Impression Obsession Winter Hugs Release & Giveaway Day 3

Wow, this week is flying by! I have two more projects to share on this last day of the Impression Obsession Release.  First up is this sweet girl, she is so much fun to color!  I love that she holds a valentine to give away to someone special!   I stamped and colored E1892 Veronica Valentine then I added "I love you"  from 3213-LG Skinny Words.  

 I get to give away one $10.00  Impression Obsession gift certificate from all the comments I receive on all three days.  So stop by each day of the hop to increase your chance of winning!   Comment below with your favorite stamp from each day of the release. All comments will be open until Saturday, December 15th at noon CT. Winner will be announced on Monday, December 17th.  Good luck! 

The Winter Hugs Release is available now!  You can shop for all the new releases HERE.

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The list of today’s blog hop participants can be found on the Impression Obsession Blog!

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For my last card, I sponged distress inks on Bristol then stamped F21152 Stringed Hearts. I colored the hearts with Inktense Pencils and a bit of white marker.  I just love the fun dangling hearts!  To finish off the card I stamped A13739 Sending Hugs.

Thanks so much for stopping by this week!  I have had a wonderful time featuring stamps by Impression Obsession and reading your sweet comments!

 F21152 Stringed Hearts                        E19914 Veronica Valentine    

            3213-LG Skinny Words                              A13739 Sending Hugs                

Impression Obsession Winter Hugs Release & Giveaway Day 2

 Welcome to Day 2 of the Impression Obsession Winter Hugs Hop!  For me, Day 2 is all about hearts!

First up I am featuring this sweet, sweet E13729Valentine Bun and I paired him with  A13739 Sending Hugs.  I watercolored Valentine Bunny with Inktense Pencils and kept the background clean and simple. With this cute little guy I am also playing along with the Featured Stamper challenge at SCS.  Congrats Di on being this week's Featured Stamper!

 I get to give away one $10.00  Impression Obsession gift certificate from all the comments I receive on all three days.  So stop by each day of the hop to increase your chance of winning!   Comment below with your favorite stamp from each day of the release. All comments will be open until Saturday, December 15th at noon CT. Winner will be announced on Monday, December 17th.  Good luck! 

The Winter Hugs Release is available now!  You can shop for all the new releases HERE.

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The list of today’s blog hop participants can be found on the Impression Obsession Blog!

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For this card, I used the D17251 Heart Balloon and a sentiment from the Skinny Words sentiment set.   I stamped the balloon three times and "tied" them with a ribbon.  The skinny words sentiments fit with a wide variety of images!

E13729Valentine Bun          A13739 Sending Hugs

                           3213LG Skinny Words                D17251 Heart Balloon             



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Christmas Packages Tied up in Bows

I love the dramatic look of red, white, and black so I put it to work on this Christmas card.  This plaid pattern reminds me of a gorgeous dress I had back in my 20's. I loved that dress!    

This was simple to create and so much fun.  I popped up the package on craft foam and created the bow.  I stamped the sentiment on a tag and tied it around the ribbon.   The sweet sentiment is from Luke 2 by The Project Bin.  

The idea to create this card featuring a Christmas present came from Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Wrap it Up

Luke 2

(Thanks so much for stopping by.  If you are looking for the Impression Obsession Challenge click HERE.)

Impression Obsession Winter Hugs Release & Giveaway Day 1

 Welcome to the Impression Obsession Winter Hugs Hop!

We have three days of beautiful new images and sentiments to share with you!  I get to give away one $10.00  Impression Obsession gift certificate from all the comments I receive on all three days.  So stop by each day of the hop to increase your chance of winning!   Comment below with your favorite stamp from each day of the release. All comments will be open until Saturday, December 15th at noon CT. Winner will be announced on Monday, December 17th.  Good luck! 

The Winter Hugs Release is available now!  You can shop for all the new releases HERE.

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The list of today’s participants can be found on the Impression Obsession Blog!

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First up I am featuring C13744 Chocolate Breakfast.  I adore this sentiment, it's such a hoot!!  I made my own little paper chocolate to go with the sentiment. I can't imagine having to get through winter without chocolate!

