Great Impressions Stamps

Morning friends!  Today is a bitter sweet day for me as it is my last post as a design team member with Great Impressions Stamps.  I've truly enjoyed working with their fabulous rubber stamps!  Today I share another blast from the past of a liquid sort...

This is the bottle tag (the wine tag die is from Jaded Blossom) that I made for the Cut Cardstock Challenge.  I really love this tag...it's so fun and cute! The Great Impressions Stamps I've used on this project are:  F323 Fashion Swirls and E880 Sparkle.  Seriously, who doesn't like the bubble of a Moscato d' Asti wine?

I'd like to thank Mynn the design team coordinator for Great Impressions Stamps, Deone the owner of GIS and my design team sisters.  It's been fun...thanks so much for having me!

A Look Back...

Good Tuesday morning friends!  My term with the Great Impressions Stamps design team will be finished at the end of June so I thought it would be fun to share a couple of my favorite cards that I've made during my time using these fun stamps so today I'm sharing the card I made for our May Challenge which was blinged birthday...

I've used E840 Friendship Bees and C467 Treat Yourself for this card. And I added bling to the bees wings as well as with the jewels on the card.

Well, that is what I have to share with you today though I hope you'll stop back next week to join me for my last post as a design team member with Great Impressions Stamps!

 Thank you for stopping by and make sure you hop on over to the Great Impressions blog to check out and play along with our current challenge!

Sweet and Grateful

Good morning friends!  Here I am back for my Great Impressions Stamps post for the week.  This super sweet image is called F635 Dog and Cat Eating Watermelon.  I made this card to be super fun, bright, and cheerful so I used bright colors and, hopefully, made it full of warmth and gratefulness too.

I used a card sketch from SVG Cutting Files to make this card so I just placed my chosen cardstock on my Cameo mat, cut it on my Cameo, cut a couple of more fun elements with some dies and my Big Shot and then put it all together.

Well, that is what I have to share with you today! Thank you for stopping by and make sure you hop on over to the Great Impressions blog to check out and play along with our current challenge!

Flip Flopping Fabulous

Eek, here it is...Tuesday...the Tuesday before graduation and yes I'm still rushing to get things done...isn't that how it always work?  Family starts arriving in town tonight so everything will really start speeding up at this point.  Yet, I feel like I should post this fun card for my Tuesday with Great Impressions Stamps and to share about the June challenge with Great Impressions...Anything Goes!!

For this card I used Floating Flamingo H287 and Flopping D520.  I used a super fun summer paper pack adding a sun and clouds for that perfect day on the water!


Well, that is what I have to share with you today! Thank you for stopping by and make sure you hop on over to the Great Impressions blog to check out and play along with our current challenge!

Follow your dreams - -

Good morning!  Ack, it is Tuesday again...seriously how did we get to the last day of May?  Only 10 more days until my youngest son graduates from high school...what?!?  There is still so much I'd like to do but I'm not going to stress myself out so I'm sure something will have to be not quite homemade.  :)  Speaking of graduation and Tuesday.  I've made another graduation card with the Cap & Scroll E326 stamp from Great Impressions Stamps...check it out!

 I've used the sketch this week at CAS(E) this Sketch! to make this card and again, used my new t-square to make a frame (can you tell I love that thing?).  It seems like a perfect layout for a fun and simple layout with sequins and the stamp really being the star of the show.  Clean, simple, and perfect for a graduate!

I'm also adding this to the Make My Monday challenge which is Graduation,  Craft Your Passion Challenge which is Anything Goes, CASology which is a CAS design and Crafting When You Can challenge which is to Add Stars. 

Well, that is what I have to share with you today!  Thank you for stopping by and make sure you hop on over to the Great Impressions blog to check out and play along with our current challenge!

Flowers for you!

Hello friends!  I'm just amazed at how fast this month is going by!  Here it is another Tuesday and I'm back to share with you another card made with a fun Great Impressions Stamp.

Look at that adorable F631 Bear With Flowers!  He's bringing a pot of lovely spring flowers to the birthday girl!  I love the way the papers mimic the sky and ground with the blue and flowered papers.  I've also used the C458 It's Your Birthday stamp which I clearly love because I use it often!  I decided to mimic the dots on the orange paper but in brown on some of the other papers and I think it gave the card a fun, happy look!

Well, that is it for today!  I hope you'll stop by the Great Impressions Stamps blog to play along with our Blinged Birthday challenge!

I'm adding this to the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #413
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes 
Make My Monday Challenge - Garden theme, I'm inspired by the flowers in the mobile garden.  :) 

Reach for your dreams!

Hello!  It is Tuesday of what promises to be a very busy week for me though I'm excited to stop in and share with you a card I made with some wonderful Great Impressions Stamps!  You may, or may not know that my youngest son is graduating high school this year so I, of course, have some graduation craftiness to make...starting with this fun card!

Don't ya just love it?  Clean, simple, and a bit abstract in the coloring, don't ya think?  I've used two GI stamps the Cap & Scroll E326, and Dreams B180.  I used a Real Red cardstock base and a white for the layer.  The grid detailing was made with t-ruler that I purchased recently.  I like the look!  It may just be one of my favorite Great Impressions cards!

Well, that is what I have to share with you today!  Thank you for stopping by and make sure you hop on over to the Great Impressions blog to check out and play along with our current challenge!

Owllo!

Good morning friends!  Today is Tuesday so I get to share with you a fun card made with a Great Impressions Stamp!

There are so many times that I'm just looking for a 'hello' card and this super cute image is perfect!  This is called Owllo (G553).  I thought it would be fun to use blue paper up top of the card and then I embossed it with a cloud embossing folder.  The yellow scallop is reminiscent of the sun and then of course the leaf paper to ground it a bit.

Well, thank you for stopping by today!   Make sure you stop over to the Great Impressions blog to check out our current challenge!

Listen here...

Hello and happy Great Impressions Tuesday!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend!  Thanks for stopping back by to see the fun card I made with Great Impressions Stamps this week!

Today I'm featuring a card made with a new stamp called Dog & Bird G534 and the Cloud Stencil.  I decided on no sentiment on the outside so I could use it for any purpose.  The papers I've had hanging around my craft room for awhile and are nice and bright so I thought they would be perfect!

Well, thank you for stopping by today!   Make sure you stop over to the Great Impressions blog to check out our current challenge!

Treat Yourself!

Hey all!  Welcome to the May Monthly Challenge with Great Impressions Stamps!  This month's challenge is:

Now check out the cute card I made for the challenge:

I just think these bees are so stinkin' adorable so I knew I had to use them again with some super cute bling on the wings (that you can see below).  I've used E840 Friendship Bees and C467 Treat Yourself for this card.

Make sure you check out all of our challenge guidelines HERE and make sure you let me know you are playing along so I can be sure to visit your post to see your creation!

Have a wonderful day!

It's Your Birthday!

Good morning and welcome back to Great Impressions Tuesday!  Today I have a sunshiny birthday card for you that I really love!  It was also a very beautiful sunshiny day when I took the photo...love that!

This cheery card uses the following Great Impressions Stamps:  It's Your Birthday C458 and Spring Floral Border H228.   The patterned papers are from SU! and again, I happen to have some lovely yellow twine in my stash that matches so well and puts a perfect finish on the card...love it when that happens!

Well, that is what I have to share today. THANK YOU so much for stopping by! I also would love for you to come and join our monthly challenge! If you use a stamp from the Great Impressions online store, please link it up in our Customer Gallery, too! Until next time, happy stamping, friends! :)

Fun Coffee!

