A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! This week’s challenge is Hearts. My card is made with Hedgehog Boy, Floral Heart, and the smallest die in the Postage Cuts die set. Find all the details on this week’s challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us! Continue reading

Tonight I created a card with a couple of my Whipper Snapper Designs stamps, and thought I’d share the inspiration with you. I used Potted Gnome Girl, and a sentiment from Everyday Sentiments cling mount set (it’s stamped inside the card) to create this cheerful card, with a whole lotta sparkle and shine! The image is stamped on a cotton paper, colored with Zig Clean Color water based brush markers, with Glitter Dust added for sparkle. If you would like to see the creation process of this card, you’re in luck! I uploaded a video. 🙂 Continue reading

Thought I’d share a quick and easy masculine card idea, just in time for Valentine’s Day. This card is made using stamps and dies from Impression Obsession, including Moose, Wooden Heart, Handmade Label, Journey sentiment, Grunge Cover-a-Card, and French Handwriting. Please check out this video if you’re interested to see this card creation process! Continue reading

Welcome to the Impression Obsession January 2021 stamp release Team Favorites blog hop! Today, designers are sharing our favorite projects from this month’s release. The card I’m sharing today was made with the Journey stamp, as well as the Bear die, and the Stitched Tag die set. I really love how this card turned out! I can see myself using this design a lot more in the future, especially for cards for fellas. I created another card using the Journey stamp and am sharing a video showing the creation process of making the card! If you came from Angela Bode’s blog, you are in the correct place. If not, pop over to the Impression Obsession blog to start at the beginning of our inspiration blog hop. Impression Obsession will be giving away three (3) Impression Obsession Grab Bags for this hop, and the more blogs you comment on, the more changes you have to win one of the three grab bags. Comments will be open until Monday, January 18th at midnight CT. All winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 19th on the Impression Obsession blog. All of the new stamps you’ll be seeing in the inspiration posts are available now! You can find them all HERE in NEW PRODUCTS at the Impression Obsession website. Next stop on our inspiration hop is Dina Kowal’s blog. Enjoy the hop! Continue reading

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects this week. I created a little llama valentine for someone special! I used the following dies to create my card: Bear die set (the heart comes from this set) Llama die set Woodgrain Frame Here is a video showing the creating process! Check the Impression Obsession blog for a complete list of designers providing inspiration this week! Continue reading

Welcome to the Impression Obsession January 2021 release celebration! It’s Day 2 and I have more inspiration to share with you! The card I’m sharing today was made with the Heart Medallion image, in addition to a long-time favorite of mine French Script and Rose Music. I used the Vintage Watercolor technique, which can be found in the techniques forum of SplitCoastStampers, to stamp and color the image. I created a video of the making process, which I hope you will enjoy! I have been sharing videos on YouTube regularly. If you’re not subscribed to my channel, I invite you to do so! All of the new stamps you’ll be seeing in the inspiration posts are available now! You can find them all HERE in NEW PRODUCTS at the Impression Obsession website. If you came from Angela Bode’s blog, you are in the correct place. If not, pop over to the Impression Obsession blog to start at the beginning of our inspiration blog hop. Each day during the release celebration (January 1st and 2nd) you will find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession blog. IO will be giving away three (3) Impression Obsession $25 gift certificates for the event, so the more blogs commented on, the more chances you have to win one of the gift certificates. All comments for the event will be open until Monday, January 4th at midnight CT. All three gift certificate winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 5th on the Impression Obsession blog. All of the new stamps you’ll be seeing in the inspiration posts are available now! You can find them all HERE in NEW PRODUCTS at the Impression Obsession website. Next stop on our inspiration hop is Dina Kowal’s blog. Enjoy the hop! Continue reading

