Hello there

Bought a fun new K & Co paper pack at the craft store and decided to use it with this adorable little girl from Great Impressions.

Supplies used:

Great Impressions Stamp #G149
(Click white link to find this adorable stamp in the new Great Impressions store.)

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copic Markers: E000, E00, E31, E33, E35, E37, R05, B000, B00, B01, B02

Prismacolor Marker: Goldenrod

Makeup & Q-tip to apply to cheeks

Nestabilities Scalloped Ovals Lg, Classic Ovals Lg.

K & Co Designer Paper - Bailey

Prima Flowers, Pearl, Ribbon & Lace

Adhesive & Glue Dots

****NEWS FLASH**** The Great Impressions Stamps Store is OPEN!!

YOU HEARD RIGHT!!

We are Open for Business!!

To celebrate this momentous occasion Great Impressions Stamps

is having a grand opening sale!!

Just use Promotion Code:  GIB212

to save 10% off your entire order!

This promotion is good through the end of February.

I am super excited to share this news with you.

Want to thank you all for your patience...

But so worth the wait!

Grab a cuppa and settle down for a treat!

Check it out HERE!!

AND...

I don't want to forget to wish everyone a

Happy Valentines Day!

Are you doing anything special today?

So much nicer when the holiday falls on the weekend.

A weekday night out just isn't the same to me.

Oh the gorgeous detail on this chandelier!

I heat embossed it in gold and it sparkles like crazy!

The brown panel, the sentiment and my main image are all sanded on the edges and then sponged around with distress ink.  The DP is just sponged.  I was going for a bit of a shabby grungier look.

Supplies

Stamps shown below are now

linked to our new store...

You are a click away from shopping! (grin!)

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Wishing you a day filled with sunshine, love and 
a fun shopping experience at our brand spankin' new store!

Hugs,

Jenny

It is a brand new Monday!

Good Morning everyone it is Shanna here on another Monday to help you get your week started with some Great Impressions inspiration. 

The store is officially open
and to celebrate get 10% using GIB212 on your order!

First off February is almost over...seriously tomorrow is Valentines Day and then next thing you know snow will be melting, flowers will be blooming, birds will be chirping.... Okay maybe not on this planet. I think when it moved on the axis that seasons somehow changed.... you think they would change the dates considering zodiacs changed do to our planets shift. 

Anyways we are not here for science lessons we are here for some good ol' crafting fun!

I thought I would use a stamp from the Stamp Of the Month.  Easter Lily's G452 is the stamp. I really love this stamp a lot!

I really love flowers. I am starting to enjoy coloring flowers more than little people... okay maybe not too much but it is a challenge I take as I am ready for some flowers now on my kitchen mantle brightening up my gloomy home thanks to gloomy weather. I had someone come to give me an estimate on painting the inside of our home and doing our floors lol we have a fireplace that is suppose to be connected to a switch..... the switch is no where to be found.... the builder went bankrupt before finishing the house..... We had our home inspected before buying it.... so what to do! I don't want a fireplace so I think they should take it out put up a wall and give the fireplace to someone else!

Anyway back to stamps lol. 

On this care I used the largest classic oval (Large) Spellbinder die, some crackle paint, distress inks, Wild Orchid flowers, gold micro beads, the papers I wish I could tell you but I have no clue, and some ribbon and lace from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Also check back tomorrow to see what is in store for you!

Make a Wish!

Today is another Saturday and The Scrapbooking Queen's
post for Great Impression Stamp Company

Today card is a CAS card that you can create with  

 a very simple repeat stamping of your image technique

The Scrapbooking Queen use  C359 Wish Big & Stamp E524 

 Cupcake Stamp to create this card by repeated and 

stamping  image 3 times in a row ...

The Scrapbooking Queen colored with her 

copic markers and inked around the edges with 

Chalk Inks to soften edges 

The Queen used her EK Success Punch on the MAKE A WISH sentiment

inked and doodled around the edges with 

The Queen's Royal White Gel Pen

Hope you have a wonderful Day.. and don't forget to shop

the new and improved Great Impression Rubber Stamp Shop

Fabulous Friday~Nicest Perks

Good morning everyone! As you are reading this I am actually in the car traveling up to Pa. to visit family and to go to my cousin-in-law/BFF's baby shower. It's a lovely 10+ hour drive from here in NC. that I do not look forward to EVER!!! I do love seeing my family and of course sharing this wonderful moment in time with my best friend (pregnancy was a real struggle for her) but man....being in that car that long....ugh! We will be home for 5 days....not long enough!!! :-(

This week our team was challenged to do something embossed. It could be any form of embossing you wanted to do so I did heat embossing again! I embossed the sentiment and I embossed around the distressed edges.
I used two images for this card...I used "Nicest Perks" and "Coffee Cup Border".
Again this is a fairly simple card...it wasn't meant to be but once I got the image on the card base I realized just how big it was and I wasn't sure what to fit around it so it became a CAS card!
I had to take this picture at night so one is with the flash and one is without...I really need to set up a little photo area for my stuff and actually learn how to take good pictures!!!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and I'll be back next Friday!

Isn't it amazing what a difference a flash can make (above) without flash (below).

Products Used:
Images~Great Impressions Nicest Perks F189  Coffee Cup Border G449
CS~SU!
Ribbon~SU!
Button~SU!
Twine~SU!
I have no idea who makes the beautiful glittery brown paper but I bought it at Michaels...I love it!!! Then again I love anything that glitters!!!

