Wonderful Adventures!

Hello!

It's Tuesday so that means I'm back with a post for High Hopes Stamps! Let me introduce you to the adorable "Sheila"! Sheila's all ready to go on a wonderful adventure. She has her camera and walking stick, so I picture her going on a nature walk! Hopefully soon the Parks will reopen and we can all get out and go on a wonderful adventure just like Sheila.

My design today is a clean and simple one. To start I cut out the white paper with a fancy die and then stamped the "Rocks" and "Wonderful Adventures" sentiment from High Hopes Stamps onto it. I stamped the "Rocks" again onto some masking paper, fussy cut it and placed it over top of my stamped image. I used the MFT Mini Cloud Stencil and some Seaglass Ink to create the soft background. After colouring Sheila with my Copic Markers, I cut her out using my Brother Cut N Scan machine. Some foam dots popped her up for added dimension. A bit of striped paper and some enamel dots finish everything off.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E21, E11, R20

Hair Y21, E31, E33

Outfit: R37, R59, R89/ B34. B37, B39

Boots & Stick:

E43, E44, E47, E49

Hat: E30, E31, E33, Y35, Y38, W5

Rock & Grass: W2, W3, W5/ G28, YG17, YG23, YG25

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Coffee, Coffee and More Coffee!

Happy Sunday!

For todays card, I dug out my Simon Says Stamp "Mod Flower Background" 6x6 stamp. I decided to use it in two ways today. I started by stamping the image onto a heart shaped cut out and embossed it with white embossing powder.

On one of the heats I did an ink Blended background using Distress Oxide Inks in Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry. On the second heart I used my Tombow markers (725, 606, 126, 58, 75) and a water brush to colour in the embossed images. Two totally different looks using the same image!

Next I got out this adorable dinosaur from Gerda Steiner Designs called "Coffeesaurus" and went about colouring him to match my backgrounds.

Both of these cards have polka dot paper from my stash. The sentiments come in the "Coffeesaurus" set and are so cute! I added some black marker around the sentiments to make them stand out a bit.

To add some texture to the dinosaurs, after i had finished colouring them I took a Copic 0 marker and added little dots. The Copic solution washes out the colour and sort of makes it look like dinosaur skin. I added a few white gel pen dots to the purple guy.

Copics Used:

Purple Dino: V04, V05, V06, W3, C1

Green Dino: YG17, YG23, YG25, W3, C1

Coffee Cups: C1, E31, BG05 or RV06

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Thinking of You!

Hello!!

Ok...... so with all this self isolation, I've had lots of time to get busy in my Craft room! I've been digging through my stash and seeing what I haven't used ever, or in a very long time. It's amazing what you find when you start digging LOL. My stamps today are from Magnolia. Magnolia images were some of my very first purchases and at that time I put them away without adding their "names". I hadn't even thought about Blogging at that time and that I might need to know what each stamp was, oops! 

My papers today are from the Doodlebug "Love Notes" 6x6 collection. I stamped this cute Tilda and then masked her off with masking paper. Then I stamped the Bench over top so it looks like she is sitting on it. The sentiment is from the SSS Sentiment Strips and I cut it out with a tiny flag banner die. The petticoat on Tilda has some Stickles added for a bit of bling!

So....... in my hunt, I found this Lawn Fawn Die called "Mini Pop-Up Box" and these tiny Magnolia images. A light bulb went off in my head LOL. I added the box with the images to the inside of my card for a special surprise!

Cute or what! I love that the box folds flat inside the card so it still fits in a regular A2 envelope! 

I'm so glad you stopped by today!

Happy Stamping!

Girls Are A Gift!

Hello!

Introducing "Bessie Boo" from High Hopes Stamps today! Love the look on her face.....she's like oh my hope my hair turns out ok! I just love the curlers in her hair!

I decided to use papers from the Echo Park "Teen Spirit Girl" 6x6 collection. I stamped, cut Bessie out using a Gina Marie Arched Stitched Tag die, and then coloured her using my Copic markers. A few cute layers of paper and a circle tag cut out of paper make my layout today. I tilted Bessie and popped her up with foam squares for a different look. I added Clear Stickles to Bessie's curlers and some matt enamel dots to finish off my card.

The decorated inside has the "Girls Are A Gift" sentiment also from High Hopes Stamps.

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E21, E11, R20

Hair: E23, E25, E27, E29

Outfit: V15, V17, BV08/ Y32, Y35, Y38

Curlers: Y32, Y35. Y38

Rug: RV11, RV13, V01, V04

Ground and Outline: W1, W2, W3/ BG0000, BG000, BG01

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For more inspiration using High Hopes Stamps visit out Facebook Group or the Blog! The Design Team is always busy creating amazing cards!

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Ocean's Of Love!

Hello!

Today I'm sharing with you some absolutely adorable mermaids! I had totally forgot I had purchased these cuties and thought I'd better get something finally made with them!  This stamp set is called "BB Mermazing" by My Favourite Things.

On both these cards I made a ink blended background to look like they are underwater. I used Distress Oxide Inks in Mermaid Lagoon, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Broken China, Blueprint Sketch and a blending tool.

I created a "window frame" using a die from the CDD Inside Scallop Squares set and popped the frame up with foam tape. Then I inset the ink blended background and cut a little hill from some Cork to resemble sand. Next I added the Mermaids, turtle, fish, shells and plant to create an underwater scene

On the decorated inside I added a wave border and a sentiment from the "BB Mermazing" set.

For this cute card I used the "Double Slider Surprise" from  Lawn Fawn. It's a fun interactive slider that allows you to "surprise" your recipient. It was fairly straight forward to assemble especially if you watch the video. 

When you pull out at the same time from each side, 2 more panels are revealed for a surprise!

