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Snowman Challenge Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered our Snowman Challenge!

All of your projects were beautiful as always!

Our winner is...

Please email Jeanne (jeanne.streiff@gmail dot com) within 7 days for your Gift Certificate info.

Check out  Jen's pretty card! 

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Featured Category Sale - Sunflowers! 25% OFF!!!

On sale - Sunflowers!!! See all the sale items HERE

Here are 2 projects featuring Sunflower with Butterfly (ON SALE!)

 

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Featured Category Sale - Owls 25% OFF!

Now on sale - Owls!!! See all the sale items HERE

Here are two projects featuring Star Owl.

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On The Farm Challenge WINNER!

Thank you to everyone who entered our On The Farm Challenge!

All of your projects were beautiful as always!

Our winner is... Becky Green

Please email Jeanne (jeanne.streiff@gmail dot com) within 7 days for your Gift Certificate info.

Check out Becky's cute card! 

Old Is NEW!!! Featuring Stamps & Digital Stamps from Gary Roberston

Old is New days are when we share some new projects using older stamps. Today we have a little twist and we are showcase stamps from Gary Robertson. We have something new at Impression Obsession. The entire Gary Robertson line is now available in rubber stamps AND digital images. 

 

You can find the rubber stamps HERE

You can find the digital images HERE

 

Check out what the IO girls made with Gary's stamps!

 

Angela Bode 

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson 

Dina Kowal 

Ilina Crouse 

Jeanne Streiff

Laura Williams 

Lynda Pleckan 

Susan Wymer

Vicki Garrett 

 

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Harvest Treats Challenge Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered our Harvest Treats Challenge!

All of your projects were beautiful as always!

Our winner is... Lynn Hayes

Please email Jeanne (jeanne.streiff@gmail dot com) within 7 days for your Gift Certificate info.

Check out 's pretty card!

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Pick a Holiday Challenge Winner!

Thank you to everyone who entered our  Pick a Holiday Challenge!

All of your projects were beautiful as always!

Our winner is... Beth Norman

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

 Take a look at Beth's beautiful card!

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Winner!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered our Happy Haunting challenge!

All of your projects were beautiful as always!

The winner is...Carmen G

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

Here is Carmen's gorgeous card:

 

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Happy Trails by Vicki Garrett

 

Fun card from Vicki Garrett using Outhouse, Happy Trails and Crinkle Paper!

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Winner!!!

Thank you to everyone who entered our Quick Holiday Gifts Challenge, all of the projects were outstanding! I think everyone was a winner, but alas I had to choose just one, so.....

The winner is... Carmen G!

Please email Jeanne for your Gift Certificate info.

Carmen used Winter House Stamp (H1745) and Let it Snow Stamp (B8145)

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Cat In The Hat Jack by Jenny Gropp

Oooh spooky!!! Well, maybe more cute than spooky.

We have a Halloween card to share today from Jenny Gropp using  Cat in the Hat Jack #G1967, Stencil Alpha Separated Die #DIE173-XX, Square Cut Out Border Die #DIE172-I

 

 

 

On the inside liner, I used the Alphabet Stencil Dies to spell Boo! along with the Square Cut Out Border along the side.

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Scarecrow by Anna Wight

Ready for Fall?

If not this gorgeous card from Anna Wight using L14331 Witch's Chant and H1962 Scarecrow will surely get you in the mood! Gorgeous!

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Ahoy by Vicki Garrett

We have a pretty card today from Vicki Garrett using the new H1960 Roped Ship stamp.

 

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Winner!

We have a winner! 

Thanks to all the players of the "Colors of Summer" Challenge!

Such beautiful projects! We have the BEST challenge players!

Our winner is... Cheryl Lea

Please email Jeanne for your Gift Certificate info.

Here is Cheyl's pretty card using F1805 Gardening Tools.

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Road Less Traveled by Laura Fulcher

Laura Fulcher made a sweet card for our current "Are We There Yet " Challenge using Classic Truck (G1866) and Road Less Traveled (D3613).

