Stamp and Create–Dancing Hedgehogs

Happy Monday! I hope that everyone had a good and relaxing Mother’s Day. I know I did :) I am back to day with a card for Stamp and Create that features two very happy critters.

The stamp is High Hopes' new Dancing Hedgehogs. I colored the hedgehogs and grass with copic markers and the sky was sponged on with distress ink.

I will enter this in High Hopes May Challenge: Anything Goes

Here is the news from Stamp and Create this week:

Don't forget that the new Magnolia Sakura Collection

is now available for Pre-Order.

This release has been purchased and just waiting on Magnolia to ship it out.

Thanks for swinging by and have a great day :)

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp and Create

Happy Monday everyone! Sorry for being MIA all week, I was working on a special quilty project during the week. I was bound and determined to get it done and I would have……if my sweet Pacesetter hadn’t broken. Boo :( Anyhow, I think I will devote a post to all the happenings that this instigated….hopefully sometime this week or next. In the meantime, I do have a brand new card to share with you using a fun new stamp!

This is Foxy Knitter from High Hopes Stamps' new Spring is in the Air collection. I really love this new collection and I did buy quite a few of them! I decided to make a peek-a-boo card and did this using a pre-cut card and just using some circle dies from ME to cut the window and the frame. I filmed a video and that will be up later this week. The “hello” is die cut using a Stampin’ up die. Love, love how it looks.

Here is the inside. Simple and with enough room for your salutations :)

I am going to enter this in High Hopes Challenge for April: Anything goes.

Here is the latest news from Stamp and Create!

We have tons of stamps on sale!!

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Did you know that Lacey makes gorgeous t-shirts now? She is super talented!

New Scrapbook themed T-Shirt:
"I Have a PHD is Scrapbooking
(Pages Half Done)"

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp and Create ~ Bunny Blooms

Happy Monday! Here is a little treat bag that I created with some bright, Spring colors!

The stamp is Bunny Blooms from High Hopes Stamps and the little treat bag (Lawn Fawn) was tied with May Arts Silk ribbon.

To change is up, I colored the image using watercolor pencils. Really pretty and soft :)

Here is the latest news from Stamp and Create!

The owner Lacey will be on vacation next week for Spring Break.
They  will be closed for shipping from Friday, March 13th - Sunday, March 22nd.
Orders placed after Midnight EST, Thursday March 12th will not ship out until March 23/24th.

Thanks for swinging by today! Enjoy the rest of your afternoon!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp and Create

Happy Wednesday my lovelies! I cannot believe that we are already Wednesday. The weeks have been flying by! I have  a wee card to share with you :)

I used High Hope Stamps Krissy's Snuggle Time. An oldie but still a goodie.

There are a ton of new stamps over at Stamp and Create!

New Saturated Canary stamps are now available...

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A few Holiday Magnolia stamps (and more) have been restocked...

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The new High Hopes Jolly Holiday release is now Shipping!!

New Christmas paper...

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Restock of Scortape...

Have fun shopping!

Hugs Jeanette

Stamp & Create High Hopes Promotion

Happy Monday! I hope that you had a terrific weekend and this week is off to a great start!

Today I wanted to share some fun Stamp and Create news!

For every 4 High Hopes main image stamps you order,
you will receive 1 free High Hopes stamp.
Sentiments and accent stamps not considered part of the promotion and do not count toward the "4 stamp purchase"
Free stamp is randomly chosen by Stamp and Create
While supplies lasts (no rain checks)

Some of you who have been following me for a long time may remember that I was lucky to be on the High Hopes Design team for a few years. I wanted to share some of my favorite past High Hopes cards with you:

Using Bear-ly Inspired

Using Beary Good Friends

Using Angel Bear Ghost Costume

Using Catch-ing Some Rays

Using South Pole Pals

As well, here is the new Weekly Candy:

Little Lamb from My Heart Stamps for You
**In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create's Store Logo in the side bar of your blog and link it to www.stampandcreate.com...

