Impression Obsession Challenge - Snowman

 

It's time for the December Impression Obsession Challenge.

The theme this month is 'Snowmen.'

I love, love, love this baby snowman, 

and just had to use him for my card today.

 

IO Stamps Links:

Baby Snowman SS954C

Winter Fenceline SS1194H 

Christmas Words CL1044 

 

How I made my card:

• On watercolor paper, I inked the Baby Snowman  with Hickory
  
  
  Smoke distress ink, and stamped him on the panel.  I water colored him, using distress inks as paint.
• I stamped the Winter Fenceline with Frayed Burlap and Hickory Smoke distress inks, and water colored it.
• I added some shadows and snowbanks with some blue and gray, and added the sky.
• Some white acrylic spattered on for snowflakes.
• I stamped the 'believe' word from the CL1044 Christmas Words clear set, then distressed the edges of the panel, and attached it to a green A2 card front.

That was it.  An easy card to paint, and I just adore this carefree little guy resting in the snow!

 

Now it's time for you to pull out your snowman stamps, and join us for this fun challenge.  You can find the information and enter your card/s HERE.

 

And, don't forget, select snowman stamps are 25% off through December 15th, and that includes this cute little baby snowman that I used.  You can find the stamps on sale HERE. 

 

I appreciate your visit, and look forward to your comments.  Thanks for taking the time to visit during this busy season.  I hope you are enjoying the holiday festivities.

 

I am adding my card to these other challenges:

Little Red Wagon - Snow Day

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Let It Snow

Paper FunDay - Winter holiday 

Mix It Up Challenge - Anything goes/Clean & Simple optional

Art Impressions Challenge- Reason for the season

Blessings,

Wintery Christmas Card

 

Dreaming of a white, or pink, Christmas!  

 

Hi.  Just a quick post today with a link to my post on the Technique Junkies blog.  I have this card posted there today.  You can find it on the TJ blog HERE, with full directions, stamps, and inside of card. 

 

I hope you are enjoying your holiday preparations.   Thanksgiving here was quiet, just hubby and myself, with our furry loveball, Bella.  Fingers are crossed that we can be with the kids for Christmas, but, we are prepared for the possibility of that not being possible, due to restrictions and safety concerns.  We would rather miss one holiday season together to be able to be together for the rest of our live's worth.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you will check out my post on the Technique Junkies blog HERE.  Details and my discount code are in the post.

Wishing you happy, healthy, and safe holiday traditions. 

Blessings,

 

Technique Junkies November 2020 Release and Blog Hop

 Greetings!  Welcome to my post for the  

Technique Junkies November 2020 Release!  

We have some fabulous new stamps for your creative card 

making and other projects this month!  

 

You can find the news stamps right HERE!  

All of these new stamps are an amazing 15% off through November 8th.

And if you find some that you just must have in your collection, 

be sure to use my code, TJ10Lynda, when you check out 

for a 10% discount off your entire order!  

That's on top of the 15% for the release stamps!  

So, enjoy the inspiration by our amazing design team!

 You can find links to their respective blogs listed below.

 

I have two very different cards to share with you today.  Card 1:

TJ Stamps Links:

Birch Tree Border SD1056

Woodland Wonders S878

How I made my card:

• On a white card stock panel, I used distress inks and brush applicators to add ink for the sky, along with paper I had cut into hill shapes for masks to create the snow banks with the same applicators and ink.
• I stamped the Birch Tree Border, colored the trees with Polychromos colored pencils, and fussy-cut them.  I adhered them to the panel.
• I stamped and colored the deer and bunny from the Woodland Wonders background stamp, colored them, fussy cut them, and added them to the panel.
• I cut the Peace die from card stock that I had blended with the same colors as the sky, and added it.
• I added the panel to a white A2 card front to finish.

 

Card 2:

IO Stamps Links:

Coffee Stains S887

Love, Laughter and Coffee SD1054

 

How I made my card:

• On a pale pink A2 card front, I stamped the Coffee Stains image with coffee Ranger Archival ink.
• I stamped part of the Love, Laughter and Coffee verse on pink card stock, and the other on another piece, using the coffee archival ink.  I did this in my Misti to get a darker color by stamping it three times each.
• I used heart dies from my stash to cut the verses into heart shapes, and added them to the card with foam tape to give added dimension.
• I added some Nuvo Rosewater Jewel Drops for added texture and embellishment.

And that, my friends, is that.  

 

I hope you are inspired by my cards.  Don't forget to grab my code, TJ10Lynda, for your discount.

 

And here is the list of participating designers.  Be sure to check out their blogs for more fabulous ideas and inspiration:

 

TJ Blog (pat-nancy)

Lynda (me)

Patti

Holly

Beth‎

Pat

Beverly

Judy

Ro

Shirley

Ceal

Thanks for visiting my blog today!  I will feature another card with stamps from this release tomorrow.

