Bling on the Holidays!!!

Happy Sunday!

It's time for a new monthly challenge at the Great Impressions blog!

The November 2015 Challenge is 'Bling on the holidays!'

The challenge just started today, so you have lots of time to enter your

'creations with bling'.

For today's card, I used:

E366 Franklin Hanging On

D469 Vintage Merry Christmas

Here's what I made using these fun stamps:

My card is an easel card. This is the view with the card opened up.

And here is the sentiment on the inside:

Who doesn't love bling?  What fun!!!

I'll be back next Saturday with a new creation using my wonderful stamps 
from Great Impressions! 

Please check out our current Great Impressions Challenge, and if you use some Great Impressions stamps make sure you link them up in our Customer Gallery!

Here's what you could win this month...just in time for the holidays:

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Elegant Butterflies

Good morning, happy Saturday, and 

Happy Halloween!

I'm here to share a lovely card that I made, using these

Great Impressions stamps:

C428-Birthday

J119-Elegant Butterflies

I've sponged a gentle faded background, used an Amuse die to 'split' the background panel, and stamped the butterflies. The butterflies were stamped again on a scrap,

colored, and fussy cut. The top butterfly is adhered flat to the card base. The other two are glued only in the center, and pulled up on each side to resemble butterflies in

flight.

See you next Saturday with another project for Great Impressions! 

I hope you will check out our current Great Impressions Challenge, and if you use Great Impressions stamps be sure to link them up in our Customer Gallery!

Last time I looked, there weren't very many entries, so you should join in!

You could be the lucky winner!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Great Impressions Stamps - September Challenge

Happy Sunday!

It's time for a new monthly challenge at the Great Impressions blog!

The September 2015 Challenge is to use a Halloween or Tree image!

The challenge just started today, so you have lots of time to enter your beautiful (or eerie) creations!

I've had this darling stamp for a while now, and just couldn't wait to ink it up for this

fun challenge!!!

For today's card, I used:

E849 Cute Monster

C473 My Little Monster

Here's what I made!

I had fun, just layering on some pretty designer papers, using an old punch, coloring and fussy cutting this sweet monster, 

and popping it up over the 'window'.

The sentiment was stamped in black ink, and it was finished!

I'll be back next Saturday with a fun creation using my wonderful stamps from Great Impressions! 

Please check out our current Great Impressions Challenge, and if you use some Great Impressions stamps make sure you link them up in our Customer Gallery!

Here's what you could win this month:

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Great Impressions Stamps - August Challenge

Happy Sunday!

It's time for a new monthly challenge at the Great Impressions blog!

The August 2015 Challenge is easy!  Just add a sentiment!

It just started today, so you have lots of time to enter your beautiful creations!

For this card, I used:

Great Impressions D498 On My Mind

I had fun, just layering on some pretty designer papers from Heartfelt Creations.

If you enlarge the photo, I think you can see my dimensional bloom.

This card was easy peasy! The sentiment was stamped in a green that coordinated with the dark and light greens on the papers and frame - just the perfect blend for both 

I'll be back next Saturday with a fun creation using my wonderful stamps from Great Impressions! 

Please check out our current Great Impressions Challenge, and if you use some Great Impressions stamps make sure you link them up in our Customer Gallery!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Celebrate Spring!

Today begins a new monthly challenge at the Great Impressions blog.

This challenge is perfect - 'Celebrate Spring'!

I used Great Impressions D490 Happy Day, and G522 Spring Boots,

and here's what I made to celebrate spring:

We've had a lot of rain, hail, wind, and cold here in Missouri - we are all SO ready for some pretty spring weather.  These boots seemed just the right way to say goodbye to winter and hello to spring!

Don't forget about the GI challenges!

You don't have to use GI stamps, but we'd love it if you did!

If you use GI stamps be sure to link up to the customer gallery (HERE). 

Be sure to stop by the Great Impressions store (HERE) and treat yourself to a few new stamps!

Did you know shipping is free over $25?! 

Have a great weekend,

Patti J.

P.S. Check out my sidebar to see how you can get beautiful mats like mine, and save money! Perfect Papercrafting also has a fun new produce - see sidebar for details!

Great Impressions March Challenge - Go Green!

Hello Friends!

It is time for a new monthly challenge at Great Impressions!  This month, we are looking for creations with a 'Go Green!' theme:

For my card today, I used Great Impressions E803 A Good Friend, and Great Impressions D477 4 Leaf Clover.

It's been a while since I used the Triple Stamping Technique, so I decided to give it a whirl.  

To do this, I cut three white panels that measured 2 x 3 1/4", 3 x 4 1/4", and 4 x 5 1/4".  

I placed these three panels together, as shown, with the sizes going from largest on the bottom, to smallest at the top.  These were 'stuck' together with removable two-sided tape.  

Once together, I stamped the sentiment on the smallest panel, and then stamped the 4 Leaf Clover randomly over all three panels, using green ink.  

I took these panels apart, and colored in all of the leaves and flowers.  

The next step was to cut an A2 base, and a 4 1/2 x 3 1/4, and a 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 panel from green card stock.  

Each of the white panels were centered onto the green panels, and voila!  

Hmmm....it needed a bit more, so I stamped the 4 Leaf Clover twice more, colored and fussy cut just the clover, and adhered them with dimensional foam directly over the two corner clovers!  

Better, right?

That's all for today!

THANKS for stopping by...  

I hope you come and join in the fun with our monthly challenge and that you leave some love with the other gals on the DT for their fabulous creations using products from the Great Impressions store as well!  

If you ever use Great Impressions stamps, make sure you link up with our Customer Gallery, too!  

HUGS and happy stamping!

Patti J.