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<title>DT Thursday And Our New Winner</title>
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<description>Our winner for our Flowers For You Challenge is Karen Amidon at SCS . Congratulations, Karen, and happy shopping too! DT Thursday Our Design Team member hostessing today's DT Thursday is Laura Fulcher. She has created a really feminine, beautiful, and fun card. Take a look at the sneak peek below and then hop on over to her blog, HERE, to check it out!! When you get back you can move on down to the details of our next challenge below. Bloom Where You're Planted - Floral Our next challenge starts June 6. For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below: Use all IO dies/stamps. If the die isn't IO, it should not be an image or border (card shape templates are okay). Your post should contain only cards, etc. using IO dies/stamps. Taking part in other challenges is allowed if our company is listed first. Ending time is this challenge will be the following Wednesday, June 12, at 10 p.m. EST. Use the Inlinkz thumbnail format at the end of the challenge post. The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate, for use in our on-line store, picked by Random.org. The players are...</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Our winner for our Flowers For You Challenge is Karen Amidon at &lt;a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2373689?&amp;amp;cat=500&amp;amp;ppuser=378169" target="_self"&gt;SCS&lt;/a&gt; .&amp;nbsp; Congratulations, Karen, and happy shopping too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffffbf;"&gt;DT Thursday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our Design Team member hostessing today's DT Thursday is Laura Fulcher.&amp;nbsp; She has created a really feminine, beautiful, and fun card.&amp;nbsp; Take a look at the sneak peek 
below and then hop on over to her blog, &lt;a href="http://stampart.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;,
 to check it out!!&amp;nbsp; When you get back you can move on 
down to the details of our next challenge below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" onclick="window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef01901c75ff81970b-popup"&gt;&lt;img class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef01901c75ff81970b" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 3px solid #060606;" title="IMG_9758" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef01901c75ff81970b-320wi" alt="IMG_9758" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffffbf;"&gt;Bloom Where You're Planted - Floral&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our next challenge starts June 6.&amp;nbsp; For those of
 you who aren't familiar with our  challenges, the guidelines are below:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use all IO dies/stamps.&amp;nbsp; If the die isn't IO, it should not be an &lt;em&gt;image&lt;/em&gt; or&lt;em&gt; border&lt;/em&gt; (card shape templates are okay).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your post should contain only cards, etc. using IO dies/stamps.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Taking part in other challenges is allowed if our company is listed first.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ending time is this challenge will be the following Wednesday, June 12, at 10 p.m. EST.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; thumbnail format at the end of the challenge post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate, for use in our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com" target="_self"&gt;on-line store&lt;/a&gt;, picked by Random.org.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The players are notified of the winner by email the night it ends.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner's name will be posted with the DT Thursday post on June 13.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery under Card 
Galleries at the top of the page, with a link back to your blog/gallery 
post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have some fun, invite a friend to create too, have a stamping/die party 
and/or 
create your card using all IO dies/stamps, and then post it using the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; at the bottom of the 05/16 challenge post.&amp;nbsp; If you have questions 
please &lt;a href="mailto:shirleyone2@windstream.net"&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need inspiration you can check out the 2012/13 Card Galleries 
at the top of the blog.&amp;nbsp; Also, there are direct links to their DT 
posts and more card samples in our on-line store too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope you have a fantastic weekend!!&amp;nbsp; Thanks for stopping by to look and share!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 35pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Jellyka CuttyCupcakes; color: #489c85;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Shirley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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<title>In The Air Challenge</title>
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<description>Welcome to our new challenge. It's time to check out what DT members are creating "In The Air" by clicking on their links below! They are using products from our New Spring/Summer Collection, our DIES, and oldies but goodies too! Be inspired, then come back and join us in the fun by posting your card at the bottom of this post between now and next Wednesday. I can't wait to see theirs and yours too!!! IO Blog – You are Here Daniela Dobson Dina Kowal Jeanne Streiff Jenny Gropp Julie Koerber Kittie Caracciolo Laura Fulcher Vicki Garrett This challenge continues until next Wednesday, May 22. There is a new guideline regarding the your posts. For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below: Use all IO dies/stamps. (If the die is not IO, it should not be an image or border die (card shape templates, i.e. nestabilities are okay). Please list our challenge first if you are taking part in other challenges. Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, May 22, at 10 p.m. EST. Use the Inlinkz thumbnail format at the end of this post. The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for...</description>
<content:encoded>Welcome to our new challenge.&amp;#0160; It&amp;#39;s time to check out what DT members are creating &amp;quot;In The Air&amp;quot; by 
clicking on their links below!&amp;#0160; They are using products from our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&amp;amp;Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&amp;amp;Category_Code=1NEW" target="_self"&gt;New Spring/Summer Collection&lt;/a&gt;, our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&amp;amp;Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&amp;amp;Category_Code=DIES" target="_self"&gt;DIES&lt;/a&gt;, and oldies but goodies too!&amp;#0160; Be inspired, then come back 
and join 
us in
 the fun by posting your card at the bottom of this post between now and
 next Wednesday.&amp;#0160; I can&amp;#39;t wait to see theirs and yours too!!!