The candy end Sunday, November 3rd at 7pm EST
You can still enter the candy if you do not have a blog.
Enter candy here

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create Halloween Sale

Happy Monday! Hope you had a fantastic week-end! We had hockey games, pumpkin carving and some last minute alterations to this year’s spooky costumes!  I also have a big week coming up here in blogland! Tune in tomorrow for some fun and exciting news :)

Today Stamp & Create is hosting a One-Day Only Halloween Sale!!

Receive 10% off your whole order when you used discount code spooky (all lowercase)!

There are tons of stamps currently on sale for 25-50% off! This discount gives you an ADDITIONAL 10% off already reduced items!! But it's only for today!

The sale ends at midnight EST.

This week for our Product Spotlight, we are focusing on our Sale items. Lacey has recently added tons and tons of stamps to our Clearance/Sale section. Gotta make room for all the new stamps! Many of these designs will not be restocked so grab them while you can!

I have a series of Halloween inspired creations for you today. Some are ones that I made last year but just wanted to share with you again!

 

 
All my images are from High Hopes fabulous Halloween line. I have used Boo Family in Frame, Angel Bear Costume, Happy Halloween Script, Standing Witchy Poo, Trick or Treat Greeting, and Witchy Poo and Kitty Frame.

As well I want to show you this week’ Stamp & Create blog candy:

Leanne and Hedgie by Tina Winke

In order to enter the candy, you must post the Stamp and Create Store's banner in the sidebar of your blog and link it to http://www.stampandcreate.com/...

***Please note that to enter this candy you must enter at the Stamp & Create blog and not my blog***

Enter the candy at the Stamp & Create blog at the end of this post ~ here

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Hugs Jeanette xxo

Copic Coloring Tutorial

Happy Wednesday! Hope your day is off to a good start. I have created a lot of tutorials for the blogs of different companies and I thought I would start sharing them here with you. They are all available at my YouTube channel ~here~ as well.

For the videos today the image that I am working with is:  I Heart U Monkey which is illustrated by Dustin Pike.

I stamped my image on Neenah Solar Crest White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

Copic Markers Used: E50, E51, E53, E31, E35, YG11, YG13, YG17, RV21 , RV23, RV25, RV29

Prismacolor Pencil PC924 Crimson Red, OMS : Gamsol

The tutorial is split into two due to time constraints on You-tube.

Hope you found this useful! Have a great day my friends and I hope you will have the chance to get a little inky!
Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create Product Spotlight ~ Pirates

Happy Monday! Hope your weekend was a good one. We had a crazy one, running here and there!

Our product spotlight this week at Stamp & Create is Pirates! All the stamps in this category will be on sale all this week.

I have used an older (but still beloved) High Hopes Stamp: On Guard Oberto. The button is Basic Grey June Bug and the paper is Cosmo Cricket's Boyfriend 6x6 paper pad.

I used a really simple layout since this one is destined to be a birthday card for my middle son’s friend. He will be going to his b-day party on Friday!

Have a great day!

Hugs Jeanette

High Hopes Challenge Pets/Favorite Animals

Happy Tuesday! I am just back from volunteering at my children’s elementary school! Boy, you can feel that school will be finishing very soon….there is a definite layer of excitement and the noise level has certainly gone up a notch!

My card today is for this week’s High Hopes Challenge and the theme this week is pets or favorite animals! It was hard for me to choose between Dustin’s Monkey images or his dragon images but this cutie finally won out!

This is Cuppy Cake Jake and I followed this week’s Mojo Monday’s sketch which was perfect to showcase this adorable monkey. I cut the card base and all the circles with my Silhouette SD. That way I was able to get the exact card size I wanted which is a circle of 5.25”.

I hope you can join our challenge this week. Just remember, you MUST use a High Hopes stamp on your card/project to be considered. The prize is 3 free High Hopes stamps of your choice!!

