Congratulations Graduate!

Hello Everyone: I imagine quite a few of you have friends or loved ones who are graduating from High School, College, etc.  Jan Francis created this card just for you!

 This is one of my favorite cards - very creative!  

Jan began by creating a cute little tag with a black hole reinforcer.  She used Creative Impressions Red Thin Twine ( 870615 ) to create a bow through the tag hole.  Then she stamped the cap and diploma from M110 onto the tag and colored it in.  She stamped the cap a second time onto a piece of scrap cardstock, colored just the top of the cap in, cut it out and adhered it to the image on the tag using foam tape to give it a bit of dimension.  The tag was then set aside.

Onto a white cardstock panel, Jan adhered two different black and white patterned papers to the center of the card.  Then she wrapped more of the red thin twine around the center piece and adhered that piece to the other.

Jan black embossed "Congratulations" and "Graduate" to the top and bottom of the card panel.  She finished the panel my adding a Red Spiral Star Clip (85030) to the top right of the card.  She then added 3 Star Blings (50540) to the center of the Star Clip and before and after the word "Graduate".

To finish, the white panel was adhered to a larger white card and the tag was adhered with foam tape to the center design paper panel.

Creative Impressions stamps and embellishments really made this card, don't they?

Give this card a try!

Enjoy!

Susan

Happy Spring!

 Hello Everyone:  I have an absolutely beautiful card by Jan Francis to share with  you today!

We love the way Jan used our tulip from our stamp set Y563!  She inked the stamp with clear ink and bits of matching colors of the design paper and then embossed the whole thing with white.  What a lovely effect! 

Something Old, Something New...

 Hello Everyone:  Today I would like to share a wedding card with you.  We are gearing up at our house for a wedding reception for our daughter the end of April, so I have wedding cards on the brain!

This card was super easy to make.  I began by stamping the sentiment with blue ink onto a white cardstock scrap (P722).   I cut it out, blended some blue ink around the edges and adhered this piece to a blue mat.  To finish this piece, I added three pink Mini Rounds (Metallic Mini Rounds 90193) to the top left and bottom right corners of the piece.  I then set it aside.

I used a piece of pattern paper (Did you notice I tried to match my embellishments to the colors in the paper?), and adhered it to a blue mat.  I then adhered the sentiment toward the top center of the card. I  wrapped a piece of our 3/8" Double Stitch Ribbon ( 70951 Soft Blue with Cream) around the matted piece and added a bow to the center.  To finish, I created a Felt Blossom using a Medium Blossom (62103, a Small Pastel Blossom and a Medium Pastel Leaf 62101)  To attach the blossoms and leaf together I added a Dark Pink Tropical Round (90672) and adhered my newly created flower to the center of the Ribbon bow.

All that was left was to adhere everything to a white card.  Hope you like this card!

Enjoy!

Susan

Happy Easter!

 Hello Everyone:  Easter really caught up on us as it is so early this year!  We have a  fun card to share with you from our archives, but with a new twist!

The creator of this card originally used pieces of our 1/4" Organdy Ribbon in 70633 Lime and wrapped them around a strip of scrap cardstock to create the appearance of grass.  Wasn't this clever?  She added some Bright Circle Bling 50500 to the right of the strip before adhering it all to the bottom of a previously dry embossed card mat.  She then chose two of our Felt Easter eggs 63125 and cut paper scraps to add behind them to add more color peeking through the openings in the felt eggs.  They were then adhered to the embossed card panel and the panel was adhered to a white card.

The new twist is the addition of die cut grass to the card.  The die is now available from Creative Impressions.

Happy Easter from all of us at Creative Impressions!

Enjoy!

Susan

You Are Amazing!

Hello Everyone:  I know everyone is really looking forward to Spring now, especially those of  us in Colorado who were just dumped on by LOTS of snow!  Therefore, it's time to show you some cards over the next few weeks with bright, happy colors that reminds us of warmer temperatures and flowers!

 This delightful card was made by the talented Jan Francis.  We love how Jan made a slimline card using a sweet paper she had on hand and  added our felt flowers in such an interesting way!

