IO Stamps CHA Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome to the 2015 Impression Obsession Spring/CHA Release Blog Hop Day 3!

We have som e beautiful new stamps to share AND Gift Certificates to give away!

 The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST. Each day pay us a visit here and then head over and see our fabulous IO Design Team’s projects with our new stamps on their blogs (only one comment per blog per day please). Comment as you hop. Each comment that you leave gives you a chance to win!!!

The more blogs you visit each day… the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!!!

Every day (Monday Jan 5^th – Jan 9th), one of the IO designer blogs will be chosen randomly and a winner will be selected from comments on that blog at 10pm CT. The winner will be announced the following day along with the participat ing blogs for that day.

Two prizes will be awarded on the last day of the hop!

For the spring cards, i used the following images and dies

Jelly Bean Cupcake
Sweet Bunny Cupcake
Sweet Bunny Jar
Sweet Easter Wishes
Love is all you need

Dies:

Rectangle 6 in 1 frames
Small grass border
Mason Jar Die
Basket Die

One winner will be for Friday’s comments and another will be chosen from all the comments left throughout the week. Both winners will be announced on Saturday January 10th.

So….if you miss a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!

Both Friday winners will be announced on the IO Blog on Saturday, January 10th.

If you have any questions please email Jeanne.

All of the new stamps you'll be seeing on the hop are available N OW!

www.iostamps.com

*** Please note***

Winner's will be chosen from the Designer's blogs listed above. You are not required to comment on the IO Blog to win. Good luck!

Today's hop list!

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

Impression Obsession CHA Winter Blog Hop Day Two

Welcome to the 2015 Impression Obsession Spring/CHA Release Blog Hop!

We have som e beautiful new stamps to share AND Gift Certificates to give away!

 The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST. Each day pay us a visit here and then head over and see our fabulous IO Design Team’s projects with our new stamps on their blogs (only one comment per blog per day please). Comment as you hop. Each comment that you leave gives you a chance to win!!!

The more blogs you visit each day… the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!!!

For todays creation, I used the following stamps and dies:

Reading Silhouette
Double Heart Border
Do you know
Borders  Duo 2 Die

I embossed the main image onto the Kraft Tag with White embossing Powder
A very quick yet elegant card!

Every day (Monday Jan 5^th – Jan 9th), one of the IO designer blogs will be chosen randomly and a winner will be selected from comments on that blog at 10pm CT. The winner will be announced the following day along with the participat ing blogs for that day.

Two prizes will be awarded on the last day of the hop!

One winner will be for Friday’s comments and another will be chosen from all the comments left throughout the week. Both winners will be announced on Saturday January 10th.

So….if you miss a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!

Both Friday winners will be announced on the IO Blog on Saturday, January 10th.

If you have any questions please email Jeanne.

All of the new stamps you'll be seeing on the hop are available N OW!

www.iostamps.com

*** Please note***

Winner's will be chosen from the Designer's blogs listed above. You are not required to comment on the IO Blog to win. Good luck!

Today's hop list!

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

Impression Obsession Winter Sneak Peek Blog Hop-Day 1

Welcome to the 2015 Impression Obsession Spring/CHA Release Blog Hop!

We have some beautiful new stamps to share AND Gift Certificates to give away!

 The hop will start each day with a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST. Each day pay us a visit here and then head over and see our fabulous IO Design Team’s projects with our new stamps on their blogs (only one comment per blog per day please). Comment as you hop. Each comment that you leave gives you a chance to win!!!

The more blogs you visit each day… the better chance you will have to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!!!

For my first card above, My central focus is this wonderful quote from the very Inspiration Maya Angelou. The Good Lord called this phenomenal woman home last year, however her spirit and words will impact upon people, particularly women for years to come.
The bright back ground is created with the Paint Splatter stamp

Here are the links to both:

Splatter Stamp

Trying to be normal

For my second share, I kept it clean and simple

I stamped the image in two different colours (Cherry Cobbler and Melon Mambo) for some variation

Heart Beats Clear Stamp set

You can get both the image and the sentiment, along with some other sweet stamps in this cute set!

Every day (Monday Jan 5^th – Jan 9th), one of the IO designer blogs will be chosen randomly and a winner will be selected from comments on that blog at 10pm CT. The winner will be announced the following day along with the participat ing blogs for that day.

Two prizes will be awarded on the last day of the hop!

One winner will be for Friday’s comments and another will be chosen from all the comments left throughout the week. Both winners will be announced on Saturday January 10th.

So….if you miss a day or time deadline your comments will still count for a chance to win a $25 Impression Obsession Gift Certificate!

Both Friday winners will be announced on the IO Blog on Saturday, January 10th.

If you have any questions please email Jeanne.

All of the new stamps you'll be seeing on the hop are available N OW!

www.iostamps.com

*** Please note***

Winner's will be chosen from the Designer's blogs listed above. You are not required to comment on the IO Blog to win. Good luck!

Today's hop list!

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

I am my own Goal keeper-Documented Life Project 2015

In taking Action to be more creative this year, I've decided to join the Documented Life Project

With weekly challenges abound, I will be prompted and motivated to create specifically for me.

The challenge for January is "The Blank Page and how to face it.

The art Challenge: Using Book Paper in your creation {Can you see it all peeking out under the paint? I even used an old envelope that mom had stashed in her desk. Can you find the Lady Di Stamps" {geez, this could be the start of a where's Waldo type of game-grin}. Was it a bad thing to pain over Lady Di? I tried to keep her image a little cleaner than some of the others, so I'll award myself an "A" for effort!

The Journal Prompt: Be your own goal keeper.  Who else knows you better than you and know one else is going to achieve your goals for you!

I got a little ambitious with regard to doing a two page thread and in hindsight, perhaps should have stuck to one page, but hindsights 20/20 and I met my goal to create, so that's the main thing.

I created  little flap for my page to keep my goals personal....the word Action, of course is highlighted as it's my word for 2015. So far I'm holding to my vow to take action toward one goal or another each day. For example, I have a bad habit of leaving the dinner dishes to sit in the sink until I accumulate a bigger pile, or until I know I have company coming {ohhhh Candid Confession-I'm not a neatnik!}
This year, I will do the damn dishes before I retire {at least get them washed and into the drainer}.
So far, so good. I know, for most a small task, but for me-the need to feel more in control and organized. I figure if I can keep my personal space organized, I have a better chance of effecting self control, follow through and organization in other areas of my life.

Here's to bringing my goals into fruition in 2015. I had a few people inquire about the turquoise spirals on my page. I created them by stamping  the Grunge Circle Stamp with Ti Holtz distress Paint. I also used the Spatter Stamp also by Impression Obsession and stamped it in not quite Navy Ink by Stampin Up!.

Have a wonderful day! Be sure to stop by all week to see some CHA peeks from Impression Obsession. There is a daily Hop and prizes to be won!

Happy Stamping!

-Vick~

One Little Word-2015

My one little word for 2015

Action

ac·tion

ˈakSH(ə)n/

noun

1. 1.

   the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.
2. 2.  a thing done; an act.

I chose action because it will remind me that despite all the dreams I dream, the goals I establish, the objectives I plan to effect to reach my goal will not surface without action.

Over the past few months, I've reflected on my actions, as well as the actions of others around me. I think this quote sums it up quite nicely:

I can say that I'm going to eat better, get more exercise, be kinder to myself. I can tell you that I love  and respect you. I can vow to make choices that will allow me to evolve both emotionally and spiritually, but unless I take action, all my words are empty, my intentions meaningless. 

If nothing changes, nothing changes.

Accountability goes hand and hand with action. This year I intend to be accountable for my actions  and to monitor my follow through. I'll aim for 100% , but remain mindful that I can't do it all. If I can put forth an effort each day to take action in one way or another, I'll be content.

What word will inspire you this year?

The distance between your dreams and reality is called action

-Vicki~

1 Corinthians 13

Good Morning!

I wanted to share a card that I created for the upcoming CHA release!

Next week, we're doing a week long blog hop to showcase all the new designs that will be released.

These Love themed stamps will be available on the IO stamps website very soon.

This particular card was inspired by the 1 Corinthians Stamp

This is such a beautiful writing in the Bible; a wonderful passage by which to measure the validity of your intimate relationships.  We can speak the words "I Love you" so easily, but if we can't live up to those words, it's a rather moot point isn't it? I understand that all relationships are not perfect and the road can be rocky at times, but Love can only persevere if all the other principles stated above are practiced. If there is no trust, there is no love. If one is presented with the truth and can perhaps rejoice with it, then perhaps love will never fail. Is it Love that fails, or rather the people who carry a misconstrued idea of what Love actually is?

This year I will open my heart to the Universe and rejoice in the truths that I am presented and I will truly Love with all my heart and soul.

Card Supplies

F13275 Rose Collage

H13274 Just Love

B9525 I Love you

{ I have no direct links to the stamps as they aren't currently on the site, but will be very soon}

Leaves and Gemstones-Prima Marketing

The flower is coloured with Tim Holtz Distress Inks and Ranger Blending Stump pen

Live the Life you Love, Love the Life you Live

-Vicki~

Winter Chill-Impression Obsession's first Challenge for 2015

Happy New Year!

I'm starting off the New Year by sharing a pretty clean and simple Scrapbook Page that I created for the Impression Obsession Winter Chill Challenge.

I started with a base Paper from the Paper Loft Great Outdoors Collection (Dusty Roads). I used the darker side as a base and the other side of the double sided paper to cut the snowflakes from the following Impression Obsession Dies:

Snowflake Die Set

Mitten Die Set

Small Snowflake Die Set

I Drybrushed some white paint to act as a bit of a frame for my picture of Sweet Sydney!!!

She is just the cutest little Fur Baby EVER!!!!  {Especially with that nose full of snow!}

To add a little more texture, I stamped some Snowflakes onto the page using these two stamps

(note: I stamped off before stamping on the page, to get a lighter image)

Snowflake 2

Damask Snowflake

I was inspired by the Prima December Sketch, however I kept it a little cleaner

The Damask Snowflake acts as a base for this gorgeous sentiment!

I don't have a link for the Sentiment as it's a sneak peek of what's coming in the January CHA release. I just LOVE that sentiment!

I couldn't resist but add that touch of drybrusing under the sentiment as well. It gives an "in motion" feeling to that section of the page.

Finally I completed the page by adding a few Prima Flowers to fill, along with some Prima Crystals.

I'm quite pleased with how the page turned out. It's been awhile since I scrapped!

Make sure you visit the IO Blog to post your challenge project and to get the details of the prize. You will also get direct links to our talented DT blogs! I think all the girls are playing today, so you're in for a treat!