Chilaxin'

 I don't live near a beach and I don't have a pool but on a really hot, humid summer day I wish I did. Chopper seems to have found a cool spot and drink to chilax on a beautiful summer day with this card featuring "Choppers Chilaxin'" from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. I don't know who makes me giggle more.....Chopper or Milton.......

I stamped Chopper on alcohol marker friendly paper and coloured him with Copic markers. I stamped him on masking paper, cut him out and added some distress ink to create my water and used a wavy stencil to add some waves. I set that aside and found some paper from Echo Park to create my card base to fit the 5" x 5" size. I added some twine and edged the paper with Ground Espresso Distress ink. Next, I cut around the water and Chopper leaving a thin white line at the top. I glued that down the matching card stock and cut a thin line around the top and edged it with Ground Espresso. 

The sentiment was a challenge but I masked off the words from two different sentiments to create this one. This took three tries and a lot of patience and holding my breath. To finish off the card I added a die cut sun popped up with a pop dot and enamel dots.

Stamp Recipe

Stamps - Choppers Chilaxin' (P023) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Sandy Toes (J065) Roundin' Up (G190)  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper - Summer Party - Echo Park

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock,Ground Espresso, Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass distress inks, sun die - Your Next Stamp, twine, enamel dots, 3D foam pop dots 

Copic Markers

Chopper  - N4 N5 N8 N10 E23 E25 E27 E29 C1 C2

Drink - Y11 Y15 Y18 V01 R05 R24 R27 R39

Shirt - YR21 Y35 Y38 YR18 C1 C2

Floatie - YG01 YG02 YG17 G28

Water - B00 B01 B02

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Sandy Toes

  We have had some summer weather this week. It has been H.O.T! It is only fitting that the High Hopes design team will be sharing summer themed cards this month since some how it is all of a sudden summer. 

I don't live close to a beach but if I did I would probably be at it in this kind of weather. I can't physically go to the beach........but I can create a card with a beach theme and take Milton to the beach. Milton is one of my favourite High Hopes animals.......he is always up to something and makes me laugh. Today he is looking fine in his beach attire....meet "Milton At The Beach".

I stamped Milton on alcohol marker friendly paper, coloured him with Copic markers and hand fussy cut him. Then I cut a piece of white card stock to fit my card base and cut an oval out close to the centre with a die. Next, I cut out the same size oval in a light yellow card stock to build my "beach" scene. I cut some beige and blue card stock for my sand and water and added some ink to add some definition to them. I also added white acrylic paint to the "waves" using a small amount on my finger and dabbing it on to the ink. The sun rays were added in the background using a stencil and I hand drew some birds in the sky.

I cut the palm trees and island using a Sizzix die and cut it again in green to make the grass and tree leaves. The green card stock was edged with Distress ink to help it stand out a bit. I added the oval to the white card stock after running a black marker around the edge to help it stand out. Sea shells edged with ink were added to the sand to help finish my beach scene and Milton was added to the side of the oval. The sentiment was a bit of a trick, but with some creative masking and stamping, I was able to split it up at the top and bottom. Sparkly glitter dots finish off my card. 

Stamps - Milton At The Beach (R061) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Sandy Toes (J065) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, oval die, palm tree die - Sizzix, sea shell dies - Memory Box, Stormy Sky Distress ink, Creamy Caramel, Summer Sun ink - Stampin' Up, white acrylic paint, glitter dots, sun ray stencil - Whimsy Stamps

Copic Markers

Body - E34 E29 E49

Flippers, Water Wings - Y11 Y13 Y15 YR23

Hooves, Antlers - E41 E42 E57

Swimsuit - YG01 YG03 YG17 BG11 BG32 BG13

Glasses, Shovel, Pail - R05 R17 YR18 E30 E31 E43

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It Ain't Summer Til...

According to the calendar it is officially summer and the weather where I live has been summer like - hot and humid!!! 
Beachball Betty from the new Summer 2020 release (click here for to see the full release)  is at the beach and enjoying a beautiful summer day and she has some advice for us all.
 I love her sass! and I think I better listen to her advice and find some sand to stick my toes in to when it is safe to do so of course <wink>

I stepped out of my comfort zone and decided to create an A2 size card instead of my usual square card. Some striped patterned paper was perfect for my summer design. 
I coloured the stamp with alcohol markers and then trimmed the paper leaving it long. The sentiment was stamped directly under the stamp and then I trimmed the whole thing to fit my card front and added some matching card stock.
Adorable flip flops, a sun and cloud dies and some enamel dots finish off my card.

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Beachball Betty - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Sandy Toes - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Sunskissed - Doodlebug

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb cover stock, sun die - YNS, cloud die - Die'sires, flip flop die - Gina Marie Designs, enamel dots - Whimsy, gold gel pen

 Copic and Spectrum Noir Markers:

E000 TN2 EB3 C1 C2 C4 C5 E31 E34 R20 B00 B02 B04 B06 CR7 CR9 CR11 R59 Y15 Y35 Y38 YG17 YG25 YG03

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Sand between your toes.......

Welcome Everyone:

The weather has definitely been better and summer is approaching.  This means that more time can be spent at the various beaches.  One of the best things to do during this time is to go to the beaches, play in the sand, make sand castles and just walk along the beaches feeling the sand between your toes....

For today's card, I used the adorable Beach Girl Patti stamp from High Hopes Stamps.  I used Copic Markers to colour the image.

Supplies used: 

• Stamps:  Beach Girl Patti (Q028), Sandy Toes (J065) -- High Hopes Stamps
• Paper:  XPress It Blending Cardstock, DP - Beach Bum -- Fancy Pants
• Copic Markers:
• Skin:  E0000 - Floral White, E000 - Pale Fruit Pink, E00 - Skin White
• Hair:  E50 - Egg Shell, E51  - Brick Beige, E20 - Caribe Cocoa
• Other:  N0 - Neutral Gray No. 0, N2 - Neutral Gray No. 2, BV0000 - Pale Thistle, BV00 - Mauve Shadow, B60 - Pale Blue Gray, BG70 - Ocean Mist, Y35 - Maize, Y32 - Cashmeree
• Spellbinders Die:  A2 Matting Basics B
• Nuvo Jewel Drops:  Orange Marmalade   

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  Hugs,