The 19th Hole

This card was made for my Father-in-Law's Birthday. He loves his golf with a passion.

The 19th Hole is a rubber stamp from Impression Obsession. I stamped in Black Brilliance Ink and coloured with Prismacolor Pencils blended with odourless mineral spirits. I wrote DAD above the door in a copic fine multiliner pen. These are water and smudge proof. Diamond Glaze was used on the '19th Hole' sign.

I then punched out the top right corner using a ticket punch from EK success.

The sentiment which I thought was just perfect is from High Hopes Rubber Stamps. It was cut out using petite oval nestablities.

All cardstock is from Bazzill, the decorative paper is from Kaisercraft. The deep red cardstock was put through the cuttlebug,

The finishing touches were a square copper brad and a natural coloured ric rac.

I was pleased to say he thought the card was fabulous.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

High Hopes Blog Challenge #57

Welcome to all my new followers, it is so nice to see you here. So thanks so much for joining.
It is that time of the week for a new High Hopes Blog Challenge, although I am no longer a part of the team I still thought I'd play along. I know I'm probably not eligible to win the prizeand it's probably a good thing since I already have the gorgeous stamp that they have up for grabs.
The challenge is a sketch by the wonderful Head Diva Nikki.

The sketch challenges are great because you really don't have to think about where to put all the papers and embellishments, it's all there right in front of you. The hardest part is choosing which High Hopes Stamp to use.

I chose this really cool Hippo.

The image has been stamped in Black Stazon Ink and coloured with the Prismacolor pencils. The designer paper is from '3 bugs in a rug'.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

High Hopes for Christmas

Christmas is even closer now and I just had to do another High Hopes Christmas card. This stamp is called Reindeer Games and it is adorable.

I have stamped on plain white cardstock in black Stazon ink and coloured with Prismacolor pencils. Although hard to see there is fun flock along the bottom for the snow.

The cardstock is SU soft sky and close to cocoa, The gorgeous designer paper is from Imaginisce.

I'll be back in a couple of days with another Christmas card for you to look at.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

High Hopes Challenge #56

I am sad to say that this is my final card as a High Hopes Guest Diva, Wow where have those last 3 months gone? I have had so much fun sharing ideas and learning from these very talented Ladies, It has been such an honour to be a Diva. Thanks girls for having me.
Now for this week's challenge (HHC56),  Amy L is our Hostess and she wants  us to create a tall card.  Here's mine.

I chose this great stamp as it was just the perfect size and shape. I decided to go with a rustic feel by using the pumpkin coloured cardstock and some (really old) corrugated card, It has been in my card stash for at least 8 years, but as I say, one day you will need it and that one day arrived. To embellish the card I picked out some star shaped buttons and tied them with some scrappers floss. I then added  dark green brads on the other 3 corners..

I coloured using Prismacolor pencils and blended with odourless mineral spirits.

I have highlted some places with a marvy gold glitter marker.

Here is a close up. You can just see a bit of sparkle on the beaver's tail, it is also on the antlers and the goose. In real life it looks great.

To visit the High Hopes Blog Challenge click HERE, don't forget there is a prize given away each week. A new challenge appears each week on Sunday.

It is SO easy to enter. Simply choose one of your High Hopes Stamps and create a card within the theme, remember this week is a tall card, link it to the challenge post and you are in with a chance, so why not go for it.

This is the last challenge for the year and the High Hopes Blog will be back on the 3rd of January with a new challenge.

I hope you have all enjoyed my High Hopes cards over the last 3 months and of course I will continue to keep making cards using their stamps, so just keep popping back.

Wishing you all the very best for the Holiday Season.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Welcome High Hopes Guest Designer Jeanette

It is now time for High Hopes Blog Challenge #55, The other Guest Designer (along with me) is the super talented Jeanette, this week she is the Hostess with the Mostest.

Jeanette has designed a fantastic sketch for us to use. 

  Now for my card, It looks just like the sketch

I chose the adorable Wingin It Duck and the sentiment 'You Quack me up'.

I stamped the duck in Black Brilliance and then colored with my Prismacolor Pencils. The designer paper is called Citrus Spalsh by DCVW it comes in an 8"x8" paper pad. The solid cardstock is Bazzill.

