Monday, October 15, 2012

Echo Park Paper/Great Impressions Stamps "2012 October" Blog Hop!


Welcome to the Great Impressions Stamps/Echo Park Paper Design Team Blog Hop! 

Today the Echo Park Paper Design Team and Great Impressions Stamps Design Team are showcasing projects from our latest collections. Be sure to follow the blog hop list below as you hop from one blog to the next. ONE winner will be selected from EACH blog to receive an Echo Park Paper collection kit of their choosing, and a set of two stickable stamps from 

Great Impressions Stamps.   To qualify for the kit and stamps, comments will be due by midnight EST, Sunday, October 21st to qualify for the drawing. The winner will be announced on each blog Monday, October 22nd so be sure to check back to see if you've won.

Check out the 2 cute stamps that I chose to play with! You have to love the little skating mouse. These are nice foam backed stickable stamps that you use with any acrylic block. 
 I thought I would make a couple of cards using both stamps but with two very different Echo Park Paper Holiday Collections. One of the best things about working with stamps is that you can customize them to your favorite paper collections. :) 

First, let me share a card using Echo Park's "This and That Christmas" Collection, May Arts burlap ribbon,  and Carta Bella Natural White Linen cardstock. I stamped the greeting stamp and cut it apart to use as word strips on the card. Next I stamped the mousy image, watercolored him to match the collection, and cut him out. I went with a sort of classic warm Christmas look using an accordion folded circle over the gorgeous burlap ribbon. 




I thought that turned out super cute and I could have just created a stack of those to send to everyone but I am one of those people who can not stand to make the same thing over and over! So here is another version with those same stamps. I used Echo Park's "Happy Holiday's" Mini Theme collection and Ultra White Felt cardstock by Carta Bella. This one is totally different so the mouse was stamped in black again, but I just watercolored him differently and attached him in the lower right, then decorated the card with crisp flags and clean white cardstock ruffles. The greeting is stamped inside with a couple of the little flags.  



121 comments:

  1. Cute cards! I love the banner with the doilies.

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  2. Adorable cards! I love the burlap ribbon on the first and the banner on the inside of the second is so cute!

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  3. omg. i loved how you used one stamp to make two entirely different cards, with 2 amazing paper collections. Love how versatile it is!

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  4. Very Cute Card, love how you did the inside of the card also, most forget the inside and envelop. Love EP and Great Impressions. TFS pammejo1@yahoo.com
    http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/

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  5. OMGosh, that little mouse stamp is adorable! and what great looks you got...so completely different!

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  6. That little mouse is too cute!! Fabulous cards!

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  7. These are so sweet. Love the pennant/doily banner and that image is so cute! Thanks for the chance to win. barbara.murphy@hotmail.ca

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  8. Love your mix of papers and trim!

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  9. I love your cards!! That mouse stamp is ADORABLE!

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  10. Wonderful work! I love the mouse!

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  11. Cute Cards! Thanks for the hop. shanan.simmons@gmail.com

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  12. Adorable. I love the layering you did. Wonderful job.

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  13. Absolutely love your cards!

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  14. Beautiful! I love your style.

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  15. Cute cards!

    angeandjohn@yahoo.com

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  16. These are so cute! That little mouse is just adorable!

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  17. Oh my, both of your card are absolutely darling!! I just love that sweet mouse image..

    Scrappy hugs,
    Amanda :0)

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  18. Thanks for sharing your creations!

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  19. I love how you used one stamp on two cards. Both are sooo cute!

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  20. well done! love how you turned the stamped and colored image into a "rosette" of sorts, and the sentiment is perfect for the holiday. randplasch (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  21. Love the sewing on the cards and the layered banner is wonderful! I also love that Ribbon with the papers, it's perfect! Very inspiring!! jill@blackdogsbc.com

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  22. Well the two cards are amazing! and so different even though you're using the same stamps. Love the banner with doiilies and the stiching circle.

    I'm sgoing to pinned them :)

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  23. Both adorable cards. Love that little mouse. I"m like you I don't like making the same card over and over.

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  24. These cards are amazing! Love the layers and banners!

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  25. OMG those cards are adorable! Love the dimension on both of them!

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  26. LOVE that sweet little mouse! Cute cute card!

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  27. Oh my the stitching is adorable and the double banners is just to cute!!!!!!!

