Special Guest Designer: Patti J.

Hi everyone! Today is an exciting day! Patti J. is back as our Special Guest Designer! Here's what Patti has to share with us.

Great Impressions  was one of the very first stamps I purchased when I began stamping, in 2000.  It still makes me smile to use one of their products, and I've missed being a team member!  

The amazing Ruza asked me to create something 'For Him'. I didn't have too many masculine stamps, so here's what I decided to do ... A Double Z-Fold (Joy?) Card seemed like a fun manly-fold. 

Here is the card opened partially ...

Here is the card opened fully ...

And this little view shows the card from the end - double z's, right???

I used these Great Impressions Stamps: Old Fishing Chair (G331) and the Tags Sentiment (G483). This will go to a man at church who loves to fish and golf!

Thanks for dropping by today! Make sure you stop by this Sunday for our Great Impressions June Challenge!

Whale

Good Wednesday to you! Leah from Paper Blossoms here. I have a cute card to share with you today! This image makes me smile :)

This image is aptly named (G373) Smiling Whale. I think it's super cute! The sentiment is (G483) Tags. I stamped the whale onto white cardstock and used Copic markers to color it. I did the same with the sentiment banner.

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Mermaid

Hello! Leah from Paper Blossoms here today I have a fun card to share with you that would be a great card to give to anyone who loves mermaids. My daughter does!

This fun image is called (H182) Rachel in the Sea. The sentiment is from (G483) Tags.  I stamped the mermaid and sentiment onto watercolor paper and used Gansai Tambi watercolors to color the image. Couldn't have a mermaid without watercolors! Some machine stitching and twine finish it off.

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Birthday Bicycle

Hello! Leah from Paper Blossoms here and we are re-visiting some older cards this week! Here is mine:

Isn't this a fun image?! I inked up and colored the Birthday Bicycle (G504) using Copics and to the same round focal mat added the sweet Flag Banner (E846).  The pretty pink background is stamped using the Twirly Background Sm. (E845) and my sentiment comes from the Tags (G483) set. Some stitching and sequins finish my card. I hope you like it! 

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Enjoy the Day!

Happy Saturday, Great Impressions Stamps fans!  Julie here again today with a bit of mid-challenge inspiration for you.

Great Impressions Stamps has an Anything Goes Challenge each month, and the inspiration for it this month is a Patriotic mood board.

All that red, white, and blue -- plus, those sparklers, put me in a very patriotic mood!

Using #F587 - Harry Blowing Seeds and #G483 Tags, I created this card...

I colored F587 - Harry Blowing Seeds (or in this case, sparklers) with Copic markers.  The tag was stamped with blue ink and fussy cut.

Great Impressions Stamps has an Anything Goes Challenge going on all month.  Come join the fun here!

Don't forget to visit the Great Impressions Stamps Store to see the other fun things Harry is doing, plus all the other wonderful Great Impressions Stamps.

Lazy Days of Summer

Happy Friday Great Impressions Stamp Friends!

Kendra from Luv 2 Scrap 'n Make Cards here today to share an adorable card with you!!

We are currently sponsoring the challenge at MOD Squad!

With the theme of:
Lazy Days of Summer

With this theme I knew exactly what image I was going to use!

The adorable Floating Flamingo (H287)!!

Can't get much lazier then this!! hehe

I love this sweet summer image!  Makes me want to run out to our pond and relax on a tube!!  Love lazy days on the pond with the kids!!

I also added the "Enjoy the Day" tag from the Tags (G483) set!

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Thank you for stopping by to see my project today!

Be sure to stop back for more wonderful inspiration!

Join in our monthly challenge as well!  

We'd love to see what you create!

Check out the Great Impressions shop for more wonderful stamps!!

Have a sweet day!

Enjoy

Today I have a card for you that goes along with the challenge over on the Mod Squad blog. The theme is Lazy Summer Days.

The fun image is called (F549) Hot Air Balloon the sentiment is (G483) Tags. I colored the image with Copics and trimmed out the sentiment. I dry embossed the background and added some dots around the frame for interest.

