Inked up Sympathy with Julie

Greetings, fellow stamp lovers!  It's Julie with you today.  I've been gone a few months while I fought cancer and chemo treatments, but I'm happy to say I'm in remission, feeling much stronger, and am back with the Great Impression Stamps design team again.  Yeah!  I love these stamps and this team!

I don't often heat emboss, but that's the joy of working with real stamps like Great Impressions Stamps instead of digital ones.  So, I got out the embossing inks and created a couple of cards that I needed using Great Impressions Stamps Wildflower Silhouette (H184) and With Sympathy (B206):

I created both cards by heat embossing the Wildflower Silhouette (H184) image with black embossing powder.  I then sponged on Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks in the background, using various shaped cutting dies to back them. I can never seem to have enough Sympathy cards, so I'm pleased to have these to add to the stash. 

If you haven't joined the challenge yet at Great Impressions stamps, there's still a few more days.  A new challenge will start on May 7. 

With Sympathy

Happy weekend, fellow stamp lovers!  Julie here today from Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers.

I needed a sympathy card awhile back, and I wanted it to be beautiful.  I naturally reached for my Great Impressions Stamps to create it...

The Butterfly Frame (H226) and the With Sympathy (B206) seemed like a perfect combination.  I stamped the H226- Butterfly Frame onto Carta Bella Kraft card stock, then colored it with color pencils.  I then fussy cut the frame. 

Did you join in the Great Impressions Stamps Anything Goes challenge this month?  There's another one starting very soon!

Don't forget to shop in the Great Impressions Stamps store to find more elegant stamps like those used in today's card.

With Sympathy

Easter Greetings, crafty friends!  Julie here with you today.  We are sponsoring the CRAFT Challenge blog this week, and this is my entry for the challenge. I work in a nursing home for my "day job", and often am called upon to play organ at funerals for my "moonlighting" job.  I can never have enough sympathy cards.  The H251 Tall Tulips rubber stamp is perfect for sympathy cards.

I used H251 Tall Tulips and colored it with Copic markers.  The sentiment stamp is B206 With Sympathy.  I blinged the card up with rhinestone accents from my stash.

Come join our Bunny Hop challenge going on all month at the Great Impressions Stamps blog, and do your shopping for many wonderful rubber stamps at the Great Impressions Store.