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Hugs to Cheer You!

High Hopes Stamps, One Crazy Stamper, Sue,

Welcome OCS and HH Fans;

A few months ago, I set a personal challenge to try and use a different technique or medium every week. Well it started out well, but kinda went by the wayside lately.

For today’s card, I used a Flowered Circle Luxury Cardlayer top that was in my stash. I used these a few years ago. Violet and Green Sulky Thread was used to do the stitching.

After stamping the Pretty Gladiolas (TT110) stamp from High Hopes Stamps, I coloured it using Derwent Inktense Pencils.   Nuvo Morning Dew Crystal Drops were added to the gladiolas.

Supplies used:

  • Stamps:  Pretty Gladiolas, Hugs to Cheer You! (High Hopes Stamps)
  • Ink:  Staz on Jet Black
  • Paper:  Strathmore Watercolor Paper; DP – Watercolor Washes (Lawn Fawn)
  • Derwent Inktense Pencils:  081 – Light Violet, 080 – Violet, 047 – May Green, 048 – Emerald Green
  • Nuvo Crystal Drops: Morning Dew
  • Doodey Luxury Cardlayers – Flowered Circle 1
  • Sulky Thread: Violet, Green
  • Embellishments: Miscellaneous Pearls

Be sure to stop by the One Crazy Stamper and High Hopes Stamps blogs and Facebook Pages for some daily inspiration from the Design Team Divas.  You can also follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

Hugs,

Another Year Wiser

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Welcome OCS and HH Fans;

Have you ever had one of those times when you had envisioned something completely different as to how the card turned out.  Well, this is the case for today’s card.  After a couple of mishaps and completely not what I had in mind, I’m happy with how it turned out.

After colouring Waving Owl with Copic Markers, I cut it out using a circle die.  To get the effect of the circle die sitting inside the hexagon, I put the same size circle inside the hexagon die and cut them out together.  This allowed Waving Owl to sit inside the hexagon.

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Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day. 

Hugs,

Thank you for being a friend…

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Welcome OCS and HH Fans;

There is nothing more special in life than to have the unconditional love of a true friendship from friends and family.  It is the friends that we meet along this life’s path that help us with our daily journey

Kovu and Leo, from High Hopes Stamps are the best of friends traveling together and enjoying the journey.

After stamping Kovu and Leo, I coloured them with Copic Markers. and used Prismacolor Pencils to add some highlights.

Inside of card

Supplies used:

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Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

Hugs,

Happy Anniversary!

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Welcome OCS and HH Fans;

It is time to add some more anniversary cards to my stash, as I am low on them.  Burt and Doris from High Hopes Stamps is the perfect stamp for senior married couples.

After colouring the image with Copic Markers, I used the Distressed Edges die from Spellbinders.

Supplies used:

  • Stamps:  Burt & Doris, Happy Anniversary (High Hopes Stamps)
  • Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
  • Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock
  • Copic Markers:
    • Skin:  E000 – Floral White, E000 – Pale Fruit Pink, R0 – Blush
    • Hair:  C1 – Cool Gray No. 1, C0 – Cool Gray No. 0, E33 – Sand, E31 -Brick Beige, E30 – Bisque
    • Pants & Top: B97 – Night Blue, B95 -Light Grayish Cobalt, B93 – Light Cockery Blue, B000 – Pale Porcelain Blue, B00 – Frost Blue, B01 – Mint Blue
    • Skirt & Top:  E95 – Flesh Pink, E93 – Tea Rose, R0000 – Pink Beryl
    • Shoies:  E39 – Leather, E37 – Sepia, E81 – Ivory
  • Spellbinders Dies:  A2 Distress Edges
  • Your Next Stamps Gumdrops
  • Flowers and ribbon from my stash

Be sure to stop by the One Crazy Stamper and High Hopes Stamps blogs and Facebook Page for some daily inspiration from the Design Team Divas.  You can also follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

 Hugs, 

Lenny’s Loves Me Knots…..

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Hi OCS and HH fans;

As Valentine’s Day is almost here, I couldn’t resist using Lenny’s Love Me Knots, from High Hopes Stamps. It reminds me of the game we would play as children — picking the petals off while saying “He Loves Me, he loves me not….

This is a CAS card. After stamping Lenny, I coloured him with alcohol markers.  The small hearts were from a die.


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Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

Hugs, 

Sweet Heart Owls…

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Welcome OCS and HH Fans;

It is time to start building up a stash of general everyday and every occasion type of cards.  As my daughter’s wedding anniversary is coming up, I thought I would start with an anniversary card.

For today’s card, I used the adorable Sweet Heart Owls from High Hopes Stamps. After stamping the image, I coloured it with Spectrum Noir Pencils. The heart in the upper corner is a wooden shape, that I coloured with Nuvo Persian Red Embellishment Mousse.  I then added some rhinestones to finish it off.

Supplies used:

  • Stamps:  Sweet Heart Owls, Happy Anniversary (High Hopes Stamps)
  • Ink:  Staz-on Jet Black
  • Paper: Neenah Classic Crest White, DP — Romance (Whimsy Stamps) — I don’t think it is in stock any more
  • Spectrum Noir Pencils:
    • Essentials Set:  015, 020, 003, 004, 005, 009, 089, 091, 095
    • Nature Set:  090, 094,103
    • Primaries Set: 024, 066
  • Dies:  Floating Hearts Die, Peek a Boo Heart Door Die (YNS), Oval Stitched Die
  • Nuvo Embellishment Mousse:  Persian Red
  • YNS Gumdrops:  Cupid

Be sure to stop by the One Crazy Stamper and High Hopes Stamps blogs and Facebook Page for some daily inspiration from the Design Team Divas.  You can also follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

Hugs, 

Snowballs for Sale…

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Welcome OCS and HH fans;

Hopefully, there will be some snowfall this weekend for some good old fun with snowballs.  Where I live, there has been a lack of this main ingredient to be able to make snowballs never mind throwing them.

For today’s card, I have used this adorable Penguin selling snowballs stamp called Frozen Fun from High Hopes Stamps.

After stamping the image, I coloured it with Copic Markers.  I used Nuvo Fresh Snowfall Glitter Accent to add some snow at the bottom and Nuvo Pure Platinum Mousse and Pure Sheen Ice White Glitter to the snowflakes.


Supplies:

  • Stamps: Frozen Fun, Have an Ice Day (High Hopes Stamps)
  • Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
  • Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP – my stash
  • Copic Markers:  YR07 – Cadmium Orange, YR04 – Chrome Orange, T9 – Toner Gray No. 9, T8 Toner Gray No. 8, T7 Toner Gray No. 7, E30 – Bisque, E31 – Brick Beige, E33 – Sand, BG0000 – Snow Green, BG000 – Pale Aqua, BG01 – Aqua Blue, B00 – Frost Blue, B000 – Pale Porcelain Blue, B0000 – Pale Celestine, W00 – Warm Gray No. 00, W0 – Warm Gray No. 0, W1 – Warm Gray No. 1, C0 – Cool Gray No. 0, R20 – Blush
  • Nuvo Pure Platinum Mousse
  • Nuvo PureSheen Glitter Ice White
  • Nuvo Glitter Accent – Fresh Snowfall
  • Nuvo Glitter Drops – White Blizzard

Do stop by the One Crazy Stamper and High Hopes Stamps blogs and Facebook Page for some daily inspiration fromthe Design Team Divas.  You can also follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

Hugs, 

Slapshot Stanley!!!

High Hopes Stamps, Sue,

Welcome Everyone;

Now that Christmas is over, we can get back to our normal routines. For me that is work, crafting and more crafting.  House work is right at the bottom of the list.  Now for my grandchildren it is school and hockey and nothing but hockey.  Yep all three of them and all different schedules.

For today’s card, I used Slapshot Stanley from High Hopes Stamps (definitely need some female hockey stamps).  After stamping the image I coloured it with copic markers.  The snowflakes were two wooden shapes.  I added the Nuvo Pure Platinum Mousse first, then added some Nuvo Snow Glow glitter.

Supplies used:

  • Stamp:  Slapshot Stanley, happy Birthday (High Hopes Stamps)
  • Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
  • Paper:  XPress It Cardstock, DP – Celebrate Winter (Echo Park)
  • Copic Markers:  E33 – Sand, E31 – Brick Beige, E30 – Bisque, G0000 – Crystal Opal,G000- Pale Green, G00- Jade Green, B000 – Pale Porcelain Blue, B00 – Frost Blue, B01 – Mint Blue, E27 – Africano, E25 – Caribe Cocoa, BG0000 – Snow Green, BG000 – Pale Aqua, T8 – Toner Gray No. 8, N0 – Neutral Gray No. 0, N1 – Neutral Gray No. 1, R29 – Lipstick Red, R27 – Cadmium Red
  • Nuvo Pure Platinum Mousse
  • Nuvo Snow Glow Glitter
  • Your Next Stamp Gumdrops

Do stop by the One Crazy Stamper and High Hopes Stamps blogs and Facebook Page for some daily inspiration from the Design Team Divas.  You can also follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

Hugs,

Top10 Favourites of 2018

High Hopes Stamps, One Crazy Stamper

I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and enjoyable time with family and friends.

This week the design team is showing their top 10 favourite cards of 2018.  This is such a hard thing to do as High Hopes Stamps have such a large range of versatile stamps — easy to find the perfect stamp for the card, but very hard to pick favourites from what have been made.

I finally got it whittled down, much like reducing the Christmas wish list for Santa.  Below are my 10 favourites.

Birthday Buzzard

Mary Angel

Wizard in Training 

Blooming Friends

Saucy Sam

Flyin’ High Santa

Bat Friends

 Penguin’s Pasttime

Nr ^ Nrs Claus

Snowbear Friends

Thank you for stopping by and have a great day.  Happy New Year and all the best in the future.

From our Gnomes to Ours

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Welcome Everyone;

Now that Christmas Day is just around the corner, I hope you don’t have too many last minute items to do or shop for.  I know I’m ready for a rest.

For today’s card, I have used the Sledding Gnomes from High Hopes Stamps‘ latest release called “Woodsy Christmas“.

After stamping the image, I coloured it with copic markers.  Pure Platinum Nuvo Smooth Mousse was used on the snowflakes.

Merry Christmas to all of the High Hopes and One Crazy Stamper fans and to all of my blog followers and crafty friends!

Supplies used:

  • Stamps:  Sledding Gnomes, Gnome to Yours (Woodsy Christmas release – High Hopes Stamps)
  • Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
  • Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP – Comfort & Joy (My Mind’s Eye)
  • Copic Markers:
    • E0000 – Floral White, E000 – Pale Fruit Pink, E00 – Skin White, E01 – Pink Flamingo, E30 – Bisque, E31 – Brick Beige
    • G43 – Pistachio, G46 – Mistletoe
    • G0000 – Crystal Opal, G000 – Pale Green, G00 – Jade Green
    • C0 – Cool Gray No. 0, C1 – Cool Gray No. 1
    • R27 – Cadmium Red, R29 – Lipstick Red
  • Nuvo Smooth Mousse – Pure Platinum
  • Snowflakes: Wooden Embellishments

Do stop by the One Crazy Stamper and High Hopes Stamps blogs and Facebook Pages for some daily inspiration from the Design Team Divas.  You can also follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

 Hugs,