Christmas Barn and Snowy Trees

This is my Saturday morning 'jammie and cocoa' post where you should be sitting back to relax and surf the web for inspiration.  I will probably not be surfing in jammies-I will more than likely be rolling around on the floor with a couple crazy little grandsons...hehehe, I can feel my bones creaking right now LOL! I hope you have the best weekend planned too!

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This cabin and sentiment stamp are new release stamps-I love the county feel of this whole stamp combo, don't you?  


I really enjoyed coloring this image...trying to show off the snow without using glitter. I love the look I ended up with! This Christmas Barn stamp went so well with the sentiment and the Snowy Tree stamp(which I cut apart to use just one of the trees)-LOVE it!

I am off and running and will see you all next week! 

Sue Kment

Card details:
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Stamps:  
Christmas Barn
Snowy Trees

Hearts That Give
Cardstock: Bazzil Red, SU! designer paper

Copics:

Cabin:  E31,33,37
Greens: G 43,46
Reds: R46

Snow: C1 BG 70,72

Misc:

Twine, dimensionals, nestie label

~ It's Christmas ~

Happy Friday everyone and thanks for taking the time to visit the Great Impressions Stamp blog. Only 18 days until Christmas. Whoo-hoo  - I can't wait!!

Are you still looking for a card idea? Well I have one for you today. It's using two of our new release stamps. This one could be easily recreated. So here are the details.

The new stamps are the Christmas penguin - D454 and the sentiment "It's Christmas" - D453. Aren't they just the cutest little guys. I colored them with Copic markers and then fussy cut them for their downhill sliding adventure. On the trim of their hats I used polar white flower soft for fur.

On my background I used the Great Impressions Stamp - "falling snowflakes"E772.  The snowflakes are stamped in bashful blue ink onto bashful blue cardstock. My tree and slope are die cuts. On the tree I used some red rhinestones for accent. On the slope, I used flower soft in polar white for some flaky snow.

To complete my card I stamped the sentiment in bashful blue ink. I think it is such a fun Christmas card. All the stamps are in the online store. If you click on the stamp name above it will take you right to the store for easy ordering.

Well that's it for me for today. Time to get to my Christmas trees. I put up 3 of them. See you next Friday........

Mary Marsh

card recipe:
Stamps: christmas penguin (D454), it's christmas (D453), falling snowflakes (E772)
Paper: bashfiul blue, white, wild wasabi (stampin-up)
Ink: memento tuxedo black, bashful blue
Accessories: in the meadow die (pti), copic markers, red rhinestones, polar white flower soft

Need Another "Gift" Card?

Happy St. Nicholas' Day!

(Nikolaustag in Germany)

The clock is a tickin' and I needed a few quick and simple cards for those last minute gifts.  

This design fit the bill! I wanted a CAS look with texture. Easy peasy...

1. Stamp a white panel with Old World Merry Christmas (E739)

2. Color any details (optional)

3. Emboss the panel with the Sizzix Holly Swirls folder

(check your local craft store - they may still have it!)

4. Cut 3 lengths of ribbon and layer 2 pieces. Tie a bow & adhere.

5. Pop up panel with foam squares, pop dots, etc. (optional)

If you leave out the coloring and adhere the panel to the card base, this card will be quick and easy to assemble. You could even skip the embossing, if you're really in a hurry!

Here's a close up of this lovely, detailed stamp:

Have you taken a look at all the entries in our monthly challenge? The theme is ANYTHING GOES! Can't get much simpler than that...I hope you find time to make a little something this month - we'd love to see it!

Inky hugs,

Angi

Glitter Pine Cone

Good morning! 

This week I'm sharing a project using a fantastic pine cone stamp from Great Impressions Stamps. It is a small stamp, only 1.5 x 1.25 inches, which is why I used it to create an adorable tag!

I did some selective inking to create the green sprig & the brown pine cone. The berries I colored with Copic markers, then added stickles on top. 

