Monday, July 5, 2021

Impression Obsession July Release, Day 1

 

Welcome to the Impression Obsession June 2021 Release Celebration!
 
Each day (July 5th & 6th) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog. We will be giving away THREE Impression Obsession $25 gift certificates for the event - so the more you comment through our Release Celebration the more chances to win!
 
All comments for each of the event days will be open until Monday July 12th at midnight CT. All winners will be announced on Tuesday July 13th on the Impression Obsession Blog.
 
The new stamps are available now! You can find them all HERE 
 
Here is a list of participating designers:

 
Greetings friends! Can you believe it is July and the year is already half over? It is also time to share the latest release from Impression Obsession.
 
I chose this card for Day 1 because I really love the sentiment and am always looking for ideas to make supportive cards. I also wanted to share it at the beginning of the month because the current sale on the IO site is 25% off nautical items. It never seems to happen that items from the new release are part of the themed sale, but this time some of them are. If there are any that interest you, now is a good time to get them since it is rare for new items to be sold at a discount.

For my card today, I started with 140lb watercolor paper and stamped the waterlines in the middle of the card using blue Versafine ink. I then placed a circle mask that I cut out from a circle die on top of the lines to make it look as though there was a sun at the horizon. I then colored around the mask with blue watercolor pencil and a blender pen. I removed the mask and colored the circle with yellow watercolor paint. To add a bit of color to the water, I painted the waves with blue watercolor paint. Once everything was dry, I stamped my birds onto the sky and added my sentiment on a die cut tag. 

Thanks so much for visiting today!


 
Impression Obsession Items Used:
Scene Birds D22016 
Drop Ocean C22018 (On Sale through July 14)
Water Texture D13993 (On Sale through July 14)
 

25 comments:

judy said...

Lovely water scene and great encouraging sentiment!

Mary M said...

Beautiful card/design. I'll definitely be shopping the nutical sale 🙂

jules said...

Lovely water scene.

SmilynStef said...

love your peaceful ocean seen ... I miss my toes in the sand

Eve N said...

Lovely, peaceful encouragement card. Love the sentiment, too.

Laura C said...

Beautiful and peaceful card!

Mary Holshouser said...

Tranquil card. Beautiful
scene. thanks for sharing
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Denise Bryant said...

Beautiful ocean scene! I love the colors and the sentiment!

Vivian C. said...

That is a great sentiment. Wonderful card.

MadeByMeghanK said...

Stunning scene and sentiment!

Jo4Him said...

Gorgeous card; thanks for sharing the how-to!

Helen said...

A wonderfully peaceful scene Laura that works perfectly with the beautiful sentiment!Thanks so much for the great inspiration! Stay safe! :)

Joanne said...

A beautiful card of encouragement! Such a lovely scene.

Cari S. said...

Lovely card

Stephanie said...

Beautiful card!

Sue D said...

Beautiful scene for this sentiment.

sharon g said...

This encouraging sentiment is just what I need, and what my political friends need. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

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Bonnie Lynn said...

This is so beautiful and serene. TFS

Liz Williams said...

Love this fabulous sentiment!! Beautiful card!

JMienk said...

Beautiful card. Great stamps.

Donna Walls said...

Gorgeous image and beautiful scene.

Andre M. said...

Fantastic encouragement card, the scene is so calming!

RETIRED said...

Wonderful card full of encouraging thoughts, awesome message to anyone. Gail T.

Bunny said...

It is a lovely sentiment and scene. [Bunny]