tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42832170231984658792024-03-14T01:29:27.229-04:00Great ImpressionsGreat Impressionshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14726544731473254822noreply@blogger.comBlogger1699125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283217023198465879.post-74234902266282617082017-07-02T08:00:00.000-04:002017-07-02T08:00:04.835-04:00The Winner for June is ... <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Good morning! As you know June was the last month of our Challenges here at the Great Impressions Blog, and the Designer Team is going on hiatus. That does not mean that we are closed. The <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/" target="_blank"><b>Great Impressions Stamps Store is Open for business</b></a>, and Deone is always happy to hear from her customers. To stay up-to-date on all things <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/" target="_blank"><b>Great Impressions Stamps</b></a> sign up for <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/#LatestScoop" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Latest Scoop Newsletter</a>. </div>
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Now it's time to Announce the Winner of our June, 2017 Masculine Challenge. </div>
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Our Random Winner is ...</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.inlinkz.com/displayurl.php?id=33209414" target="_blank">#5 ~ Cynthia O.</a></b></div>
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Now for our "Top Picks"</div>
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<b><a href="http://www.inlinkz.com/displayurl.php?id=33356023" target="_blank">#31 ~ Valerija</a></b></div>
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Congratulations! Please grab your badge and proudly display it on your blog!</div>
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All of you have made a GREAT IMPRESSION on us!</div>
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Thank you, each and everyone of you, for inspiring us with your projects throughout the years! </div>
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Wishing all of you a Crafty Summer! <a href="http://ruzascraftcorner.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><i><b>Ruza</b></i></a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16632189245729759717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283217023198465879.post-36182779968685250392017-06-30T08:00:00.000-04:002017-06-30T08:00:22.088-04:00You Are My Sunshine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;">Hello, and happy Friday! It's <a href="http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com/2017/06/you-are-my-sunshine-for-great.html">Julie</a> with you today. </span><span style="font-size: large;"> I love big, bold sentiment stamps that can be the focal point of a card. I found this great one in the</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Great Impressions Stamps store</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, and fell in love with it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/e876.html" target="_blank">E876 My Sunshine</a>. All I did was ink it up, cut it out with a square die cut, back it with another die cut and centered it on the card.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is my last post for <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/" target="_blank">Great Impressions Stamps</a>, and I want to thank Deone and Ruza for the wonderful experience! I have loved every minute and will treasure each of my <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/" target="_blank">Great Impressions Stamps</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Greetings, fellow stamp lovers! It's <a href="http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com/2017/06/thinking-of-you-great-impressions-stamps.html">Julie</a> with you today, hoping you are enjoying some summertime weather where you live.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have a simple, yet pretty card to share with you today using a <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/" target="_blank">Great Impressions Stamp</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This round card uses <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/f326.html" target="_blank">F326 Daisy Thinking of You</a>, colored with Copic markers. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Have you entered the <a href="http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/search/label/Challenge" target="_blank">Great Impressions Stamps Challenge</a> yet? You still have a few days. The theme this month is Masculine. This is the final challenge, so I hope you can enter it!</span></div>
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Good morning! Today is my last post as a Designer for <b><a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/" target="_blank">Great Impressions Stamps</a></b>. I've had an amazing time being on the Design Team for the past 2-yrs, as a Designer and then the Design Team Coordinator. I've worked with many amazing designers while on the Design Team. Shouting out a BIG Thank You to all of the Designers and our awesome Owner Deone. It has been a blast being here and sharing my creations with all of you.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16632189245729759717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283217023198465879.post-56346059767510226622017-06-23T08:00:00.000-04:002017-06-23T08:00:16.987-04:00Happy Birthday Sis!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Good morning everyone. Hope you have had a wonderful week and now I have another Friday card for you.</div>
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Mable and Vera are off again on a wild adventure. This stamp is <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/j117.html" target="_blank"><b>Mable & Vera Cruzin' (J117)</b></a> and it is paired with <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/c478.html" target="_blank"><b>Wild! (C478)</b></a>. This has been colored in Copic markers and placed on an embossed background. I put that on a paper I made myself using ColorBurst powders and sequins with washi tape on the bottom. Pop over to my blog for all the details.</div>
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Now some sad news. This will be my last post for Great Impressions. I have truly enjoyed the last six months and I just love our team and our leader Ruza. I have even learned to stamp better as I have used mostly digis before. I will miss being part of this team and designing for Great Impressions.</center>
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Thank you Deone, owner of <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/" target="_blank"><b>Great Impressions</b></a>, for having me on your team!</center>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It's been so much fun being on the Design Team for the <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/shop.html">Great Impressions Stamps</a> Challenge. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Unfortunately, my 3 month term is all but over. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">For my last card, I've used the <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/e702.html">Daisy Flourish Stamp</a> (E702)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> and the <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/e805.html">So Wonderful Sentiment Stamp</a> (E805).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Remember, the current Great Impressions Challenge is still open.</span></div>
