High Hopes Blog Hop and Release!!!

Yay, it's our blog hop and release day... hopefully you have just arrived here from Jeanne's blog but if you didn't pop on over to the High Hopes blog to start from the beginning. You won't want to miss out on the fun and prizes as 3 random Diva blogs will be chosen to pick a winner from their comments!!! What will they win? 4 Main Images and Sentiments/Accessories from the new release!!!

Now a little about my card.... The cool image is designed by artist Dustin Pike and is called Winter Fun Monkey. There are some awesome Monkey images in this release from Sir Dustin and also the fabulous Laurie Furnell. Winter Fun Monkey has been coloured with Copic Markers with a little Prisma Pencil and sansodor to blend. The papers are from the Crate Paper 6x6" Paper Pad Snowy Day. Other products I have used are: Nestabililites Ovals, Scalloped Ovals, Long Rectangle and Scalloped Rectangle, Marianne D Finnish Ice Star Die, Martha Stewart Simple Snowflake Punch, Stickles Star Dust, 8mm Flat back Pearls and 3mm Gems.

My card has also been created for this weeks High Hopes Challenge - Party Animal and A Spoon Full of Sugar - Recipe. Tons of inspiration from both of these fabulous teams so be sure to check them out!!! I have also used the wonderful Sketch over at Sketch Saturday.

Ok... don't want to keep you any longer ;-) ...... The next stop is the lovely Amy!!!

If your looking to purchase the new stamps be sure to pay me a visit at Bunny Zoe's Crafts. I ship worldwide and have all the new stamps in stock ready to ship!!!

Have a great Wednesday!

Hugs,

Bunny Zoe's Crafts 1st Blog Hop

Bunny Zoe's Crafts is hosting a Special Event with 25% off Magnolia Stamps, C.C. Designs and most High Hopes Rubber Stamps. We thought it would be fun to have our first store blog hop and to share with you some beautiful cards from the Design Team and friends :-)

You should have arrived here from the lovely Mina's blog but if you didn't be sure to go over to our challenge blog to start at the beginning. You won't want to miss out on the fun as EVERY stop will be hosting a prize. That's right... leave a comment on each blog as a random player will be chosen to win a single Magnolia Stamp, CC Designs or High Hopes Rubber Stamp of their choice!!!!

My card has been created using the fabulous sketch by Tanya for this weeks challenge over at the High Hopes Blog. The fun character is High Hopes Handy Dragon plus I have used the accessories Four Tool Set. Isn't he great and perfect for those hard to make man cards and as well as Birthday's Handy Dragon would be great for Father's Day too. I have coloured with Copic Markers and also used a little Prismacolor pencil with Sansodor to blend. The papers are Kaisercraft Jungle Bug. Other prducts used - Nestabilities Big Scalloped Ovals & Classic Ovals Large, Web Ribbon, 4mm Flat back Pearls, 3mm Silver Mettalic Pearls and Buttons from Posicle and Primary.

Ok, your nearly done and the last stop is the very talented Rozzy. Our blog hope will remain open until Midnight, Monday 29th November. Stamps will remain on Special until Midnight, Thursday 2nd December. Winners will be announced on Tuesday!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Make a wish!

Can you believe this fun little High Hopes Tutu Fairy has been sitting around coloured since Sunday? It's been a crazy week and I only just managed to pop my card together late last night.

The week started with a drama as poor Zoe fell over a ball in our kitchen and broke her arm... some news from Portugal in that my Nan was in hospital with double pneumonia. Thankfully she is now home recovering and then a high in that Gary started a new job Wednesday. It's only 3 nights a week and totally different from work that he has done before... but it's a job!

My card is for our Birthday Challenge over at the High Hopes blog and also A Spoon Full of Sugar where this week we are asking you to get Punchy! You can use dies or punches on your card. Both these challenge are open until late Monday so still plenty of time to play along!!!

My High Hopes Tutu Fairy by artist Dustin Pike has been coloured with Copic Markers. The Make a Wish! Sentiment is also High Hopes. I added a little stardust stickles to her skirt, wand and hairbands. The papers are MME but I can't remember which pack I pulled them from. I used a gorgeous Monarch Flower Center in the larger flower.

Hope you can play along with us at both challenges and as always if you do you could win a prize!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Boo!!!

I created my card today for two challenges. The first over at A Spoon Full of Sugar where Michelle's topic is called Boo!!! Well of course I had to ink up this fun stamp High Hopes Boo Crew Border and Boo Crew sentiment. Also our challenge today over at the High Hopes blog is hosted by Amy who has a great recipe. Amy is asking us to use 2 squares, 1 circle and a scalloped border on our cards. I added two squares with the dotty paper, a button for my circle and my rectangle has a scalloped edge as well as the scallop on the bottom of my card. My Boo Crew is coloured with copic sketch markers and a little Prismacolor pencil.

ALL Halloween stamps are currently on special in my store at 25%!!!!

Be sure to check out both challenges to admire the cards and projects from these talented teams!!! Of course you'll want to play along to have a chance at winning some great prizes!!!

Have a great Tuesday!

Hugs,

C.C. Designs October Release

October C.C. Designs release today with 6 super cute Sugar stamps, 6 Sweet November Christmas Babies and 2 fabulous AmyR Holiday Sentiment sets. All in stock and shipping today at Bunny Zoe's Crafts!!!

My craft time right now is near non existent but I did get a chance to play with this super sweet Sugar Cuppie just over a week ago.

Below are the products I used on my card:

Bazzill Kraft cardstock
Kaisercraft Paper Pad Utopia
Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black
C.C. Designs Stamp Sugar Cuppie
Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Ovals
Magnolia DooHickey’s Die Tilda Lace
Copic Ciao Markers
Prismacolor Pencils
Organza Ribbon
Bow-Easy
Flat Backed Pearls
Mini Spray Roses
Stickles Stardust
Craft Foam Pads
Double sided clear tape

Have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Angel Bear

I created the above card using the sweet image High Hopes Angel Bear Pumpkin Costume with sentiment Boo-tiful Day for three challenges this week:-)

The first being our new High Hopes Challenge where this week our wonderful Diva Debby is asking you to get creative using Spots or Dots... Not only did I use Spotty Paper from Kaisercraft Hippy Girl and Bo Bunny but used the Spots and Dot and also Polka Dots Cuttlebug Embossing Folders... and some spotty ribbon too!

This week we not only have 1 but 3 High Hopes stamps of your choice up for grabs!!!

The 2nd is A Spoon Full of Sugar where this week the challenge is Autumn Colours. This theme has been chosen by my pal Maria.

Lastly our new Monthly Challenge over at the Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge where this month my talented DT gal Moni has the below great sketch for you to use.

As always one lucky player will win a £25.00 gift voucher to spend at my store Bunny Zoe's Crafts. Not only that you have the chance to be a future guest and receive a free stamp of your choice for your project!!!

Ok... gotta run... I have some orders to catch up on before my Magnolia delivery arrives later.

Hugs,

Wags 'n Whiskers - Fall Colours

Just a quick post today as I'm having a very rare lazy day :-) My card above features Wags 'n Whiskers Fairy Nichola.... yep... she's named after me though unfortunately we only share a name and not the figure! lol For our new challenge over at the Wags 'n Whiskers blog this week Lacey is asking us to create a card or project with Fall Colours.

The gorgeous papers are from the paper pad Kaisercraft Hippy Girl. I just love the mix of colours! Fairy Nichola has been coloured with Copic Markers and I glittered her dress with stardust stickles. The pearls in the centre of the flowers are 4mm Shimmer Pearls.

Hope you can play along with us and each challenge one lucky person will win a Wags 'n Whiskers stamp of their choice... not only that you have the chance of joining us as a future guest!!!

Hope your having a great weekend... ok back to my book!

Hugs,

High Hopes - It's a girl... It's a boy!

It's Sunday so a new High Hopes challenge today! This week Jeanne is asking us to make a card for a girl... or boy... it doesn't have to be a baby card either!

I chose the sweet stamp Cuddle Cloud baby for my card. Not the traditional baby colours but I thought this paper from the new Cosmo Cricket Paper Pad Pixie-Licious would go well and the design is so cute! Baby is coloured with Copic Markers with a little Prisma pencil... a little dab of Stickles stardust on the stars and dots too. I also used some of the new web ribbon. I love this ribbon as it reminds me of the Sisal effect but is softer and easier to use.

If your looking to purchase High Hopes Rubber Stamps I now have 355 Stamps/Accessories/Sentiments in my store including all the new release!!!

Be sure to check out the gorgeous samples from the rest of the High Hopes team.... We hope you can play along with us too and remember that each challenge you have the chance to win a High Hopes stamp of your choice!!!

My girls go back to school on Wednesday and Zoe and I have one last outing planned tomorrow. We are going to Madam Tussauds and then to Leicester Square so should be fun!

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Hugs

High Hopes Blog Hop and Release Day!!!

Yay, it's our blog hop and release day... hopefully you have just arrived here from Alex.'s blog but if you didn't pop on over to the High Hopes blog to start from the beginning. You won't want to miss out on the fun and prizes as 3 random Diva blogs will be chosen to pick a winner from their comments!!! What will they win? 4 Main Images and 4 Sentiments/Accessories from the new release!!! If you are chosen you get to pick too!

Now a little about my card.... The image designed by artist Laurie Furnell and is called Witchy Poo and Kitty. Isn't Witchy just the cutest and you knew I wouldn't be able to resist an image with a Kitty :-) Witchy and Kitty have been coloured with Copic Markers with a little Prisma Pencil. The papers are from the Bo Bunny collection Jazmyne. This collection is currently 40% in my store. I also used some of the new Web Ribbon, Organza ribbon and 8mm flat back pearls. My perfect little bow was created with handy bow-easy. I hadn't used my spider web cuttlebug embossing folder before so a perfect opportunity!

My card has also been created for this weeks ABC Challenge where the topic is Charms! Bunny Zoe's Crafts is also a sponsor this week. I used one of the new Witch on Broomstick Charms.

Ok... don't want to keep you any longer ;-) ...... The next stop is our talented guest Cathy!

If your looking to purchase the new stamps be sure to pay me a visit at Bunny Zoe's Crafts. I ship worldwide and have all the new stamps in stock ready to ship!!!

Have a great Wednesday!

Hugs,

Sneak Peek Day 2

I'm back again to share another sneak peek with you today for our High Hopes release tomorrow! My card has also been created for our challenge this week at A Spoon Full of Sugar where Paola has the below great sketch for us.


The adorable image on my cardd is called Merry Mouse which is designed by High Hopes fabulous new artist Laurie Furnell. Merry Mouse is coloured with Copic Markers. The french sentiment is also by High Hopes and will also be released tomorrow. I will have all the new stamps available in my store :-) The papers are from the new Basic Grey 6x6" Paper pad Jovial. I added some Organza ribbon and buttons from the Noel collection to finish.

You won't want to miss out on more sneak peeks today from the rest of the High Hopes team!!! There is such a huge variety of designs!!!!

Amy L

Alex.

Cathy

Curt

Debby

Jeanette

Karen

Lacey

Jeanne

Nikki (me:-)

Sirpa

See you tomorrow for our blog hop!

Hugs,

High Hopes Sneak Peek Day 1

Morning... hope you had a wonderful weekend and if your in the UK still enjoying the bank holiday!!! Our sneak peeks begin today sharing the wonderful art from High Hopes new artist Laurie Furnell!!!!

As soon as I saw this adorable image Sweet Lili Mouse stamp I knew she would be perfect for Zoe's Lunch bag tag. You may remember the tags I created for the girls last year which you can see here. The Identity tags can be picked up at your local stationary store. I replaced the clip this year with a book ring so it would be more secure.

Sweet Lili Mouse has been coloured with Copic Markers with a little Primsa Pencil. A very simple project but I am pleased with how it came out and Zoe loves it... Just need to make another 3 now... 1 for Danni's lunch bag and 1 each for the girls school bags! Just a few last minute bits of uniform to grab but I have most of their stuff ready for next Wednesday.

Be sure to check out the High Hopes blog for links to Design Team so you can check out their fabulous sneaks..... plus a chance to win a package bursting with new release stamps!!!!!

See you tomorrow!!!

A Fairy Special Blog Hop

Today is our Wags 'n Whiskers blog hop and release!!! If you haven't arrived here from the wonderful Debbie's blog be sure to go over to the Wags 'n Whisker blog to start from the very beginning!

