Formal DT Introduction!

What did you all think of our very first week of posts? These girls are really amazing and I'm so thankful they have joined Great Impressions to help me get this wonderful company known all over the web!

Unfortunately the web site is not up and running yet....Great Impressions is now shooting for Feb. 1 but until then...there are a few online stores and local craft stores that carry Great Impressions stamps so you can still get your hands on them!!!

Click on this link FIND A STORE and see if their are any retailer's in your area or an online store you like to shop at!

I wanted to formally introduce our Design team to you, so now not only will you know their name and blog's but you also get to see their beautiful faces and learn a bit more about them!

DELORIS

Deloris is showing off her beautiful puppy :-)

My hubby and I are retired and live in a small town in Ohio.   The puppy in my photo is a very spoiled miniature poodle that we rescued from a animal shelter last Christmas.  He is my crafting buddy.  He loves sit on my lap and watch what I am working on.  I enjoy all types of crafts like painting, sewing and crochet, but my favorite is creating projects with rubber stamps.

JENNY

Hi! My name is Jenny and I call a little town in Southeastern Wisconsin home. My life is blessed with 4 wonderfully busy children and a DH that is still in shock mode when it comes to my little stamping addiction. Did I say stamping addiction?....I meant paper....bling...alterables...I love it all! I'm known for hoarding my supplies too. (grin) When my crazy schedule allows, and I'm not in my crafty room, you can find me on a tennis court or working out. I'm super excited to be designing for Great Impressions Stamps! If my creativity inspires you in some way, than I am one happy gal!

THERESA

Hello my name is Theresa and I have been crafting for as long as I can remember. I had
the opportunity to manage a popular craft store for over 6 years and enjoyed inspiring
Other’s to create. I starting my blog The Scrapbooking Queen as an additional outlet for
my crafting and it interact with other like mind crafters. My blog has now grown to over
2500 followers and it has been a joy to share my love of crafting with others via the
internet. I have extensive experience in marketing and feel it is one my greatest
strengths. Currently my husband and I co-own a Notary service. I am the mother of two wonderful adult girls and a sweet grandson Jason , a have 4 fur~babies, Princess Penelope, Ringo, Chip and Annabella who you see also inspire some creative of the own

ANGI

Colorado-based crafter Angi Crandall has been making stuff most of her life. Fueled by her endless curiosity and embracing “it takes a village…” she has been learning from and being inspired by the artists around her and has journeyed into photography (can you say Mamarazzi?!), hybrid scrapbooking, stamping, painting, fiber arts and most recently mixed media art.

Being on the move as a mother of four and a military spouse has challenged her to ‘adapt and overcome’ and has encouraged her love of upcyling and recycling as evidenced by the found and vintage items in all areas of her art, including paper crafting.

Believing that the creative process should be “fun, empowering, renewing…whatever it is that we need in our lives to help us continue our journey and to leave a legacy of who we are with those we love…”she shares her passion to create through stamping and altered art workshops designed to encourage women to discover their own fabulous creative selves using an assortment of mediums, foundations and techniques.

With her fun lovin’ smile and her sunshine attitude Angi invites you to join her:“Life’s messy, so jump in and make a little creative mayhem – we’ll clean up later!”

SHANNA

Hi everyone my name is Shanna Shands. I am a SAHM to one crazy little girl and one little fur baby. I started out with cross stitching then worked my way to scrap-booking and then I found ... card making! I am addicted to copics. I have almost every single one. I really love to color. If I had to describe my style... I would say I am a work in progress. I have yet to define it as I see so many ideas out there but I will eventually settle down into my own I guess when I find it. I live by the philosophy of practice, practice, practice... and I can never stop learning and applying what I learn to daily things!

APRIL

(I hate doing this stuff)

Whelp....I'm April Lower and I have been stamping for over 10 years now. I got started by going to an SU! party (thinking at age 22...what  on earth do I want to "stamp" for), I came home with a catalog and the rest is history. I have come a long way since that first party and have branched out A LOT! Three years ago I got my first NON SU! stamp (Stamping Bella) and I realized there is this whole other world of stamping....I started a blog, got more and more stamps from different companies, even started getting digi's and then began trying out for DT teams!  And here I am today! I have two children a boy and a girl and they are the light of my life. I am currently a SAHM and devote my non family duties to crafting! I have been married to my husband for 15 years and we just separated from the Air Force this past year and are currently settled in North Carolina. Being that we have moved all around the past 15 years I'm not sure how long we will be in North Carolina but it's a good start to our new civilian life!

