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Aug 24 2008

Company Spotlight - Impression Obsession

I’m going to start something new called Company Spotlight. Each week I will feature a company and tell you a little bit about them. There are so many great stamp companies!

This week I’ll be featuring Impression Obsession.

Impression Obsession sells clear stamps, unmounted rubber stamps (on cling or permanent foam cushion) and wood mounted. The quality is wonderful. They offer a huge variety of image styles, everything from cute to trendy.

Here is some info from the Impression Obsession’s website “About us” page:

Hi! I know people are curious sometimes about who the people are behind the anonymous-looking website. Impression Obsession was formed in March 1998 by Mitra Friant and Charmaine Jackson, two high school teachers who thought it would be fun to run a stamp business part-time after school. We published our first stamp catalog with 92 images in August, 1998 and we were off and running.

We had a lot of success with that first catalog and continued adding images (and customers) until the company became too busy to be a part-time job. In September, 1999, I (Mitra) quit teaching and started working at the stamp business full-time. Charmaine, meanwhile, had a baby and decided to continue teaching so she got out of the stamp business.

2008 will mark 10 years in business…I can’t believe it! IO has come a long way since then. We now have over 2000 images in production at any given time and have expanded into offering clear stamps and more recently cling stamps (stamps with gray cushion that temporarily sticks to acrylic blocks). We are proud to offer Alesa Baker Designs, Heart Art Studios and Melissa Gordon’s stamps and just this year have added Leigh Hannan’s distinctive designs to our line.

 

Smiley from millan.netI make Christmas cards all year long so I’m not in such a crunch at the end of the year. I usually don’t make multiples of any card, though I do sometimes make similar cards. Here are two cards using images from Impression Obsession.

The first card was made using the clear set CL144 - Leigh Hannan Snowflakes. I used watercolor paper and stamped the snowflake background in Baja Breeze ink. I spritzed it with water after stamping and let the snowflakes bleed. After the background was dry I stamped more snowflakes. The ornament was stamped in Archival ink and watercolored with Baja Breeze, Bravo Burgandy, Old Olive and More Mustard ink. I added some Amuse Twinkle stickers. The circle and Scallop Circle were cut with Nestabilties dies from Spellbinders.

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This card was made using the G2235 Poinsettia Swirl. This is a rubber stamp (I chose unmounted rubber on cling). I stamped the image in black ink on Buttercream (Prism Papers) cardstock. I outlined the swirls and colored the leaves & flowers with Copic markers. I stamped the flowers again on another piece of Buttercream paper, colored and then cut them out and layered them onto the flowers on the panel. I added small dots of gold Ranger Liquid Pearls (Gold on the flowers and White Opal on the swirls). Two half pearls were adhered to the larger dots above the flowers.

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Please let me know what you think of this new feature!

Have a great day!!! Smiley from millan.net
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Jul 30 2008

Christmas in July

Published by inkypaws under Christmas, Lizzie Anne Designs

It’s never too early for a Christmas card!

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These are the products used:

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Stamps: Giddyup Girl, Holiday Script - Lizzie Anne Designs

Paper: White, Olive, Red, Soft Sky, Basic Gray Figgy

Ink: Ranger Distress Black Soot, Broken China, Vintage Photo

Accessories: Sponge, Hemp

Copic markers: W1, E70, YG03, YG28, YG95, Y11,YG63

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Dec 24 2007

My Favorite Phrase

Published by inkypaws under Christmas, Rubbernecker Stamps

I asked y’all what you’re favorite phrase was. Now it’s my turn. My favorite Christmas phrase is:

“Santa knows where all the naughty girls live.”

Now you see why Sherry and I are such good friends.

Oh……. I guess you want to know who your winners are (chosen by random number generator).

Ready?

Congratulations to:

  • Wendy - “Fa la la la la”
  • Deidre Mooney - “You’ll shoot your eye out.”
  • Ilene B - “Warm Winter Wishes”

I will be emailing the winners for their addresses!!!

So…….. who wants another goodie bag? I have one more to give away courtesy of Dave (The Man!) at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

All you need to do to enter is to leave a comment telling me your favorite food that you only get to eat at the Holidays (because Holiday calories don’t count - it’s the law.). Please make sure and leave your email. I will be picking winner Thursday Dec. 27th. Good luck!!!

Wanna see what’s in it?

The best Santa face ever!!! See my sample with it below

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And phrases:

22-01 Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night

209-06 He’s making a list and checking it twice.

53-08 Merry Christmas

52-07 Peace

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Don’ forget to take a look around the Rubbernecker Winter Sale!!!

Here’s a sample of a card I made last month using the Santa Face stamp.

The Santa face and the holly in the background was masked and then sponged in Vintage Photo ink. The images were then colored with Copic markers.

Images and products used to make this card can be found at Rubbernecker Stamp Co.

Stamps: 209-11 Holly Sprig, 209-07 Santa Face

Paper: Georgia Pacific White, Cream, Always Artichoke, Burgundy

PP: FF107 Poinsettia, Flurries & Frost Collection - Deja Views

Ink: Adirondack Pitch Black, Ranger Distress Vintage Photo

Accessories: White gel pen, Liquid Applique, Ribbon from Offray

Tools: heat tool, paper cutter, scissors, sponge

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