IO Theme Day- Birthdays

Greetings friends. We are celebrating birthday ideas with the IO designers. After all, who doesn't need birthday card ideas? Here is a list of all the participating designers:

Impression Obsession Blog
Dina Kowal
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Robin Clendenning
Angela Bode
Anna Wight

For my card today, I made a shaker card using a clear stamp set called "The Coolest."

 

I like the stamp set because it is loaded with all kinds of sweet treats to color. To make the card, I cut out my Rounded Square with the stitched border out of a square of white cardstock. I then placed some acetate behind the rounded square to create a window. Next, I added a foam tape border behind the sides of the frame and loaded it with Neapolitan colors of sequins. The foam tape served as a barrier to keep the sequins from escaping and popped the frame up onto my card.

For the background, I used pink and brown cardstock to further the Neapolitan ice cream look.

To finish the card, I added my ice cream cones and sentiment to the top of the acetate.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CS1324 The Coolest stamp set (40% off)

DIE1331 The Coolest die set (sold out)

DIE1295 Inside Out Rounded Square (40% off)

 

IO Designer's Choice

Greetings friends. Today the designers are sharing some "designer choice" samples. I hope you will stop by the following designers to be inspired:

Impression Obsession Blog
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Robin Clendenning
Angela Bode
Anna Wight

I was originally not going to post these two samples, because it was sold out, but it was part of the restock of the September release and is back at IO. The set is called And Snow It Goes and looks like this:

It is part of the new release, so it is currently 30% off instead of the 40% offered on all the other Impression Obsession items.

For my first card, I cut out my tag using XPress it cardstock and stamped the snowman in Black Memento ink. I then colored the snowman with a variety of Copic markers. For the background, I added some wintry patterned paper and added my sentiment with black ink. You can't tell from the photo, but the tag is popped up with foam tape. To finish the card, I added some neutral twine. 

This is the set with the fun snowmen sentiments:

 This is the pack with the snowman themed paper:

For my second card, I used a different snowman as well as a sentiment from the clear stamp set. I framed the snowman by using some circle dies around his face. I colored the snowman with copic markers and added some die cut snowflakes for interest. As a finishing touch, I added my sentiment and some rhinestones to the centers of the snowflakes.

I am including a supply list for my cards with the percentage off listed as well as if the item is sold out. I just want to remind you that there will be no further restocks. When things sell out this time, they will be gone. Sigh. I am still so sad that IO is leaving us at the end of the year.

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Snow Much Fun Card

CL1370 And Snow it Goes (30% off)

PP070 Let it Snowman paper (30% off)

CL1394 Snowman Sayings (30% off and only 4 left)

DIE937 Stitched Tag die (40% off)

And Snow It Goes Card

CL1370 And Snow it Goes (30% off)

DIE1343 Rays die (sold out)

DIE100 Sm. Snowflake Set dies  (sold out)

 

 

Halloween Hop- Day 2

 

We are getting closer to the end of the year and the closing of Impression Obsession. It is a new month, and the site-wide clearance is now at 40% (except the restock of the latest release, which is 30%). Mitra restocked some of the latest dies that are really popular, but there will be no more restocks.Be sure to grab something if it is something you have been wanting. You can find all of the products on the Impression Obsession site.

If you want to see all the participating designers and their Halloween creations, you can find them here:

Impression Obsession Blog
Dina Kowal
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Robin Clendenning
Vicki Garrett
Angela Bode
Anna Wight

 Zombies yesterday and cute cats today. You never know what you are going to get on my page! Today I wanted to highlight some of the great IO paper packs that are left as well as this particular cat/Halloween set:

Aren't they cute? To make the card, I simply die cut out my cat and colored him with Copic markers. I then paired him with a saying from the same set and some pumpkin paper from the Trick or Treat paper pack:

 

Impression Obsession Items Used:

MC1277 Jack O' Kitty stamps (6 left as I wrote this post)

DIE1284 Jack O'Kitty dies

PP047 Trick or Treat paper

There are really great paper packs left for Halloween, so give them a look. Her are some suggestions:

PP042 Halloween Fun

 PP067 Halloween

 PP007 Vintage Halloween

IO Halloween Hop- Day 1

 

Ahh, yes. We are getting closer to the end of the year and the closing of Impression Obsession. It is a new month, and the site-wide clearance is now at 40% (except the latest release, which is 30%). Mitra restocked some of the latest dies that are really popular, but there will be no more restocks.Be sure to grab something if it is something you have been wanting. You can find all of the products on the Impression Obsession site.

