April showers bring May flowers

The challenge for the next 2 weeks on the 7 kids challenge blog is April showers bring May flowers so you get to choose either showers or flowers for your creation. The prize for a random participant is a $20 gift certificate to the 7 kids college fund store.



I went with a flowers theme for my card. This super sweet image from High Hopes is called Little Missy. I colored her with copics and added diamond stickles to the center of the flowers and the bow.



What could you spend your gift certificate from 7 kids college fund on? Perhaps...
New Penny Black stamps that just arrived in the store
New collections from Crafters Companion like Flower Fairies or S.W.A.L.K
Belles and Whistles brand new Fairy Friends collection or the super cute Sweet Art Girls
All Zva Creative products on clearance till April 29 using code ZVACLEARANCE25

Supplies:
high hopes little missy stamp
copics (R46, R39, Y15, Y17, E00, E50, R20, E31, E33, E37, W1)
diamond stickles
black brads
CS- riding hood red, black, red, kraft dp from Stampin Up
taffeta ribbon from Stampin Up

I hope that you will be able to join us and play along with the challenge at 7 kids. We would love to see what you create!

Spring and Easter challenge at 7 kids

The challenge for the next 2 weeks on the 7 kids college fund challenge blog is spring and Easter. It has been awhile since I have inked up my high hopes stamps and I thought the bunny blooms image would be perfect for the challenge.



My bunny was colored with copics and the tail was accented with frosted lace stickles and the tulips were accented with a spica glitter pen. I sponged the edges around the image with tattered rose distress ink, sewed it onto my green matte, then distressed the edges with my scissors. The close up photo below shows a bit of the sparkle.



Supplies:
stamp- high hopes bunny blooms
neenah white paper
memento black ink pad
copics- W1, W3, W5, R20, R22, R24, R00, R02, E21, G21, G24, G28
frosted lace stickles
clear spica glitter pen
tattered rose distress ink
sheer blush satin ribbon
basic grey porcelain dp
shimmer brads

Also, be sure to check out the 7 kids college fund challenge blog to see the great samples from the other 7 kids DT members and the details and prize info for the current challenge.

Hugs and Blessings,

High Hopes Challenge 42

Good Sunday morning! This week's high hopes challenge was "go for the gold" and is brought to us by diva Jeanne. I have created a sparkly gold card for you today.



I stamped my herald angel which is one of the newly released images from high hopes onto blanc sparkle paper and colored her with copics. I have not pulled out my shimmerz in awhile so I used angel wings on the wings and gold glimmer blingz on the stars of her headpiece and her collar. I used gold stickles on the trumpet. She was cut out and popped up on top of white gold metallic cardstock and then again onto a scalloped circle from gold sparkle cardstock. The base of the card is made from white diamonds cardstock. I used the Friday sketchers sketch from this week for my layout. I used rhinestones on the angel wings and in the center of the scallops. All the gorgeous shimmery cardstock that I used today can be found at Paper Temptress.

Here is a closer look for you


Supplies:
stamps- high hopes herald angel
Cardstock- blanc sparkle, white diamonds, white gold metallic, gold sparkle- all from Paper Temptress
accessories- rhinestones, cb divine swirls folder, angel wings shimmerz, gold glimmer blingz, gold stickles, organdy ribbon, copics

All the challenge details and prize info can be found on the high hopes blog. The divas also have some terrific samples to show you to get you started.

Have a blessed Lord's day Sunday!

High Hopes Challenge 41

This week's high hopes challenge is sparkle and shine and is brought to us by diva Nikki. Well those of you who visit my blog regularly know that this was not a tough challenge for me at all as I love anything that sparkles LOL. My card today will be for my oldest daughter who turns 13 in just a couple short weeks- yikes!



My image was colored with copics and then I add the sparkle- and lots of it LOL. I used sparkly fibers on the boa which I just attached using a two-way glue pen. The necklace is made from tiny rhinestones and the flower on the hat has stickles and a rhinestone too. Each of the layers was stitched and I further accessorized my card with satin ribbon, prima flowers and shimmer brads.



