Basket of Love

Today is my turn to share some inspiration on the One Crazy Stamper blog and I've decided it's time to finally celebrate the arrival of spring.  I know it's here (hopefully) because the cherry tree is blooming and perennials are popping up everywhere.

I was trying for something different this week and was aiming for big white paint splats but it just didn't work because the kraft paper seemed to be very absorbent and it soaked the ink right up until it almost disappeared. Time to pull out the Frantage!  I love using that embossing powder and although it's not the look I was aiming for, I am happy with the effect.

The next step was to stamp the LL014 Spirits a Lift sentiment and lightly sprinkle Frantage on the surface.  When I use Frantage, I always apply it loose (no Versamark) and heat it from the bottom until it melts.  I stamped and cut out the T209 Basket of Love image and then cut another set of those funny little faces and a bow, then coloured everything.  Once I glued them down and the petals remained loose, it looks a little like the paper tole craft some of us used to dabble in.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Copics:

Basket - E29, E27, E25, E23, E21

Bow - Y28, Y26, Y23, Y21

Leaves - YG67, YG17, YG13, YG11

Flowers - RV99, RV95, RV93, RV91, RV0000; E35, E33, E34, E30;Y26, Y23, Y21

Supplies:

Image - High Hopes T209 Basket of Love

Sentiment - High Hopes LL014 Spirits a Lift

Misc:

Stickles, brads, Frantage

Rolling into Recovery

Happy Sunday!

It's Heather here, back with some more High Hopes Rubber Stamps inspiration.

Did you catch the Get Well Soon new release a few weeks back? So many fantastic new images and sentiments, like this cutie, Injured Bear. Poor Bear, I think he's had a bad week!

I ended up with fewer embellishments on this card. I didn't want to cover up my quilted background! This one in my "to use one day" stash was the perfect color to match my bear's outfit. These backgrounds are fun to make and are a great way to use up paper scraps. Then, just add your image and sentiment and you have a beautiful card!

The sentiment is a new release as well. It's called Speedy Recovery. 

Check back here, the One Crazy Stamper blog, every day for some brand new inspiration from the Design Team.

I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!

Scrapbook Saturday with Bev using High Hopes Stamps for One Crazy Stamper

Welcome OCS Fans;

Hi it's Bev here today and I am sharing a project for One Crazy Stampers using High Hopes Stamps. Again it is a scrapbook layout page with a stamped and coloured image which is being uesd as an accents that co-ordinates the themes of the project. This page has photos of my youngest Grand Daughter playing baseball and the stamped image coloured using copics to matchwhat she was wearing is just perfect. That is the great thing about stamping and colouring images to match your layout pages... they can match the papers and or photos perfectly everytime.

To start my project I stamped the image ... Gabriel Loves Baseball and picked colours that would compliment the photos.  

 Supplies used:

• Stamps: Gabriel Loves Baseball S524
• Copic Markers: R20, R24, R27, R29,  B28, B29, BG02, E00, E01, E25, E34, E35, E37, E43, C3, C5, C7
• Other: Cardstock, Paper, signo white gel pen

Be sure to stop by the One Crazy Stamper blog 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, 

Where Flowers Grow....

Welcome OCS fans;

Well it seems that spring has finally arrived and flowers, shrubs and trees are beginning to grow as they have new shoots and blooms.  With flowers beginning to grow, so does hope in so many ways.

With this in mind, today's card is using the adorable Flowers Grow stamp from High Hopes Stamps.

After stamping the image, I coloured it with Copic Markers, and cut it out using the Scalloped Square Die from Spellbinders.  The foil background was created using the Vibrant Vines Foil-Makes and Sparkling Silver Foil - Fancy Foils both from Gina K. Designs and fun through the Minc Machine to foil it.  The negative was used for the background. It was cut out using the same die as the image.

Supplies used:

• Stamp:  Flowers Grow (R157) -- High Hopes Stamps
• Ink:  Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Honey Sweet Patterned Paper - DigiDoodles Design
• Foil Mate & Foil:  Vibrant Vines, Sparkling Silver (Gina K. Designs)
• Spellbinders Die:  Scalloped Dies
• Copic Markers:
• YG17 - Grass Green, YG13 - Chartreuse, YG11 - Mignonette
• YR02 - Light Orange, YR01 - Peach Puff, YR00 - Powder Pink, YR0000 - PaleChiffon
• R02 - Flesh, R01 - Pinkish Vanilla
• BG10 - Cool Shadow, BG11 - Moon White
• BV0000 -Pale Thistle, BV000- Irridescent Mauve
• B0000 - Pale Porcelain Blue
• Nuvo Crystal Drops:  Morning Dew
• Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen:  Clear
• YNS Gumdrops 

As well as stopping by the One Crazy Stamper blog, you can follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Instagram for some daily inspiration the Design Team Divas.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day. 

Hugs,

 

 

Live Life

This week I decided to  challenge myself. I wanted to use a "portion" of a larger stamp by masking it to "create" a new image. Masking a portion of a larger stamp gives me more ways to use a stamp I have purchased. 

I chose "Fragrant Blooms" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps and masked off this cute snail and flowers. 

After masking off the stamp and stamping only the portion I wanted to use, I coloured it with alcohol markers and Prismacolor pencils and cut it out using a circle die. Next I cut a piece of white card stock to fit my card and added some ink splatters with matching ink to create a bit of a back ground. This was added to some gingham paper from MFT after I inked all of the edges with Distress ink. 
I placed my stamp roughly where I wanted it on the card and with the help of my Misti stamped the sentiment. Some twine and sparkly enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Fragrant Blooms - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Life In Bloom - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Gingham Galore - MFT

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, circle die - Spellbinders, twine, enamel dots - C.C. Designs and Gina Marie Designs, antique linen Distress ink, Stampin' Up ink, mini ink splatter - YNS, flowers - Poppies and Prairie

Spectrum Noir Markers: CT1 CT2 GB5 AG1 AG3 AG4 CR11 CR7 PP1 PP3 BG7 TN1 EB1

Copics: RV11 

Prismacolor Pencils: goldenrod, dark green, henna, deco peach, beige

The High Hopes and One Crazy Stamper Design teams post daily inspiration on Facebook and the blog.  Inspiration can also be found on Instagram and Pinterest! 

                                                               

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Have a Purrrfect Day!

Welcome OCS Fans!

Today is Wednesday and I'm sharing another Spring card with you today. This little kitty is chillaxing in the grass and enjoying the beautiful butterflies fluttering around it. The stamp I used to create this scene is called Kitty's Flutter Friends by High Hopes Rubber Stamps.

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Kitty's Flutter Friends  (High Hopes Rubber Stamps)

Paper: Copic Marker X-Press It Blending Card, AITOH Origami - Print Chiyogami - Butterflies, Blue cardstock

Inks: Memento - Tuxedo Black, TIm Holtz Distress Ink - Salty Ocean, Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Picked Raspberry

Die Cuts: Your Next Stamp - Stitched Rectangle Die Set (YNSD214), Craftin Desert Diva's - Flag Banner Dies

Miscellaneous: Butterfly Stickers, Echo Park Paper Co. - Imagine That Enamel Dots

Tools: MISTI - Most Incredible Stamping Tool, Cuttlebug

Coloured with Copic, Spectrum Noir and PrismaColor Premier Pencils

Cat: Spectrum Noir: BG10, BG8, BG6, BG4, R22, R20, R02, 90% Warm Gray (PC1058),70% Warm Gray (PC1056), 50% Warm Gray (PC1054), Black (PC935), Sakura Glaze - Black

Bow: RV10, RV04, RV02

Heart: R29, R27, R24

Butterflies: BG07, BG05, BG02, YG13, YR02, R05, Sakura Glaze - Black

Grass: G17, G14, G07 (Texture: old face cloth and Rubbing Alcohol)

Sky and Clouds: B04, B02, BG02, BG01, BG000, BG70, C1, C0

You can find lots of inspiration from the Design Team Divas at the One Crazy Stamper blog, and the One Crazy Stamper Facebook Fan page plus you can also follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Thanks!

Happy Tuesday OCS Followers!

Today I'm showing you the adorable "Flower Bouquet" stamp from High Hopes using it two different ways for completely different looks. What a perfect stamp that you can use for so many occasions! 

On this version, I coloured the image with my Copic Sketch Markers and added some Stickles to the flower centres for some added bling. I'm using paper from the Simple Stories "Spring Farmhouse" 6x8 collection. I die cut the word "thanks" 3x and glued them together for a bit of added dimension.

Copics Used:

R11, R20, R21, R22

Y23, Y26, N7

BG11, BG32, BG34

My other version using the "Flower Bouquet" has a few more steps to it. First I stamped a flower background (don't know the name of the stamp it's an older one from my stash) and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. Then using the pink orange pearl colour, watercolored the background. I stamped the image onto black cardstock and heat embossed it with black embossing powder. Now all I had to do was watercolor it in using the Kuretake Gansai Tambi Pearl Colors set. I like the look of the pearl colors on the black base.

Here you can see the gold embossed and watercolored background a bit better. The "Thanks" sentiment for this card was cut out with some double sided foam tape and gold paper for the dimension effect. A few Rose gold Sequins finish it off.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

Wild Thing

As soon as I saw the Wild Thing sentiment, I knew I had to have it, first because it's cute but secondly the Trogg's Wild Thing song started bouncing around in my head.  You know when that happens, you have to hear the song again so here's a You Tube video of it.

It didn't take much looking to find the perfect image and here is Monty, the big hairy ol' monster.

I stamped the sentiment with white ink on black paper and used Copics to colour Monty.  The rest is quite simple, a couple circles, a flag for the sentiment and some black brads.  Somehow Monty doesn't seem scary at all once the song is rattling around in your head.

You can find lots of inspiration from the Design Team Divas at the One Crazy Stamper blog, and the One Crazy Stamper Facebook Fan page plus you can also follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Copics:

Monty - T7, T5, T3; RV 42, R20; E55, E53, E50

Supplies:

Image - High Hopes Q109 Monty

Sentiment - High Hopes H184 Wild Thing

Dies - CC Designs Stitched Circles

Paper - Doodlebug Petite Prints

Sunflower Smiles

Happy Sunday!

It's Heather here, back with some more High Hopes Rubber Stamps inspiration.

I saw this image in the inventory and just HAD to have it. Not only does it go with one of my favorite, previously purchased sentiments, Sunshine and Sunflowers, but it's utterly adorable! How can those gorgeous smiling sunflowers not bring a smile to your face??

The image is called Sunflower Smiles. For this card, I made a small, 2" x 5.5" folded card base and then added the sunflower panel hanging off the top. The card is the perfect size for a friendly message and the style of card highlights the gorgeous image.


Wondering what copics I used for my sunflowers? The petals are done with V12, V25, Y38 and YR21, while the flower centres are E79, E47 and E44. The greenery in the scene is YG03, YG06, YG09, G14 and G17 and finally the fence and sign are E23, E35, YR23 and some happy B02!

Check back here, the One Crazy Stamper blog, every day for some brand new inspiration from the Design Team.

I hope you have a wonderful Sunday!