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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Winter Roundup

 The High Hopes design team has been sharing some wonderful winter themed cards this month. Last week, I went sledding with the Let's Go Sledding stamp and this week I am having some fun with "Lasso Some Snow". I can remember as a little one turning my face to the sky when it was snowing and trying to catch snowflakes on my tongue........but catching one with a lasso!? Not sure how that would work but it would be run to try!

I chose to do a front stepper style card using the super easy to follow tutorial from my talented friend and fellow DT Cheri Burry. You can find her tutorial here.

                                                                                                                       

After stamping on alchohol friendly paper I coloured my image with Copic markers and hand fussy cut him leaving a thin white line. I set him aside and following the tutorial created my card base. I added patterned paper from Echo Park, cut snow with a stitched hill die and some trees with dies from Gina Marie Designs. I like some bling on my Christmas cards so I added some Aleene's Glitter snow to the hills and trees. To finish off my card I stamped the sentiment and added it to matching card stock. 

Card Details

Stamps - Lasso Some Snow (TLDG021) - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment - Roundin' Up (G190)

Patterned Paper - Echo Park 

Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Hammermill Digital Cover Card Stock, stitched hills dies - Whimsy Stamps, tree die - Gina Marie Designs, snow - Aleene's Glitter Snow

Copic Markers

Coat - B95 B97 B99

Fence - E44 E47 E49

Hats/Wagon Wheel - E42 E43 E44

Snow - B000 B00 BV20

Birds - B91 B93 B95

Bandana/Mitts/Lasso - E40 E41 E43 

Nose/Buttons - T4 T6 T8

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