Good morning friends!  Welcome to Great Impressions Tuesday!  Today I'm sharing a card that I made after finding the papers in my stash...meeee too much paper?  No way!  *wink, wink*

My card today is made with the cute stamp Fun Coffee Cup H278.  As you can see I paper pieced the cup with a complimentary, fun, patterned paper, the whipped cream at the top has clear glaze as well as well as clear star gelly roll pen on it...so cute, wish I could have gotten a better photo for you. I had the perfect twine colors on hand to draw this all together!  I've also used a base of CutCardStock's brown paper bag precut card base which is a great finish to this card!

Well, that is what I have to share today. THANK YOU so much for stopping by! I also would love for you to come and join our monthly challenge! If you use a stamp from the Great Impressions online store, please link it up in our Customer Gallery, too! Until next time, happy stamping, friends! :)

Light the candles.

Happy Tuesday friends!  Wow, did last week go quickly!  I'm working on several projects for different things so it seems like my weeks are just flying by!

I know you are here today to see a fun Great Impressions Stamps post though so lets get to it!

This silly little kitty is hiding behind the door because she is afraid of the number of candles that are being lit...lol!  I decided to go with a super clean and simple layout using SU! papers, copics, and the following Great Impressions Stamps:  Freak Me Out! (just part of the sentiment), Freaked Out Cat (front), and It's Your Birthday.  I didn't really do much with the inside so I could personalize it when giving.

Well, that is what I have to share today. THANK YOU so much for stopping by to take a peek at my card! I also would love for you to come and join our monthly challenge! If you use a stamp from the Great Impressions online store, please link it up in our Customer Gallery, too! Until next time, HUGS and happy stamping, friends! :)

Great Impressions April Challenge!

Hello friends!  What a fun and special challenge we have at Great Impressions this month! 

As you can see it is time for our combined blog hop with CutCardStock!  For the Great Impressions Stamps I've used on this project they are:  F323 Fashion Swirls and E880 Sparkle.   I'm excited to share my project with you all!

I am very excited to have received a wonderful package of BEAUTIFUL cardstock (and ribbon!) from CCS for this challenge and I'm using a couple of the colors on this project.  For the base of the wine tag I've used Stardream Metallic Card Stock in Lagoon and on the scalloped oval as well as to adorn the top of the tag (which you can't really see) I've used Stardream Metallic Card Stock in Amethyst.  Seriously, y'all, this card stock is luxurious...just so beautiful, a great weight, and wonderful color!

Now I hope you'll be hoping along with all of us designers from Great Impressions Stamps and CutCardStock...just follow along below and ENJOY!

Great Impressions Blog  http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/

Cut Cardstock Blog    http://cutcardstock.blogspot.com/

Mynn     http://mynnettekitchenonastampage.blogspot.com/ 

Annie   http://www.anniebwills.com/

Leah   http://paperblossoms.blogspot.com

Lisa L.   http://www.lisascreativeniche.blogspot.com/

Kendra  http://luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com/

Alexia    http://alexia-picture.blogspot.com/

Lorie   http://live-love-laugh-create2.blogspot.com/ (ME!)

Lisa M.    http://lisasipp.com/

Ruza   http://ruzascraftcorner.blogspot.de/

Gloria   http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/

Julie   http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com/

Agnes   http://flowerdiscosscraphut.blogspot.com/

Amber   http://amberscraftycorner.com/

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge

This week Great Impressions Stamps is sponsoring the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge.  This week the challenge is 'bling' and who doesn't like bling?

 I had a great time combining stamps for this challenge...three in all.  Birdie with spring flowers C401, Dainty Butterfly A149 and Happy Everything B246.  In addition to bling on the butterflies and the birdie (which I couldn't capture) there is bling on all the flowers (which you can kinda see below).  I love the happy happy, bright colors and layout of this card...so fun!

Now, don't forget, to play along with our challenge this month please head over to the page HERE and link it up so we can see!  And, if you use a Great Impressions Stamp link it up to our customer gallery HERE as well!

EGGstra special!

Okay, it's Tuesday and you know that means it is Great Impressions Stamps day on my blog so lets get started!