First, Jan added yellow ink to the white spaces around the flowers,  She then added purple felt flowers (LG. Felt Blossoms Pastel 62201 and Medium Felt Blossoms Bright 62103) in the centers of the flowers and attached then using yellow brads (Tropical Rounds 90672 and Bright Mini Rounds 90198).  Once this was accomplished, she adhered the panel to a black panel. then to a purple one and finally to a yellow card.

To finish, "Have an Amazing Day" was stamped on a piece of white scrap, trimmed down and adhered to a piece of yellow cardstock cut in a banner shape at the end.  So simple and effective!

Thank you Jan for sharing your work with us!

Enjoy!

Susan

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Hello Everyone!  St. Patrick's Day is fast approaching!  I have a lovely and simple card to share with you created by Chari Hogsett!

This card features our "Happy St. Patrick's Day" Red Rubber Unmounted stamp No. J341.  This sentiment is also featured in our Polymer Clear Stamp Set No. Y217 St. Patrick's Innies and Outies, even thought the sentiment is slightly smaller.  The double Shamrock is from Polymer Clear Set No. Y547 Irish Blessings.                       

Chari began by adhering a piece of patterned paper to a white card.  She then cut a piece of our 2" Web Ribbon in Moss Green (70198) and adhered it to the the center of the patterned paper.  She stamped "Happy St. Patrick's Day with dark green ink on a scrap piece of white cardstock along with the double shamrocks and finally adhered this to a slightly larger green mat.

To finish the card, Chari adhered Happy St. Patrick's Day to the green Web Ribbon.  Easy and delightful card.  Thanks Chari!

Hope you enjoy this card!

Susan

Our St. Patrick's Day wish for you!

 Hello Everyone:

As St. Patrick's Day will fall on Sunday this year, I would like to share one last card with you that we just couldn't leave out!

This card was made by me using the same Triangle pattern I used on one of the last Christmas cards.  After placing my coordinating triangle pattern paper pieces onto a cream card, I wrapped a piece of our beautiful 3/8"Green Velvet Shimmer Ribbon (70972) in the center and adhered the ends to the back.  This piece was then adhered to a slightly larger full card

To finish, I used our Wood Mounted Red Rubber Stamp S175 and stamped the top image (it has two on it) onto a piece of scrap cream cardstock.

I added some green glitter to the shamrock leaves.  After all, you can never have too much, especially when it's on that lovely ribbon, right?

All of us at Creative Impressions wish you a wonderful St. Patty's Day filled with fun!  It is my son's birthday as well, so I know we will be partying!

Susan

It's Good to be Green!

Hello Everyone!  Can you believe how quickly the month of February is behind us and we are on to March?  I sure can't!  Time to get ready for my kids' birthdays and St. Patty's Day (my son's birthday is St. Patty's Day).  Here is a card designed for the occasion:

For this card I adhered a piece of patterned paper to a white card.  I then adhered a piece of 2" Web Ribbon in Lime (70183) towards the left side of the card.

I stamped various images from Creative Impressions Stamp Set M165 Lucky Green onto scrap squares of white cardstock with green ink.  I blended some green ink onto the edges of the squares and adhered all of them to a darker green piece of scrap cardstock.  These were then adhered with foam tape to three different areas of the card.

Finally, I threaded a piece of dark green Thin Jute Twine into the holes of a White Small Button (51000), creating a bow in the back.  The button was then adhered onto the Web Ribbon in-between two of the sentiments.

Another easy and fun card.  Try it!

Susan

To Love and Cherish

 Hello Everyone!  If you have been following our blog the last few weeks, you will see a theme - cards made with the Bridge card pattern!  They are so easy and clever and Creative Impressions has lots of perfect stamps for this technique!  Here is a wedding card I recently created:

Following the Bridge Card pattern, I cut two pieces of #80342 To Love and Cherish Ribbon Expressions and adhered them to two strips of scrap green cardstock.  Before adhering to the pattern paper on each side of the card, I adhered a Yellow Heart Brad #90394 to both strips, one at the bottom and one at the top.    Then the strips were adhered to the side pieces of the card.

I added a piece of the patterned paper to the back of the card and added the sentiment from the CI Stamp set, # YCC221 Wedding Carriage Silhouette stamped in Navy Blue, inked around the edges and adhered to a slight larger green mat before adhering to the card back.

Now I stamped the horse and carriage from the same stamp set onto a piece of scrap white cardstock.  I inked the carriage with Navy Blue and the horse with Brown ink and stamped.  The entire piece was cut out and adhered to the card front, to which was previously adhered a piece of patterned paper.

That's it!  I think this card is so cute!  It reminds me of my own wedding many years ago when my husband and I had a horse and carriage take  us to our reception!

Give this card technique a try!

I will be taking a week off from blogging, but I'll be back with some new and fun cards!

Enjoy!

Susan

Candy Hearts and Flowers for you!

 Hello Everyone:

Happy almost Valentine's Day from Creative Impressions!  We have a darling card created by Chari Hogsett for you today!

I thought this card was so creative!  Chari began by adhering a slightly smaller black mat to a white card.  She then created two flowers by layering a large White Felt Blossom (Pastel 62201) with a Large White Sheer Blossom and holding the two blossoms together with a Metallic Red Country Heart (90331).  For the second flower, Chari did the same thing, except she substituted a  large sheer Magenta Sheer Blossom (60700).  These blossoms were then adhered to the right side of the black mat.

The "Love Candies" from Creative Impressions Stamp Set M124 Love Candies were stamped in red onto a pink design paper strip and the strip was then adhered to the left side of the black mat.  That's it!  Super easy and a darling card.

Thank you, Chari, for sharing your sweet card with us!

Enjoy!

Susan

A Heart Pocket for you!

Hello Everyone!  I found this darling heart pocket pattern awhile ago and decided to pull it out and make this fun Valentine's Card for you!

The pattern is so easy.  It is basically four scallops together with two of them folded up to create the pocket. Once it was folded, I black embossed "Happy Valentine's Day #Y546 Be Mine Sentiments                    to the back of the heart.

To finish the pocket, I created a flower  using our Iridescent and Transparent Blossom in White #61201, Medium Felt Blossom in Black #62220 and Small Felt Blossom in White # 62001 Pastel,                                                                       adhering all together with a Medium Heart Brad # 90313.  I poked a hole in the center of the pocket and spread out the brad prongs in the back.

Next step was to create a tag to go in the pocket.  I cut a small tag and rounded the top to mimic the top of the heart.  I stamped the cupid from the same stamp set "Be Mine Sentiments"(such a versatile set) in black onto the tag and then stamped "Be Mine" from the same set.  I inked the tag edges with red ink all the way around and punched a hole in the top of the tag.  I used our 1/4" Single Stitch Ribbon in Pink with Red Stitching #70913 at the top of the tag and wrapped our Black Thin Twine #80605 around the ribbon, creating a bow at the same time.

Here again is the finished card once the tag is placed inside:

You still have time to create some Valentines with Creative Impressions stamps!

Enjoy!

Susan

    

Hugs and Kisses

 Hello Everyone!  Today we are sending you "hugs and kisses" from Creative Impressions with this new Valentine card:

This wonderful stamp set is from CI #M163 Love Grows.  I began by Stamping the garden of hearts with dark green ink on a piece of cream cardstock.  I then colored the hearts with a dark pink marker and heat embossed them with a sparkly clear embossing powder that I added by using a two-way glue pen first.  I then stamped "Happy Valentine's Day" underneath the heart flowers.  

To ground the "heart" flowers, I used a piece of our Mini Rick Rack in Dark Green #70754, adhering the ends around the back of the piece.  I placed a piece of paper cut with an edge punch lower than the Valentine stamped piece and then placed a  piece of our Ribbon Expressions Hugs and Kisses #80359.  To finish I added a Black Mini Round #90102 on each end of the ribbon piece.  Here is a close up of the piece.

The entire cardstock piece was adhered to a piece of patterned paper previously adhered to a dark pink mat and finally to a cream card.

Hope you will try and make this card yourself.  It is so perfect for sending to just about anyone!

Enjoy!

Susan

Over the Hill?

 Hello Everyone! We hope you have been having a good January.  My husband's birthday is today and so I have decided to share a fun card with you.  I'm sorry to say I don't know who created this card.  If it's you, please let me know!

