Woot Woot- It's High Hopes Stamps Release day!!

Today we are kicking off High Hopes Stamps new massive release with a blog hop and prizes along the way. I used the uber adorable 'Lockhart Bear' for my card and paired it with my Bo Bunny Crazy Love paper. These two go together like salt and pepper!

There are over 100 new images to chose from. FOR REAL!!!!!!! So many to drool over and stock up to last you until the next release. You can buy these at many locations you can find through the hop including from High Hopes directly, Scrappingreatdeals and Paper Romance.

If you are already hopping along your next stop is Tanya's blog. If you are just starting click here to go to Jeanette's blog at the beginning of the hop and don't forget to leave a comment at each blog along the way. There will be 3 comments randomly chosen from the DT and guests blogs so you have lots of chances to win!

High Hopes Weekly challenge with a sneak peek

So excited to party like an animal for this week's HHS challenge! We are challenging you to make a card with an animal on it- a party animal if you can. I used another one of the new images to party with and to also give you another sneak peek. FYI- this is our last challenge of the year until they resume again in January. While there are no challenges there will be High Hopes cards shared using the new images by the DT through December. Click here to go to the challenge blog and read more about how you can play to win and see some delish samples with more new images. Enjoy! Andi

High Hopes Stamps- Yay- it's time for our first sneaky peeky!

Good Morning!!! I am sooo super excited to share my first sneak peek of the massive Dec release from High Hopes stamps! I fell in love with the image above the moment I saw it as I have a huge thing for stamps with cats. I made this cat a ginger and loved adding layers of colour to him. Honestly- I played around with this image for 2 hours to colour it. What a sweet stamp! You will be able to grab this stamp along with many many many others starting Wed at either:

Scrappingreatdeals

Paper Romance

High Hopes

So many places to get your HHS fix. Come back tomorrow for another sneak peek and as well hop along to the other HHS DT blogs for my peeks. We all posted using different stamps so that you get to see as many different ones as possible. Click here to go to the HHS Challenge blog to get started. Enjoy! Andi

KKS weekly challenge- All I can see are spots everywhere!

This week Kraftin' Kimmie herself has challenged us to use spots and dots on our cards. I used Skating Polar Pal on my card today and some of my beyooootiful My Minds Eye winter paper. I tried to add my spots and dots a few ways- in my paper, on my brad, on his nose and with my pearls. So no you don't need to adjust your monitor- you really are seeing spots everywhere. To play along with us and see the rest of the DT creations click here to go to the KKS challenge blog.

Now I am off to get my hubby cleaning and cooking up a storm for my krafty friends coming over today- yippee!! My sweetie is treating us to his homemade coconut shrimp...mmmmm....Hope your day is amazing too! Cheers Andi

PRC- Tag your it!

Tag your it!!!!

Cindy over at the PRC challenge blog has asked us to use a tag (or ticket in my case) on your creation. I used the Unity Itty Bitty What's Shakin'. This was a super fast and easy card for me to make. I started with a 4x4 card base and scrunched up some paper to make a paperish ribbon. I have to say a new to me toy is the Tim Holtz mini stapler and I am in love!! I used it all over this card...maybe a wee bit too much...as it was super easy and fun to use. Love it! It's been ages since I used a stapler on a card and it used to be my fave thing to do- I think it's time for a comeback :)

For more eye candy hop on over to the PRC challenge blog and see how inspiration hits you. Have a great day! Andi

High Hopes stamps- Let's get sketchy....

This week's challenge is my favourite kind- sketches. Love when I don't have to put together a card layout! Mind you when I do I think mine all look the same lol! I used a stamp from the Laurie Furnell line - High Flyin' Mouse. I have a soft spot for furry critters and I adore colouring up mice. Just don't show me a real mouse... Isn't it amazing how such a small little creature can cause so many of us to jump up on furniture and screech lol! I used paper from the Linen Closet line from DCWV and some embellies I had laying around- including a hand crotched flower from my friend Angela A- thanks Angela! More please nudge nudge wink wink-hee hee! 

Luckily for me I have access to these stamps at Scrappingreatdeals.com and also at Paper Romance. Both places I get my goodies at regularly. And of course you can also get them at High Hopes.

If you feel like getting sketchy with us hop on over to our challenge blog to play along and win some free High Hopes stamps. Also- more eye candy to inspire from the DT.

Hope you all have a craft-licious day, Cheers! Andi

Kraftin' Kimmie stamps weekly challenge- Krafty girls get Krafty....

**Please note this is my second post for today- please scroll down for my 'Oh Alice' challenge post**

Today our challenge is to get krafty- with kraft cardstock that is! I used the new Mona stamp from KKS and coloured her up to match my patterned paper. I remember these old types of sewing machines with the huge foot pedal. My parents had a black and yellow one and I just loved to play with it. I added a lace doiley and pearls to give it the heritage look I was going for. To see what 'krafty' creations the rest of the Krafty girls made click here and read how you can also play along to win. Cheers! Andrea