Day 2 of Impression Obsession's November Release

                                                Welcome to the November Release Blog Hop!

 

November 15th& 16th The IO Team will be sharing new projects with new products! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event.

 

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 Tuesday November 22nd at 8pm CT

 

All winners will be announced on Wednesday November 23rd on the Impression Obsession Blog.

 

Good luck!

 

Today's participating designers

 

Today's hop list:

Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff

 

Greetings friends. Today I want to share with you a couple of cards using the new Trees in Winter clear stamp set. For one of the cards, I made it look like a holiday card, but the second card is a more generic winter card. I like the versatility in  using the set year round.

Here is what the stamp set looks like:

 

 

For the first card, I stamped the pines twice. The back tree used pine ink and the front tree used olive. I then added my sentiment, some rhinestones and a bunch of washi tape.

 

For my second card, I masked off a center rectangle and then used a piece of scrap paper that I cut freehand to sponge in a couple of snowbanks. I removed my masks then added my tree as well as a sentiment and some die cut snowflakes.

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Card 1

CL1161 Trees in Winter clear set

Pine ink

Olive ink

Card 2

CL1161 Trees in Winter clear set

DIE100F Small Snowflake Set

 

Impression Obsession Theme Day- A Day at the Beach

We have set aside a day to share some fun themed projects! This month’s theme is "At the Beach"!

Have fun checking out what our Designers have made today. Today's participants can be found on the Impression Obsession Blog.

Greetings friends. For today's beach card, I used some watercolor paints and a Cover A Card background to create my own background paper and then created a foreground consisting of chalks and beach-themed dies.

To make the background, I started with 140lb watercolor paper and sprayed it with some Distress Ink Sprays and a little water. I let everything dry really well and then stamped it with my beach background stamp and blue ink.

For the beach scene, I first stamped the water area in dark blue ink and then colored the sky, water and sand with various chalks. To finish the scene, I added my die cut chair and popped up the cloud and sun with foam tape.

Here is a close up:

 

The water stamp I used is from a clear set that is being discontinued, so if it is something you are interested in, get it before it is gone. It is also on sale for 50% off.

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CC316 Mini Beach Print

DIE177K Beach Chairs 

DIE819N Stitched Clouds

DIE817V Big and Little Suns 

WP869 Floral Flamingo (50% off till they are gone)

Playing with Silhouettes

 

Greetings friends. The current Impression Obsession Challenge is all about silhouettes. I thought I would share with you my favorite silhouette from the new release. It is called Graveyard Scene.

To make the card, I took some glossy cardstock, sponged some Distress Ink on top to create a sunset and finished by stamping my image in black ink. Really quick and easy. I finished by making it a slimline card (3 1/2" x 8 1/2") so that it could be mailed in a simple business envelope.

If you would like more information on the silhouette challenge and participate with us, you can find everything on the Impression Obsession Blog.

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Graveyard Scene 3271LG

Theme Day- Friends

 

The Impression Obsession design team has set aside a day to share some fun themed projects! This month’s theme is friends!

Have fun checking out what our Designers have made today. Today's participants can be found on the Impression Obsession Blog

 

Greetings friends. This might not be the friend card you were anticipating, but I have to say, coffee is a really good friend of mine. I love this new stamp set. It has so many good sayings:

 

To make the card, I started with light purple cardstock and die cut it with the new big mug die. I then sponged it with darker colors of purple ink so that it would look like it had some shading. I hope you will join us celebrating your friends!

 

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Coffee Mug Sayings CL1070

Big Mug DIE1095-Q

August Release Hop- Day 2

 

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

 

Each day (August 2nd & 3rd) 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 9th at midnight CT. All winners will be announced on Tuesday August 10th 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 designers:

 

Impression Obsession Blog

Jeanne Streiff

Kia Gibson Clapper

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams

Lee Ann Barrett

Vicki Garrett

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Ilina Crouse

 

 

Greetings friends. We did a card with a pun yesterday, so of course, we need to do another pun card! I really love the new Mixed Veggie Sayings clear set because it is loaded with puns and it pairs really well with the new veggie dies.

To make the card, I cut out my tomatoes out of red and green cardstock and then added a bit of shading by sponging on some Distress Ink. Here is a close up so that you can see the shading:

 

 

To finish the card, I made a background using the houndstooth Cover a Card background and added my sentiment and rhinestones

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Mixed Veggie Sayings CL1074

Tomato DIE1104 

Houndstooth Cover a Card CC064

August Release Hop- Day 1

 

Welcome to the Impression Obsession August 2021 Release Celebration!