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;IO Blog&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#0160; – You are Here&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://danieladobson.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Daniela Dobson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Dina Kowal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/category/stamps/impression-obsession/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Jeanne Streiff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onekraftykat.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Jenny Gropp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://outtoimpress.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Julie Koerber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kittiekraft/impression-obsession/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Kittie Caracciolo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampart.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Laura Fulcher&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Vicki Garrett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This challenge continues until next Wednesday, May 22.&amp;#0160; There is a new guideline regarding the your posts.&amp;#0160; For those of
 you who aren&amp;#39;t familiar with our  challenges, the guidelines are below:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #00bf00;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #111111;"&gt;Use &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #111111;"&gt;all IO dies/stamps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #111111;"&gt;.&amp;#0160; (If the die is not IO, it should not be an 
image or border die (card shape templates, i.e. nestabilities are okay).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Please &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;list our challenge first&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #111111;"&gt; if you are taking part in other challenges.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, May 22, at 10 p.m. EST.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; thumbnail format at the end of this post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com" target="_self"&gt;on-line store&lt;/a&gt; and selected by Random.org.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The players are notified of the winner by email the same night, then posted the next day on DT Thursday.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery with a link back to your blog/gallery 
post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have some fun, invite a friend to create too, have a stamping/die party 
and/or 
create your card using all IO dies/stamps, and then post it using the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; at the bottom of this post.&amp;#0160; If you have questions 
please &lt;a href="mailto:shirleyone2@windstream.net"&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need inspiration you can check out the 2012/13 Card Galleries 
at the top of the blog.&amp;#0160; Also, there are direct links to their DT 
posts and more card samples in our on-line store too!&amp;#0160; If you need help 
to start a gallery or blog I may be able to help you there too.&amp;#0160; Your 
participation is what helps
 make the challenges a success and fun too!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for stopping by to join in the fun and share your comments too.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
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<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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<title>A Special Day For Someone Special</title>
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<description>It's not a birthday card, but it does let us wish you a really wonderful day, a happy healthy year, and many many many mooooooooooooooore!! Also, no calories here!! From all of us, (Kelli and the office gang, Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Juli, Kittie, Laura, Vicki, and me too! If the rest of you would like to wish Mitra Happy Birthday you can also find your on her Facebook pages HERE, HERE, or right here at the bottom of this post!!! Have a great day, Mitra! Shirley</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodlightscraps.com/birthday-glitter.php" title="Birthday Orkut Greetings, Wishes, Glitters and comments"&gt;&lt;img alt="Birthday Glitter Graphics and Scraps for Orkut, Myspace, Facebook, Hi5, Tagged" border="0" height="263" src="http://www.goodlightscraps.com/content/birthday-glitter/birthday-glitter-1.gif" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="263" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
It&amp;#39;s not a birthday card, but it does let us wish you a really wonderful day, a happy healthy year, and many many many mooooooooooooooore!! Also, no calories here!!&amp;#0160; From all of us, (Kelli and the office gang, Daniela, Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Juli, Kittie, Laura, Vicki, and me too!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If the rest of you would like to wish Mitra Happy Birthday you can also find your on her Facebook pages &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/mitra.friant?fref=ts" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Impression-Obsession-Inc/226806259636?fref=ts" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;, or right here at the bottom of this post!!!&amp;#0160; Have a great day, Mitra!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 35pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Jellyka CuttyCupcakes; color: #489c85;"&gt;&amp;#0160;Shirley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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<title>Tuesday T&amp;T A Card For All Reasons</title>
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<description>Because I give a lot of cards and don't always know for what that will be, I usually try to create a card I can use for any reason. Below are the rules I follow to do it: The sentiment on the front is usually "For You". It can also be "Thinking Of You". Something that makes it personal, but could cover a broad number of reasons for giving the card. I have gone crazy for the twisted easel cards because you can choose how much space to fill on the base, so you can say as much or little as you want. (Even if the space is full, you can always include a note piece of paper folded and placed behind the easel part). Below is how I did it this time: Background: CAC Tapestry stamped on Neenah Solar White cardstock with VersaMark ink and embossed with a white pearl embossing powder (from my stash) was used as a matte for the Embossed Gift die cut, after brayering it with Memento Angel Pink. The die cut was done twice using Curious Ice Gold cardstock and then overlapped as shown. The die cuts were taped in place on the back....</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef0191021c6fa8970c-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="AR1" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef0191021c6fa8970c" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef0191021c6fa8970c-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 3px solid #8A8A8A;" title="AR1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because I give a lot of cards and don&amp;#39;t always know for what that will be, I usually try to create a card I can use for any reason.