warm Gray No. 2, W3 - Warm Gray No. 3
• Scarf:  G0000 - Crystal Opal, G000 - Pale Green, G00 - Jade Green
• Sign:  C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Coll Gray No. 0, C1 - Cool Gray No. 1, C2 - Cool Gray No. 2
• Pole:  R46 - Strong Red, R24 - Prawn
• Die:  Mini Snowflakes - Gina Marie Designs
• Nuvo Glitter Drops:  White Blizzard
• Miscellaneous:  Twine & Christmas Embellishments

Come for a visit at High Hopes Stamps and check out the variety of stamps that High Hopes Stamps has to offer for all occassions.  If you are in need of some inspiration, pop on over to the  High Hopes Stamps Blog, Facebook, Twitter and Instragram to see the daily posts by the  HH Divas.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Hugs,

Christmas Wishes

  I have a few young men in my life who I give Christmas cards to but I always find it a challenge to figure out what stamp or stamps to use on their cards. I think Joey Snowy is absolutely adorable! and perfect for a masculine themed Christmas card. These young men all like and have a dog in their life so I masked the dog out of the "Christmas Treat" stamp to add to the card. 

Here's hoping this card works for one of the youngun's in my life and brings a smile. 

                                                                      

I stamped both stamps on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured them with Copic markers and hand fussy cut them. I loved the colours of the Winter Magic paper from Echo Park and coloured my stamps to match it. 

I cut my card base and rounded the bottom front corners with a corner punch and cut the patterned paper and card stock to match. Next I cut some patterned paper using a rounded corner die to use as a back drop behind the stamps and added some ribbon to "ground" them. 

I stamped the sentiment, added it to matching card stock and cut some fish tail banner dies to go behind it. Some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Joey Snowy, Christmas Treat - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - We Wish You - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Winter Magic - Echo Park

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, corner punch, rounded corners with piercing marks die - YNS, fish tail banner die - YNS, enamel dots, ribbon

 Copic Markers:

Buttons/Hat -E23 E57 E79

Nose - Y21 Y35 Y38

Tongue - YR00 YR01 YR02

Scarf - B91 B93 B95 B97

Puppy - E23 E57 E79 E34 E35 E29 N4 N5 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Believe!!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a Christmas card using Believe Snowman - TFL006 and Snow Globe - ULF002 by High Hopes Rubber Stamps for the main image and North Pole Greetings - GLL005 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. It's time to start believing the magic of Christmas and the joy that it brings to everyone!

To make my card this week, I began with a card base using AC Cardstock - White cut and folded to 6" x 6". The snowflake background is from Lawn Fawn - Let It Shine Snowflakes (6" x 6") paper pad. I applied this directly to the base using double-sided tape.

Using Lifestyle Crafts Cutting Dies - Nesting Circles and my Cuttlebug, I die cut a 3.75" circle from Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card paper. With my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the snowman scene image onto it. I coloured in the image with Copic markers and then added some snow to the sky and snowman's arms using a Gelly Roll Sakura #8 Pen. Sakura Glaze - Black was added to the eyes of the snowman and birds and the snowman's mouth. With a Ranger - Emboss It Pen Clear, I added some ink to the top of the Snowman's hat, sign, icicles, tops of the birdhouses and snow drifts and then heat embossed everything with WOW! Sparkling Snow Embossing Glitter and a Marvy Uchida - Embossing Heat Tool. Stickles - Diamond was added as an extra layer to the snow and Wink of Stella - Clear was applied over all the snowman. This was then set aside to dry.

With my MISTI and Memento - Summer Sky ink I stamped the top part of the globe onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card paper. I cleaned off the stamp and this time, I used some Post-it Notes to hide the background inside the globe and inked the braided border for both the top and bottom of the base with Versamark ink. I applied Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing powder and heat embossed it using a Marvy Uchida - Embossing Heat Tool. With my globe image still in place on my MISTI, I removed the snowglobe stamp and added the sentiment turning up both ends of the stamp slightly to give the words some curvature. The sentiment was stamped using Versamark ink and then Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing powder was applied to it and then heat embossed using a Marvy Uchida - Embossing Heat Tool. The base was then coloured in using my Copic markers and a Gelly Roll Stardust - Clear pen was used to colour in the white areas to give it some glitter. I also added some of this pen to the tops of the snowman's arms. With my scissors, I fussy cut around the entire snow globe.

The card was now ready to assemble. I attached 3M double-side tape to pop up the snow globe onto the main background and then added 3M double-sided tape to the back of the circle and centred it on the top part of the globe. Lastly, to finish off the card, I applied some Nuvo Crystal Drops - Caribbean Ocean, Violet Galaxy and Nuvo Glitter Drops - Sherbert Shimmer to some of the snowflakes on the base card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Believe Snowman - TFL006 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps), Snow Globe - ULF002 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: North Pole Greetings - GL005 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, Memento - Summer Sky ink, Versamark

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, AC Cardstock - White, Lawn Fawn - Let It Shine Snowflakes (6" x 6")

Die Cut: Lifestyle Crafts Cutting Dies - Nesting Circles

Stickles: Diamond

Nuvo: Crystal Drops - Caribbean Ocean, Violet Galaxy and Glitter Drops - Sherbert Shimmer

Embossing Powder:Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing powder, WOW! Sparkling Snow Embossing Glitter

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Marvy Uchida - Embossing Heat Tool, Cuttlebug, Gelly Roll Sakura #8 Pen, Ranger - Emboss It Pen Clear, Sakura Glaze - Black pen, Gelly Roll Stardust - Clear pen

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Snowman: B60, C1, C00, Colorless Blender

Hat and Buttons: C10, C8, C6, C4

Arms and Sign: E27, E25, E23, E21

Scarves, Patches, Hat Band: RV66, RV63, RV55, BG09, BG07, BG02, BG01

Bird Houses: RV66, RV63, RV55, BG09, BG07, BG02, BG01, E27, E25, E23, E21

Birds: R46, R14, R08

Sky: B99, B97, B95, B93, B91

Snow: B60, C1, C00, B0000, BG0000, Colorless Blender

Snow Globe: R46, R14, R08

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.

Penguin Crush!

Happy Tuesday!

Tuesday's mean I get to colour a High Hopes image and post about it! It makes Tuesday's my favourite day of the week LOL. Meet the adorable "Penguin Crush" red rubber-stamp. I like to imagine that this will be their first kiss. Looks to me that these two are heading from crush status to love!! 

I thought that the papers in the Echo Park "Celebrate Winter" 6x6 collection were a perfect choice for this pair. I stamped, coloured and cut out the image with my Brother Cut N Scan. I popped the HH sentiment "Candy Cane Wishes" and the image up on the card with foam squares. Foam squares help to give your card dimension.

Copics Used:

Penguins: N0, N1, N6, N7, N8, R01, YR04, YR09

Reds: R22, R24, R27, R29

Blues: B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Thanks for stopping by today and 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!

Homespun Hearts Snowy

Howdy -MichelleO here - I just love a little Country Christmas Crafting!  This image from High Hopes Stamps is "Homespun Hearts Snowy" 

 

 

giggle... country right? Love it! I colored with my Copics (colors below) and then added lots of Nuvo Glitter to the hearts so they twinkle! The pattern papers are from Farm House Norland Collection. Love how they match up with simple kraft card stock for a base. All my layers are sewn down with a zig zag stitch and then put together with a fun High Hopes Stamps sentiment "Twinkle All the Way", which of course I added Nuvo glitter to those stars as well. 

Sweet little snowman with heart! or hearts?! 

Copic colors used -

For LOTS of fabulous images to play with for your Christmas projects visit the High Hope Stamps web store HERE - and have fun going through the new release It's beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas - So fun!