Welcome to the Impression Obsession January 2021 release celebration! It’s Day 1 and I have some inspiration to share with you! The card I’m sharing was made with the I Love You stamp, as well as the face from the Bunny die set, and the base of the Plaid Tag die set. I stamped I Love You on a kraft colored Plaid Tag base and embossed it with white embossing powder. I added the cute bunny face, added some cute cotton lace ribbon, twine bow, and a cute sparkly heart die cut for added happiness. All of the new stamps you’ll be seeing in the inspiration posts are available now! You can find them all HERE in NEW PRODUCTS at the Impression Obsession website. If you came from Angela Bode’s blog, you are in the correct place. If not, pop over to the Impression Obsession blog to start at the beginning of our inspiration blog hop. Each day during the release celebration (January 1st and 2nd) you will find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession blog. IO will be giving away three (3) Impression Obsession $25 gift certificates for the event, so the more blogs commented on, the more chances you have to win one of the gift certificates. All comments for the event will be open until Monday, January 4th at midnight CT. All three gift certificate winners will be announced on Tuesday, January 5th on the Impression Obsession blog. All of the new stamps you’ll be seeing in the inspiration posts are available now! You can find them all HERE in NEW PRODUCTS at the Impression Obsession website. Next stop on our inspiration hop is Dina Kowal’s blog. Enjoy the hop! Continue reading

It is an “old is new” day for the Impression Obsession team, where we feature older products in the Impression Obsession catalog. Not only do we love featuring older images, but also showing you how you can breath new life into images you may already have in your stash! We hope you're inspired! The card I created for today’s inspiration is called Love Angel, and is a darling image! I also used the What If sentiment, one of my all-time favorite IO sentiments. The images are stamped on watercolor paper, painted with Da Vinchi watercolor pigments, set on a layer of silver glitter cardstock and mounted to a pink card base. Then, I spritzed the entire card with Glitter Dust spray, and added some Stickles glitter glue for even MORE sparkle and shine! I love it! Be sure to pop over to the Impression Obsession blog for a full list of the designers participating in today’s inspiration, and visit the Impression Obsession website for a full catalog of rubber stamps and dies! And, I made a video of the creation of this card. Enjoy! Continue reading

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects today. I decided to create a couple of last minute holiday/winter gift tags, and created polar bears using the Panda Bear die set and the Bear die set. I think they turned out pretty cute! Here is a video showing the creation process - enjoy! I used the following dies to create my two tags: Panda Bear die set Bear die set Stitched Tag die set Penguin Outfits die set Small Santa Hat Check the Impression Obsession blog for a complete list of designers providing inspiration today! Continue reading

Today is an “old is new” day for the Impression Obsession team, where we feature older products in the Impression Obsession catalog. We hope you're inspired! My tag features Deer Snowglobe and one of the hens from the Roosters and Chickens die set. I removed the deer from the die cut image, and replaced him with that adorable little hen. Fun! Be sure to pop over to the Impression Obsession blog for a full list of the designers participating in today’s inspiration, and visit the Impression Obsession website for a full catalog of rubber stamps and dies! Continue reading

A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! This week’s challenge is Snowmen. My card is made with the Snowman and Snowman Accessories die sets. Find all the details on this week’s challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us! Continue reading

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects today. I created this card using Small Primitive Gingerbread die set, Small Primitive Gingerbread Accessories, and the little ginger cookie from the Frosted Cookies die set. The cute little candycane she’s holding is from the Stocking die set. I love it’s size! Check the Impression Obsession blog for a list of designers providing inspiration today! Continue reading

Today is an “old is new” day for the Impression Obsession team, where we feature older products in the Impression Obsession catalog. We hope you're inspired! Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Be sure to pop over to the Impression Obsession blog for a full list of the designers participating in today’s inspiration, and visit the Impression Obsession website for a full catalog of rubber stamps and dies! Continue reading