The circles were cut out using nestabilities and the flowers were punched from the Bazzill teal cardstock using the Retro Flower in small, medium and large, some apricot brads were used for the centre. Last but not least some Kaisercraft rhinestones were used in the top right hand corner.

The High Hopes Blog Challenge is your chance to win a great stamp. To be part of the fun,  pull out your High Hopes Stamps and make a card using the sketch above then don't forget to link it to their blog, Just click Here to go to High Hopes.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Feeling Uninspired??

Hi Girls, Are you feeling uninspired, lost your mojo. Why not participate in a couple of Challenges.

The High Hopes Challenge Blog is giving away a great prize if you want to play. Just remember you need to use a High Hopes Stamp for you chance to win.

Next is Annabelle Stamps Bling and Sketch Challenge. Annabelle Stamps are quite a new company and we are looking for participants in our challenges.We would like to see creations with Annabelle Stamps but if you haven't got your Annabelle Stamps just yet, that's OK. You can still play, there will be a prize giveaway at the end of the month (that's next week).

You will see my cards at both these challenges of course being on the design team means I can't play.
Want to see what the other members are too. Check out their blogs all listed on the right
Until Next Time
Inking of you All
Michelle

Santa Claus is coming to town

Yes, Santa Claus is coming to Town. I am so excited and honoured to be this weeks High Hopes Challenge Hostess.
Challenge #54 over on the High Hopes Blog is all about Santa and boy oh boy are there some terrific cards. Click Here to take a look.
By participating in the challenge you are in for a chance to win this great stamp . All details are on the High Hopes Blog With a new prize and challenge every week.

(The stamp is a lot bigger than this;

here is just a sneak peek)

Now for my card. I just love this Santa, he is so nice to work with.

I stamped Santa in Black Stazon and coloured him with Prismacolor Pencils then blended with Odourless Mineral Spirits.

The base card and the lighter green layers are Bazzill Criss Cross and the designer paper is the 'Peppermint Christmas' range from S.E.I.  The printed paper is just beautiful, although you can't see the stripes have metallic foil, the snowflakes are embossed, just gorgeous.

The card was finished off with some Merry Christmas Ribbon and some emerald sprinkles.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

High Hopes Challenge #53

Hi and Welcome to this weeks High Hopes Blog Challenge. Each week there is a new challenge and a new prize to be won. It's easy to be part of the fun, just click on the link above.
Week #53 is a recipe challenge. 

Fabulously talented  Diva Karen  is our Hostess and she has given us some ingredients.

3 flowers

2 brads and

1 sentiment

we have to incorporate these 'ingredients' into our final masterpiece.

my method:
I chose the stamp 'Heidi and Madison' I stamped them in Black Stazon Ink and coloured with my prismacolor pencils.

I coloured to match my designer paper. The stripe is by Three Bugs in a Rug. The jade and lilac cards are bazzill.

The sentiment is part of HH's  'Happy Birthday from the Party Animals'. I simply inked up a portion of the words.

The ribbon is one that I found in my enormous ribbon stash and it was just the perfect colour.

The image was cut out using my new nestabilities Labels 2 and a ribbon tag.

Next week can you guess who the 'Hostess with the Mostest' is?

Until next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Burt's Bath

This here is Burt and he is just gorgeous don't you think.
I have created this card for this weeks High Hopes Blog Challenge #52 ... Sketchy time. Lacey came up with this fabulous sketch and I think it's fabulous. Don't forget that you too can play. You just need to create a card with the theme for the week, use High Hopes Stamps and you just might win yourself a prize. A new prize is given away each week. To check it our click HERE.

Now for my card: The stamp is called Burt's Bath. I have done him in nice bright cheery colours as it reminds me of summer and here in Australia summer is fast approaching.
I have stamped Burt in Black Stazon Ink and coloured with my prismacolor pencils blended with odourless mineral spirits.
Here is a close up of my colouring

As always my colouring reflects the designer paper I have chosen, This paper is from an 8"x8" paper pad called 'citrus splash' by DCVW.The red base card is bazzill cardstock.

To embellish the card I used some paper flowers and the bubbles have been done with Kindyglitz, The bottom right hand corner has  6mm sprinkles in 'pineapple and chilli'. The sprinkles are available in Australia from Annabelle Stamps.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Snowflakes and Snowpeople

Hello everyone,  It is November 1st and that means the Christmas Season is not too far away. For me it's a little scary as I have not yet done anything to get ready.