Thanks! 

Chill Out

Hi Everyone;

If you haven't seen High Hopes Stamps, latest release "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" yet, grab a coffee or tea and take a break and browse.                                                                                                                                                       

For today's card, I'm using the adorable Lil' Frosty who is certainly enjoying his drink and paired it with the  Chill Out sentiment.  Both of these stamps are from the "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" release.

After stamping the image onto some XPress It Blending Cardstock, I coloured it with Copic Markers.  I used a Wonky Stitched Square die to cut it out.  Using a Wonky Stitched Oval die, I cut a piece of  pattern paper and a piece of foil cardstock out.  The image was then mounted on these two shapes.  The snowflakes were cut out with a small snowflake die and a crystal was added to each center.    Nuvo Crystal Glaze was added to the sentiment, while some Fresh Snowfall from Nuvo Glitter Accents and enamel dots, finished off this card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps: Lil' Frosty - SS023, Chill Out -- FDG001, both from "It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" -- High Hopes Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP: I love Winter (Echo Park), Foil Paper Pad - Winter (Kaisercrft) 
• Copic Markers:
• N8 - Neutral Gray No. 8, N7 - Neutral Gray No. 7, N6 - Neutral Gray No. 6
• YR16 - Apricot, YR15 - Pumpkin Yellow
• C00 - Cool Gray No. 00, C0 - Cool Gray No. 0, C1 - Cool Gray No. 1
• BG75 - Abyss Green, BG72 - Ice Ocean, BG70 - Ocean Mist
• R0000 - Pink Beryl, R11 - Pale Cherry Pink, R46 - Strong Red
• Dies:  Wonky Stitched Ovals & Squares, Small Snowflakes -- all from Gina Marie Designs
• Nuvo Glitter Accents:  Fresh Snowfall
• Nuvo Crystal Glaze -- used on the sentiment
• Enamel Dots

Come for a visit at High Hopes Stamps and check out the variety of stamps that High Hopes Stamps has to offer for all occassions.  If you are in need of some inspiration, pop on over to the  High Hopes Stamps Blog, Facebook, Twitter and Instragram to see the daily posts by the  HH Divas.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day,

Hugs,

Moo-rry Christmas

  Growing up I spent my summer vacations on my uncle's dairy farm or some friends of mine who lived on dairy farms. Cows weren't necessarily my favourite animal but the more time I spent milking and feeding them I realized that they all had their own personalities. My uncle and friends always had their favourites and I soon grew to love a few as well - her name was Betsy <smile>

"Charlie's Tag" and all of the Charlie stamps in the It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas release bring back some fun memories and make me smile!

                                                                       

After stamping Charlie with Memento Tuxedo black ink, I coloured him using Copic markers and added some bling to his hat with Stickles and to the lights with a clear Spectrum Sparkle pen. Next I masked off the sentiment and stamped the two words separately and then hand fussy cut him leaving a thin white edge. 

I decided to do an A2 size card and cut the front of it in half to create a "barn door" for my tag to sit on. The tag reminds me of some of the ways we would decorate the barn doors for Christmas.

I loved the barn board paper in the Jingle All The Way paper pad from Echo Park and also added some plaid from the Tartan paper set from Whimsy. On the inside I cut a white piece of card stock so I had room to write some Christmas wishes before giving the card. 

Next I die cut some holly leaves and snowflakes and added them to three corners. Some enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Charlie's Tag - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Moo-rry Christmas - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Jingle All The Way - Echo Park, Tartan - Whimsy 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, Star Dust Stickles, clear Spectrum Sparkle Pen, holly die - YNS, snowflake die - Memory Box, enamel dots 

 Copic Markers:

Spots- N4 N5 N8 N10

Nose - E00 E01 E93 E95

Hooves -C1 C2 C4 C5 

Hat/Tag - R17 R27 R37 R59

Lights - YG01 YG03 YG17 B12 B14 B16 Y11 Y15 Y17 G17 G28 

Shading - W0 W1 C1

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Brrr!!!