&amp;#0160; Below are the rules I follow to do it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The sentiment on the front is usually &amp;quot;For You&amp;quot;.&amp;#0160; It can also be &amp;quot;Thinking Of You&amp;quot;.&amp;#0160; Something that makes it personal, but could cover a broad number of reasons for giving the card.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I have gone crazy for the twisted easel cards because you can choose how much space to fill on the base, so you can say as much or little as you want.&amp;#0160; (Even if the space is full, you can always include a note piece of paper folded and placed behind the easel part).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Below is how I did it this time:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eeb24120a970d-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="AR2" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eeb24120a970d" height="186" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eeb24120a970d-320wi" style="border: 2px solid #8e8e8e;" title="AR2" width="249" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eeb242b8d970d-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false" style="display: inline;"&gt;&lt;img alt="AR4" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eeb242b8d970d" height="186" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eeb242b8d970d-320wi" style="border: 2px solid #868686;" title="AR4" width="222" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Background&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;CAC Tapestry stamped on Neenah Solar White cardstock with VersaMark ink and embossed with a white pearl embossing powder (from my stash) was used as a matte for the Embossed Gift die cut,&amp;#0160; after brayering it with Memento Angel Pink.&amp;#0160; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The die cut was done twice using Curious Ice Gold cardstock and then overlapped as shown.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The die cuts were taped in place on the back.&amp;#0160; I placed the tape first and then inserted the &amp;quot;quilted&amp;quot; images.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The white cardstock matte for the &amp;quot;quilted look&amp;quot; was cut 6&amp;quot;X4&amp;quot; and then the edge die cut with a Border Duo 1 die for the edged below (taped in place with removeable Scotch tape).&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef0191021ce2b6970c-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="AR3" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef0191021ce2b6970c" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef0191021ce2b6970c-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #868686;" title="AR3" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Images&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Getting ready for the images meant doing a die cut with the paper cone die with another stashed CAC Tapestry stamped with Memento Angel Pink on Curious Ice Gold cardstock.&amp;#0160; It was then folded along the creases as shown and then embossed from the underside go give it dimension.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The two mini circle round tags were used to get a die cut from white cardstock and one from the Curious Ice Gold with the pink ink.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The flower bouquet was stamped twice from Spring Medley clear stamp set with Delicata Golden Glitz ink, painted with Twinks, and cut out as shown.&amp;#0160; The images were embossed from the back for dimension and mounted with 3D pop dots, then placed inside the Paper Cone and mounted as shown on the cardfront.&amp;#0160; A simple white organdy bow was attached with a glue dot.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The circles were mounted, the sentiment stamped with Memento Bamboo Leaves, a pearl mounted with Glossy Accents and glitter applied on the squashed part.&amp;#0160;&amp;#0160; It was mounted with 3D pop dots too.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So there you have it.&amp;#0160; All ready for whomever and whatever comes into play for any reason. :-)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;See you back here on Thursday for our &amp;quot;In The Air&amp;quot; Challenge.&amp;#0160; For details on how to join in the fun go &lt;a href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2013/05/our-winner-and-dt-thursday.html" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt; and look at the bottom of the post. &amp;#0160; Thanks for stopping by to look and share.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 02:12:29 -0500</pubDate>

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<description>Our winner for our Flowers For You Challenge is Larissa Heskett at A Creative Place To Play. Congratulations, Larissa, and happy shopping too! DT Thursday Our Design Team member hostessing today's DT Thursday is Vicki Garrett. She has created a beautiful scene for journaling or I think it would be a terrific cardfront too. Take a look at the sneak peek below and then hop on over to her blog too, HERE, to check it out!! When you get back you can move on down to the details of our next challenge below. In The Air Challenge Our next challenge starts May 16. For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below: Use all IO dies/stamps. If the die isn't IO, it should not be an image (card shape templates are okay). Your post should contain only cards, etc. using IO dies/stamps. Taking part in other challenges is allowed if our company is listed first. Ending time is this challenge will be following Wednesday, May 22, at 10 p.m. EST. Use the Inlinkz thumbnail format at the end of the challenge post. The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate, for use in our on-line...</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Our winner for our Flowers For You Challenge is Larissa Heskett at &lt;a href="http://larissaheskettdesigns.blogspot.com/2013/05/a-heart-of-gold.html" target="_self"&gt;A Creative Place To Play&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; Congratulations, Larissa, and happy shopping too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffffbf;"&gt;DT Thursday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our Design Team member hostessing today's DT Thursday is Vicki Garrett.&amp;nbsp; She has created a beautiful&amp;nbsp; scene for journaling or I think it would be a terrific cardfront too.&amp;nbsp; Take a look at the sneak peek 
below and then hop on over to her blog too, &lt;a href="http://summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;,
 to check it out!!&amp;nbsp; When you get back you can move on 
