IO Valentine Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome to the Impression Obsession Valentine Release Blog Hop!

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

The hop will run for 3 days (12/4/17 -12/6/17) 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 one of FOUR $25 Gift Certificates!

The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!! Four random winners will be picked from all comments on all of the hop days (only one comment per blog per day please).
Comment entries will be open until 9pm CT on Sunday Decmeber 10th and all winners will be announced Monday December 11th. Good luck!

All of the new stamps you'll be seeing on the hop are available NOW at www.iostamps.com

 

 

Greetings friends.  Today is the last day of the new release blog hop.  I hope you have enjoyed it.  For today's card, I used stamps from a clear set called Country Floral.  It is a nice set that has hearts, flowers, and leaves.

For the background, I used a technique I like with the Cover A Card Backgrounds.  I started with a brown polka dot scrap of paper and then stamped the  Wood Grain Cover a Card background on top with brown ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  Here is a closeup of the background:

What I like about this technique is that you get an interesting look of mixed patterns and it is a fantastic way to use up your patterned paper scraps.

For the heart section, I stamped the leaves with Impression Obsession Mint ink and the Outline heart with Impression Obsession Black ink.  To add a bit more interest, I stamped the flower with the heart center on top of the heart using the same black ink.  I then embossed the flower with clear powder to give it a bit of interest.  To color the heart, I used Zig Clean Color Brush Markers, cut out the heart, and popped it up with foam tape.  Here is a close up:

Items used in the card:

Wood Grain Cover a Card Background

Country Floral Set WP804 (for leaves, heart, and flower with heart center)

Saying from clear set- CL634 Valentine Brush Words

Mint IO Ink

Black IO Ink

 

Don't forget to visit the other designers!

Anna Wight

 

Chris Dayton

Dina Kowal

Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

Karen Amidon

 Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- You're an Animal (Animal Cards)

Greetings friends.  I have been itching to get my hands on the new Baby Giraffe clear set (WP771), so this challenge came at the perfect time.  Another thing that made me happy about this challenge is that I stamped this background about a year ago using the Giraffe Cover a Card image and have been waiting to use it on a card.  I knew I was saving it for a reason! 

To make the card, I started by stamping the giraffe background onto light orange cardstock using dark amber ink (I think it was Colorbox Chalk Amber Clay).  Next, I cut out the giraffe and bow out of 140lb watercolor paper using the Baby Giraffe die set. I then used a stamp positioner to position the giraffe and bow stamps onto the corresponding dies.  Finally, I colored the images with some Zig Clean Color Brush markers.  Here is a close up of the giraffe:

Need more animal inspiration?  Don't forget to visit the other designers!

Chris Dayton

Chris Dayton

Chris Dayton

 Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

 Jenny Gropp

 Karen Amidon

  Kittie Caracciolo

Kelli Hull

IO Color Challenge- Orange and Turquoise

Greetings friends.  I really enjoy a color challenge, and I have to admit that I don't think I often put orange and turquoise together.  I do like how much the two colors pop when placed together.

For my card, I used the new Succulent Pumpkin and colored it with an assortment of Zig Clean Color Brush markers and a waterbrush.  Once it was dry, I added a turquoise "halo" around the pumpkin and softened it with a waterbrush till the color faded to white.  I added a bit of brown Zig marker under the pumpkin to ground it and then added a sentiment from the Holiday Words cling set. 

Want to see how the other designers interpreted the color challenge?  Stop by their various blogs to see.

Anna Wight

Chris Dayton

Dina Kowal

Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

Jenny Gropp

Karen Amidon

Kelli Hull

Kittie Caracciolo

 Vicki Garrett

 

Impression Obsession Fall/Winter Blog Hop- Day 5

Welcome to the Impression Obsession 2017 Fall/Winter (and more!) Stamp 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 each day Monday, July 17th – Friday, July 21st. 

Visit our fabulous IO Design Team’s blogs (only one comment per blog per day please) for a chance to win one of 6 $25 Gift Certificates! One winner will be chosen each day and then an extra winner will be chosen randomly from all hop days. Comments on all hop days will be open until July 23rd at 9pm CT. All winners will be announced on July 24th.

The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!!

If you’ve arrived from Kelli Hull you’re at the right place. If not please head to the Impression Obsession blog to start at the beginning of the hop.

Well, today is the last day of the hop, and I hope you have been inspired.  Today I wanted to share a Halloween card I made using some of the latest stamps.

To make the card, I stamped the really cute image called Patti Pumpkin onto watercolor paper with black Versafine ink and colored her with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.  Here is a close up of the coloring:

 

I then stamped under the girl with two borders from the CL766 Lindsay Borders set.  I love this set.  It has really fine detailed patterns that I know I will combine in different ways and use over and over.

Next, I added a sentiment from an older clear set called Is the Moon Out Tonight?   

As a last step, I made my own patterned paper by combining two different Cover a card stamps.  I started with stamping the Scratched CAC in Colorbox Chalk Butterscotch ink and then stamped the Spooky background on top with Black Versafine ink.

The other designers also have lots of ideas to share, so don't forget to visit them!  

The next blog on the hop is:

Vicki Garrett

Impression Obsession Fall/Winter Blog Hop- Day 3

Welcome to the Impression Obsession 2017 Fall/Winter (and more!) Stamp 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 each day Monday, July 17th – Friday, July 21st. 

Visit our fabulous IO Design Team’s blogs (only one comment per blog per day please) for a chance to win one of 6 $25 Gift Certificates! One winner will be chosen each day and then an extra winner will be chosen randomly from all hop days. Comments on all hop days will be open until July 23rd at 9pm CT. All winners will be announced on July 24th.

The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!!

If you’ve arrived from Kelli Hull you’re at the right place. If not please head to the Impression Obsession blog to start at the beginning of the hop.

For my card today, I thought I would share something I made for Thanksgiving.  First, I made my own decorative paper by stamping the Dotted Argyle Cover a Card Background onto some XPress It Copic paper using black Memento ink.  I then colored the squares with various Copic Markers to create a Fall plaid background.

For the focal part of the card, I stamped the Sunny Bracket Frame onto the bottom of a rectangle piece of watercolor paper.  After I colored it with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, I cut out the bottom part of the frame (the part on the sides of the brads and under the brads) with a combination of scissors and an Xacto knife.  I cut out just the bottom of the frame and layered it onto my background so that I wouldn't have to cut around the small details of the flower.  I really hate fussy cutting!

To finish the card, I added the Give Thanks sentiment to the center of the frame.
 
The other designers also have lots of ideas to share, so don't forget to visit them!  

The next blog on the hop is:

Vicki Garrett

Impression Obsession Fall/Winter Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the Impression Obsession 2017 Fall/Winter (and more!) Stamp 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 each day Monday, July 17th – Friday, July 21st. 

Visit our fabulous IO Design Team’s blogs (only one comment per blog per day please) for a chance to win one of 6 $25 Gift Certificates! One winner will be chosen each day and then an extra winner will be chosen randomly from all hop days. Comments on all hop days will be open until July 23rd at 9pm CT. All winners will be announced on July 24th.

The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!!

If you’ve arrived from Kelli Hull you’re at the right place. If not please head to the Impression Obsession blog to start at the beginning of the hop.

 

 

For today's card, I decided to go with a more autumnal theme.  I started with 140lb watercolor paper and stamped leaves from the Falling Leaves clear stamp set and the Give Thanks sentiment using black Versafine ink.  

 

Next, I colored the leaves with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a waterbrush.  To finish the card, I sponged some yellow ochre Pan Pastel chalk around the leaves.

The other designers also have lots of ideas to share, so don't forget to visit them!  

The next blog on the hop is:

 
Vicki Garrett

Impression Obsession Fall/Winter Blog Hop- Day 1

Welcome to the Impression Obsession 2017 Fall/Winter (and more!) Stamp 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 each day Monday, July 17th – Friday, July 21st. 

Visit our fabulous IO Design Team’s blogs (only one comment per blog per day please) for a chance to win one of 6 $25 Gift Certificates! One winner will be chosen each day and then an extra winner will be chosen randomly from all hop days. Comments on all hop days will be open until July 23rd at 9pm CT. All winners will be announced on July 24th.

The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!!

If you’ve arrived from Kelli Hull you’re at the right place. If not please head to the Impression Obsession blog to start at the beginning of the hop.

Greetings friends.  Impression Obsession has a huge new release filled with images for the fall and holidays.  Of course, there are lots of other items including animals, trees, and fabulous sentiments.

For my card today, I wanted to use the trees from the Forest Friends clear set.   I stamped them onto watercolor paper, colored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and cut them out to later adhear to my card.

The sentiment is from a set of four cling stamps called She Positives.  If you haven't seen the set, I encourage you to give it a look.  It has such inspirational sentiments that I know I will use for greeting cards as well as art journaling.