It’s Wednesday, and this week, I made a Christmas card using Havin' A Ball Snowman - S147 by High Hopes Rubber Stamps for the main image and Brr... - FDG004 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) for the sentiment. Brr.... - Winter is coming soon!

To make my card this week, I began with a card base using Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. cut to 4.25" x 5.5". I cut out the background from Heartfelt Creations - Merry and Bright Collection and sized it to 4" x 5.25". Adding double-sided tape, I adhered this to some yellow cardstock. I cut around the yellow cardstock and left a very thin border. Lastly, I applied some double-sided tape and glue and attached it to the base.

With my MISTI and Memento - Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the image and sentiment onto Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card. I coloured in the image and sentiment with Copic markers. I ran the sentiment through my Xyron Create a Sticker and then I fussy cut around the image and the sentiment. Using a black pen, I outlined all of the edges for the image and sentiment, except in the snowy area. I peeled off the backing to the sentiment pieces and adhered them to the card front. I glued the snowman image in place at the bottom of the cut out background. I applied Stickles - Sea Glass to the Sweater cuffs and trim and a little bit in the snow at the bottom of the snowman. Stickles - HIbiscus was applied to the hat trim and pom pom. Stickles - Diamond was added to the snowballs and Stickles Crystal, Diamond and Stardust were all added to the snow to finish off the card.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Havin' A Ball Snowman - S147 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Sentiment: Brr... - FDG004 (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, Hammermill - Premium Colour 100 lb. cardstock, Heartfelt Creations - Merry and Bright Collection, Yellow Cardstock

Stickles: Sea Glass, Hibiscus, Crystal, Diamond, Stardust

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Xyron Create a Sticker

Image coloured with Copic Markers:

Snowman and Snowballs: B60, C1, C00, R30, R20, YR18, YR15, YR14, E27, E25, E23

Hat and Scarf: RV66, RV63, RV55, Y17, Y15, Y13

Sweater: B04, B02, B01, B00

Boots: RV66, RV63, RV55, B04, B02, B01, B00, C7, C5, C3, C1

Sentiment: RV66, RV63, RV55, Y17, Y15, Y13, B04, B02, B01, B00

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.

Merry Christmas!

Howdy!

I don't know about you, but I never really thought of Cows being a Christmas "thing". But after seeing this cutie called "Charlie's Christmas" from High Hopes,  I wonder why we didn't think of this years ago!! He's just so cute and perfect for so many people, especially farmers! Charlie is perfect to colour to make a card using non-traditional Christmas colours!

I stamped Charlie onto some Copic friendly paper and then using mu Copic Sketch markers, coloured him in. Using my Brother Cut N Scan, I cut Charlie out and added him to my card with foam squares. I decided to use papers from the Photoplay "Kringle & Co." 6x6 collection. The HH sentiment called "Your Herd" matches perfectly for Charlie! A bit of ribbon, and Crystal Stickles on Charlie's hat finish off my card.

Copics Used:

N6, N7, N8

W3, W5, W7

C00, C0, Copic 0

R01, R02, R35, R37, R39

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check High Hopes out on:

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Happy Stamping!

 

Snowman Dash

 Howdy - MichelleO here today ... Have you seen the new release at High Hopes Stamps?  It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas! 

So many great images for your holiday projects!! And this group of Snowmen is to fun to color up and use! "Snowman Dash" - Fun Fun Fun! 

 I colored these cuties with my Copics (colors below) and then added Nuvo white paint for some pop of snow. All my pattern papers are from My Minds Eye - I sewed all the layers down with a zig zag stitch and a wavy straight stitch on that fun Sentiment from High Hopes Stamps "Dashing through the snow" 

Felt like it needed just a little more so I found a die of a snow flake - glued it down then added Nuvo glitter so it would sparkle!

