Winter Hugs! IO WInter Release Hop!

Welcome to the Winter Hugs Hop!

I have $10 Impression Obsession gift certificate to give to someone! Comment below with your favorite stamp from the release! All comments will be open until Saturday December 16th at noon CT. Winner will be announced on Monday December 17th.

All of the new stamps are available now! You can find them HERE (link to the new release category) http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc…

The list of today’s participants can be found on the Impression Obsession Blog 

For my card,  I used this sweet Sure Miss You sentiment.

I coupled it with the  image Love my Teddy  Which I coloured in with my Copic Markers
Lastly, I created a background with Beauty Text

Hope you've enjoyed my creation for today!

I'll see you tomorrow with another one!!!

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

Impression Obsession Designer Challenge-Quick Christmas Cards

Good Morning!!!

This week's challenge at IMpression Obsession Stamps was to make some quick Christmas Cards

I am a little behind finishing my cards, so I thought this challenge was a great way to get a few done quickly.

I started by stamping a back ground on a 12x12 sheet of Craft Cardstock with the  VIntage Tree Cover a Card Stamp. Then I began to add die elements to dress up the card.

A Very Merry Christmas Die

Patchwork Holly

"Tis the Season Die

Reindeer Flourish

Peace Frame

Fancy Tree Die

Merry Christmas Die and one of the Tree's from the Peace Frame Die

Peace Frame

I added a little Nellies effect snow to the cards to give them just a touch more dimension.

The sparkles you see are made with Tulip Beads in a Bottle-Fools Gold

Be sure to head over to the IO Blog to load your Holiday projects and to see who is playing today

  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 company 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 in a separate post.

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

  This Challenge will be open until Tuesday,January 1st at 7 p.m. Central Time.

Winner will be announced January 2nd.

Have fun and I hope you enjoy playing with us!

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

IO Thursday Designer Challente-Autumn Colours

Good Morning!!!!!

We have a new Challenge up at IO Stamps today!!!!

We'd love to see your Fall colour creations!!!!!

I made this sweet wreath with the  Patchwork Leaves die.

All I did is distress the edges with Vintage Photo Ink

Once the wreath was created, I cut the sentiment with the  Give Thanks die twice. Once in Mustard and once in brown to give it a shadow effect.

I layered it all over a background I had created with my Gel Press plate and the  Distressed Flower

stamp. 

Lastly, I added some gold drops here and there with my Daler Rowny Gold Acrylic Ink

Make sure you upload your creations on the IO Blog and visit to get the links to the other  designers who are playing in the challenge today!

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

Peace

Good Morning!!! 

What a beautiful Clear and cool day here in Kingston. I actually had to don my toque when I took Sydney for a little walk. 

I wanted to share this card I made with a few Stencils from a Colourful Life

I used a combination of Stencils as listed below and a few different techniques

I think this warrants a Video and will get onto that soon!!!

I used the following dies.

Big Snowflake

Flower Blots

Marvelous Masks Ornaments

Christmas Trio

I must be in the mood for Pink Coloured Christmas Cards this year!!!!

I used a combination of Pan Pastels and Distress ink on this card!!!!

Gotta Run 'Cause I have tons to do today, but I will try to get onto doing a video this week

XX's and Oh's

-Vicki~~

Santa Baby

Good Morning!!!

I can't believe it's just over a month until Christmas

Have you started your Christmas Prep yet?

I wanted to share a couple of Christmas Cards I made with Impression Obsession dies and Santa Baby Paper for a class I taught at Scrap of Paradise this week.   

For this first card, I used the Peace Doves Die    and the Merry Christmas Die     

The Star is  from the SU Stars Set

This was a fun and Pretty Tag to make

I used the following supplies on this tag

Deer Tri Die , Fir Trees, Peace Frame Patchwork Holly 

I also added a little dimension to the patterned paper with the  Vintage Postcard Stamp set

We made a few more, but I'll save those for another day!!!

I purchase my Santa Baby Paper HERE

Happy Stamping

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

Technique Junkies Stamps November Release

What an Exciting Day over at Technique Junkies Stamps!!!!!

It's a new release and Pat has some Fantabulous new images for you!!!!

For my cards, I'm showcasing the Snowflakes Stamp Set

There are 9, YES NINE stamps in the set!!!

6 Pretty Snowflakes and Three fun Sentiments.

For the card above, I added Silver Stars in the Background with the Christmas Stars Stencil

This card has some more Snowflake Goodness!!!!

I will be using this set for my big lot of Christmas Cards this year~~~~

Head on over to the Technique Junkies Blog to get a list of the blogs that are showcasing new release samples!!! Also remember you can save on the new stamps for the next several days and not only THAT you can save an Additional 10% on top of the Sale price by using my Discount Code

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

IO Designer Challenge- So Thankful

Good Morning!!!

What are you thankful for?

I'm thankful for clean water, for without that, all living creatures could not exist.

I'm thankful for good friends, family and a good job

I"m thankful I live in a country where I can express myself as I see fit and am not repressed because I am a woman. 

This week's challenge is to create a card of gratitude.

My card features the Leaf Ledger Cover a Card Stamp

A very quick and easy card, but the message so meaningful~

Be sure to head over to the IO Blog to see who is playing today and to get the details on submitting your challenge project!!!

XX's and Oh's

--Vicki~~

P.S. I have two posts today!