Friday, July 21, 2017

Impression Obsession New Catalog Release Blog Hop: Day Five!


Welcome to Day Five of the Impression Obsession 2017 Fall/Winter (and more!) Stamp Release Hop! We have some beautiful new stamps to share AND Gift Certificates to give away!
The Blog Hop will be posted on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am EST each day Monday, July 17th – Friday, July 21st.

Visit our fabulous IO Design Team’s blogs (only one comment per blog per day please) for a chance to win one of 6 $25 Gift Certificates! One winner will be chosen each day and then an extra winner will be chosen randomly from all hop days. Comments on all hop days will be open until July 23rd at 9pm CT. All winners will be announced on July 24th.
The more blogs you visit … the better chance you will have to win!!!



If you’ve arrived here from Anna's blog, you’re at the right place. If not, please head to the Impression Obsession blog to start at the beginning of the hop.


Today I am featuring this stunning and classic holiday stamp, Hark! (H13578), along with other new and current stamps.


Hark! is a very detailed stamp which has the stunning angel in front of the sheet music background.
I stamped the Hark! image on white cardstock and sponged Distress inks from the edges in towards the angel, leaving her as white as possible.  I wanted to create the look of marble, so I added some shading with warm gray Copic markers. 
The card base was stamped with the Crackle Cover-a-Card background stamp (CC277) in Distress Oxide ink.  I also used a foam blender to add color in areas of the card base.  I trimmed out the Hark! panel and layered it with patterned papers of similar size. and finished it with dyed-to match ribbon (dyed with reinkers) and a small tag, stamped with the pine tuft from Winter Elements (CL690) and the Season's Greetings sentiment from Holiday Words (3189-LG).  Can you tell I love the set, Holiday Words??  I think I've reached for it nearly everyday this week!  It's such a lovely greeting set.  It's perfect!

Thanks for visiting again today.   Your next stop in the hop should be Daniela Dobson's blog.  

Here is the whole list of Blog Hop participants:

35 comments:

  1. What a detailed stamp, and you've brought it to life beautifully!

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  2. Wow, just wow! This card is amazing!

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  3. Unique and totally lovely card!

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  4. Wow I love your Angel Christmas card!

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  5. I LOVE this card! Best Christmas card I've seen in a long time!

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  6. Elegant card! Love that beautiful angel!

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  7. Very different and creative. Great combination of skills

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  8. Hi Chris, I love this beautiful card, vintage engravings are my thing to! you are proficient in so many styles!! Love them all!
    Ginny M

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  9. OH, THAT IS BEAUTIFUL!! I love the background--it goes perfectly with the angel...

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  10. Beautiful!!! Love the vintage feel. TFS

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  11. What a beautiful card! I love vintage collage, but am not very adept at creating it.

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  12. Love the song "Hark The Herald Angels Sing". Love seeing all the new stamps!

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  13. Beautiful work of art. Love this new image:)

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  14. The angel is wonderful - has
    a look of metal to me.
    Love the music behind her.
    Fantastic card.
    thanks for sharing.

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  15. A gorgeous card! Love the shading on the angel!

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  16. Chris, this card is exquisite. I'm in awe of what you did. This angel is a must for me since I'm always being asked for angel cards at Christmas time. Your card truly inspires me. Thanks for including it in this blog hop.

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  17. Monochromatic is so elegant and striking!

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  18. What an eye-catching, elegant card. Worthy of being framed!

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  19. Your angel card is just wonderful! Really special!

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  20. Fabulous. I like the sheet music background.

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  21. Wow!!. You amaze me with everything you create!!. So stunning!!.

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  22. The angel looks amazing and I love the crackle background too. :) Thank you for sharing.

    Katie B.

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  24. Wow! What a great way to use the Hark! stamp - I love it!

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