If you are in need of some High Hopes stamps, why not check out the Diva's Stores:

• Lacey Stephens - Stamp and Create based out of the US
• Nikki Fairbairn - Bunny Zoe's Crafts based out of the UK/Europe
• Amy Wegener - Stampin' Stuff based out of Australia
• High Hopes Website

I just noticed that my HH post from last week is GONE! Mr Blogger certainly is not playing fair lately. Here are pics of last weeks project featuring Tire Swing Dragon!

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your day! I am going to buy some flats of veggies and herbs to start planting in my garden!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

High Hopes Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Happy Tuesday! I have my card for this week’s High Hopes Challenge to show you today. The theme is “anything goes” so that makes it easy peasy. Just remember to use a HH stamp for your card :)

I used this super cute Dustin Pike image: Party dragon for my card today and decided to create a little birthday card. We always seem to need one :) I will go ahead and add the appropriate age number once we know who is getting this one.

I have colored my image with Prismacolor pencils this time for a wee change from the copics. I don’t want to get out of practice with this technique and I love the soft blended look it gives.

The present was paper-pieced and then I wrapped some bakers twine around it before mounting it with dimensional foam. The banner was made with a MFT die. I used the same twine to embellish it and cut out some cute star shapes and added some adhesive gems to dress it up.

I created the scallop on the bottom with a Stampin up punch as well as a stamp set specifically designed to co-ordinate with each other. I haven’t used the set in ages and it was time to dust it off!

To see more card creations and to enter this challenge please see our HH challenge ~here~.

If you are need of High Hopes stamps, come check out the Diva Stores...

• Lacey Stephens - Stamp and Create based out of the US
• Nikki Fairbairn - Bunny Zoe's Crafts based out of the UK/Europe
• Amy Wegener - Stampin' Stuff based out of Australia

and of course the High Hopes Website

I am also entering this card over at Two Peas for the Finally Friday challenge which is to use a banner on your card!

Have a great day.

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Bunnies,Bears,& Balloons…

Happy Tuesday dear Friends!

I have my High Hopes Challenge card to show you today and our challenge theme is bunnies, bears, & balloons!

There were so many images from our new release that I could choose to suit this theme but I eventually settled on this cutie Standing BIrthday Buddy.

I colored him up with a mix of Copic Markers and then Prismacolor pencils (always use the markers first or you will ruin their brush tip) with some accents made with a white gel pen.

I cut out the banner shape using my SIlhouette die cutting machine and just added some bakers twine to for a little interest and dimension. Easy Peasy and another card to add to my stash in case of need. I will die cut a number to add to the card once I know who the birthday boy/girl will be and their age!

Hope you can join us in this fun challenge! For more details, and to see the creations of my fellow DT Divas, please visit us at the High Hopes Challenge Blog! Looking forward to seeing your creations.

Hugs Jeanette

Stamp & Create Bunny Spotlight

Happy Monday! We had a wonderful and sunny week-end and it was a real joy to spend some time outdoors. The snow is almost all gone and I was so happy to see my little tulips bravely poking out of the soil…some were even poking out from snow! I uncovered many of my plants and am really looking forward to when I can start preparing the garden beds…..I am longing for fresh herbs and flowers! Now, speaking of tulips…..

…don’t you just love this sweet bunny with his lovely bouquet? The image is an older High Hopes stamp entitled: Bunny Blooms. I colored this up with Copic Sketch Markers. I played around with the Cool Greys and hints of BG000 & BV000 for the little bunny. The white silk ribbon was tied using the Bow Easy. The paper is from the Stella Rose MME paper pads. Just a gorgeous collection. I am not going to hoard it but just enjoy using it! The sentiment is by Stampin’ Up and I also used one of their punches to punch it out.

This week the Stamp & Create Product Spotlight is: BUNNIES! That means that everything is this Bunny Category will be 25% off! What perfect timing with Easter just around the corner!

For more samples of some of the stamps for sale, please visit our inspiration & challenge blog and you will see the lovely cards created by the rest of the DT!

