Sketch Challenge

 

 

 

Greetings friends. I was in the mood to do a sketch challenge and decided to do the Freshly Made Sketches challenge of the week (number 684):

 

 

My original plan was to do a Cinco de Mayo card. However, as you can tell from the image and sentiment I chose, that plan went awry. The sentiment made me laugh, and I have plans to turn it into a birthday card for one of my friends.

 

To make the card, I chose three colors of cardstock and freehand cut some slits to look like pinata streamers/fringe. To match the sketch, I added a different paper element to the right. I thought about using patterned paper, but I didn't like the results as much as embossed white cardstock.

 

The maracas were colored with Copic markers and then popped up with some foam tape. The stamp set is by Impression Obsession, which is now discontinued, but the circle dies and embossing folder are both by Memory Box.

 

I am also posting this on Instragram. If you want to follow me there, my Instagram account is called Stampjournal. Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Laura

Day 2- February Release

                                                Welcome to the February Release Hop!

February 15th - 17th The Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with NEW February 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 February release week (February 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 designers:

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

Greetings friends. Today I am sharing two samples that use the new Snark-asm clear set. This is what it looks like:

For both cards, I used Copic markers for the coloring and paired the colored images with paper from the new Quilted Grunge paper pack:

I am such a sucker for humorous stamped images.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you will stop by tomorrow for more samples from the new release!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

Horrible Idea Card

CL1290 Snark-asm

PP052 Quilted Grunge paper

DIE1306 Rounded Rectangle 2 die

DIE1315 Stitched Squares die set

 

 

Therapist Card:

CL1290 Snark-asm

PP052 Quilted Grunge paper

DIE1315 Stitched Squares die set

November Release Day 1

Welcome to the November Release Hop!

November 15th & 16th The Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the NEW clear stamps, dies stencils and paper packs! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event.

Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during June release week (November 15th – 22nd) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

Here is the list of participating designers:

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

Greetings friends. Unfortunately, this card really seems to encapsulate my life lately. I am pretty sure I am behind on everything. I couldn't resist sharing it with you today as the November release launches. This is the clear set that includes both the image and the sentiment:

Isn't the set so much fun? I love it. I stamped the hippo onto a white tag and then colored him with Copic markers. For the background, I used the new Plaid paper pack:

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you will stop by tomorrow for another new release sample.

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CL1233 A Little Behind

PP039 Basic Plaids

DIE1058 Stitched Tag

Theme Day- Funny Cards

Greetings friends. It is time for another Impression Obsession theme day, and this time the theme is "Funny Cards." The IO May release has a lot of punny sentiments that work well for the theme.

If you would like to see all of the participating designers, you can find the list over on the Impression Obsession blog.

Greetings friends. My card today makes me smile and I think would be good to send to anyone, not just the people who fish in your life. 

To make the card, I cut out my fish and pail out of light grey cardstock and then airbrushed them with Copic markers to add a bit of dimension. I used a black pen to dot the eyes of the fish so that they would show up.

The background paper as well the handle of the pail come from the new Wood Grain paper pack. Quick and easy card with a smile.

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CL1181 Gone Fishing Clear set

DIE1222 Pail and Fish dies

PP033 Wood Grain paper pack

DIE814U Pinked Stitched Sentiment Banner

DIE1140 Butterfly and Scalloped Frame die (for the oval)

 

Ice Cream Kind of Day

 

Greetings friends. I hope your Memorial Day weekend has gone well. Everything has seemed a little heavy lately, so I thought I would post a more light-hearted card. It is also the perfect time to start making ice cream cards!

To make my card, I layered strips of paper onto white cardstock. I have been doing this technique a lot lately, and you might as well make more than one background at a time when you are working with your cardstock scraps.

Next, I die cut my ice cream cone out of kraft and pink cardstock before edging the bottom left side of both pieces with some Distress ink. It adds just a little bit of dimension.

I added my sentiment and then popped up the ice cream cone with a little foam tape.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CL1075 Ice Cream Sayings

DIE1098 Ice Cream Cone

IO- March Team Favorites

Welcome to the Impression Obsession March Team Favorites Hop!

The Impression Obsession Designers are sharing their favorite projects from this month’s release today!

We will be giving away THREE Impression Obsession Grab Bags - so the more you comment through our Favorites Hop the more chances to win! Comments will be open until Tuesday March 20^th at 8pm CT. All winners will be announced on Wednesday March 30^th  on the Impression Obsession Blog.

Designers Participating in the hop:

IO Stamps Blog
Laura Williams
Susan Wymer
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher

 

Greetings friends. My favorites from the new release are the new Popsicle die and coordinating sentiments. Granted, the sentiment I used for the first card might not be for everyone, but it made me laugh. I have been needing some laughs lately, so there you go. Here are the other sentiments that you could choose to use:

I think it is safe to say that the sentiments run the gamut of occasions you might want to send a card. To make the first card, I cut out the parts of the popsicle die using gradients of color and glitter paper and then popped up the sweets using some foam tape. I finished with attaching some coordinating epoxy  stickers.

The second card uses a scrap of watercolor paper I had on hand. the paint had dripped and made weird puddles, but when I cut out the best parts, I was left with a section I really liked. I finished the card by adding another of my popsicle dies.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Impression Obsession Items Used:

DIE1174 Popsicle

CL1121 Popsicle Sayings