Impression Obsession July Release, Day 2

 

 Welcome to the Impression Obsession June 2021 Release Celebration- Day 2!

 

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 all the participating bloggers:

 

Impression Obsession Blog 

Kia Gibson Clapper 

Laura Fulcher 

Laura Williams

Lee Ann Barrett

Vicki Garrett 

Angela Bode

Anna Wight 

Dina Kowal 

Giovana Smith 

Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff 

 

 

 

Greetings friends. It is day two of the hop and I hope you have been inspired. Today I am posting a super-easy slimline card. It is simply brayered Kaliedacolor ink on white glossy cardstock that I then overstamped with my sandcastle in black. This is a really quick card if you need to crank out a few in a short amount of time.

Don't forget that the sentiment is on sale through the 14th, even though it is a new release item. Thanks for stopping by!

 

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Sand Castle N13994

Drop Ocean C22018 (On Sale through July 14th)

Slimline Sentiment Flag DIE1091T

 

IO New Release Blog Hop- Day 5

Welcome to the Impression Obsession Spring Release Blog Hop- Day 5!

We have some beautiful new stamps to share AND a Gift Certificates to give away!

The hop will run for 5 days (1/4/16 - 1/8/16 with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day at 6am EST. Visit our fabulous IO Design Team’s blogs (only one comment per blog please) for a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate! The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!! 

And we have a bonus... on the last day of the hop TWO winners will be chosen. One for Friday and one random winner from sometime during the week. So if you miss a day make sure and go back and comment!

Comment entries will be open until 9pm CT on Sunday January 10th and all winners will be announced Monday January 11th. Good luck!

All of the new stamps you'll be seeing on the hop are available NOW!

For today's card, I decided to do a brayered background.  It is one of my favorite things to do to really highlight stamps I use in landscapes.  I started with glossy paper, brayered on some blues and greens and then let the paper dry completely.  I gave it a little extra time to dry because I wanted to emboss my foreground plants with black embossing powder, and I didn't want the powder to stick to the background ink.

Items used:
Words from clear set- CL636 Everyday Words
Wispy Grass J16198

Don't forget to visit the other designers in the hop!

 

Anna Wight
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Laura Fulcher
Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- Feeling Blue

I hope you aren't really feeling blue today, but rather are inspired by a color challenge.  For today's card, I made a super-quick and easy card.  The Trees and Lake stamp is just one image that stamps both the trees and the reflection.  There is no need to try and create your own reflection with the stamp. 

To make the card, I brayered glossy cardstock with the Blue Breeze Kaleidacolor ink, let it dry, and then embossed the image on top with black embossing powder.  I used blue ink, but you could easily change the mood by changing the color of ink you choose.  You can also use one color of ink above the trees (think sunrise or sunset) and a different color for the water.  There are definitely a lot of possiblilities.


Need more "blue" inspiration?  Be sure to visit the other designers:

Anna Wight
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher

Sad Day

Today my friend Tricia lost her mom to pancreatic cancer. Trish and I have been friends for over 25 years, so I knew her mom Mary when I was an adolescent as well as an adult. Mary lived for her family and especially her kids. As a friend of one of her daughters, I received that love and kindness through extension. Yesterday was Mary's 40th anniversary, and I know in my heart she waited till today to pass.

I wanted to make a card for Tricia's dad to send my condolences. I realized that I was obsessing over the card and trying to make something that said the right thing and had the right image. I wanted to chose the right colors and layout as well as have it be masculine instead of floral. Then I realized that he isn't even going to notice what the card looks like and that I was being stupid. In any case, it comes from the heart.

To make the card, I brayered glossy paper with the Creole Spice Kaleidacolor pad. I then stamped a tree by Just For Fun and a saying by Impression Obsession using black Memories ink. I was having a hard time getting the saying to photograph so that you could read it. If you can't it says, " Wishing you hope in the midst of sorrow, comfort in the midst of pain." To finish the card, I added some black pearls.