Here in Australia it is starting to warm and by Christmas it will be very hot, however for all you lovely people in the Northern Hemisphere it is getting cooler.

In Canada (home to High Hopes Rubber Stamps) I guess you guys will be expecting snow. Thus we come to this weeks High Hopes Blog Challenge #51... Snowflakes.

I really enjoyed working with this theme as it is certainly not one I am used to doing.

I chose this cute adorable stamp  called Snow Family. I have stamped in Black Stazon and coloured with Prismacolor Pencils. I then cut out the circle with nestabilities.

This was then layered onto this bright and cheery coordinating Christmas paper and bazzill cardstock.

I used the ticket corner punch on 3 corners and embellished with pale blue bazzill brads. On the 4th corner I used crystal snawflakes decorative 'buttons'. The ribbon is a pale blue satin grosgrain ribbon with little polka dots.

Don't forget to checkout what the other Diva's have been creating. There links are on the right side bar under 'High Hopes Design Team'

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

High Hopes Challenge #50

Here is my card for this weeks High Hopes Challenge #50 over on their Blog, The theme this week is 'All about Kids'. You too can be a part of the challenge.
Simply make a card, enter and you could be the lucky prize winner.  Winners are chosen at random. Click HERE  to go the HH blog.
My card is using 2 stamps, the really cute 'Emeleigh's Ride' and the sentiment  'Road trip'
I have stamped the image on white cardstock and coloured with Prismacolor pencils. The plain  green and orange coloured card is from Bazzill, the pink is purely pomegrante from SU and the designer paper is from Scribble Scrabble. This is doubled sided and I have simply utilsed both sides. The smaller green layer as been cuttlebugged with a floral border. Classic and Petite oval nestabilities were both used to cut the feature image and sentiment.

Until Next Time
Inking of you All
Michelle

High Hopes Challenge #49

WOW!!! What a fabulous weekend I have just had. A Stamp Camp weekend which started on Friday evening and finished a little while ago on a glorious late Sunday afternoon.

I was surrounded by I think 28 like minded ladies who are addicted to stamping. We made cards, we chatted, we ate, we drank, we were merry, did I mention we ate. OMG the food. I think I will skip food for thew next couple of days. I feel like a glutton.

As for the card making I did a few of the organised designs but predominantly I worked with my  High Hopes Stamps,

Here is my card for Challenge #49 over on the High Hopes Blog. The theme this week ... Non Traditional Coloured Christmas Cards.

I chose  Tree Pane Santa. I stamped on white linen textured card stock in Black Stazon and coloured with my Prismacolor pencils. The pinks and blues I chose were picked up from the words on the Christmas Designer Paper. The cream shading was a colour also picked out of the DP. The stamped Santas  have been highlighted with Frosted lace Stickles. The embellishments  were the pale blue ribbon, a silver bells charm and 3 circles punched from the pale blue cardstock. I then finished the card by adding co-ordinating pink brads to the centre of the circles for something just a little bit different.

Until Next Time
Inking of you All
Michelle

Going Green...recycling that is

This weeks High Hopes Challenge #48 is all about recycling. I have used Elmer the Elephant for this card. I think he looks great in any colour.

Elmer has been stamped and then embossed with Black Brilliance Ink and clear powder. I have chosen to colour him with Twinkling H2O's. It's a shame the shimmer of these paints doesn't show.

He was then cut out and mounted on a 'SU chocolate chip' oval cut out using the nestabilities.The designer papers this week are from Scenic Route Paper Inc.

My recycled embellishment is actually the ring pull from a soft drink can, as you can see I made it into a buckle to thread the ribbon through.

I am having so much fun using my High Hopes Stamps.They are fabulous to colour.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

My 1st High Hopes Design Team card

Here is my first card as a Guest Diva on the High Hopes Design Team.This card was made for this week's High Hopes Blog Challenge #47... Lots of Layers.


For me this is a really significant leap in the card making arena. As most of you know I am absolutely in love with this range of stamps as they are such a joy to work with. I have so many ideas running through my head at the moment all of which involve colouring of course.


