Impression Obsession Team Favorites

 

 

 

Greetings friends. Today the design team is sharing their favorites from the January release. If you would like to see all the designers' projects, you can find them on the Impression Obsession blog.

My favorite product from the new release is a clear set called "Paint Power." This is what it looks like:

I think it would appeal to a lot

I think it would appeal to a lot of people who enjoy making an inky mess. My first card was quick and easy. I simply stamped my splotches in multiple colors and colored my paintbrush with watercolor pencils and a blender pen.

For my second card, I created a watercolor background and then cut out my paint tube that I had colored with Copic markers. Both cards took hardly any time, and I really like having a stash of cards to send to my crafty friends.

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CL1200 Paint Power

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

 

Greetings friends. Today it is time to share with you the brand new October Limited Edition Red Rubber kit.  This is what the kit looks like. It is loaded with images for fall and Thanksgiving:

I have two cards to share with you using the new kit. I used decorative paper and a tag die on the two cards, but it is very important to me to only use stamps from the kit to make the samples. I wanted to make sure that if you wanted to recreate anything, you would have all the images to do so.

For the Turkey card, I cut out a white tag and then added my turkey and sentiment on top using black Impression Obsession ink. When the ink was dry, colored the turkey with some watercolor pencils and a blender pen. The blender pen has glycerin in it and therefore doesn't warp the paper as much as a paintbrush and water would. For the background, I used paper from the Fall Floral 6" x 6" pack. I knew they would all coordinate well with each other.

For my second card, I used the same exact tag, but this time I stamped the image with black Memento ink and colored it with Copic Markers. I then popped up the tag with a little bit of foam tape. The background of this card is from the Autumn Scenes 6" x 6" pack, which I thought paired well with the corn:

 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you will stop by again tomorrow for inspiration in using the rest of the stamps from the October Kit.

Impression Obsession Items Used:

October Limited Edition Red Rubber Kit RRKIT1022

Plaid Tag DIE868-Z

Fall Floral 6" x 6" paper pack PP005

Autumn Scenes 6" x 6" paper pack PP002

Impression Obsession Patterned Paper

Greetings friends! Today some of the Impression Obsession designers are sharing projects using some of the new Impression Obsession patterned papers. You can find a complete list of participating designers on the Impression Obsession blog.

The 6" x 6" packs are scaled for cardmaking, and there are already quite a few in the collection. More will be arriving soon.. If you would like to see all the patterned packs,you can view them here:

I love Halloween, and the Vingage Halloween pack really speaks to me. I used up some of my scraps to place in the Scalloped Nine Patch frame to really highlight each of the patterns. One of the nice thing about using a paper pack is that you know all the papers will coordinate.

For the bat part of the card, I stamped the moon and bat, which are both in the Batty Halloween clear set, using Impression Obsession black ink. I colored the bat using watercolor pencils and a blender pen so that I had a bit more control over the paint than if I had colored it with watercolor paint.

Here is a close up of the paper and the colored bat:

This is what the papers in the Vintage Halloween pack look like:

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

PP007 Vintage Halloween paper pack

CL1141 Batty Halloween clear set

DIE934-ZZ Scalloped Nine Patch die

Impression Obsession June Kit Release

                                    

                                 Welcome to the June Limited Release Rubber Kit Hop!

 

June 6th– 8th the IO Team will be sharing new projects with the June 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 THREE 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 Saturday June 11th at 8pm CT

All winners will be announced on Sunday June 12th on the Impression Obsession Blog.

 

June 6tht – June Kit Hop Day 1

Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher (you are here)

 

Don't forget to visit the Impression Obsession Blog June 7th and June 8th for the designers who will be participating in the daily hops!

Greetings friends! The June kit is here and is loaded with nautical-themed images in time for summer. My mom is a huge lighthouse fan, so of course, I had to start with the lighthouse image.

 

To make the card, I first started with a light blue notecard and stamped it with the Rainbow Scales Cover a Card background in Navy ink.

 

Next, I stamped the lighthouse and compass onto 140lb watercolor paper using black Verafine ink. I then colored the scene using a combination of waterolor paints and watercolor pencils with a blender pen. Watercolor pencil work really well for tiny areas that need to be colored and larger areas such as the sky work better with watered-down watercolor paint.

 

To finish the card, I stamped my sentiment with the same Navy ink as the background design.

 

Here is a close up:

 

 These are all the images and coordinating sentiments that come in the limited edition June kit:

 

Impression Obsession Items Used:

CC432 Rainbow Scales
RRKIT0622 June Red Rubber Cling Kit

Navy Ink

Blog Hop Winner and Unbearably Awesome Bear

Greetings friends.  The winners of  last week's Impression Obsession blog hop are going to be announced over on the Impression Obsession blog today.  We thought it would be easier to list all of the winners in one location.  To see if you are a winner, here is a link:

Impression Obsession Blog

Even though the blog hop with the latest release is over, I wanted to share a card I made with two of the new stamps.

To make the card, I first used a rectangle die to emboss the shape of the die onto my card.  To emboss with a die rather than cut with it, you need to have one of those rubber mats that allows a die to press into the rubber rather than cut through to the plastic plate of your die cutting machine.

For the stamping, I added the new Balloon Bear and Unbearably Awesome images with black Versafine ink and then colored using watercolor pencils and a blender pen.  I love a one layer card!

