Well hello there my crafty peeps! I'm already thinking about Christmas cards and holiday projects (because, why not?!) but I'm still having fun making summertime projects at the same time. Today begins a new challenge on the Impression Obsession blog, and the theme is Summer Fun, so I pulled out my trusty favorite summertime stamp set and did a little crafting! Are you ready to take a look at some colorful summer cards? This blog post contains affiliate links. When you shop through my links, I may receive compensation at no cost to you. Thank you from the bottom of my crafty heart!
Good Old Summertime is a set I've turned to again and AGAIN this summer! The sweet images are so fun to mix and match for handmade cards! On the first card, I stuck with the DRINKS (YUM) and paired them with the perfect sentiment "Drink in the Summertime". I used watercolor pencils to color this tasty rainbow of beverages, and then added some glaze and glitter to add some extra sparkle.
The background of this card is a Gel Press print that I made using some summery shades of liquid ink, blended together. I really like the contrast of the black and white patterns from paper and washi tape too - but then again, I'm always a sucker for bright colors paired with black and white!
Up next, the same stamp set but a TOTALLY different look and technique! For this card I wanted to make a stamped background of all the cute images in this set. To make it easy, I used one medium size clear block and I fit as many stamps on as I could. This takes a little bit of trial and error and stamping on scrap paper to make sure everything is straight and spaced out evenly, but the work is worth it - because then it only took about four impressions to stamp all of these small images onto my cardstock panel. I used markers to color these images in and finished it off with the HELLO SUMMER sentiment.
Good Old Summertime is a set I've turned to again and AGAIN this summer! The sweet images are so fun to mix and match for handmade cards! On the first card, I stuck with the DRINKS (YUM) and paired them with the perfect sentiment "Drink in the Summertime". I used watercolor pencils to color this tasty rainbow of beverages, and then added some glaze and glitter to add some extra sparkle.
The background of this card is a Gel Press print that I made using some summery shades of liquid ink, blended together. I really like the contrast of the black and white patterns from paper and washi tape too - but then again, I'm always a sucker for bright colors paired with black and white! 
Alright my sweet, crafty peeps. Now it's your turn! Dig through your stash of Impression Obsession stamps and dies, and see what you have that works for the challenge, Summer Fun. Then link it up at the IO blog because you might just win a gift certificate to the shop! Over on the blog, you'll also find a list of the design team members who are sharing some fresh summer fun to kick off the challenge.
Don't have any Impression Obsession stamps and dies? I hate to be an enabler, but you really should check out their shop - every time I look, I see something I never noticed before. They have a HUGE selection, in EVERY style and theme! (#sorrynotsorry) Plus, their sale section is AMAZING right now. There are tons of cute clear stamp sets on sale for $7.50! Whaaaat!?
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