Here is the card opened:

I think my hubby would get a kick out of this card!  The card was folded and set aside.  On a separate piece of white cardstock, the sentiment (#S113) was stamped in black with the card in a diamond orientation.   It was then adhered to a piece of patterned paper and then to the diamond folded part of the card,

The bottom of this particular card has another diamond oriented square.  Another piece of white cardstock scrap was cut to fit the top of the "diamond" and "Happy Birthday to You" from #M128 Birthday Circles.  This was matted to a slightly larger "triangle" and adhered to the diamond oriented square.  For the second half of the diamond, another piece of patterned paper was cut to fit and this piece was adhered to the bottom half.  To finish this part of the card, a piece of our Over The Hill Ribbon Expression #80365              ribbon was adhered to the center of the square  and knotted at each end slightly over the edges of the card.

Now there are 4 triangles in the center of the card.    Patterned paper was cut to fit each one and then birthday hats were stamped in each one.  The birthday hat is from the same Birthday Circles set.  

I'm sure I could find a similar pattern for this card on the internet.  However,  these sentiments and images would be darling on any card you make.  Give it a try!  Oh, and Happy Birthday to my hubby!

Enjoy!

Susan               .  

A Masculine Birthday Card

 Hello Everyone!  I imagine you all are looking ahead to Valentine's Day and getting your cards made, however, there are lots of people also celebrating birthdays!  My hubby has one coming up in a week!  So...in honor of all those men having birthdays, I have created this card:

 

You may have noticed that this card is very similar to the 'O Christmas Tree Bridge card that I did for the Holidays.  Indeed it is!  I just loved the pattern and couldn't stop coming up with ideas!  I will have a few more to share with you as well at a later date.

I used white cardstock to create the base of the card.  Once the bridge card was folded according to the instructions, I cut striped paper to fit the sides and back and tan paper to fit the front.  Before adhering the striped paper for the sides of the card, I adhered a Black Antique round #Antique Rounds 84454 to the top of the each strip using a Copper Mini Round from #95557 Antique Assorted Mini Rounds.  I then added a length of 1/4" Single Stitch Grosgrain #70924 Black with Cream Stitching from the bottom of the card to the Antique Round.  I folded back the grosgrain and attached it to itself with another copper mini round.

Then I adhered the paper strips to the sides of the card.

To the bottom strip of the card I added a piece of our Twill Expressions ##80484 Tire Tracks.  I stamped the vintage car from Creative Impressions Stamp Set #YCC227 Classic Car Silhouette onto a piece of white cardstock, using a stamp positioner.  I inked up the stamp multiple times with black ink to get such a wonderful clear impression.  The car was cut out and adhered to the bottom of the card over the tire tracks.  Here is the set I used.

To finish the card, I stamped "You're not old, You're a Classic" from the same stamp set onto a piece of white scrap.  I cut a black mat slightly larger, adhered it to the sentiment piece and finished by adding a copper mini round to each of the four corners of the sentiment.  This piece was then adhered to the back of the card using foam tape.

This is a simple card to make, doesn't take much time and is looks impressive.  This stamp set is so versatile as it works for birthdays and Father's Day.  

Enjoy making your own!

Susan

Love Songs!

Happy New Year Everyone!  We hope you have had a lovely holiday and that you are ready now to get back into crafting!  Here is a card I featured 2 years ago that should get you going on Valentine cards:

I looked up different piano style cards on the internet and came up with this.  It really wasn't hard, just curving the top of the card and making "keys" that are curved at the ends.  To cover the raw edges, I used a piece of our Red 3/8th inch Velvet Shimmer Ribbon #70970 across the card.  I then adhered our Felt "Love" from our Hearts Collection #63130 above the keys and then a music note from our Shimmer Shapes Collection #63200 with a Red Medium heart brad # 90313 in the center,.

To finish the card, I used Creative Impressions Polymer stamp set #Y226 Love Cards Innies and Outies and stamped the lovely sentiment on the inside of the card:

I added one more music note from our Shimmer Shapes Music Notes Collection and the card was done.

I think this card would be great for a wedding card as well.  Don't you?

Hope you like this card and will make one yourselves!

Enjoy

Susan