Two Wishes

Hey Everyone!

Are you all prepared for the holidays?

If you are like me...there is always that last minute gift to buy,

or forgotten ingredient for a recipe.  This year I have to be

ready much earlier as I am having the family Christmas

coming up this Saturday.  I'm making a ham and double baked potatoes, with 

my guests bringing some side dishes.  It's so much easier when everyone contributes.

I think Santa is going to make a guest appearance for the little ones.
So fun to experience Christmas through their innocent eyes.

Today I used a pretty leaf branch and sentiment from Great Impressions Stamps 
for my card.  The unique and elegant font and ability to use the image
 for any season drew me to the stamps.  A snip of vintage DP

 and yarn trim for texture finishes off my card.

Supplies 

InLinkz.com

Have you entered our December challenge yet?

I kept it simple during such a busy holiday month

Anything goes...and you are good to go! (grin).

Hugs,

Jenny

Merry Kiss Moose

Happy Happy Monday to everyone out there!

 I am so excited to share with you a fun Christmas card I made using stamps from our newest addition to the Great Impression family of stamps.

For my card I used Merry Kiss Moose H236 and Happy Hearts B229

I cut Merry Kiss Moose out using a circle spellbinder die and colored him with copics and added some stickles to his shiny ornaments.

Here you can see the whole card and I love that I was able to use this fun Bo Bunny paper for the card. 

Shanna

The Latest and Greatest - Great Impressions Stamps!

Good Sunday Morning Fellow Crafty Friends!

Boy, do I have a treat for you today!
Our very own sweet Erin has
made us a gift set of cards with all
of the latest releases from Great Impressions Stamps!

The ubber talented Erin has such a fun CAS style.
I always looks forward to seeing what she is going
to come up with next,  She makes the CAS style
of card making look so easy!  When I know it's anything but!

H236 Merry Kiss Moose

B228 Trimmings

D454 Christmas Penguin

D453 It's Christmas

F535 Christmas Rudy

E774 Snow Adorable

G476 Frosty

E775 Hearts That Give

J108 Christmas Barn

B228 Trimmings

G477 Winter Truck

D453 It's Christmas

E776 Trimming The Tree

B229 Happy Hearts

All of these stamps are now available at our on-line store!

While you are shopping, why not sign up for our newsletter.

You will be the first to know what's new at Great Impressions Stamps!

Did you see what else is new??

Great Impressions Stamps has gone Social!

We now have our own Face Book page!

Molly from our office is running the page

and she is offering up some prizes if you "Like" us.

So, what are you waiting for?

Wishing you a wonderful AND stress free week!

Hugs,

Jenny

Christmas Barn and Snowy Trees

This is my Saturday morning 'jammie and cocoa' post where you should be sitting back to relax and surf the web for inspiration.  I will probably not be surfing in jammies-I will more than likely be rolling around on the floor with a couple crazy little grandsons...hehehe, I can feel my bones creaking right now LOL! I hope you have the best weekend planned too!

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This cabin and sentiment stamp are new release stamps-I love the county feel of this whole stamp combo, don't you?  


I really enjoyed coloring this image...trying to show off the snow without using glitter. I love the look I ended up with! This Christmas Barn stamp went so well with the sentiment and the Snowy Tree stamp(which I cut apart to use just one of the trees)-LOVE it!

I am off and running and will see you all next week! 

Sue Kment

Card details:
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Stamps:  
Christmas Barn
Snowy Trees

Hearts That Give
Cardstock: Bazzil Red, SU! designer paper

Copics:

Cabin:  E31,33,37
Greens: G 43,46
Reds: R46

Snow: C1 BG 70,72

Misc:

Twine, dimensionals, nestie label

~ It's Christmas ~

Happy Friday everyone and thanks for taking the time to visit the Great Impressions Stamp blog. Only 18 days until Christmas. Whoo-hoo  - I can't wait!!

Are you still looking for a card idea? Well I have one for you today. It's using two of our new release stamps. This one could be easily recreated. So here are the details.

The new stamps are the Christmas penguin - D454 and the sentiment "It's Christmas" - D453. Aren't they just the cutest little guys. I colored them with Copic markers and then fussy cut them for their downhill sliding adventure. On the trim of their hats I used polar white flower soft for fur.

