Good Wednesday morning and welcome to day 3 of the Impression Obsession 2017 Spring/Summer Release Hop! We have some beautiful new stamps and dies to share with you and Gift Certificates to give away! The Blog Hop will be posted on the Impression Obsession. Visit our fabulous IO Design Team’s blogs (only one comment per blog please) for a chance to win one of FOUR $25 Gift Certificates! Comment entries will be open until 9pm CT on Sunday May 21st and all winners will be announced May 22nd.
Here is our hop trail. Good luck!
Kittie Caracciolo (that’s me)
My project was made using the Lighthouse Circle, Crab and Salt Life. The Lighthouse Circle is such a fun die to play with. I loved the version Jeanne did for Monday’s hop. see below They say that great minds run on the same track. LOL! Well…Jeanne and I have shown how totally opposite styles and themes can be made using the same dies.
I cut the lighthouse circle in blue and then the top portion of the lighthouse in red. I attached the red pieces in place on the top of the lighthouse with glossy accents. I love the nautical feel of the red, white and blue. I wanted the salt life sentiment to fit up in the framed opening so I cut the star out of the middle and attached the two words with tiny strips of mounting tape. I cut two additional stars and used them to embellish the frame. I added the big crab to bring one more element of red to the project. I applied some sparkly shimmer to the red stars, sentiment and crab with a sparkle pen to finish. My red, white and blue creates a bold masculine theme and Jeanne’s soft watercolor blues creates a soft and tranquil theme.
I would like to invite you to join me in the CLASSroom for my Faux Graniteware Pitcher and Hollyhocks project and step by step tutorial.
Thanks for coming by and I hope you have a great time on our new release blog hop.
Card size: 5.50” x 4.25”
Gorgeous card, love the colors and the theme. Makes me feel like summertime.
Posted by: Gael G | May 17, 2017 at 06:46 AM
Love how changing the colors completely changes the feel of the design ... gorgeous bouquet too.
Posted by: SmilynStef | May 17, 2017 at 08:06 AM
Wow...flowers. Thanks
Posted by: Beverly Parkison | May 17, 2017 at 08:09 AM
YOU ARE THE QUEEN OF DIES!!!!!!!!!!!!! Your cards are so amazing, especially the flowers. SO NICE
Posted by: Sharon Gullikson | May 17, 2017 at 10:38 AM
Love your Lighthouse Circle cards! Gorgeous colors and details! And the pitcher of flowers is fabulous! Love the colors and dimension!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | May 17, 2017 at 11:04 AM
Ooh, I love the flowers. That's such a cool card. The nautical cards are cool too. Thanks for the tutorial on the flowers.
Posted by: Karen Wedding | May 17, 2017 at 11:44 AM
WOW, what gorgeous cards Kittie!
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | May 17, 2017 at 12:50 PM
Love the depth of your flower bouquet! Just darling!
Posted by: BunnyD | May 17, 2017 at 01:06 PM
Love all Lighthouse cards....such a different feel with each...Right on with your pitcher and of course your amazing flowers....absolutely PERFECT... Super tutorial...
Posted by: Vickie | May 17, 2017 at 02:45 PM
Good afternoon Kittie. The lighthouse Is so awesome,the deep colours are beautiful , an it pops with interest. Well done.
Your flowers are the living spring fantastic.
Have a good day
Posted by: Pattie jns | May 17, 2017 at 03:23 PM
Beautiful card!! The Lighthouse Circle is a great die!
Posted by: Suzy Que | May 17, 2017 at 04:11 PM
Wow what a great selection of cards to enjoy. Love them all BUT my fav would have to be the flowers - this is sensational!!!!!!!
Posted by: Dee Earnshaw | May 17, 2017 at 04:14 PM
Hi Kittie! Your light house card would make an EXCELLENT framed piece for someone's home! VERY NICELY DONE!!! ;) AND your floral arrangement looks SO LOVELY! I didn't get that Hollyhocks die last time I ordered, I'm kicking myself now! LOL ;)
Posted by: Becky Green | May 17, 2017 at 04:14 PM
I love the red/white/blue
Fantastic card.
Don't want to forget the
lighthouse - it's great too.
The pitcher with flowers is
wonderful. Going to check
that out.
thanks or sharing.
Posted by: Mary Holshouser | May 17, 2017 at 04:14 PM
Wow, both "salt life" cards are fabulous and so different
with just a change of colors. And those flowers are simply
fabulous!!
Posted by: Becca Y | May 17, 2017 at 04:41 PM
While I liked how Jeanne's was realistic looking, I like how yours is in nautical colors. Both are great takes on a cool die!!!
Posted by: Karen Page | May 17, 2017 at 04:42 PM
Gosh, these cards are all so gorgeous! It must have taken you weeks to do the flowers on the last card! Thanks for sharing :)
Posted by: Patti J. | May 17, 2017 at 04:54 PM
Your talent is creating scenes and a great job doing that. What wonderful dies to make your scenes comes to life!
Posted by: bette | May 17, 2017 at 05:50 PM
These cards are fabulous! I love them all.
Posted by: Tracy A | May 17, 2017 at 07:24 PM
Awesome collection of cards. I love the details you have put into each one. TFS
Posted by: Teresa Godines | May 17, 2017 at 07:27 PM
Thanks for showing a different version of this lighthouse card.
Posted by: Sue LD | May 17, 2017 at 09:25 PM
That is a very masculine and a nautical card! I love that die I also love that you put the crab an starfish with it. Great job
Posted by: Barbara Baxter | May 18, 2017 at 12:17 AM
Love them! Always looking for masculine card ideas.
Posted by: Kathy J in Ellicott City | May 18, 2017 at 05:49 AM
Fantastic cards, love them.
Posted by: Tracy | May 18, 2017 at 01:19 PM
Beautiful cards.
Posted by: Michel Espey | May 18, 2017 at 10:37 PM
Very striking! It's always fun to see how different die cuts can look with different color choices. This new lighthouse die is super.
Posted by: Vivian C. | May 19, 2017 at 06:05 PM
Evening Kittie,
Just home from a week at the coast and I swear, I saw that lighthouse... Thank you for sharing your amazing creativity
Posted by: Mz Cookie | May 19, 2017 at 07:56 PM
Very cool! I love your version of the card! :) Very nautical. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Posted by: Katie B. | May 21, 2017 at 04:10 AM
Very cool, big & bold with the blue & red! I love it! Esp. since I don't practice coloring much to do Jeanne's beautiful style. ;) I like how you did the words, separating them and inside the die image. Great touch of sparkle on the starfish & crab. Thanks for the link to your hollyhocks project. I have that die but have yet to use it!
Posted by: Pati L | May 21, 2017 at 01:47 PM
SWOON!! AMAZING Cards!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Designs and the New Dies!! So Neat!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Posted by: Larissa Heskett | May 21, 2017 at 07:27 PM