 

Each day (August 2nd & 3rd) 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 9th at midnight CT. All winners will be announced on Tuesday August 10th 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 designers:

Impression Obsession Blog

Jeanne Streiff

Kia Gibson Clapper

Laura Fulcher (you are here)

Laura Williams

Lee Ann Barrett

Vicki Garrett

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Ilina Crouse

 

 Greetings friends. I wanted to start the blog hop off with an image that just made me smile. I will admit it, I wanted the clear stamp sent mainly for the sentiment. I know a lot of people who are going through hard times right now and I thought this was a good way to acknowledge that while adding a bit of humor.

To make the card, I stamped my mushroom onto cream cardstock using black Versafine ink. I then sponged the whole thing with various colors of brown Distress ink. To give the mushroom a bit of interest, I lightly spritzed the mushroom cap with some water to make it speckled. 

For the background of the card, I stamped my argyle cover a card background onto watercolor paper with black versfine ink and then colored the sections with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and a waterbrush.

To finish the card, I cut out my mushroom, die cut a rectangle frame and stamped my sentiment. Simple!

Here is a close up:

 

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Mushrooms Happen CL1077

Rounded Corner Sentiments 2 DIE1101

Dotted Argyle CC175

 

 

IO Theme Day- At the Beach

We have set aside a day to share some fun themed projects! This month’s theme is "At the Beach."

Have fun checking out what our designers have made today. Today's participants can be found on the Impression Obsession Blog

 

 

Greetings friends. For this month's "At the Beach" challenge, I wanted to create a card with my mom in mind. She loves her lighthouses, so this card is definitely for her.

To make the card, I used removable tape to create my horizon and sponged blue underneath the line. Next, I masked a circle on the horizon and stamped the rays in light brown ink on top. I sponged colors to make my sunrise and then removed my circle mask. As a final step, I stamped my lighthouse in dark brown ink. The lighthouse and grass are actually part of the same stamp.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Lighthouse P13996

Rays P13997

Impression Obsession Spring Release Hop- Day 4

Welcome to the Impression Obsession 2018 Spring 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 

January 22rd - January 26th.

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 on all posts until 9pm CT on Sunday January 28th 

and all winners will be announced January 29th.

Greetings friends.  Spring is coming!  It really, really is.   I get so excited to start stamping bunnies, eggs, and flowers.

For my card today, I created a background by masking the bottom and right side of white cardstock with strips of 1/4" Eclipse Masking tape.  I then sponged Distress Inks in the corner to give the impression of sky and grass.  I let the sponged color fade into white so that it was a subtle accent for my sentiment.

For the bunny, I stamped him onto 140lb watercolor paper with Zig Clean Color Brush markers and softened everything with a waterbrush.  Tip for coloring the bunny- color the outside edges darker and the inside parts lighter so that it looks like you have a curved head and body.  I took a class with Dave Brethauer years ago where he said it is very important not to color too darkly in the center of an animal's face, especially near the eyes.  He said that the animals often start to look a bit crazy if you color too darkly around the eyes.  That bit of advice has always stuck with me.  Plus, it is easier to see the eyes if you don't color too darkly.  Here is a closeup:

I don't know if you can tell from the picture, but the bunny circle and black matting behind it are popped up on the card with some foam tape.

Impression Obsession Items Used:
Baby Bunny C19715
Hoppy Bunny  C19670

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

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

Jenny Gropp

Karen Amidon

Kelli Hull

 Kittie Caracciolo 

Laura Fulcher

Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- Ghoulish Greetings

Greetings everyone!  The new die blog hop is over, but it is time for another Impression Obsession challenge.  I absolutely love making Halloween cards, and I thought I would share one of the cards from my upcoming class on Sunday where we will make 10 quick and easy Halloween cards.


For this particular card, I wanted to do something that was a little nontraditional.  There are no bats, cats, or witches.  I just took some trees and added a really big moon behind them.  There is just something eerie about a really big full moon.

To make the card, I stamped the Spooky Trees (H7759) onto white cardstock with black ink.  I then added a circle mask where I wanted the moon to be:

Next, I sponged the sky with Distress Inks (Stormy Sky, Seedless Preserves, Concord Grape, Black Soot):

 

I trimmed the white cardstock, layered it onto a grey notecard, and added a saying (Spooktacular).

Want more "spooky" inspiration?  Check out the other designers:

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher

Inspired By a Quote

Today's Impression Obsession challenge is all about quotes.  IO has a ton of beautiful quotes in various fonts, so it was really hard to chose one.  I decided on the "In All Things" quote (B3670) and paired it with the Fern Stem (G9045).

For the card itself, I challenged myself to keep it simple and only use one layer.  I wanted the focus to be on the quote and the leaf.

