Happy 60th Birthday!

Hi One Crazy Stamper Fans!

Hello There! My brother turned 60 this year and so I had to have some fun with his card. LOL!  I thought the background paper was perfect for his card with all those candles.

I used the stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps called "Birthday Bob" and coloured in the image with Copic markers. I tried to colour the candles to match the background paper.

The sentiment was created in Microsoft Word using Cooper Black font and then printed out on my printer. Then I die cut it with My Creative Time - Stitched Circle Balloon Dies using my Cuttelbug and completed the edging around the balloon with Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Fossilized Amber.

The main image and co-ordinating rectangles were all die cut with Your Next Stamp - Stitched Rectangle Die Set.

On the inside of the card I loved the sentiment:  Birthday Emergency (High Hopes Rubber Stamps) and Firefighter Dragon (High Hopes Rubber Stamps). My brother is also a Firefighter so I couldn't resist the temptation! LOL!

He loved his card and I hope you do too!

Card Recipe:

Stamps: High Hopes Birthday Bob T080; High Hopes Birthday Emergency J017; High Hopes Firefighter Dragon S198

Old Man:

Face: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04, R22, R20, E95, E93; Hair and Eyebrows: C10, C7, C3

Shirt: BG78, BG75, BG72

Balloon: B06, B04, B02; Gelly Roll Sakura #8 Pen for highlight

Candles: R24, Y17, Y38, YR04, Y06, Y15, G07, G02, G00, B02, BG05; Glow: Y06, Y17, R24

Cake: E53, E55, E57, E59; Icing: B06, B04, B02

Plate: BV23, BV20

Around image: B000; Shadow underneath: C02, C01

Background Paper:  Echo Park Paper Co. - Happy Birthday Boy (6" x 6")

Inks: Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Pine Needles; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Pumice Stone; Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Fossilized Amber, Memento Tuxedo Black

Dragon: YG01, YG03, YG13, YG17, G17, G07, G14, V04, V06, V09 ; Hat \ Jacket \ Boots \ Fire Hydrant: E15, Y24, Y17, Y15, Y08, R39, R29, R27, R24, R17

Hose: C5, C3, C1,R39, R29, R27, R24, Water: B26, B24

Boots: Black, C10, C8, C6

Outline: B000

Die Cuts: Your Next Stamp - Stitched Rectangle Die Set (YNSD214); My Creative Time - Stitched Circle Balloon Dies MCT-D137

Sentiment on front of card: Microsoft Word - Font: Cooper Black; Size 28

Miscellaneous Items: American Crafts Premium Ribbon

Tools: Misti (Most Incredible Stamping Tool), Cuttlebug

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CAS Smiles

Welcome Back OCS Fans! 

This week I decided to challenge myself just to shake things up a little in my crafty world. I have alot of patterned paper - yes it's an addiction - but I also have alot of little pieces -you know the ones that are trimmed off an edge of a sheet and you just can't bear to throw it out - gasp! 

My challenge was to use some of these smaller pieces as well as create a CAS (clean and simple) card. Double whammy and challenge accepted! I decided that "Blossom" from the new Darling Diva's release at High Hopes would be perfect for my card. 

To start this card I cut out my white background using a stitched square die. The stitched scallop border edge was cut next using a die. I used my Misti to place the stamp and sentiment in the perfect spot and inked away - LOVE my Misti! After colouring my stamp with alcohol markers I added the patterned paper edge.  I used a brown marker to add some freckles to puppy's cheeks and some sparkly Stickles on the heart and dress collar give me a touch of bling. 
All of this was mounted on some cardstock and voila - double challenge met...I think...

Card Recipe 

Stamps: Blossom  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Sending Smiles - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Spring - Echo Park

 Tuxedo Black ink - Memento, Misti, Crystal Stickles, white gelly roll pen, My Creative Time die, Stitched Rectangle die - YNS, brown marker to add puppy freckles

Spectrum Noir: FS5 FS2 TN2 EB6 EB3 EB5 CT1 CT2 CT4 FS8 CG2 PP1 PP3 BT3 1B2

Copics: E31 E34 E37 C0

A new month = a new challenge! Join us for our Anything Goes challenge. Here's the link: May Challenge

Here's The Sketch 

 Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!

Before Coffee

Hello OCS Fans! 

I got in touch with my CAS (Clean and Simple) side this week. I LOVE my coffee and for some reason when I saw this Loungin' Lizzy stamp from High Hopes it reminded me of myself before coffee. I admit, I'm a bit of a bear before my coffee. I love Lizzy's expression so I wanted to keep my card simple to focus on her. I also have to admit I don't do rollers in my hair....just sayin..... 

I also have to admit I find it very hard to take a good photo of an all white background card - but practice makes perfect so I will keep working on that. 