Copic colors used -

You just have to pop over to the High Hopes Stamps web store and see the new release "It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas" and then sleigh around the entire site and see all the other fabulous fun you could be having! 

Thanks! 

 

Penguin Family Sending Wishes of Peace, Love & Joy

Welcome Everyone,

For the month of October, High Hopes Stamps is having another re-release called "It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas".

For today's card, I'm using the ever so cute Penguin Family paired with the sentiment Peace, Love, Joy.

After stamping the image on XPress It Blending Cardstock, I coloured it with Copic Markers and then used the Loopy Square Die to cut it out.  Some Nuvo White Blizzard Glitter Drops where added to the trims on the hats and Nuvo Fresh Snowfall Glitter Accents to the mounds of snow.  Twine, some Glacier Jewels and Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Pens, finished off this CAS card.

Supplies used:

• Stamps:  Penguin Family - TT057, Peace, Love, Joy - HDG001 -- both from "It's Beginning to Look Like Christmas", release from High Hopes Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxed Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Celebrate Winter - Echo Park
• Copic Markers:
• N8 - Neutral Gray No. 8, N5 - Neutral Gray No. 5, N4 - Neutral Gray No. 4
• YR16 - Apricot, YR15 - Pumpkin Yellow
• BG34 - Horizon Green, BG32 - Aqua Mist
• G0000 - Crystal Opal, G00 - Jade Green
• BG0000 - Snow Green, BG000 - Pale Aqua, BG01 - Aqua Blue
• B000 - Pale Porcelain Blue, B00 - Frost Blue, B01 - Mint Blue
• R27 - Cadmium Red, R24 - Prawn
• Dies:  Loopy Square - Gina Marie Designs, Large Circles - Spellbinders
• Nuvo Glitter Drops: White Blizzard
• Nubo Glitter Accents:  Fresh Snowfall
• Miscellaneous:  Twine, Jewels: Glacier - Pink Fresh Studio
• Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Pens:  Red, Clear

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Hugs,

Penguin Christmas

  Oh my goodness! Have you seen the It's Beginning To Look Alot Like Christmas release? So many fun, cute stamps that are perfect to help get your Christmas/winter card mojo going! 

I have a lot of people who love penguins in my life so "Penguin Presents" was a perfect stamp for me to get to create a card with. I have a hard time remembering from year to year which stamp I used on who's card so to have a few new penguin stamps to choose from is perfect in my world. <smile>

I chose to do my take on a Front Flap style card. 

                                                                       

 I stamped my image, coloured it with Copic markers, added some polka dots to his scarf with a white gel pen  and hand fussy cut it leaving a thin white edge. I set him aside and chose some patterned paper from Photo Play to match. I created my card base by cutting some matching card stock to a 5.5" x 5.5" size. 

Next, I cut a quarter of an inch off the outside of the top piece so the plaid background which is actually the inside of the card would show on the front. What I didn't think about is that by doing that, the card actually won't sit to be displayed because there isn't anything there for it it sit on. I decided to continue with my take on the design because I have a few people in my life who display their card laying down - phew! I cut some snowflake paper for the top of the card and added some ribbon and a sentiment. Then I measured my stamp to figure out how big my "flap" needed to be, cut it and added a snowy hill, a snowflake border and my stamped image, glued it to the card base and added the plaid patterned paper.

To finish off the card I stamped a sentiment on the inside on a piece of white card stock and added some enamel dots to the front. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Penguin Presents  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Scripty Merry Christmas, Sparkle & Cheer - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Not A Creature Was Stirring - Photo Play 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, ribbon, white gel pen, Frostyville border - Memory Box, enamel dots 

 Copic Markers:

Body - N4 N5 N8 N10

Hat/Scarf - BG13 BG18 BG09

Sled -E34 E35 E29 C2 C4 C5 

Shadow -C1 C2

 Presents - R17 R27 R37 R59 G17 G28 B39 BG11 BG32 BG13 BG75

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!