mouse with bubble hearts valentine

Happy Friday and thanks for taking the time to visit the Great impressions Blog. Hope you have some fun plans for the week-end. Depending on where you live it may be just to stay warm and out of the cold and snow. Sitting in front of a warm, cozy fire with some hot chocolate sounds great to me.!!

Valentines Day is fast approaching. If you still need a card idea, I have one for you today. I used this cute mouse with bubble hearts stamp (G46). There is a valentine special at the online store. You can get 10% off and free shipping if you spend $25. 

I colored him with Prismacolor pencils and gamsol. Then fussy cut just the mouse and added him to the floral oval die.  I stamped the hearts and colored them.

Layered the floral oval die over a lacy oval die. I like to layer dies for added interest on a card. Finished this one off with some grosgrain ribbon and bow with heart center. I use the Bow Easy to make my bows.

Well that's it for me for this week. See you next Friday. Our January challenge is still going on and you might be our next guest designer. You can't win if you don't play!!

Mary Marsh

You're Only as Strong...

Hello, and Happy Thursday!

As it's Thursday, it's my day to post, here at the Great Impressions Stamps Blog.

Today, I am sharing a couple of stamps from the December Stamps of the Month.

The first thing I do each morning, is stumble to the coffee pot, so this stamp really called out to me!

The 'coffee' was embellished with a bit of Glossy Accents, making it look a bit more realistic.

Great Impressions Stamps: E-777 Only as Strong, F537 Steaming Cups

Many of our friends have been through some pretty tough ordeals, and I hope

this sentiment brings them a smile or two!  I stamped the sentiment twice, 

putting one line on the front, and the rest on the inside.

Inside Sentiment

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

You still have several days to  join in on the January Sketch Challenge!

Hope to see your card linked up there - you could win a spot as the next Guest Designer!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Supplies Used:

Great Impressions E777 "Only as Strong"

Great Impressions F537 "Steaming Cups"

Kraft Cardstock

My Mind's Eye "Blush" 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Twine from 'The Stamp Pad' (Kimmswick, Mo.)

Crimper (no manufacturer info)

Circle Punches (Marvy)

Lace from local craft shop

Adhesive

Dimensional Foam

Copic Markers

Glossy Accents

Floral Bouquet

Good morning! I hope you all enjoyed hopping along to the Great Impressions Stamps and Paper Crafts Facebook pages yesterday. The Little Trailer stamp is so fun to stamp with! 

For today's card I used a new stamp by Great Impressions: Floral Bouquet. I used Copic markers to color the flowers and leaves, and I used a light gray Copic marker to outline the entire image. 

(Supplies - Stamps: (Great Impressions) Floral Bouquet, A Little Hello. Ink: (Memento) Tuxedo Black. (Ranger) Archival Ink Black. Cardstock: (Avery Elle) Celery, Raspberry, Fog, White. Patterned Paper: (Papertrey Ink) Limeade Ice Patterns Pack. Dies: Pinking Edger Die, Mat Stack #4 and Layerz Die, Turning a New Leaf. Ribbon: (Stampin' Up!) White Satin Ribbon. Gems: Hero Arts. Markers: Copic. Other: Vellum.)

I have a confession to make. I sketched this card out before making it (which I usually do), and I really wanted the flowers to be bright pink. I spent 10 minutes searching my office for my Copic markers when my hubby informed me that he already packed them up and put them in our POD for the move! I was so bummed.... I had a plan and my markers were gone! So I did what any reasonable paper crafter would do: I had my husband unpack them! He wasn't very happy with me, but my card turned out great so I think it was worth it. ;-)

Thanks for stopping by! 

Erin.

FB Giveaway!

Hello My Friends!

Believe me when I say you are going to want to "Park it" right here and then

follow the path I set for you today.

Because....

Great Impressions Stamps and Papercrafts Magazine have joined

forces today and tomorrow with a Facebook Giveaway!

