Thursday with Toni

Hello!  Welcome back to another Thursday with me on the Great Impressions blog!

For this card I used G481 Bicycle with Flowers and E149 Said the Butterfly.  Butterfly, you ask?  Yes, the sentiment stamp is another I Frankensteined to use only the part I wanted.  You really stretch your stamps this way and can come up with all sorts of fun combinations.

I think the two stamps really complement each other and make me think of summer and school break (remember the good ol' days when we had those?).  I added a die as impression plate with the tree background and mounted it on woodgrain cardstock.  Love it!

See you next week!  Toni 

Don't forget about the upcoming GI monthly challenge!

You don't have to use GI stamps but it'd be totally awesome if you did!

Also, if you do use GI stamps, be sure to link up to the customer gallery to show us your fabulous work and for a chance to get a little year-end prize.

A Day Just For Friends

Happy Friday and thanks for taking the time to visit the Great Impressions Blog. Another weekend is here and this one starts a brand new month. Summertime and the livin' is easy. Oh yes, that's what I'm talkin' about. Hope you have some fun plans to get out and enjoy the season.

My card today is about summer. Bike riding is a favorite pastime of lots of folks here in the Pittsburgh area. We have dedicated trails that meander through wooded areas as well as along our rivers. This fabulous Great Impressions Stamps image reminds me of a trip to the nursery and returning with some great plants.

The stamp is "bicycle with flowers"- G481. I stamped in Memento black ink and colored with melon mambo lucky limeade and bashful blue inks and a blender pen. There is a 20% off sale plus free shipping for spending $25. It's a great opportunity to get the fabulous stamps I am showing today.

The sentiment is "for friends" B233. My card colors are concord crush (dark purple), melon mambo (hot pink), and lucky limeade (olive green). I used a Martha Stewart daisy punch and some melon mambo ribbon with a brad center to complete my card.

Well, that's it for me for another week. See you next Friday.

Mary Marsh