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  28. Fabulous job on both. And a special thanks for an idea of how to spruce up the inside of my cards.

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  29. These are so cute. Where do all your ideas come from?!

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  30. So adorable and so intricate!

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  31. Love your cards and that skating mouse is so adorable. Thanks for sharing. mghowell8@msn.com

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  32. Awesome cards, Suz! You always razzle dazzle us with your talents.

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  33. Love these cards! Super cute banner!

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  34. Great cards. I love the little mouse. I just got him. Thanks for sharing and giving me inspiration.

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  35. Really like the unique mix of ruffle and flags. So cute that you carried detail to the inside of the card, too.

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  36. Really like the unique combination of ruffle and flags and that you carried detail to the inside of the card.

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  37. Anonymous1:51 PM

    Hope Ms Mouse doesn't get too close to the cat. I have some of these stamps with the mouse. Have to get them out and use them. thanks for the nudge to get going.

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  38. two super cute cards-I love how using the same stamp can achieve such a different look with patterned paper

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  39. Adorable! Love the stamp & how you used it on the first card with the burlap. Thanks for sharing!

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  40. The tale of two mice -- warm and cozy brown mouse and clean simple grey mouse. I am glad you chose to show of the versatility of using a stamp!

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  41. It's fun to see all the card ideas in the blog hop. What cute cards! You did a great job with the watercolored stamped mouse.

    spertierra at bellsouth dot net

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  42. Great ideas - am going to have a go at something similar to your flags and ruffles on the second card.
    hkstarflower-echopark@yahoo.co.uk

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  43. Adorable cards. The mouse is so cute and the accordian circle on the first card makes it pop. K7181994@aol.com

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  44. Fantastic cards!

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  45. Terrific cards, they are both amazing!

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  46. OK new favorite stamp: the little skating mouse! so darling! Beautiful cards.

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  47. very cute cards!

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  48. Adorable image! love how you paired the ribbon/paper on the first card and the layerd banners on the second!

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  49. Love that watercolored meece! Super creation! Loved hopping with you in October!

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  50. What a sweet image and I love the stitching in a circle on your first card.

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  51. StefanieC8:19 PM

    Love your cards!!
    super-cute

    Stefanie

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  52. Wow so cute! Thank you for showing how versatile they are! I love that little mouse.

    Unikmo at gmail dot com

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  53. Great layering on the banner card! Love it!

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  54. Both cards are adorable with these cute stamps and wonderful paper. I like all the banners.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  55. pretty cards - I really love the one with the banners and edged CS

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  56. Your cards are so creative - love them all!

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  57. What delightful creations! Loving that darling mouse!

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  58. Sweet cards! Darling stamps and I love that banner!
    DeniseB
    deniseb777ATgmailDOTcom

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  59. Love both mousey cards, but the second one id awesome!! Great doily banner...

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  60. Ohhh I love rosettes.. great card.

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  61. On the first card, I really like the different patterned paper you used and the different textures from the paper to the burlap and the thread. The second card I love how the use of so much white really draws your attention to the mouse and banner. It's beautiful!
    Heidi Rees

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  62. The love the different textures you used in the first card. The second card is so beautiful with all the white, it draws your attention to the mouse and the banner! Love it,
    Heidi Rees

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  63. cute cute!! love the skating mouse =)

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  64. Both of your cards are cute, but I love the simplicity of the white one. Very nice work!

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  65. I love the little mouse. Too cute. Love the burlap on your first card. The banner on the second is super cute.

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  66. That little mouse is the cutest! Love how you've highlighted him on both your cards with your banner and pennant accents. Gorgeous cards!

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  67. What a sweet little mouse stamp! Love how you used it in such different ways with the EP papers! Love that banner!

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  68. Super cute cards! Love that mouse. Love that you created different scenes using the same stamp set. Thanks for sharing.

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  69. Lovely cards Susan! Love the banner too
    Lowri :-0

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  70. Ooooh! Great cards - I especvially LOOOOVE the second one! It is deeelish! :D

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  71. Wow, how adorable. First, this is the first I have seen the stick able stamps from GI. Second, loved how you made two adorable cards using the two stamps. And the papers is fantastic, too. Thanks for sharing both cards.

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  72. How different the mouse looks by coloring him different. He is an adorable stamp. Love the cards and how different they look even with using the same stamp. And I can't believe that you already have a stack of Christmas cards ready to mail...it makes me feel so behind.

    mspradlin@cox.net

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  73. Both cards are well done. Love the papers, and the little mouse. These are so light and cheery. Also love your stitching.

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  74. Oh, these are such cute cards!
    cuteandcoolcreations(at)gmail.com

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  75. Both cards are awesomely cute!! love your watercoloring!

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  76. I am a sucker for mice. So adorable! And the cards are spot on trendy. thanks so much!

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  77. The combination of flags and doilies is fabulous=)

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  78. Love all the layering of the first card and how simple the second card is. How fun if the stamp said Happy Christmouse.

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  79. LOVE your cards! I really love the layering of the ribbons! Thanks for the chance to win free stuff to feed my papercrafting addiction!

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  80. How adorable that little mouse is!

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  81. Both are so adorable! Thanks for showing different ways to use the same stamps.

    Carla from Utah

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  82. great cards, love the rosette and layering with the stitch detail on the first. the second, really like the layering of the banners and the white dot accents on the bottom left. thanks for sharing.
    kimba at richhook dot com

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  83. How cute is that mouse!! Thanks for sharing and for a chance to win some awesome product :)

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  84. How adorable! Love the mouse stamp and that banner is way too stinkin' cute!

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  85. Super cute mouse stamp!

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  86. EeK!! These are all so pretty - love to find them in my mailbox :)

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  87. Love, love, love these cards, especially the layering of banners.

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  88. Love both of your cards! I love it that you showed how versatile that cute mouse is!

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  89. Cute cards. The first one is especially darling.

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  90. Really cute cards! Love your blog, thanks so much for sharing!!

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  91. Tanya S1:08 AM

    I love love love both your cards, so different but both so gorgeous!

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  92. I love how the same stamps can look so different depending on what you team them up with! Am loving that burlap ribbon, too.

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  93. These are just to darn cute love the way you've done the 1st card with that adorable little mouse :) thanks for the chance

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  94. Oh, Susan, you have so much charming texture going on with that little mouse! Oodles of lovely!

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  95. Like all your stitching and the flag banner and lace mixed together.

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  96. ah! that little mouse is so cute!

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  97. ohh the little mousey is just adorable! Love your cards!

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  98. Such detail in your cards Love the stitching,thanks for sharing

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  99. Sweet little mouse! I want him!! Love your card.

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  100. Your mice are so adorable and I love how you got two such different looks with the same stamp! Great idea to carry the flags inside the card!

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  101. Nice creations...Thanks for giving chance to win !!

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  102. Yes; really cute stamps, and beautiful cards.

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  103. Thanks for the chance! Lovely card.

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  104. Wow, both are amazing cards!! I love the look of the sentiment on the inside!

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  105. I love your rosette and pennant rows. That mouse is too cute.

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  106. Cute card. But I hate mice.....LOL

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  107. Thanks for the great card ideas!

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  108. Anonymous7:13 PM

    So cute! I love the layered banners on the first one.

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  109. Loved the banners and pennants! Could that mouse be any cuter?

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  110. veronica t.2:19 AM

    the layered pennants and trim are awesome! And love your scrapbook pages...that is where I need the inspiration. THANKS

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  111. 2 amazingly super cute cards with amazing inspiration.

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  112. That little mouse is adorable and I love how intricate and fancy your banner is, that looks so beautiful, makes for a really clean crisp card. XOX Lucy

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  113. That skating mouse is just too dang cute! Great card creations!

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  114. That mouse is too cute. Great projects. TFS

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  115. yes they did turn out cute! love those stamps! :)

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  116. Tatiana Ortega3:27 PM

    Great cards, I like banners! Thanks for the chance
    taorni at hotmail dot com

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  117. That is one cute little skating mouse! How fun that you put the flags on the inside of the card too. I really like the bright one with the burlap, but I LOVE the white car that makes the little mouse look like he is skating in the middle of a white winter wonderland.

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  118. I love that cute little mouse, and your cards are awesome too. I like how you sewed the banner on the card with edging in between.

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  119. your cards are wonderful!

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  120. Gosh, I just love your cards!! Such an adorable image and beautifully done cards!

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