CardMaker Magazine Storage Tip

Hi there!

Ugh...it's Friday the 13th!

Hope you are all having a great day, and gearing up for a wonderful weekend!

It's my day to share with you on the CardMaker Magazine Blog!

Today, I'm sharing a storage tip with you.

I hope that you will head over to the CardMaker Blog, and see

how I store all of my dies!

While you're there, be sure to leave me a bit of love so they will keep me!!! lol...

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Great Impressions is sponsoring Aud Sentiments!

Good morning!

Brrrr.....it is COLD and windy here today! Hope wherever you are, you are warm,

and enjoying a lovely day!

Great Impressions is sponsoring the challenge at Aud Sentiments

this week, and I have created a card for the challenge, which is

a Spring/Easter theme.  Hope YOU will create a card, and enter it

in the challenge, too!

I used Great Impressions E840 Friendship Bees, and 

Great Impressions E830 A Good Friend for my card, today.

I didn't have a spring/Easter sentiment that I could share 'yet', so I decided to use a fun

spring image, with a friendship sentiment.  Hopefully, it will be acceptable!

I love these darling little buzzing sweeties, and they make me think that spring

might really be just around the corner!  Hope this card makes YOU smile!

I actually love this one, and can't wait to mail it to someone special!

Have a great day!

Patti J.

Joy's Designer Choice Challenge - Thanks!

It's time for a new Designer's Choice Challenge at the Repeat Impressions' Blog,

The House That Stamps Built.

Our challenge hostess this week is Joy Hadden, and she's asked us all

to create a 'Thanks' project.

This one was so much fun!

Repeat Impressions 9105-G Thanks for the Lift and Repeat Impressions 9116-N Hot Air Balloon Cluster were used to create this adorable little greeting:

This card was so easy to create.  

The base was made from white cardstock.

A piece of blue patterned paper was adhered to the card base.

A piece of white cardstock, was cut a bit smaller than the blue panel.

Using some cloud dies, the clouds were born.

The white panel was then run through the Cuttlebug, using the dotted swiss embossing folder.

The balloon cluster and sentiment were stamped on white cardstock.

The balloons were colored with Copics, each one was fussy cut and adhered to the white panel.

The sentiment was embellished with Copics, fussy cut, and applied to the white panel.  

Hope you enjoyed your visit today!

My fellow Rock Stars would be delighted for you to stop by and see their 'Thanks' creations!

Cheri     Deonna     Joy     Melissa     Karen     Debbie     Kathy     

While you are out and about, drop by the Repeat Impressions store!

Be sure to check out my sidebar for the code to save on every RI purchase!

Hope you'll create a card for Joy's DCC Challenge, and enter it at The House that Stamps Built, 

for your chance to win some new Repeat Impressions stamps!

Thanks for stopping by!

Patti J.

Sweet Day...

Happy Saturday!

I can't believe it's already February - where in the world did we lose January?

Well, as it is Saturday (whoop whoop!), it's my day to post on the Great Impressions blog.

My card today was fun and simple to create - hope you like it!

I used Great Impressions Stamps E781 Owl and Bird, and  E842 Happy Day for this project.

The sentiment actually reads 'Wishing you a WONDERFUL SWEET HAPPY DAY.
The word sweet is colored in red, and in real life, it looks great.  In photo life, it sorta looks not so good!

The image was stamped directly onto the cute patterned paper.  I stamped it again on the solid blue, and fussy cut the bird and heart. They are popped up for a bit of dimension.  The red hearts have glossy accents on them, and of course, the owl needed some teensy googly eyes, right?
Coloring is with Copic markers, and patterned paper from a DCWV paper pack.

Be sure to check out the Great Impressions blog each day for wonderful inspiration!

Join in our monthly challenge as well - a new challenge will start tomorrow!

We'd love to see what you create!

Check out the Great Impressions shop for more wonderful stamps!!

Thank you for stopping by to see my project today!

Patti J.

Duckin' In for Cute Card Thursday

Hi there, and happy Thursday!

Great Impressions Stamps is sponsoring the monthly challenge at Cute Card Thursday, 

and I thought I'd dig out some fun GI stamps, and play along!

