Chill Out

It's Wednesday and that means it's my turn to share some inspiration with you on the OCS blog.

The design team has been showcasing the new Fall/Winter Fun release from High Hopes and they have shared some amazing projects haven't they?!?

There are so many fun new stamps I just had to share another one with you this week!

Meet "Polar Friends" and the "Chill Out" sentiment.

How cute are these two friends sharing a drink.

I coloured my stamp using alcohol markers and then fussy cut it. This time I decided to leave a thin white line when I cut it. They are popped up using some 3D foam pop dots to add a bit of dimension my card. I used some paper from an older Bo Bunny patterned paper collection and added some fun snowflakes using the Frostyville Border die. The sentiment is coloured with alcohol markers to match and some ribbon and gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp: Polar Friends (TT058) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Chill Out  (FF020) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Altitude Collection - Bo Bunny

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic XpressIt , Silver Tinsel Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp, Frostyville Border die - Memory Box, Celebrate It Ribbon

Spectrum Noir Markers used: BG5 BG7 BG10 1G2 BT2 BT4 BT6 BT7 PL2 PL3 PL5 GT1 GT2 GT3 EB1 EB2 blender

Our November Challenge is Fall/Winter Fun and there is a sketch to get your creative juices flowing. There are still a few days left! Click here to play along - we can't wait to see what your create!

Here's the sketch

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at 

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day! 

Brr!

Happy November OCS Fans! 

It's a new month and that means there's a new challenge! The theme is be Fall/Winter Fun and there's a new sketch too if you want to use that to play along. 

I used the sketch for my card using "L'il Frosty" from the new Fall/Winter Fun release at High Hopes Rubber Stamps.

Isn't Frosty the cutest!?!

Frosty is coloured with alcohol markers and fussy cut. The sentiment is also for the Fall/Winter Fun release and I coloured the letters to match my card and cut it out using a stitched oval die. Matching cardstock was cut into a circle and run through an embossing folder to add texture. Stitch marks were also added with a die. The patterned paper is from the Hello Winter 6x6 pad by Echo Park. I paper pieced his hat and scarf and added a fun pom pom to both. A couple matching photo corners finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp: L'il Frosty (SS023) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Brr  (FF021) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Hello Winter - Echo Park

Dies: Circle Stitching Marks and Stitched Ovals - Your Next Stamp

Standard Circles - Spellbinders, Photo Corners - Quickutz

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic XpressIt , Polka Dots Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug, Silver Gel Pen

Spectrum Noir Markers used: BG5 BG7 BG10 1G2 PP1 PP3 CT4 GB5 OR1 BT2 BT5 BT7

Our November Challenge is Fall/Winter Fun and there is a new sketch to get your creative juices flowing. Click here to play along - we can't wait to see what your create!

Here's this month's sketch

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at 

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day! 

Boo!

I can't believe we are in the middle of October already! Halloween will be here before we know it so I have chosen to use "Halloween Kitty & Gang" from the Fall/Winter Fun new release. 

I have also used an older sentiment called "Happy Halloween Script". 

I had some fun colouring this cute "gang" up with alcohol markers. There striped paper has some gold stripe in it (hard to see) and so does the black boo paper behind the photo so I added some gold Wink of Stella to the stars, buckle and collar on the cat. The stamp is cut out using a stitched square die and mounted on black cardstock. 

I used the sketch from this month's challenge to create my card base - I swapped out the tag for a fish tail banner die just for fun, and added some fun stitched ghost dies. Some glittery gold and orange gumdrops finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamp: Halloween Kitty & Gang (TT024) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Happy Halloween Script (F232) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Boo! - Recollections

Dies: Stitched Square, Happy Haunting and  Fishtail Banner dies - Your Next Stamp

Gold Wink of Stella, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic XpressIt, Gold Nugget and Candy Corn Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp

There are three ways to participate in this month's challenge. Click here to find out how to play along for your chance to win some High Hopes Stamps!!

Here is this month's sketch

Grab your High Hopes Stamps and come play along! I can't wait to see what you create! 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!

Wicked

Halloween is just around the corner and so is the end of October - YIKES!! 

This week's inspiration brought to you by "Elvira & Friends" and the "Wicked" sentiment, both from the new Fall/Winter Fun release. 

After colouring my stamp I fussy cut it out and added it to the background I created with pop dots. I pulled apart a cotton ball hoping to add a spooky feel, and added a spider web, spiders and a picket fence. I cut out a frame from black cardstock to frame my little scene. The sentiment was stamped and cut out with a fishtail banner die. I finished it off with some orange gumdrops. 

I used the sketch from this month's challenge for my layoutt - substituting the banner for my spider web and placing a couple of my spiders in a different place. That is the great thing about using a sketch - you can "tweak" things a little to make it your own. 

Card Recipe

Stamp: Elvira & Friends (TT055) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Wicked (HH033) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Spookville - We R Memory Keepers

Happy Haunting Die Set, Fence & Lampost,Fishtail Banner Dies - Your Next Stamp

Cotton ball, 3D Pop Dots - Forever in Time, Orange Gumdrops - Your Next Stamp, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic XpressIt 

Our October Challenge is Fall/Winter Fun and there is a sketch to get your creative juices flowing. Click here to play along - we can't wait to see what your create!

Here's the sketch

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at 

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day! 

Gobble Til You Wobble

We celebrated Thanksgiving this past weekend here in Canada. It was an amazing weekend full of family, fun and lots of turkey and pie. 

I know I'm still wobbling! 

Our OCS friends and fans in the U.S. celebrate Thanksgiving later, so I made this card as a reminder to "Eat More Pie" when you celebrate. lol

My card today features "Tommy Turkey" and the "Gobble Wobble" sentiment from the new Fall/Winter Fun release at High Hopes. 

Our friend Tommy Turkey is put on an action wobble so when the card is moved he wobbles - he really makes me giggle! 

After colouring my stamp with alcohol markers I fussy cut him out and added him to some dark brown card stock and cut around him again. I used a Spellbinders Lacey Circle and classic circle die to add some fun, food patterned paper from Doodlebug Designs. Some twine and gumdrops finish off my card.

Card Recipe

Stamps: Tommy Turkey (TT045), - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Gobble Wobble (HH036)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Fall Friends - Doodlebug Designs

Misti, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Copic Xpress It Cardstock

Dies: Lacey Circles, Classic Circles - Spellbinders

Twine - American Crafts, Action Wobble, Love Me Some Latte and Retro gumdrops - Your Next Stamp

Spectrum Noir Markers: CT4 BG5 OR1 CR7 CR11 DR6 BG5 BG10 CT1 CT2 GB8 GB10 EB5 1G2 1G3 1G5 TN2 TN4 TN7 EB6 DG2 DG3

Our October Challenge is Fall/Winter Fun and there is a sketch to get your creative juices flowing. Click here to play along - we can't wait to see what your create!

Here's the sketch

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at 

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day! 

Happy Halloween Shaker

It's Thursday already and that means it's my turn to share a fun new image from the Fall/Winter Fun New Release. Have you seen all the fun, cute images in this release?! So much fun! 

My card today features "Chester & Friends" and the "Block Happy Halloween" sentiment. I used this month's challenge sketch for my layout and made a shaker card with some fun Halloween confetti.
                                     
                                                              

I started by colouring my stamp with alcohol markers and fussy cutting it - the spider web was a bit of a challenge! Paper from the Moonlit collection from Authentique was perfect for this card. The background paper I chose was kind of plain so I took a mini bat splatter stamp and added some bats for fun. A tag cut with my Cricut, some fun gumdrops and some twine finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Chester & Friends (TT053)

Sentiment: Block Happy Halloween (HH031)

Patterned Paper: Moonlit - Authentique

 Copic XpressIt, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Misti

Mini Batty Splatter - YNS, George and Basic Shapes (Cricut), Recollections Twine, Halloween Confetti - Dollarama, Orange & Black Gumdrops - YNS

Spectrum Noir Markers: 1G1 OR1 OR2 CR8 CG4 DG3 JG6 EB6 EB3 EB5 BG3 BG5 BG7 BG10 HB1 LV1 HB2 CT2 CT4

There are three ways to participate in this month's challenge. Click here to find out how to play along for your chance to win some High Hopes Stamps!!
Here is this month's sketch

Grab your High Hopes Stamps and come play along! I can't wait to see what you create! 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!

Snow Kisses

I am so happy to share another stamp from the Fall/Winter Fun New Release at High Hopes Rubber Stamps. 

I used the OCS challenge sketch for this card. Meet "Snow Kisses" and the "Candy Cane and Mistletoe" sentiment. How cute is this stamp!?! 

After colouring my stamp with alcohol markers I added some dots to the scarf with a white gel pen and cut it out with a stitched square die. I love putting some sparkle on my Christmas cards so I added some glitter to the hat and scarf. It was my first time using Liquid Applique on her coat and I added some pink Frantage to the corner and sentiment. This cutie is mounted on paper from the Sugar Plum collection from MME. I love the soft, non traditional Christmas colours of the collection. I added a snowflake from a border die and some matte sprinkles from Doodlebug Design finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamps: Snow Kisses (TT059), - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Candy Cane & Mistletoe (JJ001)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper:  Jolly (Sugar Plum Collection)- My Minds Eye

Misti, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Copic Xpress It Cardstock

Dies: Stitched Squares and Fish Tail Banner - Your Next Stamp, Snowflake Border - Whimsy Stamps

White Gel Pen, Liquid Applique, Hero Arts Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Pink Frantage - Stampendous, Fall Assortment Matte Sprinkles - Doodlebug Designs

Spectrum Noir Markers: BT2 CR11 PP3 PP5 DR3 FS6 CR3 FS8 1G1 1G2 1G4 1B2 1B3 EB1 

Our October Challenge is Fall/Winter Fun and there is a sketch to get your creative juices flowing. Click here to play along - we can't wait to see what your create!

Here's the sketch

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at 

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day! 

You And Your Herd

It's October already and that means we have a New Release called Fall/Winter Fun at High Hopes Rubber Stamps AND it means a new challenge here at One Crazy Stamper! 

If you haven't taken a look at this new release you will definitely want to! It is full of fun new winter/fall images. 

For the challenge we also have a sketch for you to play along with. I have used the sketch for my card. I am happy to introduce you to "Decorating With Charlie" - how fun is he!?! He makes me smile! and the new sentiment "You And Your Herd". 

I had a hard time not giggling as I coloured this stamp - I don't know why but Charlie brings that out in me. Maybe it's because he brings back fond childhood memories from being on my friends' farms. 

I coloured Charlie and his mouse friend with alcohol markers and cut them out with a stitched rectangle die. It is hard to tell in the picture but the tree and grass are coloured with a green sparkle pen on them as well as clear sparkle pen on the bell and ornament. I cut my paper from the I Love Christmas Collection (Echo Park) and added them to some red and tan cardstock. 

I had a wood snowflake in my stash so I used a Silver Wink of Stella to give it some sparkle to match the bell. The sentiment is stamped and cut out with a fish tail banner die. Gingham ribbon from Celebrate It finish off my card. 

Card Recipe

Stamps: Decorating With Charlie (TT060), - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: You and Your Herd (HH035)- High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Misti, Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, Copic Xpress It Cardstock, 

Patterned Paper:Deck the Halls and December Magic-Echo Park-I Love Christmas

Silver Wink of Stella, Wood Snowflake - the Stockade, Ribbon - Celebrate It, 

Bell - Craft Essentials, Fish Tail Banner die - YNS, Clear and Olive Spectrum Sparkle pens

Spectrum Noir Markers: BG3 BG5 BG7 1G2 TN1 EB1 EB2 1G3 1G5 PP1 PP3 PP5 CT1 CT4 GB11 CR7 CR11 DR6 TN3 TN5 TN7 BT4 BT6 BT7 

Our October challenge is Fall/Winter Fun and there is a sketch to follow too if you would like. I can't wait to see your creations!

If you need High Hopes Stamps or crafting supplies you can find them at 

High Hopes Website or One Crazy Stamper

Thanks for stopping by! Have a fantastic day!