January Release- Day 3

Welcome to the January Release Hop- Day 3!

January 15th - 17th The Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with NEW January 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 January release week (January 15th – 22nd) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

Here is a list of today's participating designers: 

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

 

Greetings friends! Another coffee card today. I jut couldn't help myself. Once again I made my own background. This time is was with the Marble Scribble Cover a Card along with a rainbow pad of color.

For the top, I used one of the new Jumbo Pinked Stitched Sentiment Banners as a backdrop for my sentiment. I was so excited when these became available because I use the smaller size all the time and had often wished for bigger ones.

Once again I colored my coffee cups with copic markers.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CS1320 Bean Thinking

DIE126 Bean Thinking dies

DIE1297 Jumbo Pinked Stitched Sentiment Banners

CC334 Marble Scribble Cover a Card

Day 2 of January Release

Welcome to the January Release Hop!

January 15th - 17th The Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with NEW January 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 January release week (January 15th – 22nd) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

Here is a list of today's participating designers: 

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

 

Greetings friends. I am sharing a card today with a lot of the supplies from yesterday. This time though, I used paper from the IO Vintage Coffee paper pack for the background instead of a Cover a Card stamp.

To make the card, I used coffee stamps and dies and colored the images with Copic markers. I then layered everything onto the scalloped nine patch die, which served as a frame. Finally, I layered everything onto some coffee bean paper.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CS1320 Bean Thinking

DIE126 Bean Thinking dies

DIE934 Scalloped Nine Patch

PP029 Vintage Coffee paper

 

January Release- Day 1

Welcome to the January Release Hop!

January 15th - 17th The Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with NEW January 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 January release week (January 15th – 22nd) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

Here is a list of today's participating designers:

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

Greetings friends. The January release has a lot of my favorite things including a new Cover a Card background and some coffee themed stamps and dies.

Then new Cover a Card is called Flower Pattern and looks like this:

I like it because you can do as much or as little as you want with it. I left it alone to make a black and white card, but you could spotlight certain flowers or go crazy and color everything. I think it would also look great embossed over old patterned paper scraps.

The coffee stamps and coordinating dies are from a line called "Bean Thinking."

The stamp set has a lot of possibilities, including stamping on the envelope you mail.

To make the card, I first used one of the new Windows stencil and sponged light brown ink over three open circle windows. I then added some Copic colored coffee images as well as a coordinating sentiment. The final touch was to layer everything over my stamped background.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CS1320 Bean Thinking

DIE126 Bean Thinking dies

CC463 Flower Pattern Cover a Card

STEN048-A4 Windows stencil

IO Theme Day- A Hug in a Mug

Greetings friends. It is time for another Impression Obsession theme day, and this time the theme is "Hug in a Mug." Impression Obsession has a lot of new hot drink themed stamps, dies and sentiments, so it is a great time to celebrate warm drinks. . I hope you are inspired by the different designers. If you would like to see all of the participating designers, you can find the list over on the Impression Obsession blog.

 For my card today, I once again used the new Cocoa Bear die, but this time, I used the mug and whipped cream that come with the die instead of the heart. 

I knew that I wanted my bear framed in the new Snowflake Frame die, but there wasn't enough room to add my sentiment. Therefore, I cut off the bottom of my frame and moved it down. I then had room to add my greeting on the Sentiment Banner Die. 

I used paper from the Basic Plaids paper pack for the background as well as the scarf and edged my bear with some brown ink for extra dimension. It is hard to tell from the picture, but I added a little glitter glue to the whipped cream to look like sugar.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

DIE1237 Cocoa Bear

MC1216 Bear Sayings

DIE1262 Snowflake Frame

PP039 Basic Plaids

DIE814 Pinked Stitched Sentiment Banner

IO Team Favorites

 

Greetings friends. Today the IO team is sharing some of their favorite items from the July release. If you would like to see a full list of participating designers, you can find it on the Impression Obsession blog.

Today I m sharing two cards that use sentiments from the new Coffee Monster clear set. It is a favorite of mine because it combines two of my favorite things to stamp- coffee and Halloween. This is what the set looks like:

 

The puns in this set are just incredible.

To make the card, I used background paper from one of the new IO Halloween packs and colored the little kitty with Copic markers. I added my sentiment and then a few black epoxy stars for embellishment.

 

The second card I primarily made for myself because it cracked me up. Sometimes you just have to make a card for yourself.

