To celebrate, we have a blog hop complete with lots of prizes!
You should have arrived from Kristine's blog. If not, you will want to start at the top at the High Hopes blog.
As you stop along the hop, make sure to leave comments because there is candy along the way!!
The 1st prize is $100 retail value of unmounted or cling mounted High Hopes stamps!! WOW!!
The 2nd prize is $50 retail value of unmounted or cling mounted High Hopes stamps!!
And the 3rd and 4th prize is each
$25 retail value of unmounted or cling mounted High Hopes stamps!!
That's a lot of stamps!!
In order to have a chance to win, you must leave a comment on each blog along the hop.
The hop will remain open until 12:00pmEST/5:00pmGMT Monday, Jan 17th.
And the winners will be announced next tuesday.
Oh, you may notice that we have a few special guests joining us for this challenge!! We have 7 former Divas joining us!! Whoo Hoo!! Make sure to say hi to them when you stop by!
Before we get to the Hop and Challenge, we wanted to announce that
we are changing the challenges to every-other-week.
Therefore this challenge (not the hop, but the challenge), will remain open until Monday, Jan 24th.We will have a special post on the weeks in between the challenges.
Speaking of challenge...
This week's challenge is: Anything Goes!!
You may use any High Hopes card or image.
Yes, we will still have our normal prize for those who enter a card in the challenge
For my card, I used the new Purr-ty Tweet Kitty Valentine from their recent release.
The sketch is from Friday Sketchers this week.
High Hopes has so many cute Valentine images that I thought it would be great to let my kids create their own valentine's for their classes.
I stamped some out and they will color them (a little at a time)...
Aren't they sweet?
Here's what I will probably do with them once they color all of the images...
These are simple to make. Just diecut the image, add a mat, and add it to some patterned paper folded over a treat bag.
Now it's time to hop on over to the super talented Michelle (so happy she was able to come back for our special challenge)!!
The stamps are adorable, and you did a great job with them!!
Posted by: Anita | January 11, 2011 at 04:31 PM
Beautiful card Lacey, your colouring is perfect :)
Hugs
Tracey
x
Posted by: Tracey | January 11, 2011 at 04:34 PM
Beautiful card ... that kitty is so cute, love your fabulous bow too! Great treat bag too!
Posted by: Lynne in NI | January 11, 2011 at 04:51 PM
Love the treat bag. You do really nice work.
Posted by: Judy | January 11, 2011 at 04:55 PM
beautiful work you and the children have done
Posted by: Scrapcat 1 | January 11, 2011 at 04:56 PM
such sweet images and your card is "purr"fect! love that your kiddies get to color their own images for their friends! what a great idea! gotta get a move on too for my daughter's class. might as well start now! have a wonderful week!
Posted by: Joy Uyehara | January 11, 2011 at 05:05 PM
I love your card. The kitty is so sweet and the bow is purrfect.
Posted by: Elaina | January 11, 2011 at 05:19 PM
So cute and you used some of my favorite paper. Love it. Thank you for sharing for all the world to See!
Posted by: Donna V | January 11, 2011 at 05:24 PM
Nice card. Love these hops. I make sure to make the time to check out everyone's blog.
Posted by: Kellie Phillips | January 11, 2011 at 05:39 PM
Such a cute little kittie, a must have of course...beautiful job of coloring too.
Posted by: l hamon | January 11, 2011 at 06:02 PM
Very nice. I love the idea.
Posted by: Lori Finch | January 11, 2011 at 07:03 PM
Too cute. Great job!
Posted by: Julia | January 11, 2011 at 07:04 PM
How adorable. I love the color shading. It ads such depth. I really need to practice more so I can learn that. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Darlene | January 11, 2011 at 07:19 PM
Getting the kids hooked on coloring images early, are we? :) Great treat bag idea! Happy hop hosting!
Posted by: Christy Beans | January 11, 2011 at 07:35 PM
Those are wicked cute! What a great idea!
Posted by: Dee in N.H. | January 11, 2011 at 08:29 PM
That is one Purrty Tweet card!
Posted by: Carol Dee | January 11, 2011 at 08:47 PM
So cute and such a great idea for your kids to enjoy too.
Posted by: Maggie | January 11, 2011 at 08:52 PM
I love your card and the treat bag is fabulous. Great ideas and thank you for this hop is great seeing all the different ideas.
Posted by: Miss O | January 11, 2011 at 09:20 PM
Great idea letting your kids make their own Valentine's. I may just have to let my oldest help me with his as well!!!
Posted by: Melissa M | January 11, 2011 at 09:42 PM
Those kids will flip! Great work on your high hopes project!