To make the card, I first applied a mask to the edges of my card.  Then, I sponged some Bundled Sage and Tumbled Glass Distress ink on the card and had it fade as it approached the center of the card.  I made sure to add the ink first to the right hand side of the card so that side would end up darker than the center.  I removed the mask then added the fern in Spanish Moss and Olympia Versafine ink and the quote with black Versafine ink.

Need more quote inspiration? Check out what the other designers have created:

Anna Wight (brand new IO designer)
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher (you are here)
Vicki Garrett

Want to play along? You can find all the information here, and you could even win a $25 IO gift certificate!

IO Die Blog Hop- Day 2

Welcome to day two of the die blog hop! For today's card I used the Cattails die set (DIE087-P). It looks like I used several different die sets, but the dragonflies and the cattails are in the same set. When I first designed the card, I cut everything out in white and then started coloring the diecut pieces with markers. I decided that I didn't like it as much as I did the version where everything was cut in dark green paper with brown marker on the cattail tips and glitter added to the dragonfly wings. To finish the card, I layered everthing onto a Distress Ink background and added the Happiest Things saying (D14072).

Want to see other samples with the new dies and have a chance to win a great prize? Here is what you need to do:

Participant Drawing Guidelines

• Starting today through Thursday, September 5, comment on each participating blog for that day.
• The deadline for comments for each day will be 10 p.m. EST.
• There will be a drawing on each day for 3 Dies or Die Sets of the winner's choice.
• The winner for each day will be announced in the next day's post.
• On Thursday, September 5, we will have our regular challenge for all of you.

Blogs to visit today:

Impression Obsession Blog
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher (you are here)
Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- Words of Encouragement

Today the IO challenge is all about words of encouragement. What could be more encournaging than advice from "the Duke" John Wayne? I really like the new cowboy silhouettes and sayings that Dina Kowal created.

For today's card, I added some Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade, Festive Berries, and Chiiped Sapphire Distress Ink to white cardstock and then spritzed everything with Gold Shimmer Spritz to blend the colors. I then added the Rodeo Silhouette 2 (D13166) and Courage Is saying (D13150) saying in black ink. Here is a close-up of the shimmer from the gold Shimmer Spritz:

Need to get more encouraging insparation? Check out the cards by other IO designers:
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher (you are here)
Vicki Garrett

Bloom Where You are Planted Challenge

Today I made a one-layer flower card for the Bloom Where You are Planted challenge.  I started out going through all my coloring tools and thought about using watercolor pencils or Copic markers to color the flowers.  Then I completely changed my mind and decided to color everything but the flowers.  My first idea was to mask the flowers and then color the rest of the card with Distress Inks.  I modified that plan a bit and masked an extra frame in the center of the card. 

To make the card, I stamped the Poppy Pair (J8956) onto a white card with black Versafine ink.  I then masked the flowers and masked a center frame using Eclipse tape.  I then added some Tumbled Glass, Broken China, and Salty Ocean Distress Inks to the areas that weren't masked and sponged some purple ink underneath the flowers for shading.  To finish the card, I spritzed it with water to blend the inks and add some splotches of color.


Need more floral inspiration? Check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, Kittie, and Vicki created. Want to play along? You can find all the information here, and you could even win a $25 IO gift certificate!

 

One-Layer Fall Card

Today's Impression Obsession challenge is all about fall cards. The picture of my fall card makes the finishing spray look a little odd and doesn't really show the gold metallic spray very well. Here is a close up of the shine:

To make the card, I masked off areas with some Eclipse Tape strips and then sponged the card with Tea Dye, Old Paper, Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw, and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink.  I then stamped the wheat and saying from the CL406 We Gather Together clear set using brown Versafine ink.  I then colored the wheat with assorted fall Prismacolor pencils (Henna, Goldenrod, Jasmine, Limepeel, Chocolate).  To finish the card, I spritzed the whole thing with gold shimmer spray.
 
Need more fall inspiration? Check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Kittie, and Vicki created. Want to play along? You can find all the information here, and you could even win a $25 IO gift certificate!

Don't forget that you can find Impression Obsession on Twitter, Pinterest, and Facebook!

