Revisiting Harry & Sunflower ...

Good morning! Today we are revisiting a card that was created by Leah Cornelius and features the lovely Harry & Sunflower (F591) and Hello Friend Sentiment (B152) available at Great Impressions Stamps.

I love the color combination, coloring and design of Julie's card. The stitching and sun is perfect for these stamps.

Our Great Impressions March Challenge is live! Hop on over for all of the details, and join in the FUN! We can't wait to see what you create this month!

Vintage Milk Box ...

Good morning! Ruza here to share a Fall card featuring the lovely Vintage Milk Box (F530) and Hello Friend Sentiment (B152) from Great Impressions Stamps.

Using Ranger Coffee Archival Ink I stamped the Vintage Milk Box on watercolor paper. I applied Marvy LePlumme Markers to my palette and used my brush with water to color the image. I created a little shelf under the milk box, cut the image out with my circle die, added Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges, and then distressed the edges with my tool from Tim Holtz. I cut out a couple of stitched rectangle dies, inked the edges and layered them on my inked cardbase. After lining up where I would put the milk box, I stamped the Hello Friend Sentiment with Memento Cocoa Ink. Using 3D Foam Tape I added the milk box. The final step was to add yellow enamel dots to the flowers.

The October Great Impressions Challenge is live so make sure you stop by for all of the details, and if you use some Great Impressions Stamps make sure you link them up in our Customer Gallery!

Until next week ... Enjoy!

Hello Friend

Hello friend!  It's Julie sharing with you today. Great Impressions Stamps has a whole line of Harry stamps.  They are all adorable. Today, I'm featuring F591 Harry & Sunflower:

I colored F591 Harry & Sunflower with Copic markers.  The sentiment is B152 Hello Friend (another favorite of mine).

Have you joined in with the Great Impressions Stamps monthly challenge yet?  It's anything goes, and it goes all month, so there's still time!

Don't forget to check out all the awesome Harry characters in the Great Impressions online store -- and the other wonderful rubber stamps!

Hello Friend

Yeehaw!  It's Friday!  Julie with you today to share a little inspiration and my love for Great Impressions Stamps! 

I did something a bit different for me, today, breaking out some vellum and a card topper. 

I love canning jars and canning jar stamps.  This one, from Great Impressions Stamps, is a joy to stamp and color!

This card uses F616 - Mason Jar,  colored with Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils, then fussy cut, and sentiment stamp, B152 - Hello Friend.

Are you playing along with the Great Impressions Anything Goes challenge this month?  There's still plenty of time to enter!   I used this picture board for inspiration and thought you might like to, too!

Don't forget to check out the Great Impressions Store for so many wonderful stamps -- there's something for every occasion and every taste!  If you make a project with Great Impressions Stamps, link it to the Customer Gallery for your chance to win free stamps!  

Hello Goodbye...

Hi, all!  I'm back today to share my last card using stamps from Great Impressions for the Great Impressions design team.  I went shabby and sweet...or should I say tweet?  Take a peek...

I started by stamping and coloring G111 Roses and Birds with colored pencils. I stamped my sentiment, B152 Hello Friend, onto vellum, then stapled it to the image panel.  A few pearls accent the sentiment vellum for a bit more elegance.

I added this panel to a card base prepped with some patterned paper, a doily, and some pink seam binding ribbon.  I think this turned out beautifully, and I hope you agree!  Please let me know your thoughts in the comments below.

That's all for me today, friends.  THANK YOU so much for stopping by to take a peek at my card!  I want to say another HUGE "thank you" to Deone and the gals here at Great Impressions!  I have been on this team for a few years now, and stepping down is difficult.  I need to take a step back so that I can finish my degree, and I'm grateful that they have been understanding of that.  I hope to see you all around blog land soon, but until then, HUGS and happy stamping, friends! :)

A Look Back Week 2

Happy Friday Great Impressions Stamp Friends!

Kendra from Luv 2 Scrap 'n Make Cards here today to share some more favorite cards create by myself the last 3 months!!

We teamed up with CutCardStock back in April and I created this fun purse:

I just LOVE how it turned out!!!  I used Fun Flower (E788) and Hello Friend (B152) the sentiment!!

I also really admire this fun Flip-it card I created in April:

I love the sweet adorable Peeking Puppy (H264)!!

I also used the Hello Friend (B152) the sentiment, the beautiful Flower Bouquet (J110) and Butterflies and Hearts (E563) stamp!

May:

Such a gorgeous Mother's Day card!!
I used the beautiful Rose Trio (G454) stamp!  I just love this image!!

I also add the Happy Mother's Day (B150) sentiment!!

Next I picked this adorable Princess Birthday card:

I used the adorable F402 Princess Molly stamp, which actually was one of the stamps I recieved first when I started designing for GI a few years back!!

