Great Impressions –Build a Snowman

I worked on some Christmas cards this weekend.  Somehow, it just felt wrong when it is 90-degrees out. But, Christmas is coming fast.  (As my cousin pointed out, there are only 120 days until Christmas.  Yikes!)   

The card I am sharing with you today uses Build a Snowman (F251) and Season’s Greetings (C427) from Great Impressions Stamps.   If you know me, you know I have a weakness for snowmen so I had to add this stamp to my collection. 

 

 

We celebrated my birthday this weekend.  I had a great time with my family.  On Friday, my daughter and I went shopping and had a really fun day.  On Saturday, my DH and daughter took me out to eat.  Of course it was Italian food, my favorite.  Then we went to the Safe House.   I’ll keep my secrets of our outing to myself, but if you are ever visiting Milwaukee, it is worth a visit. 

Well, I had better get started on folding laundry.  Fun, fun…  

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a fabulous week!

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Build a Snowman (F251) and Season’s Greetings (C427) from Great Impressions Stamps
• Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Close To My Heart Cranberry
• Papers:  Papertrey white CS, Neenah Classic Crest solar white CS, Paper Studios black CS, Bazzill Basics CS, Echo Park Winter Park 6x6 paper pad
• Tools:  Sewing machine, Stampin’ Up edge punch, Copic markers
• Embellishments:  The Twinery baker’s twine, Hug Snug seam binding, buttons, bells, Tattered Angels Snow Queen glimmer mist (on seam binding), Zig red marker, Sakura gold & clear gelly roll glitter pens, Sakura white gel pen

Challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create - W -  Challenge #34: Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Challenge #27: Always Anything Goes
• Creative Inspirations Paint - 2W, SIO - (1st week) Inspired by: Anything Goes
• Pile It On - Challenge #34  Designer Paper.
• That Craft Place - 2W, 1E - (2nd week) Stitch Real or Faux
• A Gem of a Challenge - W - #94  Anything with a B (bells)
• Colour Me Creative Challenge -2W, 3E - #75 (W2 of 2) Anything Goes
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - W, JFF must be Christmas - #139  Cute
• Crazy 4 Challenges - W, 1E, C4C200  Animals*
• The Hobby House - M- (August) Christmas
• Crafty Catz - W, 1E – No.195 - Real or Faux Stitching with option of Material
• Creative Corner - W, 3E  - No.33 - Cute Critters
• Inspire Me Fridays– W - No. 117 - Anything Goes!
• Pattie's Creations - 2W, 2E, SIO, include an image – Challenge 74 -Week 1 - Anything Goes
• QKR Stampede – W, 4E, SIO – No. 53 - Anything Goes
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 21 - Anything Goes
• Stampin With The Dragon - 2W, SIO – Week 2 - Christmas in August
• Jingle Belles - 2W, Christmas - Week 2 - Christmas Tic-Tac-Toe* (Snowman, red, stamp)
• Aud Sentiments Challenge - 2W, E5 (W2 of 2) #87- Anything but a birthday card with a sentiment
• Crafty Ribbons - W, SIO - #58 Anything Goes with Ribbon
• Crimbo Crackers - 2W, must be Christmas - #48 (W2 of 2) Its Snow Business
• Happy Campers - M, 3E - #21 (W1 of 4) Use a Stamp
• Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (W1 of 3)  Anything Goes
• Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - M, 2E, must be Winter Holiday - Winter Animals
• Digistamps 4 Joy - 2W, SIO  - #74  Anything Goes
• Divas by Design - 2E – Twine
• Lady Anne's Stamp Challenge - M, must use a stamp - anything goes
• The Stamping Chef - 2W – Christmas
• Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes

Catered Crop - America’s Dairyland

After I created my first card for the Catered Crop recipe swap, “Map It”, I had another idea for a card and I just had to make it.

I stumbled across a link that allows you to print maps of each state.  After playing around with the setting on my printer, I printed a map of Wisconsin, my home state, at my printer’s 4x6 setting on white card stock. 

 

 

I added a heart punched out of scrap paper and added it to the part of where I live.   Cute and easy – my favorite kind of card.

Don’t forget to stop by the Catered Crop to link up your “Map It”creation.

 

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a great day!

