Impression-Obsession Summer Release Celebration Day 2

Welcome to Day Two of Impression-Obsession's 

Summer Release Celebration.  

You will find a list of participants each of the three days on the Impression-Obsession blog at 6 AM.  

All of our design team blogs will have a 

$25 gift certificate to give away for this event.  

The more you comment through our release celebration, the more chances you have to win!  

All comments for all of the event days will be open 

until Sunday, May 5th, at noon CT.  

Winners will be announced on Monday, May 6th.

You can find the new stamps HERE.  They are available now.

For my card today, I used the fabulous Sketched Pear stamp and stitched tag die. 

Stamps:

Sketched Pear E16466 

Vegetable Medley CC354 

French Text CAC CC151 

Dies:  Hugs DIE516-A

         Stitched Tag DIE798-Y 

I decided to make a collage-style card today.  On a white A2 card front (and inside left side), I stamped the
Vegetable Medley image.  This is one of our Cover-A-Card stamps, so it was easy to cover the entire background with just one stamping..nothing to line up, etc.

I tore some green textured card stock, and added it, curling some of the edges to give it a distressed look.

On a die-cut Stitched Tag, I stamped the French Text CAC faintly, leaving the center blank for the pear.  I stamped the Sketched Pear with antique linen distress ink.  I colored the pear with my Polychromos colored pencils.  

This took quite a while, as I am recovering from a broken wrist, and had to color with a brace on my hand, making it a bit tricky.  I took lots of rest breaks, so as not to stress the wrist too much.

 
I believe that we can learn something from our trials and setbacks.  Since I couldn't put much pressure on the pencil, I learned to take my time and layer the pencil colors ever so gradually, building them up and blending them out using a very light touch.  The Polychromos layer nicely, and will take a lot of layers without a waxy build-up that I have found with other pencils.  I will use this light layering technique lesson in my future coloring projects.

To finish the front, I added the tag to the card with foam tape.  I then added the Hugs die, which I had layered three times for dimension, with a green layer offset to help it stand out.  I added a curlique paper clip with ribbon and twine for details and texture.

Inside:  I faintly stamped the French Text , added a piece of torn card stock that I had used on the front, and a pear from the  Vegetable Medley background, which I had stamped onto a light green card stock scrap.

I hope you are inspired by my card today.  There are so many lovely new stamps in this release.  You can check them out HERE.

Don't forget to leave a comment for your entry to win a $25 IO gift certificate!

I am adding my card to these challenges:
The Library Challenge  - inspired by color
Simon Says Monday - Tag It
Simon Says Wednesday - Anything goes
   
Thanks for stopping by and spending time with me.

Blessings,