High Hopes rubberstamps 100th Challenge Blog Hop

Hello my dear friends,

How are you? I hope that you have a happy new year. As for me the school had been reopened and it's busy for me and my kids. The weather is good, sometimes rainy and sometimes warm. Today I have a special post as to celebrate High Hopes rubberstamps 100th challenge.

I was a ex High Hopes design team member. This is a blessed team , Tina, the owner was so kind to accept me as a guest designer in April 2008 when I made the first High Hopes card using my first High Hopes rubberstamps. Then in September 2008 they asked me to stay in the team as a permenant designer. Thank you very much Tina, just because I know who I am , specially in crafting, and thank you all the High Hope design team members for the friendship that we have.

OK, I hope you all can join us for the fabulous event and please read the following post in order to receive grand prizes !!:-) It is a reunion for High Hopes ex design team members too, we are all very excited!

It’s time for High Hopes' 100th Challlenge!! To celebrate, we have a Blog Hop complete with lots of prizes!

As you hop from stop to stop, make sure to leave comments because there is candy along the way.
The 1st prize is $100 worth of retail value unmounted or cling mounted stamps,
$50.00 retail value  unmounted or cling mounted stamps,
and $25.00 retail value unmounted or cling mounted stamps High Hopes Stamps!!! WOW!!!
That's a lot of stamps at stake!
In order to have a chance to win, you must leave a comment on each blog along the hop!!
The hop will remain open 12:00pm (noon) EST Monday, Jan 17th
And the winner will be announced next Tuesday.
You may also notice that we have a few special guests joining us for this challenge!! A few of our Original Divas have returned for this special event. Make sure to say "hi"!!

You should have arrived from Tanya - http://obsessed-crazymomma.blogspot.com/


I am the last stop, if you haven't,or you miss any stop, you will want to start at the top at the High Hopes Blog so you don't miss any stops along the way.

The 100th challenge is "Anything goes", anything with a high hopes image will work.So I make a card using a stamp that I love very much" Little missy", you can get the stamp at High Hopes website http://www.highhopesstamps.com/. I used My Mind's Eye patterned papers, Magnolia doohickey dies, lace and paper flowers from my stash.I painted Ranger Crackle Paint{ Picket Fence} on the corrugrated cardstock and spray with glimmist {Pearl}. All edges was stained with Walnut stain and I also used Stempelglede {grunge collection rubberstmpas} to make the border. I painted the image with distress inks.

Here is the  High Hopes rubberstamps challenge blog: http://highhopesstamps.blogspot.com/, hope that you can join the challenge and don't forget the blog hop to win the prizes!

Have a very happy day !!

High Hopes Challenge #53~ Recipe

Gosh!! I haven't participate in HH challenge for ages.....I miss it so much!!! Luckily I have some energy today ( yes, if I have spare time but I don't have energy, I won't do any cards:-)) so I made this card. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving here...so I am quite confusses about the card's colors, but my DD reminded me that it should be orange, green and yellow...huh...I am not sure where she learnt this?? This week challenge is host by Karen, and the recipe is 3 flowers, 2 brads and one sentiment....I think my dishes is not so success because I have used 4 flowers:-))

Supplies:

Stamps: High Hopes rubberstamps
Patterned Papers: K& Company
Flowers : Prima Marketing
Pearls: Prima Marketing
Brads: Making Memories
Ribbon: Webster Pages
Tools: MS punch,Ranger Ice stickles,Tsukineko Memento Ink, Colored pencils, sansodor, paper stumps, Distress Ink- Tea Dye

Please don't forget to go to the HH challenge site to have a look at other DT's cards!!!

Have a great day !!

High Hopes Challenge #46~ It's our birthday ( and my birthday too !!!)

Happy Sunday!!! We are so excited as this challenge we are celebrating our Blogoversary!!! Wow, can you believe we have been running our challenge blog now for 1 year!!! Wooo Hooooo!!!Lots more celebrations going on within our team too and we also say a HUGE Happy Birthday to Danielle for yesterday and also to mine for tomorrow!!! WOW, I will be 40 !!!!! Thank God for all the bless!!!!

I am hosting our challenge today and would love to see lots of Birthday cards!!! Now no excuses not to join in... how easy it that!We have a super prize this week and our lucky winner will win this wonderful set below which includes: Party Cat, Party Donkey, Party Hat, Three candle cake and sentiment Party Animal.... just perfect for your birthday creations!

And....furthermore...I have something very special for my blog readers.....a gift voucher to spend at my very sweet friend, Nikki's store....it's easy to participate ....please leave a comment and do tell me what is your dream birthday gift...You can also spread this news at your blog if you want....I will annouce one winner at the weekend( 3rd October). Open to everyone that can be reached by mail:-))

Back to this challenge, I made a very simple and sweet birthday card using my favorite and first High Hopes rubberstamp which I purchased last year....I also used My Mind's Eye Pretty Please patterned paper to make the base, and punched with Martha Stewart Scalloped Dot punch, decorated with small mini roses which I bought from Nikki's store. I also used pearls stickers from Kaiser crafts to decorate the Label One Nesties. The sentiment also from High Hopes rubberstamps.

Please pop to High Hopes Challenges Blog to see all the beautiful creations by the HH Divas.

Hope that have a happy stamping day...as for tomorrow my hubby will treat me Japanese food....yum yum !! Thank you for all your viewing and participations.

High Hopes Challenge #43~ Fall Into Autumn

We have another new start for High Hopes challenge, YAY !! I hope you all had a wonderful Summer and it's so great to be back for our new challenge!!! Before I tell you about this weeks challenge we would like to say a fond farewell to Niki and Janette. I miss you loads girls!!! We have some great news too and welcome Amy Leggate to our happy team.

This week challenge is Fall into Autumn.

If you don't have any suitable stamps for this challenge don't worry.... you can use any High Hopes image and use Autumnal colours/embellishments.The random winner of this weeks challenge will receive the below cute stamp - Book Worm and Sentiment "This book belongs to:".

I am not so good in making autumn card, I think:-))and I hope my card is qualified as autumn card:-))

I used My Mind's Eye Pretty Please patterned paper to make the background, and also used brown and orange paper to emboss the leaf by using cuttlebug machine. I used Copic Ciao markers to color the stamped image, distressed with Vintage photo distress ink on the edge. I also used raffia to tie the two sides of the ribbon. The sentiment is also from High Hopes rubberstamps.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend and don't forget to pop on other Diva's blog to view their wonderful creation.

Happy Stamping.

High Hopes Challenge #29~ Heat Embossing

We have a very hot , hot weather here....I wish I can travel to some cooler country to have a relax time....oh, just my dream.....it's impossible for me travel on this school days....+ hubby just said economic is down, down....you can't travel this year....oh....this is unfair !!!!!Well, I temper is bad these couple of days and damn...I nearly don't have the chance to make a card to participate this week's High Hopes Challenges, Heat Embossing, this was set by me !!!

Don't you think my girl is too cute? she likes to pose when taken picture, she will become a super model, I think...hehe...just a dream....

OK, the title of this card is "Sweet dream" and I was too desparated to use this new release High Hopes stamps when I arrived at my mailbox, too cute, and I LOVE her flip-flop:-))

Can you see the two embossed heart? I embossed with Cuttlebug Texture heart embossing folder first then I stamped with Versamark Ink, sprinkled with Sparkle embossing powder then embossed with heat gun.I am so sorry you can't see it very clearly the embossed effect.

I stamped the image on the Nestabilities Labels Two and colored with Copic Ciao Markers.Patterned Papers from K&Company, Swirl stamp from Hero Arts, Pink Ink from Colorbox,Flowers from Prima Marketing,lace from my stash, rhinestones from Kaiser Craft and the sentiment is computer generated.

Hope that you have a fun weekend.

High Hopes最新一批的图章,可爱吧?这一星期的挑战是Heat embossing,就是用热风器(?)来做凸出的效果.我用cuttlebug textile embossing folder先把心型卡片做"造型"然后涂上Versamark Ink,洒上sparkle embossing powder再用热风器过热.

图章是用Copic Ciao Markers上色.High Hopes 新的一批的图章你拥有了吗? 可以去其网站看看.

祝你有个愉快的星期天.

High Hopes Challenge #27 ~!~Distress and De-stress

Edit:The High Hopes new release stamps will be live on the website early Sunday morning. To find the new stamps, you would do a search for HOTP (for Hot Off The Press).

What about your thinking for distress? Tim H's distress ink? for me, this is a must!!! I mostly distressed my artwork and I think this is not a hard challenge for me:-))

I colored the stamped image with Copic Ciao markers and distressed with Vintage Photo distress ink from Ranger.Embossed my pink cardstock with cuttlebug script embossing folder. Mat the colored stamped image on the embossed cardstock and placed it on the K&Company patterned paper and tied with green raffia.

I inked a ticket with Vintage Photo distress ink and stamped the word on it, then insert between the colored image and pink embossed cardstock.Clip with a paper clip too.Can you see the vintage corner die cuts? it's from Cuttlebug vintage corner die and the flower is from Prima, so cool, perfect with the challenge, I love it. Hope that you have a happy viewing and I can't wait to have the new release stamps on my hand to start make new cards!! Please pop to High Hopes challenge blog to see other Divas creation.

Supplies Used: High Hopes rubberstamps, K&Company, Ranger Distress ink,Cuttlebug, cuttlebug dies and embossing folders,Prima Marketing flower,Heroarts gemstones.Raffia, paper clip from my stash.

Happy Ester Day + High Hopes Challenge #26~Pierce it !

Today is Easter Day !! Jesus Christ is risen today!!! I wish all of you who is celebrate Easter, Happy Easter Day !!!

For today's High Hopes challenge, I have two cards to show you:-) The first one is Country Home and the other one is cute Easter card. I am sorry that the holes that I pierce in the Easter card is not so clear but I have a close up photo to you show you, it's a very simple card compare to Country Home card.

I used pink cardstock to make the base for Country Home card,I stamped old script background stamp on the pink cardstock, inked some Vintage Photo distress ink then I pulled out my K&Company patterned paper,cut along the edges,distressed with scissors and mat them on the cardstock. Beforehand, I stamped and colored the country home image on the white cardstock which I cut with my Cuttlebug using Nestabilities Labels One.I stamped the chicken on white cardstock and colored with Copic Ciao Markers too. I decorated the card with raffia, cinnamon stick ,paper flowers, spiral clip.It was complicated a bit but it was fun!
For the Easter card, this is more simple! I colored the stamped bunnies with copic ciao markers, cut it out and glued it on the paper that I cut with Nestabilities Labels One.I used brown cardstock and light green cardstock to make the base. I used a scrap patterned paper from K&Company to mat on the cardstock.Decorated the card with fabric ribbon, flowers and brads.

All stamps from High Hopes rubberstamps.All patterned paper from K&Company, All paper flowers from Prima Marketing.
Hope that you all had fun viewing my card and I always apologize for my MIA lately.

High Hopes Challenge #25~~ Sketch

I am not so familiar to use circles or ovals in my cardmaking, because I don't have any fancy punches or nestabilities, but I give a try in this challenge and I hope I will make more cards involved circles/ovals when my ordered nestabitilies comes.For this card I also handmade a ribbon flower, it was real easy, which inpisred by Debbie Olson.

Supplies Used: High Hopes rubberstamps,K&Company Patterned Paper,Autumn Leaves Buttons,prima paper flowers,copic ciao markers.

High Hopes Challenge #24~Creative Borders

Finally, I can play with my new toy, Cuttlebug!!! I also bought the Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One, Labels Two and some Cuttlebug embossing folders, hope that I can create more cards and more cards by using these great tool!!!

I cut and embossed white paper with Spellbinder Nestabilities Labels One,stamped and colored with Copic Ciao Markers.

For this challenge, I used white lace to create a folded border, hope that this's count creative too!:-)The patterned paper is from Basic Grey, white paper flowers from Prima Marketing.

With the Cuttlebug, you can both cut and emboss Spellbinders Embossing Dies.

How-To Cutting Sandwich - (Stack from bottom up)

1. A plate

2. C plate

3. Spellbinders die face up (rough side up)

4. Paper or cardstock

5. B plateRun through Cuttlebug machine.

Embossing Spellbinders Dies in the Cuttlebug- (Stack from bottom up)

1. A plate

2. B plate

3. Die face up (with die cut still in die)

4. 3 pieces of cardstock

5. 1 Spellbinders tan polymer mat

6. 2nd B plate

Run through Cuttlebug machine

Supplies used: High Hope rubberstamps:Summer's Sweetness,One in a melon

Color medium: Copic Ciao Markers

Tool: Cuttlebug, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels One

Patterned Paper: Basic Grey

Embelishments: Prima Marketing, Dew Drops, Brads

High Hopes Challenge #23 ~ Buttons Challenge+ March POTM

Old Macdonal had a farm,eya eya o.....Good evening/morning everyone!!! Phew....I thought I can't finish this card!! I took forever to finish it....LOL...this was really a challenge for me, specially I need to make the scene background for the very first time.All are difficult for me as I need to color the stamped images first them assembled into a piece of paper that I have made the cloud and the field. Here are the steps:

A.For the stamped images:
I stamped the High Hopes Farm theme stamps with Tsukineko Memento Ink onto a white cardstock.Colored with Copic Ciao Markers.Cut it out after finished coloring.

B.For the scene background:

(Cloud)-I hand cut a picture of cloud like the picture below. On a white scrap paper, I inked the cloud with Ranger Broken China distress ink, then colored the rest, did the same to make several "cloud".

(Field)-I sponged some Ranger Mustard Seed, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint on the white cardstock.

C. I glued the backyard background stamped images on the "ready-made scene background cardstock", then I used 3 D foam pad to glue the farmer and pink stamped images that I colored before.

D. I used blue cardstock to mat the background. I stapled the gingham ribbon on the blue cardstock too. Then I stapled two gingham ribbons on the upper right hand side.

E. Sentiment tag with button
I had this idea when I don't know where to put the sentiment:-)) I used raffia to go through the stapled gingham ribbon and tied it on the stamped sentiment and I went through the raffie into the button, lastly I glued the raffie with crystal laquer. I just used a string of raffia to make all this.

Lastly I glued the blue cardstock on the brown cardstock and glued the buttons with crsytal laquer too.

I hope you like my card as I do too, don't forget to go to High Hopes Challenge blog to view other DT's amazed designs, please join us too if you love too:-))

By the way,as usual, this set of stamps, when purchased together, with be 25% off the regular prices!!JUST FOR THIS MONTH!!!

You will receive:

S-119 Farmer Clem 14.40
R-107 Miss Peggy 13.70
F-165 Everywhere an Oink 6.70
R-106 Farm Background 13.70

These are regularly $48.50CDN mounted but this month you can get them all for $36.35 mounted or $18.20 unmounted!! What a deal!!!


Supplies Used:

Rubberstamps:S-119 Farmer Clem 14.40 R-107 Miss Peggy 13.70 F-165 Everywhere an Oink 6.70 R-106 Farm Background 13.70


Inks: Tsukineko Versafine Onxy Black ,Tsukineko Memento Ink, Ranger Distress Inks-Mustard Seed, Broken China, Vintage Photo, Peeled Paint


Color Medium; Copin Ciao Markers.

Embelishments: Buttons, raffia, gingham ribbons from my stash.

Paper/Cardstock: blue, brown, white cardstock.


我是花了很大的功夫才把这张卡片做好,就不知道王老先生喜欢我的卡片吗??嘻嘻...最大的成就就是我做了一些云朵...很简单,有问题可以发问;-))在三月,只要你一次过买我用的这些图章就可以得到折扣喔!快快快!!等你的设计喔!:-))

High Hopes Challenge #22 ~~ No Patterned Paper

Oh...I love patterned paper so much and it's a very difficult challenge for me, as our guest diva, Diana challenged us with No Patterned Paper!!! I really can't live without patterned paper and here is my card with cardstock and other embelishments, hope you like it. Don't forget to have a look at High Hopes challenge blog for the DT's beautiful works!

这个印章实在搞怪,很有趣!!今天的High Hopes 卡片挑战是不能用patterned paper, 那就是设计纸,我做了一张超简单的卡片,希望你会喜欢.别忘了到High Hopes Blog去看看其他设计师的设计吧!:-)

High Hopes Challenge #21~~~~Zig Zag

Wow, that's a week again for our High Hopes Challenge , and here is our #21, Zig Zag,. I nearly to give up to make a card because I don't own a sewing machine! But, then I think I can doodles myself as I always do it on my card, so here is my "Spring Fever" with lot's of Spring colors and flowers and FEVER!!!:-))) I doodled all the zig-zag with black gel pen, it was easy task for me:-))

This time I also included some pictures to show which Copic Ciao Markers I used to color my image, as I received some emails regarding these. I don't do a tutorial for it as I know I am still a beginner to use Copic markers and there's also ton's of tutorials out there, and for this I recommend Claudia's tutorials, fabulous!! Please go to High Hopes Challenges Blog to view DT's amazed designs too !

又是一个星期,High Hopes 卡片挑战又来了!!我答应的兔子卡片,可爱吗?今天的挑战是应用Zig-Zag,我没有针车,所以用手画,希望你会喜欢.我也放上了我所应用的Copic Ciao Markers的颜色,让你知道我用什么颜色来上色:-)

Stamps: High Hopes rubberstamps

Inks: Tsukineko Memento Ink, Versafine Onxy Black

Color Medium: Copic Ciao Markers

Patterned Papers: K&Company

Embelishments:Prima paper flowers,buttons,raffia,flowers trim from my stash.

High Hopes Challenge #20~Fuzzy

Isn't this rabbit is too cute? I promise to show you all the rabbit's card during this March through Easter Day on 12th April.The challenge this week is fuzzy feeling, somehow I just can tell you that I used velvet ribbon that has fuzzy feeling,you can feel it, I know:-)) I hope that you can check out other talented DT's design in High Hopes Challenge blog, btw, we have some great and big news to annouce too, at the blog, watch it out!!:-))

这兔子实在太可爱了,复活节快来了,我将做一些兔子的卡片呈献给大家看,当然,兔子不代表复活节,那,为什么会有兔子呢?原来,典型的复活节礼物跟春天和再生有关系：鸡蛋、小鸡、小兔子、鲜花，特别是百合花是这一季节的象征。复活节前夕，孩子们为朋友和家人给鸡蛋着色打扮一番。这些蛋有的煮得很老，有的只是空空的蛋壳。复活节那天早上，孩子们会发现床前的复活节篮子里装满了巧克力彩蛋、复活节小兔子、有绒毛的小鸡及娃娃玩具等。据说复活节兔子会将彩蛋藏在室内或是草地里让孩子们去寻找。请看有关详情>>>>复活节与兔子.

这次的挑战是卡片有毛茸的感觉,所以我只好用了Velvet ribbon(华语怎么叫?).

High Hopes Challenge #19

Phew......finally....I received the High Hopes new release stamps!!!! I was so happy when I see the yellow mail envelopes!! Thank you very much Tina, Bethany and Crissy for the chance for me to play the rubberstamps!

OK, for the new start, I picked up the Hopeful Ant and High Hopes to start the "new page". Do you notice High Hopes rubberstamps' company logo? Yes, it's a very cute ant. I do hope Tina and Bethany have a good business always:-))

This week's challenge is sponging and I used the masking technique too, not the masking technique that we always use in stamping, but it's different technique. I punched out the leaves first then I use it as a mask to ink a leave in white area, I hope you know what I mean.

Image colored with color pencils, blend with sansodor and paper stump, flowers from Prima marketing,brads from Making memories.

Have you checked the High Hopes rubberstamps website? You can't miss the cutest rubberstamps in the world which drawn by the very talented Crissy! Check it out and please go to High Hopes challenge blog to check out DT's gorgeous design:)

High Hopes推出新的印章了....家里的动物全部出动...有可爱的牛,羊,马,猪,鸡,......我是数不清阿......你买了吗?:-)

High Hopes Hullaballoo

The new release starts late tonight!! Over 75 new stamps going into the catty over at High Hopes, Sunday Feb. 15, right after midnight, EST!
Sadly I haven't receive my stamps yet:-(( But, maybe you want to visit my fellow HHRS Diva's blogs to see more stamps of the new release :)Amy, Anna, Crissy, Diana - Guest, Ila, Janette, Jeanne, Kimmie,Katharina, Michelle, Nicole - Guest, Niki, Nikki.

Please, please, please, keep an eye on High Hope website to see the FUN FUN FUN new release on Saturday night/Sunday Morning.

High Hopes 将推出新一系列的印章....很很很....可爱噢!别忘了去其网站选购你要的印章:-))

High Hopes rubberstamps Guest Designers Call

It's FUN to be a design team member for High Hopes rubberstamps!! Yes, it's true! And what is excited that we are looking for a couple of new crafty gals (or dudes) to join our crew!! If you are interested, please check at High Hopes Challenge Blog to get the details!! Believe me, I have so much fun playing these cutest rubberstamps in the world which designed by our very talented Crissy!!!

So if this sounds like something you would enjoy and you can make the commitment for three months, from April 1st to June 30th. The deadline for applications will be Sunday, February 22nd!!

Looking forward to all your submission !!