Personal Impressions

Good Morning Crafters   A quick and easy project for you today by Pandy.   The fairies are very popular stamps as are all of Card-io stamp sets. Which set is your favourite.   Check the Personal Impressions website to see the full range:       You will require the following for this quick project: Card-io stamp sets – Veranda View – Enchanted Garden – Backyard Blooms Personal Impressions smooth white cardstock Memento Ink Pad – Tuxedo Black   Step 1   Cut the A4 sheet of card in half to A5 – score and fold lengthways so you have a tall, slim card. Stamp the bird house from the Veranda set in the centre of the card.   Step 2   Add some foliage around the base of the bird house.     Step 3   To finish off stamp the fairies and bees around the roof.   A quick and easy monochrome card suitable for any occasion.   Thank you for sto...

Good Morning Crafters   Today we are sharing a scrapbook layout project with you by Pandy.   Everyone loves Graphic 45 and our design team are no different. Why not see all the beautiful Graphic 45 products we have on the Personal Impressions website.     You will require the following to create this layout:   Graphic 45 8” paper pad – Typography 12” x 12” My Colours cardstock – Classic Cherry Memento Ink Pad – Rich Cocoa Tim Holtz Distress Tool Double sided tape Black gems Viva Paper Flowers Marianne Design Creatables Swirl Die Cut     The sketch the page is based on.   Step 1   From 1 sheet of 8” paper cut a circle as large as you can.  Soften the edges with the circle with the Rich Cocoa and distress them with the Tim Holtz Distress tool.  Secure with double sided tape to the left of the backing sheet.   Step 2   Cut 3 rectangles from the Graphi...

Good Morning Crafters   Today we have part 2 in the series of projects using Sweet Dixie Floral Bouquet by Gill.   Check out the Personal Impressions website all the new Sweet Dixie stamps and dies!     You will need the following for this project: Sweet Dixie Floral Bouquet stamp Sweet Dixie Fantasy Floral Corners Stamp Sweet Dixie Embossing Powder - Pink Sparkle Sweet Dixie Smooth card stock - Rose and Ivory Promarker watercolour pens Memento Ink - Tuxedo Black Step 1 As the stamp was new I like to stamp it several times as the more you use it the more clarity you get. Once I was happy with the image I blasted it with the heat gone to dry the ink completely before I started to colour the image with watercolour pens. I scribbled the pen on a glass cutting board and used my brush and a little water to blend the colours         Step 2 Once the image was coloured I left it to dry an...

Good Morning Crafters   We have a step by step project to share with you by Gill. This is part one of 3 designs using the floral bouquet by Sweet Dixie.   She has used one of the new Sweet Dixie Stamps designed by Sue Dix and can be found on the Personal Impressions website:     You will need the following for this project: Sweet Dixie smooth card in white Sweet Dixie Floral bouquet stamp Memento ink - Tuxedo black Spare scrap of black card Little gems 6x6 Square Card blank   Step 1 Cut a piece of white card into a square 1/2 cm smaller than the card blank Ink the flower part of the stamp and stamp in the bottom left hand corner of the square. Stamp another corner on a scrap piece of card and cut out. This will mask to cover the original stamp On the square card mask the original image and stamp again above and to the right hand side   Step 2   The card layer will look lik...

Good Morning Crafters   Today we have a beautiful step by step by Pandy using the new Card-io stamp sets.   Check out the Personal Impressions website to see all the new stamps.       To create the above project you will need the following:   A piece of canvas Adirondack Paint Dabbers (Lettuce, Citrus, Sail Boat Blue, Pool, Pink Sherbet Sunshine) Card-io stamp – Woodland Walks Tissue Paper Memento ink pad Black Tuxedo PVA Needle and thread and some seed beads   Step 1 Keeping the paint very dry – scrub over the canvas piece with the blues at the top and the greens at the bottom.  Rub a line of pink along the horizon – then add a big spot of yellow for the sky and soften round the edge with a bit of pink.     Step 2 Stamp loads of the little trees onto the tissue paper with the Memento ink and cut round each in a rough shape.     Step 3 ...

Good Morning Crafters   A beautiful card to share with you today by Mags.   She has used Kathryn's new Vintage Bird stamp from the Sweet Dixie Range.   Check out the Personal Impressions website to see more of Kathryn's range under the Sweet Dixie range.     You will require the following to create this project:   Personal Impressions Smooth White Card Kaisercraft Paper Pad – Secret Garden Sweet Dixie Stamp Set – Blossom Kraft Card Memento Black Ink Distress Ink – Pumice Stone Corner Punch Crafty Impressions Yellow Chiffon Pearl Flowers Lace Double Sided Tape Foam Tape     Step 1   Stamp the bird image and the sentiment from the stamp set onto Smooth white card using Memento Black Ink.  Cut the images out and round the corners off using the corner punch.  Blend some distress ink around the edges to soften.   Step 2     Choose a piece of the paper ...

Good Morning Crafters   We hope that you all had an enjoyable weekend.   Today Pandy has created some wonderful key fobs using Graphic 45.   Check out the Personal Impressions website to see our selection of these wonderful papers.   You will require the following for this project:   Old plastic gift / credit / membership cards Strong double sided tape Graphic 45 paper -Typography Memento Ink Pad - Rich Cocoa Key chains     Step 1   Cut the cards in half.  Wrap the card in double sided taps – one piece folded round each long edge and one in each of the middles.   Step 2    Cut a piece of paper 6xmm x 9mm and wrap around the card.   Step 3   Put a strip of double sided tape onto the back of the word strips before you cut them – that way the tape will be exactly the size you need.     Step 4   Wrap a word str...

Good Morning Crafters    Today Gill's project is for that man in your life.   Everyone has difficulty buying for men and then there is the matter of how it is wrapped. Just because it is a man doesn't mean they shouldn't have a fabulously wrapped gift. Here is an idea of how to make a basic gift bag into a fabulous gift bag. All the products I have used other than the basic gift bag are from Personal Impressions and you can find stockists on their website.   You will need the following for this project:   Vintage Lane Die Cut Block Memento Ink - Paris Dusk (yes this is all I needed)   Step 1   Pop out the background papers and ink the edges. Inking the edges makes the backgrounds 'pop'   Step 2 Stick the background papers to the bag using double sided tape or glue from your basic stash   Step 3 Pop out all the elements of the decoupage and ink the edges of t...