Impression Obsession - September Team Favorites

The IO Team is back today to share a favorite card from this month's release, so here's mine! Head over to the Impression Obsession Blog for all the links so you don't miss anything. All the newest releases can be found HERE.

This card ended up being a little showcase of quite a few different products! After several hours of cardmaking I had strips of paper on my desk and these 3 wanted to stay together. I used the colors to inspire my focal panel - the mittens are loosely watercolored, and the sleeves are actually made from the scarf of the large snowman set, just flipped and cut in half. 

IO Products:

DIE1359 Snowman in Scarf die set

DIE1365 Mittens & Stockings die set

DIE1353 Primitive Snowman die set

PP081 Nordic Patterns paper pack

PP068 Heart Gingham paper pack

PP019 Basics 11 - Greens paper pack

CL1362 Winter Hello clear stamp set

Hope you are staying cool wherever you are today! Be sure to check out the other designers' blogs for inspiration - see the I.O. blog for all the details! 

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Impression Obsession - Final Release Day 3

We've got even more projects from the new release from Impression Obsession today! If you haven't seen the new release, you can find it all HERE - go check it out! 

This poinsettia frame actually released in August, but I intended it to be released with this sentiment set so I saved it to share this month. The mix-and-match sentiments are designed to fit in this opening but you can obviously use them in alone or in any layout of your choice. The main sentiment can be matched with any of the single words, and there is also a large ampersand so you can combine them too.

The die is designed to cut out the frame, but it outlines the poinsettias in broken lines which allow them to stay in the panel. If you want, you can pop up certain portions or you can leave them flat on your card panel. On my first card I just cut the die and left the cuts alone. I  used watercolor markers to color the petals, then misted to let the color bleed out. When it was dry, I added more shading and details.

For my second card, I cut the poinsettias out and popped them up as an embellishment.

 I love the loose strokes on this iteration. I colored some of the bracts (never stop learning!) green to add some contrast to the panel.

IO Products:

CS1386 Holiday Greetings clear stamp set

PP081 Nordic Patterns paper pack

DIE1341 Poinsettia Frame die

PP068 Heart Gingham paper pack

DIE1304-YY Rounded Corner Stitched Squares die set

Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during release week (September 1-8) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders! 
September 1st, 2nd, and 3rd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the NEW clear stamps, stencils, papers and dies! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event. Here are the links to today's projects:

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

Sale note: there are a few items listed as "Temporarly Out of Stock" ... they should be back in the store within a couple weeks.

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Impression Obsession -September Release Day 2

We've got more projects from the new release from Impression Obsession today! If you haven't seen the new release, you can find it all HERE - go check it out! 

I wanted to highlight my paper packs in this post - I have 3 in the new release. I used papers from 2 of them on this first card - the snowflake design is in the Nordic Patterns pack, and the children are in the Vintage Christmas pack. Vintage Christmas features imagery from vintage books as well as some of my silhouette designs. 

This image is from one of Nola's sets - such a cute snowman! Very sweet set.

The other paper pack is called Christmas Prayer, and the color palette and illustrations are from a small vintage book of the same name. You can read it here - it's basically a prayer of blessing for friends on different paths in life, and it's very sweet. I created a couple of collage sheets like this one for quick cards - you can crop to any side, and add embellishments or more layers of paint or paper as you wish. Here I added a snowflake die cut and sentiment, and the paper design did the rest.

IO Products:

CL1343 For You clear stamp set

PP082 Vintage Christmas paper pack

PP081 Nordic Patterns paper pack

DIE1195 Rounded Rectangle Layers die set

DIE837 Wacky Stitched Circles die set

CL1362 Winter Hello clear stamp set

PP079 Christmas Prayer paper pack

DIE893 Primitive Snowflakes die set (sold out)

Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during release week (September 1-8) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders! 
September 1st, 2nd, and 3rd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the NEW clear stamps, stencils, papers and dies! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event. Here are the links to today's projects:

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

Remember the new releases are included in the closing sale! New items that have sold out will be restocked, so if you missed something that says "temporarily out of stock" don't lose hope.

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It's a lovely way to partner with these companies that mean so much to our creative community. Everybody wins!

Impression Obsession - Final Monthly Release Day 1

It's time for the final monthly release from Impression Obsession. Haven't seen the new products? They're all HERE - go take a peek!  (It's hard to get excited about a final release, isn't it...? It is a beautiful collection and I hope you will love it, but I didn't love typing these words. Sigh...)

This is artwork that had been released as a red rubber stamp, so enjoy it in a clear format if you missed it before! I love this set combined with the Christmas Stars stencil. I did a simple layout here, masking off the image to do a little watercolor background and stenciled stars.

Here's another quick card with the stencil and a new mix-and-match sentiment set. This monochrome look would be so easy for mass production on my favorite kraft cardstock! I brushed Versafine ink through the stencil and did a little stamping through the lower part of the stencil while it was still in place.

Heat embossing remains my poorest stamping skill... but here's a closer look at the sentiment - there are a number of words that you can fill your holiday with, and a large ampersand so you can fill it with more than one thing!

IO Products:

CS1389 Unto Us clear stamp set

STEN056 Christmas Stars stencil

CS1386 Holiday Greetings clear stamp set

CL1362 Winter Hello clear stamp set

Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during release week (September 1-8) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders! 
September 1st, 2nd, and 3rd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the NEW clear stamps, stencils, papers and dies! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event. Here are the links to today's projects:

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

When you shop through the affiliate links used here, the company sends a small commission my way at no cost to you as thanks for the referral.
It's a lovely way to partner with these companies that mean so much to our creative community. Everybody wins!