Supplies:
stamps- high hopes dress-up Danni, dress for success
CS- Paper Temptress noir metallic, bo bunny dp, neenah white
accessories- rhinestones, shimmer brads, primas, stickles, sparkly fibers, pop dots, corner rounder punch, satin ribbon, copics (BG72, BG75, E000, E00, R20, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, RV13, RV14, E33, E37)

I hope you enjoy the challenge this week and will play along with the divas. There is a very nice prize up for grabs so stop on by the high hopes blog for challenge/prize info as well as some amazing samples from the divas.

Have a great day and God bless!

high hopes challenge 39

This week's challenge is brought to us by diva Anna and it is called upsy daisy.



I am not sure if Missy is holding daisies but close enough right? I used my prismapencils and gamsol to color her. The flowers and the bow and popped up with popdots and are accented with stickles.



Supplies:
stamps- high hopes Little Missy
CS- guava, choc chip, white
accesories- square punch, paper piercer, stickles, prismapencils and gamsol

Be sure to check out the high hopes blog to see the challenge info and this week's prize. Also, high hopes has released oodles of new awesome stamps yesterday and they are a must-see! Crissy certainly outdid herself with this release for sure. The new images have been uploaded to the high hopes website and are now available for puchase.

Have a blessed Lord's day Sunday and as always thank you for visiting!

High Hopes Challenge 38

Hi there! This week's challenge is brought to us by the super sweet and amazingly talented Crissy. She has asked us to use polka dots on our projects. I love using polka dots so I enjoyed this challenge quite a bit.



I used the Friday sketchers sketch this week for my layout.



Supplies:
stamps- High hopes hopeful ant
CS- olive, white, rust, fall flowers dp
accessories- SU eyelet punch, taffeta ribbon, button, prima, sewing machine, copics

I am glad you stopped in today. I hope that you will take a minute to check out the high hopes blog to view this week's prize up for grabs and get some inspirtation from the divas' terrific creations.

High Hopes Challenge 37

Good morning, just getting ready to head out for church but I thought I would try and see if I could post my high hopes sample card for you. This week's challenge is stars and/or stripes and is brought to us by the super sweet diva Lacey.



I paper pieced the jammies with the same dp I used in the main layer and then colored the rest with copics. I used stickles on the bow and hearts of the bear. The edges of the image were sponged with pink ink and then the matte and main border edges were distressed with scissors.



Supplies:
stamps- high hopes Crissy's snuggle bear, Sweet N Sassy stamps sentiment
CS- Paper Temptress cappuccino metallic, basic grey dp, and unknown dp
accessories- glittery primas, pearl brads, organdy ribbon, sewing machine, stickles, copics

Check out the high hopes blog for more challenge info and the prize that is up for grabs for a random challenge participant.

Have a blessed day!

High Hopes Challenge 36- a scrappy challenge

Good morning all! It is father's day here in the US today, do you have any plans? After church we are going to take my hubby out to lunch and then this evening we are having my dad over for dinner.

This week's high hopes challenge is brought to us by Jeanne and it is to use up those scraps. This is a great challenge because as a dp/paper junkie myself I have quite a lot of scraps!



I colored my image with copics and also used coal shimmerz on the black spots and a clear spica glitter pen on the white trim. I used 2 black pearls in the center of the buggy wheels and used tiny rhinestones on the bugs' antennae (not antlers Sue). I chose 2 dp scraps and sewed around all the layers with my sewing machine. Even the ribbon was a small scrap left from a spool I had. The white layer is actually white columns CS from Paper Temptress but it is a bummer that I could not get the texture to show well in the photo and I really tried too.



