Friday, September 28, 2012

Blog Hop- Dies Day 3

Welcome to the final blog hop day.  Impression Obsession has released a bunch of new dies, and the design team would like to show you lots of cool ideas for using them during a three-day blog hop.  The best part?  There will be a winner chosen each day from participants who comment on each DT blog for that day, including the Impression Obsession blog. The winner for each day will be announced in the next day's Impression Obsession blog post. Each winner will get to select 3 Dies of their choice!!!

I just know the new Mitten die set (Die025-22) is going to be really popular.  It comes with the mitten, snowflake, and bow dies.  For this card, I matched the mitten die with the Large Mitten stamp (L8144).  Using both the stamp and die is a nice effect because it gives you a white border around the mitten.  To color the mitten, I inked the stamp with light blue ink, pressed it against the knit cover a card (CC138) stamp that was inked with dark blue ink and then stamped the mitten onto white cardstock.  I cut out the mitten with coordinating die and then added the snowflake and bow.  The bow die coordinates with the String Bow Bell stamp (C8159).

Don't forget to leave a comment on my blog as well as the following blogs for a chance to win three dies of your choice:

IMPORTANT...I am going on vacation and scheduled this post in andvance.  I added the names of the designers who had signed up by the time I wrote this post.  Other designers may have signed up since then.  Please go to the Impression Obsession blog first to get the most up to date Friday blog list.  Thanks!
 
Dina 


Good luck!

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Blog Hop- Dies Day 2

Impression Obsession has released a bunch of new dies, and the design team would like to show you lots of cool ideas for using them during a three-day blog hop.  The best part?  There will be a winner chosen each day from participants who comment on each DT blog for that day, including the Impression Obsession blog. The winner for each day will be announced in the next day's Impression Obsession blog post. Each winner will get to select 3 Dies of their choice!!!

For my card, I used two sizes of leaves from the Leaves die collection (DIE030-S).  How practical is that set?!  Next, I added some dot paper from Memory Box and some brown washi tape from We R Memory Keepers.  To finish the card, I added the Mini Watch the Leaves saying (B5371).

Don't forget to leave a comment on my blog as well as the following blogs for a chance to win three dies of your choice:
Dina 

Good luck!

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Blog Hop- Dies Day 1

Impression Obsession has released a bunch of new dies, and the design team would like to show you lots of cool ideas for using them during a three-day blog hop.  The best part?  There will be a winner chosen each day from participants who comment on each DT blog for that day, including the Impression Obsession blog. The winner for each day will be announced in the next day's Impression Obsession blog post. Each winner will get to select 3 Dies of their choice!!!

For my card, I paired the Fancy Tree die ( DIE031-N) with the Cover a Card Swirls background (CC012).  I thought the two matched perfectly.  The picture didn't pick up the metallic paper very well, but it is one of the gorgeous silk papers from The Paper Cut.  The card ended up being pretty clean and simple and definitely easy to mass-produce for Christmas.

Don't forget to leave a comment on my blog as well as the following blogs for a chance to win three dies of your choice:
Dina 

Good luck!

 

Thursday, September 20, 2012

Nature Inspired- Zentangle

Today's Impression Obsession challenge was "Nature Inspired."  I have a feeling I went a very different direction than the other designers!

I decided to use one of the first Impression Obsession stamps I ever owned (Paisley Tree K2057).  It is such an awesome image.  I let the patterns in the tree inspire me into drawing a frame around it and using the same designs in the tree to draw Zentangle patterns in my frame.  To finish the card, I added the "Just for You" saying (A3562).


Need more nature inspiration? Check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, Kittie, and Vicki created. Want to play along? You can find all the information here, and you could even win a $25 IO gift certificate!

Don't forget that you can find Impression Obsession on Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook!


   

Thursday, September 6, 2012

IO Challenge- Favorite Quote


Today the Impression Obsession challenge is all about favorite quotes. I really love this saying (If You are Grateful C3541) and think it would make nice Thanksgiving cards:


To make this card, I used the brand new Leaves dies (DIE030-S) to cut out a mask using Eclipse Tape.  I then layered my mask onto some speckled tan cardstock:



Next, I sponged some yellow, orange, and purple ink onto my card:



To add some interest to the leaves, I stamped the Love Letter (J8778) script on top of the leaves using brown ink:



I removed the mask, stamped my saying, and layered the pieces of the card.  My sponge had a little gold Shimmer Spritz on it, so the leaves had a nice sparkle to them.

Need more quote inspiration? Check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, Kittie, and Vicki created. Want to play along? You can find all the information here, and you could even win a $25 IO gift certificate!

Don't forget that you can find Impression Obsession on Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook!