PaperLilies and Ink: July 2014

Impression Obsession Blog

WARM CUP OF CHEER!

Today I have another Tara Caldwell image. This Holly Mug is a warm and wonderful way to send holiday cheer! Colored with Copics and enhanced with Wink of Stella and Gloss Gel, of course! I love the font that Alesa Baker used with the Merry Christmas stamp. There are several great new stamps from her using this same font.

I love extra whip cream! I've taken the delicious cream on top and popped up another layer of it! My cut piece was curved using a ball stylus and Collall added to keep it's shape.

For more details on the Hop you can go here!

Thanks for looking and have fun checking out all the new stamps and designs!

Stamps: Holly Mug D16027, Merry Christmas C9466
Papers: Neenah, Doodlebug- Home for the Holidays, Bazzill
Other: Copics, Mini Perfect Layers, Viva Gloss Gel Pen, Wink of Stella, Collall, Scor-tape, foam tape, gingham ribbon, twine

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

IMPRESSION OBSESSION 2014 FALL/WINTER NEW RELEASE~BLOG HOP DAY 3!

Welcome to the 2014 Impression Obsession Fall/Winter Release Blog Hop!

It's day three and we have more rubber, Gift Certificates, wonderful stamps and designs to share with you!

The more blogs you visit and leave a comment...the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!

Everyday (Monday July 28th- August 1st) one of the designer blogs will be chosen randomly and a winner will be selected from comments on that blog at 10pm CT. The winner will be announced on the IO Blog the following day along with the participating blogs for that day.

Two prizes will be awarded on the last day of the hop. One will be for Friday's comments and another will be chosen from all the comments left throughout the week.

So...If you missed a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 IO Gift Certificate.

Both Friday winners will be announced on the IO Blog Saturday, August 2nd.

All of the new stamps are available NOW and can be found HERE!

Here are your links for todays incredible designs!

Karen Amidon...that's me!

MELANIA DEASY- http://melaniadeasy.blogspot.com/

CHRISTMAS JOY

This sweet Candy Stocking filled with goodies and a gingerbread man is from Tara Caldwell's new designs. I love how she captures the magical feeling of Christmas with this image!

I have fussy cut a second image of the bow, hard candy piece and the jingle bells and popped them up with foam tape. I couldn't resist using Wink of Stella and Viva Gel Gloss to enhance these fun colors.

JOY was added by using the Alphabet Die. The blue border is from the Border Duo 1 Die Set.

A BIG THANKS to ALL the Impression Obsession artists that have created these fabulous stamps and designs for us to work with... WOW, what an awesome release!

Thanks for looking...See you tomorrow!

Stamps: Impression Obsession- Candy Stocking J16047
Dies: Impression Obsession- Alphabet Die Plain DIE158-H, Border Duo 1 DIE017-V
Papers: Neenah, Doodlebug- Home for the Holidays, Bazzill
Other: Copics, Wink of Stella, Viva Gloss Gel, Scor-tape, foam tape, ribbons, enamel dots, buttons

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

SERENDIPITY STAMPS & THE TWINERY BLOG HOP ~ DAY 2

Serendipity Stamps and The Twinery have joined together with their wonderful products and designers to have a blog hop July 28th, 29th and 30th. Be sure to visit each day to see a new group of designers and their creations!
There will be prizes for leaving comments on all the blogs. Serendipity will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate for the Serendipity Store and The Twinery has a Solid Sampler Pack (retail value $48).
The deadline for entering your comments for Serendipity is August 3rd. The winners will be announced on Monday August 4th.
You can find all the details here on the Serendipity Stamps Blog.
Check out The Twinery Blog for more info on their prizes!

Mary is also offering a $25 gift certificate on Serendipity Stamps facebook page to one lucky person who "LIKES" Serendipity Stamps and LEAVES A COMMENT. You must do both to be entered to win!

YOU SHOULD BE ARRIVING HERE FROM
MELYSSA CONNOLLY- http://fantastink.blogspot.com/

The camera seems to want to go a little neon but I'm loving the wonderful summer colors! Have you ever seen a hot pink Gumball Machine, "You Gotta Love It"! The fun image from Serendipity was fussy cut, colored with Copics and popped up with foam tape. I've repeated the balls by using Caribbean Stripe, Marigold Stripe and Pink Sorbet Stripe twine from The Twinery, love this stuff! The edge of the frame was also trimmed with the Caribbean Stripe twine.

Some of the gumballs have sparkle and some have gloss added. A petit twine bow finishes off my card!

Play along in the Blog Hop by leaving a comment on each DT members blog!

YOUR NEXT STOP WILL BE

Here is the complete list for todays hop

Serendipity Stamps

The Twinery

Tifany DeGough

Anya Schrier

Rebecca VanDeMark

Vickie Zimmer

Stacey Schafer

Julie Warner

Melyssa Connolly

Karen Amidon...you are here!

Melania Deasy

Cathy Weber

Suzanna Lee

SALE~ Offer Good Durning The Hop~ SALE

Serendipity Stamps 20% OFF all items in "Garden" catagory

Thank you to The Twinery and Serendipity Stamps

and

Thanks for looking!

Stamps: Serendipity- 250D Gumball Machine, 911B You Gotta Love It
Ink: Memento` Tuxedo Black
Papers: Neenah- Solar White, Bazzill
Other: The Twinery, Copics, Wink of Stella, Viva Gloss Gel, Mini Perfect Layers, Spellbinders- A2 Matting Basics, MFT1 Blueprints 1, Pierced Rectangle Stax, foam tape

IMPRESSION OBSESSION 2014 FALL/WINTER NEW RELEASE~ DAY 2 PEEK!

Welcome to the second day of the 2014 Impression Obsession Fall/Winter Release Blog Hop!
We have some beautiful new stamps to share and Gift Certificates to give away!

The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST. Each day visit our fabulous IO Design Team's projects with our new stamps and leave a comment on their blogs.
The more blogs you visit each day and leave a comment...the better chance you have to win a $25 IO Gift Certificate!
Every day (Monday July 28th- August 1st) one of the IO designer blogs will be chosen randomly and a winner will be selected from comments on that blog at 10pm CT. The winner will be announced on the IO Blog the following day along with the participating blogs for that day.
Two prizes will be awarded on the last day of the hop. One will be for Friday's comments and another will be chosen from all the comments left throughout the week.
So, if you missed a day or deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 IO Gift Certificate!
Both Fridays winners will be announced on the IO Blog on Saturday, August 2nd.

Todays Hop List

Impression Obsession Blog

Karen Amidon...that's me!

GHOULS AND GHOST!

Today I am sharing another Halloween card. The sentiment is the Ghoulies and Ghosties stamp designed by Kalani Allred.

I have edged the border with chalk and framed it with a purple paper. The black scroll design is a self adhesive ribbon!

The Mesh Texture background stamp from Alesa Baker is also new, love it! On this I used VersaMark and fine white detail ep, then heat embossed. A cute dp with ghosties, lots of popped layers and sheer purple ribbon complete my card. Super easy!

All stamps from the hop are available NOW!

www.iostamps.com

Thanks for looking today and good luck!

Stamps: Impression Obsession- Ghoulies and Ghosties D14298, Mesh Texture J9405
Ink: VersaMark
Papers: Neenah- solar white, Pebbles- Tricks and Treats, Bazzill
Other: Cat's Eye Chalk- blackbird, Mini Perfect Layers, Bow Easy, detail white ep, foam tape, ribbons

Monday, July 28, 2014

IMPRESSION OBSESSION 2014 FALL/WINTER RELEASE~ DAY 1

Impression Obsession is celebrating their 2014 Fall/Winter release with a Blog Hop! We will be sharing beautiful new stamps and giving away Gift Certificates.
You will find a list of the participating DT members on the IO Blog every morning starting at 6am EST. Visit each blog daily to see some amazing designs and leave a comment.
The hop will run from Monday July 28 and will go through Friday August 1st. Each day a blog will be chosen randomly and a winner is chosen from the comments on that blog at 10pm CT. The winner will be posted the next day on the IO Blog.

Two prizes will be awarded on the last day of the hop. One will be for Friday's comments and another will be chosen from all the comments left throughout the week.
So, if you missed a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate.

All of the new stamps you'll be seeing on the hop are available NOW!
www.iostamps.com

Let's get hopping with todays blogs!
Impression Obsession Blog

Karen Amidon...that's me!

CAT IN THE HAT!

I love making Halloween cards and this Gary Robertson , "Cat in the Hat Jack", image was definitely calling me! His drawings have such fabulous detail and I love his shading! This stamp is available in the IO Store Now!

I have stamped the image twice, fussy cut the pumpkin and cat for added dimension and colored with Copics. A few of the leaves that surround the base of the pumpkin are also fussy cut and raised.

The "cat claws" and border were from the inside strip of the Border Duo 1 Die Set.

These are the Copics that I used.

The more blogs you visit each day and leave a comment...the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!

Thanks for looking and see you tomorrow for more of this exciting new release!

Stamps: Impression Obsession- Cat in Hat G1967
Dies: Border Duo 1 DIE017-V
Papers: Neenah- solar white, G45 Eerie Tale, Bazzill
Other: Copics, Collall, Mini Perfect Layers, foam tape, silk ribbon, twine, black pearls

Thursday, July 17, 2014

Ai CHALLENGE 140 "BIG BIRTHDAYS"

Love, love, love the NEW Deep Breath Birthday Stamp Set! Ai has released 2 new Zoo Crew sets today, yeah! The Ai challenge just happens to be Big Birthdays and what better way to say happy birthday than with a BIG fish!

BIG WISH WITH A BLOW FISH!

This guy is too cute!

He really came to life by fussy cutting those cheeks and giving dimension to them! A ball stylus was used along with Collall. Clear Wink of Stella was added to the candles, eyes and bubbles and then Viva Gloss Gel over top. "It's your Birthday...Deep Breath" comes with this fabulous image.

Okay, I really love this guy! I made the same card only this time the cake was colored yellow! I didn't puff out his cheeks and he is still fabulous! I can tell that the rubber is going to be burning on this one and he will to be used for a lot of upcoming birthdays!

The inside was left blank to be able to personalize the card. No stamps, just die cuts!

To enter the Ai challenge you have until July 30th at 5 PM PST. Be sure to check out the other designs with celebrating Big Birthdays!

Thanks for looking

Stamps; Art Impression- Zoo Crew- Deep Breath 4471
Dies: Impression Obsession- Ocean Border Die-DIE101-D, Serendipity Stamps- Cupcake and Candle Die Set-012ED, MFT- Pierced Circle Stax, Blueprints 1 Nellie's- Circles, Spellbinders- A2 Curved Borders One
Papers: Neenah, Bazzill, SU
Other: Copics, Wink of Stella, Viva Glossy Gel, Collall, Perfect Mini Layers, foam tape, twine

IMPRESSION OBSESSION-NAUTICAL/ BEACHY!

Ink up your boats, fish, shells and anything else nautical or beachy and join us in the IO challenge. You can find all the guidelines here on the IO blog. Share your new creation with us for a chance to win a $25 GC for the IO online store.

Check out what the girls created

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Ellen Taylor~ off this week!

Jeanne Steiff

Jenny Gropp

Karen Amidon~that's me!