IO Die Hop- Day 2- Detatchable Ornament

Welcome to the Impression Obsession Fall Designer Die Hop!

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

The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST. Each day pay us a visit here and then head over and see our fabulous IO Design Team’s projects with our new dies on their blogs (only one comment per blog per day please).

The more blogs you visit each day… the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!!!

We will have two days of blog hopping (October 8th and 9th) and THREE prizes!

There will be a prize for each of the two hop days (comment entries open until 10pm CT each day) and a bonus prize will be awarded on the final day of our hop from all the comments left for both days. Comment entries will stay open until Friday at 10PM CT. Winners will be announced the following day. Good luck!

So….if you miss a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!

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

 

For my card today, I used the new Lg Poinsettia Set and cut out an assortment of felt leaves.  It is important when you are die cutting with felt that you use a good quality felt that wont fray as you cut it.  I used 100% wool felt.  Remember that the green leaves of the poinsettia as the same as the red.  They only differ in color.  I layered the pieces and added some natural twine.  The felt ornament is detatchable from the card so that it can be used independently of the card.  Good quality felt is pricier, so why not make an embelishment that can be used over and over again?

Here is a close up of the ornament:

 

 

To finish the card, I used the Gingham Cover a Card and the Peace saying.

Here are the designers participating in today's hop:

 

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

 

IO Die Blog Hop- Day 1

Welcome to the Impression Obsession Fall Designer Die Hop!

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

The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST. Each day pay us a visit here and then head over and see our fabulous IO Design Team’s projects with our new dies on their blogs (only one comment per blog per day please).

The more blogs you visit each day… the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!!!

We will have two days of blog hopping (October 8th and 9th) and THREE prizes!

There will be a prize for each of the two hop days (comment entries open until 10pm CT each day) and a bonus prize will be awarded on the final day of our hop from all the comments left for both days. Comment entries will stay open until Friday at 10PM CT. Winners will be announced the following day. Good luck!

So….if you miss a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!

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

For my card today, I used the brand new  Halloween Landscape Layers.  The set comes with two layers, but I cut an extra layer of the graves with crosses.  For each layer, I went progressively darker from light grey to black.  I added a bit of yellow paper behind the jack o'lantern faces so that they would stand out more and the popped up the entire landscape scene on top of a background I created with glossy paper and alcohol inks.

Today's Blog Hop Participants:

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

 

Memory Box Blog Blitz

Greetings everyone.  This week Memory Box is hosting a blog blitz to introduce you to the Winter 2015 release.  There are two chances/day to win one of the new products, so you won't want to miss it.

Here was my contribution to the week:

You can see the original post on the Outside the Box blog here.  The original post also has a couple of other coloring options for the birds as well as a chance to win the new Three Little Birds stamp.  Good luck!

IO Challenge- Autumn Florals

Greetings everyone. Can you believe that it is already October? How did that happen?  Today's challenge celebrates Autumn and all the pretty floral colors.  I chose to use the Celebrate Possibility image that could be colored in any color palette you choose.  I happened to choose some reds, oranges, yellows, and rust.  I also like to contrast yellows and oranges with a little purple to make pop.   To make the card, I used an assortment of watercolors and colored pencils.

Happy Haunting

I have a confession to make.  To me, nothing quite says Halloween like candy corn.  I love candy corn stamps, embellishments, paper, and basically any way that you can decorate with candy corn.  If you have seen my Halloween cards over the years, you know that candy corn is featured predominantly.  The only thing I don't like about candy corn is the taste.  It is a bit ironic.

For my card today, I used the new Eat Candy Corn clear set (CL591) which had both the the build a candy corn pieces as well as the saying.  For the bottom of the card, I stamped an image from the Grunge Building Borders clear set (CL601) in both orange and black.

Need more Halloween inspiration?  Be sure to check out the other designers:

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

 

IO Challenge- Say it Big

Sometimes you see a stamp that just speaks to you.  I knew that the Quirky Loves Crazy stamp (G17071) would be perfect to use on cards for my friends.  I think we actually take pride in being a little quirky and crazy.

To make the card, I started with watercolor paper, wet it, and then painted it with Peerless watercolors.  I then added the owls, which were also colored with watercolor paint.  The owls are actually one stamp called Owl on Head (D7801).  To me, it looks like one is doing a little tap dance on top of another tap dancing owl.  I might be reading too much into the stamp, but that is what I see.  :)

Need more big saying inspiration?  Be sure to check out the other designers:

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

IO Challenge- Fall Colors

Is it just me, or is summer just zipping by?  It is already time to start thinking about fall and all the gorgeous fall colors.


For my card, I wanted to play with the new Fall Pumpkin image (E16123).  It just lends itself to using the orange, gold, and olive colors I wanted.  I created my own background with the Starburst Cover a Card (CC221).  I embossed it in gold powder and then colored it with an assortment of Distress Markers.  I then used the same markers to color my pumpkin.  To finish the card, I used the Fall Blessings (C19008) saying.

Want more Fall color inspiration?  Check out the other designers:

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

 

Impression Obsession Blog Hop- Day 3

Welcome to the 2015 Impression Obsession Fall/Winter Release Blog Hop!

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

The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST. Each day pay us a visit here and then head over and see our fabulous IO Design Team’s projects with our new stamps on their blogs (only one comment per blog per day please). Comment as you hop. Each comment that you leave gives you a chance to win!!!

The more blogs you visit each day… the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!!!

Every day (Monday July 15th – July 17th), one of the IO designer blogs will be chosen randomly and a winner will be selected from comments on that blog at 10pm CT. The winner will be announced the following day along with the participating blogs for that day.

Two prizes will be awarded on the last day of the hop. One will be for Friday’s comments and another will be chosen from all the comments left throughout the week. So….if you miss a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate! Both Friday winners will be announced on the IO Blog on Saturday, July 18th.

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

One of the exciting things about the new Impression Obsession release is that they have a new stamp designer.  His name is Seth Apter, and Mixed Media artists are going to love him!

For my card, I combined three of his images- Asteroid Belt, Atmosphere, and Solar Eclipse.  Fun names, huh?  I stamped them all onto watercolor paper with black versafine ink and then colored the piece with Peerless watercolors.  To finish the card, I added my saying and layered the pieces.

Items Used:
Atmosphere E18012
Asteroid Belt H18004
Solar Eclipse D18015
Friends Are For B14497

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

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

 

Impression Obsession Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the 2015 Impression Obsession Fall/Winter Release Blog Hop!

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

The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST. Each day pay us a visit here and then head over and see our fabulous IO Design Team’s projects with our new stamps on their blogs (only one comment per blog per day please). Comment as you hop. Each comment that you leave gives you a chance to win!!!

The more blogs you visit each day… the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!!!

Every day (Monday July 15th – July 17th), one of the IO designer blogs will be chosen randomly and a winner will be selected from comments on that blog at 10pm CT. The winner will be announced the following day along with the participating blogs for that day.

Two prizes will be awarded on the last day of the hop. One will be for Friday’s comments and another will be chosen from all the comments left throughout the week. So….if you miss a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate! Both Friday winners will be announced on the IO Blog on Saturday, July 18th.

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

Today I thought I would share a holiday card using two new clear sets.  One is called Spread Christmas Cheer, and it contains the saying and the little jingle bells.  The other is called Snow Flourish and it contains the snowflake border background.

To make the cards, I stamped the snowflake border repeatedly onto white cardstock with a light blue ink.  I embossed the bells on metallic gold paper in gold embossing powder and then cut them out.  To finish the card, I rounded some corners, popped up the bells with some foam tape, and added my saying.

Items Used:

Spread Christmas Cheer CL593

Snow Flourish CL605

Don't forget to check out the other designers!

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

Impression Obsession Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the 2015 Impression Obsession Fall/Winter Release Blog Hop!

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

The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST. Each day pay us a visit here and then head over and see our fabulous IO Design Team’s projects with our new stamps on their blogs (only one comment per blog per day please). Comment as you hop. Each comment that you leave gives you a chance to win!!!

The more blogs you visit each day… the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!!!

Every day (Monday July 15th – July 17th), one of the IO designer blogs will be chosen randomly and a winner will be selected from comments on that blog at 10pm CT. The winner will be announced the following day along with the participating blogs for that day.

Two prizes will be awarded on the last day of the hop. One will be for Friday’s comments and another will be chosen from all the comments left throughout the week. So….if you miss a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate! Both Friday winners will be announced on the IO Blog on Saturday, July 18th.

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

I hope you are in the mood for new products from Impression Obsession. There gorgeous new designs forFall and winter as well as great sayings and fun image to color (like the ones I used today).

I love the new birdie saying for a couple of reasons. First, it is much larger than others I have seen and therefore really stands out on the card. Second, it can be finished on the inside for a variety of occasions. A little birdie told me....it's your birthday, you're having a baby, you got a promotion, you needed a hug, etc...

For my card, I stamped the hexagons and bird onto watercolor paper and then colored them with Peerless watercolors. I then cut out the bird, popped it up on my card with foam tape and added the saying.

Items used:

Psst C17072

Bird D17072

Hexagon from a Balzar Designs cling set called Summer 3144-LG

Don't forget to visit the other designers and leave comments for chances to win!

 

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

 

 

 

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