Fanciful Friday

Hello to all of my Great Impressions friends! Happy Friday! Its Ellen from In a World of Craft here. Let’s start the day with a card using two new stamps from Great Impressions!

(A2: Stamps: Great Impressions Stamps (H265 – Mable and Vera and D498 – On My Mind)

I don’t know about you, but I fell in love with these two sweeties! And, the sentiment just made me giggle! Want more details? Please stop by my blog to read more!

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my card!

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Be sure to come check out our current challenge! 

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If you use a Great Impressions on your project, please link it in our CUSTOMER GALLERY!

One last thing! We have a new social media outlet on Flickr.com. You can find us by clicking here, so please join us on Flickr and share your Great Impressions projects!

Happy crafting everyone!

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!

Wonderful Wednesday with Joni

I am absolutely in love with this adorable new stamp  

H265 Mabel and Vera 

from Great Impressions! 

How fun are these two ladies!!!

I had fun coloring them with copics. 

I used some die cuts to frame this image. 

I added another one of my favorite sentiments

C452 You're Fabulous!

Check out all the fabulous new stamps from Great Impressions.

Potted Flowers

Hello! I have a pretty spring card for you today using a new Great Impressions image called H267 Potted Flowers. I watercolored it using Tombow markers.

The sentiment is B151 A Little Hello. This is a very pretty image to color and 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!

Birthday Swirls

Hello again, friends!  I'm back with another card using stamps from the Great Impressions online store!  Today I'm sharing a fun birthday themed card using some fun colors.  Take a peek...

The image up top, E845 Twirly Background Sm., was colored in with some Distress Markers and stamped a few times. I added some ribbon and liquid pearls to accent them.  I LOVE these fun colors!

The sentiment is E367 Swirly Happy Birthday.  I think this font looks super fun with the twirly images!  I went with a darker color for the sentiment that would coordinate with the patterned paper peeking out from the main panel.

The main panel was popped up with dimensional foam to add a bit more depth and interest.  I think this card is SUPER fun and will mail well!  What do you think?  I'd love for you to let me know in the comments below!

That's all for me today!  I'll be back next Monday with another creation using stamps from the Great Impressions store.  I hope you join in our current challenge, and, if you use Great Impressions stamps, link them up in our Customer Gallery, too!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all!

May Challenge: Celebrate Spring

Hi, friends!  Welcome to another monthly challenge here at Great Impressions!  Don't forget to  to link up all your Great Impressions creations in the CUSTOMER GALLERY, too!

We've got some NEW stamps to share~

Find them HERE in the store!

Before we get started, we've got some winners to announce!

The random winner from last month's challenge is~

#40 Taunya Butler!!!

Congratulations!  Please email Mynn at 

onastampage@yahoo.com to claim your prize!

Our Top Picks~

Mynn chose #13 Lucy Patrick

Ellen chose #35 Donna Phelan

Joni chose #37 Sandi Lee

Kendra chose #20 Lis-M

Leah chose #8 Delight In the Beauty of the Day

Patti chose #31 Lori's Kreations

Congratulations!  Please grab your badge and proudly display it on your blog!

You've made a "GREAT IMPRESSION" on us!

And now, let's get to our May challenge!

Here's the challenge~

And the prize you could win~

Three SPRING TIME FRESH
stamps from Great Impressions!

Here's some inspiration from the DT~

Leah

Using H255 Watercolor Flowers, A149 Dainty Butterfly,
and B246 Happy Everything.

Ellen

Using B246 Happy Everything and F521 Giraffe and Birdie Friends.

Mynn

Using F385 Stylistic Tulip and E806 Faith.

Joni

Using B246 Happy Everything and H267 Potted Flowers.

Patti

Using G522 Spring Boots and D490 Happy Day.

Kendra

Using H228 Spring Floral Border and D490 Happy Day.

Our DT would love to hear what you think!
Give them a visit and leave a little comment love. :)

If you don't have a blog, you may post your entry in the gallery at Splitcoaststampers using keyword GISMC0714 in the title and then link it up below so we can find you and leave a little comment love. If you don't have a blog OR a Splitcoaststampers gallery, send your creation to Mynn at onastampage@yahoo.com and she will enter it for you!

As a bonus, if you use our stamps leave us a comment 

on this post telling us, you will have a double chance

of winning the prize package we are offering this month!

To view all of our challenge rules just click on the "Challenge Rules & Badges" tab above.  HUGS and happy stamping to all of you out there! :)

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An InLinkz Link-up

National Scrapbooking Day Sale!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day, friends!  We've got a sale going on at the Great Impressions online store, so take advantage of it today through tomorrow!  HUGS and happy shopping!

Spin Cycle

Oh happy day - it's Saturday!

The card I'm sharing today is created using some adorable

new stamps from Great Impressions... 

F608 Beary Wet, and E867 Spin Cycle.