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PaperBlossoms

Paper Roses

I hope you are well stamping friends! One of the very first stamps I fell in love with at Great Impressions was this lovely bouquet of flowers. They are perfect to color or paper piece! This is definitely one of my past favorite cards!

I started with stamping the card base in a light gray ink using the beautiful Queen Ann Lace (E807) image. It gives such a light feathery look. I then decided to paper piece my bouquet which is the lovely Flower Bouquet (J110) image. For my sentiment I inked up just one of the little banners from the Tags (G483) set. Machine sewing and a few butterflies finished it off. I hope you like it! Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

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Enjoy the Day

Hello! Leah here today and I have a cute card to share with you!

I decided to use this super cute image called (F631) Bear with Flowers. I stamped it onto watercolor paper and watercolored. Once it was dry I stamped the sentiment from (G483) Tags on the same panel. The little bit of glitter on the button was poured on while the glue was wet from adhering the twine.

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Out For A Walk

Hello stamping friends. Leah here and today I have a fun card to share with you using one of the newest GI images.

This cute image is called H283 Louise with Ducklings and it was a lot of fun to color using Copic markers. The sentiment is from the versatile G483 Tags stamp. 

I added some cardstock strips and a few round gems to finish it off.

 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! 

Pumpkin Puppy Birthday Card

Welcome back fellow card makers! I don't know about you but I never seem to have enough birthday cards around, so here's an autumn themed one to add to my stash:

I used a paw print embossing folder with a bit of distressing around the edges, paw print ribbon, and a paw print brad to go with this cute dog stamp (Pumpkin Puppy H259). I used the Tags G483 stamp for the banner sentiment. 

Don't forget to join us for the Trick or Tree-t Challenge if you haven't already. There are still a few days left before this month is history! Have a great weekend and I'll see you back here next Friday!

Enjoy

I hope you are having a good week so far! Today I have a pretty new image to share with you called J116 Hydrangeas.

This image is perfect for looser watercoloring which is what I did. I used Tombow markers and a #4 round brush to color my image. For my sentiment I stamped and trimmed out the G483 Tags, "enjoy the day".

Be sure to join us in this month's challenge (click!) and if you use any GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (click!). Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (click!) and maybe treat yourself to a few new images...did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Have a wonderful day!

Birthday Cards With A Twist

Hello! This week the DT is bringing you ideas on fun birthday cards that have a special element to them to make them extra special.

For my card I decided a pocket in the front with a gift of money peeking out would be sure to bring an extra to smile to someone special. For my image I used the super cute G505 Birthday Friends. I colored with Copics and added the G483 Tags Happy Birthday sentiment.

Be sure to join us in this month's challenge (click!) and if you use any GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (click!). Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (click!) and maybe treat yourself to a few new images...did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Have a wonderful day!

Wonderful Wednesday with Joni

Finally enjoying the spring, almost summer like weather, here in NH! 

Although I guess we could use some rain. 

So I decided to use this adorable G522 Spring Boots stamp from Great Impressions. 

I colored the image with copics and used a circle die to fame the image. 

I added the You're Specical from the Rubber Tags G483.

 Then I added the sentiment C340 Happy Birthday.

Happy Birthday

Good morning, and Happy Saturday!

Today, I'm sharing a card I made using Great Impressions stamps.

I think you'll like this one - I think it turned out quite nicely.

To create this card, I used the following Great Impressions stamps:

H267-Potted Flowers, and G483 Tags.

To create this card, the image was colored with Copic markers.

I then cut from the bottom and from the top with a paper trimmer, in to the image, and fussy cut the bottom of the pots and the tops of the flowers and butterfly, leaving a 'split' panel.  

Next, this panel was matted with a piece of patterned paper, and then adhered to the card front.

The sentiment was stamped directly onto the patterned paper, and fussy cut. 

A few tiny 'blings' were added for fun. 

The border at the top was one that Deone, the owner, included in my last stamp order.