Blessings,

Embossed Winter Wonderland Card

You're right, it's not winter, yet.  In fact, in our little part of the world, we are enjoying the crisp fall breezes and abundant rich colors in our trees.  But, winter is coming, and along with it comes Christmas.  So, I've been busy creating Christmas cards for the releases for my design team projects.  This is one of my favorites.

Technique Junkies stamps:

Oh Christmas Tree Set of 4 SS127

Fir Forest S806

 

How I made it:

• On a white smooth bristol panel, I used distress ink and ink applicators to create a background, starting dark along the edges, and graduating to a pale white moon effect in the center.  I added some white pigment ink to this center so that it would give the white haze around the 'moon.'
• I white embossed the Fir Forest, and tore some white card stock and added it to create snowy hills.
• Some spatters of white acrylic paint created the snow.
• I white embossed the verse from the Oh Christmas Tree Set onto vellum, and attached it.  I attached the panel to a white A2 card front.

I have another card on the Technique Junkies blog today with the same fir forest row of trees.  You can check it out HERE.

 

Would you like 10% off at the Technique Junkies store?  Just use my code, TJ10Lynda at the checkout and your entire order will be discounted 10%.

 

Thanks for visiting my blog.  I look forward to your comments. 

 

Blessings,

 

Santa Mail Collage Card With Distress Ink

I have another card using stamps from the Technique Junkies October 2020 Release.  I love the Snow Covered Pines, and I thought I would use the Santa Mail stamps with it, to create a collage of sorts.

 

TJ Stamps:  Snow Covered Pines

                  Santa Mail Set of 2

                  Van Gogh's Letter (background)

                  Oh Christmas Tree Set of 4 (inside)

                  Snowflakes Set of 9 (background) 

Other:

Postage Stamp Die  - Impression Obsession

Classic Harlequin Stencil - A Colorful Life Designs

How I made it:

• I created a collage background on ivory card stock by distressing the panel with antique linen and brushed corduroy distress ink.  I applied the ink with brush ink applicators, and took much of the color off onto scrap paper to achieve a soft, pale look.  
• Using a diamond stencil from my stash, I added some faint diamond sections here and there with the Classic Harlequin Stencil .
  
  
  
• Using a snowflake from the Snowflakes Set of 9, I stamped it lightly in some areas.
• Inking some of the script parts of the Van Gogh's Letter stamp, I stamped it lightly around the panel in various areas. 
• I added some spatters of distress inks to finish the panel, tied some twine around it, and attached it to the card front.  (I added cracked pistachio distress ink around the edges of a white card front before adhering the panel). 
• I inked the Snow Covered Pines with some green distress inks, and stamped it onto a scrap of bristol.  I cut it to fit inside a frame, which I had cut from a postage stamp die from my stash.
• I stamped the pieces from the Santa Mail Set of 2 with brown, then added them and the postage pine panel to the card front.
• INSIDE:  I used the inside of the postage die I stamped, and a portion of the mail stamps, and stamped the verse from the Oh Christmas Tree Set set.  I watercolored a strip of scrap bristol with the colors I was using, and added that along the edge.

Inside

I really loved using these fabulous stamps, and had fun creating m

y card.  I hope you are inspired, and are enjoying the October release.  

If you are headed to the TJ store, don't forget to use my code, TJLynda, for 10% additional off your order!

 

I am adding my card to these challenges:

Dies R Us - Anything goes 

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act  

Make My Monday - Use up your scraps 

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything goes 

   

Thanks for stopping by today.

 

Blessings,

 

 

Die Cut Obsession At Impression Obsession - Thanks A Latte

IO Dies/Stamps Links:

Coffee To Go DIE1010-P

Snowflake Frame DIE1033-O

Thank You Clear Set CL948

Today we are showcasing dies in our blogs.  For my card today, I used some of the new 2020 Fall/Winter Release dies and stamp set.  You can find the full release stamps and dies HERE.

I added some red card stock, and snowflake pattern paper to a Kraft card front.  I cut the Snowflake Frame  from white glitter paper, and added it, then embossed the verse and cut it with a circle die and added it to the snowflake center.

I cut the Coffee To Go from various card stocks and pp, and assembled, then added it with foam tape for added dimension.

Inside, I layered pp and card stock, stamped the verse from the Thank You Clear Set, and added a piece of the Snowflake Frame  die cut.

INSIDE

I am a coffee lover, so just had to have this die!  I'm sure I will use it often.  And that snowflake!  I think I will make some ornaments by adhering two die cuts with wrong sided together, with a string or cord between them.  Then the inside can be a verse, word, or even a small picture!  And it would also be a lovely tag!  

Anyways, that's my card for today.  I hope you are inspired by our new collection.  You can see the other participants' projects HERE.

Thanks so much for visiting.  I do enjoy your comments.

Blessings,

Coffee To Go DIE1010-P

Snowflake Frame DIE1033-O

Thank You Clear Set CL948

Impression Obsession Challenge - It's Snow Time

Hello lovely peeps!  Welcome to my blog, and my post for the Impression Obsession Challenge "It's Snow Time."  I have lots of snow on my card today....