I had a really productive weekend in my craft room! I have two videos to edit and a whole bunch of DT cards made! It feels great and I can’t wait to show them to you. Plus I hope to get over to your blogs this week!  I haven’t had much time to comment lately and that always makes me feel a little sad since I really appreciate the comments that are left here for me.

Have a great day. It is rainy like crazy today but that’s okay with me. It is good for the flowers!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

High Hopes Blog Hop ~ Release Day!

Happy Thursday to you all! To celebrate High Hopes brand new release, we are having a blog hop!

If you did not come here from Jeanne’s blog, then you should start back at the beginning at the High Hopes Challenge blog and just hop along the links! There are prizes hidden along the way so don’t forget to leave a comment at each Diva’s blog for a chance to win some new release goodness!

For my card today, I have used this sweet little bear and this fun matching sentiment. His official name is Sitting Buddy with Balloon”. I think he is just the cutest thing.

He was colored up with Copic markers and I found some old October Afternoon paper that was just the right shade of red to match his bow and balloon. I added it to a Kraft card base and machine stitched it.

I attached a Basic Grey button which I tied on with some baker’s twine. I added a little interest to the ribbon treatment by adhering it with scor-tape and notching one end. I added another piece of 1/8” scor-tape to the front of the ribbon and then sprinkled some MS giltter on top. Such an easy little technique but it adds so much to the look of the card!

Our new release it filled with such incredible new stamps: teddy bears, robots, rag dolls and of course dragons! I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop!

The new stamps are available today at the High Hopes store, our Diva’s stores other retailers:

• High Hopes Website
• Nikki Fairbairn - Bunny Zoe's Crafts based out of the UK/Europe
• Lacey Stephens - Stamp and Create based out of the US
• Amy Leggate - Paper Romance based out of Canada
• Amy Wegener - Stampin' Stuff based out of Australia

Your next stop is the lovely Debby’s blog where I am sure she has something gorgeous to show you!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

High Hopes Sneak Peek #2

Happy Wednesday! I have another High Hopes Sneak Peek for you today and this time it is one of Sir Dustin’s Dragons!

I couldn’t resist creating a fun little scene card with this cutie. I just pictured him swinging from a tree so I went over to the Silhouette store and found this fun tree shape that came with the treehouse. It was perfect for what I had in mind. I simply sized the tree to fit on a 6 x 6 card. I added this fun Adventure text and found some paper scraps for the background!

Tomorrow is the big blog party & hop so don’t forget to stop by and hop along….there will be some prizes hidden along the way!

The new release will also be available as of tomorrow so your wait is almost over!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

High Hopes Challenge Sneak Peek

Happy Tuesday! I am feeling loads better today and ready to take on the rest of the week! I am super excited to be able to share one of the soon to be released High Hopes Stamps. Our challenge this week is “One for the boys” and I thought this sweet image illustrated by Laurie Furnell would make a perfect birthday card for a little guy.

I had a few bits of these two coordinating patterned papers in my scrap drawer and thought the color combo was fun and just the right mix of bright and contrast for a boys’ card. The image is colored with copic markers and then I sponged the edges with Tumbled glass distress ink and did some machine-stitching.

I added a Basic Grey button and looped some baker’s twine around one of the panels for some interest!

To see more sneak peeks (made by the awesome HH Divas) and to join in our challenge this week, please visit us at the High Hopes Challenge Blog.

Tomorrow I will be back with a sneak peek of one of Sir Dustin’s new dragon images! Our release party blog hop happens on April 7th….you’ll be able to hop along for a chance at some free rubber!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Stamp & Create Sports theme spotlight

Happy Monday! This week we have a fun theme as our Product Spotlight at Stamp & Create! It is “Sports”.

All images in the Sports Category will be 25% off and with so many great images from different stamp companies to choose from, you will be sure to find some of your favorites that have been on your wish-list!