I also used the B240 Sweet Happy Birthday for the top of the card!
And the B192 Princess stamp at the bottom!

June:

I sometimes forget to used my stamps when scrapbooking!  So I was super excited to remember to used some awesome GI stamps on this layout of my daughter!!

I used the Sparkle (E880)  sentiment as my main focus!  
And stamped the  Queen Anne Lace (E807)  twice around the sentiment!

I look forward to sharing some more inspiring projects with you next term!!!

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Join in our monthly challeng!!

We'd love to see what you create!

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

Have a sweet day!

Rainy Day Harry say's Hello ...

Good morning! Ruza here to share a friendship card featuring F605 Rainy Day Harry and B152 Hello Friend, available at the Great Impressions Stamps.

I stamped the adorable Rainy Day Harry with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, cut him out with my circle Nestabilities die and colored him up with my Copic Markers. I stamped an extra copy and colored only the umbrella, fussy cut it out, and used 3D tape to pop it up. A White Gelly Roll pen was used to add the dots to Harry's raincoat and boots.

Once my card was put together I applied Glossy Accents to the raindrops in the image, then I added more raindrops sporadically on the umbrella and the green flag.

Using StazOn Black Ink I stamped the sentiment on Clear Cardstock, cut it to size, and used Glossy Accents to layer it over my colored image. Final step was to add the green enamel dots to my design.

That is all for me today. I will be back next week with another project featuring some amazing stamps from Great Impressions! I hope you will check out and play along with this months Great Impressions Challenge. Remember, if you use some Great Impressions stamps make sure you link them up in our Customer Gallery!

Until next week ... Enjoy!

Hello Friend ...

Good morning! Ruza here to share a Spring card. According to Mr. Ground Hog we are going to have an early Spring. Hoping the prediction comes true I pulled out my H267 Potted Flowers and B152 Hello Friend, available at the Great Impressions Stamps.

I stamped the Potted Flowers on Strathmore Watercolor Paper using Marvy Le Plume II Markers as my ink. I proceeded to apply water to draw out the colors, and added more. Once done I used my pierced dies to cut the image out, along with some stitched dies for the background.

I love this stamp and had a blast coloring this image in with my watercolor markers.

Using StazOn Black Ink I stamped the sentiment on Clear Cardstock, cut it out with my punch, and used the Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to layer it over my colored image.

Final step was to use 3D Foam Tape to add my panel to the background design. I love how the softness of my panel pops against the background.

That is all for me today. I will be back next week with another project featuring some amazing stamps from Great Impressions! I hope you will check out the New Great Impressions Challenge starting this Sunday, and if you use some Great Impressions stamps make sure you link them up in our Customer Gallery!

Until next week ... Enjoy!

Hello Friend

Happy Saturday!

Hopefully, you've finished all of your Christmas cards, wrapped all of your packages, and baked all your cookies!  I did finish the cards this week, with the help of my hubby!

Here's what I made using these Great Impressions stamps:

H-247 Decorating Snowman

E-772 Falling Snowflakes

B-152 Hello Friend

We have a Christmas party tonight, and are looking forward to it!

I even bought a new dress and REAL shoes - heels, hose and all!

See you next Saturday with another project featuring some fun stamps

from Great Impressions! 

I hope you will check out our current Great Impressions Challenge, and if you use Great Impressions stamps be sure to link them up in our Customer Gallery!

The challenge just started this week, so you have lots of time to enter!

You could be the lucky winner!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Hello Friend...

Happy Saturday!

I had a great time creating a card to share today, using some great stamps 

from Great Impressions.

For this card, I used:

G526 Bear with Bumble Bees

B152 Hello Friend 

  

Well, that's it for today!

See you next Saturday with another project featuring some amazing stamps from Great Impressions! 

I hope you will check out our current Great Impressions Challenge, and if you use some Great Impressions stamps make sure you link them up in our Customer Gallery!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Birdie Friends Hello ...

Good morning and Happy Wednesday! Ruza here to share another project featuring the awesome Great Impressions Stamps.

I really love the sweet Birdie Friends (G525). They are so happy and having FUN hanging out together. I truly enjoyed coloring the friends with my Copic Markers, and love that I was able to do some fussy cutting to make them look like they were truly sitting and hanging off of the branch.

I embossed the top half off the cardstock, added a strip of ribbon, stamped the Hello from the Hello Friends (B152) Sentiment, layered the friends on top, and put it all on my cardbase.

Here's another look at the  Birdie Friends (G525) stamp ...

That is all for me today. I will be back next week with another project featuring some amazing stamps from Great Impressions! I hope you will check out our current Great Impressions Challenge, and if you use some Great Impressions stamps make sure you link them up in our Customer Gallery!