Supplies:
stamps- high hopes baby buggie
CS- Paper Temptress white columns, noir sparkle, lemon drop, SU dp
accessories- rhinestones, black pearls, stitched grosgrain, copics (C3, C5, C7, C9, R37, R46, R39, E000, E00, R20, Y21, YR23)

I hope you will be able to play along with the challenge this week- after all we all have some sort of scraps don't we? You can check out the challenge prize up for grabs and see some great work from the divas on the high hopes blog.

This card is also for the fun on Friday challenge on Christian Papercrafts Magazine which was to make a baby card with non- traditional baby colors.

Have a blessed day and thanks for coming by!

High Hopes Challenge 35- Circles and more circles

Happy Lord's day Sunday! I am your hostess for this week's high hopes challenge. My challenge should you choose to accept it is to use circles on your card/project. A random winner from this week's challenge participants will be chosen to receive the 2 stamps that I featured on my card- Summer's sweetness and thanks a melon.



My image was colored with copics and die cut with my circle nesties. I used stickles on the trim of the dress which is not showing well this time for me. I used this week's Friday sketchers sketch for my layout but changed the oval to a circle. I used a tiny hole punch in the center of each of the scallops.

closer view


Supplies:
stamps- high hopes summer's sweetness and thanks a melon
CS- jersey shore dp, wasabi, regal rose, white
accessories- circle nesties, buttons, PTI hibiscus satin ribbon, CM circle punch, stickles, hole punch, copics (RV10, RV11, RV14, RV14, G21, G24, B000, E000, E00, R20, E33, E37)

You will want to stop by the high hopes blog to see the rest of the gorgeous divas' samples. To participate in the challenge you will want to leave a comment under the challenge post with the link to your creation.

Have a blessed day!!!

High Hopes Challenge 33

The high hopes challenge this week is No Corners and is brought to us by Niki Estes. I don't often do shape type cards so it was kinda fun to do something different. That is two days in a row with going out of the comfort zone LOL.



I used my scalloped square nestabilities to cut out the base for my card from Paper Temptress noir sparkle paper. You have to move the die slightly off the paper at the top where your fold is so that you don't just cut 2 squares. I then used my labels one die to cut out my colored Maribelle cow image. I also sponged around my image while in the die. I accented the scallops with a white gel pen to brighten up the card a little.

Supplies:
stamps- high hopes Maribelle
CS- Paper Temptress noir sparkle and Neenah white
accessories- striped grosgrain, white gel pen, scallop square nesties, labels one nesties, copics

We would love to have you play along with our challenge this week. You can see the prize up for grabs and see the divas' terrific samples for you on the high hopes blog today. Happy stamping!

High Hopes Challenge 32

Hi everyone! Welcome to another weekly edition of the high hopes challenge. The challenge this week is brought to us by the wonderfully talented guest designer Tab. She chose an absolutely yummy color combo for us to work with- pink and brown! I love this combo and it is one of my faves to use. I immediately thought of my basic grey bittersweet dp when I saw the challenge and that is what I used for my guide when coloring my image.



I colored the image with my copics and used a spica glitten pen on the shirt and silver stickles on the microphone. I cut out Catrina and popped her up with pop dots on my sponged nestie. The gorgeous papers are from Paper Temptress and they are bronze metallic, cappuccino metallic, and mountain rose glimmer. I want to remind you that the metallic line is 25% off for the rest of May so there is not much time left.



Supplies:
stamps- high hopes singing Catrina, you rock sentiment
CS- bronze and cappuccino metallic, mountain rose glimmer; Paper Temptress, basic grey bittersweet dp
accessories- rhinestones, paisley cb folder, PTI blush satin ribbon, copics (E000, E00, R20, E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, E25, E27, E29, E47, E49, RV10, RV11)

You can see this week's prize and some more wonderful inspiration from the divas on the high hopes blog.

I will be back tomorrow with my Mojo Monday sample and the Christian Papercrafts color challenge. I hope you can stop in!

Have a blessed Lord's day Sunday!

