This week has a lot of celebrating!! July 1 was Canada Day, and July 4 will be Independence Day for the US!

SO - this High Hopes stamp made me think of the summer celebrations. My family has always had a picnic on July 4 - Hmmm...

The stamp, Grillin' Joseph, and the saying Fire Up The Grill go together so well. I used Copic colors Booo, B95, C1, E00, E27, E35, R29, and Y35 to color the image. The verse was stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink. After the image was colored, I went around the edges with Copic 100 to outline the image, and used a slim line marker to outline the letters on the hat, so it would look like a youngster had done it to his hat. I used Designer Papers with many stars and patriotic imaging on it to decorate the card. Ribbon used on the front is decorated with stitching and reflective dots.

Inside of the card, I covered it with patriotic papers, the paper on the top has glitter as well as stars and stripes on it. On the lower page, three different papers are used underneath the white section in the middle. Papers used have red, white, and blue coloring, as well as many stars.

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WOW! High Hopes really had some neat NEW stamps!!

I decided to use some "old" High Hopes stamps in this week's challenge #81 - Anything Goes!!

On the front of the card, I used the stamp Ms. Griffin. I cut out the image after I had colored it with Copic pens. I used colors R27, R29, Y35, W1, W3, W5, and went around the edge of the picture with 100. I used a Blender Pen to make the gray feathers look shaded. a Glitter pen was used on feather marks, and and on marks on the feet. Foam Adhesive circles are used to raise the image.

I used cardstock pieces for the front, dry embossing them with Cuttlebug folders. Under Ms. Griffin, I used Nestabilities to cut out the cardstock and Designer paper used. The Dew Drops and flower are adhered to the card with extra sticky red tape.

Inside of the card, I used Designer papers that have a Nature theme.

On the top section, I stamped the Rock Wall with Small Monkey Mike sitting on the wall. These images were also colored with Copics. On the wall, I used E30, G05, G07, RV09, RV11, W1 and W5; the edges of the images were traced around with 100. These images were also raised with Foam Adhesive Circles.

On the lower section, I used Copics to color all images on this section. Stanley Snake is colored with E35, G05, G12, R27, RV14, and YG03. Mushroom #2 is colored with B000, G05, V12, and RV09.

The Cardstock in the middle of the page is Natural White (Stamping Up), surrounded by a small piece of a green cardstock with raised dots on it.

WOW!! ANOTHER artist entering with High Hopes this week!!
Melissa will be entering this Friday, so High Hopes blog will have ANOTHER blog hop! Come join the blog hop!

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The blinkie above is about the NEW High Hopes stamps coming out!! Follow the blogs next week to get involved!

I thought this High Hopes stamp, Lenny's Love Me Nots, was so appropriate for this card!! Lenny looks so happy! This is a perfect card to send to someone for their birthday!



I used Copic pens to color this dragon image. Colors used were B02, G07, RV09, V04, V12, Y17, and YR65. I also used a purple glitter pen on the dragon, & a yellow glitter pen on the teeth and the flower center.
The wording is also High Hopes. After stamping it and cutting the phrase out, I went around the cardstock with the RV09 Copic pen.
The flower and DP came from a Card Kit I had received.

This week, the High Hopes Challenge #72 is something to do with food.
Oh picnic memories!! The High Hopes stamp that is used, Ant's Picnic, looked appropriate for this challenge with the ants fixing a hot dog to eat.
The image and verse were stamped with Memento Black Ink, on white cardstock. The Copic colors used on this card were B000, B02, B16, C1, E30, E31, E33, E99, G12, G99, R29, RV17, W3, W7, Y13, and Y17. Absolutely Apricot cardstock was used, as well as small pieces of DPs. The steel brads were in a card kit that I had received.

The inside of the card was covered with cardstock and DP remnants. Cardstock colors used were Barely Blue, Absolutely Apricot, and Natural White.

This card was made for High Hopes Challenge #68, with Easter in mind! On the front of the card, I used a DP that leeked "springy" as well as Easter eggs on ribbon. Cardstocks used on the front of the card are Pixie Pink, and white cardstock. The rabbit stamp, Fast Eddie, as well as the verse are from the latest stamps that Dustin made for High Hopes. The eggs on the bottom of the picture are punched out of scraps of DP that I had; also, 2 of the eggs, as well as the verse are "popped out", using Pop Dots. The rabbit carrying the basket, the basket, and eggs in the basket were colored with Copics, using colors C1, E30, R27, R81, RV14, V0000, V17, and Y17.

Inside of the card, DP was used on the upper part that had words and sayings about spring. Pacific Point cardstock was used for the corners. On the lower section, Barely Banana cardstock was used in the background, and Green Galore cardstock was used to make the grass, which was punched out. The stamp used for the lower portion is On Top of The World from High Hopes. This image was put in the grass, but was also "popped out" with the Pop Dots. Copics used to color this image are: B02, G05, RV14, V04, Y13, Y17, and V17.