Tis the Season!

Jammie Day Sunday!

Today I say good-bye to the Great Impressions Design Team. I have had a great time getting inky with them! My year on the team is over, and I want to thank them for having me as part of their family!

So let's grab our oaties, a big sip of milk, and off we go on our last Jammie Day! 

Today I am making my very first Christmas card of the year! Oh my-I better get with it...and you had to know I would  have to use an image with the meeces!  Gotta love 'em!

This sentiment is a perfect fit for this snowman and Christmas light paper, don't you think?

Thanks to Molly and Deone for keeping me going at Great Impressions and to Jenny for being such a great team leader!

This is not goodbye for me, you will still see many Great Impressions creations coming from my blog!

Thanks for stopping in to say Hello today-I always look forward to your visits!

♥ Sue

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Great Impressions Stamps:

Build A Snowman
Fosty Nights

Cardstock: Cherry Cobbler, Wasabi, Winter Wonderland (MME)
Copic:
Meece-YR 12,21,24,27 R 20
Green: G43,46
Red: R46
Bells: Y 28
Snow: B000,02

Misc: dimensionals

Silhouette files: 
snowflake
6 banners

Friends Like You!!

Jammie Day Sunday

Know What's Nice About a Friend Like You?-Everything!

Hello my Great Impressions Friends!  My Jammie Day Sundays are winding to a close, but I still have two oaties/jammie/robe/ slipper days to go! 

Today I am using Birdies On a Swing and A Friend all framed by a pretty swirly frame I cut with my Silhouette. 

Don't you love  these chicks in their matchy matchy colors? I think they color coordinated their feathers with the heidi grace designer paper! 

I will see you all next week!

♥ Sue Kment

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Great Impressions Stamps:

Birdies On a Swing G486

A Friend E794

Cardstock-heidi grace and Garden Green

Copics:

B000

R81,83

G 20,24

YR68

Silhouette Store cut file: Fancy Frame

Wishing You Tons of Happy Days!!!

Welcome to Jammie Day Sunday!

Hello to you all this morning! I do hope you enjoy your oaties and cocoa ...and do a little crafty inspiration surfing this morning-what better way to start off the day?  Unfortunately, it is cherry harvest time here in Oregon, so I am off to work. (Yes, cherries ripen 7 days a week LOL!)  This morning I had to trade in my slippers and pj's for work clothes and car keys...what kind of trade is that?....geez.... 

Today I went very clean and simple-these stamps  seem to take very few embellies to make them shine, don't you think?
These are  new release stamps from Great Impressions. 

My crafty friend Deloris has been rockin' tur-ker-roiz cards lately and I could not get them out of my head. Seems turquoise and white  is such crisp and clean combo!

I opened my new pack of Simple Stories SN@P! color  vibe papers (yes, I have been saving them for a special occassion card-but aren't they all?)...so here we go! 

The little kite and elephant are added on with pop dots to add a little extra dimension. I cut the half banner for the sentiment with my Silhouette. Added a little twine with a bow and added the completed panel onto the card base with dimensionals. 

I think this is one of my favorite Great Impressions card...although I think that of every card I make. My time on the design team is coming to an end-June 30th will be my last posting for the team, but certainly not my last Great Impression's cards...so let's not be sad! 

Right now there is a sale going on at Great Impressions-20% off and free shipping in the US with a $25 order. A great deal!

 Our June challenge is Leave A Little Sparkle-don't miss it!!!

Sorry for being so chatty today-just wanted to say thanks for stopping in to say Hello-We always look forward to your visits!

♥ Sue

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Great Impressions Stamps:

Elephant with kite F548
Tons C449

Cardstock: Base is SU and DP is SN@P color vibe from Simple Stories
Copics:
Elephant-T 1,3,5
Kite BG 53,57
Ground-W 1,2

Misc: Twine, dimensionals

Silhouette files: 
6 banners

Hang In There!

Jammie Day Sunday!