High Hopes Challenge 31

Blessings to you on this Sunday morning! Today is the start of the high hopes weekly challenge which is brought to us by the talented guest diva Karen this week. The challenge is to doodle. I have to admit that before the other day I never doodled on anything besides adding white dots to scallops if that counts. I think I actually may like it too and perhaps do it once in awhile.



I colored the image with copics and then doodled around it to create a frame. When picking my copic colors for today I decided to make Zoe blonde because that is the copic creations challenge this week. I just found this blog and it is great because I use copics frequently so I plan on checking it out again. I picked YR31 because I saw it on Marianne Walker's blog and I never tried it before so I thought why not? My layout this week is from Friday sketchers which I just found last week- cool sketch again. The blue textured paper is a sneak peek at some of the soon to be released papers from Paper Temptress. They are really nice and come in quite a few different colors.

Here is a close up and view of the inside for you:





Supplies:
stamps- high hopes Zoe, Sweet N Sassy stamps Easter lily set (inside)
CS- blue textured, pop tones red hot and ultrasmooth white from Paper Temptress, SU dp
accessories- stitched grosgrain-PTI, primas, buttons, ornare piercing template (inside)
copics- B32, B34, B37, E000, E00, R20, R46, R39, YR21, E31, E33, E37, E29, W1, W3, W5

Stop by the high hopes blog today for the challenge details, which includes a prize, and more great inspiration from the divas.

Also, if you have not entered my blog candy drawing already, be sure to do so HERE.

Have a terrific day!

Happy Mother's day!!

I would like to wish all of the mothers out there a very special day! Today also starts a new weekly high hopes challenge. This week the theme was one for the boys and is brought to us by Anna. I decided to use one of the images that was given to me quite some time ago because I thought it fit this week's theme really well. The only thing is that the paper it is stamped on did not work well with my copics so I threw the first attempt out and then I decided to use my pencils since I have not used them for quite some time. The paper is super smooth and has a coating so even the pencils were tough but it came out pretty well. Hope you think so too:



I sewed on all of my sections which is also something I have not done in awhile so I was happy to do it again. I was really excited because all the dp strips were taken from my scrap file- love when that happens! I have been struggling creatively this week so after I colored my image I was not sure what to do with it. I already had picked out the dp but was drawing a blank with the layout so I decided to take a break and blog hop to see if I could find any cool sketches to get me going again. BTW- that is a tip for you if you are kinda struggling like me, use a sketch, it takes alot of the guess work out and for me alleviated some of my stress LOL. So in my hop I came across a sketch blog I had never heard of before and I LOVE it! It is Friday Sketchers and I saw that one of my fellow SNSS DT members Jeanette started designing for them. So I used this week's sketch for my layout.



Supplies:
stamps- high hopes Froggy gift
CS- jershey shore dp, brilliant blue, Paper temptress ultrasmooth white
accessories- sewing machine, prismapencils, gamsol, buttons

I hope that you can find some time to play along with the high hopes challenge this week. You can see more terrific inspiration from the divas and find out the challenge deets on the high hopes blog.

Have a blessed day!

High Hopes Challenge 29

I wanted to post this earlier but the internet was down and then we had family over so this is the first I could post my challenge card for this week. This week the high hopes challenge is to use heat embossing and is brought to us by Ying. My card did not come out how I wanted so I can't say that I am completely happy with it. I guess that happens though. I originally had something else planned but it just did not work so this card was plan B.



I colored the flower with copics then pressed my versamark dazzle pad over the top and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I love the dazzle pad because it gives a subtle sparkle to it. I added liquid pearls to the center of the scallops. I popped the image up on pop dots using Paper Temptress cryogen white as the base and layering that on Fairway metallic. The whole metallic line is 25% off this month at Paper Temptress.



Supplies:
stamps- high hopes large open flower
CS- Paper Temptress cryogen white, fairway metallic, SU groovy guava, dp
copics- R00, R02, G21, G24
accessories- versamark dazzle, ivory satin ribbon, circle nesties, liquid pearls, scallop corner punch, pearls, clear embossing powder

Check out the high hopes blog for the challenge details, prize offering, and divas' samples on the high hopes blog

Thanks for stopping by today!
Janette

High Hopes challenge 28 and CPCM challenge

Hello everyone! I am excited to show you my double challenge project today. The weekly high hope challenge is anything but a card and is brought to us by Amy who is seriously awesome at watercoloring! Check out her blog and you are sure to be inspired. I also saw that the Wednesday challenge this week on the Christian papercrafts magazine forum was to make a stationary box. Well, I have been wanting to make a box for sometime now and the 2 challenges inspired me to give it a try! Take a look and see what you think:

Stationary box (closed)


box (open)





I basically used the template/instructions that my good friend Korin posted on her blog last year. You can see her instructions HERE. I did change a couple things like the front pockets and the way I did the ribbon but the basic box is the same. I thought that this would make a nice end of the year gift for my daughter's teacher. I am going to make some personalized notcards for her to put in it but I did not finish them up yet so the ones I filled it right now are just a prop. The pen is a beaded pen and is super easy. You can find the instructions for it HERE.

closer view of images





If you try to make a box I suggest using a heavy weight cardstock for it so it will be sturdy for you. I used heavenly white ultrasmooth cardstock from Paper Temptress for mine. This cardstock is just awesome!! It comes in an 80# and 100# weight. The 100# cardstock weight is a nice heavy weight very similar to Papertrey's stampers select. It is a very smooth cardstock and the feek of it is comparable to Stampin Up whisper white, Gina K's pure luxury and Prism simply smooth. The 80# weight heavenly white is very similar in weight to SU whisper white.

I colored my images with copics and accented the bee wings with stickles and the antlers with a couple rhinestones.

Supplies:
stamps- high hopes standing bee, fanciful flower border
CS- Paper Temptress heavenly white, black eclipse, basis red, Papertrey Ink polka dot dp
accessories- rhinestones, stickles, black pearls, SU top note die, stitched ribbon, microbeads, red line adhesive
copics- Y15, Y17, C7, C9, black, R29, R39, G21, G24

Be sure to visit the high hopes blog for the challenge and prize info this week and to check some great projects that the other divas have to show you.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!

High Hopes Sneak peek!!!

I am so excited!! Tomorrow is a new high hopes release and can I just tell you that it is filled with such awesome adorable images. I know that they all are but seriously, you are in for a treat. I decided to show you my favorite image from this release. One of the reasons it is my favorite is because I had a little to do with the inspiration behind the image. I asked Crissy to draw a girl playing dress up with too big of shoes and a boa and she certainly delivered! Thanks Crissy, I totally love how you made the idea in my mind come to life on paper- love you!!!

So without further ado I give you:



I colored my image with copics. I was thrilled to find some sparkly fibers at my stamp store and I just new it would be perfect for the boa- what do you think? Her necklace was accented with liquid pearls, the hat was accented with stickles on the band and a rhinestone in the center of the flower.

closer look:


Supplies:
stamps- High hopes dress up
CS- GP white, Paper Temptress pink lemonade pop tones and eclipse black, PTI plum pudding
copics- RV10, RV14, E50, E00, R20, V12, V15, V17, C7, C9, black, E31, E33
accessories- pink sparkly fibers, pink rhineston, purple rhinestone brads, black primas, SU scallop punch, stickles, satin ribbon

The new releases will be up on the high hopes site some time during the wee hours of the morning so be sure to check out all the fabulous new on the high hopes web site. In the meantime visit the high hopes blog to see a list of the rest of the divas who have peeks to share with you.

Thanks for coming by today. Stop back tomorrow for the high hopes weekly challenge. Have a great day!

Hugs and blessings,

Happy Easter!!