I coloured Lizzy with alcohol markers and paper pieced her bath robe. I LOVE her bunny slippers! Silver Wink of Stella adds a little bit of sparkle to her earrings. I cut my white background piece to the size I wanted and after creating my sentiment on my computer printed it and voila! A striped matching paper was added to the outside edge and gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamps:Loungin' Lizzy (T087) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Party Girl - Photo Play 

Sentiment: Calibri font (computer)

Silver Wink of Stella, Candy Land Glittered and White Sugar and Sparkle gumdrops - Your Next Stamp

Misti, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Copic Xpress It Cardstock, 

Spectrum Noir Markers: FS1 FS2 TN2 PP2 PP4 PP5 iB1 1b2 CG1 CG3 EB6 EB3 EB5 1G1 

Our challenge this month is Anything Goes. You can find the challenge here to come play along. We can't wait to see what you create!

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! 

Flower Birthday

My mom texted me a couple weeks ago and asked me to make a birthday card for her dear friend. I know she likes purple, pink and yellow, and flowers. I also knew Garden Fence from High Hopes Rubber Stamps would be the perfect stamp for her card. 

                                                         Donna
                                                                

Sparkle Close Up

I coloured my stamp with alcohol markers, and added some glitter to all the flowers with a rose and clear sparkle pen. I used paper from Little Yellow Bicycle, K and Company and my stash. Grape Jelly Gumdrops and some white ribbon from my stash finish off my card. 

My mom's friend loved the card and even sent an email to be forwarded to me from my mom to thank me. 

Card Recipe

Stamps: Garden Fence (S505) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps 
Grape Jelly Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp 
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Xpress It Cardstock
Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps

Spectrum Noir Markers: 1G2 1G4 1G6 CG4 JG3 PL4 PL5 Black PP4 PP6 BP3 CT1 CT2 CT4

This month's  challenge is Anything Goes - come play along.  Follow this link to come and add your projects. We can't wait to see what you create.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day! 

My Anchor

It's no secret, I am an animal lover. When I saw this stamp from High Hopes I just had to have it! This little guy is so cute sitting here fishing and just hanging out with his dog. 

                                                         Donna
                                                           

     

I coloured my stamp with alcohol markers added some navy blue and white card stock behind it. Silver brads from my stash were added to the corners. I used some paper from the Making Waves Collection from Fancy Pants and Adrift from Basic Grey. The anchor was stamped from the Float My Boat set from Lawn Fawn and fussy cut. The sentiment is from this set as well. I stamped it and used a fishtail banner die from Your Next Stamp to cut it out. Ribbon from American Craft and some white gumdrops from Your Next Stamp finish it off. 

Card Recipe

Stamps: Time Well Spent (S077)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps 
Patterned Paper: Wakeboard and All Tied Up - Fancy Pants
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Xpress It Cardstock

Spectrum Noir Markers: FS1 FS2 TN2 FS8 TCR7 CR11 DR6 TN1 EB1 EB2 BT2 BT4 BT5 BG2 BG4 BG7 1G1 

This month's  challenge is Anything Goes - come play along.  Follow this link to come and add your projects. We can't wait to see what you create.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day! 

Snowmen Pile!

Happy Saturday!

Today I have a card to share with you that I made using my new Mini Minc Machine. I'm still a newbie with it  but I did manage to make something that I felt was good enough to share. With the Minc Machine you need to use Toner ink based items. What I did was use my Laser printer and printed off a stamped image of the High Hopes Stamps stamp called  "Snowman Pile". When I applied the foil, it was hard to actually see the foil as the lines are thin. I decided to colour in the outfits of the snowmen with a dark grey and then printed that off. This time the foil showed up much better. I printed everything in black and white at the darkest printer setting so that the toner would be dark and pick up the foil.

 I also photocopied the Spellbinders Label 28 and then foiled the outline. When you actually use the die and cut it out, you get a foiled border. I used the Darice Snowflake Background embossing folder on my bottom layer of White Cardstock.  The Label 28 foiled piece is also embossed using the Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder. The snowmen are popped up onto the Label 28 die cut with foam squares and then glued to a Spellbinders Decorative Labels 28 die cut. My final touches were matching sparkly ribbon and a few enamel dots.

I added used a few Copic Sketch Markers to highlight a few areas. I put C1 on the snowmen, YR04 for their noses, R01 for their cheeks and used Red and Green Gel pens to colour in the scarfs and mitts.

I also used the Mini Minc Machine to foil the HH Sentiment called " Unassembled Script" .

I must say that the Heidi Swapp Mini Minc Machine is really a cool tool to have in your craft closet. I have so much more to learn and improve on but my first attempt was fun! I'm happy how my cards turned out. Lora has so many different colours of foil and items to help you get started. Go Check them out here!

Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

InLinkz.com

Beary Wishes

Hello and Happy Friday!  So did you like the new release stamps from High Hopes???  We'll in case you have not seen enough I have another one to share with you today.  Keep in mind that you can still enter our monthly challenge using Blue + White + Embellishment, and that is exactly what I did on my card to show ya how easy it is....

Here is a look at the inside of the card....

 Supplies Used:
* Copic Xpress It Cardstock
* Copic Sketch Markers
* Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
* Papers: Carta Bella 6x6 It's A Celebration Paper Pad
* Glossy Accents (Balloons, nose, mouth, heart and foot pads)
* Spellbinders: Long Rectangles & Long Scalloped Rectangles
* Your Next Stamp Blueberry Gumdrops
* 3D Pop Dots
* Prima Chalk: Farmer Jeans
* Sentiment: High Hopes Stamps, Happy Birthday
* Image: High Hopes Stamps, Beary Wishes

Here is a close up of this new adorable imageto see the Copic colours used....

 Copic Colours Used:
* Bear:  E47, E44, E43, E42
* Shirt:  B99, B97, B95, R29, R24, R22
* Balloons:  B99, B97, B95, R29, R24, R22, YG67, YG63, YG61, Y15, Y13, Y11

I hope that you enjoyed today's post and will enter your own creation into this month challenge!  Also all the new High Hopes images are available for purchase, just click here to check them out!

Until next time, keep crafting!!!

Big Hugs;

October Halloween/Christmas Challenge

October is here and OCS is back with a new challenge. The OCSDesign Team are continuing to use High Hopes New Halloween/Christmas release for this month.  The challenge theme is "Halloween/Christmas". You can use any stamp except for digital images. You have all month to join in the fun for a chance to win a fabulous prize from OCS.

Create a project following our theme and enter it into our InLinkz tool below!

Challenge Details/Rules:

YOU CAN USE ANY IMAGE YOU WANT EXCEPT DIGITAL IMAGES. Any entry using a digital image will be deleted.

- You have all month long to join in our challenge.
- You can enter up to 5 times.
- Only new projects, no back linking to old projects.
- You must link the OCS blog in your entry post.
- Following the OCS blog or Facebook page is appreciated

This month you have the chance to win a prize pack ........ from One Crazy Stamper just for playing our Blog Challenge.

Now for some inspiration from the OCS Design Team.

Leanne

I am showcasing two stamps from High Hopes on my card. Window and Frosty Snowman.  I am using Heartfelt Creations pattern paper, and I am using a tree die in the background and I used 3D foam squares to pop up the window, and also my snowman.  I colored the images with Copic Markers.  C0, C1, C3, C7, BV 20, BV23, R32, R37, R35, R39, R89,W1, W3, W5, W7

Aaemie

Supplies: (High Hopes), Gelly Roll-Metalic Sepia & Stardust Sliver(Sakura), Stickles-Olive(Ranger), Pearl Pen-Sliver(Viva Decor), Lace-Wildberry(Bo Bunny), Clay Molds for bird, branch, leaves and butterfly(Martha Stewart)

Copic Markers: Elf #1 E11, E13, G94, G99, BG70, BG72, R56. Elf #2 E01, E00,  BG90, BG93, E50, E53, R56, R89, E37.  Elf #3 E00, E11, R56, R89, E37, BG70, BG72, YG61, YG63, YG67

Derwent Inktense Pencils(used on the clay bird):SIENNA GOLD, GOLDEN YELLOW, BARK, SHIRAZ, CRIMSON

Karen

Products from the OCS store: High Hopes stamp

Copic Markers: G46, G43, G40, R81, R83, R85, R89, B00, B000, B0000, E71, E74, E77, R59, R27, R24, R22, YR15, YR12.

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Xpress It Blending Cardstock

We R Memory Keepers Gift Bag Punch Board

Sue 

 

Inside of Card

Supplies used: Caroling Snowlady and Window (High Hopes Rubber Stamps), Fabriano Watercolour Paper - Hot Press, DP - Joyous (MME), Derwent Inktense Pencils - White, Hooker's Green, Beech Green, Iris Blue, Golden

Yellow, Carmine Pink, Peacock Blue, Dark Aquamarine, Poppy Red, Natural Gray, Saddle Brown, Oak, Sienna Gold, Baked Earth; Splendid Circles (Spellbinders), Santa Village Scene (Cottage Cutz), Polar White (Flower Soft)

Shari G.

Supplies Used:  High Hopes Stamps, Frosty's Friends, Copic Xpress It Cardstock, Copic Sketch Markers, 3D Pop Dots, Your Next Stamp Sparkly Baby Blue Gumdrops, My Favorite Things Die-Namics Let It Snowflake, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Memento Rose Bud Ink, Memento Summer Sky Ink.

