Sassy & Sweet Notes

Picket Fence Studios and Chickens

Picket Fence Studios has a really fun release for June, and I am happy to share a project with with you today! The card I made features the One Hot Chick and The Hen House stamp sets and One Hot Chick coordinating die set. I love these ladies! I stamped the hen house on cream colored cardstock in a light brown ink and colored the image with alcohol markers. I inked it up a bit with Life Changing Blender Brushes, and adhered the colored, die cut ladies in place.

Save 20% with product bundles:

One Hot Chick Bundle

The Hen House Bundle

Check out the Picket Fence Studios website for this months full release.

Newbies to the Farm Family

We welcomed two little LaMancha/Oberhasli sisters to the farm family today, from Little Rockin’ Heart Dairy.

They are cute as can be - I love their little gopher ears! We are delighted to have them here. We haven’t named them yet, but of course are tossing around several ideas.

I snapped just a few photos while they were meeting Callio-Pea and Nutmeg, and getting settled in. They’re fast moving critters, so most of the photos are action shots (aka: blurry!) grin

 
Nutmeg says “Hi-ya! Come on, gimme a kiss!”

I’ll be sure to share more photos soon.

I'll Drink to That!

A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! This week’s challenge is I'll Drink to That! Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us!

The card I created for the challenge uses Citrus Set (CL942) and the Mason Jar die set (DIE137-E). I stamped the images on white card stock with various colors of IO Hybrid inks. Dare I say, easy peasy lemon squeezie!? *grin!*

Find all the details on how to enter this week's challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. I hope you join us!

Die Cut Obsession

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects today. On this card I used the Hedgehog (DIE789-ZZ) — who is clearly ready for a party, Pinked Stitched Sentiment Banners (DIE814-U), Hello (DIE809-G), and The large balloon and sting from the Balloons set (DIE359-R). The hedgehog is cut from brown and heavy weight cream card stock, then colored with markers. I love him!

Check the Impression Obsession blog for a list of designers providing inspiration today!

Stamping Friends

Today I’m happy to be participating in a large Stamping Friends Trifecta blog hop with Picket Fence Studios, My Sweet Petunia, and Gina K Designs.

For my project I chose to use several images from the Elegant Asters Stamp set from Gina K Designs. I stamped the images on watercolor paper and colored them with water based markers. I used the Elegant Asters coordinating dies to die cut the images.

I used a My Sweet Petunia Mini Misti to position and stamp the sentiment on the front of my card. The Mini Misti makes it super easy to get a really nicely stamped sentiment, because you can stamp in the exact same location over, and over, as needed.

Finally, I adhered the colored images to a folded half sheet of Sweet Mango Pure Luxury Cardstock, from Gina K Designs.

I hope you check out all of the inspiration in today’s hop! You might want to leave a comment as you hop along — each of the three companies participating will be giving away a $50 gift card to their stores, randomly drawn from the comments at each stop on the hop. The three winners will be announced on the company blogs no later than June 7th.

Here is a full list of designers participating in today’s hop! Have fun, and enjoy the inspiration!

Gina Krupsky

My Sweet Petunia

Picket Fence Studios

Karen Hightower

Ilina Crouse

Sheri Gilson

Jeanne Streiff

Cathy Tidwell

Lydia Fiedler

Donna Idlet

Susie Moore

Ceal Pritchett

Lisa Hetrick

Giovana Smith

Mindy Eggen

Stephanie Severin

Rema DeLeeuw

Chris Dayton

Emily Loggans

Heather Ruwe

Arjita Singh

Karen Reategui

Melanie Muenchinger

Angela Bode

Beth Silaika

Jen Timko

Jana Millen

Lisa Henke

Anna Wight  <———— You Are Here!

Judy Rozema

Susan Wymer

Hannah Schroepfer

Impression Obsession: Old is New

Today is an “old is new” day for the Impression Obsession team, where we feature older products in the Impression Obsession catalog. We hope you're inspired!

I used Brave Heart (D19837) on my card for today. Such a great sentiment!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Be sure to pop over to the Impression Obsession blog for a full list of the designers participating in today’s inspiration!

Impression Obsession: Feathered Friends

A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! This week’s challenge is Feathered Friends. Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us!

The card I created for the challenge uses Rooster (WP938). I stamped the image on white card stock and colored the image with alcohol markers. Easy peasy!

Find all the details on how to enter this week's challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. I hope you join us!