What a wonderful day! Easter Sunday, the day that Jesus my Savior rose from the dead- He lives!! A nice way to kick off the day is to share my high hopes challenge card for this week with you. This week the challenge is to pierce on your creation. The challenge is brought to us by the amazingly talented artist extraordinaire- high hopes illustrator, diva, and my good friend Crissy Armstrong. Here is my sample for you:



I colored my adorable little bunny with copics and chose my colors from the color challenge on SCS this week. I used my spica glitter pen to add some sparkle to the bow. My piercing is in the scallops.



Supplies:
stamps- High Hopes bunny with tulip
CS- cocoa, bliss blue, white, saffron dp
accessories- spica glitter pen, saffron ribbon, corner rounder punch, paper piercer tool, white gel pen, copics (R00, Ro2, R20, R32, E21, E31, E33, B21, B23, Y21, Y26)

Now I hope you will take just a minute and check out the high hopes blog to see the awesome designs that the rest of the divas have to show you. You will also find the prize and challenge info there as well.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a wonderful, blessed Easter day!

High Hopes Easter mojo

This is another wonderful mojo Monday and it is a CONTEST week! How fun that Julee once again is giving away 7 Verve sets and each of the mojo makers gets to judge a group. So you have 7 chances to win if you participate in this week's sketch. Here is the sketch and my sample:





I stamped my images and colored them with copics. I cut the bunny out and popped it up with pop dots. I sponged the rectangles while still in the nestabilities dies. I added some sparkle with my spica glitter pen on the bows and bunny ears and frosted lace stickles was added to the bunny tail. My card measures 5.25" square.



Supplies:
stamps- high hopes bunny with gift and easter basket, hanna stamps sentiment
CS- white, wasabi, sky dp
accessories- white brads, taffeta ribbon, spica glitter pen, frosted lace stickles, rectangle nestabilities, SU scallop circle punch, copics (C1, C3, BV00, R20, R32, YR00, YR04, G21, G24, BG10, BG72, E31, E33)

I hope that you are able to play along with the challenge this week. For some great inspiration from the mojo makers and for more info on the challenge and sketch please stop by the Mojo Monday blog.

Have a blessed day!

High Hopes Challenge 24

This week's challenge is to use creative borders and was presented to us by the awesome Ila. I was all over this challenge as I love to use my border punches!



I colored my image with copics and added pixie dust blingz shimmerz to the bubbles and stickles to the butterflies. I also used my copic marker to color the middle satin section on my ribbon and the rhinestones. I love being able to coordinate my embellishments to my image and papers by customizing them with the markers.



Supplies:
stamps- high hopes bubble love
CS- blue bayou, urban prairie dp
accessories- Fiskars sunburst punch, rhinestones, organdy ribbon, copics (Y21, Y26, E50, E00, E31, E33, E37, RV11, RV14, BG72, YG03, YG06, G21, G94, G99)

Check out the high hopes blog to see the divas' samples and to find out this week's prize up for grabs.

Speaking of copics and divas...one of the reasons that I did not post all week was that I was away for a couple days taking a copic certification class. The class was taught by the amazingly talented Marianne Walker and assisted by Sherrie Siemens. The talent Marianne has just astounds me and she certainly knows how to use and teach about the copics!! If you have not seen her blog you have to visit it! There is so much great information about copics and coloring in general. I drove to Toronto (even though there was a class here in Buffalo) to meet up with 2 of my amazing fellow high hopes divas. I was so blessed to spend time with Kim Reid and illustrator extraordinaire Crissy Armstrong. They are such wonderful ladies and I enjoyed my time with them. I also had the pleasure of meeting Kim's friend Andrea and Amy who were terrific too. They even put up with me as I have to admit that I was a bit nervous being in a different country and away from my kids and hubby for the first time. Thanks girls- love ya all!!!

I have a few pictures to show you but keep in mind that we are looking a bit rough as it was windy outside and we just came inside after being windblown LOL.


left to right- me, Kim Reid, Andrea


me, Kim, Andrea, Crissy


me, Kim, Crissy

Thanks for stopping by- have a wonderful day!!