Today's card features the stamp Crystal Snowlady. She has been stamped in Black Stazon on watercolour paper. I have coloured her in using a combination of watercolour pencils and crayons.

The card is from Bazzill, while the designer papers are from Imaginesce. In all I have used 6 layers, the smaller red piece has dots that are too small to see.

For the finishing touches I used glittery snowflake buttons on top of the 'snowflake flowers' and added 2 swirls made with the 'wave swirl' punch.
I hope you have enjoyed looking at my first 'official' card.


Until Next Time
Inking of you All
Michelle

MORE really good news

Times are changing in my life right now and things are going from strength to strength. My stamping talents have been recognised worldwide and today I have some MORE exciting news to share with you all.
I am so please to announce I am now on the Design Team for Stampin Stuff.
Stampin Stuff is owned by a very talented Australian lady called Amy Wegener. Amy is also an integral part of the High Hopes Design Team.
You have probably seen several of Amy's High Hopes cards featured in Australian Stamping and Cardmaking magazine.
Another very talented lady called Vicki Brunner is also on the Design Team. Vicki has a great blog called Creative Considerations. It really is worth a look. Vicki does lots of great layering with her cards.
I am really looking forward to working with these very talented girls.

WOW! My really BIG news

I have just about the most exciting news ever. I have been given the honour of being a Guest Diva on the High Hopes Design Team. WOW, WOW, WOW!!!
I will be participating in their High Hopes blog challenges, and basically designing lots of fun cards to share with you here on my blog. I will be doing this from now until Christmas. The 'Diva's' have all been very welcoming and I can't wait to start creating along side of them. The talent amongst these girls is amazing. I have put a link to each of their blogs in the right hand side bar. Be sure to go and check them out.

With all this wonderful design team work I will be updating my blog on a very regular basis, so keep checking back.
I will have some more exciting news in the next day or two.

Until Next Time
Inking of you All
Michelle

My fave High Hopes Stamp

Here is my favourite High Hopes Stamp. That is what challenge #45 is all about this week over on the High Hopes Blog

This is Gertie, Millie and Hattie and these girls have 'Hat-itude'.

The card was put together using designer paper from Cosmo Cricket and card stock from Core-dinations. The image was stamped in Black Brilliance then coloured with Prismacolor Pencils

Until Next time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Bountiful Bananas

Anything but a card. That's what this weeks High Hopes challenge is all about.
I thought I'd make a party favor box and fill it with banana lollies and banana flavoured jelly belly jelly beans. (YUM). It's very rare for me to do some construction, but all in all I was pretty pleased with.

I chose to use Bright Yellow Bazzill criss cross cardstock, it is such a fun and cheery colour. The stamps I used were small monkey mike and go bananas, can you guess what I coloured with? Yes I used my prismacolor pencils I finished the box off using a bright yellow organza ribbon and a 2mm brown grosgrain ribbon.

Until Next Time
Inking of you all
Michelle

Go for Gold High Hopes Challenge #42

Here is this card for this weeks High Hopes Challenge #42, I have been away from the challenges lately due to a very lengthy hospital stay. I am now back home, feeling well and back to making cards.

This weeks challenge is 'Go for Gold: Use gold somewhere on your card.'

Boy! have I used gold. We have gold embossing powder, gold cardstock, gold ribbon and cord and finally little gold balls.

I have watercoloured this gorgeous Elephant using Twinkling H2Os, cut him out and layered my card using Bazzill cardstock and designer paper from Sandylion.The gold card was leftover from years ago.

Here is a close up of the all small details. I just love the shimmer of the Twinkling H2Os

Now a reminder for my Blogger-versary Blog Candy . Read the previous post for all the details.

Until Next Time

Inking of you All

Michelle

Blog Candy Alert

Hi (Guys and) Girls. Welcome to my new look BLOG. I'll have some new cards for you very soon BUT you have to see this first.
BLOG Candy is up for grabs from one of my truly favourite companies High Hopes Rubber stamps.
Just take a look through my blog and you will see lots of cards I have made with their designs. (I just adore them)
All you need to do is click HERE and visit Crissy's Blog for more info.
Don't forget to sign up to be a follower, for both Crissy and Me, it's free and you get to leave nice comments.

Until next time
Inking of you all
Michelle