High Hopes Challenge 153

HELLO EVERYONE......

It's time for the

 High Hopes Challenge

This weeks challenge is

Blue, Black and White 

For my card this week I am using the adorable

 "PENGUINS PASTIME"

and

"WINTER WONDERLAND"

background with

"Warm Winter Wishes"

sentiment

I stamped the images with black Staz on ink and 

painted them with  Derwent Intense watercolor pencils.

I added liqued applique to the trees, heated it to

puff it up.  I added silver stickles to the snowflakes.

I cut it out and layered it with foam tape onto

the background.

I hope you like it!!

Be sure to stop by the High Hopes Blog and check out

 the Diva's fantastic creations this week...there is some 

amazing inspiration over there with our 

new penguins!!!

I hope you will have time to play along with us this 

week for your chance to win a free High Hopes stamp and

you can also win a spot to guest with our Diva's for a week!!

Have a wonderful day

and Thanks for stopping by....

KAREN x

High Hopes Challenge 152

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.....

It's time for the  

High Hopes Challenge!!!

This weeks challenge is brought to us by the lovely

"ALIE"

and she has made it easy for us with a  

"Sketch"

 I have used the adorable new

"Leapin' Lewis" 

with 

"Cold Outside"

sentiment

I painted the image with Derwent Pencils. I punched 

the snowflakes with my MS border punch and layered

them. I added liquid applique to his hat, heated it and 

added  some frosted lace stickles.

Be sure to stop by the High Hopes blog and check

out the Diva's awesome creations!!

I hope you will have time to play along with us this 

week....

I look forward to seeing what you come up with!!!

Have a great day 

and 

Thanks for stopping by....

KAREN x

Skatin' Along.....

HAPPY WORLD CARDMAKING DAY!!!!

I had some time to finish up some cards I have been working

on today and also found this new to me coloring challenge

blog that you can enter with any coloring medium...yay!!!!

It is "Designed To Color" and they have a bingo 

challenge going which I decided I would enter.

I am using 2 of our new release images 

"Winter Wonderland" background 

and 

"Skatin Along" penguin.

with "Think Snow" sentiment.

I colored the images with Derwent watercolor pencils. After

I finished the background I ran it through my swiss dot

folder and added some frosted lace stickles to each dot. 

I added liquid applique and after it was heated and puffed

up I added some stickles to it too. I punched the snowflakes

with my MS border punch and layered them.

So in following the Bingo challenge I picked

under the "O" which is ......

2 buttons

brown

double matted cardstock

white

punches

I hope you like it!!

Thanks so much for stopping by....

Karen x

High Hopes New Release Blog Hop

 

Good morning everyone....

 

It is time for the High Hopes Blog Hop to 

celebrate the  

Penguin Friend's release!

 

The High Hopes Divas have created some fun projects to 

showcase the stamps that are being released today.

 

The release includes 12 images, 1 background design, 

and 10 Sentiments illustrated 

by  

Laurie Furnell.

 

There is candy along the hop. You won't know where, 

so leave a comment at each stop!

The blog hop will run through Midnight EST Sunday, October 7th

 with the winners of the candy posted on Monday, October 8th.

 

If you have arrived here from Aaemie's blog you are 

going in the right direction. If not you may want 

to start over at the High Hopes Blog. 

 

 

 

Have fun hopping along.....

your next stop is Michelle's blog.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by...

 

KAREN x

High Hopes Sneak Peek Day 2

Hello everyone....

I hope you enjoyed yesterdays sneak peeks.....totally adorable aren't they!!!

Today for my card I have created an easel card

and am using this precious little penguin

"Waddling By"

and 

"Penguin Greeting" 

sentiment

I stamped the image with Stazon black and painted it with

Derwent watercolor pencils. I added a lot of bling with the glitter 

and foil papers and some silver stickles!!

Be sure to check out the 

High Hopes Blog and the Diva's Blogs 

for more awesome creations with the new stamps!

I hope you have time to join in our BLOG HOP tomorrow 

as there will be prizes along the way!!

The new release will be available for purchase

Wednesday too!!

Have a great day

and

Thanks so much for stopping by....

KAREN x

High Hopes New Release Sneak Peek Day 1

Good morning everyone.....

I can't believe how long it has been since I posted last....where does the time go!!!!

Well I am back today  with the first day of sneak peeks for our new release!!! 

We have some absolutely fabulous new images to share

with you today from our amazing artist

Laurie Furnell!!

Be sure to check out the High Hopes Blog 

and all the

Diva's Blogs for all their card details!

I went with a tag for my creation with our new

"JUST CHILLIN"

penguin....isn't he just the cutest!!!

I stamped the image with stazon black and painted it

with Tombows. I stamped to/from with Stazon also.

I cut out the image and used foam tape to layer

him to the tag. The snowflakes are done with

my Martha Stewart punch.