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E21, E11, R20

Hair: Y00, Y21, YR12/ YR14, YR27, E37/ E31, E33, E35, E39

Purple: BV08, V15, V17

Pink: R89, RV17, RV19

Teal: BG05, BG07, BG09

Fish & Turtle: YR04, YR09, N5, N7/ G28, 46, YG17, YG23, YG21

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Stamping!

Flower Heart!

Happy Friday!

I had so much fun creating this set of cards using the "Large Floral Hearts" stamp and die set from Pretty Pink Posh! Once I got started I couldn't stop, hence the 4 cards LOL. Each card uses the stamps in a different way.

Each card has an embossed area on it. I don't know what the folders are called, they came with my Gemini. The Large Floral Hearts die set lets you cut out the hearts in a variety of ways.

On this card I stamped the images with embossing ink and added embossing powder. Once I heat set that, I went ahead and coloured in the flowers using my Tombows and a water brush for more of a watercolored look. Using the dies I cut the hearts and little flowers out. I cut one of the hearts on the side so I could intertwine the two together. The flower centres have some Yellow Nuvo Drops added to them.

Here's the decorated inside.

Tombows Used: 603, 055, 75, 373, 126

On this example I coloured the image and then cut out the middle so that the plaid paper could show through from behind. I added the "Hugs" sentiment that comes in the stamp set.

Copics Used: 

BG53, BG57, V06, V09, R37, R59, R89, Y15, Y18

G28, G46, YG17, YG23, RV04, RV09

On this card I used the inside heart stamped image. I cut the die out of the white paper as well so I could inset the image. I used the same Copic colours as above.

For this card I coloured up both hearts and die cut them out. I added the middle heart to the heart border image with foam tape. 

Copics Used: RV04, RV21, RV23, RV25, RV17

RV19, RV52, RV55

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

Buddy's Birthday Heart Collage!

Hello!

I've been wanted to try this for a while now and finally jumped out of my box and gave it a go! I challenged myself to only use the "Cool Grey" Copics from my collection. I thought this image called "Buddy's Birthday Heart Collage" from High Hopes Stamps was a great image to try this technique out on.

I'm really happy how it turned out! The only thing is I wish I would have looked at the papers that I have on hand first. I would have chosen a different "grey scale" to use as the Cool Grey Copics didn't really match with any black and white papers I have on hand. But I went with it as I had put so much time into colouring this image. It still looks cool right?! After colouring my image, I cut it out using my Brother Cut N Scan and cut out matching layers. The sentiment is also from High Hopes and is called "It's Your Day".

I popped the image up with some foam squares to add dimension.

Copics Used:

C00, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4

C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10

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Thanks for stopping by today!

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Have A Mice Day!

Hello  Friends!

Just popping in to share this fun and bright card using the "Flowers and Smiles" stamp set from Your Next Stamp. I've used this set before and you can see more of my cards using the stamp set HERE. I love this cute mouse chasing a butterfly! It just screams Spring to me.

The images I used are separate stamps and I stamped them to create a scene. Next I coloured the images with my Copic Markers. I created some "masks" for the images using masking paper. Then I added the clouds in the background using the Hefty Doodle "Cloudy Skies" stencil and some Salty Ocean Distress Oxide Ink. I turned the bottom of the clouds into some hills by colouring them in with Copics. A piece of paper from the Sunny Studios Preppy Prints and a nice big bow finish off my card.

The sentiment on the inside is also from the "Flowers and Smiles" stamp set.

Copics Used:

Mouse: E31, E35, E57, E79, R22

Butterfly & Flowers: BV11, BV13, BV17/ Y32, Y35, Y38/ YG25, G46, G28

Grass & Hills: G40, G82, G94, G99

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have "A Mice Day"!

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Ranunculus Flowers!

Hello!

Today I am sharing a couple cards I made using the Simon Says Stamp "Sketch Ranunculus" Stamp and Die set. I'm working my way through the stamps I haven't used yet, slowly but surely LOL.

I am quite obsessed with embossing and watercoloring using my Tombow Markers. I just find it so relaxing colouring in the images and the water-colour effect it produces.

 I stamped my images onto water-colour paper and then using embossing ink and white embossing powder I melted the powder. Next I took my Tombow markers and scribbled them onto my Tim Holtz Glass Mat. Then using my water brush I picked u p the colour and started colouring in the images. After the images had time to dry, I then used the matching dies and cut out the images. The tiny sentiments are from the SSS "Sentiment Strips Fresh Bloom". I love these tiny strips as you get a ton of different already stamped sayings and all you do is cut them out.

I used the Darice Ornate Frame embossing folder to create a background for these flowers.

On this card I cut a 4.5x3.25" piece of paper and then used my Cuttlebug Polka Dot Embossing Folder.

Here you can see the different dimensions on these cards I created using different sizes of foam squares.

Tombow Markers Used:

623, 126, 055, 772, 725

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

Posey's For Ewe!

A Very Happy Hello!

Today's card is fun and cheery to hopefully brighten your day! I love this cutie called "Posey's For Ewe" from High Hopes Stamps! It's perfect for a Spring or Easter card!

I am using papers from the Doodlebug "Bunnyville" 6x6 collection. I decided to use the papers to create a little scene to put my zig zag oval die cut on. I popped the grass and a few clouds up with foam squares for added dimension. The stamped sentiment is also from High Hopes and is called "Springtime Joy".

Copics Used:

Lamb: C00, C0, C1, C5, C6, C8, C9

Flowers: RV04, RV06, RB09/ Y35, Y38

Grass & Leaves: YG23, YG17

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope I've brightened your day with this card. It's been trying times for everyone and we need a little smile once and awhile!

Happy Stamping!

Here's something else to brighten your day!!!

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