Today and tomorrow the IO designers will be focusing on Halloween cards and ideas. Yippee! If you want to see all the participating designers, you can find them here:

Impression Obsession Blog
Dina Kowal
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Robin Clendenning
Angela Bode
Anna Wight

Today's card is really quick and easy. It uses a zombie hand die as well as one of the funniest Halloween word sets out there:

Aren't the sayings great? I had a hard time choosing, but the card is for my brother, and the sentiment chose itself.

To make the card, I added my white zombie border on top of some paper from one of the IO patterned paper packs. Then all I had to do was add my sentiment and some black star embellishments. Simple!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

DIE453 Zombie Edger

CS1082 Zombie Sayings

PP046 Bats for Halloween paper

I also wanted to take a second to say that the two monster dies that came out recently are back in stock. I thought I would let you know because they went so quickly last time. Here is a reminder of the cards I made:

 

Be Sorta Afraid & Monster Hugs:

DIE1348 Fuzzy Monster Die

 

A Candy a Day and Embrace Your Inner:

DIE1349 Fuzzy Monster Die 2

Memory Box with Simon Says Stamp

 

Greetings friends. You may or may not know that Simon Says Stamp is hosting a Stamptember event where they highlight a different company each day with special products and deals.

Today is celebrating Memory Box. I have been working with Memory Box for more years than I can count. I absolutely love Dave and Monica.

The special stamp set being released is called So Very Merry 3132ssc. It has cute Christmas characters and Nordic elements.

I decided to make a couple of ornaments instead of cards.

For the first card, I used a silver ornament blank I got at Michaels. It became my background and sky. I stamped the trees and Santa onto Copic XPress It paper with black Memento ink and then colored them with Copic markers. i cut everything out and then glued it onto the ornament. As a finishing touch, I added a sentiment from the set.

For my second ornament, I stamped my penguin onto a white ceramic ornament blank with black Versafine ink and then embossed him with black embossing powders. I colored him with Copic markers and added some highlights with a white gel pen.

Because I was using Copic markers, I first tried stamping the penguin with black Memento ink. It didn't work, so I switched to the Versafine and the embossing powder.

For the sky, I colored it with my B02 Copic marker. It looked really rough and streaky. I then dabbed the whole thing with a B00 marker, and it gave it a mottled/alcohol ink look that I liked better. As a finishing touch, I added some Stickles and fake snow under the penguin.

Thanks for stopping by today. If you are interested in the set, get it while it lasts. It is a limited edition set for Stamptember that won't be restocked when it is gone.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Laura

IO Team Favorites

 

Greetings friends. The IO team would like to share some of their favorites from the September release with you. Here is a list of all the participating designers:

Impression Obsession Blog
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Robin Clendenning
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal

 The first card I want to share uses the Oh What Fun stamp set:

To make the card, I first watercolored some 140lb watercolor paper with some Peerless Watercolor paint. Once everything was dry, I stamped the sentiment and polar bear with black Staz On ink. I used a stamp positioner so that I could stamp the bear, color him with Prismacolor pencils and then return him to the stamp positioner to stamp him again and replace all the lost details.

For the second card, I used the Snowman Sayings stamp set:

I absolutely love all the snowman related puns in the set. I am ready for my winter cards! To make the card, I cut out a freeform splotch to be the melted snowman. I then added the stamped face and buttons of the snowman and added die cut arms and a scarf. Of course, I had to include a sentiment from the same set!

Don't forget, the closeout sale is at 30% off right now.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Card 1

CL1349 Oh What Fun

Card 2

CL1394 Snowman Sayings

DIE1353 Primitive Snowman (Temporarily out of stock)

PP070 Let it Snowman paper  (sold out)

Theme Day- Holiday Cards and Tags

The theme this month at Impression Obsession is Holiday Cards and Tags. It is a great theme to help you get started on your holiday stamping (if you haven't already). Here is a list of participating designers:

Impression Obsession Blog
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Robin Clendenning
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal

Greetings friends. I hope you are all having a wonderful Monday. Today I would like to share a framed holiday card with you. It is a bit hard to tell from the photo, but I added foam tape between the snow banks so the card has a bit of a 3-D effect. I liked having a little bit of dimension without worrying about it fitting into an envelope.