down to the details of our next challenge below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" onclick="window.open( this.href, '_blank', 'width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0' ); return false" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef019101f2c322970c-popup"&gt;&lt;img class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef019101f2c322970c" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #000000;" title="Mixed Media Journal 12" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef019101f2c322970c-320wi" alt="Mixed Media Journal 12" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffffbf;"&gt;In The Air Challenge&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our next challenge starts May 16.&amp;nbsp; For those of
 you who aren't familiar with our  challenges, the guidelines are below:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use all IO dies/stamps.&amp;nbsp; If the die isn't IO, it should not be an image (card shape templates are okay).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your post should contain only cards, etc. using IO dies/stamps.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Taking part in other challenges is allowed if our company is listed first.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ending time is this challenge will be following Wednesday, May 22, at 10 p.m. EST.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; thumbnail format at the end of the challenge post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate, for use in our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com" target="_self"&gt;on-line store&lt;/a&gt;, picked by Random.org.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The players are notified of the winner by email the night it ends.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner's name will be posted with the DT Thursday post on May 23.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery under Card 
Galleries at the top of the page, with a link back to your blog/gallery 
post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have some fun, invite a friend to create too, have a stamping/die party 
and/or 
create your card using all IO dies/stamps, and then post it using the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; at the bottom of the 05/16 challenge post.&amp;nbsp; If you have questions 
please &lt;a href="mailto:shirleyone2@windstream.net"&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need inspiration you can check out the 2012/13 Card Galleries 
at the top of the blog.&amp;nbsp; Also, there are direct links to their DT 
posts and more card samples in our on-line store too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope you have a fantastic weekend!!&amp;nbsp; Thanks for stopping by to look and share!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 08:50:10 -0500</pubDate>

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<description>Welcome to our new challenge. It's time to check out what DT members are "Thankful For" by clicking on their links below! They are using products from our New Spring/Summer Collection, our DIES and oldies but goodies too! Be inspired, then come back and join us in the fun by posting your card at the bottom of this post between now and next Wednesday. I can't wait to see theirs and yours too!!! IO Blog – You are Here Dina Kowal Jeanne Streiff Jenny Gropp Julie Koerber Kittie Caracciolo Laura Fulcher Vicki Garrett This challenge continues until next Wednesday, May 8. There is a new guideline regarding the your posts. For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below: Use all IO dies/stamps. (If the die is not IO, it should not be an image or border die (card shape templates, i.e. nestabilities are okay). Please list our challenge first if you are taking part in other challenges. Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, May 8, at 10 p.m. EST. Use the Inlinkz thumbnail format at the end of this post. The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our on-line...</description>
<content:encoded>Welcome to our new challenge.&amp;#0160; It&amp;#39;s time to check out what DT members are &amp;quot;Thankful For&amp;quot; by 
clicking on their links below!&amp;#0160; They are using products from our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&amp;amp;Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&amp;amp;Category_Code=1NEW" target="_self"&gt;New Spring/Summer Collection&lt;/a&gt;, our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&amp;amp;Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&amp;amp;Category_Code=DIES" target="_self"&gt;DIES&lt;/a&gt; and oldies but goodies too!&amp;#0160; Be inspired, then come back 
and join 
us in
 the fun by posting your card at the bottom of this post between now and
 next Wednesday.&amp;#0160; I can&amp;#39;t wait to see theirs and yours too!!!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;IO Blog&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#0160; – You are Here&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Dina Kowal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/category/stamps/impression-obsession/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Jeanne Streiff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onekraftykat.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Jenny Gropp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://outtoimpress.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Julie Koerber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kittiekraft/impression-obsession/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Kittie Caracciolo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampart.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Laura Fulcher&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Vicki Garrett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This challenge continues until next Wednesday, May 8.&amp;#0160; There is a new guideline regarding the your posts.&amp;#0160; For those of
 you who aren&amp;#39;t familiar with our  challenges, the guidelines are below:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color: #00bf00;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #111111;"&gt;Use &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #111111;"&gt;all IO dies/stamps&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #111111;"&gt;.&amp;#0160; (If the die is not IO, it should not be an 
image or border die (card shape templates, i.e. nestabilities are okay).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Please &lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;list our challenge first&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #111111;"&gt; if you are taking part in other challenges.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, May 8, at 10 p.m. EST.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; thumbnail format at the end of this post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com" target="_self"&gt;on-line store&lt;/a&gt; and selected by Random.org.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The players are notified of the winner by email the same night, then posted the next day on DT Thursday.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery with a link back to your blog/gallery 
post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have some fun, invite a friend to create too, have a stamping/die party 
and/or 