Picket Fence Gift Certificate Winner

Hi friends! On my May 14th Poppy Blossoms post for the May release for Picket Fence Studios I mentioned that in honor of their birthday celebration, Picket Fence had given me a $100USD gift certificate to give away to one lucky winner! I did a random number selection to choose the winner and comment #5 (in order of date/time) was selected — big congrats to Shala Carter! Shala, I will be in touch with you directly via email to provide you with your shopping code.

Impression Obsession: Die Cut Obsession

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects today. On this tag I used the the Stitched Tag (DIE798-Y) and Simple Life (CL957). The tag is cut from heavy weight white card stock and printed designer paper, adhered together for lots of stability. The tag’s reinforcer layer is cut from heavy weight olive green card stock. The image is stamped on watercolor paper and loosely painted with various shades of yellow and brown inks.

Check the Impression Obsession blog for a list of designers providing inspiration today!

Poppy Blossoms + $100 giveaway

Picket Fence Studios has a really fun release for May, and is celebrating their first anniversary! I am happy to share a project with with you today! The card I made features the Poppy Blossoms stamp set and Poppy Blossoms coordinating die set. I stamped the poppies on watercolor paper and painted them with water based brush markers. I popped additional layers of the poppies up on foam adhesive for a bit of dimension, and added a green twine bow.

Check out the Picket Fence Studios website for this months full release. In honor of their birthday celebration, Picket Fence Studios has given me a $100USD gift certificate to give away to one lucky winner! To enter the giveaway, leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite flowers. I will announce the winner on May 21st.

Everyone can enjoy a 20% discount for your shopping this week! Use code PFS20 at checkout. Happy Shopping!

Impression Obsession: Old is New

Today is an “old is new” day for the Impression Obsession team, where we feature older products in the Impression Obsession catalog. We hope you're inspired!

For today’s card, I was inspired by the large number of hummingbirds we have visiting our patio feeders. It’s enjoyable to sit on the patio in the evening and watch all of the birds zoom around back and forth between feeders and flowers. So fun! I went with a clean and simple card design using Hummingbirds (CL851), and the Hummingbirds coordinating die set (DIE640-YY). I stamped the images on watercolor paper and painted them with watercolor pigments. The background of the card was created using Crazy Stitched Set (DIE797-YY)

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Be sure to pop over to the Impression Obsession blog for a full list of the designers participating in today’s inspiration!

Impression Obsession: Yellow & Blue

A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! This week’s challenge is Yellow & Blue. Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us!

The card I created for the challenge uses Peony Set (WP835). I stamped the peony images on watercolor paper in VersaMark ink and embossed them with clear embossing powder. I painted the images with QOR watercolors. I used Cerulean blue and two yellow pigment colors, and combined the same colors to create the green for the leaves. I added some stamped text to the background using Navy IO Hybrid ink and French Poem (H9336) for some visual interest. I added a bit of Navy IO Hybrid ink to the background as well, just to darken the upper right corner a bit.

Find all the details on how to enter this week's challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. I hope you join us!

A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! This week’s challenge is Yellow & Blue. Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us!

The card I created for the challenge uses Peony Set (WP835). I stamped the peony images on watercolor paper in VersaMark ink and embossed them with clear embossing powder. I painted the images with QOR watercolors. I used Cerulean blue and two yellow pigment colors, and combined the same colors to create the green for the leaves. I added some stamped text to the background using Navy IO Hybrid ink and French Poem (H9336) for some visual interest. I added a bit of Navy IO Hybrid ink to the background as well, just to darken the upper right corner a bit.

Find all the details on how to enter this week's challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. I hope you join us!

Impression Obsession: Die Cut Obsession

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects today. On this card I used the Bear (DIE784-Y). He’s cut from heavy weight white card stock and colored with alcohol markers. I added Glossy Accents to his eyes for a bit of shine. I used Border Duo 2 die set (DIE018-V) to create the cute peach lace border. I added a double twine bow and a pretty shell button for embellishment.

Check the Impression Obsession blog for a list of designers providing inspiration today!

Dog & Bird Frame

Just a quick share today using my Dog & Bird Frame die from Impression Obsession. Hope you have a terrific Friday!

Impression Obsession: Summer Release Celebration Day 3

Today is the third and final day of a three day Summer release celebration for Impression Obsession, and I hope you have enjoyed the inspiration! All of the new images you have seen on IO designer celebration posts April 28th - May 1st are available now on the Impression Obsession website. 