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Good morning! I'm re-sharing a masculine card today that I created last year that features <b><a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/" target="_blank">Great Impressions Stamps</a></b>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's another super simple card I made using Great Impressions Stamps </span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/d320.html">Handy Mouse</a>(320S)</span> and <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/d389.html">Happy Dad's Day</a>(D389). You will find additional info about this card <a href="http://thatmightlookgoodonacard.blogspot.com/2017/06/great-impressions-stamps-wednesday-hello.html">here</a>, on my blog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2017/06/june-2017-theme-challenge.html">Link it up</a> before the end of June for a chance to win these two</span></div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">See you next Wednesday.</span></i></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16632189245729759717noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283217023198465879.post-52018731508868292202017-06-09T08:01:00.000-04:002017-06-09T08:01:05.659-04:00A Butterfly Get Well<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://thatmightlookgoodonacard.blogspot.com/2017/06/wednesday-inspiration-with-great.html"><i>Debi</i></a></span></div>
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Using Marvey LePlumme II Markers I colored the image with three (3) different colors and stamped it on my panel. I then colored the image again with the same markers, and made each sail a little different. A combination of Distress Inks and Gelatos were used to create the sea and sky, and then applied Copic Opaque White with a brush to create the whitecaps. I then framed the scene with a Scalloped Frame Die, and layered it on my blue card. No sentiment was used, but you can always add it to the inside for any occasion.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16632189245729759717noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283217023198465879.post-61392107873332301822017-05-30T08:00:00.000-04:002017-05-30T08:00:03.162-04:00Birdies on a Swing <span style="font-size: large;">Greetings! It's <a href="http://muddypawsinkyfingers.blogspot.com/2017/05/birdies-on-swing-for-great-impressions.html">Julie</a> with you today. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Do you like to swing? Did you enjoy it as a child? Sometimes I watch birds and squirrels sitting on branches, swinging in the breeze and it looks like FUN! </span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/" target="_blank">Great Impressions Stamps</a> </span><span style="font-size: large;">has a great rubber stamp,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/g486.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">Two Birdies on a Swing (G486)</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">that is so, so cute! I just had to color it up!</span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16632189245729759717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283217023198465879.post-12612184617902292012017-05-26T08:00:00.000-04:002017-05-26T08:00:09.424-04:00Get Well Daisies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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First I stamped both <b><a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/f121.html" target="_blank">F121 Springy Molly</a></b> and <b><a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/c346.html" target="_blank">C346 A Special Mom Sentiment</a></b>
in black ink on white card stock. I colored Miss Molly with markers
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For a Special Mom was fussy cut and adhered to a die cut. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">To assemble the card I first placed the front strip on top of the bottom of the inside of the card. I placed a strip of adhesive across the bottom of the back of image piece and positioned it onto the bottom strip. Then I folded the top section of the card down and glued the top of the image to it. When I added the inside sentiments, I made sure the little heart would show and positioned the Happy Mother's Day high enough on the card so that it was completely covered when the card was closed. </span></div>
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I stamped the <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/e636.html" target="_blank"><b>Dump Truck (E636)</b></a> with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Using a 0.8 Copic Multi-Liner I drew in a road for the truck to drive on. Copic Markers were used to color in the truck, along with a Silber 1.5 PITT Faber Castell Artist Pen for the fender and grill. I then added the <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/c340.html" target="_blank"><b>Happy Birthday Sentiment (C340)</b></a> with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, and applied distress ink above and below the road to represent dirt. Glossy Accents was added to the windows of the truck to make them shiny, and White Opal Liquid Pearls was used for the headlights.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16632189245729759717noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4283217023198465879.post-5196833320004673632017-05-12T09:00:00.000-04:002017-05-12T09:00:09.415-04:00Watercolor Flowers<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I started with <b><a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/h255.html" target="_blank">"Watercolor Flowers" (H255)</a></b> stamped with Versamark and then a fine black embossing powder. Embossing helps keep the watercolors inside the flowers. Next take some Distress Inks, stamp them on your work matt and spritz some water. The painting goes rather quickly. After drying I cut the flowers out. I used some more DI on some plain white paper then glued the flowers into place. Then I stamped with <b><a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/e367.html" target="_blank">"Swirly Happy Birthday" (E367)</a></b> and added some butterfly brads. All that's left is to put it on the base card and you're done.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The <a href="http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ecommerce/h226.html">Butterfly Frame(H226S)</a> stamp by Great Impressions Stamps is perfect for making a CAS card.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> You will find a wonderful selection of sentiment stamps in the </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Wouldn't a set of cards make a nice teacher appreciation gift?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Did you check to see if you were a winner in the Great Impressions April Challenge? You'll find the winners listed <a href="http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-2017-theme-challenge.html">here</a>, as well as, the theme for the <a href="http://greatimpressionsstamps.blogspot.com/2017/05/may-2017-theme-challenge.html">Great Impressions May Challenge</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It was so nice of you to stop by today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://thatmightlookgoodonacard.blogspot.com/2017/05/great-impressions-stamps-card-set.html">Debi</a></span></div>
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