Impression Obsession - "Feathered Nest"

And here is my second card for the day.  Designed using my Impression Obsession "Home Sweet Nest" stamps and the tissue paper doily in the background was designed with the "French Pastry" die from Cheery Lynn Designs.

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Project Details

Home Sweet Nest and A Little Birdie

Patterned Paper : My Mind's Eye 6 x 6 paper pad

Ink : Tusineko Pearlescent Brown

Cheery Lynn Designs French Pastry Doily Die

Tissue Paper

Spray Ink : Glimmer Mist  "Creme de Chocolat"

Deckled Scissors : Fiskars

Trim striped pattern paper 4" x 5 1/2" and polka dot patterned paper 4" x 4 3/4" then adhere to card front.  Cut doily with die and tissue paper.  Spray paper doily with ink.  Stamp images and trim.  Adhere word strip, then doily to card front.  Adhere "nest" definition to pink cardstock, trim around edges, and adhere to card front.  Adhere nest, sentiment, and birds.

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Challenges

Pile it On (sun) - I spy something "pink"
Cherry Lynn Designs (mon) - Anything goes
Whoopsie Daisy (mon) - 2 patterned papers
Paper and Such (tues) - Wings and Things
The Paper Shelter (wed) - layers on layers
In the Pink (thur) - pink and things with wings

Artist Trading Card / Faith Art

Artist Trading Card 2.5" x 3.5"

Good morning Paper Crafters!  Today I am sharing an Artist Trading Card (2.5" x 3.5") designed for the "Word Art Wednesday" challenge HERE.  Word Art Wednesday is a weekly challenge where Cass provides a free "word / phrase" art for your use in a project.   I used Impression Obsession clear stamp set "Home Sweet Nest".  Have you seen Impressions Obsession's new online store??  so much better than their old one! 

I created the background a while back ( I have a pile of them ready to go for ATC's).  But I think I used a spray ink and then lightly pounced on brown ink using a stencil brush.  Then distressed the edges with brown ink as well.  I stamped the nest directly on the background and then layered Copic colors (E23, E25, E59, and then E49).  I colored the eggs with watered down blue acrylic paint.  I stamped the bird on watercolor paper and colored with NeoColor Watercolor Crayons (brown #59 and blue #180).  I printed the word art and used chalk around the words, then inked the edges with brown ink.  I adhered both the word art and ATC to blue cardstock and trimed around the edges with deckled scissors.

Have a great day!

Melisa

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Challenges

Word Art Wednesday - word art

Sunday Stamper - birds

Splitcoast Stampers - color challenge

Annabelle Stamps - twine

Stampin' for the Weekend - anything goes

If you would like to play along with challenges, you can check out my list of links by clicking on the "Challenges" button along the top of my blog.

You can view all of my ATC's HERE

You can view more of my Faith Art HERE.

Impression Obsession Egg Shaped Card

Today I have an EGG-stra special card to share with you, teehee.  I thought it would be fun to create an egg shaped card for Easter.  I used a foam egg shaped I purchased at Hobby Lobby as a template ...  but I'm sure you could google "egg shape coloring page" and you would get lots of options for creating your own egg shaped card.  You can see the fold on the left side.  I used this fun image by Impression Obssession on this one.  Impression Obsession is another one of my favorites.  Especially image by Alesa Baker.  Check them out HERE.  I got some new ones a few months ago that I still haven't found time to use.  But hopefully soon.  Another thing I like about Impression Obsession is that you have a choice between wood mounted or saving 30% off for cling mount.  And since I end up removing all my stamps from the blocks and converting them, this is definitely a deal for me.  You can get some of the image in clear sets as well if that's what you prefer. 

Today's project features "Large Bunny in Watering Can".  I used a border puch and some ribbon to try and make it look like an easter egg.  The border punch is one of those large ones, I think by Martha Stewart.  And you can't really tell, but I used white fun flock on the bunny.  That alone is a reason to by a bunny stamp of some kind in my opinion, teehee. 

Have an egg-stra special day!

Melisa

You can view more of my projects :

using Impression Obsession HERE.

shaped cards HERE.