Hello to you all this morning! I am here to share this fun 3D card-reminds me of a diorama card. I love the dimension! This poor kitty is hanging on for dear life...off an Oregon cherry tree LOL! 

I cut out the 3d card, tree, grass and banner with my Silhouette. I extended the length of the branch with a copic multi-liner so that it would be long enough to reach the full width of the window and a wee bit more so that I could tape it to the inside of the card. To finish it off I added the scenery and sentiment banner. Done!

Right now there is a sale going on at Great Impressions-20% off and free shipping in the US with a $25 order. A great deal!

Don't miss our June challenge --- Leave A Little Sparkle.

Thanks for stopping in to say Hello-I always look forward to your visits!

♥ Sue

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Great Impressions Stamps:

B196 Hang in there
G367 Just Hanging Around

Cardstock: Chocolate Chip, Green Bazzil, , MME dots, American Crafts City Park Sky
Copic:
Kitty-E51,53,55
Tree-E27
Bird-B 93
Leaves-G46

Misc: Crystals, dimensionals

Silhouette files: 
5 grass Shapes
3d standing spider card
Echo Park Tree and Tire Swing
6 banners

Just me. Thinking of You.

Jammie Day Sunday!

Helloooooo there!  I hope you all have a nice long weekend ahead of you (and an extra day off work!)

I have a "Mary Engelbreit-ish" style card to show you today using Just Me. Thinking of You. and Ladybug and Daisy(links below).  Isn't this a fun swirly sentiment?  

Thanks for stopping in today and enjoy the rest of the long weekend!

♥ Sue

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Great Impressions Stamps:
D405 Just Me, Thinking of You

E567 Ladybug and Daisy
Copics:
R 27,29
G43,46
C 1,2,3
W 1
Y 38

Cardstock: Real Red, MME yellow dots, Making Memories black dots

Misc: twine, corner rounder

Silhouette: button

It Stinks...and the rest of the story!

Jammie Day Sunday!

Okay-I know I have a lot of explaining to do about this card. If you remember my last week's post, I told you I had this other card ready to post and decided it was not "pretty" enough to post on Mother's Day-and now you see why LOL!

I am not sure if you remember this card I made with the cute skunk and stinky sentiment-

At the first of the year I sent this card to a dear friend struggling with serious health issues.

Last week he was telling me that after his latest surgery  he was sure the meds were making him have very strange dreams. One night he said there was a skunk chasing him and "got/sprayed" him good. So...I had to make him another 'stinky' card! LOL.  We both work at a cherry processing plant, so not only did I get a skunk on this card, but a sparkly cherry tree too! I hope when he  gets this card  it will give him a big smile.

This  is a reminder just how much your special hand made creations are appreciated-so keep on sending your creations-they do make a difference!

Thanks for stopping in to say Hello-I always look forward to your visits!

♥ Sue

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Great Impressions Stamps:

B220 It Stinks

Cardstock: Doodle bug skypaper-solid cardstock SU!

Misc: Crystals, dimensionals

Silhouette files: 
5 grass Shapes
5 Clouds
Sun is a flower from 3 layered flowers file
Echo Park Tree & Tire Swing
Skunk
Fence

Happy Mother's Day!!!

 A Flower G455

Potted Flowers  C329

Jammie Day Sunday!

I hope as you are reading this that you are enjoying your day-taking it nice and easy-a bowl of oaties and a glass of milk and set to browse inspiration a wee bit this morning!

Today I am showing you two wonderful sentiment stamps. I actually had another card ready to go and then decided it wasn't very Mother Day-ish, so I am showing you this one instead...

I cut the card base with my Silhouette as well as the pretty flowers-a freebie template yesterday from Miss Kate's Cuttables. I thought this sentiment fit perfectly with the flowers and then realized I had the perfect "Designed by" stamp too! I also just got this new pastel Graphic 45 designer 6x6  paper pad---It was meant to be!

Thanks for stopping in today and Happy Mother's Day!