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects today. I created this Folk Art Snowflake card that has a sweet country design to it! I cut the snowflake from a heavyweight white card stock and adhered it to a piece of kraft colored card stock that I stamped the Grunge Cover-a-Card background stamp on, as well as some script text for added visual interest. I used Caramel hybrid ink for the stamped images. I adhered the card front to a piece of brown glitter paper, which I then adhered to a kraft card base. Check the Impression Obsession blog for a list of designers providing inspiration today! Continue reading

A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! This week’s challenge is Give Thanks. My card features the following products: Grunge Cover-a-Card Script Rubber Stamp Thank You Die Autumn Leaves Die Set Burlap Die Find all the details on this week’s challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us! Continue reading

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects today. I started by creating a tag base with a layer of red card stock using Tag with Capped Top. This tag set comes with the decorative top, which I cut from white card stock. The beautiful red textured card stock has been in my stash forEVER! I used the Buckle die to cut a sparkly gold buckle, and a simple strip of black card stock to create Santa’s belt. So cute, and so quick & easy! Check the Impression Obsession blog for a list of designers providing inspiration today! Continue reading

Today is an “old is new” day for the Impression Obsession team, where we feature older products in the Impression Obsession catalog. We hope you're inspired! I used Rooster on Fence, Chicken Wire Cover-a-Card, and Grunge Cover-a-Card to create this card. The rooster image was stamped on watercolor paper and colored with watercolor pigments in a subtle color palette. I stamped the Chicken Wire and Grunge Cover-a-Card images on the blue/green layer, for some visual interest. The cute little button was made with my Half Inch Button die set, and tied with a twine bow. Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Be sure to pop over to the Impression Obsession blog for a full list of the designers participating in today’s inspiration! Continue reading

Good day, friends! Today is the second day of the Impression Obsession Slim Scenes Stamp Release Hop. Each day (October 15th & 16th) at 6:00am EST you can find a list of participating designers on the Impression Obsession Blog. For my card today, I am featuring Norway Spruce, Winter Greetings, and Tree Line Layers. I stamped Norway Spruce in several colors of green and brown ink. I stamped the Tree Line Layers in a smokey blue ink, with the ink concentrated towards the top of the tree line. I stamped the Winter Greeting in black ink, after adding a few light layers of ink to create snow below the tree. Finally, I added a few die cut birds, cut from an antique gold glitter card stock. I really love the vintage look of this card. So fun! There will be THREE $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificates as giveaways for this weeks hop, chosen randomly from comments on the Design Team hop posts, so the more you comment through our Slim Scenes Hop, the more chances to win! All comments for all of the event days will be open until Monday November 2nd at midnight CT. All winners will be announced on Tuesday, November 3rd on the Impression Obsession blog. All of the new stamps are available now! You can find them at Impression Obsession’s website IOStamps.com Now, get a look at the inspiration being shared today! Impression Obsession Blog https://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2020/10/sshopday2.html Anna Wight <—You Are Here Dina Kowal https://www.dinakowalcreative.com/2020/10/new-impression-obsession-release-slim.html Giovana Smith https://giovana-believe.blogspot.com/2020/10/impression-obsession-slim-scenes-hop.html Jeanne Streiff https://inkypaws.splitcoaststampers.com/2020/10/16/slim-scenes-rele…d-giveaway-day-2/ Laura Fulcher https://stampart.blogspot.com/2020/10/slim-scenes-hop-day-2.html Laura Williams https://lauralooloo.blogspot.com/2020/10/more-new-slimline-scenes-stamps-for.html Lee Ann Barrett https://greytpapercrafts.blogspot.com/2020/10/impression-obsession-slimline-scenes.html Lynda Pleckan https://paperartscafe.blogspot.com/2020/10/impression-obsession-slimline-scenes.html Vicki Garrett https://summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/2020/10/impression-obsession-slimline-stamps.html Continue reading

