IO Sale Hop- Day 2

                         

                                Welcome to the Impression Obsession On Sale Now Hop!

 

Each day, April 4th & 5th you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog

We will be giving away THREE Impression Obsession Grab Bags for this hop - so the more you comment through our On Sale Now Hop the more chances to win! Comments will be open until Tuesday, April 12th at 8pm CT. All winners will be announced on Wednesday, April 13th on the Impression Obsession Blog.

 

Effective April 30, 2022, Impression Obsession will no longer produce red rubber single stamps.

The final day to order red rubber single stamps (except Cover-a-Card background stamps, our popular Slimline stamp select rubber sets) is 4/30/22 midnight EST. Look for new Clear stamp sets, dies and other new exciting products from Impression Obsession coming soon!

 

We are having a 20% off sale sitewide that extends through all of April. This includes all the already discounted Clear sets as well. Get those stamps you've wanted forever off your wish lists at a discount!

Be sure to enter code 2022 at checkout to save! Sale ends at midnight EST on 4/30/22 *Wholesale orders excluded

 

Here is a list of the participating designers:

IO Stamps Blog
Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Susan Wymer
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff

 Greetings friends. Today I want to talk about the Stamp/Die Duos that are being discontinued. These are some of my favorite Impression Obsession items, but I am afraid people don't know how to use them. Therefore, I thought I would give you a little tutorial. I used the birthday candles for a quick and easy card, but I am also going to show you what the candy corn and keys look like when they are stamped and cut.

Most coordinated stamps and dies need a stamp positioner to get them to line up with each other. These stamps and dies work a little bit differently.

First, stamp your image. It will stamp a box around the designs. This will be important for lining things up later. Here are the candy corn. You will be cutting out 24 of them at the same time:

 

Next, place the die on top of the stamped images so that the outer edges of the die lines up with the square that you just stamped. I like to add some washi tape to hold the die in place:

Run the die through your die cutting machine to cut out all the candy corn at once. This die and stamp are a favorite of mine because the candy corn that you get is the perfect size for embellishing Halloween cards. Tiny stamps and dies are often a pain to cut out because you have to line up really tiny pieces in a stamp positioner This one is so much easier!

 Here are what the keys look like. I stamped them with Staz On onto metallic cardstocks:

When I stamped the candles for my card, I inked the bottom half of the stamp with one color and the flames in yellow:

 

I then repeated the process with different colors of candles till I made a ton to have on hand for quick and easy (and last minute) birthday cards:

To make my birthday card, I chose some of my candles from my assortment and popped them up onto a white notecard. I had scored lines onto my card for extra interest and to leave a space for my birthday message. It was difficult to photograph the lines, but perhaps you can see them better from a side view:

As a finishing touch, I added some epoxy stickers for embellishment. I hope you give these stamps/dies a try because are really easy to use. The stamp/die duos are 50% off until they are gone and don't forget to use code 2022 at checkout for an extra 20%off.

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Small Candle Block DIE316T

Candy Corn Block DIE315S

Key Block DIE307U