Stencil It - Free 4 All

Happy December!  Well, goodness, this year went by like a flash!  This week it's my turn to challenge us with a theme for the Free 4 All Challenge at SCS.  I have chosen, stencils.  Let's get out those stencils and make some magic.  We would love it if you joined us.  

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Here is what I used for this cheerful thank you!

Arrows Stencil

Many Thanks (sentiment)

Rounded Rectangle Layers

Butterfly & Scallop Frame

Thank you for stopping by!  

Winter Greetings - December IO Kit Hop

Hello and welcome to the December IO Kit Hop and Giveaway!

Since creating winter cards is my favorite theme, I thoroughly enjoyed the December Limited Edition Kit.

This image is wonderfully versatile.  It looks beautiful in tones of blue and pink for a frosty look.  It's just as striking in earth tones for a more southern winter look!

I am featuring the vertical sentiment with patterned paper for my next card. 

December Limited Edition Kit

December Kit Hop Details:

• On December 1st and 2nd, the Impression Obsession Team is sharing projects with the NEW Limited Edition Red Rubber Kit! You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog every day of the event.
• We are giving away TWO Impression Obsession Grab Bags for the event; the more you comment through the Kit Hop the more chances to win!
• All comments for the event days will be open until December 6th at 8 PM CT.
• Winners will be announced on December 7th on the Impression Obsession Blog.

IO Stamps Blog

Jeanne Streiff

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams

Angela Bode

Dina Kowal

Not Really But It's a Pretty Sentiment

Hello!  

It's time for a new Fan Club Christmas Challenge at SCS.  We have had such a fun year of challenges, and I am a little sad to see the theme end. I can't mention what the challenge is but we would love it if you joined us!  SCS is such a fun community for paper crafters!  

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I used the November Limited Edition kit for this card.  It's only available through December and then it will be gone.  I layered lovely pieces of patterned paper from the Winter Fun Paper Pack.  Lastly, I finished off the card with sprigs of Mistletoe.  

 

I can't wholeheartedly agree with the sentiment.  I have lived in the south too long.  However, since we rarely get snow it's fun to see a tiny bit of the white stuff now and then. The state snowplow (the sun) usually warms up the ground quickly, making snowy experiences short.

Snowy weather was an exciting time when our children were young!   We anxiously watched the tv to hear our school was closed.  Later on, it was the automated phone call we couldn't wait to receive!   Those were the BEST days!     The kids would tramp back and forth outside and in.  Our winter gear was laughable and did very little to keep fingers and toes dry and warm.  The kids would come in and warm up; I would find another pair of dry gloves and out they went again!  

Ah, well, one is married now and the other is in college so no more snow day excitement for us.  Just snowy cards to create.  :)  

Warm hugs!  

Have a wonderful day!  

 

Small Steps - IO Team Favorites Showcase

Welcome to this month's Team Favorites!  

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This month I am showing off a sweet new set by Nola Chandler.  Actually, You Can is a delightful set with encouraging sentiments and this adorable girl.  I cut a layer with the Crazy Stitched Set, then stamped.  Washi tape and sequins finish off the project.  

Stop by the Impression Obsession Blog to find all of the Team Favorites!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Live Colorfully - Product Focus - Die-cuts

Hi!  This week the IO Team is focusing on Dies. 

 I love the brand new Kokopelli die.   I added a second die cut in black for a bit of a shadow on this card.  The sentiment is from Colorful Seasons and I used one of the dies from the Rounded Rectangle Layers.  

I hope you will stop by the Impression Obsession Blog to see the Team Die-Cut cards!  

 

A Winter Sky

 Hello, creative friends! Today I am over at the My Sweet Petunia blog featuring a card that I think turned out beautifully!  I had so much fun creating a winter sky and stamping the new Trees in Winter IO Stamp.  I hope you will check out the full card on the My Sweet Petunia Blog.  

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The Trees in Winter stamp is a brand-new set for the November Release.  If you haven't hopped the IO Release you can stop by Day 1 HERE and Day 2 HERE. There is still plenty of time to comment for a chance to win!  

Thanks so much for stopping by and taking a look!

Featured MSP Products:

Teal MISTI

Mini MISTI

Sticky Mat

Cut-Align Ruler

Impression Obsession Products:

Trees in Winter

Rounded Rectangle Layers

 

Happy Holidays & Much More - IO November Release Hop & Giveaway

Hello, and welcome to day 2 of the November Release Hop & Giveaway!

I love this new tree stamp set so much!  I am excited by the many possibilities of this set.  I used the trees for Christmas on this card but they can be used for any season!  

Featured Items:

Trees In Winter

Wave Edges

My husband and I fell in love with Kokopelli after our first visit out West.  I kept this CAS using solid bold colors.  The die-cut was dipped into Peacock Feathers and Broken China Distress Inks.  

Featured Items:

Kokopelli

Colorful Seasons

Lastly, a look at another cute set by Nola Chandler!  

