Forever Friends

 Hello Everyone:  Today I am sharing a card I created using Creative Impressions Nurture You polymer stamp set #Y594.  If you have been following my blog posts (I so hope you are!), you might have noticed that I used this same tree as a halloween tree in my post of August 16th.  I love how versatile this set is!

I stamped the "Friendship Oval" onto a white cardstock panel first and added the Helen Keller quote in the center. I then stamped some of the blossoms from the set towards the bottom of the oval.

I decided to add some color to the inside of the sentiment oval, so I used a blue colored pencil to lightly scribble some color inside.

I stamped the bare tree with dark brown ink, placing some of it inside my sentiment oval.  I  used the smallest leaf stamp to add leaves to the ends of my tree branches and then colored them in with a green colored pencil.

I have a wonderful grass punch that I used to create grass on the bottom.  I punched that out and added it to the bottom of the panel.  There are tons of dies out there that would produce the same effect.

Finally, I adhered the panel to a violet purple patterned paper.  I wrapped Creative Impressions Forever Friends Printed Ribbon #80388 around the right side of the panel and then adhered all to a white card.

I hope you have enjoyed this card and will think outside the box when it comes to using your stamps in different ways.  We appreciate all our friends at Creative Impressions!

Susan

Card Collage by Jan Francis

 Hello Everyone!  I have a treat for you today - a gorgeous Collage Card by Jan Francis:  Check it out!

Isn't this a fun card?  I love all the wonderful textures!  Here we have a combination of doilies, scrap patterned paper, Washi tape, ribbon and embellishments arranged in a fun pattern!  Jan laid everything out, starting with the doily portion, then a punched border,  Washi tape and finally a distressed piece of patterned paper.  Jan also added a stitch line with a black pen.  A heart was cut from patterned paper and adhered to this last piece along with two "postage stamps".  A Pearl Spiral Clip (85013) was added to the heart along with a small jewelry tag stamped wit alphabet stamps to spell the word "hugs".  A piece of Creative Impressions Baker's Twine in Yellow/White (80702) was attached to the Clip.

Jan added a black button (51001)  threaded with another piece of Yellow/White Baker's Twine towards the bottom of the patterned paper piece.  A couple of extra pieces of Washi Tape were added along the right side and a small piece of Black Grosgrain Ribbon (70544)was folded and tucked underneath the piece.  Here are a few close ups of the  embellishments.

Hope  you have enjoyed this card as much as we have!

Susan

Our "Best Witches"

 Hello Everyone and "Best Witches"!  When I saw all the latest Halloween releases, it was hard for me to imagine that Fall is on its way soon and the seasons will be changing!  Once it sunk in, I got right to work to create a fun card using Creative Impressions wonderful stamps:

I started off by die cutting a circle from a "dark sky" pattern from my paper stash.  I then adhered it to a piece of white cardstock which I had previously marked lightly with a pencil to indicate where I would add the yellow and black ink.  I used a blending tool to add the color.  Finally, I added a punched out witch  flying in front of the moon.

I got the idea to use the bare tree from Creative Impressions set Y594 Nurture You.  The set includes leaves, hearts and other small images to fill the tree in, however, I thought out of the box and decided that the tree would make a lovely Halloween tree.  I then stamped the tree in black, varying the height as I went along.  Great Halloween tree!

I wrapped a piece of my favorite Creative Impressions Grid Ribbon #70276 in black around the right side of the card, placing an Orange Bright Glimmer Round #90903 in the center of the knot.  Notice that the ends of the ribbon automatically curl, my favorite part of this ribbon.

Creative Impressions Stamp #Q231 was stamped with black ink on a scrap of white cardstock.  I cut apart the two "Innies and Outies" sentiments, went around the edges of each piece with black ink and then adhered them to a dark orange panel.  The top sentiment was placed at the top right corner of the card panel and the bottom one was adhered to the lower right side of the panel.  The final touch was to adhere the entire panel to a white card.  Easy!

Ready to get those Halloween cards ready?  Now is your opportunity using Creative Impressions stamps and embellishments!

Susan

Tickled Pink Flamingo

 Hello Everyone!  Summer is still here, so I would like to share a fun tropical card with flamingos and fun!

I used Creative Impressions stamp set  YCC223 All Occasion Flamingo Silhouette .  I love this set as it has such a variety of sentiments that anyone would be "Tickled Pink" about!  For this sample we are "Tickled Pink" for you!  Here is the sentiment inside the card.

I used a Misty stamp positioner to stamp the flamingos several times.  The second time I lightly misted some water on the inked image so that the image wasn't completely solid.  I love the texture it gives my flamingos!  Once the two were stamped I added a bit of color to the flamingos' beaks and feathers with color pencils.

I took the "Tickled Pink" sentiment and stamped it in black over the flamingos.  I used our Tropical Sheer Leaves (60500) with a fun Tropical Funky Flower brad (90663)  and placed one in each bottom corner of the card.  Now onto the finishing touches!

I adhered a piece of our Gray Web Ribbon (70190) to the left side of the card onto a piece of patterned paper and then a piece of Pink with Black 1/2" Dot Ribbon (70407) was placed over the top.  I love to adhere multiple ribbons together.  I think it creates a lot more interest on the card.

To finish the card, I adhered the Flamingo panel over the patterned paper/ribbon panel using foam tape and this easy card was finished!  I hope it inspires you to be "tickled pink" as well and create a similar card!

Enjoy!

Susan

Ocean Greeting!

 Hello Everyone:  I imagine everyone is trying to get their last beach visits in before school starts and the seasons change (unless you live in Florida or California)!  Time for an Ocean Greeting card filled with lovely seashells and a seahorse!

These wonderful stamps filled with words are called Topography stamps. " Typographic Art is the artistic arrangement of type in a readable and visually appealing way - shapes with words."  I have used Creative Impressions cling stamp U116 which has all three images side by side with the words "By the Sea, By the Sea" under them.

I embossed the three images separately onto scrap cardstock using different colors and then cut them out.  I adhered the three images together vertically, wrapping the seahorse's tail around the starfish, and set them aside.  Then I used a scrap of our Cork Paper (89000), tearing it into  a thinner piece, and adhered that to a piece of patterned paper previously adhered to a dark aqua mat.  I then hand cut some "sea grass" out of the same color cardstock as the mat and glued it onto the cork paper in different spots.  To finish this part I wrapped some of our Natural Thin Twine (80604) around the card panel and tied a large bow.  Now it was time to adhere the images onto the cork.

I stamped a sentiment from Creative Impressions Set YCC201 Floral Birthday onto the same patterned paper, cut it out and matted it with a piece of the aqua cardstock.  I added some orange and white mini Rounds onto each corner and adhered the sentiment to the card, adding another natural twine bow underneath.

I hope you like this card and will be inspired to create your own Ocean Greeting!  

Susan