Monday, July 16, 2018

New IO Fall/Winter Release Hop - Day 1

The Impression Obsession team is showcasing new Fall and Winter images that are available NOW! You can visit the I.O. Blog all this week for links to the previews and ALL the challenge details. Leave a comment on our designers' posts throughout the week for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Impression Obsession! If you just happened on the blog hop because you're a regular reader of my blog, you can find a full list of participants at the end of my post. 


If you're new to my blog, then you may not know that I'm not only on the Impression Obsession design team - I'm also one of their artists! It's always fun during these blog hops to be able to share my stamps, some thoughts behind them, and some fun ways to use them.



I wanted to add some masculine stamps to my line, and also pay tribute to veterans - this collage stamp is very meaningful to me, especially since I used my grandfather's draft card as a layer in this version! You can see his name on either side of the soldier's head.
This is a simple silhouette image with a big impact - the notes of Taps always bring me to tears, and the sentiment is the final line of the song... it's such a comforting phrase.


This second collage stamp combines some of the same images - I used Copic markers to color the background in simply, leaving the open silhouette white. 

IO products I used: Deployed, Taps Silhouette, Taps Collage, Honor and Gratitude, All Is Well, Grunge Circle Star, Grunge Star, Grunge Star 2

Be sure to check out these other designers' blogs for inspiration! You're not required to comment on every one, but the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! Thank you for visiting me!

Anna @ Sassy & Sweet Notes
Daniela @ For the First Time
Dina @ Dina Kowal Creative
Giovana @ Believe
Ilina @ Creativity Within
Jeanne @ Inky Paws
Jenny @ One Krafty Kat 
Karen @ Paper Lilies and Ink 
Kelli @ Stamping with a Dream 
Kittie @ Kittie Kraft
Laura @ Laura's Stamp Art Journal
Vicki @ Summerthyme Studio


Thanks for stopping by!

47 comments:

  1. Dina, these are stunning! I especially like Deployed and the Taps silhouette. My brother was KIA in Vietnam at the age of 18. So these are close to my heart. Thank you for helping create them!

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  2. I 💙 these patriotic stamps! They are even more special, since you added your personal, family memorabilia to them.

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  3. Oh Dina!!!! Thank you for creating these wonderful stamps. Amazing. Ed says that the item you used of your grandfather's is most likely his discharge paper, also known as a DD214. Something all veterans were told to keep forever. What a wonderful tribute to your grandpa!

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    1. It says Registration Card at the top? I got it from ancestry.com - it's labeled as a WW1 draft card.

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  4. Fabulous patriotic cards. Wow.

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  5. The silhouette is fantastic.
    It is even more powerful than if
    it was in the black. Great
    cards. thanks for sharing
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  6. Your patriotic cards are are a wonderful tribute!

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  7. Thank you for honoring veterans and remembering Taps.

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  8. Beautiful tributes to our Veterans.

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  9. So wonderful to see our veterans honored!!! Such great stamps!!!

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  10. Each of these is just gorgeous Dina, had to stop what I was doing and go order some for me :) Thanks for being so generous with your talents and creating such inspiring images!

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  11. So charming and
    great looking
    stamps.
    Carla from Utah

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  12. Love your patriotic cards! My husband was in the Army. Thanks for honoring our military..

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  13. Fabulous cards--congrats on your new release.

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  14. Powerful stamp images and great cards. I'm always looking for more being the daughter, spouse, and mom of military men and women.

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  15. I LOVE your cards and love the stamp designs too!!!

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  16. Wow!!! These cards are so wonderful!!! Wonderful for those who have served our country!! Great job!

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  17. What a superb tribute. Great cards Dina. I love all the sentiments, and very clever using the line of the song. Great talent you have. Xx TFS xxx

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  18. BEAUTIFULLY DONE, Dina! So patriotic & masculine! That is SO COOL that you used your Grandfather's draft card! It does add something SPECIAL to the stamp/image, not just for you, but to others to know this! It kind of brings it home to everyone, how it takes LIVES for us to remain free! ALL THREE of your cards are SPECTACULAR!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

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  19. Amazing cards! Gorgeous designs and I love your unfussy vintage style.

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  20. As always your designs are phenomenal ... love how you can reverse the silhouette and the sentiments are wonderful.

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  21. Love the stamps and your cards are wonderful.

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  22. Wow! These are amazing!!! Oh, I so wish these had been around during Operation Write Home when you could also send cards to the soldiers to show appreciation for their service and sacrifice. I really love these!

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    1. Karen, have you heard of Operation Quiet Comfort? I've sent a lot of cards to them more recently. http://www.operationquietcomfort.org/projects/cards-for-our-heroes-a-fun-and-easy-project-for-your-group/

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  23. What wonderful patriotic images, and the sentiments are really wonderful, especially the second!

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  24. Very special cards for our very special servicemen and women. Thanks!

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  25. Dina, what dramatically stunning cards! tfs

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  26. These are wonderful! I always love to see your art! <3

    Katie B.

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  27. I love anything military. My Dad, my son.... next to my heart!

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  28. I love all of the new ideas!

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  29. WOW! Great military cards.

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  30. Fabulous military/veteran themed cards. How special that you used your grandpa's draft card.

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  31. Dina, my husband is one that still suffers from the cruel attack from the Americans when he returned from Vietnam. I would love to make a card like this for him. Thank you for remembering how much our vets sacrificed for us.

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  32. love these masculine images:)

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  33. Dina- Love these designs. When you send cards to military it's always hard to figure out what to put on them. These are awesome to use for all the veterans in your life for Thank You'S!!

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  34. I love the Military theme, as a former Marine Mom!

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  35. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS CARDS! I especially love the top card! I just love collage type cards! just so unique and BEAUTIFUL!!

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  36. Great cards. Love the white silhouette. Different.

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  37. Beautiful! This sentiment is perfect for my honor flight cards!

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  38. Your cards are absolutely fantastic and even more because if their meaning !! Congratulations !
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