IO challenge- summer colors

Greetings friends. Today the IO team is doing a color challenge featuring summer colors. Here is a list of the participating designers in case you need a little summer inspiration:

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

 

What are summer colors to you? Do you use hot colors like red and yellow? I chose blue sky and green grass colors along with a whole bunch of floral colors to make this butterfly card.  Here is a close up of the set I used:

To make the card, I started with 140 lb watercolor paper and wet it with a water rectangle in the center. I then added dark blue to the top and bright blue to the bottom to get a gradient of color. I stamped the butterflies directly on top of my sky so that I wouldn't have to cut out the tiny little antennae.

To color the butterfly wings, I stamped the butterflies again onto Copic paper and colored them with Copic markers. I then cut out the wings and glued them onto the butterflies on the card. I would much rather cut out big wings than fussy little antennae.

To finish the card, I added some Summery patterned paper and layered everything onto a green notecard.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CL1380 Summer Flutterbys

CL1379 Star Spangled Banners

PP075 Summer Garden (paper)

CS1303 Let's Chat stamp set (sentiment)

IO July Release- Day 3

Welcome to the July Release Hop!

July 8th, 9th & 10th The Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with NEW July 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 July Release week (July 8th – 14th) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

Here is a list of today's participating designers:

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

 

Greetings friends. For the last day of the July release hop, I wanted to share a quick and easy card to send to your girlfriends. It uses the new Listen Doll clear stamp set:

 

 I have been making a lot of watercolor backgrounds lately, and for this card, I masked off a rectangle onto some 140lb watercolor paper, wet the area with water and then added some watercolor paint. When everything was dry, I removed the masking tape and then pressed the paper under heavy books until it was flat enough for stamping.

To finish the card, I simply added the woman and sentiment on top of the background using black Impression Obsession ink. Simple!

Thanks so much for visiting me during the hop.

 

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CL1383 Listen Doll

 

 

Day 2- IO July Release

Welcome to the July Release Hop!

July 8th, 9th & 10th The Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with NEW July 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 July Release week (July 8th – 14th) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

Here is a list of today's participating designers:

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

Greetings friends. Today I have more of the new items, and this time it is all about chocolate! I was thrilled with this new stamp set:

I love chocolate. I love humorous sentiments- sold! For the first card, I used the new heart stencil to sponge color as a background for my sentiment. I stamped the sundae on a separate piece of paper, colored it with Copic markers and layered it onto my card. To  finish the card, I added some patterned paper to the background.

 

For my second card, I first made a watercolor background on watercolor paper and added my sentiment and cut out truffle. I used 140lb watercolor paper, wet the paper with a wet paintbrush where I wanted the color to remain and then painted color on top. It was a means to have a little bit of control over uncontrollable watercolor. I was able to create a bit of a rectangle for the backdrop.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Card 1

CL1344 Chocolate Understands

STEN061-A4 Hearts (stencil)

PP077 Sweetheart (paper)

Card 2

CL1344 Chocolate Understands

PP062 Daisy Chain (paper)

 

IO July Release- Day 1

Welcome to the July Release Hop!

July 8th, 9th & 10th The Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with NEW July 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 July Release week (July 8th – 14th) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

Here is a list of the participating designers:

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

Greetings friends. I am very excited about the new IO summer release. There are so many new goodies to appreciate. Of course, with it being so hot, I thought I would start by sharing two cards that use the new Summer Sunshine clear stamp set as well as the Rays die set.

This is what is included in the new stamp set:

And this is what the new Rays die set looks like:

The Rays dies are a lot of fun because they cut little slits into the cardstock that look like the aurora around the sun or rays emanating from the sun. In both cases, they make really great frames on your card to focus on a central image. In my first card, I used the rays to surround my cute sun image. I colored each band of the die with the lightest shades of Copic markers I had. I used R0000, YR0000, Y0000, G0000, B0000 and V0000.

To finish card one, I added my sun and sentiment and colored the sun with more Copic markers.

For the second card, I used the rays again to add a bit of interest behind the sun. I colored the sun with Copic markers and then popped up the cloud with a little foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you will stop by tomorrow with more from the new release.

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CL1381 Summer Sunshine

DIE1343 Rays