Precious Little One -- High Hopes

Happy Friday!

This is my last post of the month and I'm going to miss creating with these sweet baby images!

Precious Little One from High Hopes Stamps found here!

I wanted to do something different today ....so I decided to die cut the stroller four times. I glued them together in two's for added strength and scored the top of the back panel so it bends and sits properly on the table.

Added a satin bow, sentiment stamped in a soft pink and a bit of bling to decorate this stroller!

This cute little baby was coloured with copics and sandwiched between the front stroller panel.

Thanks for peekng!

Have a great weekend :)

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Have you heard the news? The Winter/Fall Fun release is available for pre-order. This release is FULL of fun, cute stamps and sentiments! Here's the link.

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at

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Stampin up Card event!!!

I'm going out with a friend this weekend to a Stampin Up Card class. Any opportunity to meet with friends and craft .....I'm there!! A day of card making that includes supplies and lunch works for me :)

I received this card in the mail to remind of the event and what we need to bring:)

Love that gingerbread design!!

Can't wait to go!!

Thanks for peeking, have a great day!! :)

We wish you a Merry Christmas -- High Hopes Stamps

Hi there, I'm back again to share a sweet baby and lamb image from High Hopes Stamps. This is such a beautiful scene for Christmas.

Made with ...

High Hopes Sweet Saviour found here!

Merry Christmas Sentiment found here!

The image is coloured with Copics and some stitches were added around the border of the card, sentiment and image. I love this scene and can see using this image for Easter, Christmas and sweet baby designs too.
The star is very glittery as Stickles were added for some extra bling.

I decided to use the Copic Airbrush on the card for some soft touches of colour. This Christmas design has no red and green, just some silver and gold details for a unique, non traditional feel .
Copic Markers # YG0000,R00,YG67,YG63,YG00,E21,C3,0,YG03,E000,B91,B97,B93

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Scrapfest Richmond Hill Pics

I got to hang out with the gals at One Crazy stamper on the weekend :)

Lots of fun, here's the make and take that we did....

This super cute cow is from the new High Hopes release that will

be out soon!

Dar, me and Bonnie. The gals were showing off their creations....

Donna and me. Love that gal!! :D

Looking forward to the next Scrapfest event n 2017!!

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Wishing your Dreams come true -- High Hopes

Happy Friday! I've been working on a sweet bear design and just happened to have a perfect sentiment being ...

Wishing your dreams come true from High Hopes found here!

I love stamps that I can use for more than one occasion or purpose and this little cutie can be used for a baby design or in this case a "dreams come true" card :)

The Bear, Moon and Star from High Hopes can be found here....

The image was coloured with Copic marker numbers E93,C2,B21,B95,Y26,BG000,Y000,E000,E43

A wee bit of fussy cutting and pop dots. The pattern paper is a Bo Bunny design which worked out well for this card.

Thanks for peeking, hope to see you at Scrapfest Richmond Hill this weekend !!

Our September Challenge is "Babies". Click here to play along - we can't wait to see what your create!

Have you heard the news? The Winter/Fall Fun release is available for pre-order. This release is FULL of fun, cute stamps and sentiments! Here's the link.

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!

Baby Shower -- High Hopes Stamps

Hi there, I'm back again to share a little tag creation I've been working on. Thought these would make some fun baby shower invites to welcome a little baby boy.

Created with the following High Hopes Stamps ...

Baby shower sentiment found here!

Swaddledbabyboy found here!

The tag was hand cut from Kraft card stock and a hole punch at the top. I used a score board to create a score line on the back piece of the tag so it would bend with a nice crease and sit like a card.

The tag has lots of stitching including the straight stitch and some zigzag's too. Just a few Copic markers were used being ...

C3,C5,B00,B01,E000,E11,R11,E93,Y21,E33

Thanks for peeking and Happy Wednesday :) !!

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Sweet Baby -- High Hopes Stamps!

Happy Friday!

I'm back with another adorable baby girl! Isn't she just the sweetest little gal :)

Made with High Hopes Sentiment found here!

and

Swaddled Baby Girl found here!

The image is coloured with Copic Markers. I used a Taylored Expressions embossing folder on the base of the card, I love hearts so I though it would be perfect for this design.

Lots of pink details and some little letter beads which remind me of the old school baby name bracelets . This sweet little gal is mounted on pop dots for added dimension and her blanket's polka dots are created with Copics for a fun design!

Have a great weekend! Hope to see you at Scrapfest!

Our September Challenge is "Babies". Click here to play along - we can't wait to see what your create!

Have you heard the news? The Winter/Fall Fun release is available for pre-order. This release is FULL of fun, cute stamps and sentiments! Here's the link.

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Two Peas in a pod

I just cant get enough of the new release from High Hopes. The images are darling an I especially like this image as it's perfect for a friends card along with the sentiment "two peas in a pod"

I had this idea rolling around in my head all day. I imagined it a little different than the outcome. I'm always glad to try something different,

This card is made with High |Hopes Stamps...

Sentiment found here!

To Peas in a pod found here!

I started off masking the image and removing the babies from my stamping. I stamped a bunch of peas ( I always call these sugar snaps) For a stacked looked!

Stamped them in shabby shutters distress ink and hand drawn the tops that were missing on the pods.

Then a lot of colouring using the no lines Copc technique....

I used lots of different greens on my design and did some messy colouring for lots of texture ...
Copic# R81,YG61,BG10,BG91,R85,E27,YG67,YG93,YG03,YG00,YG63,YG99,R85,E77,E31,Y21,E74,R93,E33,E93,R21,BG11,YG21,YG17,E000

I decided on a blue background almost like a sky. Perhaps these sweet babies were playing in the garden :)

Then added my image to a card base! Something different! The little specks are actually Wink of Stella, added for some shimmery details.

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Here's some exciting news!!

Save 20% until September 30th, 16 on our new “Fall/Winter Fun” Release only. All products will start shipping on October 1st, 16. How fun is that!!! Another release of adorable images coming your way!

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Color Swatches and Scrapfest RH 2016

Super quick post for this afternoon. I've spent the week moving my craft room over to the "larger" part of the basement.

Half way through the week I had to declare a "Code 9" meaning that my husband has just discovered how much crafting supplies I actually have!!!!

YIKES!!!!

He just keeps saying "I can't believe how much crafting supplies you have"

LOL !!!! :) Guess the cat is out of the bag!!!

It's Sunday afternoon and I finally feel that everything has been put back into place.

I will be giving my room a fresh coat of paint next weekend and will hopefully share some pics after that.

While cleaning and re-organization I cam across my trusty Color Coach from Stamping up.

I actually have very few Stamping up products. I really like their stamps but including the color swatch I might have like 2 stamp sets that I bought used.

This is probably one of my favorite Crafting items. I find that I will use the same colours over and over again so this helps my use other colors that work well together. I like using this even thou I don't have any of the SU products I just use the colours and match it up to my papers and Copic markers. I picked this up many years ago at Scrapfest Kitchener.

A friend of mine also wanted one but it was just recently discontinued by Stampin' Up. So I made here a Color swatch chart with recycled paint chips I had collected when we were painting the house!

D is a horse fan so I used that as the first page of the swatch. The thing I like about these is it gives you a picture that uses the colors and a chunk of each colour on the chip. I made a sleeve using a little wooden horse shoe and will give this to her next in a few weeks at Scrapfest Richmond Hill.

This brings me to my last quick note. I will be at Scrapfest RH in two weeks on the Saturday. I'm helping out with Copic make and takes at the High Hopes Booth. Please stop by and say hello. :)

Thanks for peeking!!

Precious Little One -- High Hopes Stamps

Happy Happy Happy Friday!!!

Back with a quick little post to share my creation using ....

Precious Little One from High Hopes found here!

Baby Hedgehog Bath from High Hopes found here!

Such a super sweet baby hedgehog!! This stamp is a fave of mine :)

Lots of stitching around the image and sentiment, I used an old bottle of liquid pearls for the suds & bubbles in the bath and thought the texture was kinda neat!

The image is coloured with Copics # E41,E42,E43,B01,B34,Y21,Y23,RV0000,BV20 & Sharpie white marker.

I decided to use a yellow and blue theme and added a little ducky (that's been in my stash for ever) to the bow. The blue ribbon was added like streamers for a different look to the design.

Thanks for peeking! Wishing you a crafty weekend!!

Play along in our Baby Challenge. Click this link and join us!! I can't wait to see your creations!

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at

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Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!

Just Arrived -- High Hopes Stamps

I'm back with another new release from High Hopes. These baby themed stamps are totally darling :)

Card created with ...

High Hopes "Just Arrived Sentiment"

High Hopes Crawling Baby Boy found here

I decided to add a few buttons to the card and I think they always work well with baby themed designs. Lots of stitches including straight stitch and zigzag and a baby's blanket that was cut from a soft felt.

The image is coloured with Copics C1,E000,R11,R00,B32

This design was based on the High Hopes Sketch ...

Join us for the September Challenge. If you do not use a High Hopes stamp, your entry will be deleted.
Grab your FREE Digi HERE

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It's that easy to join the September's Challenge!!!

Thanks for peeking! Wishing you a great day!! :)

Halloween ATC Swap 2016

I joined a Halloween Swap over a year a go on Swap Bot. The swap was hosted by a friend of mine so I wanted to participate. Basically you have one year to make 31 different ATC's (ATC's are Artist trading cards with the specific size of 3.5x2.5). These are made for one partner to open every day in the month of October.

The ATC's need to be wrapped and numbered too. Well..... a year flies by and before you know it you need all 31 different ATC's created, wrapped and mailed!!

Yikes, that was a lot of work!!

The book shown in the picture was create with pockets to hold the ATC's. I hope "S" likes the package I sent her. I also wrapped up a few goodies for her too :D

I actually made a set for myself too and will post them in October as a count down to Halloween.

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Have a great day :)

Hugs and Kisses -- Baby Love!!

Hi there, I'm back again to share another new release design from High Hopes using ...

High Hopes Crawling baby girl found here!

Ok, this gal is way too sweet!! :)

I decided to make a tag/birth announcement just for fun! The bib base was embossed with a sweet heart embossing folder from Taylor Expressions found here!

The image is coloured with Copics and fussy cut. I realized that you could add different items in her hands. Baby Rattle, heart, birth announcement ect. You could really has some fun with this sweet image!

Thanks for peeking! Wishing you a crafty weekend!!

Play along in our Baby Challenge. Click this link and join us!! I can't wait to see your creations!

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!

High Hopes New Release Blog Hop

Hi there,
Thanks for stopping by and joining us on the blog hop for High Hopes Stamps new release.

Sue

Lora (Owner of HH andOCS)I'm back with another super super super cute image from High Hopes.

Ohhhh I love this cutie :)
Baby Giraffe from High Hopes Can be found here!
&
New Addition sentiment from High Hopes can be found here!

These stamps are just a few darling designs in the new release.

The background is embossed with Swiss Dots folder. The texture created reminds me of a baby's blanket :)
The details are done in a soft white with lots of texture so the baby giraffe and sentiment would stand out.
Stitches, clouds, hills, flowers and lots of love went into making this card :)