You could win this travel trailer image and matching sentiment from
our latest release available on the web!

I created a gift card holder for a friend who is moving with this fun image.
I know she will get a kick out of this and appreciate the gift card to her local
home improvement store.

Here are all the deets to qualify for a chance to win!

Hop on over to the Papercrafts Magazine Facebook page.  Check out the photo Susan Opel posted with cards made from our very own designers Erin and Cheryl.  
Tell us what you think in a comment.  

Next stroll on over to the Great Impressions Stamps Facebook page, "Like" us and leave another comment. That's all there is to it!  
Three random winners will be chosen from comments left on both Facebook pages.  
You have all day today and tomorrow to qualify.  
Oh, and did I mention there may be a Sa-weet deal
 on our FB post just waiting for you?! (grin)

Supplies
Not Shown:  Decorative clothespins 

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There is still plenty of time to get inky with our monthly challenge.  Details are here.
Thanks for stopping by today and see you all over

at our Facebook page!

Hugs,

Jenny

A Cheery “Hï!”

Hi!  This is Cheryl from Shestamps.   Today I’m sharing a card that I made using Help From Your Friends (G78).  Aren’t these critters cute? 

I decided to use some nice, warm colors  and move away from using red.  With Christmas and Valentine’s Day, I feel like I have been using red on almost every project lately. 

I couldn’t quite get the colors correct in the photo.  The mat, “Hi” and ribbon are all a warm grey that coordinates with the DP.    They look slightly olive on my screen.    I didn’t have quite the right color ribbon, so I colored it with my Copic markers so that it coordinated better. 

I hope this brightens your day a bit.  Thank you for stopping by!
~Cheryl

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Valentine Wishes...

Jammie Day Saturday!

Hello There....Welcome to Jammie Day Saturday-my favorite day of the week! I told you last week that I had another Valentine card to show you today-so here it is!

You know I love my Great Impressions meece-this one is having a great time blowing heart bubbles.

I cut a pretty heart border with my Silhouette (a freebie from Birds Cards) and added it to the top of the card with a silky red bow. Both the image and the sentiment are up on pop dots for a little added dimension.

Again-I used my pretty new Authentique Lovely DP . I love all the letters on the background paper-if you look real close you will find the hidden sentiments.

I do wish you all a most wonderful weekend!

♥ Sue 

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Please take a few minutes to check out our monthly challenge on the Great Impressions blog ! See you again soon!


card details
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Stamps:
Mouse with Bubble Hearts
Valentine Wishes
Cardstock: Real Red, Authentique Lovely 6x6 paper pad
Ink: Memento Black
Copics: C 2,3,4,5
R46
R 81,83
Misc: SU! Real Red ribbon, pop dots
Silhouette cut files : misc little hearts and banner for sentiment
Heart Border by Birds Cards

Jar Candy Hearts

Happy Friday and thanks for taking the time to visit the Great Impressions Blog. This month is flying by and before you know it Valentine's Day will be upon us. I make a lot of Valentine's cards -how about you??

I decided for my card today to make a Valentine card using non-traditional colors. I thought this one definitely had a little girl look with the colors I chose. And, I have the little girl in mind who will receive this one.

I used the Great Impressions stamp - Jar Candy Hearts E565. I stamped and wet embossed it on watercolor paper and then colored with various dye inks and a blending pen. I fussy cut it and used 3-d glue dots to mount it on the blue heart background panel.

I have some great news with this image -you can get it or any other of your choice for 10% off in the online store. And, if you spend $25 you can get free shipping. It's a great deal.

I used 3 different embossing folders for my background panels and added ruffled ribbon to complete my card. That's it for me for this week. See you next Friday!!

Mary Marsh

card recipe:
stamps: jar candy hearts E565
paper: whisper white, pool party, lucky limeade, sweet stop designer paper
ink: versafine black
accessories: embossing powder, sizzix embossing folders, pool party ribbon, brad

A couple of cute chicks!