To make the card, I combined stamps from two clear sets. The snowman is from the Warm Holiday Cheer set:

 And the trees and sentiment are from the Oh What Fun Set:

I colored everything with Copic markers and then fussy cut out my images. I used a wave edges die to create the snowbanks and a large frame die to frame the entire scene. The background paper is from the Winter Blues paper pack:

Don't forget that IO is continuing their close out sale:

Thanks for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CL1356 Warm Holiday Cheer

CL1349 Oh What Fun

PP078 Winter Blues paper

DIE838 Wave Edges (sold out)

DIE860 Large Frame (sold out)

IO Color Challenge

Greetings friends. We have another color challenge photo to inspire you. How do you interpret that theme?  The designers have all created cards with the photo in mind that I hope you will enjoy. Here is a link to the participating designers:

Impression Obsession Blog
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Robin Clendenning
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Vicki Garrett

For my card today, I went with a gingerbread house theme. I combined images from the Home for the Holidays stamp set along with paper from the Gingerbread pack:

I used paper and Copic markers that I thought captured the oranges and blue gray of the inspiration photo. It is hard to tell from my picture, but I added some Stickles to the top of the white snow mound for extra sparkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CL1376 Home for the Holidays

PP065 Gingerbread paper pack

DIE1302 Petite Scalloped Circles die

Day 3- IO September Release

                                            Welcome to the September Release Hop!

 

September 1st, 2nd & 3rd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with NEW September Release products! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event.

 

Prizes - Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during the August Release week (September 1st – 7th) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

Here is a list of all the designers who are participating in the hop:

Impression Obsession Blog
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Robin Clendenning
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal

 

Greetings friends. Both of my cards today use the new Primitive Snowman die:

 

Intimidated by the tiny "coal" pieces to use for the eyes? Don't be! The best thing about the die set is that it comes with a circle die. I used it to cut out a black circle and it fits behind the eyes and mouth. It saves so much time and it is such a joy not to have to piece together a tiny little smile. 

For my first card, I masked off an area I wanted to by sky. I colored it with Distress Oxide inks and then spritzed it with some water to give it some splotchiness. I then assembled my snowman and added some stars from the same die se.
 

For my second card, I used paper from the Winter blues new Winter Blues paper pack:

I cut out the white cardstock using the Oval of Circles die. It allowed my background paper to show through all the small holes of the oval. All that was left was to die cut my snowman and place him inside the oval "frame."

There ended up being a lot of little holes on my cards, but luckily, they weren't fussy at all. Whew!

Thanks so much for stopping by during the September release.
 

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Frosty Holiday

DIE1353 Primitive Snowman

CL1394 Snowman Sayings

PP070 Let it Snowman paper

You're Snow Cool

DIE1353 Primitive Snowman

CL1394 Snowman Sayings

PP078 Winter Blues paper

DIE1232 Oval of Circles die

IO September Release- Day 2

                                            Welcome to the September Release Hop!

 

September 1st, 2nd & 3rd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with NEW September Release products! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event.

 

Prizes - Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during the August Release week (September 1st – 7th) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

Here is a list of all the designers who are participating in the hop:

Impression Obsession Blog
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Robin Clendenning
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal

Greetings friends. My cards today focus on the new Looking Forward clear stamp set: I am such a sucker for cute characters to color. For the first card, I had to use the cat stamp. I often cat sit, so I like having cat card ideas to create for the holidays.

To make the card, I stamped my sentiment on a tag and my cat image on some Copic white cardstock.  Once I colored the kitty, I cut him out and added him to the side of the tag as if he was peeking out.

For my second card, I used one of the rays dies to add a bit of interest and to frame my moose cartoon image. I tried coloring the circles with two colors of brown Copic marker to create a striped look, but as the ink dried, it looked like I used only one color of brown. I might go back some point to add more color, but I am afraid I might mess things up. Do you do that? Do you ever take your cards one step too far and wish you hadn't?

I once again colored my image with Copic markers, but this time I had the moose peeking out from the side of the card.

 Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you will join me again tomorrow!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Cat card

CL1342 Looking Forward

PP081 Nordic Patterns paper

DIE937 Stitched Tag die

 

Moose card

CL1342 Looking Forward

DIE1343 Rays