I hope you will come back tomorrow and check

out more of our new release on Sneak Peek Day 2!!

 

Have a wonderful day

 and 

Thanks for stopping by....

KAREN x

High Hopes Challenge #139

Good Morning Everyone.....

It's time for the High Hopes Challenge!!!!

This weeks challenge is hosted by 

Lacey

and she has chosen....

"For The Boys"

I am using one of my all time favorite guys....

"Farmer Clem"

 and 

"Farm Fence"

I embossed the image with black and painted it with

my brand new "Inktense" pencils!!! I got these 

awesome new watersoluble ink pencils from my friend 

Lora over at"One Crazy Stamper" and trust me they 

are the best pencils I have ever used. They must 

be good if they can tear me away from

 my Tombows....eh!!

I created another card last week with a 

"New Release" image....this adorable guy is....

"Buzzin' By Bear" 

with

"Just Buzzin' by 

sentiment

I embossed the image with black and painted 

it with Tombows. The clouds are done with

a spellbinder large oval nestie and tumbled glass 

distress ink. You can see the instructions

for the clouds HERE.

Be sure to stop by the

High Hopes Blog and check out the Diva's 

fabulous creations this week!!!

I hope you will have time to play along with us for

this weeks challenge and be sure to use

a High Hopes stamp to qualify for this weeks prize!!

 "DON'T FORGET about

our DT CALL  too!!

Have a fabulous day

and 

Thanks for stopping by.....

KAREN x

Hello everyone....

It's time for High Hopes New Release

Blog Hop!!!

If you have arrived here from Andrea's Blog you are going 

in the right direction. If not you may want to start over

at the High Hopes Blog.

The fabulous image and sentiment I have 

used on my easel card is.....

"BUGGY FROG' 

and

"WHAT BUGS YOU" 

sentiment by our wonderful artist

Laurie Furnell

So get on your way....your next stop is Alie's Blog.

The new release stamps are on sale right now so check 

out the stores listed on the High Hopes Blog.

Don't forget about our DT CALL too!!

KAREN X

Sneak Peeks Day 3

Good morning everyone....

It's day 3 of our new release sneak peeks....

are you lovin' them so far!!!

I hope you will join us for the 

Blog Hop tomorrow!!

For my card today I am using the adorable

"Wart's That Frogs"

I embossed the image with black and painted it with Tombows.

Don't forget to check out the Diva's blogs and the

High Hopes Blog to see the fabulous creations

by our Diva's.

We are also having a DT Call you can see

the info here!!

Have a great day

and

Thanks for stopping by....

KAREN x

High Hopes Sneak Peek Day 2

Good morning everyone......

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's sneak peeks!!

I have had a lot of fun with our new images....

especially this one...making his debut  is

"Maurice" 

the moose

by our wonderful artist

Laurie Furnell

I think he is just perfect for a Father's Day card...don't you!!

I embossed the image with black and painted it with Tombows.

I also am sharing one of our new

"Pockets and Tags "

 This adorable character is

"Froggy Tag"

and 

"Hoppy Flower Pocket"

I created this card with a single card base with an easel 

stand at the back. The images were embossed with black

and painted with Tombows.

Wouldn't this make a great bookmark too!!

Well that's it for today....so be sure to check out

what the Diva's have created over on the High Hopes Blog!!

Have a great day

and

Thanks for stopping by...

KAREN x

High Hopes New Release Sneak Peeks

Good Morning everyone.....

Lots of things to share with you today from 

High Hopes!!!

We are having a DT Call so if you are interested you will find

 all the details here !!

It's time for the High Hopes Challenge and this weeks

challenge is

"Anything Goes"

We are also having a NEW RELEASE on Friday so

we have "SNEAK PEEKS"  to share with you

for the rest of this week.

For my first sneak peek I am using

"Popcorn Kitty"

I embossed the image with black and painted

it with Tombows. I added tiny dots of liquid applique

to the popcorn and heated it and it absolutely 

looks and feels like popcorn!!! I used my largest

nesties circle for the card and added a decorative

nestie behind in red.

Be sure to check out the High Hopes Blog 

and the Diva's Blogs as they have some

fabulous sneak peeks to share with you too!!!

I will be back tomorrow with another sneak peek

so I hope you will come back and check it out!!

Have a great day

and 

Thanks for stopping by....

KAREN x

High Hopes Challenge #135

Hello everyone.....

Well it has been a while but I finally found a few minutes to

 post a card for this weeks 

High Hopes Challenge!!

I didn't realize that blogger had change either

so I hope this will go well here...LOL!!!

Alex is our hostess this week and she has chosen

"Animals"

I am using the adorable 

"Camilla Gorilla"

for my animal as well as the Jungle leaf

and jungle flower and the jungle background 

I colored all the images with Tombow markers.