Good morning!

Today is my day to post for the Great Impressions Stamps Blog.

This has been such an incredibly fun month, so far!

I signed up this month to do a Card Swap with Bazzill Papers.  I made ten Valentine's Cards, using the papers that were sent to me.  As soon as I saw the papers, I knew without a doubt, that I wanted to use these cute chicks on my cards!

Stamps: Great Impressions B189 'Love Chicks', D364 "Happy Valentines and Flowers', Bazzill Basics 'Red Devil' DP, Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, Copic Markers, Black Colorbok Cardstock

 

This was an easy card to create - DH actually cut strips of cardstock for me while I colored...

how cool is that?  And seriously, how can you look at these darling chicks, and that

delightful sentiment without smiling?

Don't forget - you can be the next Guest Designer at the Great Impressions Stamps Blog!

You still have lots of time to take part in the January challenge.  Check out this post for all of the fun details!  What a great experience this has been - these ladies have all welcomed me so warmly.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Hugs,

Patti J.

Delicate Doily

Good morning! I have a CAS Valentine's card to share this morning using a beautiful doily stamp from Great Impressions Stamps. Doilies seem to be popping up everywhere these days, and this doily stamp is the perfect size for cardmaking and scrapbook pages!

For my card, I stamped it using Pink Pirouette ink by Stampin' Up! onto Rustic Cream cardstock, then layered two die cut hearts & a heart button on top:

(Supplies - Stamps: (Great Impressions Stamps) Lace Doily. Ink: (Stampin' Up!) Pink Pirouette. Cardstock: (Papertrey Ink) Rustic Cream. Patterned Paper: BasicGray. Dies: Papertrey Ink. Other: button, twine, gems.)

And make sure to check out the Great Impressions Stamps website for their Valentine's special: 10% off and free shipping with the coupon code: Love 

Thanks for stopping by!

Erin.

Celebrate!

Hi Peeps!

Back home from CHA!  Stay tuned for more sneak peaks
on our Facebook page right here!

This little guy is celebrating his graduation from Tech School as a

computer geek (lol!)  Not sure how he is going to use that pancake flipper

attached to his tool belt...but it could come in handy.  I'm actually working a bit ahead

and will give this to a family member graduating in May.  The "Celebrate" sentiment is part of

a larger stamp, and I just masked off the part I wanted.  The mouse is one of several
mice images that Great Impressions carries.  If you're a mouse lover check us out!

Supplies

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Have you entered into our January challenge?

One of our "Top Pix" will be our Guest Designer for a month!

Can't wait to see who it is!

Hugs,

Jenny

With Deepest Sympathy

Hello!  This is Cheryl.   Last week, I mentioned that I loved this Lace Doily (J101) stamp and had a lot of different ideas on how to use it. So today, I am using it again but in a bit of a different style. Usually I am scrambling to make sympathy cards when I need them. I never make them to have on hand. Well, I decided that this stamp would make a very elegant sympathy card and created this card for my stash.



I stamped the doily image 4 times on my DP and then cut out the layers. I assembled the various layers using pop-dots to add dimension.



Although I used a computer generated sentiment, Great Impressions has some lovely sympathy sentiments HERE.

If you missed my post last week, you can see another way to use this stamp HERE.

Don’t forget you still have plenty of time to join the January challenge at the Great Impressions blog. Use this fabulous sketch from DT member Erin and link up your project HERE.



Thank you for stopping by!   Have a great day!

~Cheryl

Supplies:

• Stamps: J101 Lace Doily (rubber stamp) from Great Impressions Stamps

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• Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Papers: Close To My Heart Silhouette paper pack
• Tools: Sewing machine, Big Shot, Spellbinders Labels 15 & Lacey Circles dies
• Embellishments: KaiserCraft black pearls
• Font: Alex Brush from Font Space