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!

Seasonal Celebrations for the IO July Release Hop & Giveaway

Hello and welcome to day 2 of the July Release & Giveaway! 

Oh, my do we ever have some cute stamps this month!  I am featuring Nola's critters for today's post.  They have gotten into mischief but they are cute as can be.  

My first card was inspired by our boys.  Apollo is definitely the one that would not instigate mischief but he might follow along.  LOL  Rocky is always looking for trouble and he regrets nothing!  Oh, our rescues crack us up!  The sentiment set is Dear Santa and it has great comedic sentiments!  I stacked the kitty image from the  Naughty List using my MISTI with the repeat stamping technique.   The Stitched Slimline Layers and the  Rounded Rectangle Layers add a finished look to the card.

 

Cats are not the only critters to get up to mischief.  Up next, is the adorable pup from the Naughty List. 

 I used the following dies: 

Rounded Rectangle Layers, Scalloped Oval Tag & Stitched Slimline Layers.  

The paper is from the new paper pack, Homespun Floral Christmas Paper. 

July 28th & July 29th the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the NEW July Release stamps, dies, stencils, and paper packs!

 You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event.

We will be giving away THREE Impression Obsession $25 gift certificates for the event so the more you comment through our Release Celebration the more chances to win!

All comments for each of the event days will be open until Tuesday, August 2nd at 8pm CT. All winners will be announced on Wednesday, August 3rd on the Impression Obsession Blog.

Impression Obsession Blog 

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Jeanne Streiff

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Fun With Stencils & More for Day 1 of the July Release Hop & Giveaway!

Welcome to the July Release Blog Hop & Giveaway!

Impression Obsession is an exciting place to be these days!  A few months ago the new ink cubes were rolled out, last month we debuted beautiful paper packs, and this month we have stencils!  So much creative fun all in one place!  There are also new stamps and dies of course!   

First up is the Christmas Floral Stencil set.  This is a set of three, they are not difficult to line up, however the plastic stencils do not line up square to one another, so don't let that throw you off when creating.  :)   I stenciled my poinsettias first, removed the stencil, and then placed the dotted stencil over my stenciled poinsettias for alignment. Lastly, I lined up the leaves where I wanted them to be. Also, new, this month are the Rounded Rectangle Layers.  They are created to fit all of Jeanne Streiff's sentiments perfectly. I will be using this die set often!  I just love having dies that fit the sentiments perfectly. 

The sentiment is from the single word All Year Sayings.  This set is wonderful for creating unique sentiments!  To align them in a single line I placed a small plastic ruler in my MISTI, then lined up the bottom of the words on the edge of the ruler.  

If you are a fan of easy, you will love the Decorative Mini Slimline dies!  I created a CAS card but if you are a fan of layers the Decorative Mini Slimline is a great start for your layered masterpiece!  The sentiment is from Anytime Sayings.  

Click HERE to check out all of the NEW items at Impression Obsession! 

With this last card, I am also participating in an SCS Challenge that I am hosting.

I used the new Pinked Mini Slimline and die-cut a piece of gorgeous Fall paper from the Autumn Scenes paper pack.  The sentiment is from All Year Sayings.  Since the sentiments are single words they can be arranged in an abundance of ways!  The dies, paper, and word sentiment set combine beautifully together for any last-minute cards that might be needed!

  

July 28th & July 29th the Impression Obsession Team will be sharing new projects with the NEW July Release stamps, dies, stencils, and paper packs!

 You can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog each day through the event.

We will be giving away THREE Impression Obsession $25 gift certificates for the event so the more you comment through our Release Celebration the more chances to win!

All comments for each of the event days will be open until Tuesday, August 2nd at 8pm CT. All winners will be announced on Wednesday, August 3rd on the Impression Obsession Blog.

 Impression Obsession Blog

Dina Kowal

Giovana Smith

Jeanne Streiff

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

A Wonderful Life

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Hello!  It's time for the February Fan Club Christmas Challenge at SCS!  We have a really fun theme for 2022.  I can't share what the theme is or how this card fits but you can find out by heading over to the Fan Club Christmas Challenge.  

