IO Christmas Hop Day 2

Greetings friends. Today is day 2 with Christmas inspiration from the designers. Here is the list of everyone who is participating:

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

 

Today, I decided to make a very quick and easy card. As of the time of posting, all of the items I selected for the card are available. I am really trying my best to only use remaining inventory.

 For my card, I chose the Santa die as my focal point because it is a solid die and there is no need to do any coloring:

You could always do a sponged nighttime sky, but once again, I was going for quick and easy.

Next, I layered my Santa die inside a checkered frame. I thought the colors looked like a peppermint stick. I have often used this frame for seasonal cards (i.e. black and orange for Halloween). Most of the squares popped out on their own when I used the die, but if you wanted an even faster card, you could add a single color paper as a frame and skip the die cut. The frame itself is part of a nesting set:

The sentiment comes from a Santa clear set. I plan to use this set on an upcoming sample if it is still available then:

 

Finally, I layered everything onto some IO Christmas paper. There isn't a lot of IO Christmas paper left, but this one is from a pack called Christmas Doodles:

Here is a closer picture of the patterned red paper. It has muted Santa hats and snowflakes on it. The paper pack is a bit of a juxtaposition. The colors are quite bright and bold, but the doodle prints are soft and understated:

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

DIE736 Santa on the Roof (50% off)

CL1260 Merry Christmas to All clear stamp set (50% off)

DIE805 Checkered Frames (50% off)

PP040 Christmas Doodles paper (50% off)

IO Christmas Hop- Day 1

Greetings friends. The IO design team is sharing Christmas card ideas over the next two days. I hope you will join us. 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

 For my card today, I used the Home for the Holidays clear stamp set:

It has such cute houses to color individually or to use as a Christmas village. To make the card, I stamped the card onto white XPress It paper with black Memento ink and then colored the piece with Copic markers. I added some gems to the tree and some glitter glue under the house for extra sparkle.

I placed the house image behind the frame and then layered everything onto some patterned paper. The slide frame and paper have since sold out, but really, any frame or paper would do.

Here is a sample of another card I previously posted on my blog using the same set:

I feel like the house in this sample makes a particularly good gingerbread house. I wish I had added some more white elements to it.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you will stop by again tomorrow!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CL1376 Home for the Holidays (50% off)

DIE1357 Slide Frame (sold out)

PP078 Winter Blues (sold out)

IO Designer Choice

 

Greetings fiends. Today IO is doing a Designer Choice challenge. The designers have the option to show you samples without any theme restrictions.

Don't forget that the closing sale is now at 50% off on the Impression Obsession website. There will be no more restocks of any of the supplies.

If you would like to see what the other designers created, here is a list of participants:

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

As the Impression Obsession inventory begins to dwindle, it is getting harder to find items that are still in stock. I was surprised that my favorite cat and dog dies are still available as well as a coordinating pet sentiment set. I love the solid animal dies because they make really quick and easy cards. There is no need to color anything!

This is what the cat die looks like:

 

Here is the dog die:

 

And here are the sentiments:

For my first card sample, I cut out an arch in the center as a focal frame for my cat. I use the arch die as both a frame and a pocket. This is what it looks like:

The patterned paper came from a dog themed paper pack that is no longer available, but the print I used wasn't particularly dog themed to begin with. I finished by adding a coordinating sentiment.

The next cards I am sharing have all been previously posted on my blog. However, they use the items I am showing you today and might provide you with further inspiration:

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Card 1- Live, Love, Purr

DIE1311 Sitting Cat Silhouette (50% Off)

CL1299 Talk to the Paw stamp set (50% Off)

PP060 Dog Prints paper (sold out)

DIE1294 Inside Out Arch die (50% Off)

 

Dog Die from the other samples 

DIE1312 Sitting Dog Silhouette die (50% off)

 
 

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)