Easter Bunny and Egg - High Hopes Challenge #68

Still having fun learning to color images....this one is from High Hopes Stamps.   Added some *old* paper that I got about 100 sheets of from Sam's club 2 years ago....added a neat background paper from DCWV.....backed my image with a Paisley flower button...and edged it out with purple trim.

Hogs and Kisses

I adore this little stamp from High Hopes and had to use him on something.  I colored him with watercolors and put a layer of glitter on the balloons.   I made an extra set of lips and pop dotted them to the original.  Cut out the whole thing.....framed it with a Nestie.  Added some rick rack....flowers....buttons....and computer generated sentiment.

Hoppy Spring!

Well, I made this card for a combined challenge.....High Hopes Stamps and a Spoonful of Sugar #39. I was going out of town....frantically worked to finish the card....and then..........my camera wouldn't work. So High Hopes is past, but the Spoonful of Sugar sketch is still good. I flipped it for my card.

I used a High Hopes stamp....colored in watercolor and helped out with some glittery dimensional paint. I love the pink/green combo paper.....I'll be using it a lot this spring. And I'm still using the MS gingham. The flower was a DollarTree find. For the lettering, I had a page kit I had found at Big Lots and the letters worked great with this card. Funny to be posting a spring card on a snow day!! Both kids are home with me.

Cupcake Craft Challenge #24 High Hopes Challenge #15 You Make My Heart Flutter

This is my first shaker card! It was so much fun too. The stamps are High Hopes (played with on the computer until I get the size I need), the paper is from Target $1 stuff, and I used my Christmas Cheer cartridge frame feature (snowglobe) to get the frame cut. The pink cardstock is embossed with the swiss dots folder and the ribbon at the bottom is from Wal-Mart. Guess what is used for the "shakers"? Cupcake sprinkles shaped like hearts!

To make the shaker card I cut out the frame and 2 squares of acetate the same size. I attached one piece of acetate to the card. The other piece I attached to the frame with some double sided tape. Then I put the sprinkles on the acetate and attached the frame with foam strips to add dimension........that's it.

Cupcake Challenge this week is a 3 2 1 card. I used 3 pieces of cardstock, 2 embellishments (blutterflies), and 1 ribbon. They have such creative DT cards on their site....check it out. (Link on side)

High Hope Stamps challenge was to use hearts. I've got hearts on the paper....hearts on the butterflies....and heart shakers! So much fun.....I LOVE High Hopes Stamps.

Cupcake Challenge 23 Love Stinks

Cupcake Crafts Challenge this week was a great sketch by Lauren. I had to turn it on its side, but this one was really easy to work with. I used a High Hopes Stamp (Tink) for the image, colored in watercolors. The butterflies are a MS punch with some glitter added. The yellow paper flowers are attached with brads as are the little black flowers (which I cut out with my Cuttlebug) at the bottom. Sentiment is computer generated and hand cut. Most everything on this card got a dose of clear glitter. Papers used are Doodlebug. I love the black paper with the glittered, flocked flowers. My homage to one of my favorite J. Geils Band songs.

High Hopes Challenge #14 Hoppy Birthday!

High Hopes challenge was to create a card for a DUDE! Well, I needed a birthday card for a 15 year old boy.....so here it is!

I used an old blue jean pocket from the rag bag....attached to a piece of tie dyed paper from DCWV Rockstar stack. I had the chipboard "Celebrate" and the star in the closet (Big Lots finds) and the sentiment "Hoppy Birthday" is computer generated, inked, and cut. I stamped the High Hopes Franklin Froggy, scanned the image to enlarge it, and then watercolored it. Attached a button and put him in the pocket. Trimmed the card with paper ribbon and embellished with sequin stars. A little bling, a little cutsie, but NO flowers!

Hogs and Kisses - High Hopes #12/Cupcake Challenge #21

I was NOT going to make cards this year.....I was going to do layouts. But I checked out 2 of my favorite blogs - High Hopes Stamps and Cupcake Craft Challenge....and of course, there were challenges I had to take up!!! Besides I need a birthday card for a pig lover this week...........

I used the High Hopes "Pickles" character. He is colored with watercolors with some glitter bling! Found 2 little rhinestones for his buttons. The lips are the balloon from the stamp, scanned, and enlarged. I used MS glitter to make them shine; then attached them with pop dots. The sentiment is computer generated and then ripped and inked. Found some Cherry Art paper in the drawer that was just perfect and backed everything with some DCWV cardstock and metallic pink accents.

The High Hopes Challenge was for torn paper. The sentiment, the bottom of the image backing, and the yellow accent strip are all torn. The Cupcake Challenge was to use glitter. The balloons, the pig's snout, the trim on his overalls, and the big lips are all glittered. And I added some glitter to the center background of the card along with the metallic cardstock and torn paper accent.

I actually like this card.........usually they don't turn out the way I hoped, but this one did!

Dash Away All! - Red Green Gold Challenge

I'm learning to color....and I love High Hopes Stamps. This picture was the largest undertaking I've tried. I used watercolor pencils and dimensional paint. And Rudolph gets a red nose because I always give Rudolph a pompon nose!

High Hopes Challenge #11 Flower Power

The challenge this week was to use a flower on your card. I didn't have a stamp with a flower and although high stamps are my favorite, I didn't use any stamp at all. I made a poinsettia out of SYI with Cricut, ink, and a little glitter. Paper is Daisy D's and the sentiment is a rub-on. Tied all together with a raffia bow!

A Spoon Full of Sugar #28 Thank You Snow Much

This week's challenge was to create a thank you card. I needed one anyway so this challenge was high on my priority list. I used some of that Snowy Day paper.....(my goal is a dozen cards from it by the end of the week). The stamp is a High Hopes design colored with watercolors and a little glitter. The snowglobe is from Christmas cheer with glitter and metallic pen. The mirrored snowflakes are Favorite Findings and I printed out the sentiment.

High Hopes Challenge #9

Here is my card for the High Hopes Stamps challenge #9. This was a great sketch to follow.

I used the small Stacking Stanley stamp with the PPDU elf hat added to him and American Traditional paper-Snowy Day. The sentiment is a rub-on, and I added some dimensional snowflakes for pop.

I'm new at this stamping stuff......just learning to color.