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Challenges

Creative Inspirations - Anything goes

Dutch Dare - cute and cuddly (my bunny)

Impression Obsession - spring is in the air

Stampendous - shaped card

Paper Play Challenges - spring colors

Raise the Bar - in the garden

The Crop Stop - shaped cards til March 31

Easter Greetings

Hello Papercrafters.  I have the pleasure of playing along with the Christian Papercraft Magazine Design Team this month.  Each month on the 15th a new Design Team gallery opens with lots of inspiration for the theme they have chosen.  You can learn more about Christian Papercraft Magazine HERE.  Wonderfully sweet ladies over there, with bible studies, and challenges.  If you are looking for a place to hang out and spend some time with other Christian ladies who love papercrafting, then this just may be the forum for you!

I can not share the projects I designed for the DT gallery on my blog.  They are exclusive to CPCM.

But I will be posting some other Easter projects soon.  This one is an older one, but the stamp is still available by Impression Obsession.  Isn't that bunny so cute!  I used white fun flock to make him furry.

I hope you have a wonderful week!

hugs,

Melisa

Impression Obsession Challenge Time - Stamp a Background

Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of your wonderful comments this week!

Today I'm posting a card for this weeks Impression Obsession Challenge - STamp a BAckground.  But first I have to warn you - DON"T enlarge the photo of this card - it's really bad, teehee.  I had a copic emergency this morning, my very first.  I ran out of BV00 while I was trying to finish up this card and the blending is not quite what it should be.  You should have heard me talking to it, "come on baby, just a little bit more".  Time to order some of the refills.  Or DH may think I need to be committed!

So for this card I created my background by stamping the same image repeatedly.  You can check out the Impression Obsession Challenge blog to read about upcoming challenges and an opportunity to win $25 gift certificate to their online store. 

This set was designed by Sarah Phelps and it is one of Impression Obsessions clear sets.  You can check out more of their Clear Stamp Sets HERE.  Impression Obsession has a great online store where you can choose between Clear Sets, rubber unmounted or mounted, and cling mount. 

So I created a second card one using this set, minus BV00.  I just love these florals. 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Impression Obsession Color Challenge : Green

This challenge gave me an opportunity to use "Damask Clover" and "All Year Long".  One of my TAC friends had created a green/black card last year and I loved it!  I never forgot the how wonderful they looked together so when I seen this DP I grabbed it.  I trimmed it down to 4 x 5.5" and set it aside.  So when I seen this challenge I knew immediately what I was going to use!  I LOVE Impression Obsession. 

My favorite artist over there are Alesa Baker and Montagerie.  And then there is a fabulously unique Leigh Hannon.  I can walk into a stamp store and without even checking the label, many times identify her stamps!  Who else would combine a garden in a cake, seashells in a christmas tree, or florals in a rooster!  Her images are fun and whimsical.  The Damask Clover is by Leigh as well.   

   

If you have Impression Obsession Stamps then hop on over to the IO Blog and check out todays DT Blog Hop and all the details for the challenge.  Mitra, the owner, generously offers up a $25 gift certificate to their online store twice monthly!  I don't know about you, but I LIKE winnig free stuff.  I won once in 2009, and I'm hoping to get lucky again in 2010!  Shirley, our blog hostess, list the challenges WAY in advance for us so you can plan to play along. 

I'm off to work on tomorrow's blog post.  Will I ever get ahead??  Probably not, teehee.

Impression Obsession Challenge

I created this one for the Impression Obsession "Shaped Card" challenge.  Mine is definitely not as fun as some of the other creative shapes that some of the other participates and DT came up with, so if you interested, hop over to the Impression Obsession Blog and check out the blog hop, HERE.
If you love Impression Obsession and would like a chance at winning a $25 Gift Certificate, then you will definitely want to play along with their challenges !! 

Stamp Set : Lucky Ladybugs by Impression Obsession

Patterned Paper : Melissa Frances

Purple Cardstock

Colorization : Copics

Distressing tool : Tim Holtz

white ink around edges of scallop by Brilliance - Cloud White

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Impression Obsession Challenge Time

Quick post with a card I designed for last weeks Impression Obsession Challenge, for those of you who are tired of looking at Christmas Cards, teehee.  This is my first Copic project!  I'm trying to figure them out.

Stamps : Background - "How do I Love Thee",  "Bashful Cherub", and Sentiment - "Tucked Inside"

Tools : Frame - Spellbinders, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Other : stick pin - Prima, glitter on the wings - Prisma Glitter by Stampendous

You can view all of my VALENTINE projects HERE.

I won $25 free Impression Obsession!

