IO/Flower Soft Blog Hop

We’re having fun being Patriotic today with Impression Obsession stamps and Flower Soft. You’ll be inspired by creative projects as you hop along the Designer’s blogs. 

PRIZES

One random comment author will be chosen by Impression Obsession to receive a $25.00 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate.

One random comment author will be chosen by Flower Soft to receive a $25.00 Flower Soft Gift Certificate.

Leave a comment on of the blog hop posts to be eligible to win. The more you comment the more chances you have to win!

WINNERS

Winners will be announced on June 30^th at the Impression Obsession and Flower Soft Blogs.

For my card, I knew immediately that I wanted to combine my Impression Obsession Stars with the Flower Soft "The Patriot" mix. I really like the red/white/blue Flower Soft combination and used it in conjunction with some 1/8" Redline tape to make a border around my stars. I thought it gave the finished card nice texture and dimension.

For the images, I stamped the IO Stars (K2189) and as well as the Let Freedom Ring saying (B3790) and then colored the stars with colored pencils. It is hard to tell from the picture, but I popped up the top left-hand star to add a bit more dimension. To finish the card, I added some clear gems and traced around each of the stars with a grey Copic marker.

Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to check out the other blogs for inspiration and more chances to win!

Hop list:

Flower Soft Blog

Impression Obsession Blog 

Jeanne Streiff 

Dina Kowal

Cibele Glazer

Lorie Southe

Jenny Gropp

Dawn Lusk

Vickie Harper

Linda Beeson

Daniela Dobson

Kittie Caracciolo

Deb Felts

Laura Fulcher (you are here)

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I'm Thankful For Challenge

Today, the Impression Obsession Challenge is "I'm Thankful For...."  Personally, I am thankful for so many things.  I am thankful that a family member's medical prognosis is better than expected.  I am thankful I will get to visit my mom for Mother's Day.  I am thankful for incredible friends and the crafting community.  I am also thankful the Washington Nationals finally won a game against the Atlanta Braves.

For today's challenge, I wanted to say I am so thankful for Spring flowers and warmer weather.  Our yard is in full bloom and so beautiful.  It makes my heart so happy just to look at it.

There are dogwoods:

And azaleas:

And assorted flowers:

Beautiful!

For my card, I used the Dogwood stamp (E12002) and tried to color it like the dogwoods in our yard.  They are mostly white with a little pink at the edges and yellow centers.  I used watercolor pencils for the edges and some yellow Flower Soft for the center.

For my background, I combined the Cover a Card Rolling Waves (CC123) and Cover a Card Circle Fusion 2 (CC110).  I layered blue Colorbox Chalk inks to represent the blue sky we had today, but when I find a combination of backgrounds I like, I often stamp more in other colors.  I stamped an extra background in browns to use at a later date:

Need more IO inspiration? Check out what 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!

Flower Soft/Impression Obsession Blog Hop

Welcome everyone! Are you ready to play? The Impression Obsession and Flower Soft design teams have joined forces to create a fun blog hop. Not only are there lots of projects to inspire you, but there are prizes as well! Make sure you leave comments on each of the blog hop posts since four comments at random will be drawn to win one four $25 gift certificates (2 provided by Impression Obsession, and 2 provided by Flower Soft). Prize winners will be announced on the Impression Obsession blog and Flower Soft blog on Wednesday, August 18th. Good luck!

If you didn't start at the beginning of the hop, please go to the Flower Soft blog and start with the first post.

My Halloween card features an Impression Obsession Large Square Shaker (SHPO1) filled with an equal mix of Bright Orange and Black Flower Soft. The nice thing about Flower Soft is that you can mix any colors you like together to get the look you want. You can mix orange and black for Halloween, pink and red for Valentine's Day, an assortment of greens for St. Patrick's Day, etc...

To prevent the Flower Soft from sticking to my shaker, I wiped the paper and plastic shaker with a used dryer sheet to cut down on the static. I prefer a used dryer sheet because fresh ones then to scratch the plastic.

Underneath the shaker, I stamped the new Bat Silhouette (D204) using black Versafine ink and colored the moon with a yellow watercolor pencil and a Dove blender pen. To create the two patterns on the card, I stamped the Cover a Card Screen (CC049) with black Versafine ink and embossed the Cover a Card Swirls and Stars (CC054) with black embossing powder.


Here is a closeup of the card so you can see what Flower Soft looks like as a shaker card filler:



I hope you enjoyed my project! It is now time to hop to the next blog:

Kelli Richardson - I Made This Myself

If you want more inspiration after the hop, be sure to check out Flower Soft TV and the Impression Obsession blog. Both are loaded with great ideas and projects!