Impression Obsession - August Team Favorites

The IO Team is back today to share a favorite card from this month's release, so here's mine! Head over to the Impression Obsession Blog for all the links so you don't miss anything. All the newest releases can be found HERE.

I love everything vintage, and this lantern is such a favorite - I based the die design off of one of my red rubber stamps (you can see it in this blog post). Lanterns bring guidance and hope, don't you think? I used solid cardstocks for my lantern design, adding shading with alcohol markers.

The background was created by inking a watercolor paper panel with Distress Oxide inks, misting the panel, then laying a stencil over the panel until it dried. This is one of the layers from the Layered Candy Corn set. I think that is such a cool effect! I have a tutorial for the technique HERE.

IO Products:

STEN062-A3 Layered Candy Corn stencil set

 DIE1358-T Small Tags die set

PP080 Fall Damask paper pack

DIE1342 Railroad Lantern die set

MC1395 Tiny Tag Sayings stamp set

Be sure to check out the other designers' blogs for inspiration - see the I.O. blog for all the links and  details! If you haven't been over to the site for the sale, please take a peek to see if there's anything that you'd like to have as a keepsake of IO - also remember the special SALE sections have items that are 65% off, and some are marked down to $1. Thank you all for your kind words of support - IO has been a part of my life for so long and I appreciate your part in my journey!

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Impression Obsession DT Theme - Halloween

The Impression Obsession team has some projects to share with a Halloween theme - we'd love for you to hop along with us!  

Anna had some super cute monsters in this month's release - I'm sure you've seen them already! I layered this guy onto a stenciled panel which uses 2 layers of the Candy Corn stencil - I've had so much fun with that one! Super versatile using any combo of colors and 1, 2, or 3 of the layers. Links are below, as usual.

IO Products:
DIE1348 Fuzzy Monster 1 die set
STEN062-A3 Layered Candy Corn stencil
DIE1197 Speech Bubbles die set
CL1365 Little Monster clear stamp set

Be sure to check out the other designers' blogs for inspiration - see the I.O. blog for all the links and  details! 

When you shop through the affiliate links used here, the company sends a small commission my way at no cost to you as thanks for the referral.
It's a lovely way to partner with these companies that mean so much to our creative community. Everybody wins!

Impression Obsession - even more August products

We've got even more projects from the new release from Impression Obsession today! If you haven't seen the new release, you can find it all HERE - go check it out! 

I have more stencils than this one in this release, but I wanted to share 2 cards with the pencil stencil! On the physical stencil the points, wood, and colored areas are separated so you don't need to worry about masking off each row when you add color. Do be sure to give it a good coating of Pixie Spray or whatever you use to keep the pencil lines from shifting as you ink.

I did mask off each individual pencil as I went across. Sticky notes are my favorite tool for this - I always keep them close by!

For this card I stenciled a single pencil and cut it out for a cute back-to-school embellishment. This card is 3.5" x 5.5", a nice little off-cut piece from a 5" square card.

IO Products:

CS1385 Fall Sentiments clear stamp set

STEN057 Colored Pencils stencil 

DIE1221 Oval Labels die set

PP067 Halloween paper pack

DIE1305-W Rounded Rectangle 1 die

Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during release week (August 1-8) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders! 

August 1st, 2nd, and 3rd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the NEW clear stamps, stencils, papers and dies! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event. Here are the links to today's projects:

Jeanne Streiff

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams

Robin Clendenning

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

When you shop through the affiliate links used here, the company sends a small commission my way at no cost to you as thanks for the referral.
It's a lovely way to partner with these companies that mean so much to our creative community. Everybody wins!

Impression Obsession - more August products

We've got more projects from the new release from Impression Obsession today! If you haven't seen the new release, you can find it all HERE - go check it out! 

New to my collection is this antique lantern die - there are several pieces that I cut out of watercolor paper here. I had some fun with splattering to create the look of aged metal.  Robin did a beautiful sample using the glass piece for a die cut scene - be sure to find that sample on the IO site! I love it.

Another die in this release is the oak frame - this one was fun to design, basing the artwork off of one of my watercolor style rubber stamps. The oak branch overlaps the edge of the oval frame, and there's a stamp set that coordinates with the die as well.

The die by itself creates a beautiful clean-and-simple card. If you want to take it up a notch, you can cut around the branch to layer it or use it alone.

IO Products:

DIE1342 Railroad Lantern die set

CL1327 Into the Light clear stamp set

DIE1358-T Small Tags die set

PP076 Sunflower paper pack

DIE1340 Oak Frame die 

CS1385 Fall Sentiments clear stamp set

PP080 Fall Damask paper pack

Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during release week (August 1-8) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders! 

August 1st, 2nd, and 3rd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the NEW clear stamps, stencils, papers and dies! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event. Here are the links to today's projects:

Impression Obsession Blog

Jeanne Streiff

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams

Robin Clendenning

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal <<<<<<<<< that's me!

Giovana Smith

When you shop through the affiliate links used here, the company sends a small commission my way at no cost to you as thanks for the referral.
It's a lovely way to partner with these companies that mean so much to our creative community. Everybody wins!