For the background, I stamped the French Text Cover a Card onto watercolor paper and embossed it with white embossing powder.  I then colored the background with an assortment of Color Burst Powders and a lot of water.

The other designers also have lots of ideas to share, so don't forget to visit them!  

The next blog on the hop is:

 
Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- Animal Friends

Greetings friends.  I've come an important conclusion and that is the world just needs more dogs with funny hats.  I don't know about you, but it just makes me happy.

For today's card, I used one of Lindsay Ostrom's new images called Bluebelle.  She has a whole assortment of cats and dogs with floral hats and all of them are good for a smile.  I thought her fun, quirky designs also paired well with a lot of sayings in the Blue Footed Booby clear set.  It was hard to choose, but I finally selected the "weird" saying for this particular card.     Here is a close up of the card so that you can see the background that I stamped as well as the coloring with some Zig Clean Color Brush Markers:

Yesterday I posted a card where I stamped the image with black ink from Impression Obsession and then colored it with Copic markers.  Today I used the same black ink and colored the image with watercolors.  It was really nice that the ink worked with both mediums.

For the background, I paired three different backgrounds with three of the new colors of ink.  It was my intention to stamp the backgrounds with one of the ink trios that would provide a light, medium, and dark shade to the pattern.  My intention was to use Mist, Slate, and Black together.  However, I accidentally grabbed Slate, Taupe, and Black.  I really liked the end result and it was a good reminder that even though the new inks are designed in groups of three that work well together, you do not have to stick to those parameters.  Try lots of different combinations and see what you end up with.

For the patterned background that I created, I started with the Distressed Denim background in the lightest color, added the Scribble Checkerboard background in medium ink, and finished with the Flourishes background in black ink.

Don't forget to visit the other designers for more inspiration!

 Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

Kelli Hull 

Laura Fulcher 

 Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- Unlayered Cards (Less than 3 Layers)

Greetings friends.  Today's challenge was all about making a card with few layers.  I decided to go the whole way and not use any layers at all.  I simply took a piece of 140lb watercolor paper and folded it in half to make a card and then stamped and painted on top of it.

I think this new bunny with balloon stamp definitely lends itself to making a birthday card.  However, I decided to change it up a bit.  I have been feeling a bit stressed lately, and so I wanted to make a card just for me.  Have you ever done that?  Instead of making a card with a specific occasion in mind you simply make a card that appeals to yourself.  It is a very liberating process.  I made a card to remind myself to concentrate on joy and simple pleasures rather than anxiety.

To make the card, I stamped the Celebration Bunny J20307 onto my watercolor paper with black Versafine ink.  I let the ink dry completely and then painted it with Zig Clean Color markers and a waterbrush to soften my colors. I then added a sentiment from the Words for Art set (3172-XL).  If you have never looked at that set before, be sure to check it out.  It is loaded with wonderful sentiments.

Because the card had no layers, it was a bit bent when I finished and I had to place the card under a heavy book to flatten it back out.  The bunny stamp is brand new and isn't listed on the website quite yet.  Don't worry though....it will be soon.  It is such a fun image to color.

Don't forget to visit the other designers to see more "unlayered" cards:

Anna Wight

 Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

 Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kelli Hull 

Laura Fulcher 

 Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- Fun with Flowers

Greetings friends.  March is upon us, so a flower challenge is a really great idea.  Of course, I pretty much use flowers year-round on my cards since they can be used for any occasion.

For today's card, I used the Sierra Sunrise stamp F19458.  Dafodills seemed like a good choice because they have already come up in our yard.  To color the flowers, I stamped the image onto watercolor paper with black Versafine ink and then painted them with Zig Clean Color markers and a waterbrush.  The sentiment comes from the Spring Frames clear set WP733.   For the background, I used the Rocks Cover a Card background, stamped it in Versamark and rubbed it with various shades of PanPastels.

Need a bit more floral inspriation?  Don't forget to visit the other designers.

Anna Wight

 Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

 Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kelli Hull 

 Kittie Caracciolo

Laura Fulcher 

 Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- Tickled Pink

Today is a color challenge and all about making pink cards.  I thought it was a great time to break out the Valentine theme as well since it pairs so well with the color.

To make the card, I made a Color Burst background on 140lb paper with Color Burst powders, some gold Liquid Metals and some water.  Her is a close up to see the shine better:

I then stamped the Heart You sentiment onto more 140lb watercolor paper and colored it with a Zig Clean Color Brush marker (pink) and a waterbrush. 