Edit:  OOPS - missed the last Cute Card Thursday, so this little Duckie card will not be posted there.
However.......I will be posting the card from THIS post there!!!
Hurry over to Cute Card Thursday, for their Crazy in Love challenge!

This is the easiest challenge ever - 'Stamping Mad' - just use a stamp

on your creation!  Any old stamp will do, but we'd love to see a creation

with GI stamps if you have any!!!

My card today features Great Impressions B242-Duckin' In, and

Great Impressions E856-Hello Louie.

Here's what I made:

The sentiment was was stamped on white card stock.
I doodled a rectangle around the sentiment.
Louie was stamped just above the sentiment, and colored with Copics.
The corners were rounded, and I fussy cut in to Louie on each side, and around Louie himself.
I wish you could see his beak and feet - covering them in Glossy Accents made them SO cute!
A bit of black twine was all it took to finish this one.

My goal was 'cute' - hope you like it!

Hope to see your creation up over at the Cute Card Thursday Challenge this month!

Hugs and blessings,
Patti J.

Red, White, and Pink...

Good morning!

Can you believe it's already Wednesday again? Time sure flies these days.

My mom always told me that the older I got, the faster it would go.

I'm thinking mom was right!

Today, our Repeat Impressions challenge is a color challenge.  

We are to use 'Red, White, and Pink' in our creations for the challenge 

at The House that Stamps Built.

This was a tough one for me.  Somehow, putting red and pink together seemed so wrong,

Once I got the card done, I decided that I LOVE these colors together!

Here's what I did:

Created A2 card base.

Cut panel from patterned paper and adhered to card front.

Stamp Repeat Impressions 1216-O Ruffled Heart Border on white cardstock.

Stamp Repeat Impressions 1134-E Valentines on white cardstock.

Mask off the ruffled edge of the heart.

Using versamark ink, stamp Repeat Impressions 1210-K Tumbling Hearts twice (once on each side of heart)

Remove mask, and heat emboss with white embossing powder.

Sponge the inside section of the heart with pink ink.

Color the ruffle with Copic marker.

Stamp over the sentiment with Repeat Impressions 3405-C Random Hearts.

Mat the sentiment onto red cardstock.

Use a decorative punch to punch each end of sentiment.

Adhere heart and sentiment to card front using dimensional foam.

Tie ribbon from pink and red twine, and adhere to heart with glue dot.

This was really short and sweet - let me know if you have any questions!

Now it's time to see what my fellow Rock Stars have been up to!

I have had a peek at their red, pink and white creations, and they are all fabulous!

Happy Hopping!

Cheri     Deonna     Joy     Karen     Debbie     Kathy     Melissa

We hope that you will do some creating with this color combination, and link up over at The House That Stamps Built!  You can use any stamps you like, but if you use RI stamps, you are entered twice in the drawing.  

If you are going to be shopping at Repeat Impressions, be sure to check out my sidebar, and use the coupon code there to save 10% on every RI order!!!

Thanks for dropping by!

Patti J.

Love, Love, Love Challenge with Great Impressions

Happy Sunday Stamping Friends!

It's time for a new monthly challenge on the Great Impression Stamps Blog!

This month is Love, Love, Love!

With Valentine's Day just around the corner, what a fun challenge!

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Here is my card for the challenge:

I thought this was a perfect challenge to use the G46 Mouse with Bubble Hearts image, and the D364 Happy Valentine's and Flowers sentiment.  I did a bit of doodling on the sides of the panel with Copics.

The image and hearts were colored with Copics.  Glossy accents helped show off all of the sweet hearts.

The image was actually stamped twice, so that I could steal just the heart bubbles for a second

tier of bubble hearts.  The front panel was popped up with dimensional foam, and Ta-Da...

A fun and sweet card!!

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Thanks for stopping by to see my project today!

Join us at the GI monthly challenge!  

We'd love to see what you create!

Check out the Great Impressions shop for more wonderful stamps!!
You can find the new release stamps here!

Have a great Sunday!!

Patti J.