Good day, friends! The Impression Obsession Slim Scenes Stamp Release Hop starts today! Each day (October 15th & 16th) at 6:00am EST you can find a list of participating designers on the Impression Obsession Blog. For my card today, I am featuring Town and Bare Treeline Duo. I stamped the town in Black Hybrid Ink and colored the image with alcohol markers. I stamped the treeline in a brown distress ink, fuzzed the lines a bit with water, and added Stickles for a bit of sparkle and shine. There will be THREE $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificates as giveaways for this weeks hop, chosen randomly from comments on the Design Team hop posts, so the more you comment through our Slim Scenes Hop, the more chances to win! All comments for all of the event days will be open until Monday November 2nd at midnight CT. All winners will be announced on Tuesday, November 3rd on the Impression Obsession blog. All of the new stamps are available now! You can find them at Impression Obsession’s website IOStamps.com Now, get a look at the inspiration being shared today! Impression Obsession Blog https://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2020/10/sshopsay1.html Angela Bode https://stampingbowd.blogspot.com/2020/10/impression-obsession-slim-scenes-hop.html Anna Wight <—You Are Here Dina Kowal https://www.dinakowalcreative.com/2020/10/new-impression-obsession-release.html Giovana Smith https://giovana-believe.blogspot.com/2020/10/impression-obsession-slim-scenes-hop.html Ilina Crouse https://ilinacrouse.blogspot.com/2020/10/impression-obsession-slim-scenes-cling.html Jeanne Streiff https://inkypaws.splitcoaststampers.com/2020/10/15/slim-scenes-rele…hop-and-giveaway/ Laura Williams https://lauralooloo.blogspot.com/2020/10/new-slim-scenes-stamps-for-holiday.html Laura Fulcher https://stampart.blogspot.com/2020/10/slim-scenes-hop-day-1.html Lee Ann Barrett https://greytpapercrafts.blogspot.com/2020/10/impression-obsession-slimline-scenes.html Lynda Pleckan https://paperartscafe.blogspot.com/2020/10/impression-obsession-slim-scenes-stamp.html Vicki Garrett https://summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/2020/10/slim-scenes-cling-stamps-release-hop.html Continue reading

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects today. I started by creating a tag base with a layer of black card stock and patterned paper using Stitched Tag. This tag set comes with the decorative top, which I cut from black glitter card stock. I created some witch legs using the Boots and Stockings die set. I colored her stockings with markers, and cut her shoes from black glitter card stock. I created her skirt by spritzing some patterned paper with water, shaping it into a skirt, and adhering it over top of the legs. A quick bow serves as a belt, and I added a small Spider Web cut from white glitter paper, for some extra sparkle and shine. Check the Impression Obsession blog for a list of designers providing inspiration today! Continue reading

A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! This week’s challenge is You’re a Hoot (owls or other birds), which is quite timely — I’m listening to a screech owl outside in a tree as I write this post. Both of my cards feature the Owl Frame, which happens to be on sale this week! It’s the perfect time to pick one up. This is a magnificent die design that’s so easy to use! Find all the details on this week’s challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us! Continue reading

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects today. My card features the Witch Line die. Such a fun Halloween scene die, makes for a super cute and festive card - not to mention, easy! Check the Impression Obsession blog for a list of designers providing inspiration today! Continue reading

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects today. My card features the Skeleton, Spider Web, Coffee to Go, and Tag with Capped Top die sets. I die cut the shapes from various colors of card stock and patterned paper, and adhered them in place on the tag as a base for the entire project. Happy Halloween, trick or treat! Check the Impression Obsession blog for a list of designers providing inspiration today! Continue reading

A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! This week’s challenge is Autumn Colors. Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us! This card features the Sunset on Horse frame die. The frame is cut from a textured black cardstock and layered over a piece of pretty designer paper. Quick and easy! Find all the details on this week’s challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. Continue reading

Today is an “old is new” day for the Impression Obsession team, where we feature older products in the Impression Obsession catalog. We hope you're inspired! I used Scarecrow Boy (SS799H) to create this card. Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Be sure to pop over to the Impression Obsession blog for a full list of the designers participating in today’s inspiration! Continue reading