Impression Obsession- Diecut Obsession

 

Greetings friends. Today the IO designers are celebrating dies, so I thought I would share a couple with you.  Thee first is the fortune cookie die and the second is the pinked edge frame.

I love the fortune cookie die!  I think it is such a fun way to deliver a message.  You could use the fortunes stamp set, or you could personalize the message any way you want.  I cut out my fortune cookie using kraft cardstock and then stamped on top of it with the fortune cookie stamp from the Fortunes clear stamp set.  I thought it looked a bit too plain, so I shaded it a bit with a brown and a yellow color pencil.  the good new is the fortune cookie has cross hatch lines on it that help you figure out what to color.

Next, I layered my cookie onto the Pinked Edge Frame.  This is a fantastic die to use because it adds a bit of interest and design to the card without detracting from whatever you are trying to frame.

To finish the card, I made my own background paper.  I stamped the Diagonal Weave die onto cream cardstock using Versamark ink.  I then embossed it with gold embossing powder.  I liked the glossy look and raised dimension of the embossed background a lot.

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Fortunes CL1043

Fortune Cookie DIE1014-C

Pinked Edge Frame DIE931-Y

Diagonal Weave CC174

IO Challenge- Flowers for Friends

Greetings friends. The theme this time combines two wonderful things...friends and flowers.  I'm not going to lie, I have had a really rough start to the year, and I am eternally grateful to my friends and all of the support I have received.  It is not a bad idea to make some cards for them to let them know.  Of course, it doesn't hurt to use my favorite flower....the peony.

For today's card, I did one of my favorite techniques which is to stamp on kraft cardstock with black ink, coloring the image with colored pencils (which show up beautifully on kraft) and then restamping the image with black ink to put the lines back in.

Here are the two steps:

Here you can see my peony in the MISTI stamp positioner.  I had stamped it in black and then colored it with the pencils.  Notice how light the lines got after I had colored everything.  It is really nice not having to worry about the lines though!

Because I had used a stamp positioner, I could then put the paper back in my MISTI and stamp the lines back on the my flower.

To finish the card, I edged it with Tea Dye Distress Oxide ink and added my sentiment.

Impression Obsession Items Used:
Peony L16428
So Very Loved B13775

Don't forget to visit the Impression Obsession blog to learn more about the challenge and to see the list of participating designers.

Spring New Release Day 2

Welcome to the Impression Obsession Spring Release Celebration- Day 2!

The Impression Obsession Spring Release Celebration starts today and goes all week long (January 7th- 11th).  Every day you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession blog at 6am.  Every single blog will have a $25 gift certificate to give away for the event- so the more you comment through the week, the more chances to win!  All  comments for all the event days will be open until Sunday, January 13th at noon CT.  All winners will be announced on Monday, December 14th.

All of the new stamps are available now! You can find them here

Greetings friends.  Do you ever make a card for yourself just because it makes you happy?  Well, this was my card to myself.  I had the sentiment from a previous release, and I knew I had to pair it with the new howling wolf image.  I will use the wolf in the future for nature cards or masculine cards, but for now, it is on a card to make me smile.

To make the card, I first created a galaxy background by sponging various Distress Oxide inks on top of white cardstock, sponged black Oxide ink on top of the colors and splattered the whole thing with watered down white acrylic paint.

For the moon, I diecut a circle out of cream cardstock and sponged the edges with Antique Linen Distress ink.  I stamped my wolf directly onto my cream circle with black Versafine ink and then placed a strip of black cardstock underneath the hill/wolf so that I had a space to white emboss my sentiment.

Impression Obsession items used:
Howling Wolf E23010
In My Defense C17170

Don't forget to visit the Impression Obsession blog to see the list of designers participating in the hop.

Also, don't forget to leave a comment to this post.  I will choose one comment at random this week to win a $25 Impression Obsession gift card.  Good luck.

IO Challenge- Splashes of Color

Greetings everyone!  Today's challenge is all about "splashes of color."  How do you interpret splashes of color?  For me, it meant watercolor.  What is the watercolor I have been using a lot lately?  The Ken Oliver Color Burst Powders.  I have been playing around with them a lot lately, so I thought I would share something I had made with them.  Heads up...tomorrow I will be participating in a blog hop between IO and Ken Oliver, so I will have more to show you then.

For this card, I started with a 140lb watercolor paper, spritzed it with water, and then sprinkled it with Ultramarine Blue and Pthalo Green powders.  Hint- a little goes a LONG way.  You need so much less powder than you think.  I spritzed the paper again to let the colors blend and then let the paper dry.  Once the paper was dry, I splattered some water onto the paper here and there to get a splattered effect on my background.  I let the background dry completely (this takes a long time) and then embossed the Cosmo Silhouette (H16156) and saying from the Everyday Words (CL636) clear set in white embossing powder. 

I hope you will visit the other designers to see their interpredation of "splashes of color."

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

IO CHA Blog Hop- Day 3

Welcome to day three of the Impression Obsession blog hop.  Today I am featuring another Halloween card and one of my favorite color combinations....lime green and purple.

To make the card, I stamped the Grunge Circles (E13120) multiple times in Versamark ink and embossed them with lime green powder.  I then added the Halloween Stamp (B14133) and colored it with Copic markers that matched my papers and embossed images.

Don't forget to check out the other designers in the blog hop for a chance to win prizes.

Blog Hop Details

We are having a $25 Gift Certificate drawing each day during the hop, with an extra drawing on Friday. Follow the guidelines below the DT participant list each day and you will be eligible to win. Start with the DT line-up below for today, then come on back and click on the direct link to the new stamps/dies/clear sets in the last paragraph below:

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

Rules for Drawing Eligibility
To be eligible for the $25 Gift Certificate drawings, Monday through Friday, and for the extra one on Friday you should:

•Leave a comment on the IO and each participating DT member's blog for that day.

•Posts are closed for each day at 10 p.m., EST, for that day's drawing.

•The winner(s) will be announced in the post for the next day.

•To be eligible to win the extra drawing Friday, you must have commented on each participating blog for each day (Monday through Friday). Posts close at 10 p.m., EST, Friday. (You can go back and catch up on comments to be eligible for the 5 day drawing on Friday.)

Join us for the week, tell your friends, and have fun every day.

Thanks for stopping by to look and share!!

Day 2- IO Sneak Peeks

Welcome to day two of the Impression Obsession sneak peeks. I am not sure that my picture shows some of the sparkle I added to the card, so I added a close-up picture:

Instead of using plain white embossing powder, I mixed some white ep (which really makes the snowflakes pop) with some Iridescent Sparkle ep (which makes the snowflakes sparkle). I also added a ton of rhinestones to the flakes as extra bling.

The snowflake (C10003) is another design by Hannah Davies, and the saying is once again from the All I Want for Christmas clear set (CL304). Isn't that a practical set?

Are you too anxious to see more? How about a link to the new Impression Obsession catalog with all the new images? You can find it here.

Want to see more design team samples? Check out what Need some purple inspiration? Check out what Deborah, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, and Julie created. Be sure to visit the various blogs since leaving comments will enter you to win a $25 IO gift certificate. You can find more information about that on the Impression Obsession blog.

Want to play along? You can find all of the information Impression Obsession blog.

Also, you have a chance to submit your own work for a chance to win another $25 IO gift certificate. On July 21st, Shirley will be posting contest information on the Impression Obsession blog. As a heads up, the theme will be to make a card using only Impression Obsession stamps (in case you want to get started now).