♥ Sue

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Great Impressions Stamps: A Flower G455

Potted Flowers C329

Cardstock: Graphic 45 Secret Garden 6x6 paper, So Saffron cardstock (SU!), White Bazzill

Misc: Crystals, dimensionals

Silhouette: Miss Kates Cuttables Flower Bouquet

Silhouette : 5 bracket labels with shadow

Home is Where the Heart is!!!

Welcome to:

Jammie Day Sunday!

Home is Where the Heart is.

There really is no place like home, is there?  

I cut this step card  and all the embellies with my Silhouette and  added in the sweet stamp Home is Where the Heart is. 

This would be a great little card for a new neighbor, someone returning from a trip or maybe even a school mate!  I really wanted to color this house pink-but I have lived in a pink house for years and years, and decided I needed a change! I mean who lives in a pink house.....

Just a wee reminder that our April challenge is almost over-you have just a day or two to join in!

 ♥ Sue Kment

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Stamps:
J99 Home is Where the Heart is. by Great Impressions
Sentiment computer generated
Cardstock: Kraft, choc Chip, Green, Green polka dot all from  SU!
Ink: Memento Black
Misc: Martha Stewart grass punch
Silhouette file: This was a freebie from the Silhouette Store-House Step Card

Go Duckies!

Welcome to:

Jammie Day Sunday!

Go Ducks!

I am chronically late with baby gifts--I know it is so bad... My goal is to acknowledge the new baby before they graduate from college LOL! I am somewhat proud that this is a baby gift for a little baby boy just a few months old!!!

I found this mini album on Pinterest and the video on You Tube. Very fun!!! I did use SU! cardstock and I think it is too heavy for this mini-or I need to adjust the gussets to be a wee bit wider.  I would suggest maybe Bazzil cardstock as the perfect weight to use.   Because my cardstock was thicker, I had to use ribbon to close this little mini album, otherwise I would have used magnet closures. Each pocket has a square photo mat that pulls out.

I actually envision this mini as an  Oregon Duck "Gwamma" brag book-imagine that!?!  I stamped the Duck In Tow stamp several times and used the complete image on the front, and then cut single duckies to add inside.

I cut the letters and little feet with my Silhouette.  The designer paper is Teresa Collins Chic Bebe Boy.

I hope you enjoyed this little duckie project!

Please take a few minutes and check out our polka dot and pastel challenge-you could be a winner!


See you next week!

 ♥ Sue Kment

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Stamps:
F294 Duck in Tow by Great Impressions
C373 Tiny Yawns
Cardstock: SU! and Teresa Collins Chic Bebe Boy
Ink: Versafine Onyx, Memento Black
Copics:
Yellows- Y08,17,38  YR68

Blue-B41
Misc: SU!  ribbon, popdots
Silhouette-Baby Feet

Blowing Get Well Wishes Your Way

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Jammie Day Sunday!

Get Well Wishes

I have some friends in need of some positive thoughts coming up soon so I decided to make a couple man type Get Well cards to have on hand.  Being that they are guys, I tried to keep the papers basic and the cards not so girly.

I got some new Tim Holtz distress paint that I wanted to try out real quick. I am not much into distressing or paints, but these little dauber type paints looked very interesting. You can see that on  one card I used a lot of white and on one I barely added white to keep the white dandelions  in the background. The daubers are very easy to use! I stamped the images again in Versafine Onyx Black and added a little bit of ribbon on one card and a little strip of paper with twine on the other. I cut out a button with my Silhouette and added that to a card as well.

I hope you can take a few minutes and  join our polka dot and pastel challenge-you could be a winner!


See you next Sunday!!!

 ♥ Sue Kment

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Stamps:
G298 Seeded Dandelion by Great Impressions
B177  Wishes Your Way
Cardstock: Bo Bunny, Kraft from The Paper Studio, SU Black 
Ink: Versafine Onyx

Black
Misc: ribbon, pearls, twine, Tim Holtz Distress Paint (picket fence)

Jammie Sunday-----Having a Ball

Jammie Day  Sunday!