Tee hee, I love this, because some days we just feel like this, right???

The layout is super simple, as I wanted this sweet image and sentiment to be the focal emphasis. 

The image was stamped, colored, cut out, and adhered to the card front with foam squares for dimension. 

Then, some Glossy Accents were added to the drips and puddle. 

Isn't he adorable? 

If you click to make the image larger, you'll see that I gave him a worn and tattered look, by gently pressing on some colorless blender, using a square of cheesecloth.

Don't forget - about the GI challenges!

A fun challenge for May begins tomorrow!

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?! 

That's it for today!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Fanciful Friday

Hello to all of my Great Impressions friends! Time for some May flowers! We have had a really cool spring so far. I’m hoping that means a nice summer!  Well, I’m starting the month with a birthday card using Great Impressions  G280 -Happy Birthday Giraffe.

 

(A2: Stamps: Great Impressions Stamps (G280 -Happy Birthday Giraffe)

Isn’t he adorable? I used a balloon stencil and Copic markers to make the panel to the left. I also used Copics on the image. The little balloon brads were a gift and they were perfect for this card! I added a bit of ribbon and a couple of little flags at the bottom. This is all mounted on a shimmery lavender colored card base that is lined with white paper.

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Be sure to come check out our current challenge! 

COMING SUNDAY

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If you use a Great Impressions on your project, please link it in our CUSTOMER GALLERY!

One last thing! We have a new social media outlet on Flickr.com. You can find us by clicking here, so please join us on Flickr and share your Great Impressions projects!

Happy crafting everyone!

Thinking of You

Happy Thursday Great Impressions Stamp Friends!

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

I used the adorable (H264) Puppy Peeking stamp for my main image!!

The "Thinking of you" sentiment is part of the (E791) Sweet Sentiments set!
The set includes 3 pretty sentiments!!

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!

Wonderful Wednesday with Joni

I have the adorable F557 Snoozing Hedgehog colored with copics. 

I added the G426Whimsical Cloud to create the sky background.

 I layered my focal image with circle die cuts. 

Then I added a speech bubble border with the B246 Happy Everything sentiment.

Get Well Bear

 Hello! Today I have a sweet get well card sure to cheer up anyone feeling under the weather. I used the new and super cute G521 Bear Floating By image.

I watercolored the image using Tombow markers. The sentiment is C477 Coming Your Way and I added the cute little E846 Flag Banner. 

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!

When it rains...

Hello again, friends!  I'm back with another card using stamps from the Great Impressions online store!  I decided to make one more rain themed card before May is upon us and the flowers replace the rain! ;)  Come and check it out...

The sentiment and images are actually just one stamp!  It's called F448 When It Rains and I just adore the font of the sentiment and the darling boots!  I colored the boots in with glittery Sakura gel pens to add more shine.

All I had to do with this panel after it was colored was to layer it onto a card base prepped with patterned paper and a doily.  Voila!  I love these polka dots!  What about you?  Love or not?  I'd like to hear in the comment below!

That's all for me today!  I'll be back next Monday with another creation using stamps from the Great Impressions store.  I hope you join in our current challenge, and, if you use Great Impressions stamps, link them up in our Customer Gallery, too!  HUGS and happy stamping to you all!

Happy Mother's Day!

Hello!

It's Patti J. here with my Saturday morning post...

where did the week go?

This week, the Great Impressions' Design Team has been showcasing some beautiful projects for Mother's Day. I had fun this week, stamping, coloring, fussy cutting, and creating with some wonderful GI stamps.

Here's what I made:

To begin, I used Great Impressions B150 Happy Mother's Day, and Great Impressions E576 April Showers Bring May Flowers.

I stamped the sentiment directly onto the patterned paper. The image was stamped onto a piece of white card stock, colored with Copic Markers, and die cut with some nesting dies. I tied a ribbon around the card, and added the layered focal panel with foam squares for some dimension.

A few pretty sequins topped this card off perfectly.

For my next project, I used Great Impressions H251 Tall Tulips.

Here is a front view of the card.  

This view from the side gives a much better perspective of how many tulips there are in this box card!

The back of the card has white card stock, to enable a message to be added.

Here, I am beginning to collapse the box.

This view shows the card completely flat, and ready for mailing.

I found the box card template at Splitcoaststampers, and liked it because it is larger than an A2 card, which allows for a whole LOT of tulips! There are A2 measurements with the directions, but I chose to go with the larger dimensions. The tulips were stamped, colored, and fussy cut about 6 times, to make this beautiful bouquet. I hope the recipient likes it!

If you haven't checked out the GI Blog this week, be sure to go back to Sunday, and see what yummy Mother's Day projects my DT sisters have shared. You will be SO inspired!

Don't forget - about the GI challenges!

A fun challenge for April is still going on.

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?! 

That's it for today!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.