Wonderful Wednesdays with Joni

Our theme this week  at Great Impressions is birthdays with a twist.  

I made a shaker card. 

 I used the  F585 Party Cow from Great Impressions.  

I heat embossed it and colored it with watercolor markers.  The sentiment G469 Udderly is actually on a wobble spring so it moves or twists!

Inspiration Saturday with Ellen

Hello to all of my Great Impressions friends! Welcome back for more inspiration from the Great Impressions store! It is the third Saturday, and our challenge is still open! This month we are having a BIRTHDAY BASH challenge. Here is my card, and it could be a birthday card or be used for any celebration. Hopefully it will inspire you to enter your own creation in our challenge!

(A2: Stamps: Great Impressions Stamps (Udderly C469 and Party Cow F585); DSP: SN@P; Copics)

Both of these stamps are from the August release. Aren’t they adorable? Please do stop by my blog to see all of the details!

Thanks so much for stopping by for a bit of inspiration from Great Impressions.

Here is the link to the current monthly challenge: Birthday Bash!

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Happy crafting everyone!

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Guest Designer: Patti Gilliam

Hi, friends!  We are back today with another post today from our guest designer, Patti Gilliam! Today she's got a super fabulous sponged birthday scene for us!  Check it out!

Hello!  

I hope that you are having at Utterly Moovelous day!

Throughout the month of August, I am guest designing for Great Impressions Stamps, and I am so excited!  

My posts will be here on the Great Impressions Blog each Sunday this month.

Today's card, 'Utterly Moovelous', features two of the new release stamps.  

I've used 'Party Cow', and 'Udderly' - this card will hopefully brighten someone's day - what a fun and happy image!

To create this card, I folded my card base, and set it aside.  Next, I cut a piece of white cardstock for the focal panel.  After sponging on a sun, some grass, and sky, I stamped the image and sentiment, as shown.  Taking a scrap of the green gingham, I shaped a hill, sponged it, and die cut some grass to adhere behind the hill.  This piece was then adhered to the focal panel. The panel was then matted on black cardstock, using my Perfect Paper Crafting Mini-Rulers, and adhered to the card base.  The cow was stamped again on a white scrap, colored, and added to the card front with dimensional foam.  I stamped the cow once more on gingham and dot scraps, and paper pieced the hat and balloon.  Voila!

Thanks for stopping by - be sure to enter the Birthday Bash Challenge!

We'd love to see your creations :)

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.

Other supplies used:

A Muse Green Gingham Cardstock

White Hammermill 110# Cardstock

Amuse Grapefruit Petite Dots Cardstock

Black Cardstock - Hobby Lobby

Grass Die - C.C. Designs, C.C. Cutters

Perfect Paper Crafting Mini-Rulers

Adhesive: Tombow runner

Dimensional Foam (Michael's)

Copic Markers

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Thank you, Patti for another fun card!  Come back next week when Patti hits off our NO CARD/NO TAG week!  Our theme is Teacher Gifts and I know what she's made for us will leave a Great Impression on you, too!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all!

Wonderful Wednesday with Joni

I absolutely love love love this image, F585 Party Cow from Great Impressions.

I stamped the image with black ink and added just a bit of R00 copic to the cow. 

I dry embossed and then die cut the slanted background.

 I added the sentiment C469 Udderly and die cut it with a balloon die.