Until next week ... Enjoy!

Hello Friend!

Happy Saturday!

Sometimes, we just need a masculine card, and they are SO difficult!

Let me show you a fun and easy way to send those favorite guys a greeting

that will bring them lots of smiles.

This card is very easy to make - read on for dimensions and directions.

To create this card, Great Impressions G331-Old Fishing Chair, 

and Great Impressions B152-Hello Friend were used.

This shot shows the card closed.

And here's what it looks like closed.

1. Start with a card base fo 5.5" x 8.5".

2. Score on long side, as 2 1/8" and 4 1/4".

3. Stamp sentiment on card base, and image on scrap piece.

4. Trim and mat the focal panel with a coordinating color.

5. Cut a panel and coordinating mat that will fit directly behind the focal panel.

6. Adhere the panel to the card base first.

7. Next, apply adhesive to only the left half of focal panel. Adhere in place

on card front, aligning the image with your panel on the card base.

Done!

I just used a simple rectangle - you can use your favorite dies, or just use your paper cutter 

to cut simple rectangles or squares.

Wasn't that easy peasy?

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.

Wonderful Wednesday with Joni

Today I have a new release from Great Impressions. 

I just love this G501 Spring tub of flowers. 

I added the B152 Hello Friend Sentiment.

I had so much fun coloring it with copics.

I also added some clear Wink of Stella Glitter to the flowers.
Some twine and a green button are added for embellishments!
Check out all the new items at Great Impressions!

Tutorial Saturday With Ellen

Hi my sweet Great Impressions friends and welcome to my first EVER tutorial. I love using dies and stamps, but sometimes either the die doesn’t fit exactly right or I want to highlight an area of the stamp. How do I do it? I use the Out Of The Box technique and this is how it is done.
Supplies you will need:

• Die cutting machine
• Die
• Card stock
• Adhesive
• Stamp
• Ink
• Pencil with eraser
• Copics (or other markers for coloring)
• Scissors/craft knife
• Anything else you would like to use to finish your card

Once you have chosen your stamp and die, decide which part of your stamp will be "outside the box" and line it up.  In my case, I have part of the flower and the leaf on the outside (I have marked the area outside the box in red).




Using a pencil make small, light pencil marks on the INSIDE of the die where the image and die meet.




You should have two marks for each part that will be outside of the die. Hopefully you can see mine in this picture.




Using your scissors or a craft knife, cut from the edge of the paper to where the mark touched the die being careful to cut just along the edge of the image. Then cut around the outer edge of the image, or you can leave the final trimming to do after the next step.  In this picture you can see I have already cut around the flower, but have not cut around the leaf yet. Carefully slip this portion of the image inside the die and over the edge so it won't be cut when run through your die cutter. Slip the die into place over your image.




Run the die and image through your die cutting machine. It will look like this when you remove it.  Remove the die and finish cutting around the edge if you did not already do this. Erase pencil marks.




Now you are ready to color with your favorite markers.




Once your image is colored, use any materials you wish to complete your card.



(A2: Stamps: Great Impressions Stamps (Sweet Chick - G499 and Hello Friend - B152); Dies: Spellbinders; DP: Wild Rose Studio (Annabelle’s Garden); EF: Darice – Chevron)

Well, that is it. What do you think? Thank you so much for visiting and trying my tutorial!

Thanks so much for stopping by for a bit of inspiration from Great Impressions. Be sure to check out the current monthly challenge and don’t forget to link your GI creations at our CUSTOMER GALLERY!

One last thing, be sure to “Like” Great Impressions on FACEBOOK!
Hugs!

My Blog: In A World Of Craft

INSPIRATION SATURDAY WITH ELLEN

Hello sweet Great Impressions friends!  

This is Ellen from In a World of Craft with more inspiration for you. I hope you are enjoying all of the inspiration from our awesome Design Team! Here is what I have for you today: 

More details on my blog here 

(A2: Stamps: Great Impressions Stamps (Gracie with Bunny - H252 and Hello Friend - B152); Dies: Spellbinders; DP: MME; Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon); EF: Darice)

I think Gracie is just adorable with her bunny! Don’t you?

Thanks so much for stopping by for a bit of inspiration from Great Impressions. Be sure to check out the current monthly challenge (starting tomorrow) and don’t forget to link your GI creations at our CUSTOMER GALLERY!

One last thing, be sure to “Like” Great Impressions on FACEBOOK!

Happy Crafting!

Hello Friend

B152 Hello Friend

F574 Harry Hanging On

 Today I have this adorable stamp from Great Impressions. 

I colored the image with copics. 

Then I airbrushed the background. 
I used some old patterned paper from my stash.
Check out the new stamps at Great Impressions.