I had a pot of very pretty tulips that I wanted to give to a friend for Easter so you know I had to make a little tag to present them to her.  For this super sweet tag I used F630 Harry With Egg and D517 Eggstra Special for the stamps and once again I've used the Cloud Stencil Kit to make the clouds.  To start the tag I used some shimmery white cardstock and stamped Harry then colored him and the grass with Copics before making the clouds using SU! Bashful Blue ink.  The patterned paper is probably getting repetitive for you but I love the colors in it.  On the egg is some Smooch in Illuminate.  The sentiment is stamped on a fun dimensional tag in Rich Razzleberry.  A splash of a polka dot ribbon at the top and tahdah...you are all set!

Now, don't forget, to play along with our challenge this month please head over to the page HERE and link it up so we can see!  And, if you use a Great Impressions Stamp link it up to our customer gallery HERE as well!

Hoppy Tuesday!

Hello all and welcome to Great Impressions Tuesday!  To follow the theme for the month I've made another fun bunny card for Easter using Hoppy Easter F438.  Since it is such a simple stamp I thought building a scene for it would be perfect so I pulled out a grass die and the Cloud Stencil Kit from Great Impressions and got to work!

 I added a few sequins in the sky and tied a bow with some white twine and I think this makes a super sweet Easter card!

Now, don't forget, to play along with our challenge this month please head over to the page HERE and link it up so we can see!  And, if you use a Great Impressions Stamp link it up to our customer gallery HERE as well!

Peek!

Well good morning friends and welcome to Great Impressions Tuesday!  I think spring might have actually sprung where I live so I thought why not pull out the fun brighter colors?

I started out with this super cute image called Puppy Peeking H264.  Isn't that puppy just the sweetest?  I love the expression on her face!  I colored her with Copics that are complimentary to the papers.  These papers are some super fun papers that I've had in my stash for awhile and I used a sketch that I found.  I added the twin for an extra little punch of color.

Now on the inside I wanted to the very cute Happy Everything B246 everything stamp but wanted to punch it up a little so I decided on a strip of the complimentary bee paper and stamped the sentiment directly on the paper. 

Now, don't forget, to play along with our challenge this month please head over to the page HERE and link it up so we can see!  And, if you use a Great Impressions Stamp link it up to our customer gallery HERE as well!

Some bunny...

Good morning friends! Welcome to another fun challenge with Great Impressions Stamps!

Tis the season for all of those fun bunny and spring images and we'd love to see them all!  I've chosen a super cute new bunny to use for this challenge:

The very cute Dreaming Bunny (G532) and the adorable Bunny Loves You (D518) are perfect for that springtime card!  Great Impressions Stamps also has an awesome Cloud Stencil Kit that I used for the clouds in the background.  Talk about easy to use!  Check it out HERE!  The card layout is a Sketch from SVG Cutting Files and is so perfect for my dreaming bunny in the clouds don't you think?  I've added a touch of twine for that bow and it makes the best and cutest clean and simple card, don't you think?

To play along with our challenge this month please head over to the page HERE and link it up so we can see!  Don't forget if you use a Great Impressions Stamp to link it up to our customer gallery HERE as well!

 

Let Me Count The Ways

Hello friends!  It has been a week of downtime and sickness in our house.  It looks like my hubby is on the upside from the horrible ick that is going around though so that is good!

It is Tuesday so you know that means it is my day to post some fabby Great Impressions inspiration for you all!  My time in my crafty room has been so limited recently that I've taken to making some wonderful yet clean and simple creations of which this card is one of. 

For this super sweet and fun card I used E840 Friendship Bees on the outside coloring them with Prismacolor Pencils and blending with a SU! blender pen.  I've added some Smooch on the bees wings and around the flower too. 

Inside I used part of F614 Count The Ways though the entire sentiment would be adorable too!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I would love to you to join us for our monthly challenge!  If you use a stamp from the Great Impressions online store, please link it up in our Customer gallery, too!