New Team Welcome!

Hi, friends!  We had a Design Team call recently, and now it's time for us to announce our *NEW* design team members!  We are excited to have these ladies join us here at Great Impressions, and we hope you enjoy their work as much as we do!  And now, our new team will introduce themselves...

Donna Phelan: Crafting By The Beach

Hello!  I have always been a crafter, dabbling in creating stained glass ornaments and lots of beading and jewelry making.  I’ll try anything once!  I started my love affair with paper and card making a little over 5 years ago and most other crafts have been left far behind.  So may pretty papers, so little time!  I finally started my blog just over 2 years ago and find it a fun way to share my creations.

I have been married to a great guy for almost 27 years and we are both self-employed.  We live on Old Cape Cod and have for the past 15 years.  Our beautiful daughter will be getting married this fall at a Vineyard here on Cape Cod, a magical setting.

I was so pleased and honored to be invited to the Great Impressions Design Team!  I love the quality and the wonderful assortment of images and sentiments of these stamps, and hope to share some unique creations with you all.  I am very excited to get to know all of these very talented ladies on the Design Team…..my new online BFFs, if you will!  Happy Stamping!

Emily Daggett: Studio M

Hi! I'm Emily- a thirty something single gal enjoying a simple, quiet life in the Midwest. I've been a card maker for about ten years. I started out in scrapbooking but decided a full page was just too much space to work with, and that's when I made the switch to cards. I also enjoy the practicality of it, and the chance it gives me to share my creativity with others. When I'm not making cards I like to spend time gardening, sewing, biking, hiking and birding.

Ruza Rebel: Ruza's Craft Corner

I'm a stay-at-home mom to a very special young lady in Northern Illinois. I've been crafting since I was a young child, and when I became a "SAHM" I turned to crafting to stay busy. Creating cards, altering items, and just having fun with paper and Copic Markers is an amazing hobby that I truly love. I'm very grateful that I have a husband that supports me, that my son loves seeing my creations as well, and that my special young lady enjoys getting into my crafts (sometimes). I truly love the challenge of making something beautiful with the various products available in the crafting industry, and I look forward to sharing my love of crafting with Great Impressions amazing stamps.

Toni Maddox: Frankie Helps Craft

Hi there!  My name is Toni and I live in the Pacific Northwest just outside of the Seattle area.  I've been here for nearly 15 years (when did that happen?!) but am a Midwest girl at heart, having spent many years in Indiana.  I have a wonderful partner who indulges my hobbies, two stepkids who are all grown up now and living in CA for school, and Frankie the cat who's as crafty as I am.  I've dabbled in various crafts my whole life and have explored about everything, including quilting, cross stitch, dyeing, jewelry-making, knitting, and currently card-making.  When Seattle weather permits, I like to be in the garden (think about it anyway--LOL).  Otherwise, when I'm not crafting or working, you'll likely find me lazing about on the sofa reading or watching a movie with cat at my side.

That's all for us today, friends.  We hope you take some time to visit our new gals and check out their beautiful blogs.  Stay tuned for some fabulous creations from these new gals!  We'll be back tomorrow with more crafty posts.  Until then, HUGS and happy stamping to you all!