(Supplies - Stamp: (Great Impressions Stamps) Pine Cone Sprig. Cardstock: (PTI) Ripe Avocado, Scarlet Jewel, White. Ink: (PTI) Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate. Die: (PTI) Tag Sale #1, Limitless Layers 1.5" Circles. Ribbon: Ribbon Carousel. Other: Copics, Stickles.)

I will add a "to" and "from" stamp to the back so I can attach it to a present.

That's it for me! See you next week! :-)

FORE

Hello there and Happy Tuesday!

Wow...the holidays are sneaking up on me!

Honestly, Thanksgiving and then poof it's already Christmas!

You may be expecting a holiday card from me today,

but I needed a Birthday card.  I am however using Christmas colors on my card

does that count? (lol!)

My recipient loves to play golf, so I choose

a golf themed stamp and mixed it up with a puny computer generated sentiment.

Actually, Great Impressions Stamps offers up a good

variety of stamps for the sport lovers out there.  I recently
used their baseball themed stamps for a thank you card
to my son's coach.

Supplies

InLinkz.com

I promised some prize winners today so

let's get to it!

Last month when I started the November challenge I

offered up a prize or two for grabs if you mentioned

"Happy Holidays" in the comment section.  It was rather sneaky

of me as I put it at the end of my very long post.  I'm happy to say

that quite a few of you actually read the entire post and left me a

"Happy Holidays" comment.  I wish I could give a prize to each of you, but I 

have selected two lucky winners!

I'm doing a happy dance for:

Darlene

&

Nancy

Contact me at jjstucky@sbcglobal.net

within a week

to claim your fabulous stampin' prize!

My holiday to do list is still too long!  I am off to do some last minute

shopping and maybe find a little time for cookie baking!

Hugs,

Jenny

A little Yellow

 How was everyone's Thanksgiving???? I hope everyone had a wonderful time and safe travels.

Well I made a fall style card using the stamp Daisy Flourish (E702).

I colored the image with copics and added some Sonic Silver Glitter from Sparkle n Sprinkle on the little flowers so they look like silver bells.

I used the spellbinder die label four I believe and inked all my edges with distress ink. 

The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.... I love the quality of the ribbons she sells!

The papers are from My Mind's Eye from a release I believe they had last year! 

Hope you like my simple creation. It is my final fall style card I think for this year.

Thanks for stopping by and hope I made a Great Impression.

Shanna

December Challenge and Our Top Pix!

Welcome to a new monthly challenge right here

on the Great Impressions Stamps Blog!

December is such a crazy busy month with the holidays

so we are keeping the theme simple.

If you manage to squeeze in some crafty time this month good for you!

Our theme for December is "Anything Goes."
If you are new to our challenges I suggest you check out
the rules on our side bar :)

The Design Team has been as busy as Santa's elves

coming up with a little inspiration for you all.

So here we go...

Angi - D310 Reaching Your Star

Shanna - E767 Bubble Over & G468 Bubbly Pig

Sue - G271 Reindeer Trio

Mary - F411 Fairy Silhouette  & E696 Wishes Have Wings

Jenny - H159 Snow Fun Squares

Don't forget to hop on over to their blogs

and leave a little message...they have been working so hard!

Now for our Top 3 Pix for November!

The DT and I were blown away by all the talent out there!

You make it so hard to choose only three!

Sue's choice:

Anita

Sue said, "Boy do I love this creation!  First of all, it's a snowman

image!  I love snowmen....they work for winter and Christmas

double-duty.  Anita's choice of image paired with her wonderful

mix and matching of DP is perfecto!"

This month I have the honor of choosing two

Top Pix....so in no particular order - 

Tracy

Isn't this just divine?!  It's a step circle card.  I can just see this

having a place of honor on a babies dresser.  What a beautiful keepsake!

Tracy your coloring rocks and I love your use of embellies!

And...

Allisa

Allisa, you created a perfect pairing with that sweet bird and

your DP choices!  I love the design and that die cut - beautiful holiday card!

Congratulations Ladies!  

You have earned our "Top Pix" badge!

Love it if you placed on your side bar and link it right back to us!

Finally, we have our random prize winner!

Let's all do a happy dance for Krafty Karen!

