High Hopes Possums

Such a cute image isn't this?? It's easier to find the High Hopes stamps in bare rubber although I'll tell ya my mounting skills on EZ are poor but I'm working on it! I saw this used for a card and just had to have the image it's so cute. Used pencils and OMS. Paper I think is DCWV. Ribbon and flowers of course. Hope everyone had a great Easter...our weather in Connecticut has been just awesome once we got through the floods, couple more days of gorgeous weather and then it's back to where it should be for Spring. I'm going to enjoy it while I can! Hugs!!

By The Way....

I've started selling my cards on Etsy...I've had an Etsy account forever but always put my cards on Ebay but the fees are getting outragious and Etsy is super easy to load stuff to. So if you are ever browsing Etsy search under sellers... CardsByElizabeth unfortunately my blog name was to long it would have been so much easier. Thanks!!!

Not a happy crafter...

So I was looking forward to spending some time making cards today considering I've done little to nothing the last two weeks (yes I know it's beautiful out but I really want to play with my stuff) so thanks to the unbelievable amounts of rain we got Monday and Tuesday we have been bailing out the basement for days. Which of course is where my craft stuff is....moved all the paper upstairs and tried not to panic! Today is the first day where we can go more than an hour without vacuuming up gallons of water. Not how I wanted to spend my day! But needless to say I did make this card last weekend just didn't have time to post. This is a great High Hopes image, background paper is Doodlebug and colored with pencils and OMS. Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday weekend! Gonna be warm....yay!!

High Hopes Cutie

This little girl is so cute....colored with pencils and OMS.


I have so many buttons that I've been trying to use them more on my cards. This paper was buried in a stash...didn't even remember having it. Hope everyone is having a good week. The weather here has been so nice for the last two days I want Spring now! Going to get a little colder but at least the end of winter is in sight. Thanks for looking!

New Penny Blacks

I got my order of new Penny Blacks, I get all of the from Dick at PB Stamps, he's the best! I had placed two orders and the new ones took a couple weeks and I couldn't remember what I ordered so it was like Christmas lol!! Anyhow, getting to spend some time making cards today, got up early got the house cleaned up and now I'm buried in the cellar watching scary movies and making cards. I know it's really nice out but it's not often it's quiet here so I'm taking advantage of it. I hope everyone has a great weekend. I colored this card with pencils, I've been trying to use up odd pieces of paper so I dug through all my paper this morning for this combo, the flowers I embossed and then cut, added dew drops for the centers. Enjoy!!

High Hopes Farm Animals

So I had wanted this stamp for the longest time finally ordered it and then wasn't sure how I wanted it colored...I spent hours searching on Splitcoast and High Hopes blog for some inspiration! So here it is I hope you like it! Colored with pencils and OMS. The background paper with the chickens on it I found at Wiggles & Giggles in Wethersfield, thought it was cute had no idea what I was going to use it for but it worked out perfect if I do say so myself lol!!

Penny Black Hedge Hogs

I am anxiously awaiting my order of new Spring Penny Blacks, can't remembered which ones I ordered so it will be like a gift!! This is one of my favorite standby images. Colored with pencils and markers. Hard to tell in the pic but I used Crystal Lacquer on the ladybug and Stickles on the flower. Paper is from some giant paper pack I bought at Michael's loved the bright colors. It's Thursday, glad this week is almost over hoping the dreary weather goes away soon. Enjoy!!

High Hopes Koala

Another cutie....forgot I had this stamp actually until I was hunting around on Splitcoast looking at examples of High Hopes images. Colred with pencils and OMS. This was another set of paper I had in my "hoard" section. Try to better and use what I have! Added my flowers (of course lol). Happy Monday, glad it's done so tired tonight. Bringing my daughter to her dance class and crawling into bed as soon as we get home. Hugs!

Pink Cat Studio Itty Bitty Betty Butterfly

I love this image! Lots of layers, the center of the flowers are double stacked buttons, I put the first button on and it seemed to be not quite right so I added the top button which has glitter in it and I was much happier! The background behind the image was cut using one of the Nesties Pendant dies which I used at a class at the Inspiration Station back in December. I hadn't tried them before and I thought they were awesome! Just something different to use than the scallops.

High Hopes Cutie Cow

Such a cute cow! Colored with pencils, added my usual flowers everywhere! I've had the paper in my stash forever, was apparently hoarding it and decided to break it out. Love the blue/green color combo. Used my Nesties square. I hadn't paid much attention to the Nesties Borderabilities until I saw it used on a gorgeous card on Splitcoast so looks like I'm going to have to add those to my inventory!