 

 

Supplies:

Papers:  Papertrey kraft CS, Paper Studios red CS, Georgia Pacific white CS

Tools:  Big Shot, Sweet N Sassy hearts dies, Taylored Expressions Woodgrain impression plate

Embellishments:  October Afternoon Mini Market blue & cream alpha stickers, American Crafts Cupboard thickers, Paper Studio gem stone

Link to printable map: http://www.nationalatlas.gov/printable/reference.html#slist

 

Challenges:

• Artistic Inspirations - W, E3 - CAS (Clean & Simple)
• Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes
• 613 Avenue Create - W -  Challenge #33: Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays– W - No. 116 - Anything Goes!

Catered Crop–Map It Recipe Swap

Get out the map get out the map and lay your finger anywhere down
We'll leave the figuring to those we pass on our way out of town ~ The Indigo Girls

 

The Catered Crop has another fun recipe swap – MAP IT!   Using maps in crafting projects is a hot trend.    For this swap, break out those map papers or even a real map and get crafty!

For my card, I dug into some October Afternoon papers that I had stashed away.   The Road Maps collection had some fun map-themed papers that I used for this project.   

 

 

As always, Linda curated a board on Pinterest to help get the creative mojo flowing.   Click on the image below to go to Linda’s Pinterest board “Map It”.

 

 

Don’t forget to enter the link to your  “Map It” creation on the Catered Crop blog.

 

Stop back tomorrow for another “Map It” creation.

 

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a great day!

 

Supplies:

• Papers:  Papertrey Kraft CS, October Afternoon Road Map designer papers
• Tools:  Sewing machine, Big Shot, Die-namics large scallop die, Sweet N Sassy Hearts die, Seeing Spots Provo Craft embossing folder, Stampin’ Up Photo Corner punch
• Embellishments:  Misc. cork, baker’s twine, Jillibean Soup Vacation labels

 

Challenges:

• Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Your Favorite Embellishment (Twine)
• Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes
• Craft-Dee BowZ - M, E3, project must have bow - (August) Anything Goes with Handmade Bow
• Mema's Crafts Monday Challenge - Moving to Other Dates - M, 3E, winner is announced on the 15th and on the 30th - (August) Anything Goes or Best Vacation or Back to School
• Squigglefly - W, SIO (SIR to win) - Ribbon, Twine or Floss
• 613 Avenue Create - W -  Challenge #33: Anything Goes (optional: Twist: Use Stitching Real or Faux
• Joanna Sheen Challenge - 2W, SIO, F - (2nd week) Embossing - Dry or Heat
• Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Challenge #27: Always Anything Goes
• Allsorts - W, 3E - #220 Use your new stash (DP & twine)
• Drunken Stampers - W - Twine
• So Artful Challenge - M (August) Use a map
• Creative Corner - W, 3E  - No.32 - Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays– W - No. 116 - Anything Goes!
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 20 - Anything Goes
• Crafty Ribbons - W, SIO - #57 3 of something (3 banners)
• By LORi Designs - 2W - #53 Aqua and red
• Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

• Craft It Up & Link It Up Linky Party by Craftin Desert Divas - 2W - (1st week) Anything Goes

Great Impressions–Harvest Mouse, part 2

Hello and happy Monday!  I hope you had a fabulous weekend.

 

This week I have another card to share with you using Harvest Mouse (F169) from Great Impressions Stamps.  

 

If you love this cutie as much as I do, you can get him here at the Great Impressions Stamps store.  Don’t forget there is free shipping (with in the US) on orders over $25.

You still have time to join the Great Impressions Stamps monthly challenge.   The August challenge is to create a SQUARE CARD.    Remember, if you use a Great Impressions Stamp on your card leave us a comment and we will enter you twice  in our random drawing for $20 to go shopping!  You can link up your square card and see the challenge rules at the Great Impressions Stamps blog.

 

Thank you for stopping by!  I hope you have a fabulous week!

 

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Harvest Mouse (F169) from Great Impressions Stamps
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Papers:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, CS, Papertrey Kraft CS, Paper Studio Black CS, American Crafts Night Fall DP
• Tools:  Stampin’ Up edge punch, Sewing Machine, Copic markers, Big Shot, Taylored Expressions Woodgrain impression plate
• Embellishments:  May Arts twine, misc. ribbon & button

Challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create - W -  Challenge #33: Anything Goes (optional: Twist: Use stitching Real or Faux
• Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Challenge #27: Always Anything Goes
• Joanna Sheen Challenge - 2W, SIO, F - (2nd week) Embossing - Dry or Heat
• Colour Me Creative Challenge -2W, 3E - #75 (W1 of 2) Anything Goes
• Drunken Stampers - W - Twine
• Hiding in my Craft Room - W, 1E NSD1 - #111  Thread/Stitching
• Pumpkin spice - W - #33  Colored project
• Creative Corner - W, 3E  - No.32 - Anything Goes
• Docerela Creations- 2W, 1E, Must Stamp, SIO - No. 43 - Week 2 - ribbon & button
• Inspire Me Fridays– W - No. 116 - Anything Goes!
• Jellypark Challenges - 2W, 2E, SIO – Week 2 - Cuddly wuddly
• Pattie's Creations - 2W, 2E, SIO, include an image – Challenge 73 -Week 2 - Embossing Any Kind
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 20 - Anything Goes
• Stempelsonnen Challenge - 2W, 3E, stamp as main focus - No.95 - Week 2 - Anything Goes
• Craftin' Boutique Challenges - W, E3, Winner chosen via inLinkz voting Anything Goes
• Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
• Pollycraft Challenges - 2W, 3E - #5 Buttons and Bows
• Flourishes Timeless Tuesday W- #233 Autumn Colours
• Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes

Great Impressions–Count Your Blessings

 

Hello!  Happy Monday!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend.  I was able to spend time in my craft room.  I can’t believe I am working on autumn and Christmas cards.  It seems like summer just arrived!

This sweet stamp is Harvest Mouse (F169) from Great Impressions Stamps.   The shading on the stamp makes this image a breeze to color.

 

 

Don’t forget to check out the Great Impressions Stamps blog.   There you will find out about new releases, sales, and the Great Impressions Stamps challenges.

 

Have a great day!  Thank you for stopping by!

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Harvest Mouse (F169) from Great Impressions Stamps
• Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Papers:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, CS, Papertrey Kraft CS, Simple Stories Harvest Lane 6x6 paper pad
• Tools:  Sewing machine, Stampin’ Up edge punch, Creative Memories corner punch, Copic markers
• Embellishments:  Hug Snug Mango Orange seam binding, Hero Arts orange gemstones

 

Challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create - W -  Challenge #32: Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Challenge #26: Always Anything Goes
• PanPastel UK Challenge - W, 1E, SIO - Challenge #32 Cute and Cuddly
• Robyn`s Fetish - W -CHALLENGE # 172 - Lots of Layers.
• Allsorts - W, 3E - #219 Stitching
• Di's Digis Designs 3E 2W SIO - (W2 of 2)   Stitching
• Brown Sugar – W, E2 - No. 54 -  Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays– W - No. 115 - Anything Goes!
• Jellypark Challenges - 2W, 2E, SIO – Week 1 - Cuddly wuddly
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 19 - Anything Goes
• ABC Challenge - P1/15 - S for Stitching
• Card a Day Blog - M, 1E/theme, P1 - Anything Goes
• Card and Scrap - 2W, P1/15 - Anything Goes
• Crafters Companion - M, cards only, SIO, P1 – Animals
• Just For Fun - M, P1, F, 3E - Anything Goes
• The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - M, P1 - Furry Friends and/or Friendship
• Crafty Ribbons - W, SIO - #56 Anything Goes with ribbon
• My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps Challenge - 2W, 3E - (W2 of 2) Stitching real or faux
• Sassy Studio Designs - W, SIO - #189 Use Kraft paper
• By LORi Designs - 2W - #52 Designer Paper (2nd week)
• Crafter's Cafe - F, 3E - #23 Furry Friends/Friendship
• Crafts and Me - 2W, 2E - #139 Anything Goes
• Whimsical Designs - 1E- Anything Goes
• City Crafter Challenge W - #171 Polka Dots
• Crafty Sentiments W, 1E, SIO – Animals
• Going Grey With Scrap-Creations 2W, 2E - Anything Goes
• Loves Rubber Stamps W - #64 Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly W- Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E, -Always Anything Goes
• Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes

Catered Crop Recipe Swap–Sequins

Good morning!  Hump day is here!   Have you seen Gieco’s Happy Hump Day commercial?  If not, I’ll put a link at the end of the post so you can check it out.  That camel always makes me smile.

 

Any how, I should get to the business at hand, sequins.  Yep, you heard me, sequins.   Linda, our creative head chef at the Catered Crop, has asked us to use sequins in our projects.    Use lots of them or use just a few, it is entirely up to you.

 

For my recipe swap project, I tried to keep things relatviely CAS.  I tried to be a bit trendy with the coffee theme, sequins, washi and cork all on the same card.  Wowza!   (Is cork still trendy?  I like it and I am going to still use it either way.)   

