Spooky and Sweet - Have You Seen the New Halloween Stamps from Impression Obsession?

This is how I like my Halloween crafts: A little spooky, and a lot SWEET. Bright colors. Funky and funny characters. Maybe a little weird, but a lot whimsical. And that my friends, is what you can count on today. It's time once again to welcome a new variety of stamps and dies from Impression Obsession's September release, and today's post is all about Halloween! (Not a Halloween fan? That's okay - tomorrow I've got you covered with warm and wonderful fall projects too!)

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Today's first card begins with some of the sweetest skeletons you'll ever meet! There are five new skeleton stamps that all coordinate together - and they're all sold individually, so you can pick which ones you like best, or grab them all! I used Skeleton 1 and Skeleton 3 on this card.  I started with a piece of white cardstock that I inked up using re-inkers on my Gel Press. Then, I embossed the skeletons in black on white cardstock and fussy cut them to pop them up on my card base. They are funny and funky and they make me smile! 

I finished off this sweet and spooky skeleton card with a sentiment from the new Spider Trio clear stamp set. (You'll see more from this cute stamp set later this month!)

I had some more of the Gel Press printed blue and purple "sky" background so I decided to create a second card with it - this one features the ADORABLE Cute to Spook stamp. This is one of those stamps that fills almost the whole card base, so you can just stamp and go, creating a card that's as simple as you want. 

I stamped this image twice, first onto the blue & purple inked cardstock, and then again on orange cardstock. I trimmed the pumpkins, colored the details with a white gel pen, and then adhered them with foam squares. I finished off the card with a strip of patterned paper and some embellishments. 

BUT. . .I couldn't stop with just one pumpkin card, so here's another take on it. For the second card, I stamped them image on watercolor paper. (Here's a TIP: When stamping on textured paper, use the MISTI so you can re-ink and re-stamp a few times to get a really good impression.) After stamping, I colored the image with watercolors, and added a few cute die-cut clouds. I love how simple and sweet this card turned out. 

Alright, my sweet and spooky friends! Today begins a two-day blog hop celebrating the September release at Impression Obsession. There's so much more fall goodness to share tomorrow, so don't be a stranger! In fact, subscribe here so you never miss a blog post! 

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

• We're giving away THREE Impression Obsession $25 gift certificates for our two-day blog hop - the more you comment, the more chances to win, so be sure to visit all the designers!
• All comments for both days will be open until September 13th at midnight CT. All winners will be announced on September 14th on the Impression Obsession Blog.
• Most importantly, find all the new release stamps HERE

And here's the lineup of today's hop!

Impression Obsession Blog 

Ilina Crouse

Jeanne Streiff

Kia Gibson Clapper

Laura Fulcher

Laura Williams <<you are here!>>

Lee Ann Barrett

Vicki Garrett

Angela Bode

Anna Wight

Dina Kowal

Giovana SmithShop the Supplies for Today's Card:

Skeleton 1 stamp

Skeleton 3

Spider Trio Clear Stamp Set

Cute to Spook stamp

Stitched Cloud dies

Gel Press (from Simon Says Stamp)

MISTI

Gel Roll 10 white pen  (from Simon Says Stamp)

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