Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Huge Impression Obsession Sale!

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

IO Challenge- Autumn Colors


Greetings friends.  Today's challenge is all about Autumn Colors, but that doesn't mean you have to choose Fall images!  I decided to go with red, orange, yellow and brown and then use those colors to make a card that was inspirational instead of autumnal. 

To make the card, I started with a piece of cream cardstock and sponged some Pan Pastels onto the cardstock to make it look like a sunset.  I then stamped the elephant design onto the card with brown Versafine ink and colored underneath the wildlife scene using some brown Pan Pastel chalk.

To create the background, I used the Map Cover a Card background and stamped it onto kraft cardstock using the same brown Versafine ink.

Super easy!  If you wanted to make an actual fall card, why not choose a different cover a card pattern and stamp a bunch of leaves on top of the Pan Pastel background instead?  So many choices...


Impression Obsession items used on the card:
Elephant Scene F7920
Cover a Card Map CC063
Unfortunately, I didn't realize the sentiment has been discontinued.  May offer a replacement suggestion?  How about this one-
Great Adventure C14157


Don't forget to visit the Impression Obsession blog today to see the list of all the designers participating in the Autumn Colors challenge and to read more about how you can join the challenge too!

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Thursday, November 1, 2018

IO Challenge- So Very Thankful (Thanksgiving/Thank You)


Greetings friends.  The challenge today is all about making Thanksgiving or Thank You cards.  For my card, I wanted to share a card using one of my newer Cover a Card Backgrounds.  The Leaf Ledger Cover a Card is great for making autumnal-themed cards. I used it with bright fall colors, but it also looks great in greys and blacks for Halloween.

To make the background, I sponged yellow, red, and orange PanPastels onto cream cardstock, stamped the background on top with Versamark and then sponged more of the same PanPastels on top.

For the top piece, I added the Sunflower Pumpkins and Happy Thanksgiving sentiment before coloring the pumpkin with Zig Clean Color Brush markers.

On the topic of giving thanks, I appreciate you all stopping by today!



Impression Obsession items used:
Leaf Ledger Cover a Card CC329
Sunflower Pumpkins C19853
Happy Thanksgiving C19863

Don't forget to visit the Impression Obsession blog for the list of all the participating designers as well as information on the latest challenge.