create your card using all IO dies/stamps, and then post it using the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; at the bottom of this post.&amp;#0160; If you have questions 
please &lt;a href="mailto:shirleyone2@windstream.net"&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need inspiration you can check out the 2012/13 Card Galleries 
at the top of the blog.&amp;#0160; Also, there are direct links to their DT 
posts and more card samples in our on-line store too!&amp;#0160; If you need help to start a gallery or blog I may be able to help you there too.&amp;#0160; Your participation is what helps
 make the challenges a success and fun too!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #111111; background-color: #ffffbf;"&gt;DT Tutorial Tomorrow&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tomorrow DT member, Dina Kowal is posting a tutorial on the card she created &amp;quot;Using Negative Space&amp;quot; &lt;a href="http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/2013/04/using-negative-space.html" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160; You can find her post when it is active &lt;a href="http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160; She said she has had several requests on how she did it and you don&amp;#39;t want to miss it.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope you have a fantastic weekend!!&amp;#0160; Thanks for stopping by to look and share!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
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<description>Our winner for our Flowers For You Challenge is Beth Norman at Sunflowers And Dragonflies. Congratulations, Beth, and happy shopping too! Our Design Team member hostessing today's DT Thursday is Dina Kowal. Her sneak peek makes me think her card is something I don't want to miss. On my way over there right now. Take a look at the sneak peek below and then hop on over to her blog too, HERE, to check it out!! When you get back you can move on down to the details of our new challenges below. List of New Challenges May 2 - I'm thankful for... May 16 - In the Air June 6 - Bloom Where You're Planted - floral June 20 - Colors of Summer July 4 - What's Shakin' ? - shaker cards using shaker pouches July 18 - Pack Your Bags - travel, vacation, etc August 1 - Words of Encouragement August 15 - Let's Hear It For the Boys For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below: Use all IO dies/stamps. If the die isn't IO, it should not be an image (card shape templates are okay). Your post should contain only...</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Our winner for our Flowers For You Challenge is Beth Norman at &lt;a href="http://www.sunflowers-dragonflies.ca/blog/10324/flowers-for-you-challenge/" target="_self"&gt;Sunflowers And Dragonflies&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160; Congratulations, Beth, and happy shopping too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our Design Team member hostessing today&amp;#39;s DT Thursday is Dina Kowal.&amp;#0160; Her sneak peek makes me think her card is something I don&amp;#39;t want to miss.&amp;#0160; On my way over there right now.&amp;#0160; Take a look at the sneak peek below and then hop on over to her blog too, &lt;a href="http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;,
 to check it out!!&amp;#0160; When you get back you can move on 
down to the details of our new challenges below.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d43176ed1970c-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="04252013DTThursday" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d43176ed1970c" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d43176ed1970c-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 3px solid #777777;" title="04252013DTThursday" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffffbf;"&gt;List of New Challenges&lt;/span&gt;
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May 2 - I&amp;#39;m thankful for...&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
May 16 - In the Air&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
June 6 - Bloom Where You&amp;#39;re Planted - floral&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
June 20 - Colors of Summer&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
July 4 - What&amp;#39;s Shakin&amp;#39; ? - shaker cards using shaker pouches&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
July 18 - Pack Your Bags - travel, vacation, etc&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
August 1 - Words of Encouragement&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
August 15 - Let&amp;#39;s Hear It For the Boys&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;p&gt;For those of
 you who aren&amp;#39;t familiar with our  challenges, the guidelines are below:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use all IO dies/stamps.&amp;#0160; If the die isn&amp;#39;t IO, it should not be an image (card shape templates are okay).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your post should contain only cards, etc. using IO dies/stamps.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Taking part in other challenges is allowed if our company is listed first.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ending time is the following Wednesday at 10 p.m. EST.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; thumbnail format at the end of the challenge post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com" target="_self"&gt;on-line store&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner is picked using Random.org.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The players are notified of the winner by email the night it ends.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner&amp;#39;s name will be posted with the DT Thursday post the next day.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery under Card 
Galleries at the top of the page, with a link back to your blog/gallery 
post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have some fun, invite a friend to create too, have a stamping/die party 
and/or 
create your card using all IO dies/stamps, and then post it using the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; at the bottom of the 05/02/13 challenge post.&amp;#0160; If you have questions 
please &lt;a href="mailto:shirleyone2@windstream.net"&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need inspiration you can check out the 2012/13 Card Galleries 
at the top of the blog.&amp;#0160; Also, there are direct links to their DT 
posts and more card samples in our on-line store too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope you have a fantastic weekend!!&amp;#0160; Thanks for stopping by to look and share!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
