Crafting Christmas with Impression Obsession

 Hello, Hello! 

Today it is all about Christmas at Impression Obsession.  We are hopping, sharing Christmas themed projects.  Head over to the IO Blog for a list of participants.  

These skating bears from the set Cool Yule just had to be in my stash! They are just the cutest!  

I stamped the bears with IO Black Ink, colored them with Copics and fussy cut them out.  I gave them a pond to skate on, using silver mirrored cs.  Snow banks were added, using the Hillside Landscape Dies.  purple mountains were added using the Snow Capped Mountain Dies.  I gave the bears a pink distress ink blended sky, then popped up the mountains using bits of scrap cs.  Trees were colored and fussy cut.  

The sentiment was stamped with IO Black Ink and the card was assembled.  I added some sequins ad splatters of white acrylic paint to finish the card.  

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Lee Ann

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
IO Black Ink IO	IO Hill Landscape Layers Dies IO
IO Cool Yule IO	IO Snow Capped Mountain Dies IO

Sweet, Starry Kit

 Hello Everyone, 

It feels good to be blogging.  I have been so busy at work-COVID busy.  I have no desire to do anything when I get home.  But. I am really hoping that the desire to craft comes back full force.  

In the meantime, I craft when the mood strikes and hope for the best, lol!  Today I am sharing cards I made with this month's Card Kit of the Month from Spellbinders.  This kit pushed me out of my comfort zone with colors I do not often use, and I loved it!  

First up, the stamp set.  Such a cool set and I thought it was perfect for heat embossing.  

I stamped the image using my MISTI with Versamark on black cs and then heat embossed with gold embossing power.  Then I stamped the hands again, using my MISTI, this time on white cs with InkOn 3's Fade Out No Line Ink.  The hands were colored with Copics; then I put the image panel back in the MISTI and heat embossed the hands with gold embossing powder and fussy cut them out.  I then glued then on over the original hands that were heat embossed on the black cs.  

I used the star dies from the kit to die cut stars from the gold mirrored cardstock and adhered them to the panel, popping some of them up on the dimensional tape included in the kit. The panel was matted with white cs and adhered to a black card base.  

Next up, a birthday card in PASTELS.  Yeah, I never use pastels, but I love how this turned out.  I started with the dies, die cutting a frame from white cs and vellum.  I then backed the frame with some patterned paper.  

A strip of periwinkle patterned paper was added to a white card base and the added a bit of gold cs along the edge.  The frame was popped up and adhered to a piece of  craft foam to give it dimension and then adhered to the card base.  The sentiment is from a gorgeous sheet of gold mirrored puffy stickers.  A gold cardstock heart was added.  

Lastly, a sweet baby card.  

I started with the pink cs and stamped it with stars in Versamark ink.  I matted this panel with navy cs and adhered the panel to a white card base. I played around with the included die cuts in the kit until I liked the arrangement and adhered them.  I added a couple of stars die cut from the gold mirrored paper.  Irridescent sequins finish off the card! 

So, the question is, is this a good value?  You bet it is!  If you like everything to match without having to think about it, this kit club is for you.  

This kit comes with~

a set of dies
a stamp set
cs die cuts
10 card bases and envies
adhesive roll
dimensional tape
sequins
9 pieces of card stock
1 pad of patterned paper
1 sheet of puffy stickers
And more...

You will not be disappointed- check out the card kit club! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Versamark Ink SSS | scrpbk	Embossing Buddy SSS
Gina K. Designs Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder	SB Card Kit of the Month Spellbinders
	InkOn3 FadeOut Ink SSS

All the Red on the Day 2 Impression Obsession New Release Hop

 Hello, and Welcome Back! 

It is Day 2 of the Impression Obsession October New Release Hop!  If you have come from Laura Williams's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, head over to the Impression Obsession Blog for the start of the hop.  

Each day (October 4th and 5th) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog.  We will be giving away THREE Impression Obsession $25 gift certificates to the IO store.  The more you comment (one comment per post per day) the greater your chances of winning. 

All comments for each of the hop days will be open until Monday, October 11th at 11:59pm.  Winners will be announced on the IO Blog on Tuesday, October 12th.  