Having a Ball!

No lounging in jammies and bunny slippers for me this morning..I am busy playing Gwamma the Easter Bunny!  I do hope you are all having a great Easter today.  The weather is warm and beautiful here in Oregon-the perfect weather for eggie hunting!

I was ready to switch off to some warm weather stamping today...wishing I was at the beach with my toes in the sand.  I used  Juggling Seal with the Having a Ball sentiment. I knew when I saw it that I would have to set this little seal in a beach scene.

 I cut the white doily base with my Silhouette, adding the beach and sky papers next.  I stamped the seal and sentiment on the papers and then stamped the seal/ball  again and cut them out and added them over the original.   That way you still get the movement marks and little sand pebbles around the seal. The beach balls are added  on pop dots for a little fun dimension. I added the umbrella and sun to finish off the beachy scene.

 We  have a Design Team call going on, so don't miss out should you be interested!


See you next week for our new monthly challenge!!

 ♥ Sue Kment

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Stamps:
E721 Juggling Seal by Great Impressions
C419 Having a Ball...by Great Impressions
Cardstock:Kraft,misc sky paper, red, blue, green and brown SU paper, bo bunny yellow polka dot
Ink: Memento Black
Copics:
Seal- C1,2,3,4
Yellow- Y18
Green- G14
Blue- B14
Red-R24
Misc: dimensionals
Silhouette files-
Antique Doily
Beach Umbrella and Sun

Jammie Day Sunday-Happy Birthday

Jammie Day Saturday Sunday!

 Happy Birthday!

It's taking me a wee bit of time to get used to changing over to Jammie day Sunday- but here I am!

Today I am showing off this colorful birthday card I made using Friendship Grows. I left off the sentiment because I wanted this to be a birthday card. I actually had a different stamp in mind when I started this card, but this little stamp kept calling my name-"use me, use me instead"!

I have used this image HERE for Valentines Day and HERE with the full sentiment, so you can see it is a very versatile stamp!

I saw this very fun technique on the Silhouette blog where you can use pens in  your cutting machine to get the dashes around the edges of your cardstock. It was not my steady (ahem) hand drawing those dashes - but a  very  fun design indeed.

I do not have washi tape as suggested in the tutorial, so I used strips of bright and cheerful Bo Bunny paper which included the Happy Birthday Sentiment.  The scalloped base was also cut on my Silhouette.

I hope you can take a few minutes and browse the Great Impressions Stamps Blog. We post lots  new inspiration during the week!


See you next week!

 ♥ Sue Kment

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Stamps:
G184  Friendship Grows by Great Impressions
Cardstock:Bo Bunny Surprise Collection, Real Red and Gumball Green (SU)cardstock
Ink: Memento Black
Copics:
Meece- C1,2,3,4  R20
Yellow- Y15,18,38
Green- G 43,46
Flower-BG05
Pot-R22,24,27
Misc: dimensionals
Silhouette file-Square Nested

Eggstravaganza!!!

Yes, It is time to show off all my cute little Easter critters today!!!  (I tried not to eat all the jelly beans before the pictures were finished LOL)

Today is Jammie Day Sunday for Great Impression Stamps, so pull up your chair and browse a wee bit! Don't forget your oaties and cocoa-I have lots of pics to peek at!!!

I always make lots of fun little  Easter treat holders to give out, so today you are seeing this cute little egg basket I cut with my Silhouette-fast and east. I then colored up my critters and attached them with pop dots.   You will recognize some of these critters as I am more than happy to give my stamps lots of love!

Which one is your favorite???? I couldn't decide...

♥  Sue Kment

Bunny With Carrot

 Juggling Bunny

A Bunny Hug

Easter Hunt

Bunny Backs

Easter Penguin

Great Impressions Peeking Bunnies

Jammie Day Saturday Sunday!

I do hope you can switch you jammie day along with me-I will be posting on Sundays now...so grab your oaties and steaming hot cocoa and here we go.

