Friday, December 25, 2020
Merry Christmas from Creative Impressions!
Tuesday, December 22, 2020
Happy Holidays from Creative Impressions!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! We hope this finds you well and anticipating a joyful and peaceful holiday! Here are just a few cards I have made to introduce you to some of our new My Sentiments Exactly stamps along with our popular embellishments:
This next card also very simple. I used MSE Stamp Number W360 and stamped the image with Versamark clear pigment ink. Then I sprinkled red embossing powder on the image and heat embossed. The stamp has an open space in the center for the tree. I stamped just the tree portion of the stamp onto a scrap card, cut out the tree center, colored it with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and Gathered Twigs, drew some squiggles on the tree with a black pen, added some of our Metallic Rounds (90670) for ornaments and adhered the finished tree to the open space with foam tape. So easy!
I hope you have enjoyed these cards. All of us at Creative Impressions appreciate your business and friendship and wish you all a very Happy New Year!
Susan
Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Christmas Cards from Jan Francis!
Hello Everyone! We have another treat for you today - Christmas cards by Jan Francis!
Jan used some of our new My Sentiments Exactly stamps along with Creative Impressions embellishments o create these wonderful cards.
This set Y604 has to be one of my favorites! After stamping and coloring the image onto a white card stock panel, Jan stamped a few more holly leaves included in this set onto scrap card stock, adhering them with foam tape over the bottom leaves to add some dimension. She used our Bright Circle Bling (50500) to add some sparkle to the holly berries. Our gorgeous 3/8" Satin Shimmer Ribbon in 70482 Tan was wrapped around the top and bottom of the panel, adding a beautiful finishing touch. The panel was then adhered to a white card.
The second card features a digital download Poinsettia which was stamped, colored and placed behind a circle opening of a patterned paper panel. Jan used our 2" Rose Pink Web Ribbon (70199) across the bottom of the panel and laid a pattern paper piece stamped with "Merry Christmas", finishing with a Gingham Apple Green Ribbon (80243). She used some Pastel Circle Bling (50501) to add a few sparkles randomly on the panel.
We hope you have enjoyed these wonderful Jan creations. More to come!
Susan
Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving from Creative Impressions!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We are very grateful for all of our loyal customers, so, in honor of this special holiday, Susan has created three cards for you.
I absolutely love creating with our My Sentiments Exactly stamps and our Felt Shapes (63100 Autumn Leaves and pumpkin in 63110 Halloween) They make creating beautiful cards fun and easy! The first card features our MSE stamp J359, which is an Innie and Outie so that you have two sentiments - one for the front and one for the inside of the card.
Finally, I used our MSE stamp V166, colored with markers, our Autumn Leaves Printed Ribbon (80118), two Felt Leaves from our Autumn Leaves Felt Shapes, a Pumpkin from our Halloween Felt Shapes and finally a bow created with our Natural thin twine.
Whether or not we can be with family this year due to Covid, we wish you a peaceful and Happy Thanksgiving. We have so much to be grateful for.
Susan
Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Mixed Media Thankful
This mixed media card features a web ribbon background and a layered cotton fabric & ribbon.
I love these Creative Impressions buttons! The colors are rich and the finish is matte resin. You can ink them, stain them, even stamp on them!
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
Slimline Card by Jan Francis!
Hello Everyone from snowy Colorado! We are so very grateful for the snow which has helped control the fires burning in different parts of our beautiful state!
Have you noticed the latest trend in card making - Slimline cards? They are all the rage. We love them here at Creative Impressions and would like to share a lovely card by Jan Francis:
Jan used Distress Ink to blend color into the white background of the card. She cut some floral images out of patterned paper and adhered them to the background. This would have been a cute card by itself, however, by adding some Creative Impressions Purple Felt Flowers along with our Yellow Paper Fasteners for the flower center, this card was taken to a new level of pretty!
Finally, Jan added a little "hello" stamped image and layered it to several different color cardstock mats. Don't you just love the whimsy in this card?
What would we do without our Paper crafting hobby during these difficult times? I know I would be going crazy! Time to pull out your supplies, place an order with Creative Impressions for fabulous embellishments and create!
Susan
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Happy Trails, y'all!
Anyone down for a little layered ribbon? Here I've layered Creative Impression's fabulous web ribbon (in NEW colors!!), 1" twill in natural, metallic shimmer ribbon, and Happy Trails message twill.
This is a super simple card. A few strips of coordinating, multi-textured ribbons, set off with a trio of Antique Copper brads. The fall leaves pair nicely with mini brads to anchor the ribbons.
Friday, October 2, 2020
A Trio of Cards
Hello Everyone: I recently challenged myself along with a friend to create some different cards using Creative Impressions Felt Blossoms, some of the new Web Ribbon and different colors of twine. Here are the last of the cards I would like to share with you:
The first card features our Navy Thin Twine (80602) and Small and Medium Felt Blossoms along with a Felt Leaf and White Button to finish it off. I used scraps from the scrap bin on the side edges of the card. I then wrapped the Navy Twine several times around another scrap piece of patterned paper, placed pop dots on the back of the piece and adhered it to the center of the card. To finish I added a die cut "Happy Birthday" and the blossom flower. I had some Perfect Pearls that accented the card nicely.
The next card is a simple yet a darling card. Once again I went to my trusty scrap bin and found a lovely piece of patterned paper. I created another flower using our Felt Blossoms, Felt Leaf , Light Blue Thin Twine and a White Button (51000) There is a surprise on this blossom. How about adding a purple Medium Heritage Felt Snowflake (63001) for some extra texture? Love the way it turned out! To finish, adhere the blossom to a piece of dark purple card stock adhered to the patterned paper. A die cut "Hello" creates a happy sentiment for the card.
Finally, my last card features a brand new color of Web Ribbon in Moss (70198). I added a piece of this new Web across the middle of a scrap patterned paper piece onto which I had previously punched a pretty border. I created three felt flowers with our Blossoms and Leaves and small White and Pink buttons for the centers. I stamped "Thank you" onto a piece of scrap white card stock that was wrapped twice with our Rose Thin Twine.
Hope you enjoyed this Trio of Cards and are inspired to make your own!
Susan
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
More Autumn Blossoms....
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
September Blooms
Thank you so much, Jan, for sharing your wonderful talent with us at Creative Impressions!
Susan
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Special Guest Artist Chari Hogsett
some Felt Blossoms. Here are Chari's creations:
Each card is very different. First up is a card which uses our new Burgundy Web.
Isn't this a gorgeous color? The patterned paper behind it is a scrap of patterned paper. Chari added a large flower put together with Heritage Felt Blossoms, a Felt Leaf and one of our medium size buttons. A smaller flower was added to the bottom right corner. To finish the card, a length of our Burgundy Twine was adhered to the right side of the card and a lovely sentiment is pop-dotted over the twine.
Next we have a card using our new Navy Blue Web along with coordinating colors of our Felt Blossoms made into a floral focal point.
To start with, the card background was created by embossing a piece of white card stock and adhering it to a navy blue card. The web was then added to the top of the embossed card using Matte Medium, a die cut shape added over the top with a message and finally the Felt Blossom flower was added for the finishing touch. Easy and lovely!
Now for the last card. This card features three flowers made with a mix of large, medium and small Felt Blossoms.
Chari went to her patterned paper scrap box and adhered several narrow strips of paper to either side of a white card. Then she adhered several sizes of Heritage Felt blossom flowers to the left side of the card. All were finished with different color buttons from our wonderful Button Collection. To finish, "thank you" was stamped on a die cut scrap of white card stock and adhered to the card. Another easy and very "doable" card!
Hope you will pull out those Felt Blossoms, create some beautiful flowers using our darling buttons and attach some new Web colors to your cards. Have fun creating!
Susan
Thursday, August 6, 2020
Blossoms to Brighten Your Day
Tuesday, June 23, 2020
A Masculine Birthday Card - Designer Jan Francis
Isn't this clever? Jan used Creative Impressions Cork Paper along with some paper scraps, a Happy Birthday stamp and alphabet pieces to create this beautiful card.
Jan die cut several stars from cork paper as well as a mat created with the same paper onto which she layered all the separate pieces. She cleverly used two scrap pieces of patterned paper die cut in a rectangular shape, layering the second piece with foam dots. Then she added the cut stars, adding bits of foam tape to the edges of the larger stars in order to bring them to the same level as the die cut patterned paper piece. All that was left was to stamp Happy Birthday at the bottom of the cork layer and add some heavy card alphabet pieces spelling the word "Dad" and the card was finished. Easy and elegant!
If you would like to copy this idea, we have Cork Paper available n either 8 1/2" x 11 3/4" sheets (89000), in 12" x 12" (89001) or in a package of 5 (8 1/2" x 11 3/4") sheets (89005). Let us see what you create!
Susan
Tuesday, June 9, 2020
A TRIO OF BEE THEMED CARDS
I stamped my sentiment in the center of a piece of white card stock and then stamped three bees around the sentiment. I used a black pen to create a little flight path for my bees.. I had some black card stock scraps which I adhered to the top left and bottom right of the panel.
Tuesday, April 14, 2020
It's a Great Time to Make Cards!
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
A Happy Message for You!
"Don't Worry, Be Happy"- I hope this is the way we can be right now, even though it's hard! I used B Line Designs stamps for this card along with Creative Impressions 1/4" Black Grid Ribbon (70276) and a White Button (51000).
I used a 1 1/2" punch to punch out three circles. I then laid them on the right side of my yellow card and drew around them with a pencil. I lined up the same punch with the pencil marks and punched three circles out of the yellow card. I then placed a black card stock layer under the yellow card and traced around the circles onto the black card stock layer. A slightly smaller 1 1/4" punch was used to punch out the center, creating a black layered mat. I stamped the bee stamp on white card stock and placed the images behind the black mats. I then adhered the yellow and black layers together.
I stamped the honeycomb on another piece of yellow card stock and layered it to black card stock. I wrapped a piece of our Black Grid Ribbon around the panel and added a White Button to the center. I wove the grid ribbon through the holes, tied a know and clipped the ends. The panel was then adhered to the main card.
There you have it! Hang in there, don't worry and be happy!
Susan
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Spring Birthday Card
This card makes me think "retro" and back to my days in the late 60's and 70's - oh dear, did I just age myself?
The whole card was made from scraps of card stock and embellished with, what other than fabulous Creative Impressions embellishments! They absolutely "make" the card! I cut out circles in different diameters with yellow, pink and purple card stock scraps and them placed them on a leftover piece of light green card stock that I ran through my Sizzix with a dot pattern embossing folder.
Once I was happy with the placement, I laid different Creative Impressions Flowers in Medium Sheer and Iridescent along with Small Sheer and Iridescents on top of the larger circles. I then used some of our Tropical and Pastel Round Brads in different colors to create the flower. I poked a hole through the card stock circle with a paper awl, added the flowers and adhered the larger circles over the previously adhered smaller ones using foam tape.
To finish this card, Creative Impressions Happy Birthday Ribbon Expressions was used to wrap around the opposite side of the card which was previously added to a purple panel. No stamped sentiment required! The ribbon says it all! Finally, this panel was adhered to a larger pink one and finally to a white card. What could be easier?
Hope this birthday card gives you some inspiration to make some for yourselves!
Happy Almost Spring!
Susan