An InLinkz Link-up

Pa-Rum-Pa-Pum Pum

Check out this cute little drummer boy, he's coloured with copic markers and decked out with Elf Magic papers and embellies. I used black flower soft on his hair to give it a realistic look and some vintage Christmas flower soft around my oval die cut. I also carefully glued on tiny little decorative pearls on to the drum and used some fun flock on the boots and hat.

Can't wait to see more of your challenge entries this month! Enter here!

Supplies Used

(High Hopes), Elf Magic 6x6(Bo Bunny), Elf Magic Buttons(Bo Bunny), Gelly Roll Metalic-Gold(Sakura), Flower Soft-Ultra Fine Black, Vintage Christmas, Frantage Embossing Kit(Stampendous)

Copic Markers
C9,R59,R46,G09,G28,B37,B45,E11,E13

Keep Swimmin'

Almost half way through the month already, but you still have lots of time to enter the challenge here at ONE CRAZY STAMPER to win a great prize - check out all of the details here.

This month the design team has been creating some terrific projects using our featured stamp company - HIGH HOPES!!

My card today features Lazzy Day Froggie that I have colored with Copics, then fussy cut and placed on the card front amongst waves that were created with a Memory Box die. The sentiment is an oldie from my ever growing stash, and the frame around the sentiment was created with a Spellbinder die.

Card Recipe

Leaf - G14, G16, G19

Eyes - YG00, YG03

Body - YG21, 23, 25, FYG2

Fly - BG02, BG00

Snowy Tag

Good Morning.  Hasn't the last month been fun seeing all the Christmas projects using the High Hopes new releases?  If you have been inspired too you still have time to join us this month for our CHRISTMAS challenge.  But time is running out.

Today is my last Christmas post for this month. I am using the Snowy Tag stamp and I have two tags I have created ~ one is traditional and one not so much.

Supplies Used:  Copic Xpress It Blending Card Stock, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Staz On Jet Black Ink, High Hopes "Snowy Tag". Copic Markers, Glossy Accents

Copics Used:  TAG #1 ~ 0, B000, N4, N6, N8, N10, R24, R37, R89; TAG #2 ~ B02, B05, BV13, BV15, BV18, RV11, RV13, RV14, W1, W3, W5, W7 

I paper pieced the scarf, hatband and fringe on tag #1 with paper and tag #2 with washi/craft tape.  Because I had used Copic markers on Copic paper you could see them on the other side of the tag so here is what I did:

The first tag is paper pieced with the matching paper and the second tag was covered with 3 different patterns of washi tape.  I like how both methods disguise the colors showing through.

Thanks for coming by.  Have a great day and keep crafting.

Hugs,

Making Friends in the Snow!!

It's a beautiful warm sunny day today, yet I'm showing you another cute winter themed card using a High Hopes image called "Making Friends". This is one of the newest images released at One Crazy Stamper with our monthly High Hopes celebration of Christmas/Winter themed images.

I had a great time coloring this image with my Copic Sketch Markers, and loved the final design of the card. The dp is from We R Memory Keepers Winter Frost collection, touches of white flocking are added to the fur trim of the snowman's hat, and I have added tons of 3D snowflakes by just using a Sakura White gel pen. This is definitely my favorite card this month.



Card Recipe

Snow - B0000, G000, C1, Colorless Blender pen

Purples - BV31, BV34, BV17

Reds - R24, R27, R29

Blacks - C5, C7, C9

Oranges - Y35, Y38

Greens - G20, G21, G24

Browns - E34, E35, E37

Background - BG0000

Glaze Pen dots on background and Nose

There is still almost a week to go for you to enter the monthly challenge here at One Crazy Stamper to win a fabulous prize.

 

How Old Are You?

Older than the Earth maybe? For this weeks card here at One Crazy Stamper's monthly challenge ( and the theme this month is Birthday!!! ) I've used a High Hopes stamp that I have owned for awhile, but never inked and colored till now!!

The image is Birthday Belle that I inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Copic Xpress It cardstock, and then colored with Copic Sketch Markers. I then cut and matted the image with a Spellbinder die then mounted it on dp from Bo Bunny's Mama-razzi2 collection. The charm, ribbon, sentiment and Tim Holtz film strip are all from my stash!!!

 

  Here's the colors that I used to color this cutie -

 

 

Be sure to check out the rest of the design team's wonderful creations and enter the monthly challenge to win a fabulous Memory Box die. One Crazy Stamper is also looking for some creative folks to join us as a guest designer, so check out the details just by clicking on the icon at the top of this blog.