Patriotic Blog Hop with Flower Soft

The Impression Obsession designers are teaming up with the Flower Soft team for a fun patriotic hop! Hope you'll join us! If you're here because you're a regular reader of my blog and you'd like to view the entire hop, head over to the Flower Soft Blog to get started. If you're already hopping and you've come here from Jeanne's blog, you're doing just fine!

Make sure you leave comments on as many blogs as possible for a better chance at winning prizes!! One random commenter will be chosen to receive a $25.00 Impression Obsession gift certificate, and another commenter will be chosen to receive a $25.00 Flower Soft gift certificate.

So many Impression Obsession images are a perfect match for Flower Soft, especially the sentimental scenes. I went a little different route, and chose a favorite image (Candy Jars) that is so fun to customize for different occasions (Halloween was especially fun!).

I used Polar White, Ruby and Ultrafine Ocean Flower Soft on the rock candy sticks. The image was stamped in Memento ink and colored with Touch Twin Markers. The jars are covered with a wash of white acrylic paint, and I used a Prismacolor pencil (Sepia) to add some deeper shadows. The sentiment can be found HERE. I used a Crafter's Workshop stencil to create the wood grain on the table...

... and here's a close-up on that fun Flower Soft! I love the slight transparency of the Polar White - the blue shows through just enough. And ooh, that sparkly red! So fun.

Ready to hop on? Your next stop is Cibele's blog, Flower Foot Designs. Hope you enjoy the hop!







P.S. Here's a full list of everyone involved in the hop today, in case you get lost or hit a hiccup in the line. It happens!

Flower Soft Blog 
Impression Obsession Blog
Jeanne Streiff
Dina Kowal --------- You're HERE!!
Cibele Glazer
Lorie Souther
Jenny Gropp
Dawn Lusk
Vickie Harper
Linda Beeson
Daniela Dobson
Kittie Caracciolo
Deb Felts
Laura Fulcher
Jennie Black