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 DT Theme - Holiday Cards & Tags

The Impression Obsession team has some projects to share  featuring holiday cards and tags - we'd love for you to hop along with us!  

By coincidence, I made a card and a tag using this adoooorable snowman die set, so let's talk about those today! to make the card, I first folded a card base to be just larger than the main die. I set the edge of the die just outside the fold line and ran it through the die cutting machine to create a folding base in the shape of the head. A second cut was layered over the base to hide the fold. I cut the other pieces out of the same white cardstock, and cut an extra scarf for balance. Coloring was done with Copic and OLO markers. 

For the tag, I used a different color scheme - and by the way, the configuration of these faces is much different than the sample on the site, so have fun giving your snowmen their own personalities! So many possibilities. I love the slot punch too - it's intended for ribbons but that little slot is so much easier to 'thread' twine through! I love it. The one I have is from EKSuccess but there are a lot of other options linked there as well.

IO Products:

DIE1359-Z Snowman in Scarf

The die set is temporarily out of stock but will be back soon! Be sure to check out the other designers' blogs for inspiration - see the I.O. blog for all the links and  details! 

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Impression Obsession - new products for June

It's time for a new monthly release from Impression Obsession! Haven't seen the new products? They're all HERE - go take a peek!  

There's a really fun collection of pet related products in this month's release, and I couldn't resist resizing this cat art for a large sketchy focal image! I used watercolors with a wet-into-wet technique to create a calico cat. The layout is very simple, with a wash and splatters pulling it all together.

On my second card I stamped the cat in hybrid ink and used OLO markers to color around it - the contrast and complementary color in the background are a really striking combination! Anna designed papers to go with these sets, and they're very fun!

Speaking of cats, we have 3 baby kittens at our house, just a week old today! Mama Beans is doing a great job.

IO Products:

CL1332 Sketch Cat clear stamp set

PP060 Dog Prints paper pack

DIE831 Scalloped Stitched Circles die set

Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during release week (June 1st-7th) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders! 

June 1st-2nd 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

Laura Williams

Robin Clendenning

Vicki Garrett

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal <<<<<< you're here!

Giovana Smith

Jeanne Streiff

Laura Fulcher

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Impression Obsession August Red Rubber Kit

The design team is sharing projects today using this month's stamp kit from Impression Obsession! This kit will be available through August-September, and features Halloween images.

This set is a little spooky but mostly sweet! I colored this image up with Copic markers, masking the clouds with a Sakura clear glaze pen. The black dot paper is from one of our paper packs... speaking of Copics, these papers are coated and color up so nicely with alcohol markers. You could make these dots any color you want!

IO Products

IO - current red rubber kits

PP022 Basics 14 - Blacks paper pack

August 1st & 2nd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the August Limited Edition red rubber stamp set. You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event!

Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during the Limited Edition Set release week  (August 1st– 7th) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders! How fun! (Leave me a comment though anyway - I miss hearing from you!)

Check these links for today's hop projects:

Impression Obsession Blog
Robin Clendenning
Vicki Garrett
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher

How is it time for Halloween cards already?!

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Impression Obsession June Red Rubber Kit

The design team is sharing projects today using this month's stamp kit from Impression Obsession! This kit will be available through June - July, and features Christmas images.

This Santa image has a sweet vintage feel so I stamped it here onto one of my vintage collage papers from the Vintage Coffee paper pack and colored it in with Copic markers and a white paint pen. If you have any of our papers you know how wonderfully they color up! Additional snow was added, gesso dotted with a ball stylus.

IO Products

IO - current red rubber kits

PP029 Vintage Coffee Paper Pack

June 1st & 2nd the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the June Limited Edition red rubber stamp set. You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event!

Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during the Limited Edition Set release week  (June 1st– 7th) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders! How fun! (Leave me a comment though anyway - I miss hearing from you!)

Check these links for today's hop projects:

Impression Obsession Blog
Vicki Garrett
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal <<<< that's me!
Giovana Smith
Jeanne Streiff
Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Robin Clendenning <<<< welcome our new teammate!!

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Impression Obsession - May 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 was another sample I made pairing the new wood texture paper pack with one of Gary Robertson's digital stamps. Who could be uncheered with an outhouse card? coloring was done with Copic markers and a little blended ink.

IO PRODUCTS:

K1024-DG Outhouse digital stamp

PP033 Wood Textures Paper Pack

CS1204 Valentine Piglet & Eeyore clear stamp sets

DIE1191-ZZ Stitched Slimline Layers die set

Be sure to check out the other designers' blogs for inspiration - see the I.O. blog for all the details! This is a busy week for me - I am helping coordinate a county-wide Arts Fest this Saturday. I'll be sure to update later and let you know how it went! This is the show piece I need to finish Thursday - yikes! This is the first show piece I've really done since my BelAir drawing was stolen.

Wish me luck!

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Impression Obsession DT Theme - Funny Cards

The Impression Obsession team has some projects to share today featuring a humorous theme - we'd love for you to play along with us!  

I love a good pun! Jeanne and Anna are a great team, with Jeanne's word plays in clear set forms to go along with Anna's clever dies. My coloring was done with Copic and Tooli-Art markers here, and that's one of my paper designs on the base!

IO PRODUCTS:

DIE837 Wacky Stitched Circles die set 

DIE1203 Mixer die set 

CL1156 More Baked Fresh clear set

PP008 Winter Fun paper pack

DIE798 Stitched Tag die set

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 - more May 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! 

I thought it would be fun to use this brick paper as an actual wall, so I chose one of Gary Robertson's window images to work with. It's colored with Copic and Tooli-Art markers and popped up on foam tape. These papers take Copic ink beautifully, so I added a shadow under the window with a dark grey marker to create some depth.

IO Products:

F1772-DG Stained Glass with Tulips 

PP031 Textures Paper Pack 

PP004 Classic Pooh Paper Pack 

DIE1163 Trims die set

DIE1195 Rounded Rectangle Layers die set

PP022 Basics 14 - Blacks Paper Pack

CS1204 Valentine Piglet & Eeyore clear stamp sets

Two lucky customers who place an Impression Obsession order during May release week (May 15th – 21st) will be chosen and will have a very special Impression Obsession prize package added to their orders!

May 15th & 16th The Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the NEW clear stamps 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:

IO Stamps Blog

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal <<<< that's me!

Giovana Smith

Jeanne Streiff

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams

Vicki Garrett

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!