Laura's Stamp Art Journal: IO August Release- Day 1

Welcome to the August Release Hop!

August 1st, 2nd & 3rd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with NEW August Release products! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event.

Prizes - Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during the August Release week (August 1st – 7th) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

Here is a list of today's designers:

Impression Obsession Blog
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Robin Clendenning
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal
Giovana Smith

Greetings friends. It is a new month and time for a new Impression Obsession release. Today I want to highlight a new die called Fuzzy Monster, which looks like this:

Isn't he great? Of course, there is a new monster sentiment set that pairs really well with him:

I love all the sayings. You could also use the monsters from the set if you didn't want to use a monster die cut.

For my first card, I cut my monster pieces out of the new Monster Colors paper pack. I wanted the arms an horns to be a bit darker, so I colored over the patterned paper using Copic markers. To finish the card, I added a black patterned paper pocket to the side and added my sentiment to a white tag.

For the second card, I first created a watercolor background and then chose patterned paper for the monster that would work with the background.

I used patterned paper from the Monster Colors paper pack to cut out both monsters. The papers are bright in color and have patterns that work really well as monster fur: