Bright Desert!

Good Morning and Happy Weekend! 

Home projects have been keeping me busy, but I found time to make this bright and colorful card yesterday.  I tried to get out of my comfort zone of having a lot of white space- well, I think I did that, lol!  Lots and lots of color!  I used the sketch at Make the Cards Challenge~

 Over at the There's a Stamp For That Challenge, our options this week are cactus, polka dots or sketch.  As you can see, I chose cactus.  Join us in the fun; you still have plenty of time! 

To make this card, I started with the Sweet n Sassy Stamps Set, Thirsty Soul.  The cactus was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and then watercolored with my faves, Ken Oliver Color Bursts.  The cactus was fussy cut out.  

I paired the cactus with a gel print that I had made using my Gel Press Printing Plate- in this case I used the 6" circle plate.  I die cut a circle out of that with the IO Scalloped Stitched Circles Dies.  For the background, I used distress inks in Scattered Straw, Wild Honey and Fossilized Amber.  For texture, I stamped the Typewriter Text Background Stamp using WATER.  Once dry, I adhered the background to the card base, then the circle to the background.  

Using my MISTI, I determined the placement of my sentiment, which is from the Inspirational Word art 1 Stamp Set.  The last word, 'intention', was stamped with Versamark ink on black cs and heat embossed with Brutus Monroe Alabaster White Embossing Powder, then cut in a strip. Using the MISTI, the remainder of the sentiment was stamped on the gel print circle.  The black sentiment strip was popped up on dimensional tape.  A few SSS Moonshine Sequins were added.  

I am also linking up to Addicted to Stamps and More- Any Occasion.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a fabulous weekend, all!

Lee Ann  

Day Two of Impression Obsession New Release Hop- Mixing it Up with Mixed Media

 Hello Again! 

Welcome to Day 2 of the Impression Obsession July Release Blog Hop! If you came from Laura Williams's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, head over to the Impression Obsession Blog to start the hop.  Each day, (July 5th and 6th) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog.  

We will be giving away 3 Impression Obsession $25 Gift Certificates; 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, July 12 at 11:59pm.  Winners will be posted on the Impression Obsession Blog on Tuesday, July 13. 

Wild, yes!  Goofy?  Yes!  But I just love how this crazy card turned out!  

I used the new Giggles Stamp.   This right here is what you and your girlfriends need to look like, am I right?  My girlfriends really bring out the best in me.  These two were colored with Copics and then fussy cut out.  The background?  Well I dug around in my background box and pulled this out.  It was done with acrylic paint, an old credit card and a lazy susan!  Oh, and a stencil.  

The sentiment, Stupid Things, was stamped with IO Black Ink.  A few enamel dots finish the card.  

This.  Is.  A.  Beauty.  This is actually a slimline stamp, Light House, but works well for a standard A2 sized card as well.  It makes a great masculine card, perfect for sympathy and anyone who loves the ocean.  

The image was stamped with Delicata Golden Glitz Ink on white cs.  The sentiment, Winds of Change, was stamped with IO Black Ink.  That's it!  I kept this very CAS.  

You can find all of the new release goodies HERE.  

Up next on the hop is Vicki! 

Enjoy the hop! 

Lee Ann  

Hop List~

Impression Obsession Blog 

Kia Gibson Clapper 

Laura Fulcher 

Laura Williams

Lee Ann Barrett

Vicki Garrett 

Angela Bode

Anna Wight 

Dina Kowal 

Giovana Smith 

Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff 

Impression Obsession- Bursting with New July Products!

 Hello All!  

Welcome to Impression Obsession's July New Release Blog Hop!  You are in for a treat!  This release is bursting with goodies.  If you came from Laura Williams's blog, you are in the right spot.  If not, head over to the Impression Obsession Blog for the start of the hop.  

Each day (July 5th and 6th) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog.  We will be giving away THREE Impression Obsession $25 gift certificates- the more you comment (one comment per blog post per day) the greater your chances of winning.  

All comments for each of the hop days will be open until Monday, July 12th  at 11:59 pm.  Winners will be announced on Tuesday, July 13th on the Impression Obsession Blog. 

Dramatic.  Fun.  Versatile.  And so EASY!  I love this new slimline, Rays, is ah-mazing!  For this card, I simply stamped the image twice in black on white cs.  I trimmed the panels down to have them meet seamlessly in the middle of the panel and for a 5 x 5 sized square card.  The panels were adhered to a black card base.  

The Big Wishes Die was die cut from red cs.  To make it pop more, I fussy cut a black mat around the stacked dies.  So shimmer was added to the card with a Wink of Stella pen and the sentiment was adhered with dimensional tape.  Bam! 

I can never have too many friendship images nor scripture stamps.  This newest scripture stamp, Refreshes the Soul,  really speaks to me.  

For a 'fresh' look, I used lots of yellow, starting with the Free Spirit Dot Cover a Card Stamp and partially stamped the background.  The new Coffee Buddies Stamp was inked up with IO Black Ink and colored with Copics.  The image was fussy cut out.  Refreshes the Soul was stamped in the bottom corner using my MISTI with IO Black Ink.  I doodled a black outline with a Micron Black Pen and added a few SSS Moonshine Sequins to the card.

  

All of the new stamps are available HERE. 

 

Head over to Vicki's blog for some more amazing inspiration! 

Lee Ann 

Hop List~

Kia Gibson Clapper

Laura Fulcher 

Laura Williams 

Lee Ann Barrett 

Vicki Garrett

Angela Bode  

Anna Wight 

Dina Kowal 

Giovana Smith 

Ilina Crouse  

Jeanne Streiff 

Yellow Roses

 Hello!  Happy July!??!!  

How can that be???  Half way through the year already and the Fourth of July is just around the corner.  I hope you are having a wonderful summer!  

A couple of stamp sets from Sweet n Sassy Stamps were used for this card~

Those roses though.  They are so gorgeous!  They are from the True Beauty Stamp Set.  Gorgeous, just gorgeous! They were colored with Copics and fussy cut out.  Yellow roses are one of my faves- second to peach colored roses.  And yellow and grey?  Well, that is one of my favorite color combos.  The leaves and the pussy willows are colored with grey Copics.  The pussy willows are from the new Botanical Branches Stamp Set.  The background mat is embossed with the Diamond Star Embossing Folder from Altenew.  With embossing folders making a comeback, I was in need of new and this was on the top of my 'want' list! 

I added a sentiment strip- sentiment from the Begin Again Stamp Set and finished the card with some black and clear sequins.  The clear are Simon Says Stamp Moonshine Sequins.  

Framed Floral Spray

 Hello!  

I am back with another card made with the Spellbinders Birthday Wishes Vignette Die.  The great thing about this die is that you do not need to use all of the pieces, including the die sentiment.  In this case, I left the Happy Birthday die off and added a sweet sentiment from the Beautiful Inside and Out Stamp Set.  

Blue and yellow are one of those timeless color combos and it was perfect for this card.  The frame was die cut in a light blue, then sentiment panel in white.  I used flowers and sprigs from the Geometric Floral Frames Die Set.  The sentiment was stamped in Versafine Onyx Black Ink and a twine bow and some sequins finished off the card. 

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Lee Ann  

Impression Obsession- Birthdays and Die Cuts!

 Hello Again! 

We are focusing on die cuts today at Impression Obsession.  Have fun checking out what the design team has made for today- you can find the list of designers on the Impression Obsession Blog.  

This month's new release has been chock full of dies!  Lots of them for birthday, and who doesn't need birthday goodies?!?! I am always in need of masculine cards and the new Sm. Candle Die works perfectly.  I die cut the candle out multiple times in peach, orange, light blue and dark blue.  I paired the candles with the gut busting birthday sentiment set, Birthday Sayings.  The background was stamped with Spiced Marmalade Oxide Ink and once dry, I used my MISTI to stamp the sentiment in IO Black Ink.  Gotta LOVE it!  The candles were added across the bottom of the card front and the flames were colored with Copics.  A few enamel dots finish this card.  

This next birthday card has a vivid emboss resist background~

The Sm. Candle is used again along with the fabulous sentiment die, Big Wishes.  I used the stacked die technique for the sentiment.  

The Candle Glows Stamp Set was perfect for this background.  I used Canson mixed media paper here and heat embossed the starburst image all over the background.  Then I used Ken Oliver Color bursts to watercolor the background.  I just love how this turned out.  I made sure to have a candle glow right where my candle flame would hit.  The whole background was spritzed with a shimmery spray.  The background panel was then die cut with the Crazy Stitched Rectangles Die.  

I am linking up to The Tic Tac Toe challenge- I have used a diagonal row- watercolor, yellow and large sentiment. I am also linking up to Addicted to Stamps and More for their birthday challenge- happy 9th birthday, ATSM!

Be sure to check out the rest of the inspiration by heading over to the IO Blog!  Thanks for stopping by! 

Lee Ann  

Summer Fresh Birthday

 Hello All! 

Summer is upon us and this year, that means travelling!  Lots of people out on the road - I just got back from visiting my parents in Florida.  I have not crafted in a bit!

I had to play with my new dies.  Dies are really starting to grow on me!  This is the newest from Spellbinders/Becca Feeken. 

So feminine and can easily be dressed up, but I opted for a fresh, playful look!  The Birthday Wishes Vignette Etched die does all of the heavy lifting, including that beautiful script sentiment.  The purple/pink background is  a watercolor wash, ombre fashion.  the green panel is ink blending.  the framing was diecut from white cs and overlaid atop of the colored backgrounds.  I used 6 of the leaf pieces and colored them with Copics and reinserted them into the die cut, in inlaid die fashion.  I needed a little something to give it that finished look, so I colored a little flower from the Love Block Clear Stamp Set using Copics and fussy cut it out.  A tiny pearl for the flower center finishes it off.  

I added a embossed panel to the white card base using the Fun Stampers Journey embossing folder, Bubble Wrap.  

I am linking up to Addicted to Stamps and More, 'Birthday'.  Happy 9th birthday, ATSM!

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Lee Ann