Merry Christmas, Eh?

Happy Friday to my High Hopes Fans!

I am sharing a fun High Hopes Christmas Card that I made with one of the older images from High Hopes.

This is Joey Snowy.

He reminds me so much of Frosty the snowman with his happy face!

I colored him with Prisma Pencils (spring green, cardinal red, black, orange)

I used B000 copic marker to outline him.

I created the snow with white Puffy Paint and the glittery stickers are Jollees.

The paper is from my favorite go to pack of Christmas paper by The Paper Studio.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Warmest Wishes

Happy Monday!

I hope you had a great weekend.

Mine was very productive...got the tree up and the house decorated both inside and out!

Here in California, it's a little hard to get in the spirit when it's 75 degrees out but the decorations help.

This snowy card helps too!

I used Warmest Wishes from Stampendous.

It's one large image that is fun to color and makes it easy to make a quick card.

Of course adding the embossed snow adds that special final touch!

I hope you enjoyed todays card and that you find some time to stamp during the busy holiday season!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Kristine

Still Shaking it up

The Stampendous Design Team has been hopping all week with our friends at Scrapbook Adhesives.

Today I made a fun winter themed shaker card with the new Snowman Trio Stamp & Die Set.

To create the shaker part of the card I cut out a thin window of 3D foam with 2 dies from the Fitted Frames A die set.

I cut a panel of patterned paper using the larger size die.

Then I adhered the die cut 3D foam to the edge of the panel.

I stamped the sentiment too!

I shook about 1 tablespoon of Shaved Ice Fragments on the panel.

Then I added a die cut panel of acetate on to the top.

I added the completed shaker panel to the card and then added the adorable snowman to the panel.

I just love how this card turned out!

I hope you enjoyed it too!

Make sure you hop over to the 

Stampendous Blog

to get the links to all the other great projects!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

A Stencil Sneak Peek

Lot's of new great Stencils are being released by Stampendous in the July Catalog!

Today I am sneak peeking two of them.  I kept the design simple to showcase the stencils.

The first one is a fun Halloween Stencil called Broom Flight.

I stenciled it with Glossy Black embossing paste.

The sentiment is from the new sentiment set called Spooky Wishes.

The second stencil I'm sharing today is called Snowman Peeking.

This sentiment is from the new Snowman Trio cling/die set.

I stenciled it with regular embossing paste and then after it dried I sponged Spendor ink on the dried paste to color the image.

I hope you enjoyed my sneak peek.

Hop over to the Stampendous blog to check out lots of sneak peeks from the whole week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Snowmen and snowflakes

Happy Thursday!

It's been a while since I shared a stencil project so I thought with all the crazy weather we have been having across the country this card would be perfect!

I created this card using stencils from Stampendous.

Directions:

1. Stencil the snowflake cascade on a pink panel with regular embossing paste and set aside to dry

2. stencil the snowman on a white die cut circle panel with regular embossing paste and set aside to dry

3. Fold a 11" x 4 1/4" in half to create the card base

4. tie ribbon around the snowflake panel and adhere to the card base

5. replace the stencil on the snowman and sponge Splendor ink on the image to color

6, Back with a larger pink circle panel and then with a larger scallop edge dark pink panel

7. Adhere to card with 3D foam squares

Here's a closer look at this cutie!

Stampendous:

FMS4042 Snowflake Cascade Metal Stencil

DWLG645 Snowman Metal Stencil

DWDPK Dreamweaver Palette Knife

DWLM2010 Paste Spreader

DWDEP Dreamweaver Regular Embossing Paste

Spoonful of Snow

Plus:
Pink and Dark Pink Cardstock
Ofray  ribbon

Splendor ink by Tsukineko

Spellbinders classic circle and classic scallop circle
Splendor Ink

Scrapbook Adhesive 3D foam
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine 

The Joys of Winter

I spoke with my son yesterday and he was not enjoying the joys of winter in Rochester, NY.

We live in California and I can tell he is missing our weather a lot!

So it is fitting that the Stampendous team is sharing our snow cards this week.

I love this cute card but after my conversation with my son it makes me giggle a little!

The image is Fox Friend from Stampendous.

I colored the image with Prisma colored pencils and blended it with gamsol and blending stumps.

I made the snow with Spoonful of Snow.

The sentiment is Joys of Winter from Stampendous.

The pattern paper is Graphic45.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Presents Galore

I have a second High Hopes post this week.

For today's post I decided to use the High Hopes November Sketch for my inspiration.

The image is Presents Galore.

I did a lot of paper piecing on this one.

It took a while but I think the finished product is worth the effort!

The paper is from the Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.

I used a little Spoonfull of snow embossing elements from Stampendous for the snow.

The candy cane stickers are from Jolee's

There are 3 ways to win 2 stamps of your own choice from High Hopes Stamps!! Just hop on over to the CHALLENGE blogpost and join in on the fun!

