Impress

We have a busy weekend in the store - it's a Rubbermoon weekend with Kae Pea! She's teaching some amazing classes all weekend at our Tukwila store. We are so lucky to have her back again this summer!

This is a sample of the Planner class she will be teaching.

It's also Fresh Ink Friday! Our color for the day is Pear! It's a beautiful and soft shade a green! We love it and for today (Friday) it will be 50% off! If you don't have it, stop by and pick one up and say Hi to Kae!

See you this weekend!

Our DIY calendars are in stock for the 2018 year! It's never too late to get started and they make the perfect stocking stuffer.

Here is a sample of our small size using a stencil for the leaf background and a flower daubed with a bit of color from the Life is Lovely stamp set by Flora & Fauna.

We love the colors used for this calendar page. Fresh Ink peach, succulent, and black. All of the stamps are from Flora & Fauna - Life is Lovely and the cute splatter dots is from their Texture 2 set.

Fresh Ink Fridays – The rest of the summer we’ll be featuring one Fresh ink color at 50% off each Friday. We are in love with BLUE SAGE! It has this pretty grey tone that compliments many other colors that we stamp with it. We couldn't stop making samples with it for our birthday event.

Stop by on Friday’s and be inspired.

We have 2 great classes on Saturday taught by Jean Okimoto! You can start the day from 11 - 1 with:

NEW MEMORY BOX CHRISTMAS COLLECTION CARDS

Create your cards now, then relax and enjoy the holidays this winter!  Prep for the holidays with the latest and greatest from Memory Box + Poppystamps.  Be the first to use the 2017 Collection of cool winter wishes, snowy scenes, trees and holiday icons.  Please bring a waterbrush, small paper trimmer and adhesives.  $35

Following the holiday class is another class from 2:00-4:00

OUTSIDE THE BOX

Venture beyond the box and make 6 artsy cards inspired by Jean’s designs on the popular Outside the Box Blog from Memory Box.  Learn cool techniques using great products featured on the blog and enjoy her favorite design tips and tricks. Please bring a waterbrush, paper trimmer and adhesives.  $35

Call our Tukwila store to reserve your spot, 206.901.9101. See you Saturday!

Woohoo! Impress is celebrating 30 years and we can't wait to have a party on Saturday! July 15th

We will have demonstrations from 10-12 and everything will be 25% off along with some surprises! We are excited to see everyone.

This fun summer class series will teach kids ages 7 and up basic stamping techniques. (Parents/guardians are welcome to take the class with their child if they like.) We’ll have 3 Impress style projects ready for you. Staff will be on hand to explain the cards and assist as needed. Class projects change monthly. ($15.00) 12:00 – 1:00 Summer Fun Mon. July, 10, 17, 24, 31 Ahoy Matey! Mon. Aug. 7, 14, 21, 28

Call our University Store to sign up for the next class - 206.526.5818!

Don't forget that we will also be having our annual birthday event and this year it will be 30 years! You won't want to miss it!

We have them back in stock and we will be showing you some fun techniques and tricks using the MISTI Creative Corners at our upcoming Birthday Event next Saturday, July 15th from 10-12 at our Tukwila store.

Mark your calendars and we will see you on Saturday!

The countdown is on and we are getting ready for our Birthday Event next Saturday, July 15th! You will want to mark your calendars because you won't want to miss it. Impress is turning 30! That's right! We have a lot to celebrate and can't wait to see all of our amazing customers. Here is a card that Shari made using our new raindrop die. We love making cards that reflect the PNW!

We also have a fun class scheduled this weekend - it's not too late to get signed up! THINKING OF YOU…WITH FLORA AND FAUNA - Saturday, July 8th from 2:00 - 4:00. Call our Tukwila store to enroll into the class 206.901.9101

Great stamps from Flora and Fauna create 6 caring cards to brighten someone’s day and make them smile!  Versatile inks (including Distress Oxides!), trendy images and dies create very special cards - because everyone needs a hug now and then.  Please bring a waterbrush, small paper trimmer and adhesives.  $35.00.

We love this new Mermaid Kisses set by Flora & Fauna! It's an easy way to create a card when you lay out all of the images from the set to create a background type look. We stamped on Fabriano paper that is this beautiful, rich type paper and is perfect for watercoloring! The finishing touch is the added clear Nuvo morning dew drops that we added to give the look of wet drops of water on the card. When they are dry, they still look super glossy and stay their perfect circle shape.

It's fun to look at your clear sets with the idea of stamping them in a background format. It's one more way to use a set! Happy Summer!

We are excited to be invited again to join in this blog hop fun!

Who wouldn't want a garden of coffee? I couldn't help but be inspired by the Savvy Stamps wildflower stamp to help create the scene for my coffee garden.

I first stamped a striped background using one of my favorite stamps by Impress (sprinkled snow) but we use it all year round in Fresh Ink grapefruit. Then, I stamped the Savvy wildflower stamp in Fresh Ink spruce along with the word stamp Life is Beautiful.

I stamped the coffee stamp by Impress in Versafine black onyx ink and cut them out with my detailed scissors. I added color pencil to the coffee liner and with my white pen I added little patterns to each one.

I mounted the coffee with mounting tape to give a little depth to the card along with the watering pot. This could be an easy card to create and give a gift card to your favorite friend or just because. Have a great hop! All you have to do is leave a comment with everyone that is participating in the hop for your chance to win a prize. Here is the link back to the start at Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog to find all of the participates! Good luck and thanks for stopping by!