March Release- Day 1

                                            Welcome to the March Release Hop!

March 15th - 17th The Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with NEW March 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 March Release week (March 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 participants:

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

Greetings friends. Today I am back with new bunny images to share. I am very fond of the new Rabbits, Rabbits Everywhere clear set because you can get very different looks from it. Here is the set:

Of course, I immediately had to make something with one of the crazy looking bunnies! For my card, I stamped my bunny onto kraft cardstock using a stamp positioner and black ink. I colored the bunny with colored pencils and then overstamped him with more black ink so that you could see the lines better. A stamp positioner is crucial for this.

Next, I masked the bunny and added some yellow and orange panpastel chalk to the corner. I stamped the edges with geometric designs and brown ink and then added some white and yellow colored pencil to the lines to add some extra dimension.

How about a very different bunny and a very different look from the same set?

For the second card, I used a bunny that I stamped and colored using Copic markers. I then cut him out and added him to some IO patterned paper and a die cut grassy hill. I then popped up a tag with a fun spring sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you will stop by again tomorrow for the next hop day!
 

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Card 1

CL1336 Rabbits, Rabbits Everywhere

CS1222 Hello Friend

CL1338 Borders and Bits Series 2

Card 2

CL1336 Rabbits, Rabbits Everywhere

CL1319 Chicken In  (for the Spring sentiment)

DIE826 Grass Border set

DIE1315 Stitched Squares die set

PP056 Vintage Garden Paper

September Limited Edition Set- Day 1

 

 

September 1st & 2nd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the September Limited Edition red rubber stamp set. 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 Limited Edition Set release week (September 1st – 8th) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

 

Here is a list of the participating designers:

Impression Obsession Blog
Laura Williams
Vicki Garrett
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher

 

 

 

 

Greetings friends. The September Limited Edition rubber stamp set is here and is loaded with fun fall images to color:

 

For my card, I stamped my image onto kraft cardstock using black IO ink and a stamp positioner. When the ink was dry, I colored my design with colored pencils, put the image back into the stamp positioner and stamped it a second time.

For the background, I used some of the new Halloween paper that works well for occasions other than Halloween. Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Impression Obsession Items Used:

RRSET0923 September Red Rubber Limited Edition set

PP046 Bats for Halloween paper

Day 2 January Release

 Welcome to the January Limited Release Rubber Kit

January1st & 2nd the IO Team will be sharing new projects with the January Limited Edition red rubber stamp set.

 

You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event.

 

We will be giving away TWO Impression Obsession Grab Bags for the event so the more you comment through our blog hop the more chances to win!

 

All comments for each of the event days will be open until Tuesday January 10th at 8pm CT

 

All winners will be announced on Wednesday January 11th on the Impression Obsession Blog.

 

Here is a list of today's participating designers:

IO Stamps Blog
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Angela Bode
Dina Kowal

 Greetings friends. I am sharing two more cards with you today. The first one uses vellum. I stamped the image and sentiment onto the vellum with Black Staz On and then colored it from behind with Copic markers. You have to color the image from behind or it will smear the ink. I added some glue dots behind the brown brads to hold the vellum onto the card. Vellum can be tricky to attach since you can often see the adhesive, but his was a way to hide the tape.

For the second card, I used a stamp positioner and stamped the heart and sentiment onto kraft cardstock with black Impression Obsession ink and then colored it with colored pencils. I even added a little bit of light blue pencil around the heart to make it "pop" more.  I put the card back into my stamp positioner and stamped the heart once again so that all the details of the flowers and leaves would be nice and crisp. 

For both cards today, I paired them with paper from the Homespun Floral Christmas pack. Just because some packs are released for Christmas doesn't mean you can't use them year- round!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

January Red Rubber Cling Stamp Set RRSET0123

 

Homespun Floral Christmas paper pack PP006

More with the October Red Rubber Kit

                                     Welcome to the October Limited Edition Kit Blog Hop!

 

October 1st & 2nd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the NEW October Release stamps, dies, stencils and paper packs! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day.

 

We will be giving away TWO Impression Obsession Grab Bags for the event, so the more you comment through our Kit Release Celebration the more chances to win!

 

All comments for each of the event days will be open until Friday October 7th at 8pm CT

All winners will be announced on Saturday October 9th on the Impression Obsession Blog.

 

Here is a list of today's participating designers:

IO Stamps Blog

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Jeanne Streiff

Laura Fulcher

Greetings friends. Today I thought I would share two cards using the rest of the images in the October cling kit. I hoped that having a sample with each of the stamps would be helpful. For both cards, I only used the new stamps. I didn't add any extra dies or patterned paper.

Here is a reminder of what comes in the October Kit:

For the first card, I decided that rather than coloring the cornucopia and leaves, I would sponge some autumn colored chalks onto my cream cardstock and let that act as the color for the card. I then stamped the images in top on black. It made for a really quick and easy card that can be mass produced.

For the second card, I masked off the card so that I could sponge Distress Ink in the open area and stamp my leaves and sentiment on top. Technically, when I removed the masks I was left with a one layer card, but I added some metallic bronze washi tape to the top and bottom. I'm not sure if the washi tape counts as a second layer.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Have you started making fall cards yet?

Impression Obsession Items Used:

October Limited Edition Red Rubber KIT1022

IO- Old is New

 

Sometimes we get so busy with new released stamps that we forget about our old favorites. The Impression Obsession team has set aside a day this month to share some new projects using some great older stamps. You can see the list of today’s participants on the Impression Obsession Blog

Greetings friends. I want to share two cards with older stamps with you.

For the first card, I stamped my flowerpot onto kraft cardstock with black Impression Obsession ink using my MISTI stamp positioner. I colored the flowers and pot with Prismacolor pencils and then placed the kraft cardstock back into my stamp positioner to re-stamp my flowerpot in black ink. Restamping the image really gives you a dark outline, but it takes a bit of time to dry since you are stamping onto a waxy, colored pencil surface.

To finish my card, I added a sentiment that I often use when I don't know what to say and layered everything onto a green notecard I had stamped with a herringbone design.

 

 

The second card is a good one to use for the upcoming warm weather. I stamped my chairs in black Memento ink and then colored them with yellow and orange Copic markers. I then masked my yellow/orange chairs and stamped the sky in blue and the ground in green. To fill in areas, I sponged some blue chalk into the sky and some green chalk onto the ground. I also added a bit of green colored pencil to the grass tufts so that they would stand out a bit more.

Don't forget, there is a huge sale going on at Impression Obsession in case there is something you had your eye on:

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Flower Pot Card

A17317 Faith, Hope Love

E12343 Big Flower Pot

CC112 Cover a Card Herringbone

 

 

Escape Card

E21380  Chairs

B13979 Quiet Places

J5750 Dirt Texture

CC215 Cover a Card Sky