High Hopes Challenge #74--Show Us Your Colours!!

Good morning everyone!!! It's challenge time again over at High Hopes and this week yours truly is the hostess! This week I thought it would be nice to have some international flavour!! My challenge to you is to use the colours found in your home country's flag as your colour scheme and make a card or project using High Hopes stamps that shows off your colours!! I made a Canada Day card but your project does not have to be a patriotic card or project at all. Just use the colours as your main colour scheme & have fun!! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!!!

Here's my card...

I just love this stamp--it's called Are We There Yet? It reminds me of my husband & I!!

I definitely would make him do all the work too & these two have the same body shapes as we do LOL! (Hmmm--maybe if I pedalled more I wouldn't look so much like the beaver :)

I used a red brad on both wheels to highlight the hub to give them a more 3D look. And here's the inside...(sorry pic is a bit dark...)



I made this card for our good friends Al, Kim & Andrew!! We met them coming up on 10 years at a very, very low point in our lives & their friendship has been an anchor many times since!! Our first official get-together after meeting was to celebrate Canada Day at their house and since then it has always had extra-special meaning to celebrate our national holiday--especially if we get to share it with them!!

Thanks for coming by to see my card!! I hope you will play along too!! For some inspiration, check out what the rest of our design team divas have come up with here!! Hope you have a restful day!!!

Blessings,

Sarah

Stamps: High Hopes, Flag (part of digi from Squigglefly)
Sentiments: Happy Canada Day--High Hopes, Inside Sentiment--The Artful Stamper
Stamped On: Neenah
Ink: Memento--Tuxedo Black
Media: Alcohol Markers--Copic (WG3, WG5, WG7, G20, YG03,BG10, E33, E35, E47, E50, RVOOO, R20) & Prismacolor (4, 5, 70, 71, 95, 99, 101, 102)
Cardstock: Bazzil Papers
DP--Provo Craft--Canada Paper Kit
Border Punch: Fiskars
Die Cut Letters: Quickutz--Sunshine Font
Die Cut Hearts: Quickutz--Love Letter
Brads--Doodlebug

Mr. Beaver Joins the Army

Hello there!! I have been a busy beaver these days trying to get various projects done and have wanted to make a troop card with a particular image for a few weeks now!! My friend Crissy who draws for Squigglefly drew this fabulous image called Proud Canadian.

I have this little thing for masking images or adding stuff that isn't in the original image. I did a couple of little modifications to the Crissy's stamp with my Copic Multiliner and voila--combat boots & dog tags--You're in the Army now Beaver!! I did this awhile back for another Troop card with Cosmobella from Stampin' Bella--click here if you want to see it.

Without further ado...here's my card...

The Front...

(that's me--even looks like my hips :)

The Inside...

Oh!! How I love a man in uniform!!!

On the back...

This card will make it's way very shortly to a Canadian Forces Member at Kandahar Air Field with a "cup o' joe" inside (Tim Horton's giftcard).

Thanks for coming to visit!! Have a great day!!

Blessings,

Sarah

Digi Stamp: Squigglefly
Sentiment: CG
Printed On: Neenah
Media--Copic (E33, 35, 47 & YG95 & Multliner SP 0.05) , Prismacolor (4, 70, 71, 90, 99, 101, 102) Markers & Creative Memories--Precious Elements--Silver Gel Pen
Cardstock: Bazzil Papers
DP: Heidi Grace--Reagan's Closet/Pinstripe
Ink: Colorbox Fluid Chalk--Dark Moss & Lime Pastel
Ribbon: Michael's
Brads: Doodlebug
Metal Clips--Dollarama
Die Cut Envelope: Quickutz--Love Letter

More Cards for School Fundraiser

Good afternoon!! Here is the 2nd last installment of my creations for my daughter's school fundraiser. This is my fourth year doing this and I usually make 20-25 cards for various occasions.

My first card is also an entry for this week's challenge over at SSC where we are called to make a card or project that is "Clean & Simple". I am always at a loss when I make sympathy cards on just how much "stuff" to put on them. Here's my version of Clean and Simple which I think is always best for this type of card.

Sympathy

Stamps--Thoughts and Prayers--Stampin' Up

Canada Day

Stamps--Motivet--Doraline & Dexter--Empty Flag--Sentiment--Studio G

Get Well

Digi Stamp--Karen's Doodles--A Friend In Need


Wedding

Stamp--The Greeting Farm--Bride & Groom



Thanks for stopping by to take a peak! Only 3 more cards and I am done--Woohoo!

Have a great day!!

Blessings,

Sarah :)

Canada Day Card for a Soldier

I know Canada Day is not until July 1st but I have had this High Hopes stamp that I have been dying to use so I thought I'd get a jump on my troop card for that month. I try to send at least one card a month with a cup o' love (Tim Horton's gift card) enclosed so I make an inside pocket usually to hold it...here's my card...



And the inside pocket...

What I Used:

• Stamp: North Woods Stack--High Hopes Stamps
• Sentiment on Front--Studio G
• Sentiment on Inside--High Hopes Stamps
• Stamped On--Neenah with Memento--Tuxedo Black Ink
• Cardstock--Bazzil Papers
• DP's--American Traditional Designs--Great Outdoors--Earthtones & Creative Memories--Green Plaid (Really Old Paper)
• Media--Prismacolor Pencils & Odorless Mineral Spirits for Animals & Copic & Prismacolor Markers for the Ground
• Chalked Edges--Colorbox--Fluid Chalk--Chestnut Roan
• Brads--Gold--Doodlebug & Trees--My Stash

Thanks for coming by!! Have a great day!!

Blessings,

Sarah :)

High Hopes Challenge #34

Hello everyone--this week's challenge over at High Hopes is to use a sketch by design team member Nikki who for me personally is a huge source of inspiration!

Here's Nikki's sketch....

Here's what I did with it...



Canada Day is coming soon--July 1st to be exact and it marks my country's 142nd birthday! As a Canadian I am reminded everyday, as I watch the news, of the many freedoms I enjoy that many others around the globe do not! I love my country and feel truly blessed to live here! I thought it would be nice to make a card for a friend to celebrate the day. I used Mountie Marc from High Hopes which is one of my favourites.

Here's the rest of the recipe...

• Oh Canada! Sentiment--High Hopes
• What's Up Canuck? Sentiment--Studio G
• Media--Alcohol Markers (Copic, Touch, Prismacolor)
• Patterned Paper--Maple Leaf (double-sided) from Around the Block
• Cardstock--Bazzil Papers
• Ink--Memento--Tuxedo Black, Color Box Fluid Chalk--Warm Red
• Heart Brads--My Stash
  

Here's the inside...

Thanks for stopping by...if you get the chance, check out the individual websites for the High Hopes Design Team Members--they have a wealth of knowledge and are an incredibly inspiring and talented bunch!

Have a blessed day!

Sarah