Early Easter Greetings! Pillow Box

Good morning!

After that great blog hop this past weekend I've got 'eggs' on the brain! Sometimes I get going on a theme and that's all I think about for awhile...at least until I'm inspired to move on to something else! So, this Thursday morning I've got a quick project for you...

This is a pillow box! I find them so useful for when you need a quick little something for your friend, neighbor, the Sunday school kids or you just need one more pressie to fill out a gift.

You can find templates for pillow boxes in all sizes to trace onto the back of card stock, cut, score and assemble. Fortunately, for me there are cutting files available and dies, too!

I cut this pillow box out of patterned card stock and stamped and embossed the Easter Greetings stamp onto white card stock. As with a lot of projects, you could whip out a bunch of these with a little planning and better yet, a little help!

What are you working on? Is it your entry for the March Challenge?

If you want to know how to enter, read the Challenge #1 post...

Have a great day!

Inky hugs,
Angi

Stamps: Great Impressions Easter Greetings (E747)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark Watermark, Copics
Paper: We R Memory Keepers Cotton Tail: Easter Basket
Other: Sizzix Eclips, ribbon, clear glitter, Adirondack Embossing Powder Eggplant

Color block floral card

 I created a stencil background with squares cut out with using Nestabilities dies. 

 Then I pounced over the stencil with a make up sponge and dye based inks. 

Let that dry, then stamped the main flower image with Versafine ink.

Supplies used:

Great Impressions Stamp

 H184 Wildflower Silhouette

White, black and green cardstock

Blue, green and saffron dye based inks

Versafine Onyx Black Ink

Make up sponge

Nestabilities Classic Squares Lg

(Use this to create the stencil for sponging on background colors.)

Colorbok Black Metal Dots

Ribbon, glue dots and adhesive

Thinking Spring

Is it Spring yet?

My calendar says not...however, the crazy weather here

 say the temperatures are in the 60's.

I will take it and not complain one bit!

So I am in the mood for some bright Spring colors and lotsa texture today.

Think I pulled it off with this card.

I opened my brand new pot of Creative Inspirations Paint in a bright shade of mint green to edge my image panel.  Colored that little lady bug struggling to reach that flower with my Copics.  

Then added some sparkly bling to the center of the flower.  

Some funky DP grass and I am ready for Spring!

Supplies:

Not Shown:  SU - Taken with Teal Cardstock (retired)

Sentiment:  Computer Generated

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Who is up for this month's challenge?

It's an easy peasy one...

Find out all about it here.

I am headed out to enjoy the weather while it lasts.

Have a great day!

Hugs,

Jenny

Jars of Flowers

Good morning. I hope everyone had a great weekend and had fun on our crossover blog hop with Creative Paint Inspirations.  I loved seeing all the different creations. 

Have you checked out the stamp of the month yet? Aren't those images cute? The sentiments are fabulous for an card as well. 

So today I have a card with my first (yes first) attempt on coloring on kraft. It was really fun trying and then erasing and then more coloring. 

I used the stamp Jars of Flowers to create this card.

I used some lace that I twisted around to make a little border to cover up the orange ribbon strips I made for the bottom of the card. 

I used a flower punch and sprayed the yellow cardstock with perfect pearls mist. Then added pinks pearls for the center of the flowers.

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you stop by tomorrow for Jenny's post. 

First Ever Blog Hop!!!

If you are just stopping in....we are having a blog hop...the hop started Friday March 9th at 8:00am EST and will be ending on Sunday March 11th at 8:00pm EST so that gives you all weekend long to hop with us!

Here is a few things about our hop:

We are doing a combined hop with the Fabulous Creative Inspirations Paint DT so each of the projects along your hop this weekend will have not only Great Impressions images on them but also Creative Inspirations Paints as well.

This is our first hop here at GI to help spread the word about GI's blog, challenges, and of course the opening of the new webstore!!!

There is a wonderful prize package involved in this hop being a $25.00 gift certificate to Great Impressions webstore AND 5 Creative Inspirations paints of your choice!!!

To be entered into the drawing for this prize you must do two things

(1) go to each of the DT's blogs, view their post, and leave them some love (leave them a comment)

(2) grab the letter you will find in that post and keep it until you get back here and leave a comment along with the word/words that you get from all the letter's collected

That's it...hop, leave some love, get the letters, leave some love here and the word/words!!!

