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Monday, February 16, 2009

High Hopes Challenge #18

Hello everyone,
I hope you all had a great weekend. Some of us had a long weekend, which I'm sure you will all agree, was badly needed!! My weekend was extremely busy as the High Hopes new release order was delivered on Saturday afternoon, (to the Rubber Room)and Cathy and I have been getting it ready and on the shelves for Tuesday morning. Crissy (#1artist4highhopes) has outdone herself this time!! These new images are just fabulous!! I couldn't wait to get my hot little hands on them and they were certainly worth the wait. So sorry for neglecting all of my blogging friends this weekend but I will be blog stalking later tonight to see all your wonderful creations.


HHC #18
I had made this set of mini milk cartons and holder up last week in anticipation of getting the new stamps. I wanted to use one of the three pane stamps we were getting. It was a toss up between the three pane farm friends or the three pane Easter. The High Hopes Challenge this week is Easter, soooo the Easter pane it is... Talk about being prepared, EH!

 


The pattern for this milk carton holder was a gift from my friend, Diane. The bottom holder sections are made separately and glued together. The handle is prepared and added next. When I made up the milk cartons I stamped different images with Perfect medium. I used a carrot, double flower, large flower and a feather.

 


I embossed the images in black and painted them with Tombows. I painted the lamb with icicle H2o's.I used glossy accents on the noses and of course I added some stickles. I used my scallop nesties for the circles behind the images. Each image was cut out and glued to the borders and I used foam tape behind the borders that attached them to the holder.

 
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This last picture shows how to fill them with candy. I did it different than the pattern. I added a tab to the bottom and used sticky velcro pieces to hold the bottoms together. It worked very well considering the weight of the chocolate. Well there you have it....quite quick and easy to make the holder and milk cartons. The most time involved was painting all the images.
I was quite pleased with the way it turned out. I hope you like it.

Thanks so much for stopping by

KAREN x

20 comments:

Joey said...

Oh Karen, wow, this is an amazing project hunny, I love the little images and the colours. I was only looking at the tutorial for these cartons the other day thats as far as i got lol. fabulous work. joey.xx

Theresa Momber said...

Wow, Karen, this is such an amazing project! What cute, fun images and absolutely gorgeous coloring and details.

Rach said...

thisis an awesome project Karen. love the little cartons and there holder. you have done a fabulous job colouring your cute high hope images in.. wonderful.xx

Nancy said...

I love it! Great colors for the cartons, and a wonderful job coloring those images! Great way to stash some goodies to give away!

Unknown said...

Again, you leave me speechless and the thing is each entry is so different from the last and the next. You are nothing but talented. My daughter will love these stamps.

Cindy Haffner said...

Oh how cute, i love this project, so well done, and so sweet.

Shirley said...

How precious, pretty and so fun too~! Very creative!

Becca said...

very cute...I love the images and the altered art you created with them. Creative.

Ila said...

You should be pleased!! this project is Wonderful and so Super Cute!! I love it!!..Hugs, Ila

Nikki Fairbairn said...

Oh Wow Karen, what a fun and totally gorgeous project! Beautiful colouring of these cute characters, Hugs, Nikki x

angeljakki said...

wow, this is so lovely. The colours and the colouring of the images is brilliant x x x

cats whiskers said...

Oh Karen this is fabulous what a brilliant idea and great colours must find that tutorial they make fantastic easter presents. Cannot wait to get these fabulous HH stamps you have made them look irresitstable
Hugs Jacqui x

The Rubber Maid said...

That is so cute for Easter give aways to kids. The little images are adorable and colored so nicely. Very awesome project. Pat

Scrapping Donna said...

This is wonderful! I just love the colouring.

Tina said...

Oh Wow Karen this is just amazing... i love those little cartons and the stand is just so yummy you are so talented... Big Hugs Tina

I have candy on offer, it's quite nice...

Janine said...

Oh my goodness!! This is amazing!!

Marcea said...

Hi Karen, I just love your project and how cute are those images .... love them!!!!
-x-

Anonymous said...

Wow Karen, this is amazing, what a lovely creation...beautiful colouirng and images.
Hugs
Carole x

Curt in Indy said...

Karen, as usual, you did an awesome job with this! Your coloring is amazing, and the whole theme of the project just pops! LOVE IT! Best, Curt

Sharon Traynor Designs said...

Oh Karen! This little milk carton with more cartons of sweeties is the best thing I've seen this year. A fabulous project.
Sharon xx