Teddy Wishes Kinda Day

Happy Saturday everyone and 

welcome to The Queen's 1st official post

for Great Impressions Stamp Company as one

of their new Design Team Members...

The Queen's is so excited to showcase this

adorable Old Fashion Teddy Stamp isn't just so cuddle.

The Queen used My Minds Eye Paper Stack

you can get MME Stacks from The Hen's Den

The Queen used her Spellbinder to 

create the perfect setting for the 

sentiment and inked it with 

Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Sentiment is Take it Easy #E671

The cute Old Fashion Teddy is #G66 and he

was colored using copic markers... 

Ribbon is a perfect touch with it's sweet bow...

Now make sure you check out the 

New Great Impression On-Line store and

wonderful blog... 

Fabulous Friday~When it Rains

Have you all enjoyed your week full of wonderful creations from the DT? We still have one more to go on Saturday so make sure you stop back by for Theresa's post and then Sunday I will have a post up to formally introduce the Design team to all of you!

I guess we have all been on the same path this week with our nice bright fun colored cards...it just seems that once you get through Christmas you don't want to look at another Christmas card or winter card let alone make them!

I decided for my very first post to use "When it Rains". It's such an adorable stamp with those cute rain boots and it kinda' fits me since I love cute shoes in general a great card to put a smile on a friends face.

I have been dying to make my first post because I wanted to tell you about the Great Impressions rubber. It's amazing!!! It is so deeply etched that you get the best stamped image every time. I promise you if you have never bought from Great Impressions before you will not be let down by the quality of these stamps.

I have used the following items on my card:

Great Impressions Image~When it Rains (F448)

Cardstock~SU!

Designer Paper~Prima Marketing

Rhinestones (I kinda lost the packaging)

Copic markers

SU! ribbon

Martha Stewart border punch 

Well, Hello There Cupcake!

Happy Thursday!

Angi here, aka Mistress of Mayhem, known to a precious few as MoM (4 in particular)...I'm sure more than a few of you can relate at this time of year as the holidays wind down and we get back to the (hopefully) less hectic pace of Life...lol

It's day 5 of 2012, my kiddos are back in school and I have a wonderful feeling it's going to be a GREAT year of crafting!

I don't know about you, but I can never have too many cards and Great Impressions' December Stamp of the Month stamps hit that sweet spot! When I first saw the images, I naturally thought 'birthday.' After playing with the stamps I realized these stamps aren't just for birthdays; there are so many adorable and usable images...cupcakes, cocoa/tea/coffee cups, candles, balloons, and more.


Lots of celebration inspiration!

With Valentine's Day on the way, you could easily whip up a few of these with a little prep work. The frame is heat embossed in white and the cupcakes are simply stamped and 'water' colored using ink and a water brush.

Want to add that special touch? Get out the liquid appliqué and your favorite glitter and frost those cupcakes! You won't believe the difference this little detail will make... If you'd like more detailed instructions and pictures of this and other Great Impressions projects I've made visit my blog here.

If you'd like to see the December's Stamp of the Month stamps visit this post. And I know after you do, you'll want to get your own, so visit HERE to find a store near you that participates in the program!

There's a new set of stamps Every. Single. Month. You won't be disappointed!

Thanks for stopping by and sharing a little of your day with us!

Inky hugs,
Angi


Supplies:
Stamps:   Great Impressions Stamps Cupcake Border (E743), Flourish Frame (K96)
Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black; Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo; Versamark Watermark
Patterned Paper:   Little Yellow Bicycle "Savor" Kitchen Medley
Tools:   Spellbinders Scalloped Oval Nestabilities, heat gun
Embellishments:   ribbon,
Other:   foam tape; white liquid appliqué; American Craft Zing Embossing Powder White; Tim Holtz Blending Tool; Glue Dots; Atyou Spica Lipstick; Bow Easy

Dropping in to wish you a very happy birthday!

I am so excited to be posting my first design team project. I have several birthdays coming up and thought I would make a fun easel style card with one of my favorite Great Impressions stamps. I love this little mouse. He always makes me smile.

Here's a list of the supplies I used for my easel card:

Great Impressions Stamps:
D423, B139
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink for image
Versafine Onyx Black Ink for saying
Prismacolor Pencils:
Peach
Light Peach
Light Umber
Marvy Le Plume II Marker #5 Yellow
DCWV Yellow Checks Paper
Cardstock: White, Yellow
Yellow ribbon
Pop dots, glue dots
Silhouette SC machine
Silhouette cutting file:
Scalloped Border Set C00318_31857
Spellbinders:
Nestabilities Labels Eight
Classic Scalloped Ovals Large
Classic Ovals Large

2z Days with Jenny

I'm so happy to be joining you each Tuesday here at the Great Impressions Blog!

Has everyone survived the holidays?

I'm getting back into the swing of things by jumping 

right to the next holiday (giggle!)

Yep, time to think about those Valentines Day projects.  My card showcases the 

"Heart Blossoming Tree".    Really a versatile stamp...you can dress it up with ornaments for Christmas or add Fall leaves.  I was a bit nervous lining up my stamp next to my computer generated sentiment.  But no worries...with the new Stickable Stamps the image is printed on the backside

 of the stamp which makes it super easy to line up.

I punched out some tiny hearts, glued them on and added a few falling just for fun.  The dainty flowers and leaves are colored in with my Copics and a tiny pearl added in the centers.  My tree is planted on a half circle cut with a Nestie, 

then covered with a shiny satin ribbon tied on with an embellie.  

For a close-up come visit my blog here.

Below you will find thumbnails of the supplies I used...click on any 

and it will take you to a website that offers the product.  

Gotta love that - it's like my own personal shopper!

Supplies

Similar flower embellie shown below

InLinkz.com

I shall be back next week....hopefully I won't chatter away too much (grin!)

Can't wait to see what all of you create with Great Impressions stamps!   

Hugs,

Jenny

Happy New Year and a Hi

Happy New Year!!!! Can you believe it... it is already 2012. 

Well everyone my name is Shanna and I am soooooooo pleased to be making my first post as a design team member for Great Impressions. These stamps are amazing and when I saw how many there were I went crazy picking them out. 

Great Impressions has such a variety and stamps that can work with anyone's budget, and guess what..... they come with your choice of wood mounted or cling mounted (STICKABLES) for acrylic blocks. 

Who doesn't love more room for more stamps???

For my very first card, I thought I would make something bright and different. As we all have just finished up Christmas and Happy Holiday cards, I needed a drastic change . If you are anything like me I was done with Christmas the day after and got almost all the decorations put up last Monday. 

I am ready for BRIGHT, SPRINGY, and SUMMERY cards and that is what I brought to you all today!

I used A School of Fish (E649) and Just Floating (E648) to create my bright summery card. I used some plain white, light blue, and hot pink cardstock. I also used a sheet of paper from Fancy Pants: Beach Babe paper pad. I thought the paper complimented the stamps perfectly.

 I also used some lime green baker's twine and a dew drop to make it look like a hanging pitcure. I did my sentiment (Just Floating) in white embossing powder, added some glossy accents to the bubbles, used clear microbeads for inside the shaker, some saved acetate from packages, SP dies large scalloped circle and classic circle, foam tape, memento black ink for the fish, veramark watercolor ink for the and I colored my image with distress inks spiced marmalade and broken china. 

Stop by my blog for any extra details I may have left out

and last but not least

make a GREAT IMPRESSION!!!

New things in the New Year!!

Good morning wonderful Great Impressions followers! It's almost the new year can you believe it? 2012....wow!!! Anyone have any resolutions they'd like to share? I personally don't do resolutions...not sure why; I guess mainly because I feel like if I need/want to make some changes in my life I shouldn't wait for a certain day to roll around to do so....lol! But there is nothing wrong with setting goals for things you'd like to accomplish in the coming year. My goal would be to get more organized. I feel totally out of sorts lately so I need to come up with a few things for remembering things (my brain is gone as well) and for keeping track of things, especially DT commitments.
Anyway.....for the New Year at Great Impressions a brand new online store is about to be opened! They are "trying" very hard to have it up and ready around the 1st but if not....I promise it won't be too long after that, that you will be able to do all your Great Impressions shopping at their personal online store! That was one of the reasons for starting up this blog again. To help spread the word about Great Impressions and their store so I really hope to see this blog grow over the new year and of course see some amazing sales over at the online store!
I hope you'll frequent the blog because each day we will have a design team member doing a post for all of you using the wonderful Great Impressions stamps and they have been hard at work getting their posts ready to start next week.

