Birthday surprise for Mitra!!

Happy Birthday to Mitra, the owner of Impression Obsession. The design team decided to secretly create birthday greetings for her and post them today. Let me tell you, when I let her in on the surprise, she was tickled to death!! I think we really put a big smile on her face---a big thanks to the design team for participating and for keeping the surprise a secret! I know I was afraid to say much on our email group for fear of giving it away--LOL.

I made a peanut butter cup floral bouquet for her. The flowers were made using a scalloped circle punch and then cutting into them to make the petals, then added a Reese's pb cup for the center of the flower. They're attached to bamboo skewers and then stuck into floral foam inside the can.

I actually made her a birthday card, too, but forgot to take a picture of it before giving it to her! Duh, me--LOL....she said she'll take a picture of it and when she does, I'll post it.

Wishing you the happiest of birthdays, Mitra!!

Blog candy

Want to win some Impression Obsession stamps? You better run over to Penny's blog ASAP!! And oh my goodness, wait until you see the samples she made with the stamps she giving away---you're in for a real treat!

Color Challenge!!

My sister-in-law and I have one thing in common...our *love* of the color purple! So when the Impression Obsession design team was given a color challenge, I knew I had to make her a birthday card! The challenge was to use purple, blue and green on a card. I love the creations from this oh-so-creative team!

I used a brand spankin' new clear set called Circle Elements which is all sorts of circle designs---scalloped, dotted, flowers, words within the circles, etc. When this set is posted on the IO website, I will link you to it! Once I stamped those 4 separate circles, I used my mega scalloped circle punch and then punched each small hole within each scallop. An additional scalloped circle was punched from green cardstock and adhered behind the white one. I figured that since it was a fun birthday card, it needed some curling ribbon!

Here are links to the other design team members who have their own challenge cards posted. Hope you'll enjoy seeing everyone's creations!! And be sure to check back soon for another fun challenge from our team!

• Julie
• Penny
• Daniela
• Deborah
• Laura
• Tina

thank you!!

Here's a look at one of the many new clear sets from Impression Obsession. I wish I could tell you the name, but I was fortunate to get my hands on this set before it was even labeled! When I do find out the proper name, I will update this post. There are several variations of these flourish-y type of images plus *lots* of butterflies! I really liked using this set and it's already a favorite of mine! Edited to add: The name of this clear set is Butterfly Bliss! Ask for it at your local stamp store :)

This design was inspired by a gorgeous card I saw last summer on Splitcoast Stampers and unfortunately, I don't know her name. Maybe she'll see mine and let me know? I'd love to thank her!!

One more for tonight........a Valentine message for you.........these stamps are from Serendipity Stamps. Happy Valentine's Day!

The pink and black card is another sneak peek from the newest IO catalog.... not your typical Easter colors, but I couldn't resist! LOVE that sparkly fuschia paper!! It's from The Paper Cut and they have tons of colors.

The sparkly green card has images that are not exactly new, but from the recent Valentine's supplement and I just love this main image---called Lemon Slice, but makes quite the lovely flower, I think :)

Thanks for looking!

Impression Obsession Sneak Peek! CHA 2008

I've been playing with new Impression Obsession stamps that will be unveiled at CHA tomorrow! I have several cards and will be showing a few at a time....I hope you enjoy them.