The stunning fairy on my card today is called Lacey after my friend and business partner Lacey... you will have spotted by now too that I have a fairy named after me also :-) Just wished I had her gorgeous figure! lol Lacey is coloured with Copic Markers with a little Prismacolor pencil to deepen the shadows. The papers are Bo Bunny Jazmyne which are currently in my SALE. The fairy sentiment is by High Hopes rubber Stamps.

Our Fairy release will be available to purchase today at 12pm GMT via our stores and from our retailers. If you own a store or would like to see our stamps at your favorite stamping store, wholesale accounts are available!!

I am sure you are loving all the awesome cards from our team and friends... with such a HUGE line up I won't keep you any longer and your next stop is the very talented Tina.

Have fun and a great weekend too!

Hugs,

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Christmas

Wow... not only am I excited to actually be on time for a challenge but.... I also am sharing a sneak peak with you a day early! Today over at A Spoon Full of Sugar is Christmas and the super sweet Fairy is from my new Wags 'n Whiskers release. Fairy Hannah will be available in stores on Friday! Hannah is an extra special as we named her after my very good friend Debbie's 12 year old daughter Hannah. Hope you like her sweetie! The image has been drawn by our talented artist Cris de Lara... isn't she beautiful and so versatile too as today I have used her for a Christmas card but next time maybe for a Fairy Special Birthday!

Do you love the papers on my card...? these are Kaisercraft Christmas Carnival. They are available in handy 6x6" Pads and I just love the non-traditional colours and designs. The red strip on the right is one of the die cuts you get in the back of the pad. The larger snowflakes are cut from an SU Punch and the smaller a MS Medium Simple Snowflake Punch. The sentiment is by Pink Cat Studio and of course I squeezed in some flat back pearls :-)

Be sure to check out the A Spoon Full of Sugar Blog as their is heaps of inspiration there... We all say each year we will start our Christmas cards earlier so no excuses! Also one lucky player has the chance to win the above £15 gift certificate to spend in my store :-)

See you soon with more sneak peeks. Don't forget you could win the full Fairy release by helping us Spread the word... more details on my post below or over at the Wags 'n Whiskers blog.

Have a fairy special Tuesday!

Hugs,

High Hopes Challenge - Water

I can't believe this month is going so quickly and just over 3 weeks and the girls will be back at school... time to start thinking about buying their new uniform... I hate that it is in the stores before they have even finished for Summer but better not leave it too late!

Ok, back to my card which is for this weeks new High Hopes Challenge. Our topic this week is water so I coloured up a Dustin Pike Image - Mer-Cat. The bright papers are from the Paper Pad SEI Jocelyn.. oh I love these wacky colours! My Mer-Kitty is coloured with Copic Markers and then a little Prismacolor Pencil to finish. I added a little stickles stardust.

Hope you can play along with us... remember each challenge you get the chance to win a High Hopes stamp of your choice! If your looking to purchase High Hopes Rubber Stamps I have a great selection in my store.

Have a great evening!

Hugs,

A Fairy Special Release!!

Wags 'n Whiskers is having a new release NEXT Friday, August 20th!!

And it's a "Fairy" Special Release!!

The sneak peeks begin on Wednesday, August 18th and Thursday, August 19th.

Beginning at 12:01am EST/5:01am GMT Friday, August 20th, there will be blog hop showcasing all of the wonderful new images.

Then at 7:00am EST/12:00pm GMT on Friday, August 20th, the stamps will be available for sale at the Wags 'n Whiskers blog and at some retailers through the world.

If you own a store or would like to see our stamps at your favorite stamping store, wholesale accounts are available!!

Would you like to win the whole release?
Grab the banner above, link it to this post, and enter your link into the linky below!!

This contest runs through Sunday, August 22nd at midnight EST/5:00am GMT.

Good Luck!!!

Totally Tilda Challenge

Oh I am horribly late with my card for the Totally Tilda Challenge but..... ;-) the good news is you still have a couple of days to enter their latest challenge!

Susie and the fabulous team are asking you to create a shaped card so.... no squares, rectangles or easels. I love how my little card came out and the great die shapes and little stand came from my friend Susie's store. Click the cute bear image below to go shopping!

See you on Sunday for the next High Hopes Challenge.

Hugs,