Sweet Flower Bucket

Hi, friends!  It's Monday, and that means it's time for me to share some inspiration using stamps from the Great Impressions online store!  I  made a CAS nearly one layer card using a fun image and some dry embossing for you today.  Take a peek...

The image, F555 Bucket of Flowers, was stamped directly onto the card base, then colored with colored pencil, and embellished with some Stickles.  I LOVE the whimsy of this image!  All it needed to accent it was a few pink enamel dots!

The sentiment, D459 Sweetest Dreams, was stamped onto vellum, then added to the card base.  The enamel dots that were added to accent the image also help hold the vellum into place, along with the staples added to either side.

To create an anchor for my image, I dry embossed a fun lacy pattern to the bottom of the card base, then added some denim ribbon to hide the embossed top border that doesn't look that nice. ;)  I like the texture that the denim ribbon adds, and I really like the way this card turned out.  I hope you agree--and I would love to hear 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 also would love for you to come and join our monthly challenge!  If you use a stamp from the Great Impressions online store, please link it up in our Customer Gallery, too!  Until next time, HUGS and happy stamping, friends! :)

Inspiration day with Carolyn..

Hi ya peeps! 

It's my inspiration day and I wanted to share my take on triptych art.

I've been wanting to "cut up" a scene on a card for awhile now

and I finally did it but it's in four pieces and not three.

It's the thought that counts so I am pleased with the results.

I may have to create a couple of cards in the future to perfect

the technique. It's all about spacing, framing and choice of art.

The stamp I used is called F555 Bucket of Flowers.

I colored the image using Prismacolor pencils and used

typed words for the sentiment.

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Flowers, Flowers Everywhere!

It's the very last Sunday of the month--have you had a chance to join in our monthly challenge?  Just a few days left to play along!!!  If you use a Great Impressions stamp, I hope you link it up in our CUSTOMER GALLERY because we'll be giving away free stamps later on this year to some lucky customers who do!!! :)

We've got a couple of cards to share with you today using the stamps from a past release.  These cards are made by the fabulously talented Stamp of the Month designers up in the Great Northwest!  You can find out more about our Stamp of the Month program HERE.  These cards showcase some wonderful floral image stamps in honor of this month's challenge!

First up: Flowers on Shelf

Products used: G489 Flowers on Shelf

Next up: Large Stitched Flowers

Products used: F553 Large Stitched Flower, B235 Flower Bud, E803 Sweet Happy Moments

And finally: Look Alike

Products used: F555 Bucket of Flowers, E801 Look Alike

Thanks for hopping over to check out these creations!  I hope you join us again next Sunday for a brand new challenge and some new designs for you to grab from the STORE!  HUGS and happy stamping friends!

Bucket of Beauty

     I have a bucket of long stemmed beauties for you today, the Great Impressions F555 Bucket of Flowers.   Since Roses are red and violets are blue how could I do anything except make my theme red roses.

 
     Since the roses were the theme for this card, I went with the red color scheme and added more roses to the frame to echo the roses in the Bucket of Flowers.  The background was just plain white card stock run through two different embossing folders one of them a rose floral.  Although the frames are rather elaborate,m I think that they really bring the focus to the image for this card.  I like the Bucket of flowers since it brings elegance to an everyday sort of object, the paint bucket.  I also like that this simple image has a lot of impact and is really easy peasy to color.

Mary Anne

Great Impressions Stamp F555 Bucket of Flowers