Greetings everyone. Today the IO challenge is all about travel cards. I instantly knew that I wanted to use the Classic Truck image (G1866) with some of my new watercolors.  It really is a fun image to color.  I made a card out of heavy watercolor paper, stamped the image with black India ink, then colored the image with some Peerless watercolors.  To finish the card, I added  the Road Less Traveled saying (D3613).

Dragonfly Thanks by Laura Fulcher

Love this masculine card from Laura Fulcher! Laura uses D1339 Dragonfly, B5630 Thanks, E5552 Silhouette 2 and CC032 Medallion Cover a Card.

 

About five years ago, I taught a masculine card class and was determined to include a floral card into the mix.  After all, my favorite stamps tend to be flowers, leaves, butterflies, and dragonflies.  Why buy something special just to make a "guy" card?

For my card today, I used some of my favorite stamps and changed the color palette so that it would be a good masculiene card.

You may not have noticed, but I use this leaf stamp a LOT (Silhouette 2 E552).  It is just such a practical stamp to have/use.  I started with kraft cardstock, stamped the Medallion Cover a Card (CC032) on top with Memento Luxe Toffee Crunch ink and then stamped the leaves on top with Colorbox Chalk Creamy Brown ink.

When I finished stamping the leaves, the card looked like this:

I wanted to add a bit more interest to the leaves, so I added several shades of  brown Prismacolor pencil on top of the stamped leaves so that they looked like this:

To finish the card, I stamped the Dragonfly (D1339) and saying (Thanks B5630) with Memento Luxe Espresso Truffle ink.

 

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Spring Basket by Laura Fulcher

Laura Fulcher shares a sweet card today (gotta love a bunny!) using Bunny With Basket (H1953).

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The Unicorn Song by Ellen Taylor

Ellen Taylor created a fun card for the "Inspired By A Song" Challenge!

Ellen used Unicorn H1935 by artist Gary Robertson for her card.

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Morning Sunshine by Jeanne Streiff

Jeanne Streiff has a sweet rooster card for us today using the Impression Obsession Mega Mount, CC156 Sunburst, H1917 Rooster.

3-D Butterfly Card by Jenny Gropp

Jenny Gropp shares how she made this beautiful 3-D Butterfly card.

Jenny used Blank Canvas #H9216, Two Bunnies #H1948, Happiness is #D14201
,Fence Border #DIE08-J, Square Shaker Frame #DIE002-Z, Pocket Watch DIE088-R, Fancy Butterfly DIE059-N

 I do love to pull out the Copics for an image like this! This is a Gary Robertson image called Two Bunnies. Scenes like this are a favorite of mine and others that are colorers. And I also know not everyone wants to sit and color for a long time, so I wanted to show that you can always change up your image. I cut this image right in half...which cut my coloring time right in half too! In the background I stamped the new Canvas Background with the Happiness is a Butterfly sentiment.

 

 Here you can see the other half of the image. 

 Above you can see the Copic Markers I used to color the image. I stamped the butterfly a second time so I could pop it up on the panel adding some dimension.

 Using the Pocket Watch Die I found the perfect little die cut to use for my butterfly body! 

 

 On the inside.... you can see I cut the fancy butterfly out of the white liner paper and then backed  the opening with printed paper. I cut the butterfly again in brown to pop in to place. You can see below the finished inside.

 I also used the Fence Border Die along the left side. I cut off the fence post tops and then wove a patterned paper strip through it.

  Stamps by Impression Obsession: Blank Canvas #H9216, Two Bunnies #H1948, Happiness is #D14201
Dies by Impression Obsession: Fence Border #DIE08-J, Square Shaker Frame #DIE002-Z, Pocket Watch DIE088-R, Fancy Butterfly DIE059-N
Paper: My Mind's Eye 6x6 Lavender Collection, Aqua, Brown, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Distress Ink Scattered Straw
Other: Spellbinder's #S4-318 Fleur de Lis Squares, Perfect Layer Rulers, Collall - Dimensional Silicone, Ribbon by May Arts, Bow Easy Tool, Foam Tape, Misc. Button

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