To make the card, I die cut all of my pieces and added a bit of Copic marker to the base of the cup to distinguish it from the background. I added more of the new IO Halloween paper as well as the sentiment that made me laugh so much.

Thanks so very much for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Mummy Needs

MC1219 Coffee Monster

MC1278 Witchy Kitty stamp set 

DIE1285 Witchy Kitty die

PP046 Bats for Halloween paper

DIE924V Eyelet Circle

 

Less Murdery

MC1219 Coffee Monster

PP047 Trick or Treat paper pack

DIE1010 Coffee to Go

DIE451 Drip Edger

DIE753 Monsters

 

IO Challenge- Coffee, Tea, or Me?

I don't know about you, but I am both a coffee and tea-aholic.  Yes, the caffeine can get you through the day, but they both just taste so good!   I also love coffee and tea related items, so I really looked forward to this challenge.  I can't wait to be inspired by the other designers.

To make my card, I started with kraft cardstock and created a background with Vintage Photo and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide inks.  I started by rubbing the two colors of ink onto a  craft mat and spritzed them wtih water. I then dabbed the kraft cardstock into the puddles of ink. Next, I dried the paper with a heat gun while randomly misting the paper with water.  The extra water helped bring out the "oxide" look of the inks.  Once I got the look I wanted, I stamped the Impression Obsession Coffee Ring image onto the background to give the background a coffee/distressed feel.

Here is a close up of the background:

To finish the card, I added the Happily Caffeinated sentiment and  Coffee Pot images to my background using black Versafine ink.

Here is a close up of the saying if you are having trouble reading it:

Need more coffee and tea inspiration?  Don't forget to visit the other designers!

Dina Kowal
Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

 Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon

 Kittie Caracciolo

Laura Fulcher 

 Vicki Garrett

IO CHA Blog Hop- Day 3

Welcome to the 2015 Impression Obsession Spring/CHA Release Blog Hop- Day 3

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

The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST.

Each day pay us a visit here and then head over and see our fabulous IO Design Team’s projects with our new stamps on their blogs (only one comment per blog per day please). Comment as you hop. Each comment that you leave gives you a chance to win!!!  The more blogs you visit each day… the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!!!

Every day (Monday Jan 5^th – Jan 9th), one of the IO designer blogs will be chosen randomly and a winner will be selected from comments on that blog at 10pm CT. The winner will be announced the following day along with the participating blogs for that day.

Two prizes will be awarded on the last day of the hop!

One winner will be for Friday’s comments and another will be chosen from all the comments left throughout the week. Both winners will be announced on Saturday January 10th.

So….if you miss a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!

Both Friday winners will be announced on the IO Blog on Saturday, January 10th.

Hi guys!  Today I want to talk about layering Cover a Card stamps to build up a background.  For my card, I started with a kraft notecard and stamped the Calico background on top (CC188) with brown pigment ink. 

I liked the Calico a lot, but it looked really regimented for the card I was designing.  I decided to add the Lg. Speck background (CC196) on top of it using the same brown ink.  You can really see the difference you get by adding a second pattern to the mix.  You could use two different inks for this technique for a completely different look.

Next, to tie in with my coffee theme, I stamped the Coffee Ring image (E13235) onto my background with Hero Arts Latte ink (perfect name, right?) 

For the finished card, I added the Coffee Time stamp (H777)) and the Pour Sip Sigh saying (B13250).

Today's hop list!

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

Have a great day!

IO Challenge- Friendship

So, I have to admit that when I was designing this card, I was planning to use the new "You've Been a Blessing" (C13226) saying, which was perhaps a bit more in the "friendship" category.  However, I have several friends that could really use a "perk up" card instead.  So, for my friendship cards, I made cards that I am currently sending to my friends.

To make the card, I used a paper kit from the Paper Cut.  Why not let someone do a lot of the cutting and layering for you?  I stamped the background over and over with the Coffee Beans stamp (D13230) and added the Perk Up saying and the Coffee Cup Stamp (C13231).  It was hard to take the picture, but the coffee cup is on the inside of the card and can be seen through the window.  The saying is popped up with some foam tape.

Very simple card and good to have as an emergency card for a friend who needs a little pick me up.

Need more friendship ideas?  Check out the work by the other designers:

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Ellen Taylor

Jeanne Streiff

Jenny Gropp

Karen Amidon

Kittie Caracciolo

Laura Fulcher - you are here

Vicki Garrett