On my background I used the Great Impressions Stamp - "falling snowflakes"E772.  The snowflakes are stamped in bashful blue ink onto bashful blue cardstock. My tree and slope are die cuts. On the tree I used some red rhinestones for accent. On the slope, I used flower soft in polar white for some flaky snow.

To complete my card I stamped the sentiment in bashful blue ink. I think it is such a fun Christmas card. All the stamps are in the online store. If you click on the stamp name above it will take you right to the store for easy ordering.

Well that's it for me for today. Time to get to my Christmas trees. I put up 3 of them. See you next Friday........

Mary Marsh

card recipe:
Stamps: christmas penguin (D454), it's christmas (D453), falling snowflakes (E772)
Paper: bashfiul blue, white, wild wasabi (stampin-up)
Ink: memento tuxedo black, bashful blue
Accessories: in the meadow die (pti), copic markers, red rhinestones, polar white flower soft

Need Another "Gift" Card?

Happy St. Nicholas' Day!

(Nikolaustag in Germany)

The clock is a tickin' and I needed a few quick and simple cards for those last minute gifts.  

This design fit the bill! I wanted a CAS look with texture. Easy peasy...

1. Stamp a white panel with Old World Merry Christmas (E739)

2. Color any details (optional)

3. Emboss the panel with the Sizzix Holly Swirls folder

(check your local craft store - they may still have it!)

4. Cut 3 lengths of ribbon and layer 2 pieces. Tie a bow & adhere.

5. Pop up panel with foam squares, pop dots, etc. (optional)

If you leave out the coloring and adhere the panel to the card base, this card will be quick and easy to assemble. You could even skip the embossing, if you're really in a hurry!

Here's a close up of this lovely, detailed stamp:

Have you taken a look at all the entries in our monthly challenge? The theme is ANYTHING GOES! Can't get much simpler than that...I hope you find time to make a little something this month - we'd love to see it!

Inky hugs,

Angi

Glitter Pine Cone

Good morning! 

This week I'm sharing a project using a fantastic pine cone stamp from Great Impressions Stamps. It is a small stamp, only 1.5 x 1.25 inches, which is why I used it to create an adorable tag!

I did some selective inking to create the green sprig & the brown pine cone. The berries I colored with Copic markers, then added stickles on top. 

(Supplies - Stamp: (Great Impressions Stamps) Pine Cone Sprig. Cardstock: (PTI) Ripe Avocado, Scarlet Jewel, White. Ink: (PTI) Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate. Die: (PTI) Tag Sale #1, Limitless Layers 1.5" Circles. Ribbon: Ribbon Carousel. Other: Copics, Stickles.)

I will add a "to" and "from" stamp to the back so I can attach it to a present.

That's it for me! See you next week! :-)

FORE

Hello there and Happy Tuesday!

Wow...the holidays are sneaking up on me!

Honestly, Thanksgiving and then poof it's already Christmas!

You may be expecting a holiday card from me today,

but I needed a Birthday card.  I am however using Christmas colors on my card

does that count? (lol!)

My recipient loves to play golf, so I choose

a golf themed stamp and mixed it up with a puny computer generated sentiment.

Actually, Great Impressions Stamps offers up a good

variety of stamps for the sport lovers out there.  I recently
used their baseball themed stamps for a thank you card
to my son's coach.

Supplies

InLinkz.com

I promised some prize winners today so

let's get to it!

Last month when I started the November challenge I

offered up a prize or two for grabs if you mentioned

"Happy Holidays" in the comment section.  It was rather sneaky

of me as I put it at the end of my very long post.  I'm happy to say

that quite a few of you actually read the entire post and left me a

"Happy Holidays" comment.  I wish I could give a prize to each of you, but I 

have selected two lucky winners!

I'm doing a happy dance for:

Darlene

&

Nancy

Contact me at jjstucky@sbcglobal.net

within a week

to claim your fabulous stampin' prize!

My holiday to do list is still too long!  I am off to do some last minute

shopping and maybe find a little time for cookie baking!

Hugs,

Jenny

A little Yellow

 How was everyone's Thanksgiving???? I hope everyone had a wonderful time and safe travels.

Well I made a fall style card using the stamp Daisy Flourish (E702).

