Monday, March 28, 2016

ART IMPRESSIONS CHALLENGE #180




It's been a while since I have played in an Art Impressions Challenge. I'm skidding in on the tail end of this one! Better late than never! 
The challenge is to create something using watercolors and adding a touch of white with a pen. You can see all the wonderful designs and get the details here on the Ai Challenge Blog.


Here is my first try.
Ai has MANY wonderful tutorials and great tips for creating beautiful scenes.
 When Bonnie or Kate say, "you just need a little water"...it's so true!


Next attempt!
I have used Zig WC Brush Markers and colored directly onto the stamps.
Less water is definitely better!


I got brave on this one and tried masking a few of the pots.
I have had so much fun experimenting with all the different stamps that Ai has for watercoloring. 
Thanks for looking!


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Friday, March 25, 2016

IO SPRING DIE HOP~DAY 2!


Welcome to the Impression Obsession Spring Die Blog Hop!
We have some beautiful projects to share AND PRIZES to give away! The hop will run for 2 days (3/24/16 – 3/25/16) with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blogs each day. Visit the fabulous Design Team Blogs on the list below (only one comment per blog per day please) for a chance to win an Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!
The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!!
Impression Obsession will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to two lucky winners!
Comment entries will be open until 9pm EST on Sunday March 27th and all winners will be announced Monday March 28th on the Impression Obsession Blogs.  

Good luck!
Today’s Hop List:


Impression Obsession released 10 stamp sets that have several phrases to go along with a featured word and a die that matches.
 Happy was used here.


  I have used the Happy die cut and covered part of the square window on the mini shaker. The scallop and square frame is from the All-in-One Frames-Square 2 die set.

 How cute are those Balloons that I have used to embellish my card...love those die cut strings!

The inside of the card is decorated with birthday candles from the Large Candle Block Stamp and Die Set.

Good luck on the hop and thanks for the comments!

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Thursday, March 24, 2016

IO SPRING DIE BLOG HOP-DAY ONE!




Welcome to the Impression Obsession Spring Die Blog Hop!
We have some beautiful projects to share AND PRIZES to give away! The hop will run for 2 days (3/24/16 – 3/25/16) with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blogs each day. Visit the fabulous Design Team Blogs on the list below (only one comment per blog per day please) for a chance to win an Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!
The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!!
Impression Obsession will be giving away a $25 Gift Certificate to two lucky winners!
Comment entries will be open until 9pm EST on Sunday March 27th and all winners will be announced Monday March 28th on the Impression Obsession Blogs. 

Good luck!
Today’s Hop List:

A friend gave me this notepad recently. 
I had so much fun making this book using the pad, along with the NEW Farm Fresh Set from Impression Obsession.


The Farm Fresh Set has stamps and matching dies. 
To frame the words, "farm fresh", I have used the Happy Day die . The Glass Bottle was stamped twice and fussy cut. On the clasp to keep the book closed, I have used a magnet under the tomato. To keep the book closed I have used a magnet under the tomato for the clasp.


The wallet/coupon pouch has accordion style sides for extra room!
The closure is the same as the front using the tomato and a magnet. I have framed the calendar with the All-in-One Rectangle Frames 2.


Back of book


Thanks for looking and enjoy the hop!







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Thursday, March 17, 2016

IMPRESSION OBSESSION~SOME BUNNY LOVE!


Easter is almost here!
Impression Obsession is having a little Easter fun with their challenge this time. Play along by using IO stamps or dies and have fun with Easter! Share your project with us for a chance to win a $25 IO gift certificate. You can find all the guidelines here on the IO blog.

Ready to have fun with the DT?
Check out their Easter designs!


Baxter Bunbun looks a little surprised that he got caught in the Farm Fresh Basket that is full of carrots!


I love having several layers and lots of dimension. Baxter and the fresh basket were colored with Copics and fussy cut. I have used Collall, which is a silicone, to help keep the leaves popped up. The Farm Fresh Set has dies that co-ordinates with the stamp set. I decided to cut right along the stamped line.


For the inside of the card I've used the NEW Carrot Set. These dies cut beautifully and there are 5 carrots with greenery in this fun set! Easter Joy was die cut using a kraft heavyweight paper.


Here is Baxter again, looking like he is still up to something!

Thanks for looking!

Card 1
Card 2







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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

SERENDIPITY STAMPS~BLOG HOP


It's a Blog Hop with Serendipity Stamps!
Every 3rd Wednesday of the month, Serendipity has a hop to share new products which gives you a chance to win a $20 SS Gift Certificate. The more blogs you visit and leave comments ,the greater your chances!!
You can leave comments through Sunday March 20. Mary will announce the winner on her blog, Monday March 21st...good luck!

You can also play along in our monthly challenge for another oppurntunity to win! We are at the half way point in the challenge so there is plenty of time to enter. For all the details on playing along you can go here to the SSCB.

You should be arriving here from 
Mary's Blog




The challenge this month is Circles and Dots. The DT has used the monthly theme along with the March release.
I have taken the NEW Butterfly Dream image and stamped several times inside the circle die cut. I've added Make A Wish which comes in a set of two stamps.

You can still take advantage of the March stamp
50% OFF
To The World

Your next stop on the hop is 
Marybeth Lopez

Here is a full list of the hop



Mary's SPECIAL is 
Buy 3 items get your 4th (least expensive) item FREE!







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Thursday, March 10, 2016

IMPRESSION OBSESSION-DT THURSDAY!


HAPPY THURSDAY!
If you missed the Impression Obsession/Ken Oliver Blog Hop last week, be sure to take a look...there were some amazing designs using IO products and ColorBurst!

For today, I am sharing a gift box with 4 cards of encouragement. This is a super easy project to make.


 I used the NEW die Cross Set on the top of the box where there is a window cut out. You can see some of the first card through the design of the overlay of crosses.The die cuts were colored with a light rubbing of PanPastels. 



On the Faith card, the Grunge Cross and Cross Single images were stamped with a white ink. 


The butterfly pattern on the paper was repeated by using the Grunge Butterfly stamp. Once again I stamped with white ink which faintly shows the image. IO carries many great stamps that are perfect for mixed media and journaling. I love the one that is used here, She Discovered.


For the 3rd card I have stamped the Single Cross image again along with Accept What It Is.


For the last card in the set, Be Still and the Watercolor Butterfly were used. 


Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekend!







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Friday, March 4, 2016

KEN OLIVER CRAFTS/ IMPRESSION OBSESSION BLOG HOP!



Welcome to the Ken Oliver Crafts/Impression Obsession Blog Hop!

We have some beautiful projects to share AND PRIZES to give away!

The hop will run for 2 days (3/4/16 - 3/5/16) with a list of participants on the Ken Oliver Crafts and Impression Obsession Blogs each day at 8am EST. Visit the fabulous designers from both team’s blogs (only one comment per blog please) for a chance to win 4 great prizes!
The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!!
Ken Oliver Crafts will be giving away a set of Color Burst to two lucky winners!
Impression Obsession will be giving away $25 Gift Certificates to two lucky winners!

Comment entries will be open until 9pm EST on Sunday March 6th and all winners will be announced Monday March 7th on the Ken Oliver Crafts and Impression Obsession Blogs.

Good luck!


I had so much fun playing with Ken Oliver's Color Burst that I made two cards for the hop!
I love the explosion of color you get when water is added.
The Cross Set is from the NEW release of dies from Impression Obsession.
Stick It is a favorite of mine when cutting dies. I love how it never leaves any webbing and really sticks...no glueing needed!
For the background I went a little "poof" happy with colors! I used Indigo, Violet, Pthalo Green, and Ultramarine Color Burst. I stamped Faith and Be Still with a white ink which gives a ghosting effect.




 I heat embossed the Daisy Tile in Reverse stamped image from Impression Obsession.  Lemon Yellow and Orange Color Burst  from the Brights Assortment was used here. I then spritzed with water and the magic happened...a burst of color! Choose Happy is the perfect saying for this bright cheerful card.


HERE IS YOUR HOP LIST FOR TODAY 
Friday- March 4th


Enjoy The Hop and Good Luck! 




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