Be sure to pop by the High Hopes Blog and check out

the awesome "Animal" creations the Diva's have to 

share with you too!!

I hope you will have time to play along

with us this week and remember to use a 

High Hopes image on your card

to qualify for this weeks prize!!

Have a wonderful day

and Thanks so much for stopping by....

KAREN x

High Hopes Challenge #131

Hello everyone.....

It's time for the High Hopes Challenge!!!!

This weeks challenge is brought to us by

Kristine

and she has a great recipe for us to follow!!

The recipe is....

"1 ribbon, 2 patterned papers and 3 flowers"

For my card this week I am using

"Garden Gate Background"

This was a nice easy card to do with minimal coloring!!

I created the background first with a nesties scallop

oval and distress ink using a sponge dauber.

I stamped the image and embossed it with black

over the background.

I lightly colored the image with Tombows and added

stickles to most of the image. I tried to get a good

shot of all the glitter but it doesn't show up too well.

It is really sparkly in real life!!

The DP is from a MY Minds eye paper pad.

Here is an older tutorial I did on creating

the background.....

http://www.6wackywomen.blogspot.ca/2011/05/

tombow-guest-dt_27.html

Be sure to check out the awesome creations

the Diva's have the share with you today over

on the

High Hopes Blog!!!

Have a great day

and

Thanks so much for stopping by....

KAREN x

High Hopes New Release!!!!

Hello Everyone.....

I hope you all enjoyed the sneak peeks over on

the High Hopes Blog this week.....

Now it's time for the release of those awesome

stamps by our wonderful artist....

Laurie Furnell

We have decided to have a non traditional

Blog Hop so we have created the

"One Stop Hop"

We know that blog time is limited for

people these days so to make it easier

you can now see the whole release over on the

HIGH HOPES BLOG!!!

There are 3 prizes to give away so

be sure to leave a comment on the

High Hopes Blog or Facebook page

to be eligble to win one of the prizes!!!!

The Diva's will still be showcasing their

creations on their blogs so if you have the time

stop by and check them out there too!!

The fabulous image I have used on my card is

"Pansy Window Box Frame"

S-250

On the inside of the card I used

"BFF GIRLS"

S-170

and

"ONE OF THOSE DAYS"

F-252

Have fun on the "One Stop Hop" and don't forget

to comment at the

High Hopes Blog or Facebook page

for a chance at the prizes!!!

Have a great day

and Thanks for stopping by.....

KAREN x

High Hopes "New Release" Sneak Peeks

Good Morning everyone....

High Hopes "New Release Sneak Peeks" have started

over on the High Hopes Blog

Each day the Diva's are sharing creations

on their blogs and you will be able to see them

all over at the High Hopes Blog too!!!

The release of these gorgeous new stamps by

our amazing artist Laurie Furnell will be on

Thursday March 8

The adorable image I have used on my tri-fold card is

"Fancy Birdhouse 1"

I embossed the image with black and painted it with Tombows.

The paper is from DCWV "Coral Couture matstack.

Now be sure to pop on over to the High Hopes Blog

and check out the sneak peeks by the Diva's!!!

Have a great day

and

Thanks for stopping by....

KAREN x

High Hopes Challenge #128

Hello Everyone.....

It's time for the High Hopes Challenge!!!

This weeks challenge is a fabulous

sketch by ...SIRPA

I love it when half the work is done for me!!!!

I am using the adorable

"RAINY DAY DUCKY"

and

"LADY BUG FLOWER BORDER"

by artist

Laurie Furnell

I embossed the image with black and painted them

with Tombow markers. I cut out the images and

used my nesties ovals for ducky. I used glossy

accents on the dots and water. The DP is from

My Minds Eye.

Be sure to stop by the

High Hopes Blog

to check out the awesome creations

the Diva's have to share with you today!!!

I hope you will have time to play along with us this

week and be sure to use a High Hopes image

on your card to qualify for the prize!!!

Have a fabulous day

and

Thanks so much for stopping by.....

KAREN x

High Hopes Release and Blog Hop

Hello everyone....

It's time for High Hopes Release
and
Blog Hop

If you arrived here from the High Hopes Blog
you are going in the right direction.

Be sure to comment on all the Diva's blogs
as there are 2 random prizes to be won!!!

This release has a bit of a twist to it as the stamps
we are releasing today were designed by......
"1 Wacky Woman"...me!!

I have created 6 Whimsical Flowers with
sentiments that go with them

I have all 6 to show you so here goes.....

Sunflower Frame

The Best Things


Old Friend


Thinking Of You

Garden of Life

Flowers Grow

I hope you like them!!!

They are available to purchase now on the
High Hopes website here
along with the "Space Alien Set"

Now hop on over to Jeanne's Blog...

Have a great day
and
Thanks for joining us on the blog hop!!!

KAREN X