Personal Impressions

Good Morning Crafters   Friday sure has rolled around quickly this week!   Today we are sharing a beautiful card created by Samantha.   Check out the Personal Impressions website to view the Card-io range of stamps we stock. We have a stockist locator on the home page which enables you to find a stockist near you.     To recreate this card you will need the following:   Card-io Collection Backyard Blooms, Pleasant Pastures and Pottery Petites. Distress Inks, Peeled Paint, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Mustard seed. Watercolour card, black card. Window die cut. Versafine inks black, spanish moss, imperial purple and canary. Stickles star dust. Glossy Accents.   Step 1 Press distress inks onto a matt and spray with plenty of water and wipe watercolour card thought to make the background scene. Leave to dry.  Step 2 With the die cut, pencil though the window in the centre of the ca...

Good Morning Crafters   A new project to share today by Samantha!   Have you been enjoying seeing what the design team have created with the Card-io stamp sets?   Check out the home page on the Personal Impressions website where you will find the stockist locator to find a stockist near you.     To create this project you will need the following:   Card-io Collection Backyard Blooms, Veranda View, and Pottery Petites, Distress Inks, Peeled Paint, Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry and Mustard seed. Watercolour card, black card. Ranger - Archival Ink, jet black, Stickles star dust. Glossy Accents.   Step 1   Add distress inks onto a matt and spray with plenty of water and wipe watercolour card thought to make the background scene. Leave to dry.     Step 2   Use a Waterproof Ink to stamp your scene. Start with the Bird table and watering can.  Step 3 ...

Good Morning Crafters   Today we have a decorated gift bag project by Mags.   Did you know that Personal Impressions have their own brand called Sweet Dixie? We are adding new ranges to the brand and have many more planned for this year by Sue Dix, Lindsay Mason and Kathryn Halstead. Don't forget to check out the stockist locator on the home page for a stockist near you!     To create this project you will need the following:   Personal Impressions Smooth White Card Sweet Dixie Stamp Set – RTG Flowers Sweet Dixie Die – With Thanks Sweet Dixie Embossing Powder – Black Rainbow Super Sparkle Versamark Ink Pad Distress Ink – Wilted Violet, Dusty Concord, Shaded Lilac Scrap of purple card Kraft Gift Bag Butterfly punch Double Sided Tape     Step 1   Cut a piece of smooth white card to fit the front of the gift bag.  Do a colour wash onto the white card using distress ink and water.  ...

Good Morning Crafters   Today we have a beautiful project from Tracey   Products Tracey has used can be found on the Personal Impressions website.   You will need the following to create this project:   Sweet Dixie – Clear Stamp set – Flower Frenzy Tim Holtz Distress Inks – Various colours – choice is yours Watercolour card White Card Stock Versafine Black Ink Pad Water Brush Pen Acrylic Blocks – Various small ones All available from all good craft stores   I have been loving all the latest watercolour style cards and when I saw this stamp set deigned by Lindsay Mason I knew exactly what I wanted to try with it. So here we go… Step 1   4 Watercolour Ink Cards 2 & 3 Firstly take an A4 sheet of watercolour card stock and cut into 4 panels measuring 9.5cm x 13.8cm You need the thick style card due to the water so any inexpensive watercolour card would do.   ...

Good Morning Crafters   Today we are sharing a step by step project by Samantha.   Check out the Personal Impressions website for the stockist locator to find a stockist near you.   For this project you will need the following: Sweet Dixie Stamps, Spring Sayings SDCSA6063 Spellbinders Contour Layered Blooms SR-005 Distress Inks - Picket Fence and Walnut Stain. VersaMark ink and white embossing powder. Fabric from stash Cardboard from a box. Pink Gem.   Step 1   Place the fabric on die and pass through the Die cutting machine to cut the flower out.     Step 2   Sew or glue the three layers of fabric together to make the flower. Cut a piece of cardboard 5x7 inches and peel the top layer of paper back around the edges, then sand the rest for texture with a block.   Step 3   Rub the white ink pad (picket fence) over the cardboard. Use a ink tool and Walnut Stai...

Good Morning Crafters   Today we are sharing new stencils which have been designed by Kathryn Halstead a new designer at Personal Impressions under their own brand Sweet Dixie    Kath has created some backgrounds using the new stencils. They have all been simply stencilled through onto plain cardstock with Distress Inks. The last one was used to emboss the card.  Products used: Splash Stencil Distress Inks Tim Holtz Punch Butchers twine     Products used:   Circular Mosaic Stencil Distress inks Clear Gloss heavy gel Tim Holtz Shadow press embossing folder Flower from stash   Products used:   Skeleton Leaves Stencil Distress Inks Die cut layered flower Sentiment stamp from stash     Products used:   Fern Flourish Stenci l  which has been used to emboss Centura Pearl cardstock Stamp and Die cut from stash Sakura gel pen   These ar...

Good Morning Crafters   Today we have a beautiful spring canvas to share with you by our Pandy.   I suppose we are all looking forward to spring now! I for one will be glad to see the back of winter.   Products used in this project can be found on the Personal Impressions website.   You will need the following to create this canvas!   Canvas panel Viva Vintage Look Chalk Paint - light green - dark green Viva Relief Paste Viva Paper Flowers Dylusions Ink Sprays - White – Lemon Zest – Fresh Lime Sweet Dixie Decorative Circular Frames (SDD094) Memento Ink Pads – Dandelion – Bamboo Leaves Kaiser Colour Paint – Green – White Tim Holtz Stencils - Gothic (THS026) – Splotches (THS037) Tim Holts Distress Inks – Mustard Seed – Mowed Lawn Tim Holts Stamp Mixed Media (CMS125) My colours Cardstock – Lemon Sorbet – Crisp Green All the bling you can find! ...