Christmas Dies- a Santa Moon!  Such a cool die!  

What a fun die!  His cap was die cut from a deep red and then shadows were added with  Copics.  The face, beard and hat trim were die cut from white cs and colored with Copics.  Absolutely love all of the detail with the faux stitching!  

The background was stamped in pink with the new Holiday Words Cover a Card. The sentiment, from the Deer Sayings Stamp Set, was heat embossed in white ep.  A few sequins finish the card. 

Next up, a super simple card, yet very elegant~

The new Small Layered Bow Die was die cut from red cs.  Next, I die cut two strips of red cs to create the ribbon.  Joy was cut from white cs and then 'dipped' in gold embossing powder by loosely dragging a Versamark Ink Pad on the bottom half of the die cut word and them heat embossed with gold ep.  

You can find the entire new release HERE! 

Your next stop on the hop is Vicki!

Your Hop Lisr~

Impression Obsession Blog
Giovana Smith 
Ilina Crouse
Jeanne Streiff
Kia Gibson Clapper
Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Lee Ann Barrett
Vicki Garrett
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Sakura Pigma Micron Pens SSS | Blick | scrpbk	Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS
Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Versamark Ink SSS | scrpbk	Embossing Buddy SSS
IO Black Ink IO	Gina K. Designs Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder SSS
Gina K Connect Glue SSS	IO Santa Moon Die IO
IO Holiday Words CAC IO	IO Deer Sayings IO
IO Small Layered Bow Die IO	IO Joy Die IO

Cowboys and Christmas with Impression Obsession Stamps New Release!

 Hello All!  

 Welcome to Day 1 of the Impression Obsession October New Release Hop!  If you have come from Laura Williams's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, head over to the Impression Obsession Blog for the start of the hop.  

Each day (October 4th ad 5th) you can find a list of the participants on the IO Blog.  We will be giving away THREE $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificates to the IO store.  The more you comment (one comment per post per day) the greater your chances of winning.  

All comments for each of the hop days will be open until Monday, October 11th, 11:59pm.  Winners will be announced Tuesday, October 12th on the IO Blog.  

We have lots of Christmas goodies and lots of cowboy goodies for you this month!  Yee Haw!

I love this Country Snowman's cowboy hat!  He is perfect for a country Christmas.  I die cut him from white cs and colored him with Copics.  the hat is diecut from kraft cs and colored with Copics.  Has stitched detailing really gives him a finished look.  

I paired him with the Hill Landscape Layers Dies, the Birch Tree Dies and the Tree Dies.  

The background is framed with the Crazy Stitched Rectangle Die Set.  Don't y'all love that sentiment!?  It is from the new Country Christmas Sayings Stamp Set. I die cut the sentiment with the Rounded Corner Sentiment Dies. 

The Wild West.  The new Barbed Wire Frame is perfect for your Wild Wests or your country Christmases.  

I paired the Barbed Wire Frame with the Desert Silhouette Slimline Duo Stamp Set and the Cowboy Silhouette Stamp.  The background is blended Distress Oxide Ink.  The sentiment, from the Country Christmas Stamp Set, is stamped with Versamark Ink and embossed with clear ep on a black cs banner.  

You can find the entire new release HERE. 

Your next stop on the hop is Vicki! 

Your blog hop list~

Impression Obsession Blog
Giovana Smith
Ilina Crouse
Jeanne Streiff
Kia Gibson Clapper
Laura Fulcher
Laura Williams
Lee Ann Barrett
Vicki Garrett
Angela Bode
Anna Wight
Dina Kowal

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS	Versamark Ink SSS | scrpbk
Embossing Buddy SSS	Crazy Stitched Rectangle Die Set
	IO
IO Black Ink IO	IO Rounded Corner Sentiments 2 Dies IO
Gina K Connect Glue SSS	IO Tree Dies IO
IO Birch Tree Dies IO	IO Hill Landscape Layers Dies IO
IO Country Christmas Sayings IO	IO Country Snowman Die IO
IO Barbed Wire Frame IO	IO Desert Silhouette Slimline Duo IO
IO Cowboy Silhouette IO