I can tell you what I used to create this card. 

The branch is from my days as a DT with Prickley Pear Stamps.  The Pine Branch Die is still sold at Prickley Pear stamps and I love using it.  The bell is part of the Impression Obsession Small Bell Ornament set and lastly, the sentiment is It's a Wonderful Life also from IO.

         Thanks so much for stopping by!  

 

    

Let Your Heart be Light

Happy New Year!  You are seeing right, I am featuring a Christmas card on New Year's Day!  However, it's also the first of the month and that means it's time for a brand new Fan Club Christmas Challenge at SCS!  Our amazing leader of ten years is stepping down so the new team decided we wanted to celebrate Stacy with the first challenge of 2022!  

I have my card in the SCS gallery with a link to Stacy's fabulous card if you would like to see it.  

I took the beautiful Pixel Christmas Tree and stamped it in several shades of green.  Each time I wiped away the ink from the ornaments.  Then I watercolored the ornaments.  A MISTI is a must for a project like this!  The textured watercolor paper would be impossible to restamp in the exact spot several times without a MISTI. I created a border with one of the Border Stitching Dies.  The sentiment is Heart Light and I added a couple of tags from the Small Tags Die Set.  The tags are one of the things that really captured my attention on Stacy's card.  

Anyone is welcome to participate in the challenges at Splitcoaststampers simply click the SCS link above!  

Wishing you a wonderful New Year!  

 

Joy!

When I thought of Joy for this week's Free 4 All Challenge, December was still some ways away.  It's easy to think of Joy and December when it hasn't happened yet!  Ha! 

 I love December and Christmas.  It also happens to be my birth month so there is a lot of joy happening!  However, now that I am smack dab in the middle of December, I am finding that there is a lot I am not loving this year.   I don't love that I have missed over a week of December happenings being sick this year!  It means I probably won't get out Christmas cards and I have no idea what gifts I am giving!  I haven't been to a store since before Thanksgiving!  So yikes. However, the bottom line is those are just things and stuff.  Maybe there is a reason that the Grinch Stole Christmas has always been my favorite Christmas show!  Moment by moment there is a lot to be joyful over!  So here are three cards that just won't ignore joy!  

I hope you are gliding through December!  Leave me a note and let me know how you are doing, good or bad!

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First, up is this cool seamless shaker card!  These are so much fun to make.  I took JOY in being released from having to use foam layers to make a shaker!!! 

****Edited to add instructions.  So sorry, I was feeling rough and didn't have the energy to tell you how I did this! I was hoping to find a video from Mary who taught this in a class, I took.  I couldn't find hers but I did find a video from JD.   I used stamp packaging to make this shaker.  You can also find pockets.  Scrapbook.com is sold out right now but you can take a look HERE to get an idea of what you are looking for.  You can see in the stamp pocket that you can purchase that the corners are mitered.  I did that myself with stamp packaging.  

Step 1:  create your card front, add die-cuts, sentiment, etc.  Step 2: cut a piece of very thin acetate or stamp packaging larger than your background so that you can fold it over and adhere it(about a 1/2 inch larger on each side).  Place your card front(background piece) face down on the acetate.  Place sturdy, double-sided tape on the edges of the card (you should be looking at the backside of the card front and placing the tape on the backside).  Step 3: Remove tape backing on 3 sides of the card. Fold acetate or packaging around the card and adhere to the sticky back.  Now you have a sealed card front with one side open.  Ste 4: fill the card with your choice of sequins and shaker mix.  Step 5: Fold over the 4th edge of acetate and adhere to the back of the card front.  Step 6: cover the back with sturdy double-sided tape.  Remove tape backing and adhere to a folded card base!  Easy Peasy.  

Bells and background stamps are a thing of joy!

A textured wreath adds welcome to any door (or card) and that is a pretty joyful thing!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I really would love to hear how you are doing and what brings you joy this year so leave me a comment and let me know!   

Today's Featured Items

JOY (word die)

Summer Bouquet

Holiday Holly Background Stamp

Small Bell Ornament

Wreath