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

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Jeanne Steiff

Jenny Gropp

Karen Amidon...that's me!

Kittie Caracciolo

Laura Fulcher

Vicki Garrett

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

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

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Jeanne Steiff

Jenny Gropp

Karen Amidon...that's me!

Kittie Caracciolo

Laura Fulcher

Vicki Garrett

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

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!

Kittie Caracciolo

Laura Fulcher

Vicki Garrett

"Wooden Ships on the Water"...Dating myself with a little Crosby Stills Nash~Lyrics! Ahhhh, the beauty of a ship and look at all the wonderful details this Ship image has by Gary Robertson. I stayed true to his drawing and colored only the image with Copics.

The card base is made with the heavy weight Neenah ivory paper. I've added 2 strips of the colored dp paper on it.

For my layers behind the image I matted the navy paper with the ivory Neenah that I have edged with a Krylon 18kt gold leafing pen. The red was torn and edged with E41 and 42. The blue and ivory ticking was made from the Cover-a-Card Ticking background stamp. I used the awesome Mega Mount curved acrylic block for stamping the image. I've embellished the card with a strip of muslin, jute rope and metal brads.

Thanks for looking!

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for" John Shedd

• Stamps: Impression Obsession- Ship G1956, Cover a Card Ticking CC126
• Ink: Memento- Nautical Blue
• Papers: Neenah- Ivory, Authentique- Abroad
• Other: IO- Mega Mount, Copics, Krylon 18kt gold Leafing Pen, shaped die, foam tape, muslin, jute rope, brads 

SSCB #33~2 COOLING OFF!

Welcome to the second half of the Serendipity challenge where the theme all month is "twine". Play along by using a Serendipity stamp or die and add some twine. One entry will be chosen randomly and will win a sampler of Twinery Twine. New to playing with us? You can find all the details here on SSCB.

Get inspired using twine from the DT

Vickie Zimmer
Jeanne Jachna
Jenny Gropp 
Julie Warner
Karen Amidon...here!
Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier

Jen Cuthbertson~ guest designer

Birgit Edblom~ DT Alumni

For the first half of our challenge the DT was to use "hot" as their theme along with twine, now we are cooling things down! Anything "cool" is our focus and I'm thinking what's cooler than playing in the sprinkler on a hot summer day! Isn't this image dear? 

The sweet Sprinkler image has been colored with Copics.  A light brushing of Wink of Stella was added to the water spray. I've also added Gloss Gel to the splashes.

The lines were followed from the Exquisite Circle die cuts with twine to create the rays. I've also glued some twine around the circle die cut to frame the image and finished it off with a shoestring bow. "Summer" is from the season set, Spring~ Summer~ Autumn~ Winter.

Here are the Copics used!

Serendipity sale this week is buy 3, get a 4th one FREE!

Thanks for looking and hope that you are staying cool this summer!

• Stamps: Serendipity- 1265G Sprinkler, 582K Spring-Summer-Autumn-Winter Set
• Ink: Memento- Tuxedo Black, Versafine- Onyx Black
• Papers: Neenah- Solar White, ep- Summer Bliss, Bo Bunny- Double Dots, SU
• Other: Copics, Twinery Twine, Wink of Stella, Spellbinders- Exquisite Circles, A2 Matting Basics, Nellies -Circles, Viva Gloss Gel- transparent, foam tape, enamel dots

IMPRESSION OBSESSION-COLORS OF SUMMER!

Summertime fun has begun and I have some exciting news to share! I am thrilled beyond belief to be joining the incredibly talented Impression Obsession DT! Wow, these girls are amazing, and the product is fabulous!
I'm jumping right in with their new challenge, yep you got it, it's the colors of summer! Join in and play along for a chance to win. You can find all the details on the IO BLOG.

Get inspired with the summer colors from the DT

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Ellen Taylor
Laura Fulcher
Jenny Gropp 
Jeanne Streiff 

Kittie Caracciolo
Karen Amidon...that's me!

I adore this sweet image of the Beachcomber. It's been inked up and colored with Copics. Sending Sunny Summer Smiles was stamped inside the popped up Square Shaker Frame Die cut.  A natural mesh, twine, and silk have been added for texture. The fun sand bucket dp was the perfect pairing with its wonderful summer colors!

I have had more fun with the Shell Die Set and the Pail! The shells were lightly shaded with Copics and embossed with clear ep. The Pail is perfect for collecting those treasures along the beach or arranging flowers in! Pale green paper was used for the Grass Die. What's a beach without some sand? I've sprinkled a little dusting of sand to complete the grouping!

Thanks for looking and I hope that you will join in and play along by sharing your fun colors of summer! 

• Stamps: Impression Obsession- Beachcomber D13015, Sunny Smiles A5364
• Dies: Impression Obsession- Square Shaker Frame Die DIE002-Z, Grass Border DIE038-J, Pail DIE164-A, Shell Set DIE077-W
• Papers: Neenah, ep Summer Bliss, Bo Bunny- Double Dot, SU
• Other: Copics, Colorbox Chalk, Bow Easy, circle die, rectangle die, foam tape, Scor-tape, May Arts- silk ribbon, mesh, rope, twine, enamel dots

   

SSCB #33 TWINE

Hooray! Its the start of a new month and a new Serendipity Challenge! The theme all month is TWINE, and the winner of this challenge will receive a sampler of Twinery Twine! So get creative with your twine and use a Serendipity stamp or die on your entry. For more details you can go here to the SSCB.

It's officially summer and the DT has added some heat to our challenge,"Hot" is our theme!

See what's hot for the rest of the DT!

Vickie Zimmer
Jeanne Jachna
Jenny Gropp  
Julie Warner
    Karen Amidon~here
Marybeth Lopez

Miriam Napier 

   Jen Cuthbertson~guest
      Birgit Edblom~DT Alumni

Anything nautical and beachy is really HOT right now!

 Look at the incredible detail of this image! I've used copper embossing powder on the  Sea Horse. The small "Thank You" is also embossed. A few embellishments were added and I've tied off the top of the card with a coordinating twine. How cute is this petite shell dp?  Love these fun sand and sea colors. 

Want to go shopping? 
The Serendipity Store still has 50% off Wood Clearance Sale, $1 stamps and Clearance stamps!

Hope that you will join in the fun and play along.

Have a safe and happy 4th!

• Stamps: Serendipity- 994D Sea Horse, 754B Thank You  Casual Small
• Ink: VersaMark
• Papers: Neenah-Ivory, Carta Bella- Ahoy There, copper cardstock
• Other: Twinery Twine, EP-Copper, Perfect Mini Rulers, Stamping Buddy, Spellbinders- A2 Matting Basics, Circles, Fancy Tags, MFT- Stitched Circle STAX, Pierced Rectangle STAX, Vertical Stitched STAX, Foam tape, enamel dots