Posted by: Gramma | January 11, 2011 at 10:14 PM
You're right about there being so many great Valentine images at High Hopes - it's hard to choose which one i like best. And I think your idea of using them as a header for a treat back is perfect. Great job!
Posted by: Mary Ferris | January 11, 2011 at 10:58 PM
This is so cute!! Thank You for sharing it!
Posted by: Pam/Pam In Colorado | January 12, 2011 at 12:00 AM
Lacey, Your card is puuuurfect. I love that you are having Ryan and Ainsly colour the images for their classmate valentines!
Posted by: Heidi | January 12, 2011 at 12:07 AM
What a wonderful card. I'm not huge into cats but I have a serious bird obsession so it's right up my ally, lol. :)
I do love your doggy treat bag!
Posted by: Lisa Summerhays | January 12, 2011 at 12:12 AM
love the bow..i wish i could get mine to be that adorable and straight
thanks for sharing
Pam
aka mema
Posted by: pam wilson | January 12, 2011 at 12:13 AM
Beautiful card!
I also hope that what I had really good luck with this extensive blog hop.
Greetings from Slovenia
Posted by: Marika Gabez | January 12, 2011 at 03:39 AM
wow, this looks great!! I so love the High Hope Stamps and also the sentiments are always great!!
Your coloring is beautiful and what a great idea to make these little treat bags... very suitable for using on a childs birthday to treat the children at school!
hugs, jolanda
Posted by: jolanda | January 12, 2011 at 05:07 AM
Nice card, love the romantic look of it!
Posted by: Jetty Wijers | January 12, 2011 at 05:20 AM
Wow so many fab images and sentiments too, why do we usually only have one valentine?Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Julye | January 12, 2011 at 06:29 AM
Your kitty card is adorable, and the rest of the images look like such fun for valentines! Thanks for the hop!
Posted by: Dina | January 12, 2011 at 06:33 AM
Love the Valentine stamps! So cute. It is great that you are involving your kids! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Barbara Moore | January 12, 2011 at 09:01 AM
Wow cute card and great treat bag!
Posted by: stephanie S. | January 12, 2011 at 09:34 AM
Very cute - I love the VAlentine image you chose to showcase and also enjoy seeing the other ones you have waiting to be made into projects!
Posted by: Jennifer Bradley | January 12, 2011 at 09:45 AM
Lacey!!!!!! You have been such an inspiration for me you have no idea. I haven't been stamping for a little with, but I might have to fit it back into my schedule. I think you were the reason I fell in love with High Hopes in the first place lol. I might have to case your treat bag for my daughters class lol. Thanks for inspiring me and motivating me once again. Your AMAZING! =)
Posted by: maxine | January 12, 2011 at 10:10 AM
That card is adorable! How sweet. The treat bag is really cute as well. Great Job.
Posted by: Jerri | January 12, 2011 at 10:44 AM
super cute! love your ideas!
Posted by: rhonda | January 12, 2011 at 11:22 AM
Lovin your stuff!!
Thanks...hopping on.....
Posted by: jennifer dove | January 12, 2011 at 11:26 AM
Great job!
Posted by: Ginger "Games" | January 12, 2011 at 11:53 AM
Love your card! And your treat bag is SO sweet. Great ideas and super-cute images.
Posted by: Debbi | January 12, 2011 at 12:12 PM
I like what you have designed using these stamps. I get a kick out of all the "puns" on Valentine cards. They always tickle my funny bone!
Posted by: Anita | January 12, 2011 at 12:51 PM
beautiful card and cute treat bag x
Posted by: Shazza | January 12, 2011 at 01:17 PM
Wonderful card! Love the papers you`ve used! Great idea with the gift bags for the kids!
Hugs, Sonja.
Posted by: lady-sonja | January 12, 2011 at 01:26 PM
So cute. love the papers used.
Posted by: Darla | January 12, 2011 at 01:32 PM
Hello from Finland.
I promised that I won´t eat any candy before my birthday, but it is not easy anymore ;0)
Posted by: SusuK | January 12, 2011 at 02:21 PM
Love the kitty! Great card : )
Posted by: Elizabeth Fortuna | January 12, 2011 at 05:59 PM
Fantastic card Lacey! Thanks for sharing!
Flooded Queenslander, Australia
Posted by: Bev Karolak | January 12, 2011 at 07:11 PM
just great, your work is just awesome
Posted by: Raewyn | January 12, 2011 at 07:56 PM
such a darling little card - wish I could color as well as you
Posted by: Jeannette aka Jnett | January 12, 2011 at 09:59 PM
Wow such a beautiful card and I love the idea of sweeties for the class
hugs
Ildiko
Posted by: Ildiko | January 12, 2011 at 09:59 PM
Yeah 100th Challenge!!
Posted by: Maggie Crawford | January 12, 2011 at 10:09 PM