Featured Items:

Actually, You Can 

Crazy Stitched Set

Blog Hop Details!

 On November 15th and 16th, the IO team is sharing the NEW November Release that includes dies, stamps, and more! 

Impression Obsession is giving away a $25.00 Gift Certificate to THREE lucky winners. So, the more you comment along the Release Celebration Hop, the more chances to win!

Comments for each of the event days will be open until Tuesday, November 22nd at 8pm CT.  The winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 23rd.

Lastly, the entire November Release can be found HERE!  

Today's Blog Hop Stops!

IO Stamps Blog

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Jeanne Streiff

Feeling Sheepish? November Impression Obsession Release Hop & Giveaway

Hello and welcome to the November Impression Obsession Release!  

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First,  we have an adorable new sheep set by Nola called, One Day at a Time.  The sheep are just right to perk up a friend's spirits! The background was created with the new Arrow Stencil. 

Featured on today's card!

One Day at a Time

Arrows Stencil

Rounded Rectangle Layers

Cute Scalloped Rectangles

The next is a bright and cheerful card.  It should cheer the bug right out of someone who is ill!  I stamped the Art Noveau Background stamp in Chartreuse ink on yellow cardstock.  The fun border is actually a Cloud Border.  The bug and sentiment are from Nola's new Get Well Soon set.

Featured on Today's Card:

    Get Well Soon

Cloud Border

Art Nouveau

Chartreuse Ink

Blog Hop Details!

 On November 15th and 16th, the IO team is sharing the NEW November Release that includes dies, stamps, and more! 

Impression Obsession is giving away a $25.00 Gift Certificate to THREE lucky winners. So, the more you comment along the Release Celebration Hop, the more chances to win!

Comments for each of the event days will be open until Tuesday, November 22nd at 8pm CT.  The winners will be announced on Wednesday, November 23rd.

Lastly, the entire November Release can be found HERE!  

Today's Blog Hop Stops!

IO Stamps Blog

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Jeanne Streiff

Peace on Earth & Happy Veteran's Day

This week's F4All Challenge at SCS is Peace.  Wishing peace for all our Veterans on this day that we set aside to remember their sacrifice.  

For our challenge, we can use anything that says "peace" to us.  I have a lovely Christmas set that I haven't used much so I went with a Christmas card.  I had a watercolor panel that I planned to use for the challenge but ended up getting ink all over it at the last minute.  Sigh.  I am so grateful for the beautiful IO paper packs!  I would call this an express card as I finished it in record time.  :) 

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Features:  

Winter Greetings

Winter Scenes (Paper Pack)

Rounded Rectangles

Thanks for stopping by!  

 

A Cookie in Each Hand - IO Theme Day - In the Kitchen

This week we are "In the Kitchen" for the Impression Obsession Theme Day!  

I have fond memories of all the cookies my mom would bake at Christmas. My mom would make a wide variety of cookies during the season.  We would snack on them while watching Christmas specials.  So much fun!  One particular Christmas, I remember she stored all the cookies in coffee tins to keep them fresh.  Mom made sugar cookies with mint icing, spritz cookies, raspberry-filled cookies, and more.  The only problem was they all ended up tasting like coffee!  Mint icing with coffee flavor, umm...not so yummy.  However, great memories were made!

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Here is my nod to Christmas past!

Cookie Sayings  

Large Frosted Cookies

Checkers (background)

Wacky Stitched Circles

For a list of participating Design Team members head over to

 the Impression Obsession blog. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

 

Cold Outside - IO Limited Edition November Kit & Giveaway

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Hello, it's day 2 of the November Limited Edition Kit Blog Hop! The November Kit is such a fun set for creating winter projects.

I have been enjoying the new paper packs at IO.  I love how they can be used to create quick yet eye-catching projects.  For this card, I used the Winter Scenes paper pack.  I paired it with a sentiment from the November Kit.

For this next card, I used the smallest image in the kit.  He is so cute, don't you think? Listed below you will find the items used in the making of this card.  

November Limited Edition Kit

Small Layered Bow

Stitched Tag #4

Winter Fun Paper Pack

On November 1st & 2nd, the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with the NEW November Limited Edition Kit. You will find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day.

We will be giving away two Impression Obsession Grab Bags for the event, so the more you comment through our Kit Release Celebration the more chances to win!

All comments for each of the event days will be open until Tuesday, November 8th at 8pm CT.

Winners will be announced Wednesday, November 9th on the Impression Obsession Blog.

IO Stamps Blog

Laura Fulcher

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Jeanne Streiff

Thanks so much for taking a look!  

Snow Fun - November Limited Edition Kit Hop & Giveaway

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Hello and welcome to the November Limited Edition Kit Blog Hop! The November Kit is such a fun set for creating winter projects.

 

I love this happy trio of snowpeople! First, I created an ink-blended background splattered with snow. Then, I added a sentiment on a Rounded Rectangle.  A ribbon finished off the card.  

For my next card, I colored this cutie in pink!  I used the Large Frame and added Country Snowflakes.  Once again, I used a Rounded Rectangle for the sentiment.  

On November 1st & 2nd, the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing projects with the NEW November Limited Edition Kit. You will find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day.

We will be giving away two Impression Obsession Grab Bags for the event, so the more you comment through our Kit Release Celebration the more chances to win!

All comments for each of the event days will be open until Tuesday, November 8th at 8pm CT.

Winners will be announced Wednesday, November 9th on the Impression Obsession Blog.

IO Stamps Blog

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Jeanne Streiff

Thanks so much for taking a look!  

Black and Teal MISTI Magic

 Hello, everyone, I am featuring a couple of cards today on the My Sweet Petunia Blog.  In previous posts I have mentioned how much I love having more than one MISTI; today, I will show why.  

For a full look at the cards, I created head over to the My Sweet Petunia Blog (linked above). 

In my new Teal MISTI, I stamped the sentiment.  

In the Black MISTI, I stamped leaves randomly around the sentiment.  

The first card I created with this method is the orange one pictured below.  Because the sentiment stamp was still in the first MISTI, it was easy to create another card inspired by the TEAL MISTI!  :)

Thank you so much for stopping by!  

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Today's Featured MISTI Tools

Teal Original MISTI

Black Original MISTI

Creative Corners

Double Dip Notes

IO Stamps

Fall Sayings

Happy Thanksgiving

 

Baking for Team Favorites

Hello! Today the IO designers are sharing our Favorites of the month. 

 It's difficult to pick a favorite with so many fun items new this month. After a bit of thought, I settled on the sweet kitchen items.

 Featured Items:

Checkers (background stamp)

Oven Mitt & Pot Holder

More Baked Fresh Sayings

Also new this month are cute baking utensils!

Featured Items:

Baking Utensils

More Baked Fresh Sayings

Checkers

 

Make sure to stop by the Impression Obsession Blog to find more Team Favorites!

Thanks for stopping by!

A Free 4 All with Dies

This week for the Free 4 All Challenge at SCS we are creating with dies!  

I had a lot of fun mixing up some Christmas cheer with the new Mixer Die set.  The background is scored and then swiped with an ink pad.  Then, I die-cut the Tag With Lace from a piece of Homespun Floral Christmas paper.  Next, I stamped a sentiment from the Christmas Baking set onto a Rounded Rectangle Layer.  To finish off the card, I created a bow with the Small Layered Bow.   Fun and easy!

We would love to see your die-cut creations at the SCS F4ALL Challenge!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Christmas Treats & More for Day 2 - IO October Release & Giveaway Hop

Hello, and welcome to Day 2 of the Impression Obsession October Release Blog Hop!

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's Release samples! I had so much fun featuring Christmas and birthday cards yesterday that I am back today with more Christmas and birthday! You can find the blog hop details listed below.

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I cannot lie, I love creating coffee cards, and Impression Obsession has a wide array of coffee dies to choose from.  There is even a small coffee cup in this month's Seasonal Cupcake Topper Die set! I decided to feature the Coffee To Go set on this card.  First, I created a background by ink-blending the center.  Then I splattered it with water. Next, I added a trio of Country Snowflakes.  Lastly, the fun Christmas Coffee Saying was stamped onto a Rounded Rectangle Layer.  

Next, I am featuring the jumbo Cupcake die set.  This die set offers loads of possibilities.  I made a Christmas cupcake paper from the Homespun Christmas Paper pack.  Then I added die-cut pieces from the Seasonal Cupcake Topper Die set. I   used this sentiment from the Christmas Baking set because I love watching Christmas movies!  Once again, I stamped the sentiment on a Rounded Rectangle Layer.     

This last card features many of the items used on my previous card. Are you as hungry for a cupcake as I am?  The fun thing about paper cupcakes is that they are zero calories.  Also, they are easier to create than baking cupcakes, in my opinion!   Here's what I used for this cupcake creation!

 Cupcake die set

Baby Cupcake Topper set

Seasonal Cupcake Topper Die set

Happy Birthday sentiment set

Rounded Rectangle Layer

Large Frame

Small Layered Bow

Blog Hop Details!

On October 15th and 16th, the IO team is sharing the NEW October Release that includes dies, stamps, and more! 

 Impression Obsession is giving away a $25.00 Gift Certificate to THREE lucky winners. So, the more you comment along the Release Celebration Hop, the more chances to win!

Comments for each of the event days will be open until Friday, October21st at 8pm CT.  The winners will be announced on Saturday, October 22nd on the Impression Obsession Blog.

Lastly, the entire October Release can be found HERE!  

Today's Blog Hop Stops!

Impression Obsession Blog

Laura Williams

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Jeanne Streiff

Laura Fulcher

Thanks so much for stopping by!