Here is the sketch for the November challenge:

Thanks for stopping by!

Snowman Sketch

Hello High Hopes Fans!

I have another cute image from the latest High Hopes Stamps release.

This is Jingle Jangle.

I colored the image with colored pencils and paper pieced the hat and scarf with patterned paper.

The patterned paper is The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.

I used this month's sketch for the inspiration for this card too!

Thanks for checking my card out!

 Join us for your chance to win 2 FREE High Hopes Stamps.  

***NEW 3WAYS TO WIN***
It's time for the High Hopes Stamps, October Challenge.

Please join the fun for your chance to WIN your choice of 2 High Hopes Stamps.

1:This month all you have to do is "Leave A Comment"
2:Want to DOUBLE your chances to win? Leave a comment on High Hopes Facebook.
3:Use this sketch below (Optional) or created your own, and post your card to High Hopes gallery!

We will choose the lucky winner on the last day of the month from the comments posted during the month. It's that easy to join the October Challenge!!!

If you do not use a High Hopes stamp, your entry will be deleted.

Grab your FREE Digi HERE

Enter your project to the linky below.

We want EVERYONE to PLAY so here is how you can participate if you don't have a blog!

You can upload your cards to either Splitcoast Stampers or the High Hopes Facebook Page then use the link to your card in the gallery in the linky below. Just make sure to add the DIRECT link to your cards.

Stacking up more fun!

Happy Friday!

I am so ready for winter weather!

It has been super hot here in California and my card today makes me yearn for snow!

This card uses the fun stamps from Winter Stack Perfecly Clear Stamp set.

I colored the image with colored pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps,

I created the clouds with my picasso shield and Adirondack Aqua ink.

I also used Stampendous Fitted Frames B Dies

Stampendous has been featuring a look at these and other Stackable stamp sets all week.

Check out their posts and more inspiration

HERE!

Have a great weekend!

Kristine

Airbrush Fun

The Stampendous team was given some wonderful paper crafting tools to play with and this week we are sharing our creations all this week!

Here is my first project, a wintry Snowman card.

For my card today I used:

The Perfect Airbrush

Mini Perfect Layers

Winter Snowman Metal Stencil Clear Stamp Die

I colored the image with copic markers and used B12 and B14 in the airbrush tool to create the snowlakes and "snow".

Look at those amazing layers!

I used the Mini Perfect Layers to create 1/16" layers.

When I try to cut layers that skinny with my cutter they never quite work out but using the perfect layers tool allows me to create terrific even layers.

And...as you know when we hop there are prizes....

There will be 3 prize packages available during our hop! Each winner will have the chance to win one of the following prize package, a Perfect Rulerand Pop-Up Die Set combo package, a Mini-Perfect LayersL and Pop’cessories Die Set combo package or a Perfect Airbrush, 1 – Holly Pattern Stencil and 1 –Holly Scroll Stencil combo package. US winners only, see Official Contest Rules for details.

Check out more great inspiration on these blogs:

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Janelle Stollfus

Tenia Nelson

Perfect Paper Crafting Blog

Warm Winter Wishes

Hello All!

For my High Hopes post today I continue the "Christmas in July" theme that has been on the High Hopes Blog this month.

Here is one of the adorable snowman images available from High Hopes.

It's called Snowy's Cup.

I colored the image with Prisma colored pencils and blended with blending stumps and gamsol.

The paper is from a multi pack of patterned paper from Michael's Craft store.

The sentiment is Dot Warm Winter Wishes.

It's time for the High Hopes July Challenge. Please join the fun for your chance to win your choice of 2 High Hopes Stamps

We will choose the lucky winner on the last day of the month from one of the comments posted during the month. It's that easy to join the July Challenge!!!

For more details and photos, please visit the 

HIGH HOPES BLOG

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If you are in need of a High Hopes stamp, check out these stores:

One Crazy Stamper based out of Canada

High Hopes Website

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Warm Winter Wishes

This month the High Hopes Stamp Diva's are showcasing all the amazing Winter and Christmas stamps that are available from High Hopes Stamps.

Today I have a wintery card featuring

Downhill Snowy.

I colored the image with my Prisma Coolored Pencil and blended with blending stumps and gamsol.

The sentiment is Warm Winter Wishes.

I created the "Snow" with Stampendous Spoonful of Snow embossing elements.

The paper is The Paper Studio from Hobby Lobby.

I roughed up the edges of the paper and stitched it to the car base with my sewing machine.

It's time for the JHigh Hopes July Challenge. Please join the fun for your chance to win your choice of 2 High Hopes Stamps

We will choose the lucky winner on the last day of the month from one of the comments posted during the month. It's that easy to join the July Challenge!!!

For more details and photos, please visit the 

HIGH HOPES BLOG

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If you are in need of a High Hopes stamp, check out these stores:

One Crazy Stamper based out of Canada

High Hopes Website

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine