Impression Obsession - In Love With Spring Release - Day 5

 Hi!  It's Day 5 of the spectacular IO In Love with Spring Release!  I hope you have enjoyed this amazing week but it's not over yet, tomorrow is the last day so stop back by for another chance to win!

Today's cards are bright and colorful inspired by the F4A516 Challenge at SCS!  The wonderful thing about paper crafting is that I can indulge in all of my whims!  Most of the time I love mostly white space but I also love bright, beautiful colors so today I am sharing my colorful side!

This is one of my favorite backgrounds that I made at Lydia's Unwind retreat.  Oh, I could get lost in it!  Lydia calls the background technique, Hurricane Wrap so I thought it would pair well with the Storms sentiment.  While I was deciding the layout, I had a giggle moment and just had to add a black cat from the Cat Set.  I love how it seems she is looking right into the eye of the storm.  

This is a bit of an inside joke because our black cat was named Storm.  She wasn't named storm because she found us on a rainy night (which did happen) but because she was a STORM.  She blew into our lives with a wail and ran around our home like a gusty gale, knocking everything off in her path!  I loved her with everything!

Even though I have made light fun with this sentiment I truly do embrace the real meaning.  Sometimes the storms of life blow away things we don't need and clear our paths for the future.  

My next card is another colorful creation!  This time I am featuring new Seth Apter stamps from the IO Release. The fun thing about this background is that it is a rescue piece.  I added too much water when I was using the Double Love stamp thereby obliterating the double heart.  Instead of trashing the background I set it aside for later use and found it worked beautifully with a spiral from the Spirals stamp set.  Lastly, I added a sentiment from Journal Jargon 7.

Now for a few details regarding the hop! Each day (January 6th - January 11th ) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am.

Every single blog will have a $25 gift certificate to give away for the event - so the more you comment through our Release Celebration the more chances to win! All comments for all of the event days will be open until Sunday, January 12th at noon CT. All winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 14th.

Today's Stops:

Angela Bode - that's me!

Giovana Smith

Laura Williams

More sentiments like "Storms" can be found under Yvonne Blair Designs in the store.

More Seth Apter Stamps can be found HERE.
All of the new stamps and dies are available in the IO Store now!

Make sure to keep hopping for your chance to win a GC to the IO Store!

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Impression Obsession - Catching up - In Love with Spring

Hi! Today is Day 4 of the Impression Obsession, In Love with Spring Release!

  Spring weather can be pretty tricky.  One day we are enjoying the warmth of the sun, the next day the birdbath is freezing over and we need steaming cups of coffee to warm our fingers! 

I just love this yummy Coffee Argyle background stamp.  I think the coffee beans and coffee cup impressions are such a fun addition to an argyle pattern!   I paired the background with the Coffee & Cocoa die set and lastly, I added the Catch Up sentiment.  I am very busy this week catching up with friends so I might pop this in the mail tomorrow!

Now for a few details regarding the hop! Each day (January 6th - January 11th ) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am.

Every single blog will have a $25 gift certificate to give away for the event - so the more you comment through our Release Celebration the more chances to win! All comments for all of the event days will be open until Sunday, January 12th at noon CT. All winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 14th.

I hope you enjoyed a look at another background stamp today. For a look at all of the IO background stamps click HERE.

All of the new stamps and dies are available at the IO Store now!

Thanks for stopping by!

                  

                                                                                                                    

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Impression Obsession - In Love With Spring Release - Day 3

Hi and welcome to Day 3 of the "In Love with Spring" Impression Obsession Release!

Today, I am once again in love with IO backgrounds!  First up is Shiplap.  In my paper stacks, the woodgrain patterned papers are always the first to be used so I am delighted to be able to make my own woodgrain!  For a little bonus interest, I added a piece of Chicken Wire.  I paired the Glitter Glue sentiment with Ginny the chicken and it made me smile the entire time I colored Ginny!  I added extra color to Ginny and some glitter for good measure.  Isn't she a hoot!

 I am over the moon happy with the new Mini Gingham and Mini Gingham 45 background stamps.  I love being able to make my own background paper in any color I wish!  For this next card, I used Mini Gingham 45 as a border.  I added the Bee Hive and Bumble, which are such a fun size to color! Lastly, I added Just Bee-cause to finish off the card.

Now for a few details regarding the hop! Each day (January 6th - January 11th ) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am.

 

Every single blog will have a $25 gift certificate to give away for the event - so the more you comment through our Release Celebration the more chances to win! All comments for all of the event days will be open until Sunday, January 12th at noon CT. All winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 14th.

I hope you enjoyed taking a look at a couple of the IO background stamps today!
Click HERE for a full list of Background stamps.

All of the new stamps and dies are available at the IO Store now!