TEEHHEEEEEE (giggling).  Who doesn't love winning free stuff!  Every 2 weeks or so, Shirley Ross and the IO DT share inspiration and a customer challenge via a Blog Hop.  And Mitra, IO owner, offers up a $25 gift certificate to their online store!!  I love Impression Obsession images and started playing along.  Shirley has been posting the challenges for customers in advance, so you have time to do some shopping for the perfect IO image to use for the challenge.  Last week my name was drawn and I just finished doing a little shopping!  I can't wait to get my new images in the mail.  We would love to have you join us!  I have already created my card for this weeks challenge.  You can see the challenge and blog hop on Thursday HERE.

Here is my entry for the upcoming challenge.

I used Winter Wonderland F2268
I stamped my tree with VersaMagic and embossed with White Embossing Powder.  I realized that you were not going to be able to see the details if the entire card was white, including the stamped image, so I brushed over the embossed image with some green ink.  I used my Cuttlebug and embossing templates to create my textured background.  I used my Martha Stewart border punch to create even more white texture.  I added white Pearl Glitter and pearls to the tree.

And here are the details for upcoming challenges that Shirley shared recently:

Dec. 3 -- WHITE (Mainly White) challenge
Dec. 17 -- VALENTINES/LOVE
Jan. 7 -- SPRING
Jan. 21 -- SHAPED card (anything but rectangle)

I hope you will join us in the next challenge. If you would like to prepare early here are the guidelines:
Impression-Obsession stamps only please.
Entries will be accepted until the following Saturday at midnight.
You email your entry to me using the Email Shirley link provided near the top of the second sidebar to the right.
All participants' cards will be posted here and also permanently in our IO Customer Album in the very next sidebar over.

If you live in Jacksonville, know that I have purchased Impression Obsession stamps locally at Pictures In Time, Scrap and Stamp, and A Small Cleverness.

Or shop online at Impression Obsession Online Store.

Impression Obsession - Fall Challenge

I can't wait til "Fall is in the air". It's soooo hot here is Jacksonville.
I love fall. And I love decorating the house for fall. So when Impression Obsession posted a "Fall Challenge" I decided I would create another Fall Home Decor project I could set out when that time of year does arrive.

The Impression Obsession Design Team had a Fall Blog Hop you might want to check out HERE.

For my project I grabbed an old stamp block (I have a pile of them since I converted my rubber stamps to EZ Mount), painted it, coated it with shimmerz, and started altering.
Stamps : 3 Pumpkins and Autumn is ... by Impression Obsession.
Leaves are Technique Tuesday.
Patterened Paper : DCWV
Label Die : Spellbinders
Ribbon : Bobbin Ribbon from Joann's
Colorization : Pumpkins - Prismacolor with OMS and shimmerz

Thanks for looking and I hope you have an awesome weekend!

Impression Obsession - Christmas in July Challenge

I designed this one for one of Impression Obsession's Challenges. You can check out the Impression Obsession Challenges HERE. I don't think Shirley has set up a particular day of the week she post the challenges. So if you want to be up to date on all the lates IO news and challeges, subscribe to the blog. That's what I do.
You can also view their catalogs online HERE. Alesa Baker is fabulous!! I love Leigh Hannon as well! I need to get my local stamp store to place an order for me!!


So I didn't think I had a christmas stamp to play along, and of course AFTER I finished this card (this one is not technically a christmas stamp) I found one, hehe. Well this one worked out ok. And I had fun. Well I had fun coloring that is. I had this crazy idea that it would be fun to stamp the image multiple times, cut up the pieces and pop them up ... NOT !! But I do like the way it looks!! NO PAIN, NO GAIN!
Now if I can just find sometime to play with some of my other stamps. My GinaK stamps are collecting dust. I gotta get busy!

Stamp : Impression Obsession
Patterned Paper : SEI
Rub-on Sentiment - Making Memories

Ribbon - Michaels

Colorization technique - watercolo with shimmerz

Artist Trading Cards / Impression Obsession

The Impression Obsession DT has hosted a challenge to create a project using NO Patterned Paper. That's usually a tough on for me. Here is an ATC I designed last summer that qualifies. Yes I hand cut all of those little pieces - cuticle sissors was the only way to go! I used pumus for the sand and tissue paper/modge podge for the water.

My challenge to you is to not only leave off the patterned paper, but to add some texture in some way as well!

I will be pulling out more of my Impression Obsession stamps this weekend to try and create a new project for this challenge as well!

You can view all my Artist Trading Cards HERE.