IO Stamps/Dies Links:
Snowy Friends WP984 
Snowflakle Sparkle CL972 
Sm. Snowflake Set DIE100-F 
Hill Landscape Layers DIE343-T 

This was such a fun card to create!  I really enjoyed the process.  

I stamped the snowpeople images onto white card stock, and colored them with my Polychromos colored pencils.  For the snowbanks, I used distress inks in light blues and some paper 'hills' I made with the landscape dies.  I brushed the ink up from the hill masks to create the shadow areas.

I used the landscape dies to create a snow bank under the images, and added that to the panel, then attached the panel to a blue A2 card front.  A strip of red and white peppermint stripe pp edges the left side of the panel.  I added the verse with VersaFine Clair ink in Nocturne.

I added die cut snowflakes, then used glue to adhere glitter to the flakes and to other elements on the card front.

Inside:  I stamped some snow flakes in white pigment ink, and added a strip of the peppermint stripe paper.

That's it.  Easy and fun!  Don't you just love the cheery expressions on these snowpeeps?  And the fun wintertime elements.  

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you will join our challenge this time.  You just might win a prize, you never know.  And who wouldn't love a $25 gift certificate this time of year! 

Stop on over at the Impression Obsession blog to see the other designer's projects HERE.  Hope to see you in the challenge!

Blessings,

Impression Obsession Holiday Wishes Challenge - Winter Scene

Welcome to our Holiday Wishes Challenge at Impression Obsession!  Today I created a winter scene with some of the Fall/Winter release stamps and dies....

IO stamps/dies links:
Holiday Icons CL980 
Holiday Tree CL973 
Christmas Jar Set WP963 
Snowflake Sparkle CL972 
Primitive Snowflakes DIE893-YY 
Small Snowflakes DIE100-F 

I really had fun creating my little snowy scene with these stamps and dies!
 

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I created snowbanks on white card stock with torn paper and distress inks.  Then I stamped the three trees from the Holiday Icons and Holiday Tree stamps sets, masking so that they would be behind each other.  I colored the stamped images with Polychromos colored pencils.

I used the die sets to get the snowflakes die cuts.  I used distress inks and brush applicators to color the die flakes.  I really love this Primitive Snowflakes set!  
The flakes are each so different, and a great larger size for cards and/or scrapbooks, and other stamping projects.   

To finish the front, I stamped the Merry Wishes from the Christmas Jar Set stamp set, then attached it to a blue A2 card.  I added some glue dots then sprinkled them with glitter for added sparkle!

For the INSIDE, I used the Snowflake Sparkle set with blue inks......

I hope you have enjoyed the inspiration cards from the design team.  Hopefully we have inspired you to enter the Holiday Wishes Challenge! You just might win a $25 Impression Obsession gift certificate!  Merry Christmas to you!  You can't win if you don't enter, so come on over HERE and join the wintertime fun! 

For more inspiration, check out the other designer's blogs HERE.  

I am adding my card to these challenges:
Addicted To Stamps - Holiday
The Paper Players - North Pole
Time Out Challenges - Celebration
The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge

Thank you for stopping by, and for your wonderful comments.

Blessings,

Impression Obsession Old Is New - Mistletoe Branch

Welcome to Impression Obsession's Old Is New Day.  Today, we designers are dusting off some of our older stamps to create our inspiration projects.  There are so many favorites that go back, and it is time to show them some love.
NOTE:  I filmed a video of my process for this card.  You can watch it on YouTube HERE.     
I would love it if you 'like' my video, subscribe to my YouTube channel, and hit the 'bell' to be notified of my future videos.  Thanks!!
Now, on to my card...

My card today features one of my older favorite holiday stamps and die:
Mistletoe Branch E13717
Peace DIE226-A
Happy Everything D12108

I started with a green card stock panel, and stamped the Mistletoe Branch image along the top of the panel, using Evergreen Bough distress ink.  I wanted an ink that would blend in for no-line coloring.

I used Arteza Real Brush markers to color the leaves and berries, and added Polychromos colored pencil shading and highlights.  You can see this in detail in real time on my video.  I will post a link to the video here on this blog post this afternoon. 
Some spatters from white acrylic paint flicked on with a small paintbrush add instant snow to the scene.

I cut the Peace die from white glitter card stock, and colored it with a violet Copic marker, then added it to the card.  After I added the die, I thought it needed a little something to make it show up, so I outlined it with my white gel pen.  A couple of layers and that is it.  Easy peasy holiday card.

Inside:  

I hope you are inspired by my card, and are enjoying this Old Is New feature at the Impression Obsession blog.  
You can find the other designer's projects on the IO blog post HERE.     

You can shop some of the IO older stamps AND the latest on the Impression Obsession website HERE. 

I am adding my card to these challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday - Thinking of you
The Craft Stamper - Anything goes
The Daily Marker 30 Day Color Challenge 
The Paper Players - Colors 


Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I enjoy your visits and comments. The video tutorial for this card is up; I would love for you to check it out HERE. 
   
Hope you have a lovely day!

Blessings,