Monday, January 6, 2014

Impression Obsession Blog Hop Day 1


Welcome to Day 1 of the Impression Obsession 2014 Spring Release Designer Hop!
 
We have some beautiful CHA peeks to share AND Gift Certificates to give away each day!!!
The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST. Each day pay us a visit and then head over and see our fabulous IO Design Team’s projects with our new stamps & dies on their blogs (only one comment per blog per day please). The more blogs you visit each day the better chance you will have to win!
 
Every day (Monday Jan 6th – Friday Jan 10th) one of the blogs will be chosen randomly and a winner will be selected from comments on that blog at 10pm CT. The winner will be announced the following day along with the participating blogs for that day.
 
Two prizes will be awarded on the last day of the hop. One will be for Friday’s comments and another will be chosen from all the comments left throughout the week. So if you miss a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate! Both Friday winners will be announced on the IO Blog on Saturday.
 
If you have any questions please email Jeanne.

For my first card, I wanted to share one of the new Gary Robertson images called Bunny With Basket (H1953).  To make the card, I colored the outside edges of the various parts of the scene with Distress Markers and then softened the color with a waterbrush.  Gary's images are just perfect for coloring!

Be sure to check out the other blogs on the hop, and thanks for stopping by!

Today's hop list:
Laura Fulcher - you are here
Vicki Garrett


94 comments:

Ellen Taylor said...

Gorgeous coloring Laura!

Trish said...

Your watercolored bunny with basket is beautiful, making me long for Easter egg hunts and picnics on this frigid winter day! I am enjoying this hop!

SannaS said...

beautiful coloring!! =)

Cheryl First said...

Beautiful scene, with gorgeous colors!

Carolina Girl (Cely) said...

Wow...it gave me a gorgeous vintage feel. Makes me want to get back to my water coloring!

pamboe said...

I am so ready for some sweet spring flowers and bunnies coloring. Thanks for sharing.

SueB said...

this is a sweetheart of a card and I love the soft coloring (not to mention that I collect bunnies!); thanx for the inspiration!

Eileen L. said...

What a cute bunny in a basket love it and even has a butterfly. Love your coloring also.

Ginny said...

Very nice card.

Penny said...

Beautiful Laura, I love the very soft colours you have used :)


Penny

Pam said...

This is a beautiful card! Love the image and the coloring!
Pam
scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com

Linda Carson said...

Love Gary's designs and you certainly brought this one to life! Beautifully done!

Cibele Glazer said...

Gorgeous coloring! The perfect Easter/Spring card.

Cornelia (fun stamping) said...

Beautiful coloring!

PS: Do you really need word verification?

Sheri said...

Love the springy card. You did a great job

Jo said...

wow, great coloring!
Thanks

pam said...

beautiful card and wonderful stamp!

Sabrina said...

Gorgeous card and gorgeous coloring!!

Janet Lindstrom said...

Love the soft coloring

Charlene said...

nice idea with the distress ink - going to have to try this one!

Teresa said...

Beautiful card . Great start for Easter.

Conniecrafter said...

so pretty, great coloring, such a sweet spring time card!

Tami B. said...

The soft colors of this are so pretty. Very sweet card.

Larissa Heskett said...

Simply Beautiful!! Your coloring makes this image HOP to life!! ;) thanks so much for sharing and have a Fabulous Week!! ;)

lisa808 said...

Cute image.

Rachel B. said...

Beautiful stamp! Great card!

Tine said...

Lovely soft colour palette for the 'Bunny with basket' - so Spring-like.

Macarena said...

Sweet and cute and so rich!

Sherri said...

Such a beautiful card! I love the soft colors you got with the distress inks.

froglady63 said...

This card is beautiful. Just what I needed on a gloomy rainy day in January! Thanks!

Jan Castle said...

Adorable card!!! Makes you want to say Ahhhh and sigh!

ScrapaDiddle said...

Really great coloring!

Gretchen Wilson said...

Beautiful card and a great coloring job.

Barbara said...

What a gorgeous stamp for this pretty springy/Easter card and all beautifully colored. So pretty.

Penny Wessenauer (d0npen) said...

Very pretty.. I'm so admiring your coloring ability.. pretty stamp too!

Sue said...

What a nice sight to see a colorful spring card on such a bitter cold day.

gurian6 said...