Next up I stamped and decorated this sweet chocolate with the WP898 Chocolate Builder set.  This set comes with four fun chocolates, three wrappers, four decorations, and three sentiments!  I have included the stamp set below so you can check it out! 

Now that your mouth is watering for yummy chocolate I am switching it up with a fun celebration card featuring F20615 Curly Ribbon. This ribbon is so much fun to create with!  Just a hint of highlights on the edges of the ribbon really causes the ribbon to pop.   Curly ribbon can be used for any occasion just by changing the color.  Red, white and blue for 4th of July,  red and green for Christmas, the possibilities are endless!  For my card, I created a birthday card and added the "celebrate" sentiment from the 3213-LG Skinny Words stamp set. You can view all the fun sentiments in this set at the end of this post.  
I am entering these pretty ribbons in a CAS challenge at Splitcoaststampers.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Don't forget to come back tomorrow for more inspiration and another chance to win!

C13744 Chocolate Breakfast

F20615 Curly Ribbon                                 WP898 Chocolate Builder

               Skinny Words             
                                                              

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Big Bright World

It's my turn to host the Inspiration Challenge at SCS and I chose one of my favorite places!  My husband and I used to spend a lot of time hiking and camping in the Smokey Mountain National Park and then we would come down out of the mountains for a couple of days of luxurious civilization!  A real bed, shower, and electricity were delightful and then there was the shopping!!  Our inspiration site is the Incredible Christmas Place and I found a sweet ornament to inspire my card.  The candy cane pattern on THIS ornament made me think of the Rough Around the Edges stamp by Picket Fence Studios.  I thought it would be fun to make my own pattern with the stamp set by turning it once and stamping stripes again to make a rough check pattern.   The sweet images and sentiment are from the I Love You Momma stamp set.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Here's a look at the full stamp sets:

 I Love You Momma

Rough Around the Edges

Quick Christmas

 The new Impression Obsession Challenge is up and the theme is Quick Christmas cards. The team has loads of inspiration to help you finish those last minute Christmas cards for 2018 or get a head start on 2019!  

At first glance, my card doesn't look quick but it really was.  I am not a big fan of doing multiples but this is one card I could make many times.  The sentiment is included right in the body of the image so there is no need to fool around with finding the right greeting and placement.  Just a hint of coloring on the greeting, holly berries, ornaments, and flag is all it takes to make Seasons Greetings Mailbox pop! I added just a bit of gray shading in spots but that only took a few seconds.  A few winter clouds with a stencil finished the card!

For the ornaments on the wreath, I added glossy accents.

I hope you will join the challenge and link up your project for a chance to win a $25.00 GC to the IO store!    Just head on over to the Impression Obsession Blog to check out the Design Team samples and link up your project!

I am also playing along with today's WT717 Challenge to create a card with window(s) in them.  My farmhouse has several windows.

Seasons Greetings Mailbox

The First Christmas

This week I am featuring a sentiment from Luke 2 by The Project Bin. Starting at the top of the cardstock I brushed Broken China Distress ink in long streaks down the length of the paper.  Once I liked the coverage I did the same with Blueprint Sketch. Next, I stamped the beautiful sentiment. 

To finish off my starry night, I die cut the star and then added tiny stars with a white marker.

That's it for me today!  I hope you are enjoying this first week of December!  Thanks for stopping by!

Luke 2

Y'all!

I am a Kansas girl transplanted to Louisiana, currently residing in Georgia so I was tickled when I joined Picket Fence Studios and saw the sentiments with "y'all".  Being a girl from the midwest I never quite sounded authentic saying "y'all" but that doesn't stop me from enjoying it!

Julie is our hostess for the Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge this week and she chose a beautiful site for us.  I found THIS photo which inspired my choice of sentiment from A Gnome Winter (this stamp set has a (coordinating die). THIS photo inspired the use of plaid on this sweet cup from Coffee Understands (this set has coordinating dies). 

I love this cup in plaid so much I can't wait to make more cards like this and that is saying something because I don't usually enjoy creating multiples of a card design.

I am playing along with the 2018 Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.  There are tons of Super Sponsors with loads of prizes and Picket Fence Studios is one of the sponsors so be sure to check them out!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

         A Gnome Winter                               Coffee Understands