Thursday, September 26, 2013

Spooky Spider


I just love Halloween cards, so I wanted to share another card I made with some of the new Impression Obsession images. The card used two of the new Cover a Card backgrounds (Spooky CC160 and Sunburst CC156). I stamped the Spooky background onto purple paper using a Versafine Imperial Purple ink. I then embossed the Sunburst background on bright green paper using purple embossing powder from Fred Mullett. The Sunburst background has a nice distress look to it that really appeals to me. To finish the card, I added the Spider (C14144) to the center of the sunburst with black ink.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

IO Challenge- Things that Fly


Today's Impression Obsession Challenge is all about things that fly. I am still in my stencil/Dylusion sprays stage, so I combined those with one of the most versetile IO butterfly stamps (in my opinion)...the Swallowtail Silhouette.

Stamps:
Dot Border
Grunge Circles E13120D13116
Swallowtail Silhouette D5009

Inks:
Hero Arts Butter Bar
Hero Arts Orange Soda
Black India Ink

Stencils:
Crafters Workshop Mini Honeycomb TCW348
Crafters Workshop Mini Numbers Collage TCW210

Dylusion Sprays:
Cherry Pie
Squeezed Orange
Lemon Zest
Black Marble
White Linen

Instructions:
· Spritz white carstock with yellow, orange, and red sprays
· Dab piece with paper towels
· Place numbers stencil down onto carstock and spritz lightly with black spray
· Dab piece with paper towels
· Place honeycomb stencil onto piece and spitz lightly with white spray
· Dab piece with paper towels
· Stamp top or orange notecard with circle collage and Butter Bar ink
· Stamp dot border onto orange cardstock strip with Orange Soda ink
· Cut dot border down to the size you want for the card
· Edge dot border strip with orange or butter bar ink
· Stamp circle collage a couple of times onto cream cardstock using butter bar ink
· Stamp butterfly on top
· Pop butterfly square up on card using foam tape. of circles using black ink
· Layer the pieces of the card

Need more flying inspiration? Visit the other designers
Impression Obsession Blog
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher (you are here)
Vicki Garrett

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

Thursday, September 5, 2013



Well, it is the last day of the die blog hop. I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of the new dies! My final card features the new Pocket Watch die set (DIE088-R) as well as the coordinating It's About Time clear set (WP493). The pocket watch set can make a traditional pocket watch as well as a watch that would go around the wrist. I chose to do something that would resemble a watch. To make the card, I fist cut out the watch from a light chipboard and the center of the watch from white cardstock. I then inked the chipboard with silver Inka-Gold to make it look metallic. (Just a sidenote here...the product is called Inka-Gold even though it comes in a bunch of colors, such as silver.) Here is a picture of the first step:


For the next step, I stamped the watch face on the white cardstock in waterproof black ink and placed it inside the faux metallic outside. I then filled the whole thing with Diamond Glaze to make it look like a real watch face. This took a long, long time to dry:


Here is a close-up of the finished embellishment:


The backgrounds of the card were stamped with the Random Lines Cover a Card (CC096), and the Swirls and Stars Cover a Card (CC054). The saying is from the same clear set as the watch face.
Want to see other samples with the new dies and have a chance to win a great prize? Here is what you need to do:

Participant Drawing Guidelines
  • Comment on each participating blog today.
  • The deadline for comments today will be 10 p.m. EST.
  • There will be a drawing on each day for 3 Dies or Die Sets of the winner's choice.
  • The winner for each day will be announced in the next day's post.
  • On Thursday, September 5, we will have our regular challenge for all of you.

Blogs to visit today:
Impression Obsession Blog
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher (you are here)
Vicki Ga>

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

IO Die Blog Hop- Day 2


Welcome to day two of the die blog hop! For today's card I used the Cattails die set (DIE087-P). It looks like I used several different die sets, but the dragonflies and the cattails are in the same set. When I first designed the card, I cut everything out in white and then started coloring the diecut pieces with markers. I decided that I didn't like it as much as I did the version where everything was cut in dark green paper with brown marker on the cattail tips and glitter added to the dragonfly wings. To finish the card, I layered everthing onto a Distress Ink background and added the Happiest Things saying (D14072).

Want to see other samples with the new dies and have a chance to win a great prize? Here is what you need to do:
Participant Drawing Guidelines
  • Starting today through Thursday, September 5, comment on each participating blog for that day.
  • The deadline for comments for each day will be 10 p.m. EST.
  • There will be a drawing on each day for 3 Dies or Die Sets of the winner's choice.
  • The winner for each day will be announced in the next day's post.
  • On Thursday, September 5, we will have our regular challenge for all of you.

Blogs to visit today:
Impression Obsession Blog
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher (you are here)
Vicki Garrett

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

IO Die Blog Hop- Day 1

Hello again. Today is the beginning of a 3-day Impression Obsession Blog Hop that highlights their new dies.
I am such a pumpkin junkie that I knew that I would start with the new Pumpkin die (DIE094-U). The pumpkin and assortment of four faces are separate so you can either use the pumpkin alone for fall or choose a face you want to use. For my card, I combined the pumpkin with some Fancy Pants paper I had on hand. To finish the card, I added some Dark Green and Black Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Markers to the pumpkin to make it sparkle.
Want to see other samples with the new dies and have a chance to win a great prize? Here is what you need to do:
Participant Drawing Guidelines
  • Starting today through Thursday, September 5, comment on each participating blog for that day.
  • The deadline for comments for each day will be 10 p.m. EST.
  • There will be a drawing on each day for 3 Dies or Die Sets of the winner's choice.
  • The winner for each day will be announced in the next day's post.
  • On Thursday, September 5, we will have our regular challenge for all of you.

Blogs to visit today:
Impression Obsession Blog
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher (you are here)
Vicki Garrett