.: August 2016

Vampire treat -- High Hopes Stamps

Happy Wednesday!

I'm back with another fun project using ...

Is this just the sweetest vampire in town!??!!

A shaker was created using a mix of Halloween confetti, Halloween striped burlap twine, and this darling Vampire :)

The image is coloured with Copic Markers and cobwebs were added to the outside of the design for some extra creepy Halloween Details :)

Thanks for peeking, have a great day! :)

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Happy Birthday to you!!

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday dear Lora

Happy Birthday to You……………………..

Lora, the High Hopes Rubber Stamps and One Crazy Stamper DT Divas along with some very Special guests are doing a Birthday Wishes Blog Hop to celebrate your birthday!!

If your joining us for the hop you would have just come from Donnas blog here!

I decided to create a shaker card with lots of pretty purples and shimmery details too.

The shaker is enclosed in a plastic sleeve with lots of added hearts, stars and sequences too. Lace, pearls, ribbons and banners flags were added to this creation for added Birthday goodness!

Wishing you a fantastic Birthday!!!!!

Hop along, be inspired and don’t forget to leave a birthday wish for Lora on the One Crazy Stamper and/or High Hopes Rubber Stamps blogs.

Sue

Natalie (thats me)

Special Guests

Karen Dedman (Your Next Stamp)

Denise Lynn (Whimsy Stamps)

Karan Gerber (Heartfelt Creations)

Please stop by Leanne's blog for more B-Day celebrations!

Thanks for peeking.

Senic Views -- High Hopes Stamps!

Happy Friday!!!

I'm totally ready for Fall, mainly for the cooler weather and yummy crock pot meals!

Today I'm sharing a little card made with....

High Hopes Gard Duty Rudy found here!

The image was coloured with Copics. a scrap piece of burlap ribbon was added across the card along with some muddy hills and pumpkins cut from card stock

Lots of pop dots were used for added dimension and some pretty Fall ribbons at the top of the Scarecrow post.

Thanks for peeking! Wishing you a great Weekend. Hope you get crafty and create some Fall and Halloween designs! I would love to see your creations in our Current challenge found here!

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

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Fall Fun! High Hopes

Happy Wednesday! I'm back with a little card to share! We're having a few cooler days here in my part of town, which has been a nice break from the heat. Reminds me of beautiful Fall weather :)

Card created with ...

Fall Joy from High Hopes found here

The image is coloured with Copic Marker numbers BG10,N0,E44,Y26.YG93,YR24,W7,YR16,R24,C9,Y17,T5,E59,

Added a fun Fall Ribbon and a few fall leaves too. Kept it simple since there's lots of details in the image. and used lots of earth tones in the design!

Thanks for peeking, have a great day! :)

Join us for your chance to win 2 FREE High Hopes Stamps.

This month all you have to do is "LEAVE A COMMENT"

If you do not use a High Hopes stamp, your entry will be deleted.

Grab your FREE Digi HERE

Enter your project to the linky below.

We want EVERYONE to PLAY so here is how you can participate if you don't have a blog!

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

You can find High Hopes stamps at the links below.

One Crazy Stamper based out of Canada

High Hopes Website

ATC Recipe Pockets

Happy Friday!!!!!!

I've been working on Artist Trading Cards (ATC's) as part of a trade I joined in on awhile back. I decided to include some fun Halloween recipes and the Halloween Mini Set from High Hopes is perfect for food related Halloween Fun!!!

I made two different ATC recipe tags being "Candy Corn Jello Cups and Spooky 7 Layer Dip.

How fun is that?? Its the kinda thing I would make for my co-workers on one of our traditional Food Celebration Days at work. Last year I made these cupcakes for them using the same set ...

Honestly this stamp set rocks!! I love it :)

Okay .... so the back of the tags have the Recipe details. All the papers are from One Crazy Stamper, they have the best selection of Halloween pattern papers in town!

Thick twine, plastic spiders, black sewing stitches, pumpkins and hand typed Recipe banners helped create these tags.

Here's a peek at the Mini Book I created to hold the ATC's The Boo Crew sentiment in the picture is also from High Hopes and can be found here! To view the Mini Books created using High Hopes Stamps please visit the following post found here!

Lastly a quick pic of my cat helping create the ATC tags! I think she's sick of wearing a fur coat on these hot and humid Summer Days were having!

Thanks for peeking! Wishing you a great Weekend. Hope you get crafty and create some Fall and Halloween designs! I would love to see your creations in our Current challenge found here!

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

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Halloween ATC Mini -- High Hopes Stamps

Hi there, Happy Wednesday! :)

I created a little mini book to hold ATC's as I'm participating in a Halloween swap. If you not familiar with ATC's they are "Artist Trading Cards" and basically you decorate a 2.5x3.5 inch piece of card stock based on a theme.

I am creating 31 Halloween ATC's for my partner to open each day in the month of October . They will be individually wrapped and numbered as each card will be a surprise. So.... I thought a pocket style mini would be a fun holder for the cards!

I used the following stamps to create these mini books ...

Frankie from High Hopes found here!

Free Broom Rides from High Hopes found here!

Toil Trouble from High Hopes found here!

Frightfully Delightful from High Hopes found here!

The images are coloured with Copics, Halloween cob webs, die cut images, trims and ribbons were added for some Halloween fun.

A snap latch was added to the mini books to close and secure the pages. The sentiments are stamped on a coffin die cut and lots of pop dots were added to the pages for some added dimension. Think I'm missing some glittery goodness which will be added before I mail out the book and ATC's to my partner!

Thanks for peeking!

I used the following markers from Copic...

Join us for your chance to win 2 FREE High Hopes Stamps.

This month all you have to do is "LEAVE A COMMENT"

If you do not use a High Hopes stamp, your entry will be deleted.

Grab your FREE Digi HERE

Enter your project to the linky below.

We want EVERYONE to PLAY so here is how you can participate if you don't have a blog!

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

As the winner will be announced on the first Sunday of the next month, do check the blog on September 4, 2016 to see if you have won.

You can find High Hopes stamps at the links below.

One Crazy Stamper based out of Canada

High Hopes Website

Fuse Tool We R Memory & Halloween ATC's

We're having a heat wave here in Toronto. The weather is gross especially if you have no air conditioning (like me!) I've been on Vacation for a few weeks and the basement has been my best friend (as it's cool down there!)

My cat above likes to help craft whenever possible! :)

Currently working on Halloween Atc's as part of a trade a friend is hosting on over at Swap Bot.

I picked up a Fuse Tool to make those fun little pockets filled with goodies that you see around blog land. When I brought it home I realized that it looked a lot like a wood burning tool I had.....

So... It turns out that the red wood burner works perfectly for creating pockets. I used a metal L square as my ruler and ended up returned the Fuse. Also discovered that page protectors are an economical alternative when creating your pockets!

I created a few ATC pockets filled with sequences and seed beads.

This technique will be perfect for shaker cards!

I have 10 ATC's made and 21 more left to create before the end of the month! Yikes !!

Thanks for peeking! Keep cool :)

Boo! High Hopes Stamps

Happy Friday!!!

I've been getting crafty with a few Halloween stamps. My creation today was made with ....

Made with High Hopes Witchy and Friends found here!

High Hopes "BOO" found here!
I also used ...
Sizzix Bat embossing folder found here!
Sharpie White marker found here!

I love this Boo Crew as the image has all the elements to create some Halloween Fun!

The sewing stitches are a mix of zigzag and straight stitches to give a creepy look to the card. Purple glitter paper, for the background plus sequences and seed beads were added to a banner style shaker pocket for a bit of shimmer!

A selection of twine and fibers were added to the card along with Copic Marker numbers...

Y15,C7,E31,YG61,E39,Y000,YR00,C5,BV02,C3,C2,N3,E23,YR07,B95,R21,C1,BV000,BV04,Y21,YG63,R85,YR20,0,YG11,E000,R93,C0,YR21,E43YR04,C00,E95

Thanks for peeking! Wishing you a great Weekend. Hope you get crafty and create some Fall and Halloween designs! I would love to see your creations in our Current challenge found here!

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

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanksgiving recipe card -- High Hopes Stamps!

Hi there, Happy Wednesday! Just wanted to share my creation made with ....

High Hopes Country Harvest found here!

I decided to create a recipe card that includes our favorite after Thanksgivig meal (and it helps use up all the extra turkey) The recipe/tag card sits in the Chevron style envelope. I used the Country Harvest stamp and created a belly band for the envie.

The recipe ingredients are on the front of the card (Turkey Pot Pie) and the instructions, cooking time and temperature are listed on the back of the card. Double bows, buttons, and traditional Fall Colours helped create this design :)

I will be sending this recipe to a friend that gave me a few really nice Fall recipes last Thanksgiving :)

Copics were used on the recipe card. Copic numbers,,,

C5,N2,N3,E33,YR21,E93,C2,E43,Y23,N5,C7,E19,E41,E39,G21,E07,E19,E41,W1,E27,YG93

Thanks for peeking!

Join us for your chance to win 2 FREE High Hopes Stamps.

This month all you have to do is "LEAVE A COMMENT"

If you do not use a High Hopes stamp, your entry will be deleted.

Grab your FREE Digi HERE

Enter your project to the linky below.

We want EVERYONE to PLAY so here is how you can participate if you don't have a blog!

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

Happy Fall - High Hopes Stamps

Happy Friday! We made it through another week! Well... for me that was easy as I'm on vacation right now!

Fall is just around the corner and with that in mind I decided to create a Thanksgiving card. I love using traditional Fall colours as it's always such an easy colour combo to work with.

Creation was made using ...

Have a blessed season from High Hopes found here!

Pilgrim Pair found here!

The card base is a side step easel and the background is created with a burlap paper for some texture. The image was coloured with Copic Markers, glossy accents and some plaid ribbon for added Fall fun!

I decided to only use a small portion of the sentiment/ Fall greeting which actually reads "have a blessed season filled with apple cider, hay rides, pumpkin .... and so on! I can see changing it up and really getting a lot of use from this stamp :)

Thanks for peeking! Wishing you a great Weekend. Hope you get crafty and create some Fall and Halloween designs! I would love to see your creations in our Current challenge found here!

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

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

The Boo Crew -- High Hopes Stamps

Hi there, Happy Wednesday! Peeking in to share a fun little Halloween Card made with ...

High Hopes The Boo Crew Sentiment found here!

Pumpkin buddies found here!

The image is coloured with Copics, sentiment was cut apart and glued on the image. Double ribbon, Halloween Spiders and cobwebs were added for some Halloween fun! The embossing folder is from Sizzix called Batground which I picked up on a recent visit to One Crazy Stamper. Stitches were added using a black cotton thread with a mix of straight and zigzag stitches for a different look :)

Thanks for checking out my creation! Have a great day :)

Join us for your chance to win 2 FREE High Hopes Stamps.

This month all you have to do is "LEAVE A COMMENT"

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

You can find High Hopes stamps at the links below.

One Crazy Stamper based out of Canada

High Hopes Website

No tricks, Just Treats! High Hopes Stamps

We have another month of fun over on the One Crazy Stamper Blog!

This month its Fall and Halloween themed creations.

I've used High Hopes Stamps for my creation today...

Withcy Poo found here!

No Tricks found here!

I used two different colours of ribbon and some twine on the card. Copic Markers, sewing stitches and oddly enough I found some green flowers in my craft room!

I tied the spiders with some white floss and added some Halloween cobwebs just for a bit of fun :)

The sentiment was stamped in Tim Holtz Purple distress ink and cut apart