Holiday Cheer

 I'm back in my craft room getting some Christmas cards done. This "Bird Song" stamp from High Hopes Rubber Stamps just makes me giggle! I would be the upside down one in the middle ha ha. I need a few cards in my stash that aren't too full of bling for some of the men on my list and I think this card fits that bill. 

Here's hoping this card brings a smile and holiday cheer to one of them. 

                                 

After stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper, I coloured with Copic markers and cut the stamp put with a stitched tag die. I added a hole on the end so I could add just a touch of sparkly ribbon. Star Dust Stickles were added to the balls on their hats and the edge of the scarf but that is kind of hard to see in the picture. Next I found some patterned paper from Echo Park and cut it to complete the design on a 5.5" x 5.5" card base. The sentiment is actually two lines but I masked off the bottom line and stamped it for this card. 

Some sparkly icicles add a winter feel to the card and some sparkly dots finish it off. 

Card Recipe

Stamp - Bird Song (TDG016) High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Holiday All Year (H200)

Patterned Paper - I Love Christmas, Santa Claus Lane - Echo Park

Hammermill digital cover stock, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, stitched nesting tag - Tutti Designs, ribbon - Galena, sparkle dots, Star Dust Stickles, icicle border die - Impression Obsession

Copic List

Birds  - R43 R35 R46 G46

Branch - E23 E25 E27 E29

Hats/Scarves - G40 G43 G82 G94

Beaks/Feet - Y11 Y17 YR18

Snow - B00 B01

Thanks for popping by! Have a great day!

                                                                                        

Fa-la-la-la

 I am blessed to live in an area where we have a lot of different kinds of birds. I love sitting on my front porch and listening to the different "conversations" they are having in the neighbourhood. I don't hear or see them as much in the winter but "Bird Song" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps reminds me of the songs I hear in the other months. I personally can't sing very well so I think I would be the one in the middle just hanging out <smile>

I started by stamping on alcohol marker friendly paper and colouring the stamp with Copic markers. Once that was done, I hand fussy cut it leaving a thin white line. Next I cut a piece of red card stock to fit the 5" x 5" base and cut a white piece of card stock to size as well. I used an oval die to cut a "hole" in the centre of the card and centered the sentiment stamp and stamped it underneath. Using the same oval die I cut a piece of blue snowy sky patterned paper for a pad of Echo Park paper and glued it down inside the hole. I added some Star Dust Stickle so the birds' hats and scarf and some sparkly snowflakes I cut using a Tim Holtz die. The stamp is added with pop dots to the centre of the oval and enamel dots finish off my card.

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Bird Song (TDG016) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Fa-la-la-la (GLL011)

Patterned Paper - Winter - Echo Park

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, oval die, pop dots, Star Dust Stickles, snowflake die - Tim Holtz

Copic Markers

Beaks/Feet - Y11 Y15 Y17

Hats/Scarves - G21 G24 G28

Birds- R17 R37 R59

Branch - E23 E25 E27 YG95

Snow - B0000 B000

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Bird Song

Howdy - MichelleO here and it is my High Hopes Stamps Day! And this week I pulled out a favorite winter image. This is "Bird Song" and it is just perfect for a happy little note card to sent to a friend.  I just love those little birds so happy in their winter hats and scarfs!

Now I've used this stamp quite a bit. It just makes me happy. I colored with my Copics (colors below) and then added some Nuvo White Pearl paint for the snow. I have challenged myself to use more of the many many many dies in stash, I love the tiny scallops in this one and that is it more narrow rectangle. So happy colored and then went to make my card. Found some older papers from My Minds Eye French Laundry collection. Love the sparkles to all the papers in this collection. Layered and sewed down with zig zag and straight stitches. Then went to put my image on ... uh oh... That Die is way to big for my card. Can't believe I didn't check that. But I was happy and singing along with the little birdies. Well I'll make it work! Just took it off the sides and let it run off the card. I kind of like how that turned out! 

The sentiment "Friendship Warms the Heart" is perfect for these sweet little birds and perfect for a pick me up note to make a friend smile!

There are so so many fabulous images to make you smile at High Hopes Stamps. Click HERE to pop straight over and I promise you will find LOTS to have fun with. 

Thanks so much!

Fa-La-La-La!

Happy November 1st!

The Design Team over at High Hopes Rubber Stamps is having fun this month with Christmas/Winter themed stamps. I decided to play with the "Bird Song" image and paired it with the "Fa-La-La-La" sentiment. I'm loving these cuties!

I stamped the image onto Copic friendly paper and coloured the image with my Copic Sketch markers. I decided to use papers from the Echo Park's "Winter" 6x6 collection and coloured the image to match. Taking a Gina Marie Loopy Oval die, I cut the image out and popped it up with some foam tape. A few different sizes of snowflakes were added for a fun touch. Since I was at my cottage and didn't have my Distress Inks with me, I used a Copic B97 marker to edge the papers. Some Crystal Stickles on the snowy branches finish off my card.

Copics Used:

B41, B45, B91.B95, B97,B99

E41, E42, E43, E44, E47, E49

YR24,YR26, YG97

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Don't forget to head on over to the High Hopes website and see all Lora's adorable stamps! You can find more inspiration from the Design Team by visiting the High Hopes Blog and Facebook page too!

Happy Stamping!

Bird Song

Howdy - MichelleO here today - This image is such a happy image! It is High Hopes Stamps "Bird Song" - it just makes me smile.  

 

 I've colored this image with bold bright colors before - but this time I went with pastel colors. Colored with my Copics (colors below) and then cut out and corners punched with a Fiskars corner punch. I found a Bo Bunny's pattern paper that I have saved for a while, just love that newspaper print mixed in the pattern of blue flowers. I sewed down the pattern paper with a zig zag stitch on a blue card stock then on a white card stock for the base. A vintage ribbon to wrap the papers with and stuck down the image. My sentiment is from High Hopes Stamps "Friend are the Best Collectibles" I adore that sentiment! 

Then I just felt it really needed a flower... I know it is winter, but sometimes you just have to have a flower! I found a Prima Flower with Martha Stewart leaf punch. Then topped off with a yellow button.

Copic colors used 

Ok I know I said it.. but this one makes me smile - love those little birdies! 

To find this image and lots of others you will smile over pop over to the High Hopes Stamps web store HERE and fall in love!