Impression Obsession Items Used:
Balloon Bear D15150
Unbearably Awesome B15158

IO Valentine Release Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the Impression Obsession Valentine Release Blog Hop!

We have some beautiful new stamps to share AND a Gift Certificates to give away!

The hop will run for 3 days (12/4/17 -12/6/17) with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day at 6am EST. Visit our fabulous IO Design Team’s blogs (only one comment per blog please) for a chance to win one of FOUR $25 Gift Certificates!

The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!! Four random winners will be picked from all comments on all of the hop days (only one comment per blog per day please).
Comment entries will be open until 9pm CT on Sunday Decmeber 10th and all winners will be announced Monday December 11th. Good luck!

All of the new stamps you'll be seeing on the hop are available NOW at www.iostamps.com

Christmas is just around the corner, but I have already moved on to Valentines!  It is a good thing too because  Impression Obsession has a brand new Valentine release.

For my card today, I started with some 140lb watercolor paper and sprinkled it with some Colorburst powders and spritzed it with enough water to give it a mottled blue background.  Once the background was completely dry, I stamped the new  Dot Background G20417 in IO Peacock ink.

In the next part, I stamped the new Tattoo Heart (D19684) onto white cardstock with IO Black ink and then colored it with watercolor pencils and a blender pen.  to finish the card, I popped up the central panel and added a clear rhinestone to the heart banner.

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

Chris Dayton

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

Karen Amidon

 Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- Tis the Season

Greetings friends.  Today's theme is "Tis the Season, and I was inspired to use a tree that reminds me  of the Charlie Brown Christmas tree.  That in turn makes me think of my brother and watching "A Charlie Brown Christmas" over and over.

To make the card, I used the Linus Tree C19633 and added the Comfort and Joy D19660 sentiment.  For the tree, I wanted to add a bit of color, so I colored it  with a bit of green watercolor pencil and softened the color with a Dove Blender pen.  To embellish the tree, I added a gold metallic marker to the star and a red gel pen to accent the ornaments. To finish the card, I colored the word "comfort" with the same green watercolor pencil and the word "joy" with the R32 Copic marker.

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

Chris Dayton

Chris Dayton

Chris Dayton

 Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal

Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

 Karen Amidon

Kelli Hull

 Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- You Take the Cake

Greetings friends.  Today's challenge is all about cake or any of your favorite desserts.  For me, I absolutely adore this cupcake martini stamp and often use it for birthday cards. 

To make today's card, I stamped the Birthday Martini E2282 onto white cardstock with black Versafine ink.  I then colored it with watercolor pencils and softened the look with a Dove Blender pen.  I edged the rim and sides of the martini with a light blue pencil to give the impression of it being made out of glass.  To finish the card, I added some gold stardust pen to the candle flame.

Need more yummy dessert inspiration?  Don't forget to visit the other designers:

 Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

 Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kelli Hull 

Laura Fulcher 

 Vicki Garrett

IO Challenge- A Day at the Beach

Has everyone made it to the beach yet this Summer?  I grew up in a beach town, so I feel as though the ocean is always calling to me. 

For today's card, I colored images using watercolor pencils since it seemed an appropriate choice to pair with beach cards.  I used a crab stamp from the IO Summer release named Carlotta (B19150) and paired it with the Everything's Better- Beach sentiment (B19157). If the beach isn't your favoritie, there is also these sentiments in a similar style:
Everything's Better in the Sun (B19160)
Everything's Better at the Lake (B19156)
Everything's Better at the River (B19158)

Don't forget to visit the designers and to enter the IO card challenge!

Anna Wight
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher

IO Challenge- Clean and Simple

Greetings everyone!  Today's IO challenge is "clean and simple" cards.  I thought I would share a card I recently taught in one of my classes.  I used watercolor pencils and a waterbrush so that I wouldn't have to color every flower or leaf perfectly.  The card is "quick and easy" as well as "clean and simple."

Paper:

Pink notecard

Ranger watercolor paper

Stamps:

Sayings- Impression Obsession Clear Set- CL329 Let them Eat Cake

Background- Impression Obsession Cover a Card Sketchy Flowers CC093

Cupcake- Impression Obsession Flower Cupcake C16017

Inks

Colorbox Chalk Pink Pastel

Black Versafine

Other Materials:

Spun Sugar Distress Marker

Waterbrush

Inktense Pencils- Crimson, Felt Green

3” circle punch (Purple Circle Punch)

Instructions:

·         Stamp the card with pink ink and large background image.

·         Cut out circle from watercolor paper

·         Stamp cupcake and saying onto circle using black ink

·         Outline the outside of the cupcake with Spun Sugar Distress Marker

·         Blend the outline with waterbrush to soften the edges

·         Let the outline dry before coloring the inside of the cupcake

·         Color the center of each flower with pink Inktense pencil

·         Blend the flowers with waterbrush

·         Trace the lines of the cupcake wrapper with pink Inktense pencil

·         Blend with a waterbrush

·         Color the center of each leaf with green pencil

·         Bled leaves with waterbrush

·         Optional…stamp saying on the inside of the card

     Need more Clean and Simple inspiration?  Check out the other designers:

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Ellen Taylor

Jeanne Streiff

Jenny Gropp

Karen Amidon

Kittie Caracciolo

Laura Fulcher - you are here

Vicki Garrett