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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

High Hopes Challenge #112

Good Morning everyone.....

It's time for the High Hopes Challenge
This weeks challenge is brought to us by

Lynne
and she has chosen
"Say Thanks"

My card this week was created out of sheer
laziness...lol!! I had been creating a lot of
Parchment cards and I had my stuff all over my
desk......so rather than put it all away and then
bring it all back out I thought I would make
a card with my High Hopes stamps!!!

The fabulous flowers I have
used on my card are...

"Hoppy Single Flower"
"Daisy Button"
"DH Double Daisy"
and
"Open Thank You"



I started with the card and a piece of parchment
paper, formed the card and embossed it with my
swiss dots CB folder. I stamped the flowers and
sentiment onto copy paper with black ink to
use as a pattern. I traced the patterns with my
Tinta ink and mapping pen. Removed the paper
from the pattern and embossed and pierced
all the flowers with different techniques.
The background of the sentiment was done
with a grid and arrow tool as well as parts of
the flowers. I cut them out with my 2 split tool.
I used my Tombow Power Tabs to adhere the
flowers and sentiment to the card and
added some flat backed pearls. and an
organza bow.
To see the detail of my card...click on it
to enlarge it.

Be sure to stop by the High Hopes Blog as the
Diva's have some awesome creations to share
with you today!!!

I hope you will have time to play along
with us this week and
REMEMBER.....
you must use a High Hopes image on
your card to join in the challenges!!!

Just a note.....
Our friend Bela has a card drive going on
for the children at
The Toronto Hospital for Sick Children
in Toronto Ont. Canada
and she is looking for donations of
"Halloween and Thanksgiving cards"
for September.... but any card donations are
greatly appreciated!!!

You can check it out here...
"Kards for Kids"

Have a wonderful day
and
Thanks so much for stopping by....

KAREN x

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

High Hopes Tutorial Week

Hello everyone.....

This week over at High Hopes Blog it's tutorial week.

I have created the tutorial this week
and I am showing you how I create ....
Slider Cards

It's a very easy concept and you can use it
to create any size cards... even ATC's.

The fabulous High Hopes stamps I have used
for my slider card are...

"Party Cake with Posey Buttons"
"Buddy's Party Info"
"Flower Button Border"




I hope you will pop on over and check out
my tutorial on the High Hopes Blog

Have a fabulous day
and
Thanks so much for stopping by....

KAREN x

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

HIGH HOPES CHALLENGE #111

Good morning everyone....

I had a nice little break from posting
on my blog last week but I shared a sweet
little card over on the Tombow USA Blog.
So I at least accomplished something...lol!!

It's time for the High Hopes Challenge

This weeks challenge is
Stars or Stripes.... or both!!!

I am using the adorable
Sammy and Patriot
from the original High Hopes catalogue
by artist Tony De Marco
I also used the 3 Star Corner

I embossed the image with black and painted
it with Tombow markers. I couldn't find any
stripes paper so I made my own. I used my
Perfect medium pen drawing a line with a ruler
and I added white embossing powder and
embossed them. I used my Crafts too star
embossing folder for the blue and a CB folder
for the white frame. The frame was cut with
my Nesties. I stamped and embossed the star
corners and painted them with Siam white H20's.
I added frosted lace stickles and white glitter
and cut them out. I added some flat backed
pearls. I wanted the pearls to be bright white
so I painted some regular pearls with Ranger
white enamel.

Be sure to stop by the
High Hopes Blog
as the Diva's have some fabulous
creations to share with you today!!!

I hope you will have time to play along with us
this challenge and don't forget...
You must use a High Hopes image
on your card!!!


This is my card from last week....
I used one of the gorgeous new bears
Sitting Buddy with Balloon
by artist Laurie Furnell
and Happy Bear-day sentiment.

If you would like the instructions check them out here.

Thanks so much for stopping by
and I hope you have a wonderful day....

KAREN x