Thursday, February 23, 2012

Hannah Davies



Hannah Davies makes such fun and whimsical images for Impression Obsession. I just love them! Today I am using her new Elephant image (G10021) along with the Million Little Things saying (D3631). I thought the two paired well together.

To color the image, I used a combination of Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils. Sometimes pencils just work best when you are working in tiny little spaces!

Thursday, February 16, 2012

Hello Challenge

Today is all about saying "hello." I have been on a floral kick lately, so I really wanted to incorporate a spring flower into my card. I combined the Daffodil image (E12000) along with the Its Just Me saying (C3760). For the patterns on the card, I used two of the brand new backgrounds. First, I added the Graph Paper pattern (CR005) to the green card using Spanish Moss Versafine ink. Next, I stamped the Scattered Dots pattern (CR012) onto yellow cardstock using Colorbox Chalk Peach Pastel ink.

If you want more inspiration for hello greetings, check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, and Vicki created.

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Friday, February 3, 2012

One-Layer Card

Welcome to the last day of the Impression Obsession sneak peek week. I hope you have enjoyed it and been inspired.

Today I wanted to share a one-layer card with you using one of the new background stamps (CR006 Honeycomb). I know I will be using this stamp a lot! I stamped the background onto a kraft notecard using Toffee Versafine ink. I then stamped the Dogwood 3 (H12004) and Hello greeting (A3759) on top using black Memories ink and colored the flowers with white and pink Prismacolor pencils. Because the pencils are opaque, the coloring covered up the brown honeycomb underneath the flowers.

Be sure to check out the other designers on this final day, and don't forget to leave comments for a chance to win a prize. Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, and Vicki all have something to share.

Thursday, February 2, 2012

Sympathy Card

Welcome to the fourth day of the Impression Obsession sneak peek week. Today's photo ended up with a bit of a glare, so I appologize for that. The close-up lets you see the colors a bit better:



To make the card, I added some red, orange, and purple Distress Ink to a piece of white cardstock using a foam blending tool. I didn't realize that the paper had a subtle texture to it until I finished adding the colors. I then blended the colors by spritzing the paper with some gold Shimmer Spritz. After letting the paper dry completely, I embossed the new Dandelion Stem (F8714) and saying from the Sympathy Sentements clear set (CL114) with black powder. To finish the card, I added a layer of gold metallic paper to bring out the gold in the spray.



Need more inspiration? Check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, and Vicki created.

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

You Make me Smile

Welcome to day three of the Impression Obsession sneak peek week. I hope you have been enjoying it so far!

For today's card, I used the Darling Dahlia flower (H8715), Circle Fusion 2 background (CR002), and You make me smile saying (C8761).

To color the flower, I stamped it twice onto white cardstock, sponged yellow, orange, and red Distress Inks on top and sprayed it with some gold Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz. I then highlighted parts of the flower with a white Prismacolor pencil. I don't know if you can tell from the photo, but I cut out the center of the flower and popped it up onto the background flower to give it a bit of dimension.

Want to see more new images? Check out what Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, and Vicki created. Don't forget to leave comments. One person a day will win a $25 IO gift certificate. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the designer's blogs as well as the IO blog. If you leave comments all week long, you will be in the running to win a $50 IO gift certificate. Good luck!

Want to play along? You can find all the information here, and you could even win a $25 IO gift certificate!