Design Team Feature Thursday - Anna Wight!

Our Featured Design Team member today is... Anna Wight!

 To see Anna's's full project and how she made it, click HERE!

Here's a peek:

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Coffee Time by Laura Fulcher

Fun card from Laura Fulcher using H777 Coffee Time, B13250 Pour Sip Sigh, CC188 Calico, CC196 Lg. Speck background and E13235 Coffee Ring.

 

 

Hi guys!  Today I want to talk about layering Cover a Card stamps to build up a background.  For my card, I started with a kraft notecard and stamped the Calico background on top (CC188) with brown pigment ink.

I liked the Calico a lot, but it looked really regimented for the card I was designing.  I decided to add the Lg. Speck background (CC196) on top of it using the same brown ink.  You can really see the difference you get by adding a second pattern to the mix.  You could use two different inks for this technique for a completely different look.

Next, to tie in with my coffee theme, I stamped the Coffee Ring image (E13235) onto my background with Hero Arts Latte ink (perfect name, right?) 

For the finished card, I added the Coffee Time stamp (H777)) and the Pour Sip Sigh saying (B13250).

 

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New Challenge... Happy Birthday!

Welcome to our new challenge -  Happy Birthday!

  Get inspired by the wonderful Impression Obsession  Team (listed below). 

  When you've finished checking out our DT creations, please join us by posting your own challenge project at the bottom of this post!

  IO Blog – You are Here

Anna Wight
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher

Follow the guidelines below to enter challenge and have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our online store. Good luck!

  Challenge Guidelines

 Use all IO dies/stamps (please list stamp names and/or item numbers on your blog or gallery entry with a  link to Impression Obsession). Other nesting dies may be used for card shapes & mats.

  Your entries have to be new (no back dating older projects). 

  You may use this entry with multiple challenges (no more than 5) but this challenge must be listed first and it cannot be combined with other projects in the same post - unless those projects also follow the rest of our challenge guidelines.

  You may enter more than once but each entry needs to be be in a separate post.

  Use a direct link to your project (no general links ) to enter at the bottom of this post.

  Challenge will be open until Tuesday, March 3rd at 7 p.m. Central Time. Winner announced March 4th. Winner must respond within one week of the day the challenge ends to collect prize.

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Winner!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered our It Must Be Love Challenge, all of your projects were spectacular!

I think everyone was a winner, but alas I had to choose just one, so.....

The winner is...E. Marie!

Please email Jeanne within 7 days for your Gift Certificate info.

Marie used Cover-a-Card Rose Lace (CC087), Cover-a-Card Thick & Thin (CC008) and Ladybug Vine Heart (D6337) for her adorable card.

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Celebrate by Dina Kowal

Beautiful card from Dina Kowal using  DIE174-W Greeting Set dies and C9451 Celebrate.

I stamped the Celebrate word stamp, using a gridded acrylic block to help me space the impressions evenly. I used a water-soluble graphite pencil and blender pen to add some shading to the die cut - not really happy with the way that photographed but I like that technique in general for adding detail to silhouettes and solid shapes.

 

I used the Inlaid Die Cuts technique with the couple and the word die... the die cut word is layered 4 times to give it some lift from the card. 

 

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Mixed Media Journal by Vicki Garrett

Beautiful Art Journal fun from Vicki Garrett!

Vicki used Wood Alphabet, Watercolor Fuschia, Rose Leaf, Heart Hug, Splatter 1 and Sketchy Chevron Border

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Love Never Fails by Ellen Taylor

Beautiful Valentine from Ellen Taylor using CC180 Broken Chainlink, CL434 Love Never Fails, E9516 French Rose and DIE242-YY 6 in 1 Rectangle Frames

New challenge - It Must Be Love!

Welcome to our new challenge -  It Must Be Love!

  Get inspired by the wonderful Impression Obsession  Team (listed below). 

  When you've finished checking out our DT creations, please join us by posting your own challenge project at the bottom of this post!

  IO Blog – You are Here

Anna Wight
Daniela Dobson
Dina Kowal
Ellen Taylor
Jeanne Streiff
Jenny Gropp
Karen Amidon
Kittie Caracciolo
Laura Fulcher
Vicki Garrett

Follow the guidelines below to enter challenge and have a chance to win a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our online store. Good luck!

  Challenge Guidelines

 Use all IO dies/stamps (please list stamp names and/or item numbers on your blog or gallery entry with a  link to Impression Obsession). Other nesting dies may be used for card shapes & mats.

  Your entries have to be new (no back dating older projects). 

  You may use this entry with multiple challenges (no more than 5) but this challenge must be listed first and it cannot be combined with other projects in the same post - unless those projects also follow the rest of our challenge guidelines.

  You may enter more than once but each entry needs to be be in a separate post.

  Use a direct link to your project (no general links ) to enter at the bottom of this post.

  Challenge will be open until Tuesday, February 17th at 7 p.m. Central Time. Winner announced February 18th. Winner must respond within one week of the day the challenge ends to collect prize.

Have a great day!

Sparkle & Shine Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered our Sparkle & Shine Challenge, all of the projects spectacular!

I think everyone was a winner, but alas I had to choose just one, so.....

The winner is...Rachel B.!

Please email Jeanne for your Gift Certificate info.

Have a great day!

Do You Know by Vicki Garrett

Gorgeous Valentine from Vicki Garrett!

Vicki used Reading Silhouette, Double Heart Border, Do you know
and Borders  Duo 2 Die

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