So I hope all of you have a wonderful New Years Eve and an amazing New Year!!!!!

Happy Holidays from Great Impressions!

We hope that you have a safe and enjoyable holiday season!

Dec. stamp of the month program

I wanted to share with all of you the Stamp of the Month program. This is a program was designed for stores only! So if you want the stamp of the month you need to find a craft store near you that carries them. After that month is over you are then able to buy the stamps online or from the catalog!

Here is the Stamp of the Month for Dec.

Yum, Yum...those cupecakes look amazing...and I have a love love relationship with coffee so I live those little coffee cups

And here are some lovely works of art made by some employee's of Great Impressions!

Keep your eyes out for a few DT cards to pop up in the next few days. They couldn't wait to get started even though we won't be "officially" starting till January!!



Welcome our new DT!!!

Oh my golly....after a week of reviewing all applications and blogs...we had over 40 of them....we finally made our decision for the 5 girls that will be joining this great company and help represent Great Impressions Stamp Co.!!

Please join me in welcoming and congratulating them!

We will be fully starting in January to give the girls time to pick out their stamps and recieve them in the mail and also allow them to enjoy Christmas. Until that begins we will be doing posts and sharing some of the creations we are able to make throughout the holidays so stay tuned in and don't forget to become a follower so you won't miss out on anything!

Angi/Angela

Theresa

Jenny

April

Shanna

Deloris



DT call is now closed!

Wanted to let everyone know that our DT is now closed and I am looking through all the applications and blogs....we had a ton of wonderful ladies apply!! We will try to make the announcement by the end of next week....Dec. 3rd...if you applied you will receive an email from me either way and we will also announce here on the blog the team!

I hope all of you that are here in the states enjoyed your Thanksgiving. I am home in Pa. visiting family and having Thanksgiving with them....it feels wonderful to be home, eat some yummy homemade food, and just relax!!! 

DT call Closer

Just wanted to let everyone know that Monday 21st will be the closer of the DT call....so if anyone else is interested get your applications in now!!! We will be looking over everything this week and making our decisions final to announce next week! Thank you all for the wonderful amount of applications we received...we are very excited to get going with a DT!!!

Wow!!!

I just had to stop in quick and tell all of you that we have had a really big interest in this DT call and the applications just keep pouring in! We have also gained some new followers, which we love, and you all are really making it hard for us to pick JUST 5!!!! We will be reviewing all applications and blogs this week and next week we will be making the hard decision and letting all of you know via e-mail! We will also announce the team here on the blog!

THEN...the real fun will begin!

So please stay tuned, follow our blog and be read to participate in all the goodness we will be having here!!!

Please Excuse......

The Mess!!!! I am going to be doing a bit of a revamp on the blog this week so it might look terrible the next few days! But we are gearing up to get the blog fully functioning with the new DT team (that will be picked next week)!!

Please see the post below if you are interested in apply to be part of the DT...the call will end on the 21st of Nov.

DT CALL!!!!!

Hello!!! My name is April and I have been awarded the position of DT coordinator for Great Impressions! I say awarded because even after just one conversation with the wonderful ladies that run this company I am in love with them and have you seen their stamps???? I get to use these stamps and creative wonderful creations with them! So with that being said I/We are looking for 5 other ladies (or men ;-) ) to join us!!!

Here is what is asked of you:

~Be able to work independently by making timely blog posts here on the blog

~Promote Great Impressions Stamps whenever possible (if you use one of the the stamps...be sure to give Great Impressions credit)

~Enjoy creating with rubber/clingable stamp images

~Make at least one project per week to be posted here and also on your own blog

~Have an active blog with followers

~Previous DT experience is NOT needed so don't hesitate to try out

~Be able to grow with us...we are starting out slow and will be working one expanding with the growth of this blog. Your responsibility may include participating in challenges, blog hops, etc.

~This term will last for 6 months so please be sure you are able to commit to this length of time

You want to know how you will be compensated right?

