Follow Your Heart - for Great Impressions Stamps

It's Friday, and I'm posting for Great Impressions Stamps today.  After today, I'm taking a break from the team - - my health is forcing it on me.  While I'm undergoing chemo, I'm having trouble keeping up with everything.  So, with a heavy heart, I'm letting this team I love, using stamps I cherish go, at least for awhile.  I hope to be back soon!

Today, I'm showcasing a card I made early on my first term with this team, but one that seems applicable today:

I used Great Impressions rubber stamps, G518 - Elliot Blowing Hearts, colored with Copic markers and B219 - Follow Your Heart, stamped on die cut hearts.

There will be a new challenge and a new design team starting very soon.  You'll want to visit the blog each day for tons of great inspiration!

Make sure to visit the Great Impressions Online Store for many wonderful rubber stamps!  I have too many favorites to count!

Blessings! for Path of Positivity Challenge Blog

It's time for a bit of mid-month inspiration over on the Path of Positivity Challenge Blog. This month's theme is 'Blessings'.  I'm sure we all agree, we have many blessings to be thankful for!

My husband and I have been blessed with many people dropping off meals and sweets to the house since I've begun my chemo treatments.  It seems I'm always in need of thank you cards for some thoughtful person.  Here's a recent one I made, using the 'Blessings' theme:

I used the free sentiment, found at the start of this month's challenge, and products from one of this month's sponsors, Decosse's Dynamite Doodles. 

From Decosse's Dynamite Doodles Holiday Hoopla Collection, I've used patterned papers, textured papers, and the fun candy cane brad. 

The snowflake dies are from Hot Off the Press.

I hope you can join in on this month's "Blessings" challenge at Path of Positivity Challenge Blog.  We have 2 great sponsors this month, and I'd love to see your entry!

Merry Christmas! for Imagine That! Digistamp

Christmas is getting SO close!  I hope you are finding some time to enjoy the holiday!  Most of my cards are made, some are sent, but I have a couple more to show yet on my blog.

Today, it's time for some mid-month inspiration over on the Imagine That! Creative Playground.  There's a "Joy's of the Season" challenge going on until January 6, so there's still plenty of time to link up.  

Here's what I made for the challenge:

This 3D ornament card uses Imagine That! Digistamp Elegant Ornaments (colored).  I printed each ornament 3 times, fussy cut it, then glued a back to each ornament, making it 3D.  The "Merry Christmas" sentiment, also from Imagine That! Digistamp, is part of the Elegant Ornaments set (uncolored).    Papers for this card are Bella's Beauties Merry & Bright digital papers, also found in the Imagine That! Digistamp store. 

Here's the inspiration picture found for this month's challenge on the Imagine That! Creative Playground.

I used the colored and the ornaments from the tree for inspiration.

Elegant Ornaments (colored)

Elegant Ornaments

Merry & Bright digital papers

I hope you visit the Imagine That! Digistamp blog often, as there's tons of great inspiration and news to be found there.  There's the Christmas challenge going on right now at the Imagine That! Creative Playground.  You have until January 6 to link up a project.  And, there's a great Imagine That! Digistamp Facebook group to check out, too!

Christmas Cheer -- for Great Impressions Stamps

It's Friday, and time for a little mid-month inspiration at Great Impressions Stamps.  There's a monthly challenge going on and it's Anything Goes.  There's also a mood/color board for inspiration, if you prefer.

Here's what I made for the challenge:

This card uses Great Impressions rubber stamps, G510 - Christmas Friends, and A151 - Cheer.

I colored G510 - Christmas Friends with Copic markers. Papers are from Echo Park.  The Christmas tree die is from Cheery Lynn. 

Here's the Inspiration board for this month's challenge:

There's still several weeks left of the month-long  Great Impressions Challenge blog.  We've got great prizes, and I'd love to see what you make!  If you used a Great Impressions Stamp, link it to the Customer Gallery for more chances to win.

Don't forget to check out the Great Impressions Online Store.  They have many wonderful Christmas stamps -- or stamps for ANY occasion! 

A Llama Love -- for Imagine That! Digistamp

Greetings, fellow crafters!  It's been a bit over a week since my last chemo treatment, and I'm beginning to feel a bit more human again.  I'm not sure which is nastier -- the cancer or the chemo -- but they both knock my socks off, I can tell you that.

I'm posting a bit of Thursday inspiration today at Imagine That! Digistamp.  Our anniversary is December.  Since it was a couple short days after chemo, it was very quiet this year.  I did, however, make my wonderful husband a card for the occasion...

Love that llama!  It's from Imagine That! Digistamp, Llama Love digital stamp set.  I colored the llama with Copic markers, giving him rosy cheeks, as it is December, and it IS cold!  The sentiments are both computer generated onto digital papers from Imagine That! Digistamp. These are Bella's Beauties Soft Florals digi papers.

Llama Love digital  stamp set 

Soft Florals digital papers

I hope you visit the Imagine That! Digistamp blog often, as there's tons of great inspiration and news to be found there.  There's also a Christmas challenge going on right now at the Imagine That! Creative Playground.  You have until January 6 to link up a project.  And, there's a great Imagine That! Digistamp Facebook group to check out, too!

Sending an Old Fashioned Hello -- an MHKDesigns New Release

Here it is.  The last day of New Releases at MHKDesigns.  I hope you've had a chance to check out the other designers and the guest designers, too.  All the sets are available in the MHKDesigns Etsy Shop.  Hasn't it been a fantastic New Release week?  I've had so much fun!!

I love today's set!  It's vintage all the way!  It can also be used on masculine cards, which I think we all tend to struggle with.  It's MHKDesigns The Write Stuff.

I truly had trouble deciding which of the fun images from the set to use, but decided on this one as it was just so elegant!  The sentiment, also from The Write Stuff, fit so well snuggled right up (or is it write up?, LOL) next to the image.  More Kraft paper?  I must be addicted!  

The pink strip of paper on this card is MHKDesigns Stenciled Roses digital papers.  The black designer paper I found in my stash and I liked how bold it was.  The glimmer trim and enamel dots are from Close To My Heart.  

The Write Stuff

Stenciled Roses

I hope you have enjoyed this week's new releases as much as I have!  Don't forget to check out the MHKDesigns Etsy Shop and the MHKDesigners & Friends Facebook group. 

Holy Cow! for Great Impressions Stamps

Holy cow!  Another Friday!  These weeks in December are flying by!  I'm posting today for Great Impressions Stamps.  I have a friend with a birthday this month.  She and her husband are retired farmers.  So, I thought this  card was perfect!

I used Great Impressions rubber stamps, E818 - Holy Cow, and C458 - It's Your Birthday to make this card.  There's just a small bit of Copic markers on the E818 - Holy Cow to enhance that adorable cow image. 

The cow paper is digital.  I found it at Pixel Scrapper.  The crinkle ribbon in pink and black is from 3 Girl JAM.  A little clear acetate, saved from packaging, holds the panels of this card together.

A new month-long challenge just started Sunday on the Great Impressions Challenge blog.  It's always Anything Goes, but there's a mood board for inspiration if you'd like to follow it.


Don't forget to check out the Great Impressions Online Store.  They have many wonderful Christmas stamps -- or stamps for ANY occasion!