  

I wanted to use this sweet High Hopes image: Time Well Spent. My hubby and the 3 boys love to fish and so this sweet image just calls to me. I colored it up with my Copic markers and then masked it. I sponged the sky in with some Tumbled glass distress ink and the water was airbrushed in with my Copic ABS.

The paper is some old Salebration paper from Stampin’ Up that seemed perfect for this scene. I added Stickles to the water drops for a little extra shimmer. The swirl and the sentiment are Stampin’ Up rub-ons. Again, I think they were a Salebration item from a few years ago. I am seriously getting through some of my stash!

I followed the wonderful sketch from Cute Card Thursday.

Thanks for swinging by. I shot two videos today so hopefully I will get them up on my blog sometime later this week.

Hugs Jeanette xxo

High Hopes Challenge ~ Go Green

Happy Tuesday! I have a quick post for you today. I have a very long lists of things to do and places to go this week!

This little card was made for this week’s High Hopes challenge which is to “go green”. You can use the color green or recycle! I have made this to send to one of our very good friends who is as Irish as can be and ALWAYS celebrates “the day” in style! Hence it is not a very “girly” card but one more suited to a male!

I have used 2 HH images along with a HH Sentiment to create a fun St Patty’s Day card. The cardstock, patterned paper and ribbon are all Stampin’ Up.

Hope you can play along with us this week!

Her are the links from the High Hopes Website:

or you can visit one of the Diva’s stores:

• Nikki Fairbairn - Bunny Zoe's Crafts based out of the UK/Europe
• Lacey Stephens - Stamp and Create based out of the US
• Amy Leggate - Paper Romance based out of Canada
• Karen Goguen/Cathy Siroski - The Rubber Room based out of Canada
• Amy Wegener - Stampin' Stuff based out of Australia

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs Jeanette xxo

Two Card Tuesday

Happy Tuesday! How is that for a title? I am so sorry that my posts are late (again). Life has been just hectic. Nothing major, nothing bad, just so many little things to get done. For some reason Blogger did not publish my scheduled post for yesterday. Not sure why.

First I will show you the card I was supposed to post yesterday!

This week the Stamp & Create Product Spotlight is Kenny K stamps! They are really awesome stamps and I have been wanted to get my hands on some of the images to color them up!  I wasn’t disappointed. They are super fun to color. I am entering this card in the Kenny k Krafty Girlz challenge which is “R”. My “R” is my ribbon!

I pulled out a bunch of paper scraps from my drawer to create a fun, young card. I matched my copic markers to the papers and added a Verve sentiment. The May arts ribbon keeps the card closed. Inside there is more of the same papers….I forgot to take a picture! This particular image is called Download Diva.

This week the Kenny K stamps will be 25% off! Lacey will have her second shipment (the first one disappeared quickly) arrive at the end of the week so she has the missing ones on pre-order but they will ship out as soon as she gets them!

Here is my High Hopes Challenge card. Our theme this time is to create a card for a Female Birthday! I am also entering this in the A Spoonful of Sugar challenge which is birthday.

I used some left-over Stampin’ Up paper scraps that were just enough to create an A2 card.  I {heart} the simple layout that lets this sweet Monkey shine!

Right then, I have some laundry to tackle and supper to make before I have to pick up the kidlets.

Have a great rest of the day!

Hugs Jeanette

A Card and A Coloring Video

Happy Monday! Actually I am so late in writing my post that it is actually Tuesday for all my overseas friends! LOL!

I have my High Hopes card for this week’s Challenge to show you. The theme is Valentines! I also have a two part video showing you how I colored this cute image! I hope that you like it!

• Image: I Heart U Monkey illustrated by Dustin Pike
• Stamped on Neenah Solar Crest White cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.
• Copic Markers Used: E50, E51, E53, E31, E35, YG11, YG13, YG17, RV21 , RV23, RV25, RV29
• Prismacolor Pencil PC924 Crimson Red, OMS : Gamsol

The tutorial is split into two due to time constraints on You-tube.

 

Part One

Part Two

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous day! Sending you big hugs!

Jeanette xxo