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<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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<description>I was inspired by Dina Kowal's post HERE. This card is for someone who loved to garden and liked flowers of all kinds, so I went 3 dimensional. Below is what I did: Base For The Flowers: Embossed Floral Lace Heart on white cardstock for the base as shown. Put the die back over the embossed area and used the 1/8" disc, from Magic Matter, and pencil to create a border around the embossed area. Trimmed around the embossed area. Finishing the Heart: For more depth I die cut the Floral Lace Heart and then glued it to the embossed one. Painted the leaves using two shades of green. The darker color was placed on the outside. Cut out the flowers as shown and mounted them with glue dots in the middle and 3D dots under the petals. Painted them with twinks, but Copic or dye markers will work too. Also used All-Purpose Ink for the white flowers. Added embellishments to the centers using pearl stickers, Glossy Accents, and glitter to the centers. Sentiment: The sentiment (from Hydrangea clear set) was stamped on white cardstock with Bamboo Leaves and then die cut using a Sign Post die. Base: Die cut...</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d4309a7eb970c-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="FF1" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d4309a7eb970c" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d4309a7eb970c-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 3px solid #777777;" title="FF1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I was inspired by Dina Kowal&amp;#39;s post &lt;a href="http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/2013/04/using-negative-space.html" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160;&amp;#0160; This card is for someone who loved to garden and liked flowers of all kinds, so I went 3 dimensional.&amp;#0160; Below is what I did:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eea7dff3f970d-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="FF2" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eea7dff3f970d" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eea7dff3f970d-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #ACACAC;" title="FF2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Base For The Flowers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Embossed &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE054-S.html" target="_self"&gt;Floral Lace Heart&lt;/a&gt; on white cardstock for the base as shown.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Put the die back over the embossed area and used the 1/8&amp;quot; disc, from Magic Matter, and pencil to create a border around the embossed area.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Trimmed around the embossed area.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef01901b80aaa0970b-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="FF3" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef01901b80aaa0970b" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef01901b80aaa0970b-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #A5A5A5;" title="FF3" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Finishing the Heart&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;For more depth I die cut the &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/product/DIE054-S.html" target="_self"&gt;Floral Lace Heart&lt;/a&gt; and then glued it to the embossed one.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Painted the leaves using two shades of green.&amp;#0160; The darker color was placed on the outside.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Cut out the flowers as shown and mounted them with glue dots in the middle and 3D dots under the petals.&amp;#0160; Painted them with twinks, but Copic or dye markers will work too.&amp;#0160;&amp;#0160; Also used All-Purpose Ink for the white flowers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Added embellishments to the centers using pearl stickers, Glossy Accents, and glitter to the centers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sentiment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The sentiment (from &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/product/CL463.html" target="_self"&gt;Hydrangea&lt;/a&gt; clear set) was stamped on white cardstock with Bamboo Leaves and then die cut using a &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE050-J.html" target="_self"&gt;Sign Post&lt;/a&gt; die.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Base&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Die cut Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles with green cardstock and mounted on white cardstock.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mounted ribbon and Floral Lace Heart.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Applied bow.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Mounted sentiment.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It really was fast.&amp;#0160; I thought the flowers would take a long time, but they didn&amp;#39;t.&amp;#0160; I think painting the leaves first really helped me mount the flowers faster for some reason.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks for stopping by to look and share.&amp;#0160; See you back here for our challenge winner and DT Thursday!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 35pt;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Jellyka CuttyCupcakes; color: #489c85;"&gt;&amp;#0160;Shirley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SUPPLIES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:
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<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:53:20 -0500</pubDate>

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<title>Flowers For You Challenge</title>
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<description>Welcome to our new challenge. It's time to check out what the DT's "Flowers For You" Challenge creations by clicking on their links below! They are using products from our New Spring/Summer Collection and our DIES too. Be inspired, then come back and join us in the fun by posting your card at the bottom of this post between now and next Wednesday. I can't wait to see theirs and yours too!!! IO Blog – You are Here Daniela Dobson Dina Kowal Jeanne Streiff Jenny Gropp Julie Koerber Kittie Caracciolo Laura Fulcher Vicki Garrett This challenge continues until next Wednesday, April 18. There is a new guideline regarding the your posts. For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below: Use all IO dies/stamps. (If the die is not IO, it should not be an image or border die (card shape templates, i.e. nestabilities are okay). Your posts should contain only cards, etc. using IO dies/stamps. Please list our challenge first if you are taking part in other challenges. Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, April 24, at 10 p.m. EST. Use the Inlinkz thumbnail format at the end of the April 18 post....</description>
<content:encoded>Welcome to our new challenge.&amp;#0160; It&amp;#39;s time to check out what the DT&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Flowers For You&amp;quot; Challenge creations by 
clicking on their links below!&amp;#0160; They are using products from our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&amp;amp;Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&amp;amp;Category_Code=1NEW" target="_self"&gt;New Spring/Summer Collection&lt;/a&gt; and our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&amp;amp;Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&amp;amp;Category_Code=DIES" target="_self"&gt;DIES&lt;/a&gt; too.&amp;#0160; Be inspired, then come back 