I have always loved these little bunnies peeking out from their windows! Today I had lots of scraps on my desk and I picked up these polka dot papers and thought they looked fun together. Such sweet little paper pieced bunnies!  I cut some 1/2 inch strips, and then cut the flag points with a square SU punch and glued the strips onto the white background piece. I used the cute little Happy Easter sentiment stamp again! Yep, I love it that much! This type of card is a great way to use up little bits of scraps.


See you next week!

 ♥ Sue Kment

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Stamps:
G264 Bunnies Taking a Peek by Great Impressions
Open Happy Easter by Great Impressions
Cardstock:Bo Bunny yellow and blue polka dots, orange SU polka dots, Black
Ink: Versafine Black
Misc: SU square punch

Bunny Backs

Jammie Day Saturday!

 Good Morning to you all!

Do you have your cocoa  and oaties ready to go...slippers on? Ready to relax a little this morning? I am!!!  I always look forward to visiting with you on Jammie Day Saturday!

Today I am showing off some cute little bunny bums! ( I know the stamp is named Bunny Backs)!

I stamped the bunny stamp twice to make a  line of bunnies and colored them up in pretty pastels to  match the festive striped DP. (This was a hard card to photograph, but it really does have a pretty pink embossed background.)  I then added some fun little pompoms for the tails and stamped the Happy Easter inside. The pretty borders were cut with my Silhouette. Quick and Easy!

Tomorrow we start a brand new monthly challenge right here at Great Impressions, so make sure to check back in Sunday to see what's happenin'!

 ♥ Sue Kment

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Stamps:
Bunny Backs E749 by Great Impressions
Open Happy Easter D346 by Great Impressions
Cardstock: Reminisce Hip Hop Hooray and Tutti Frutti Bazzill Basics
Ink: Versafine Black
Copics:
YG01,03,06
Y35,38
 R 81,83
BG 10,13
V 12,15,17
B 23,24
Misc: Poms poms
Silhouette-feebie border  cut file from Silhouette store.

Jammie Day Saturday -Easter Penguin

Jammie Day Saturday!

 Good Morning!

I do hope you can take a few minutes to browse today! Grab your cocoa, your bowl of oaties, slip on your bunny slippers and here we go!!!!!!

I had a different card all made up to show you today and then I stumbled on to this wonderful sketch at I {heart} sketches. Such inspiration, I had to put the other card on hold and spend my evening last night making this cutie. Funny how that works sometimes...a plan gets stuck in your head and you just have to go with it!

I stamped this cute little Great Impressions Easter Penguin in Versamark Black so that the penguin stamped nice and black. I carefully colored him with copics (versamark tends to smear with copics-be careful). Actually funny how a card can develop around a BOO BOO! I had this little penguin all colored and cut into a rectangle when I realized he was leaning-alot...oopsie...so I cut him out with an oval nestie so that it made him stand up straight and then added  him to a rectangle-problem solved! And I  like it better this way too! A little mistake can make me think out of box and I usually come up with something I like better! How about you??  Do you like your revamped boo boo's better?

The sentiment is the same one I used last week and maybe next week and next week and next....oh can you tell I love this little stamp?

I hope you can take a few minutes to visit and browse the pretty creations posted by the DT this week. We try to post new inspiration everyday! You have a few more days to join in our monthly challenge HERE as well.

I will be waiting for you with my bunny slippers keeping my toesies toasty and we can visit next Saturday--- and you can see the card that was originally made for today-another fun and of course colorful creation!!!

 ♥ Sue Kment

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Stamps:
Easter Penguin E575 by Great Impressions
Open Happy Easter by Great Impressions
Cardstock: Pebbles Sunny Side Designer paper 
 Bazzil Cardstock (candy hearts and banana split)

Ink: Versafine Black, Memento Black for sentiment
Copics:
YG01,03,06
Y35,38
 R 81,83
BG72
Y35,YR16
Misc: Pearls, dimensionals
Silhouette-banner cut file from Silhouette store.