IO Challenge- Sending Love

Are you ready to think about Valentine's Day yet? Today's challenge is all about sending expressions of love. For my card, I used two of Impression Obsession's solid stamps...Solid Heart Large (H8877) and Happy Solid Heart (B8855).  My first thought was to clear emboss the large heart on mullberry paper and then spray it with an assortment of colors.  The only problem was I didn't have any mulberry paper, and the paper I used didn't resist the sprays.  Therefore, I just cut out the heart and layered it onto my card.  Sometimes things are just happy accidents.  To finish the card, I cut out the Happy Solid Heart and popped it up on the card with a few pearls.

Need more quote 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!

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Two Cards- Nothing in Common

Today I wanted to share a couple of cards with you that have absolutely nothing in common. I guess you have to go wherever the creative impulses take you! The first card is one that I teach in my Distress Marker class. I used the Impression Obsession Butterfly Group (F8123) and Hello saying (A3579) along with my Dried Marigold, Tattered Rose, and Picket Fence Distress Markers. I really like how well the Picket Fence marker shows up on kraft paper.

The second card just amuses me.  When I saw the Impression Obsession Assembly Required saying (B7702), I immediately knew I would pair it with a round shaker pouch and some Polar White Flower Soft.  To create the background, I used the Snowflakes Cover a Card (CC066).  It made for a really quick card...especially considering I didn't have to stamp or color a snowman!

Celebrating the Holidays

Today the IO team wants to share holiday cards with you. I decided to show you the card I am using for this year's thank you cards. I didn't want to do something as elaborate as my Christmas card, but I wanted to have something to show my gratitude.

To make the card, I used the snowflake from the Impression Obsession Mitten die set (Die025-22) along with some paper from Imaginisce (400036 snowflakes).  I thought the two coordinated really well with each other.  To finish the card, I added a little pearl bling.

Need more holiday inspiration? Check out what Daniela, 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!

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One-Layer Fall Card

Today's Impression Obsession challenge is all about fall cards. The picture of my fall card makes the finishing spray look a little odd and doesn't really show the gold metallic spray very well. Here is a close up of the shine:

To make the card, I masked off areas with some Eclipse Tape strips and then sponged the card with Tea Dye, Old Paper, Dried Marigold, Scattered Straw, and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink.  I then stamped the wheat and saying from the CL406 We Gather Together clear set using brown Versafine ink.  I then colored the wheat with assorted fall Prismacolor pencils (Henna, Goldenrod, Jasmine, Limepeel, Chocolate).  To finish the card, I spritzed the whole thing with gold shimmer spray.
 
Need more fall inspiration? Check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, 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!

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Gift For You

It is getting to be that time of year again when I am thinking of ideas for small Christmas presents. I love to give little tokens to lots of people for the holidays, but I really need to stretch every dollar. I used a sale at the grocery store as well as a coupon to buy a package of tea for fifty cents (tea goes on sale all the time so just look for deals). I chose peppermint because it definitely says "holiday" to me, and it smells so good!

To decorate the gift, I used a double tag with the Cover a Card Thick and Thin (CC008) background on the bottom and a red tag on the top. I then embellished the red tag with a peppermint image from the Leigh Hannan Holidays clear set (CL157) and embossed the saying (My Cup of Tea A5511) with white powder. The tags attached to the package of tea with a white ribbon, red button, and peppermint colored bakers twine.  Here is a closer view:

Need more quote inspiration? Check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, and  Kittie created. Want to play along? You can find all the information here, and you could even win a $25 IO gift certificate!

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White Christmas

Today I wanted to share with you a white-on-white card using the new Impression Obsession Tree Line Die (DIE027-P).  I paired it with a textured background created with the Sizzix Large Christmas Words embossing folder.  I wasn't sure at first about layering white-on-white, but I think the texture helps separate the two elements.

IO Challenge- Halloween!

Today the IO designers are sharing Halloween cards with you.  I have a feeling that a bunch of us will be using the new Halloween Hill die (DIE029-P) because it is awesome!  It cuts out the hill along with all the elements you see attached.  There are also a few bats, but I didn't include them in this card.

The card I am showing you is so quick and easy to make.  In fact, it is one of the ten cards I will be doing in my 10 in 10 Halloween class tomorrow at Angela's.  The class is all about making cards that can be done in ten minutes or less.  For this card, I cut out the hill and punched out a yellow circle.  When I layered the card, I made sure to put the yellow moon behind the house and pumpkin so that the yellow also colored the windows and pumpkin face.  To finish the card, I added a little baker's twine at the bottom and added the saying (Eek A3520)


Need more Halloween inspiration? Check out what Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, 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!

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Blog Hop- Dies Day 3

Welcome to the final blog hop day.  Impression Obsession has released a bunch of new dies, and the design team would like to show you lots of cool ideas for using them during a three-day blog hop.  The best part?  There will be a winner chosen each day from participants who comment on each DT blog for that day, including the Impression Obsession blog. The winner for each day will be announced in the next day's Impression Obsession blog post. Each winner will get to select 3 Dies of their choice!!!

I just know the new Mitten die set (Die025-22) is going to be really popular.  It comes with the mitten, snowflake, and bow dies.  For this card, I matched the mitten die with the Large Mitten stamp (L8144).  Using both the stamp and die is a nice effect because it gives you a white border around the mitten.  To color the mitten, I inked the stamp with light blue ink, pressed it against the knit cover a card (CC138) stamp that was inked with dark blue ink and then stamped the mitten onto white cardstock.  I cut out the mitten with coordinating die and then added the snowflake and bow.  The bow die coordinates with the String Bow Bell stamp (C8159).

Don't forget to leave a comment on my blog as well as the following blogs for a chance to win three dies of your choice:

IMPORTANT...I am going on vacation and scheduled this post in andvance.  I added the names of the designers who had signed up by the time I wrote this post.  Other designers may have signed up since then.  Please go to the Impression Obsession blog first to get the most up to date Friday blog list.  Thanks!
 

Impression Obsession Blog

Dina 

Jeanne 

Kittie 

Good luck!

Blog Hop- Dies Day 2

Impression Obsession has released a bunch of new dies, and the design team would like to show you lots of cool ideas for using them during a three-day blog hop.  The best part?  There will be a winner chosen each day from participants who comment on each DT blog for that day, including the Impression Obsession blog. The winner for each day will be announced in the next day's Impression Obsession blog post. Each winner will get to select 3 Dies of their choice!!!

For my card, I used two sizes of leaves from the Leaves die collection (DIE030-S).  How practical is that set?!  Next, I added some dot paper from Memory Box and some brown washi tape from We R Memory Keepers.  To finish the card, I added the Mini Watch the Leaves saying (B5371).

Don't forget to leave a comment on my blog as well as the following blogs for a chance to win three dies of your choice:

Impression Obsession Blog

Dina 

Jeanne 

Julie 

Kittie 

Vicki 

Good luck!

Blog Hop- Dies Day 1

Impression Obsession has released a bunch of new dies, and the design team would like to show you lots of cool ideas for using them during a three-day blog hop.  The best part?  There will be a winner chosen each day from participants who comment on each DT blog for that day, including the Impression Obsession blog. The winner for each day will be announced in the next day's Impression Obsession blog post. Each winner will get to select 3 Dies of their choice!!!

For my card, I paired the Fancy Tree die ( DIE031-N) with the Cover a Card Swirls background (CC012).  I thought the two matched perfectly.  The picture didn't pick up the metallic paper very well, but it is one of the gorgeous silk papers from The Paper Cut.  The card ended up being pretty clean and simple and definitely easy to mass-produce for Christmas.

Don't forget to leave a comment on my blog as well as the following blogs for a chance to win three dies of your choice:

Impression Obsession Blog

Daniela 

Dina 

Jeanne 

Jenny 

Julie 

Kittie 

Vicki 

Good luck!