 

 

As always, Linda put together some curated some inspiring projects on Pinterest.  You can go to her board, Sequins, to find links to all these projects.    Be sure to stop by the Catered Crop to link up your project using sequins.

 

 

Thank you for stopping by!  Have a great day!

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Heart to Heart  #1 from Papertrey Ink
• Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black
• Tools:  Big Shot, Papertrey Ink Heart to Heart #1 die, Nestabilities circle die
• Paper:  Papertrey Ink white CS
• Embellishments:  Misc washi tape, sequins

Challenges:

• City Crafter Challenge W - #171 Polka Dots
• Going Grey With Scrap-Creations 2W, 2E - Anything Goes
• Loves Rubber Stamps W - #64 Anything Goes
• Papertake Weekly W- Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E, -Always Anything Goes
• Crafty Bloggers Network - M, SIO - (August) Favourite Things (Washi, cork, coffee)
• Crafty Boots - 2W, SIO - (1st week) Die Cuts
• Eureka Stamps - W, 3E, F - Clean & Simple
• Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes
• The Crazy Challenge - 2W, 4E - (1st week) Anything Goes
• 613 Avenue Create - W -  Challenge #31: Anything Goes (optional: Twist: Use a Sentiment).
• Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Challenge #26: Always Anything Goes
• 2 Sisters - W - #155  Anything Goes
• One Stop Craft - 2E W - #237  Keep it Simple
• The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - M, P1 - Anything Goes
• Creative Corner - W, 3E  - No.30 - Polka Dots
• Inspire Me Fridays– W - No. 114 - Anything Goes!
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 18 - Anything Goes
• 365 Cards - Day 212 At the cafe

 

 

 

Great Impression Stamps–Flower Flyer

Good morning!  Happy Tuesday!

 

Did you miss me on Monday?  I usually post for Great Impressions Stamps on Monday but we lost our internet service on Sunday evening so I didn’t get my post typed up.   I thought I would actually go to bed early but I got side tracked doing all kinds of important things like painting my toe nails and , cleaning out my purse.

So our internet is back and I have a new card using Great Impressions Stamps to share with you.    This pretty stamp is Flower Flyer (G327) from Great Impressions Stamps.  Can’t you almost smell the flowers?

 

 

Have a wonderful day!  Thank you for stopping by. 

 

Supplies:

• Stamps:  Flower Flyer (G327) from Great Impressions Stamps
• Inks:  Memento Tuxedo Black
• Papers:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White CS, Papertrey Kraft CS, Cosmo Cricket Tea for Two 6x6 mini deck, Starbucks coffee sleeve
• Tools:  Sewing Machine, Big Shot, Papertrey Victorian Lace border die, EK Success punch, Sweet N Sassy Heart Dies, Copic markers
• Embellishments:  Jenni Bowlin button, May Arts burlap twine, Copic black multiliner

 

Challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create - W -  Challenge #31: Anything Goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - 2W, 3E - (1st week) Challenge #26: Always Anything Goes
• Lacy Sunshine - 2W, 3E, SIO, Challenge Digi available. (1st week) - Challenge #14 - Favorite Things (Copics, twine, Starbucks)
• One Stitch At A Time - W, SIO -Challenge #175  In the summer.
• Penny Black and More - M, 3E, SIO, no digis - (August) In the Garden
• 2 Sisters - W - #155  Anything Goes
• ABC Challenge - P1/15 - S for Stitching (see blog)
• Card a Day Blog - M, 1E/theme, P1 - Anything Goes
• Card and Scrap - 2W, P1/15 - Anything Goes
• Just For Fun - M, P1, F, 3E - Anything Goes
• Ladybug Crafts - M, P1, 3E - Something Floral
• The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - M, P1 - Anything Goes
• Inspire Me Fridays– W - No. 114 - Anything Goes!
• Sister Act Card Challenge - W, Cards. - No. 18 - Anything Goes
• Craftin' Boutique Challenges - W, E3 First challenge August 1, 2013 Anything Goes
• My Heart Pieces Digital Stamps Challenge - 2W, 3E - (W1 of 2) Stitching real or faux
• Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
• Paper Shelter Challenge -3E, SIO - #122 Anything Goes
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - 3E - #138 Stitching
• Simon Says Stamp -  Anything Goes
• Make it Monday - W - always Anything Goes
• Card Mania - 2W, 3E - (2nd week) Summer Blooms
• Make it Monday with Kraft Outlet - W, must include Kraft cardstock and/or items that can be purchased at Kraft Outlet – Layers
• The Crazy Challenge - 2W, 4E - (1st week) Anything Goes