Soooooo this should/will be your last stop on the hop so you should have come here from:

Kianel's Blog

If you are just starting your hop please start here:

Creative Inspirations Paint Blog

Here is a complete list in case you get lost or disconnected during your hop:

 Creative Inspirations Paint http://creativeinspirationspaint.blogspot.com/

  Barbara Washington http://magicdelights.blogspot.com/

  Angi http://makingmayhem.blogspot.com/

 April Lower http://allaboutthelowers.blogspot.com/

  Dawn Lotharius http://www.dawnscraft.com/

Deloris http://stampingatthelake.blogspot.com/

  Gini Cagle www.ginicagle.blogspot.com

 Shanna http://scsdesigns.blogspot.com/

  Holly Brown http://glitterstampsandink.blogspot.com/

  Jenny http://www.stampingicandy.com/

  Irit Shalom http://iritshalom.blogspot.com/

  Theresa http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

  Kassi Hulet http://kassicreations.blogspot.com/

  Kendra Sand http://luv2scrapnmakecards.blogspot.com/

  Kianel http://lescrapdekianel.canalblog.com/

Oh....and now that you are done...don't forget to do some shopping:

Great Impressions Stamps

Creative Inspirations Paint

Have a great weekend and come back each day of the week for some new GI inspiration and don't forget to join our monthly challenge going on right now!

"To Unpathed Waters & Undreamed Shores..."

Ever have one of those weeks where you wish you could play all the time? This week has been crunch time for me - I've whipped up 4 cards, 1 box and 2 special projects all using Great Impressions' stamps in a matter of days...whew!

This week the Design Team had a "Not a Square" challenge and it took a bit to think outside the box...(pun intended!)

This type of card is known as a rocker card or a wobble card. Texture & movement...sigh. Love it! I've had this Cat Tails stamp for awhile and have been looking for just the right project to use it on...this was it!

And remember I said that I use the Water Swirl Border a lot?  Uh huh...it's subtle, but it's there. I think clear embossing is the easiest way to add texture and interest on a project without being too much. (I wanted to use glitter, but seeing as this lovely is going to be on it's way to my grandfather soon...I thought better of it!)

Here's the inside of the card...

Love this stamp. So much left unsaid...imagine the possibilities! This would be great for someone starting a new adventure...parenthood, college, new job...or just because!

Alrighty...if you haven't entered our Challenge #1 - check out the details in THIS POST. You have until the end of March to enter and have a chance to win. Can't wait to see what you create!

Inky hugs,
Angi


Stamps: Great Impressions To Unpathed Waters (E680), Cat Tails (H91), Water Swirl Border (H200)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks, Copics
Paper: vellum cardstock, Basic Grey scraps
Other: Sizzix Eclips, clear embossing powder, Tim Holtz Distress Stain Picket Fence, hot glue gun, garment pin, 7 Gypsies key charm, twine

Wishing somebunny a special Happy Easter

We have had snow for the past 3 days, so I'm really looking forward to spring weather.

I saw my first robin today so warmer temps can't be far off.

For today's project, I used my favorite bunny stamp and a circle easel layout.

Supplies used:

Great Impressions Stamps:

E749 Bunny Backs

C317 Wishing Somebunny

Memento Rich Cocoa Ink

Memento Markers:

Angel Pink, New Sprout

Leplume II Marker #68 Daffodil Yellow

Spellbinders Nestabilities:

Classic Scalloped Circles Lg.

Standard Circles Lg.

Bazzill Cardstock:

Vanilla, Fawn, Romance

Misc: Pom poms, Crystal Stickers Pearls, Lace, Ribbon

Glue dots and Mono Multi Adhesive

An Easter Confection

If you are looking for the Great Impressions Stamps Monthly Challenge click here.

If you are here to see what the DT is up to today....continue on....(grin!)

How about this yummy looking cupcake on your Easter table this year?

Maybe one at each setting to bring a little Spring to the festivities.

My son said it almost looks good enough to eat.  I shall take his word for it as he provided the styrofoam ball for the "cake"...found from an old science project. 

 Love it when I can re-use something.

To create this I used a loop punch to make my cupcake tin.  

Then I sprayed Glimmer Mist on the ball and decorated with Liquid Pearls.

I made a little pedestal of sorts for my cupcake by using 

Nestabilites and popping each one up with dimensionals.

To top off my cupcake I glued on a white bloomer and dabbed a little more "frosting" on it....

with some sparkly Stickles for the cherry on top.

My tag was made from a die, then sponged around, stamped and decorated with a few white pearls.

Supplies
Not Shown:  Webster's Pages - White Bloomer

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Wow!  I really had fun creating this.  

Love to see what you all are up to!

How about joining in our Monthly Challenge?

Did I mention there are prizes involved?...

This month's theme is anything handmade...

and I mean anything using your creative little hands. (smile!)

Hugs,

Jenny