and join 
us in
 the fun by posting your card at the bottom of this post between now and
 next Wednesday.&amp;#0160; I can&amp;#39;t wait to see theirs and yours too!!!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;IO Blog&lt;/a&gt;&amp;#0160; – You are Here&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://danieladobson.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Daniela Dobson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Dina Kowal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/category/stamps/impression-obsession/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Jeanne Streiff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onekraftykat.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Jenny Gropp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://outtoimpress.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Julie Koerber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kittiekraft/impression-obsession/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Kittie Caracciolo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampart.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Laura Fulcher&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://summerthymestudio.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"&gt;Vicki Garrett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This challenge continues until next Wednesday, April 18.&amp;#0160; There is a new guideline regarding the your posts.&amp;#0160; For those of
 you who aren&amp;#39;t familiar with our  challenges, the guidelines are below:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use all IO dies/stamps.&amp;#0160; (If the die is not IO, it should not be an image or border die (card shape templates, i.e. nestabilities are okay).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0060bf;"&gt;Your posts should contain only cards, etc. using IO dies/stamps.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0060bf;"&gt;Please list our challenge first if you are taking part in other challenges.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, April 24, at 10 p.m. EST.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; thumbnail format at the end of the April 18 post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com" target="_self"&gt;on-line store&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner is picked using Random.org.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The players are notified of the winner by email that night.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner&amp;#39;s name will be posted with the DT Thursday post on April 25.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery under Card 
Galleries at the top of the page, with a link back to your blog/gallery 
post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have some fun, invite a friend to create too, have a stamping/die party 
and/or 
create your card using all IO dies/stamps, and then post it using the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; at the bottom of the 04/18/13 challenge post.&amp;#0160; If you have questions 
please &lt;a href="mailto:shirleyone2@windstream.net"&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need inspiration you can check out the 2012/13 Card Galleries 
at the top of the blog.&amp;#0160; Also, there are direct links to their DT 
posts and more card samples in our on-line store too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks to those of you who emailed me with suggestions and shared your opinions on the 2 new guidelines.&amp;#0160; Your participation is what helps make the challenges a success and fun too!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope you have a fantastic weekend!!&amp;#0160; Thanks for stopping by to look and share!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
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<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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<title>Springtime Fun Winner And DT Thursday</title>
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<description>The winner of our "Springtime Fun Challenge" is Rachael B. at Rachael B. Designs. Congratulations, Rachael. Thanks for joining in the fun and happy shopping too! Our Design Team member hostessing today's DT Thursday is Kittie Caracciolo . She has TWO fun and simply Spring elegant cards. Take a look at the sneak peek below and then hop on over to her blog, HERE, to check out those great cards!! When you get back you can move on down to the details of our next challenge near the bottom of the post. Flowers For You Challenge Starts April 18 and continues until the next Wednesday, April 24. For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below: Use all IO dies/stamps. If the die isn't IO, it should not be an image (card shape templates are okay). Your post should contain only cards, etc. using IO dies/stamps. Taking part in other challenges is allowed if our company is listed first. Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, April 24, at 10 p.m. EST. Use the Inlinkz thumbnail format at the end of the April 18 post. The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for use...</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;The winner of our &amp;quot;Springtime Fun Challenge&amp;quot; is&amp;#0160; Rachael B. at &lt;a href="http://scrapatout.blogspot.ca/2013/04/springtime-fun.html" target="_self"&gt;Rachael B. Designs&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160; Congratulations, Rachael.&amp;#0160; Thanks for joining in the fun and happy shopping too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our Design Team member hostessing today&amp;#39;s DT Thursday is Kittie Caracciolo .&amp;#0160;
 She has TWO fun and simply Spring elegant cards.&amp;#0160; Take a look at the sneak peek below and then hop on over to her blog, &lt;a href="http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kittiekraft/impression-obsession/" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;, to check out those great cards!!&amp;#0160; When you get back you can move on down to the details of our next challenge near the bottom of the post.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eea258d3d970d-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="KC Impression Obsession Umbrella 2 right" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eea258d3d970d" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eea258d3d970d-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 3px solid #C0C0C0;" title="KC Impression Obsession Umbrella 2 right" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: #ffffbf;"&gt;Flowers For You Challenge&lt;/span&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Starts April 18 and continues until the next Wednesday, April 24.&amp;#0160; For those of