Day 4- Fly Away

Today is day four of the Blog Hop and has the added theme of "Fly Away."  I thought it was the perfect opportunity to show you the brand new Bird Line (G13030) image. I really like to work with solid images because they give you all kinds of technique opportunities. For my card today, I stamped the birds onto some patterned paper from the Basic Grey Plumeria line. I embossed them with clear embossing powder and then let them cool completely. I then added some Peacock Feathers and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks on top of the patterned paper so that it covered up a lot of the plaid. The embossed birds resisted the ink and allowed the plaid to show through. When I spritzed the paper with some Gold Shimmer Spritz (Colorbox), it added a metallic sheen to the paper. Here is a close-up of the metallic quality of the card:

 

In my final picture, I wanted to show you how much patterned paper changes when you add ink on top of it. You really can get a lot of looks out of one piece of paper depending on the inks you choose:

Remember, we are having a blog hop every day this week to feature the new Impression Obsession products.  Here is the information you need to know to win an IO gift certificate:

• A Gift Certificate Drawing will be held every day and an extra one on Friday.
• To be eligible to win each day leave a comment on the blog for each participating DT member. 
  
• Posts are closed for each day at 10 p.m., EST, for that day's drawing.
• The winners will be announced in the post for the next day.
• To be eligible to win on the extra drawing Friday you must have commented on each DT blog participating on each day (Monday through Friday).  Posts closed at 10 p.m.. EST
• (You can go back and catch up on comments to be eligible for the 5 day drawing on Friday.)

Here is a list of designers who are participating today (besides me):

Dina 

Jeanne 

Jenny 

Julie

Vicki 

If at any point during the week you get confused, just visit the Impression Obsession blog.  Shirley will help keep you on track and will answer any of your questions.  Good luck!
 

Sympathy Card

Welcome to the fourth day of the Impression Obsession sneak peek week. Today's photo ended up with a bit of a glare, so I appologize for that. The close-up lets you see the colors a bit better:

To make the card, I added some red, orange, and purple Distress Ink to a piece of white cardstock using a foam blending tool. I didn't realize that the paper had a subtle texture to it until I finished adding the colors. I then blended the colors by spritzing the paper with some gold Shimmer Spritz. After letting the paper dry completely, I embossed the new Dandelion Stem (F8714) and saying from the Sympathy Sentements clear set (CL114) with black powder. To finish the card, I added a layer of gold metallic paper to bring out the gold in the spray.

Need more inspiration? Check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, and Vicki created.

Don't forget to leave comments for your chance to win an Impression Obsession gift certificate!

You Make me Smile

Welcome to day three of the Impression Obsession sneak peek week. I hope you have been enjoying it so far!

For today's card, I used the Darling Dahlia flower (H8715), Circle Fusion 2 background (CR002), and You make me smile saying (C8761).

To color the flower, I stamped it twice onto white cardstock, sponged yellow, orange, and red Distress Inks on top and sprayed it with some gold Tsukineko Shimmer Spritz. I then highlighted parts of the flower with a white Prismacolor pencil. I don't know if you can tell from the photo, but I cut out the center of the flower and popped it up onto the background flower to give it a bit of dimension.

Want to see more new images? Check out what Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, and Vicki created. Don't forget to leave comments. One person a day will win a $25 IO gift certificate. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the designer's blogs as well as the IO blog. If you leave comments all week long, you will be in the running to win a $50 IO gift certificate. Good luck!

Want to play along? You can find all the information here, and you could even win a $25 IO gift certificate!

IO Challenge- Halloween/Favorite Costume

I feel like such a lucky blogger in that I was able to make Halloween cards for the last two IO Challenges. Halloween really is my favorite stamping subject matter! For today's challenge, we were supposed to make a card dedicated to Halloween or our favorite costume. My favorite past costumes were dressing as a Christmas tree with lights, going with three other friends as the four seasons (I was winter), or the year I went as a mouse caught in a trap. I figured the first two costumes would make cards that looked like Christmas rather than Halloween, and well, the mouse was kind of gruesome. I decided to stick with just making a Halloween card.

For the background of my card, I started with a sage notecard and first stamped it with the Canvas Cover a Card background (CC073) in Colorbox chalk Ice Jade ink. I still maintain that the Canvas stamp is the most versatile background you can use on cards. It adds just a little texture to a plain notecard. Next, I stamped the Damask Cover a Card background (CC081) on top with black VersaFine ink. What is it about damask that works so well with Halloween cards?

For the center of the card, I cut out a light yellow oval and black lacy oval using my Nestability dies. I stamped the Bat Silhouette (D2405) on the yellow cardstock using black Memento ink and then sponged Tea Dye, Mustard Seed, Shabby Shutters, and Black Soot Distress inks around the image.

Need more challenge inspiration? Check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, and Vicki created. Also, there has been a change to the IO Design Team. Kathy Menzies has stepped down and Vicki Garrett has joined the team. Be sure to check out Vicki's blog and welcome her to the team. She is one talented lady!

Want to play along? You can find all of the information here, and you could even win a $25 Impression Obsession gift certificate!