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The current Impression Obsession Challenge is Harvest Treats (aka Fruits & Vegetables).
The only produce stamp in my Impression Obsession Stamp was ... surprise ... Corn (what else would an Iowa girl have).
I used a variety of Ink Pads to *paint* the stamp applying ink to different sections and blending using my MISTI. I finished with a sentiment from Impression Obsession Holiday Words (a very versatile set of sentiments)
Tonight I needed a baby card, so I started with the current Paper Craft Crew Challenge Sketch.
I love the vintage Baby Carriage from Impression Obsession. I didn't have any sentiment stamps that were the right proportion, so I used sentiment stickers.
The current Impression Obsession Challenge theme is Halloween or Fall Colors ... so I figured I might as well do both.
This Plaid Tag is one of my favorite new Impression Obsession Products.
I paired it with a couple of more vintage stamps from my stash - Impression Obsession Monster Mash & Our Gang. I added lots of different sizes of googly eyes to the Gang.
This week at Jingle Belles we're still focused on PEACE.
This was the perfect week to recycle this laser cut forest. I mounted it with foam tape on a sky blue background and then added my Impression Obsession Die Cut Cardinals (love the pop of red) and a vintage wood block PEACEful sentiment from A Muse.
TA-DA ... another card ready to be delivered for the holidays.
Growing-up, we had a huge Maple Tree in our back yard with a tire swing. I would spend hours looking at all of the different color variations when the leaves starting turning in the fall.
Our City was the home of the annual Maple Leaf Festival every October, so needless to say, I had the chance to examine lots of Maple Leaves throughout my life. They are my favorite leaf in the fall, because they turn the entire range of colors depending on the tree and the weather conditions (I once wrote a paper for my college technical writing class on how leaves change color).
The current challenge theme at Impression Obsession is Falling Leaves.
As I searched through my stamped, I found this gorgeous Never-Been-Inked Layering Maple Leaf Set by Dina Kowal ... for my card is used the solid and the two bottom layers in Pineapple, Orange Blossom & Vermillion inks.
I started with my paper bag light kraft paper on my table and used my MISTI to layer the leaves.
I wanted to use some of my new goodies from my recent Impression Obsession win, so I die cut the Plaid Tag from a Sunflower designer paper and coordinating gold cardstock.
Next I stamped three sentiments from my new There For You Set (isn't that a great set of sentiments) using the same three colors of inks from my leaf layering and attached them using foam tape for dimension.
This card will be going across the miles to my new Chemo Angel Patient ... I'm so grateful to be able to make cards that hopefully brighten a day and provide encouragement during a challenging time.
I'm also joining the Autumn Challenge at Fusion Card Challenge with a loose variation of the sketch and all of those falling leaves.
Nature is also the theme at the Dies R Us Challenge.
I was invited to make a sample card for the current Stack-a-holic Challenge at DCWV. The sketch was for a layout, but I converted it to a card.
My card is made from papers from DCWV Preserved Paper Stack.
I detail cut the 3-D butterflies from one of the papers and added a vintage postage stamp from my collection to the postcard.
I finished with two stamps from Impression Obsession She Positives stamped in dark brown & pink. I just love how all of these papers worked together.
To join the fun, just make a card or other paper craft using the sketch and upload it to the DCWV Facebook Photo Gallery.
The current challenge theme at Impression Obsession is At The Beach.
Not a lot of beachy stuff in my Impression Obsession inventory, so I had to get creative. The Cover-A-Card Gradation background reminded me of bubbles in the ocean water ... and I always wear my sunglasses to the beach, so I took those two elements and combined them with inspiration from the Inspired By Challenge ... Nautical Party.
The Cover-a-Card Gradation was stamped in Blue using my MISTI. The Impression Obsession Sunglasses were die cut from vibrant yellow and then again in black for the lenses.
I finished with a sentiment from Impression Obsession Words for Art, one of my favorite sentiment sets.
The challenge theme at Impression Obsession is Moody Blues ... and at Simon Says Stamp is MidSummer Blues ... so needless to say, I'm breaking out some of my favorite blues.
I stamped Impression Obsession Bead Garland Cover-a-Card in VersaFine Clair Blue Belle on light blue cardstock ... so grateful for my MISTI, because I sure needed it to get nice solid coverage on this large red rubber background stamp.
Then I used the same ink to stamp the Birthday Cake from the Impression Obsession Clear Birthday Set and finished with some stickers for the sentiment and a silver sparkly 80 for an 80th Birthday.
I added a wrap of twine as well as a little pop of orange to the candle flames and along the bottom of the sketch from Global Design Project.
I hope I'm still kicking at 80 and that someone makes me a special card for my birthday.
The current challenge them at Impression Obsession is things that Fly.
I knew I wanted to use my never-been-inked Impression Obsession She Conquered Stamp, so I built my card around it. I figured technically I needed something that flies to go with my sentiment, so I die cut the Impression Obsession Birch Trees from some wood textured cardstock and my cardinals in red.
I built my landscape with scraps of paper ... because why can't my sky be plaid. I used a sprayed piece of green watercolor paper and embossed some darker green for my forest floor. I finished with a second sentiment from Impression Obsession Everyday Quotes 1.
I've been a Chemo Angel for almost 13 years now ... and this is dedicated to the many many women who have worn their scars like wings.
The theme at Impression Obsession is Sending Sunshine!
No one needs sunshine more right now than Iowa Farmers ... it's been such a wet winter and spring, the planting is far behind schedule. I used my MISTI to ink the corn stamps with a variety of ink colors.
Then I finished with a Birthday Wishes Die Cut sentiment.