Karen you have one week to contact me at

jjstucky@sbcglobal.net to claim your prize.

Now, for all of you that noticed my sneaky prize give away 

last month....I will announce those winners on Tuesday.

And...I wish you all Happy Holidays! (grin!)

Hugs,

Jenny

Merry Mouse

Hurry!
Last day to save....see details above!


How is everyone this fine Saturday morning?

Waiting to hear who the lucky winners are from

The Ribbon Carousel/Great Impressions Stamps Hop?

The winner of $25 in yummy Ribbon Carousel ribbon is....

Kathy

chosen from Erin's blog!  Congrats to you Kathy!  Please contact Tangii

at Tangii@tangiink.com to claim your fab prize!

To see the winner of $25 worth of Great Impressions Stamps

visit the Ribbon Carousel Blog.  It should be posted over there sometime today.

Woo Hoo!

Now scroll on down to see what Sue has come up for you today!

Hello!!!!!!!

Today is Jammie Saturday...I like to sit with my morning oaties and surf the web, just sort of relax! I love checking out everyone's great creations!  I hope you get a few minutes to do the same!

I seem to be stuck on tags lately...but you know, you could make tags into Christmas cards very easily. I had a lot of tags cut for the blog hop, but ran out of time to finish them all, so you may be seeing a few more come your way! Today I am showing off another little Franklin stamp named Merry Mouse. Yes, I'm in love with Franklin. Right now this is a finished tag...but I just might make this into a card. Still thinking it over....LOL! I love the pairing of pretty ribbon and pearls too.

Thanks for stopping by today and I will see you soon!

Sue Kment

Card details:
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Stamps: 

Merry Mouse

Cardstock: 

Echo Park DP and Real Red (SU!)

Copics:
Franklin: YR20,21,23,24,27
Wreath: G43,46, 29
Red: R46  

Misc:May Arts ribbon, and misc pearls, mini glue dots

Cutting files: Labels from the Silhouette Store

Greatest Gift At Christmas

Happy Friday and thanks for taking the time to visit the Great Impressions Blog. Another weekend is upon us and do you believe that it is only 25 days until Christmas.

There is still time to get started on those Christmas cards and today I am showing a stamp and card design that would be easy to mass produce.

My card is using the stamp "the greatest gift G290". There is minimal coloring and I did that with markers. I paired the stamp with some red patterned paper, a big chocolate scallop and some red ribbon for my bow. The bow easy helps me to make my bows.

I like the look of angled panels-just adds a little interest to a card. If you need a card idea use this one. The stamp is in the online store so what are you waiting for (lol)!!!!

That's it for me today. See you next Friday.

Mary Marsh

card recipe:
stamp: the greatest gift G290
paper: kraft, chocolate chip, poppy red cardstock and patterned paper (stampin-up)
ink: memento tuxedo black
accessories: poppy red ribbon, scallop die, circle punch

Little Angel White on White

26 sleeps until Christmas Day!

What have you been working on?

Finishing up cards? Tags? Gift wrap? Wouldn't this little angel look adorable on any of those?

Little Angel (E515)

She's just the sweetest little bit, isn't she?

I accidentally snipped off her halo when I was cutting her out. Good thing I love to try new hobbies and had some gold wire sitting in a drawer...happy serendipity!

 Have Yourself (E512)

There are so many wonderful sentiments in the Great Impressions Stamps online store (you can even check your local craft store to see if these are in stock!) and this was another perfect fit!

By the way I have really enjoyed stopping by to see your wonderful creations linked up to the monthly challenge! Thank you for sharing them with us!

Inky hugs,

Angi

A Holiday Hop with Ribbon Carousel

Hop along for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate

to Ribbon Carousel or Great Impressions Stamps!

Ho Ho!

Hi Everyone!

The Design Team is ubber excited to be sharing some of our

Great Impressions Stamps with the Design Team from Ribbon Carousel!

 In exchange the Ribbon Carousel Design Team supplied us all with some

lovely ribbon to play with!  If you just came in, you will want to start

at the beginning right here with our very own Angi!  

The complete list is at the very bottom of this post.

If you are looking for the special Cyber week sale from Great Impressions Stamps

all the info you need is posted at the top of this blog!

I hope you all enjoyed seeing what the Design Teams created today.

I know I always love getting new ideas for the holidays! 

Ribbon Carousel has an amazing team, and I want

to thank their DT Coordinator Tangii, as she is the sweetest, and a joy to work with!

You've got one more stop to make at the Ribbon Carousel Blog...tell Tangii I sent ya! (lol!)

Hugs,

Jenny

                             

Busy Tuesday!

Good Morning Friends!

I have lotsa news to share today...so grab a cuppa and get comfy!

Great Impressions Stamps is having a super Cyber sale going on all week long!

All you have to do is enter the code:  blog at checkout and 15% off everything is yours!

Spend at least $25 before tax and FREE shipping is included!

How's that for a great deal!

Now I know you are in a hurry to get shopping but

first take a peek at the newest little addition to 

Design Team member Shanna's family.

Little Avery was born the day after Thanksgiving
weighing in at 7 1bs. 2oz. and 19 in. long.
Isn't he the sweetest?

Congratulations to Shanna and her family!
To celebrate the arrival of Avery, the Design Team
is throwing a wee little baby card sprinkle! (grin!)

By Mary - Using K83 Circle Framed Alphabet

And here is a pix of the inside of Mary's adorable card...

Erin's Card - Using J92 Pull Toys

Sue's adorable ornament using E366 Franklin Hanging On

Angi's Card - Using B221 Heaven Sent and E758 Baby Emma Bear

Jenny's Card - Using C434 New Little Baby

What a beautiful Thanksgiving gift Shanna!
Sending kisses to Avery!

Ok peeps, thanks for hanging in there...just one more
little announcement. (he-he).
Actually the team is super excited to be co-hosting a
Blog Hop with Ribbon Carousel beginning tomorrow
and running through Friday.  Be sure to stop in to see
all the ribbon-licious creations and comment for prizes!

See you all tomorrow and thanks so much for stopping by!

Hugs,

Jenny

Happy Birthday Deone!

Hello Peeps!

The Design Team and I wanted to surprise Deone, one of the Great Impressions Stamps

owners, on her birthday!  Deone is the same age as me, 29 and holding! (lol!)

We are celebrating this beautiful ladies birthday with a little virtual birthday party!

Here she is with some of her family.  She has this photo up on Facebook, so I'm thinking

I'm not in too much trouble. (smile)  Did you know that Deone and her hubby started

Great Impressions Stamps back in the 80's?  They now sell to over 150 retail stores and

began selling on line last year.  What a journey they have had!

And what's a party without birthday cards?!

From  Angi 

H222 - Dessert Piled High

From  Erin

E367 Swirly Happy Birthday

From  Jenny

A98 A Birthday Wish

D362 Watering Can of Flowers

From  Mary

E742 Birthday Wishes

From  Shanna

H178 Stacked Presents

From  Sue

G280 Happy Birthday Giraffe

And there you have it....a little something from the heart

from each of the DT gals!

Hope you birthday is the best ever Deone!

Hugs,

Jenny

Very Merry!

Welcome to my jammie day  Great Impressions Blog post! I hope you have a nice relaxing day planned!

 I had this card in mind from the first time I saw this stamp! You know how a stamp just speaks to you!  Reminds me of the trees my grandsons just put up in their bedrooms today(yes, they take after Gwamma!)

I used just part of the sentiment stamp for this card-a great way to stretch sentiments as well. If you are a last minute lizzie stamper like me, then this Pine tree stamp will be a great addition to your stash!

Thanks for stopping in today... See you soon!

 Sue 

*Don't miss our Ribbon Carousel Blog Hop next Wednesday too!

Card details:
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Stamps: 

Very Merry Sparkles F339
Christmas Pine F341

Cardstock: 

Echo Park DP and Garden Green (SU!)

Copics:

Tree: G20,24,28
Red: R46
Pot: E04,E07,09

Star: YR28

Misc:May Arts silk ribbon and bow easy, Garden Green marker