Here is what you will get in return for your dedication and creativity:

~A Welcome package of Great Impressions Rubber Stamps worth 40 (wholesale) dollars

~A monthly package of Great Impressions Rubber Stamps (your choice) worth 20 (wholesale dollars)

~A link to your blog on the sidebar

~An opportunity to help this company grow and for you to grow with it

So here is what you need to do if you are interested and can commit to the above:

~Send an email to april_lower@yahoo.com AND greatstamps@localaccess.com

~We will need your full name, address (so we can send you your goodies), email address you actively use, and blog address (we will be stalking your blog to see your wonderful work so be sure to keep it updated ;-) )

~Previous DT's you have been on and are currently on

~A short bio about yourself, i.e. how long you have been crafting, your favorite thing to craft, where your from, what you do, family, whatever you feel is important in your life and best describes you

THIS CALL WILL BE OPEN FOR 2 WEEKS.....PLEASE APPLY NO LATER THAN NOV. 21ST

I WILL RESPOND TO YOUR EMAIL TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE RECEIVED IT AND WILL SEND THOSE WHO ARE SELECTED AN EMAIL TO ASK FOR YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE POSITION NO LATER THAN NOV. 26TH (I KNOW THIS IS A HOLIDAY WEEK)

Good Luck and we can't wait to see all the talent out there!

New Autumn and Warm Winter Wishes designs - Available Now!

Check out the new designs!!!!

These new christmas designs will be great for those people who travel to spend their winters in warmer weather!

We are looking for a Design Team coordinator!!!

This special person will help in organizing our future design team. They will be responsible for maintaining a working relationship with the design team and Great Impressions R.S. Inc. We ask that you keep the blog flowing and coordinate any special events related to the design team and the blog. We also ask that you will be responsible for posting one project a week on the blog using Great Impressions stamps. You will be in charge of the Great Impressions group that will be our main form of communication and organization. We ask that you post regularly on your blog and that you are able to post high quality photos of your projects. At times we might ask for physical examples of projects for presentation at trade shows and other events.

In return, we will send you a start up package of $50 in Great Impressions red rubber Stickablestamps. Then every month after that, you will get $35 worth of Stickablestamps to create with. If there are special images that Deone would like to promote, we will send you the designs in addition to your monthly choice of stamps.

To apply please send us an email at greatstamps@localaccess.com with Design Team Coordinator in the subject line. Be sure to include a short paragraph as to why you think you would be the best design team coordinator. Don’t forget to include your name, address, phone, email address, and a link to your blog.

Unfortunately, we will not be able to respond to each submission. If you are chosen, you will hear from us by November 4th 2011. If you have any questions please feel free to email us. Just make sure you put DT questions in the subject line.

Octobers Stamp of the month program images

Did you know.....

All stamps from Great Impressions are available wood mounted or as Stickablestamps, red rubber mounted on cling foam for your acrylic blocks.  Starting in September you will also be able to purchase our current program stamps as Stickablestamps too!

September 2011 Stamp of the Month program in stores now!!!

 To see each card individually check out our website at http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ and click on Stamp of the Month.

Stamp of the month for August 2011 in stores now!

This months Stamp of the Month program is a farm board.  Check out http://www.greatimpressionsstamps.com/ to see each card individually under the sample cards.

Our new website is still under construction, we will let you know when it is up and running.    We are super excited about our new website as it will have a lot of features that our current website does not have.  We feel that this will make it easy for everyone to find and order Great Impressions stamps in either our wood mounted stamps or our NEW Stickablestamps.  We will also have a large gallery for card ideas.

You can now purchase all of our open stock stamps as Stickablestamps.  These are our new stamps on cling foam.  These are indexed on the back for easy placement with the exception of some of the smaller sized stamps.  The stamp of the month stamps will be available as Stickablestamps once they are no longer part of the program and are available as openstock. 

Our new 2011-2012 catalogs are available.  They are $8.00 plus shipping.  To order a catalog you can call us at 800-373-5908 or email us at greatstamps@localaccess.com.  If you have any questions regarding our stamps or programs, please feel free to contact us. 

If you have a store in your area that you would like to see carry our line of stamps, let me know and I can send them one of our catalogs as well as some of our program information.