Make sure to keep hopping for your chance to win a GC to the IO Store!

Today's blogs:

Angela (that's me)

Jeanne Streiff

Vicki Garrett

        

    

             

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Impression Obsession - In Love With Spring Day 2

Hello! Welcome to the Impression Obsession In Love with Spring Release Celebration Day 2!

Today I want to talk background stamps! I seriously love Impression Obsession's background stamps. All of the tiny details in the red rubber transfer beautifully onto cardstock. For this card, I used the gorgeous Floral Spray for my background. I stamped in a very light shade of pink creating a sweet background for the Ribbon Dance silhouette Included below is a photo link of the stamp so that you can take a look at the gorgeous details. To finish off the card I stamped the elegant Hold On Sentiment and tied a ribbon around the card.

                                                                   

Next, I 'm switching gears from sweet and feminine to cute and masculine with the help of another background stamp! I stamped the Argyle background stamp in Blue Sky. Then I stamped and fussy cut Baxter and added him over the Hey Dude sentiment.  Isn't Baxter the cutest?

                                                                                                 

Now for a few details regarding the hop! Each day (January 6th - January 11th ) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am.

Anna Wight is your next stop or you can hop on back to the IO blog and start there!

Every single blog will have a $25 gift certificate to give away for the event - so the more you comment through our Release Celebration the more chances to win! All comments for all of the event days will be open until Sunday, January 12th at noon CT. All winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 14th.

I hope you enjoyed taking a look at a couple of the IO background stamps today!
Click HERE for a full list of Background stamps.
All of the new stamps and dies are available at the IO Store now!

Make sure to keep hopping. The more blogs you comment on the more chances to win!

I hope to see you again tomorrow!

Angela Bode you are here!

Anna Wight 

Dina Kowal 

Giovana Smith

Jeanne Streiff 

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams 

Lynda Pleckan 

Susan Wymer 

Vicki Garrett 

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Impression Obsession - In Love With Spring Release

Hello! Welcome to the Impression Obsession In Love with Spring Release Celebration!

I am simply thrilled to share with you a week of new stamps and dies!

Each day (January 6th - January 11th ) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am.

Every single blog will have a $25 gift certificate to give away for the event - so the more you comment through our Release Celebration the more chances to win! All comments for all of the event days will be open until Sunday, January 12th at noon CT. All winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 14th.

So let's hop to it! I think you are something magical for stopping by today and they say a picture is worth a thousand words so instead of chatting, I will just show you a card that I created with this fun pairing:

Magical

Peek-A-Boo Kitty

IRL kitty was perhaps just a bit jealous of the attention I gave to Peek-A-Boo Kitty.

The new release includes several fun stamps to decorate envelope fronts like the 

Got Mail

and

Happy Mail Frame

The new release also includes adorable stamps to personalize the back of  our cards:

Made with Love

Hand Stamped

            

Mark your calendar and stop back by tomorrow for more new release goodies!

                

                          

I Adore You

It's Saturday and that means it's time to create a project for the Inspiration Challenge at SCS! 

 First, I selected a stencil I have never used before. Then I looked for a colorful photo to use as inspiration for the background color.   Next, I decided the colorful background needed bunnies in the center.  So I searched "bunnies" on the inspiration site and that is when the entire card changed!  After seeing the adorable bunny wreaths I set aside my jewel tone background and started fresh!  I inked the fern wreath (which has been waiting to be used!) and spritzed it with water.  Then I stamped it on the cardstock.  Next, I added Peach and Piper which was die cut with a coordinating die and a sentiment.  Lastly, I added some enamel dot embellishment to the wreath!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will join us for the Inspiration Challenge at SCS!

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2020 in Real Color

Happy Friday everyone!  I hope you enjoyed ringing in the new year!  Did you make any New Year's resolutions?  I talk a little bit about New Year's resolutions over on the Picket Fence Studios blog post today.  I am also featuring  Charles the Chameleon living in real color!  I hope you will hop on over to the blog and check out the entire card but here is a little sneak peek.

              

               

      

        

                              

Love is in the Air

Hello!  For the moment I am putting away my snowballs and Christmas trees and making way for bright pink hearts! This super fun Double Love image is a little sneak peek of the upcoming Impression Obsession "In Love With Spring Release"!  I love this stamp because in minutes I was able to create a pretty card front, no embossing powder or paints required!  To finish off the card I used a sentiment from the Skinny Words set.  

    

"Love is in the Air" for the new Impression Obsession Challenge.  Check out the Impression Obsession Blog for all the details on how you can join us and be eligible to win a prize to the IO Store! 

Lastly, I hope you will join us for the In Love With Spring Release next week!  We have so much to share with you and if you stop by and leave a comment you will be in the running to win a prize to the IO store!  So mark your calendars!