Creative Ways with Jan Francis!

Hello Everyone:  I sure have a big treat for you today! Our very own Jan Francis' creative mind has been at work creating this very clever card!  I love it!

This is the stamp set she used.  Who knew it would make such a darling Holiday card!

Jan used stamp "Happy Holidays"  from set number Y494 Happy Holiday to create the background.  She stamped "Happy Holidays" multiple times in pink on a piece of white cardstock which she then adhered to a red mat and finally a white card.  Each of the "presents" were stamped in red and cut out.  A gift wrap bow was then added using Creative Impressions Organdy Bow Ribbon (70200).  So clever!

Happy Holidays  was stamped in darker red and cut out with a circle die.  For more interest, Jan clear embossed the circle and then adhered it to a slightly larger circle.  This was then added to the card and the "presents" were adhered around the sentiment and over the background using foam tape.

Jan also created another card using the same set.  I will be sharing that at the beginning of the year.  Too many Christmas samples to blog for the moment!  Stay tuned!

Thanks again, Jan, for sharing your creativity with us!

Susan

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving from Creative Impressions!  Today we have two Thanksgiving cards provided by Chari Hogsett, simple and sweet for last minute cards.

For the first card, Chari used Creative Impressions Wood Mounted stamp No.  N071 and stamped it on a piece of white cardstock.  She then cut it out using a scalloped die cut and placed an Oak Leaf brad from our Autumn Oak Leaf Assortment (90684) on the piece.  This was then mounted to a lovely mustard yellow panel placed on the diagonal, then to a patterned paper piece and a mustard card.

The second card features Creative Impressions "Thanksgiving Wishes to You' Wood Mounted stamp number J366. This was stamped onto a scrap of yellow cardstock.  The scrap was cut down and the corners punched.  A pretty Butterfly Brad from Creative Impressions Pearl Butterfly Assortment Brads was added to the piece.

A lovely piece of designer paper was adhered to a yellow mat and a strip of Creative Impressions 3/8" Double Grosgrain Ribbon (70957 Yellow with Black) was added towards the bottom of the card.  This matted piece was then adhered to a white card and the smaller yellow piece was finally adhered to the card on an angle.

We here at Creative Impressions give thanks to all our loyal customers and wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving!

Janet, Susan and the crew

The Elf in All of Us!

Hello Everyone:

One of my favorite Christmas movies is "Elf".  I just love that Will Ferrell is determined to teach this "uptight" Dad about the magic of the holidays and having fun in life.  If you love elves and their magic too, you will hopefully love this card:

 I had such a great time creating the card!  Creative Impressions' Polymer Stamp Set number Y554 Inner Elf had all the images I needed with the exception of the small holly from Set TT217 Holiday Sentiments.

I began by stamping the elf hat onto a white cardstock panel with dark green ink. I then stamped the circle with "spikes" below the hat.  I got the idea to create a collar for my elf, so I cut in half two small squares of patterned paper backed by dark green mats, arranging them on the card to look like a collar.  The holly was stamped twice under the collar and then the sentiment "Celebrate you inner elf" was stamped right below.  Note that the words happened to fit perfectly under the holly section.  Yay!  Finally, I stamped the word "elf" from the sentiment on the upper left side of the panel to balance out the composition.

To finish the panel, I colored in the words "elf" and the circles with red  marker and then put red Stickles over  the top and on the holly berries.   I used green Stickles to create the "undershirt" between the collar edges.  I adhered two small Creative Impressions red buttons (51002) on the collar outside edges and a bow created from our Thin Jute Twine (80615 Red) that I added to the center of the collar.

I also added a sentiment to the inside of the card:

This was created using a small elf hat from our wood mounted stamp E214 Retro Elf Hat with "Holiday Hugs" underneath and the same holly used underneath the word "hugs".  This could even be designed as the front of the card!

Here is the Creative Impressions stamp set that I used:

My mother was so excited about the card I had to make more for her to send to her friends!  How about that?

Hope you have enjoyed this card and will make some for yourselves?

Susan

Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

Hello Everyone:

Have you been thinking about your Christmas card/s design this year?  Yes, it's that time of the year when the holidays sneak up on us and we have to think ahead.  I sat down and had some fun creating a variety of cards - some quirky and some religious - all fun to create!  I started off with a retro card which turned out to be the most fun!

Making this card had me singing "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" nonstop!  Sure got me in the spirit of the upcoming holiday!  I stamped the tree from Creative Impressions stamp set Y552 Rockin' Around  on a piece of scrap white cardstock with dark green permanent ink.   I colored the tree with green and red markers and then added some Stickles glitter glue to accent parts of the ornaments and the  tree top ornament.  Green dye ink was added around the edges of the piece and it was then matted with a scrap of red cardstock.  Set aside.

The sentiment "Rockin Around the Christmas Tree" was also stamped on a scrap of white cardstock, green ink was added around the edges and a red mat added.  Set this piece aside.

Now the tree top ornament was stamped with green permanent ink two more times and cut out.  Now it was time to put everything together!  I found some patterned paper that went with my design and mounted a piece onto a red mat.  I wrapped a piece of our fabulous Wired Organdy Bow Cord (70200 Red)  along the right side of this piece.  I adhered the sentiment to the center of the ribbon and the two tree toppers above and below the sentiment.  I had an extra red bow that I adhered to the base of my tree.

To finish, I placed the previously decorated retro Christmas tree piece to the left side of my patterned paper panel.  This panel was adhered to a white card and it was done.  Love it!

Hope you enjoy this card!  Have fun making some yourselves!

Susan

Happy Thanksgiving!

 Hello Everyone!  Now that Halloween is behind us, we know that Thanksgiving can't be far behind! I have a lovely Thanksgiving card I would like to share with you:

For this card I used Creative Impressions stamp #V163.  I love this stamp as it is a solid red rubber stamp that I could add ink directly to,  using a brush to dab ink onto the edges of the stamp, leaving a bit of white showing in the center.  This was stamped onto a scrap of white cardstock.  Once stamped, I used CI stamp "Happy Thanksgiving " from our set # Y222 Thanksgiving to stamp the sentiment directly onto the leaf.  I  cut out the leaf and set it  aside.

I created a background from a piece of patterned paper for the top of the card and a brown stippled piece on the bottom, all adhered to a brown cardstock panel.  I wrapped two ribbons along the crease where the papers met - brown with white Dot Organdy Ribbon (70363) and Single Stitch Grosgrain Burgundy with Black (70929).

Now it was time to place Creative Impressions Felt Autumn Leaves (63100) onto the decorated panel along with the previously stamped leaf.  These leaves are absolutely fabulous and add so much to your Fall/Thanksgiving cards!  I laid the stamped leaf down and placed the leaves around it until I was happy with the composition.  Then I adhered the leaves to the panel using matte medium and then attached the leaf over the top of the leaves using foam tape.

This finished panel was adhered to a white card and it was done!  So easy to make using our felt leaves and stamped leaf.

Hope you will make this card yourself.  You will find it to be another easy and fun card!

Enjoy!

Susan