Fall/Winter Release Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the Impression Obsession 2018 Fall/Winter Stamps Release Hop!

We have some beautiful new stamps to share AND Gift Certificates to give away!
The Blog Hop will be posted on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST July 16th – July 19th. Visit our fabulous IO Design Team’s blogs (only one comment per blog please) for a chance to win one of FIVE $25 Gift Certificates! The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!!

Comment entries will be open on all posts until 9pm CT on Sunday July 22nd and all winners will be announced July 24th

Greetings friends.  There are lots of new products for Fall and Winter in the latest Impression Obsession release.  For my first project, I wanted  to make a Christmas votive instead of a card.  It uses the new Christmas Lantern image (J20585) as well as the Lantern Window Nativity (D20587).

Here is what the lantern looks like in more light:

And from the side.....

Or, in darkness:

The finished piece has four "walls" with no top or bottom.  I have a battery-powered votive in the center and the light shines through the top as well as the vellum of the votive.

To make the Christmas lantern, I first cut two pieces of navy paper that were 3" x 6 1/2" and scored them so that I had two 3" x 3" panels and a 1/2" strip:

**my strip piece in the photo was too big and was later trimmed.

Next, I embossed the Lantern stamp onto light gold metallic paper with gold embossing powder and embossed the Nativity onto heavy weight vellum with gold embossing powder:

I cut out the center of the lantern, placed it on top of one of the 3" x 3 panels of the blue paper, traced the opening and then used an Xacto knife to cut a hole in the blue panel to match the gold lantern.

I repeated this four times until I had all of the sides of my lantern:

The vellum went in between the blue base and the gold lantern.  All that was left was to fold the blue paper along the scores and tape the blue pieces to form a 4-sided wall to go around my votive.  The best part is that it folds flat to go in an envelope.

I chose the Nativity scene, but there are three other images that fit into the lantern.

Lantern Window Village D20586

Lantern Window Bare Trees D20588

Lantern Window Angels D20589

These were the items I used:

Christmas Lantern J20585

Lantern Window Nativity D20587

Don't forget to visit the other designers for more inspiration and for the chance to win a prize!

Anna Wight 

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

 Karen Amidon

Kelli Hull

Laura Fulcher

 Vicki Garrett