Impression Obsession DT Challenge: Stamps only!

The Impression Obsession team's challenge today is to create a card using stamps only - no patterned paper allowed!!I started by stamping the Poinsettia stamp on watercolor paper, masking it, then stamping the Rose Music Background over top. Keeping the mask on, I spritzed some water/reinker over the panel, dried it with my heat gun, then sponged inks around the poinsettia from the bottom up. I left the top of the panel unsponged (is that a word?) so the spritzing would show.The poinsettia was colored first with Touch Twin Markers, then watercolored with reinkers. I stamped a second flower and trimmed around some of the petals, then embossed them from the back with the wooden end of my stylus for more dimension.
The tabbed label is a stamp from the Journaling 1 clear set - I stamped it in Brilliance gold ink. The sentiment is from the Winter View set, and I also stamped French Postal and Paris Registre on the label. I used Peel-Off stickers from Flower Soft around the edges of the focal panel. It doesn't show well in the picture, but I also stamped Cover-a-Card Kaleidoscope on the card base.

Be sure to check out these other designers' blogs for inspiration -

Daniela @ For the First Time
Deborah @ Cards and Things
Jeanne @ Inky Paws
Jenny @ One Krafty Kat
Julie @ Out to Impress
Laura @ Laura's Stamp Art Journal
Vicki @ Summerthyme Studio

Remember you can enter these challenges too, using your Impression Obsession stamps! See the I.O. blog for all the details - you might even win a $25 gift certificate!! We'd love to have you join us.