You'll Have S'more Fun With These New Stamps and Dies! {Impression Obsession}

Summer is just around the corner and in my world that means rocking chairs, campfires and stuffing my face with s'mores. Handmade cards should reflect the things we love, so I'm all in for these brand new campfire and s'mores stamps and dies from Impression Obsession. 

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Can we talk about this cloudy sky background for a minute? I'm always impressed when I see beautiful inky clouds as I admire handmade cards. This die called Cloud Border makes it SUPER SIMPLE to make a cloudy sky. I am anxious to try it again and add some more shades of blue into the mix. 

Here's how to create this cloudy sky:

• Die cut the Cloud Border onto a piece of cardstock. You're going to use this piece like a stencil.
• Lay the stencil on the card panel along the edge where your lowest clouds will lie. 
• Ink the panel with a sponge dauber from the bottom of the panel, up to the cloud stencil. 
• Then, move the stencil up a little, slide it over or angle it differently. 
• Add just a little more ink below the stencil to create your next row of clouds. Repeat to create as many clouds as you want. 

In the image below, you can see my card, plus the die and stencil I created.

For the next s'more card I created, I heat embossed (in white) a star background stamp onto watercolor paper. Then I just added some beautiful watercolor over the panel to make those stars POP. I created a simple little s'mores scene on top of a vellum circle to establish a focal point.

Today begins the two-day blog hop celebrating the May release at Impression Obsession. That's right . . .there's s'more fun tomorrow!

Here are the important details on this week's blog hop:

I'm the first stop on the hop, so you should have come from the IO blog! If not, start at the Impression Obsession blog so you don't miss a thing!

• We're giving away THREE Impression Obsession $25 gift certificates for our two-day blog hop (this is day 1, so come back tomorrow too!!) - the more you comment, the more chances to win!
• All comments for both days will be open until May 10th at midnight CT. All winners will be announced on April 11th on the Impression Obsession Blog.
• Find all the new release stamps HERE

Next stop on the hop is Lee Ann Barrett! Head there for more inspiration and fun!

Supplies on Today's Cards

S'mores Dies

SALE! Small Campfire Die Set

Cloud Border Die

Hill Landscape Layers Dies

S'mores Clear Photopolymer Stamps (3x4)

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