I added a layer of gold metallic paper to bring out the metallic gold paint in the background and added a layer of metallic pink cardstock for a bit of extra sparkle.

Want to see more pink projects?  Dont forget to visit the other designers.

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

CHA Release Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the Impression Obsession Spring Release Blog Hop!

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

The Blog Hop will be posted on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST Jan 23rd - Jan 27th. 

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!!!

No need to comment on the Impression Obsession Blog to enter.
Comment entries will be open until 9pm CT on Sunday January 29th and all winners will be announced January 30th.
Good luck!

Greetings friends.  Today I wanted to share one of the new Cover a Card backgrounds (you know how I love my background stamps) as well as a new sentiment that I really love.

For the background, I sponged some blue PanPastel chalk onto white cardstock and then stamped the new Confetti Dots background on top with Versamark ink.  I then sponged the same  blue chalk on top of the Versamark to get a tone on tone look.  I can't wait to explore other techniques with this background.  I think it is going to be a practical "go to" stamp for me.

For the sentiment, I stamped the Angela's Words phrase (L17179) onto some 140lb watercolor paper using black Versafine ink.  I then colored the edges of each wavy row with a blue or grey Zig Clean color Brush Pen.  I then softened the lines with a waterbrush to get a gradient of color.

Don't forget to visit the other designers.  There will be more inspiration as well as the chance to win a gift certificate!

Anna Wight
Dina Kowal
Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

 Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kelli Hull

Laura Fulcher
Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- Fall Colors

Greetings friends!  Is it feeling like Fall yet in your neck of the woods?  I have to say, I always look forward to Autumn with the cooler weather and beautiful colors.

For today's card, I decided to express my Fall colors with some browns, yellows, and oranges.  I made sure to color the eyes of the owl with some yellow and orange markers so that it would match with the layering papers.

To make the card, I stamped the Owl in Tree in brown Versafine ink onto 140lb watercolor paper.  I then colored his body with some grey and his eyes with some yellow and orange Zig Clean Color brush markers.  To add a bit of color to the tree, I sponged it with some Burnt Sienna PanPastel chalk.
For the background, I stamped the Cover a Card Wood Grain onto kraft cardstock with Colorbox Chalk Deep Brown ink and embossed it with clear powder for a bit of shine.  Here is a closeup of the owl:

I usually stamp a sentiment on the outside of the card for blog samples, but I thought it got in the way of my little owl.  this is what I stamped on the inside of the card:

The name of that stamp is Owl Be Thankful

Need more Fall color inspiration?  Be sure to visit the other designers:

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

CardMaker Blog Hop

Welcome to the CardMaker/Impression Obsession Blog Hop. There are so many great ideas by the two design teams to share with you today.  Be sure to visit both the CardMaker blog and Impression Obsession blog for full details of the hop as well as a complete hop list..

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Impression Obsession will be also be hosting a giveaway of a $25 gift certificate to their shop.

All the details about the prize can be found on the Impression Obsession blog.  Good luck!

Greetings everyone!  My name is Laura Fulcher and you should be joining me from Kelly Gettelfinger's blog. 

For my card today, I wanted to share a background I created with Impression Obsession Cover a Card stamps as well as one of their new Christmas images.  

First, I started with the Metal Cover a Card background and stamped it onto a blue notecard with Colorbox Chalk Azurite ink:

Next, I stamped on top of that background with the Snowflakes Cover a Card background using Versafine Magestic Blue ink:

I thought the two backgrounds combined looked a bit like snowflakes with fractals.

Next on the agenda was the car with tree on the roof (called To Grandmother's House)..  I colored the whole thing with Zig Clean Color Brush markers and a waterbrush.  Here is a bit more detail:

Instructions:

·         Stamp car onto 140lb watercolor paper with black archival ink.

·         Allow ink to dry

·         Color a line of brown under the car and blend with a waterbrush

·         Color the top and sides of the card windows lightly with blue marker and blend with waterbrush

·         Color the tree sections with a line of green and a line of light green marker.  Blend with waterbrush

·         Color the car with a line of red marker at the top (area under the windows)

·         Color a line of pink underneath the red and blend some with the pink marker

·         Blend side of the car with waterbrush

·         Color the tires grey (no blending)

·         Add accents with light grey marker

I finished the card by adding the Warm and Cheery sentiment.

I hope you enjoyed!  Don't forget to visit the next person on the hop list:

Vicki Garrett

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