What a pretty card! The coloring is awesome. I love the soft faded distress ink colors as well as the new stamp!

Deb H. said...

A very nice card. I like the vintage feel.

Colorado Crafter said...

Very sweet image! Your coloring is wonderful!

creative lady said...

Your coloring is lovely. Nice easter card. TFS

Debbie said...

Love how you handled this image ;- ) Very effective.

robinann17 said...

Your card makes me think of spring which seems so far away on such a winter's day! Love your card - beautiful watercoloring! Robin

The Hardy Stamper said...

This is such a pretty card - the s for Easter cards too!

Anonymous said...

What a sweet little painting. Good use of color. Thanks

Donna said...

Love it!

Unknown said...

Such pretty colors! It makes me think spring!

Gail said...

How soft and lovely is the bunny card? Just beautiful - you did a wonderful job on creating it - TFS and thanks for the hop! Have a happy day!

Ali P said...

Stunning piece of colour work

Paula Huiras said...

Very pretty card for Easter.
PH

Miriam Prantner said...

Love the soft coloring, this is really wonderful!

Candida said...

Loved the vintage look of your card!

Diane said...

Beautiful card,love the coloring.

Katie said...

Beautiful card! Love this new stamp and some of the other new bunny stamps too! Great job coloring the image. Thanks for sharing.

Katie B.

Chark said...

lovely coloring!

Susan said...

Very cute and love the coloring.

Trish Molnar said...

Cute card!

jimlynn said...

Beautiful coloring on a beautiful card!
Lynn

Patti J said...

What a sweet card, and so beautifully colored!

Kathy S said...

Great Spring card and stamp.

Denise Bryant said...

Pretty card! Love the soft coloring and the beautiful stamp!

Shona said...

Beautiful colouring ! That image is adorable

Margie F said...

Laura - This reminds me of spring which is good since it is -10 out. :-)

StampinLouie said...

Love the coloring. Also love stamps that use a lot of coloring. Thanks for sharing.

Unknown said...

Love the colours and makes me think spring on this very cold day

Jo4Him said...

Beautiful card; love the coloring. Thanks for sharing

gerrie said...

I really like the colors you chose and the bunny is adorable

Designs By Sky said...

cute card! tfs

Cre8-ivecards said...

This is such a sweet card! Your distress ink colouring is lovely.

Chrisi said...

Just great coloring!

Deb said...

Very Sweet!

Kim S said...

beautiful card! Thanks for sharing!

creativearts said...

Great coloring!

Sandy (Cheesy) said...

Perfect card for spring or Easter. Great coloring.

Vivian C. said...

What a sweet card.

Beth said...

So very pretty, I just love bunnies.

Anonymous said...

Such a pretty, detailed stamp - love your coloring !!!

Anonymous said...

Such a pretty, detailed stamp - love your coloring !!!

Anonymous said...

Such a pretty, detailed stamp - love your coloring !!!

cghundley said...

Very pretty and
love the softer
colors and the
stamp is lovely.
Carla from Utah

slbt17 said...

oh - I am so ready for Spring!
Sandra ltb

Loly Borda said...

Awesome coloring! TFS

The Beez Knees Designs said...

Beautiful card! I a ready for some spring card making! Thanks

Iris said...

Sweet card - love the pastel colors.

Rebecca said...

This one is a keeper, perfect for the recipient to frame.

Janis said...

What's a hop without a bunny???? Such a sweet image and amazing coloring!!
<3 J

jwoolbright at gmail dot com

Diane17Lynne said...

Did you plan this bunny for this HOP? (sorry for the pun)Your lovely card reminds me of Easter and Easter reminds me of chocolate. Now I have to go get some...... Thanks for sharing ( and getting me off my diet) Just kidding, I never started.

Tammy Mauer said...

Pretty coloring! Great job!

luvhymns said...

Great job!

Diane said...

Gorgeous card...so soft and pretty and Spring like...love this new image!!

Sparkly Engineer said...

Very soft and pretty and besides, ya just gotta luv a bunny

Karen Petitt said...

Fabulous! A really beautifully coloured stamp, love the CAS style of this card, really makes the 'stamp' the star. Tfs x

stampqueen said...

So adorable and feels like spring!!

SouthernMrs said...

Very pretty card! Thanks for sharing!

NPurdum56 said...

Oh what a sweet card! Nancee :)