The card I made for today features Summer Road Trip (CL944). I stamped several images from the set in a permanent black ink and did a smooshed watercolor background using various colors of dye based inks. I added a frame from the All-in-one-Frames Rectangles 2 die set (DIE291-WW), and one from the Checkerboard Frames die set (DIE805-YY).

Find all the details on this release on the Impression Obsession Blog. 

Visit the Impression Obsession site and check out all of the new images. I will be giving away one $25 gift certificate, drawn at random from comments left on my celebration posts (there will be three posts - a comment on all three posts means you will have three chances to win the gift certificate!) Comments will remain open on my blog posts until Sunday May 5th. The winner of my $25 gift certificate will be announced on the Impression Obsession blog on Monday, May 6th.

For a wonderful dose of inspiration, pop on over to the Impression Obsession Blog for a complete list of designers participating in this event. Enjoy the inspiration!

Impression Obsession: Summer Release Celebration Day 2

Today is the second day of a three day Summer release celebration for Impression Obsession, and I hope you enjoy the inspiration! All of the new images you will see on IO designer celebration posts April 28th - May 1st are available now on the Impression Obsession website. 

The card I made for today features Radish (E16472). On the base of the card I stamped several impressions of Secret Code (D18032) and French Handwriting (G9395) in brown hybrid ink. The radish is stamped in Impression Obsession brown hybrid ink and painted with ink from water based markers. I added two circles from the All-in-one-Frames Circles die set (DIE299-ZZ), a silk ribbon bow, and a button threaded with twine.

Find all the details on this release on the Impression Obsession Blog. 

Visit the Impression Obsession site and check out all of the new images. I will be giving away one $25 gift certificate, drawn at random from comments left on my celebration posts (there will be three posts - a comment on all three posts means you will have three chances to win the gift certificate!) Comments will remain open on my blog posts until Sunday May 5th. The winner of my $25 gift certificate will be announced on the Impression Obsession blog on Monday, May 6th.

For a wonderful dose of inspiration, pop on over to the Impression Obsession Blog for a complete list of designers participating in this event. Enjoy the inspiration!

Impression Obsession: Summer Release Celebration Day 1

Today is the first day of a three day Summer release celebration for Impression Obsession, and I hope you enjoy the inspiration! All of the new images you will see on IO designer celebration posts April 28th - May 1st are available now on the Impression Obsession website. 

The card I made for today features clear set Sunny Flowers (CL943). On the base of the card I used an old favorite cover-a-card, Graph Paper (CC113), stamped in a light brown hybrid ink. The flowers are stamped in Impression Obsession black hybrid ink and colored with soft pastel alcohol markers. I added a few leaves and sprigs from the recently released Stitched Flower Bouquet die set (DIE806-ZZ), a button, and a twine bow.

Find all the details on this release on the Impression Obsession Blog. 

Visit the Impression Obsession site and check out all of the new images. I will be giving away one $25 gift certificate, drawn at random from comments left on my celebration posts (there will be three posts - a comment on all three posts means you will have three chances to win the gift certificate!) Comments will remain open on my blog posts until Sunday May 5th. The winner of my $25 gift certificate will be announced on the Impression Obsession blog on Monday, May 6th.

For a wonderful dose of inspiration, pop on over to the Impression Obsession Blog for a complete list of designers participating in this event. Enjoy the inspiration!

Impression Obsession: Die Cut Obsession

The Impression Obsession design team is featuring dies as the main focus for our inspiration projects today. On this card I used the Smart Piggy (DIE792-X). He’s cut from heavy weight white card stock and colored with alcohol markers. I added a good thick layer of Glossy Accents to his glasses. I also used Pinked Stitched Sentiment Banners (DIE814-U), and Stitched Tag (DIE798-Y). I love this little porker! *grin*

Check the Impression Obsession blog for a list of designers providing inspiration today!

Impression Obsession: Bunny Love

A new challenge is being shared today on the Impression Obsession Blog, and I hope you join the fun! This week’s challenge is Bunny Love. Pull out your Impression Obsession stamps and/or dies, and join us!

The tag I created for the challenge uses Bunny (DIE785-V), the Stitched Tag (DIE798-Y) set, and Pinked Stitched Sentiment Banners (DIE814-U). I cut the bunny from watercolor paper and painted her with water based markers. I cut the tag and sentiment banners from various prints of patterned paper and adhered everything together with liquid adhesive.

Find all the details on how to enter this week's challenge on the Impression Obsession Blog. I hope you join us!