Follow Your Heart

Yea!  It's Friday!  And I'm so excited to be posting for Great Impressions Stamps! Julie here today from Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers. 

I was thinking of kids going back to school when I made this project.  What better way to head back to school than with a rad bookmark?  Do kids even need bookmarks anymore?

I used 3 different Great Impressions Stamps on this bookmark:  C270 - Butterfly Trio, C413 - Delicate Butterflies,  and B219 - Follow Your Heart.

Are you playing along with the Great Impressions Anything Goes challenge this month?  There's still a few more days 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!  

Fence With Flowers

Donna here, Happy Tuesday!



My card for today uses the fabulous GI Stamps;  G527 Fence With Flowers and C270 Butterfly Trio.

 

I initially wanted to make this card a 'gate fold' and use the fence as the gate portion, but when I saw a 'joy fold' card I knew this would work just as well.  The base of the card measures 4.5" x 7" and is scored at the 5" mark.  The insert measures 3.5" x 7" and is scored at the 3.5" mark.  The butterfly in the top right is mounted on Classic and Scallop Circle dies, then pop dots were added to the top portion, this lets the corner of the focal image tuck right under and keep closed.

Images colored with Copic Markers.  Hi-lights were given to the flower centers and butterflies using Sakura Glitter and Glaze Pens.

 

Border Punch and Corner Tabs used for accents.  The Butterfly Trio were masked and stamped separately, all 3 were used.

 

What I love about this Fence With Flowers image is that you can control the season by adjusting your colors.  Summer brights, the warm colors of Fall, add some snow for a winter scene.  It's all possible!

 

Thanks for joining me today.  Remember our Great Impressions Monthly Challenge , For The Kids, has begun.  When using our wonderful Great Impressions stamps don't forget to link your creations up to our Customer Gallery!

 

Enjoy~~



Note Cards

Happy Tuesday! 

A couple of little note cards and matching envelopes.



These were created using several Great Impressions stamps, C270 Butterfly Trio, D508 Fun Flower Border and E791 Sweet Sentiments. 

 

I randomly stamped the flower border image all over on a larger piece of card stock and colored with Copic Markers.  Then I cut it in half creating smaller panels, one for each note card.   I also created 2 panels with texture using a Swiss Dots Embossing Folder. 

 

 

Added my colored butterfly image and each sentiment to a piece of card stock, die cut using Classic Circles, layered onto a piece of lime green card stock die cut using the Scallop Circles.  A little bit of ribbon to dissect each panel and a few pretty pink rhinestones for accent.  I may make a few more of these note cards and perhaps a box as a gift set.  Everyone loves those! 

 

You still have a few days to play along in the Great Impressions Monthly Challenge, Add A Sentiment.   Don't forget to upload any of your Great Impressions creations to our Customer Gallery......you may win some bonus prizes come year end just for being a loyal Customer!!!

 

Thanks for popping on in, so happy you did!

 

Enjoy~~





Glittered Butterflies

Happy Tuesday! 

 

 

This is a small little note card measuring 3.75" x 3.75" perfect to use as a sweet little gift card.  I used the Great Impressions stamp C270 Butterfly Trio.  I stamped the image numerous times using Tuxedo Black ink.  Then I colored all of the pretty little butterflies using Copic Markers.   

 

 

I doused the entire panel with glitter, the sparkle is so much prettier in real life.  Using a lacy square die, I threaded my ribbon through and tied a little bow topped with a hot pink rhinestone.  I also stamped the Butterfly Trio onto a matching envelope.

 

Our Great Impressions August Challenge, Add A Sentiment, is still going strong, check it out!   And remember to upload your Great Impressions creations into our Customer Gallery.  Prizes will be awarded at the end of the year for some lucky participants!

 

Thanks so much for coming by!

 

Enjoy~~



Friday Fun

Hello Friends!

Katy here and there are so many exciting things going on today!  First let me wish all of our U.S. fans a Happy July 4th!

Second, we are changing how we do the tutorials.  There will be a new tutorial at the beginning of each month from a different Design Team Member.

So today it is my turn to show you a tutorial-how to make dryer sheet flowers.  First let me show you my card using Great Impressions Stamps:

I used the following stamps:  C270  Butterfly Trio, G483 Tags, H185 Simple Elegance, J106 The Rose.

The butterfly stamp that I used has three butterflies so I fussy cut the one I wanted and glued down his body.  This left the wings to kind of bend upwards to make him look like he's fluttering.

The sentiment is from the Tags stamp which I also cut out.  I used a tooth pick that I added some extra brown ink for the flag.

The Simple Elegance stamp is the red embossed swirls on the paper with the text.  This is one of my favorite stamps!

The Rose stamp is the text in the background.  I embossed the stamp image with clear embossing powder and heat set it.  Then I used distress inks to bring out the text.

Now it's time to make the flower!  

Supplies:  2 or more used dryer sheets

                Flower Die Cut (I don't know if the framelets will cut through the dryer sheet)

                Color mist-I used Dylusions and Heidi Swapp

                Brad 

                Button for middle

                Crop-a-dile

The flower is made out of a couple of used dryer sheets and this die cut.  Finally, laundry is fun!  OK maybe not! ;)  If you don't have a die cut machine you can cut and layer circles for a different looking flower.

After your flowers are cut, mist them.  I used a blue and a red.  Let the mist dry.  

I have a spray box that I use, but I always put tissue paper, cardstock, or wax paper underneath so it catches the overflow.  Then you have cool misted paper for another project.

Then I stack the flower on top of each other until I like my flower.  I used a Crop-a-dile to make the hole through all of the layers and put on the brad.  This way I could move my flower around to figure out where I like it.  Then I realized I didn't like the brad so I glued a button on top of the brad.  The brad can be optional.  

Here's a close up of my card.  

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