A word about High Hopes.....

Every time I look at the name "High Hopes" or see the little ant with the rubber tree plant I break into song. I think of "Laverne & Shirley" when one used to sing that song to the other after a bad day. Tina, the owner of High Hopes, named her company that because her mom used to sing that song to her when things got a little rough. You can read Tina's story here. I met Tina on SCS back in 2006, after seeing her post some cute projects with some adorable images I had never seen. We got to talking, I found out she owns the company & we quickly became friends. She asked me if I'd like to design some cards for her using her stamps. Design teams were new to me ~~ although I'm sure they'd been around awhile ~~ & I was overwhelmed by the request. I was floored that someone would want me to design for them. I was scared, because I didn't have much time having 2 young boys. I had just started stamping less than a year before. But she was very encouraging, she sent me a box of stamps & I've been with her ever since. She is the BEST to work for ~~ no pressure, no deadlines, heck, she didn't even make me have a blog. Part of the reason I started this blog was so that I would have somewhere to share my love of High Hopes. When I took a short hiatus last Christmas, she was very supportive, telling me I could come back any time. And I did after just a couple of months because I really missed it. So that's my story of how I became a High Hopes DIVA. And here are a few cards I made with their last jungle release, which was a HUGE hit!!!


I think it's hard to make a bad card. Crissy Armstrong is the designer of these amazing images & she just keeps coming up with cuter & cuter stuff!! The next new release is July 4th & just wait until you see what's coming!!!!!!

I'm lucky to be on this design team, & the team is made up of some incredible talent. To see all the creations by the Divas, click here.