Blowin' Bubbles - Z Fold Card

Happy Thursday! Today's card showcases a stamp I've been just itching to get some ink on...Say hello to Mouse with Bubble Hearts (G46)! Do you ever pick up a stamp, knowing how you'll use it, but it's not the right time? I knew when I saw this adorable stamp what type of card I was going to make. February seemed like such a long ways off...and here we are!

This card is known as a Z fold. (I've sometimes come across it called an "S Fold".) A Z fold card is a great way to create a scene or panels that go together. I love how parts of the card are peeking!

This week the Design Team is using embossing techniques on their projects. Did you know that you can take clear embossing powder and mix in a little glitter to customize your own glitter embossing powder? I know you really can't tell in these pictures, but that's just what I've done to the hearts. The sentiment is embossed, too.

A little bit of masking, punching, tape, some inking and coloring with Copics and we're done!

I can't say enough about the stamps I used on this project...the mouse could be used for 'sending love or a little TLC'...how about some cheer?!

The sentiment is gorgeous (Valentine E330)! It was hard to decide what I wanted to put with it on the card. I was thinking 'hello', 'love you', 'thinking of you'...lots of choices when you've got a Versamark pen! Yep, a pen, so you can design or fill in any image (or even part of an image) to emboss.

And the border stamp (Meadow Border F496) has been used with many of the stamps in my stash - Love it!

Thanks, again, for stopping by today! Hope you've got time today to create something great!

Inky hugs,
Angi

Stamps: Great Impressions Mouse with Bubble Hearts (G46), Valentine (E330), Meadow Border (F496)
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark Watermark, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Tumbled Glass
Tools: heat gun, Martha Stewart Doily Lace Punch, Scor-Pal
Other: Smash tape, Copics, clear embossing powder, glitter, chalks, American Craft Zing Wave

Queen Ann's Lace

I used dry embossing on the background layers and soft chalk inks on this lovely floral stamp.

Supplies:

Great Impressions Stamp #H186 Queen Ann's Lace

Speckled Ivory, Tan, Rust, Olive Green Cardstock

Background script is computer printed with brown ink

Colorbox Cat's Eye's Chalk Ink:

Bisque, Amber, Clay, Deep Moss

Nestabilities Petite Ovals Small

Cuttlebug Textile Embossing Folder

Sewing Machine - ivory thread

Adhesive, Double Stick Tape & Glue Dots

Lace & Jute

Elegant Flourish

Good Morning!

Gotta a new technique for you today!  At least it is new to me (grin!)

If you haven't picked up the latest edition of Paper Crafts titled "Cool Tools" you really should run out and get it.  My head is swimming with fun ideas using tools 

many of us already have in our craft room.

My flourish frame and initial is, of course, by Great Impressions Stamps.  Have to say these are some sturdy and deeply etched stamps.  I put them through quite a bit and they came out looking good as new with just a simple soap and water wash.

Here are the steps:

1.  Cover card-stock large enough to fit your image with watermark ink and embossing powder.  

Heat powder.  Really ink up your card-stock and pour on the powder.

2.  Repeat entire process for a total of seven times.  Your card-stock will get thick and goopy.

3.  While warm and pliable stamp your image.  Do not remove stamp until cool.  (about 5 min.)

  Don't worry about any imperfections.  They only add to the beauty of the finished product. 

Once cooled, I stamped my initial in the center and let it set. 

I then traced over with a permanent black marker.

Supplies

Not Shown:  Great Impressions Stamps Flourish Frame F442

Michael's Ribbon

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A set of these, with her new last name initial, would make a perfect gift for the bride. 

 For a nice touch use the wedding colors in the card.

See you next week!

Hugs,

Jenny

Happy Monday With Shanna

Good morning. Did everyone have a wonderful weekend?  I must say mine was not the best and definitely one I want to forget. My daughter started with rubbing her poo in the carpet Friday night. Saturday she was horrific at the circus.... not something she will get to do for a while! Sunday well :( let's just say the day slipped away. The Terrible twos is in full swing 100%. Needless to say I need a mommy weekend full of wine, chocolates, sexy men on tv, and a whole lot of music while I craft! 

But enough of that and let's move onto wait it is February....

that means there is a new Stamp of the Month (SOM)

You should definitely get your local stores to carry them. SOM are the newest stamps The Great Impressions puts out.  If you did not know they are such a wonderful range of stamps great for anyone in wood or cling. I can't wait until you see next months (March SOM). You are in for a fun and humorous surprise.

Well for my card to share with you today I had a blast of inspiration this week and extra time to spend as my daughter had plenty of time out last week. I created a card using a cuttlebug button embossing strip, made a rosette out of red cardstock and cut the ends so it gave it the extra pizazz, some ribbon fromThe Great Impressions from the 2011 SOM and I used last months SOM Swirly Valentines (E746) and the Heart Dandelions (G320) to add the finishing touch. However, behind scenes the design team has a little challenge we are doing to show challenge ourselves creatively. This week each member will be show casing a project using embossing (heated or dry). Therefore I am showcasing both. My favorite is heat embossing! I love watching the magic happen when it melts. 

So I used clear detail embossing powder an white card stock for the Heart Dandelions and I went over them with Barn Door DI and used a 1.5" Circle  Punch to punch it out for my rosette topper.

Then I used Red Apple embossing powder to add this sweet fancy sentiment. Hurry up and get some Great Impressions Valentine stamps to make for your sweeties!

Don't forget the store is moments from opening and they are working hard up in Washington to bring you some wonderful stamps!

Check back tomorrow for a Tuesday treat with Jenny!