So Wonderful

It's been so much fun being on the Design Team for the Great Impressions Stamps Challenge.

Unfortunately, my 3 month term is all but over.  

For my last card, I've used the Daisy Flourish Stamp (E702)

 and the  So Wonderful Sentiment Stamp (E805).

 

Remember, the current Great Impressions Challenge is still open.

Have you linked up your masculine project, yet? 

Crafty hugs,

Debi

One Cool Dog!

Hi, crafty people! 

Today is my day to tell you a little bit about my DT card featured a couple weeks ago when the June Great Impressions Stamp Challenge went live.  And, I made another card to share with you, as well.

First my DT card....

This was a relatively simple card to make.

I stamped the Dog Wearing Sunglasses(E896) Great Impressions Stamp with black ink and then added a bit of color to his spots with pencils.  A coating of clear drying glue was applied to the lenses of the dog's sunglasses and also his nose.  My cricut is responsible for the sunglasses border across the top of the card, the frame around the image, and also the letters.

And now....

Here's another super simple card I made using Great Impressions Stamps Handy Mouse(320S) and Happy Dad's Day(D389).  You will find additional info about this card here, on my blog.

Making a card/project for a guy?

Link it up before the end of June for a chance to win these two

Great Impressions stamps.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

See you next Wednesday.

Debi

Down on the Farm

Father's Day is less than two weeks away.  

Do you have your cards ready?  

If not, when you have one finished, we'd love to see it in this month's Masculine challenge at Great Impressions Stamps.  This happy Farm Tractor (F497) stamp is perfect for a guy card.   Pair it with the Happy Dad's Day(D389) sentiment stamp and you're in business.

 

Have a great and crafty day! 

Hugs,

Debi

Laundry?

Know someone going through a rough patch?  

The Great Impressions Beary Wet Stamp (F608) paired with the Spin Cycle Sentiment Stamp (E867) makes an adorably encouraging card.

I made this card for one of my husband's golfing buddies...

.... and this locking joy fold card has a more feminine look.

Have you made a feminine card to enter in the 

Great Impressions May Challenge?

You still have a week to enter!

Thanks for stopping by!

Debi B.

For a Special Mom

Today I thought I'd share a little bit
about how I made my card for the

Great Impressions May Challenge.

First I stamped both F121 Springy Molly and C346 A Special Mom Sentiment in black ink on white card stock.   I colored Miss Molly with markers before die cutting the image, which was then adhered to red card stock.  The corners of the red cs were decorated with a corner punch.
For a Special Mom was fussy cut and adhered to a die cut.

For the card base I used a piece of 4.25" x 8.25" white card stock, scored at 5.5"; plus an additional piece of 4.45" x 1.25" white card stock for the bottom strip.
The front pieces were first covered with red card stock and then patterned paper and the bottom corners of the top flap were rounded.  The inside of the card was also covered with patterned paper since it shows through when the card is folded.  

To assemble the card I first placed the front strip on top of the bottom of the inside of the card.  I placed a strip of adhesive across the bottom of the back of image piece and positioned it onto the bottom strip.  Then I folded the top section of the card down and glued the top of the image to it.  When I added the inside sentiments, I made sure the little heart would show and positioned the Happy Mother's Day high enough on the card so that it was completely covered when the card was closed. 

The inside sentiments and heart were cut on my cricut.

For embellishment I added the 3 little hearts and wrapped some bakers twine around the bottom strip.

 

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 Have you entered this month's 

Great Impressions Stamps Challenge, yet?

You have until the end of May to enter.

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Debi

Butterfly Frame Card Set

The Butterfly Frame(H226S) stamp by Great Impressions Stamps is perfect for making a CAS card.

 In fact, it is great for making an entire set of CAS cards.

 You will find a wonderful selection of sentiment stamps in the 

Great Impression Stamps Store, although for these cards I used computer generated sentiments.

Wouldn't a set of cards make a nice teacher appreciation gift?

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Did you check to see if you were a winner in the Great Impressions April Challenge?  You'll find the winners listed here, as well as, the theme for the Great Impressions May Challenge.

It was so nice of you to stop by today.

Have a good one!

Debi

A Good Friend

If you caught my Great Impressions Stamps post two weeks ago, you might remember that tea cups and tea pots are two of my favorite stamp images.  My eye was particularly drawn to this Great Impressions Spring Teapot Rubber Stamp (E667)

  featuring tulips, pansies and hyacinths. 

It made a perfect focal point for the belly band of the gate fold card I am sharing with you today. 

You'll find a close-up of the belly band on my blog here.

The inside of the card features Great Impressions A Good Friend Rubber Stamp (E830) .

Everyone needs a Good Friend, especially one that might remind you that.....

We are over halfway through the month of April already.

There have been some wonderful entries in the 

If you haven't linked up a project yet,  you still have time.
Check it out here. 

Wishing you beautiful days and good friends!

Debi

April Challenge Reminder

Have you found some time to make an

 April Showers Bring May Flowers Themed Project 

and enter it in the Great Impressions April Challenge?

 
The lucky winner will be receiving this adorable stamp:

Here's the card I made using the Great Impressions 

Daisy Border Rubber Stamp (G403)

and 

April Showers Rubber Stamp (D387).

 

Just because a stamp is a border stamp, doesn't mean you can't use it for other purposes.  Here I used the stamp as the flower border at the bottom of the card  (heat embossed in gold, watercolored and fussy cut) and also as the umbrella pattern (stamped twice, watercolored, and heat embossed with clear embossing powder to give it a shiny vinyl look).


I started out making a yellow umbrella, then a pink umbrella, then a pale blue umbrella, and finally decided on the blue umbrella above. 
What do you think?  Did I choose correctly? Would anyone like a leftover umbrella?

Here's a tip to prevent your adhesive from showing when working with velum.  
First, attach any items that will be on top of the velum.  

Turn it over and place your adhesive on the velum behind those items.  When you glue the velum down whatever adhesive you used will be hidden.

We look forward to seeing your projects for the 

April Great Impressions Stamps Blog Challenge.

You have until the end of the month to enter.

Teddy with Flowers

Hi there!

This is my first chance to welcome you to the 

Great Impressions Blog.  

My name is Debi and I'm new to the design team.

Today, I am sharing a card featuring two Great Impressions stamps...

  Teddy with Flowers (F554)  and A Flower (G455),

 both are
available at Great Impressions Stamps.

Speaking of flowers...

 have you linked up a card or project for the

 Great Impressions April Theme Challenge?

Wishing you a day filled with smiles and laughs,

Debi