The border both balanced the black bling at the bottom, AND hid a boo boo at the top.

Lol...creative opportunity, right?

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Thanks for stopping by today!

Don't forget about the GI challenge!

The theme for May is 'Celebrate Spring'.

You don't have to use GI stamps, but we'd love it if you did!

If you use GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (HERE). 

Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (HERE) and treat yourself to a few new stamps!

Did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Have a great weekend,

Patti J.

Pretty Nail Polish Holder

Happy Thursday Great Impressions Stamp Friends!

Kendra from Luv 2 Scrap 'n Make Cards here today to share a fun gift idea!!

I decided to create a nail polish holder.


I used the G298 Seeded Dandelion for my main image in the background, along with the A32 Flitting Butterflies stamp.

For the sentiment I used one of the stamps from the G483 Tags set!

You can check out my project on my personal blog here.

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Thank you for stopping by to see my project today!

Be sure to stop back for more wonderful inspiration!

Join in our monthly challenge as well!  

We'd love to see what you create!

Check out the Great Impressions shop for more wonderful stamps!!

Have a sweet day!

Rainy Day

Hi there! Today I have a fun rainy day card using a super cute image called F605 Rainy Day Harry.

I watercolored the image using Tombow markers and a #4 round Winsor and Newton brush. For my sentiment I used the G483 Tags and selectively inked only the sentiment. My Tombow markers are also great for this! 

 Be sure to join us in this month's challenge (click!) and if you use any GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (click!). Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (click!) and maybe treat yourself to a few new images...did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Have a wonderful day!

You are Special

Hello! Today I have a fun spring card to share with you. I had a lot of fun coloring this image, it just makes me smile! My son came in to see what I was doing and said, "make the wheelbarrow red." So I did :)

I watercolored my image which is called H263 Springtime Louie with my Tombow markers and a Winsor and Newton #4 round brush. My sentiment was stamped and trimmed out using the G483 Tags set. I am sure ready for spring, how about you?

 Be sure to join us in this month's challenge (click!) and if you use any GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (click!). Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (click!) and maybe treat yourself to a few new images...did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Saturday!

Happy Saturday!

The snow is beginning to finally melt, and I'm hopeful that by Monday, I can drive

myself places again!  My last trip out that I actually drove, was on Feb. 13th!

Hope you're enjoying some sunshine where you are, as well.

On to my card!

I have a sweet card to share with you today that uses stamps from Great Impressions.

Here's what I created, using: Great Impressions Valentine Bird Houses G517, and Great Impressions Tags G483.

This was so easy to do.

I began with my white card base...folded it, and set it aside.

I cut a piece of cloud paper to about 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches. 

My handy dandy scissors cut a little hillside, which I adhered to the lower section of the panel.

I trimmed it up to the right width after adhering.

The sentiment was stamped on a scrap of white card stock, adhered to the green hill, and an enamel dot finished that off.  

The image was then stamped onto the cloud panel, as well as several pieces of patterned papers.  

The birds and one birdhouse and leaves were cut from these patterned papers, and paper-pieced, by adhering the pieces directly onto the stamped image.

The focal panel was then placed onto a mat of black card stock, and then onto the white card base.

What a fun stamp this is!  It was easy to paper piece, and I can't wait to color it!

Be sure to join us in this month's challenge (HERE!) and if you use any GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (Here). 

Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (HERE) and treat yourself to a few new stamps!

Did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Thanks for stopping by - see you next Saturday with a really fun spring creation!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Bird House Love

Hello! Today I have a fun little card to share with you using some new Great Impressions stamps. With Valentine's fast approaching lovey dovey cards have been on my mind.

I used the sweet G517 Valentine Bird Houses for my main image. I colored it with Copics. The little heart and dot paper is stamped using A54 Hearts and Dots. What a great little stamp! My sentiment comes from G483 Tags. I hope you like it!

 Be sure to join us in this month's challenge (click!) and if you use any GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (click!). Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (click!) and maybe treat yourself to a few new images...did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Have a wonderful day!