I colored the image with copics and added some Sonic Silver Glitter from Sparkle n Sprinkle on the little flowers so they look like silver bells.

I used the spellbinder die label four I believe and inked all my edges with distress ink. 

The ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.... I love the quality of the ribbons she sells!

The papers are from My Mind's Eye from a release I believe they had last year! 

Hope you like my simple creation. It is my final fall style card I think for this year.

Thanks for stopping by and hope I made a Great Impression.

Shanna

December Challenge and Our Top Pix!

Welcome to a new monthly challenge right here

on the Great Impressions Stamps Blog!

December is such a crazy busy month with the holidays

so we are keeping the theme simple.

If you manage to squeeze in some crafty time this month good for you!

Our theme for December is "Anything Goes."
If you are new to our challenges I suggest you check out
the rules on our side bar :)

The Design Team has been as busy as Santa's elves

coming up with a little inspiration for you all.

So here we go...

Angi - D310 Reaching Your Star

Shanna - E767 Bubble Over & G468 Bubbly Pig

Sue - G271 Reindeer Trio

Mary - F411 Fairy Silhouette  & E696 Wishes Have Wings

Jenny - H159 Snow Fun Squares

Don't forget to hop on over to their blogs

and leave a little message...they have been working so hard!

Now for our Top 3 Pix for November!

The DT and I were blown away by all the talent out there!

You make it so hard to choose only three!

Sue's choice:

Anita

Sue said, "Boy do I love this creation!  First of all, it's a snowman

image!  I love snowmen....they work for winter and Christmas

double-duty.  Anita's choice of image paired with her wonderful

mix and matching of DP is perfecto!"

This month I have the honor of choosing two

Top Pix....so in no particular order - 

Tracy

Isn't this just divine?!  It's a step circle card.  I can just see this

having a place of honor on a babies dresser.  What a beautiful keepsake!

Tracy your coloring rocks and I love your use of embellies!

And...

Allisa

Allisa, you created a perfect pairing with that sweet bird and

your DP choices!  I love the design and that die cut - beautiful holiday card!

Congratulations Ladies!  

You have earned our "Top Pix" badge!

Love it if you placed on your side bar and link it right back to us!

Finally, we have our random prize winner!

Let's all do a happy dance for Krafty Karen!

Karen you have one week to contact me at

jjstucky@sbcglobal.net to claim your prize.

Now, for all of you that noticed my sneaky prize give away 

last month....I will announce those winners on Tuesday.

And...I wish you all Happy Holidays! (grin!)

Hugs,

Jenny

Merry Mouse

Hurry!
Last day to save....see details above!


How is everyone this fine Saturday morning?

Waiting to hear who the lucky winners are from

The Ribbon Carousel/Great Impressions Stamps Hop?

The winner of $25 in yummy Ribbon Carousel ribbon is....

Kathy

chosen from Erin's blog!  Congrats to you Kathy!  Please contact Tangii

at Tangii@tangiink.com to claim your fab prize!

To see the winner of $25 worth of Great Impressions Stamps

visit the Ribbon Carousel Blog.  It should be posted over there sometime today.

Woo Hoo!

Now scroll on down to see what Sue has come up for you today!

Hello!!!!!!!

Today is Jammie Saturday...I like to sit with my morning oaties and surf the web, just sort of relax! I love checking out everyone's great creations!  I hope you get a few minutes to do the same!

I seem to be stuck on tags lately...but you know, you could make tags into Christmas cards very easily. I had a lot of tags cut for the blog hop, but ran out of time to finish them all, so you may be seeing a few more come your way! Today I am showing off another little Franklin stamp named Merry Mouse. Yes, I'm in love with Franklin. Right now this is a finished tag...but I just might make this into a card. Still thinking it over....LOL! I love the pairing of pretty ribbon and pearls too.

Thanks for stopping by today and I will see you soon!

Sue Kment

Card details:
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Stamps: 

Merry Mouse

Cardstock: 

Echo Park DP and Real Red (SU!)

Copics:
Franklin: YR20,21,23,24,27
Wreath: G43,46, 29
Red: R46  

Misc:May Arts ribbon, and misc pearls, mini glue dots

Cutting files: Labels from the Silhouette Store