 you who aren&amp;#39;t familiar with our  challenges, the guidelines are below:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use all IO dies/stamps.&amp;#0160; If the die isn&amp;#39;t IO, it should not be an image (card shape templates are okay).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Your post should contain only cards, etc. using IO dies/stamps.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Taking part in other challenges is allowed if our company is listed first.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, April 24, at 10 p.m. EST.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; thumbnail format at the end of the April 18 post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com" target="_self"&gt;on-line store&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner is picked using Random.org.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The players are notified of the winner by email that night.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner&amp;#39;s name will be posted with the DT Thursday post on April 25.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery under Card 
Galleries at the top of the page, with a link back to your blog/gallery 
post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have some fun, invite a friend to create too, have a stamping/die party 
and/or 
create your card using all IO dies/stamps, and then post it using the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; at the bottom of the 04/18/13 challenge post.&amp;#0160; If you have questions 
please &lt;a href="mailto:shirleyone2@windstream.net"&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need inspiration you can check out the 2012/13 Card Galleries 
at the top of the blog.&amp;#0160; Also, there are direct links to their DT 
posts and more card samples in our on-line store too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope you have a fantastic weekend!!&amp;#0160; Thanks for stopping by to look and share!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
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<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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<title>Tuesday T&amp;T Sign Post or Planter - Maybe Both!</title>
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<description>Who says I don't see things sideways!! I saw the Sign Post Die Set and immediately thought of a planter with flowers growing in it. Below is how I did it: Planter: I left the dies for Sign Post connected to do the initial die cuts on brown cardstock. I re-spaced them on white cardstock so they would look more they had mortar in between. Grass was die cut twice for the stems of the flowers. Grass Border was cut for the grass around the planter. Flowers: I used 2 dies from Spiral Flowers and one from Layered Floral. I did the rolled flowers with vellum, but a little different from last time. I still used the Tweezers. A thin line of Glossy Accent (in the bottle on the left with the red top) was placed along the base from the second petal to about the fourth. I started rolling from the outside toward the center. One of the glue dot, like those shown, had one side removed to be ready to use. When I was at the end of the wrap I released it a little so the outside was looser. Then I placed it on the glue dot,...</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d42a5219a970c-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="FP1" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d42a5219a970c" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d42a5219a970c-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 3px solid #C1C1C1;" title="FP1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Who says I don&amp;#39;t see things sideways!!&amp;#0160; I saw the Sign Post Die Set and immediately thought of&amp;#0160; a planter with flowers growing in it.&amp;#0160; Below is how I did it:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eea1958e0970d-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="FP2" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eea1958e0970d" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017eea1958e0970d-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #949494;" title="FP2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Planter&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I left the dies for &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE050-J.html" target="_self"&gt;Sign Post&lt;/a&gt; connected to do the initial die cuts on brown cardstock.&amp;#0160; I re-spaced them on white cardstock so they would look more they had mortar in between.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE038-J.html" target="_self"&gt;Grass&lt;/a&gt; was die cut twice for the stems of the flowers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE060-I.html" target="_self"&gt;Grass Border&lt;/a&gt; was cut for the grass around the planter.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d42a53554970c-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="FP2 a" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d42a53554970c" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d42a53554970c-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #909090;" title="FP2 a" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Flowers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I used 2 dies from &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE060-I.html" target="_self"&gt;Spiral Flowers&lt;/a&gt; and one from &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE047-J.html" target="_self"&gt;Layered Floral&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160; I did the rolled flowers with vellum, but a little different from last time.&amp;#0160; I still used the Tweezers.&amp;#0160; A thin line of Glossy Accent (in the bottle on the left with the red top) was placed along the base from the second petal to about the fourth.&amp;#0160; I started rolling from the outside toward the center.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;One of the glue dot, like those shown, had one side removed to be ready to use.&amp;#0160; When I was at the end of the wrap I released it a little so the outside was looser.&amp;#0160; Then I placed it on the glue dot, removed the tweezers.&amp;#0160; The tweezers were used to curl the petals a little.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The flower was placed it on one of the &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE066-C.html" target="_self"&gt;Leaf Clusters&lt;/a&gt; and then on the stems of the Grass in the planter.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;For the 3 petal flowers and leaves I used the &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE047-J.html" target="_self"&gt;Layered Floral&lt;/a&gt; die.&amp;#0160; The flower petals were curled a little, mounted on the leaf &amp;quot;petals&amp;quot;, then on the &amp;quot;grass&amp;quot; stems.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c38766f02970b-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="FP3" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c38766f02970b" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c38766f02970b-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #9B9B9B;" title="FP3" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sentiment&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I saved the cardstock from the &amp;quot;planter&amp;quot; die cuts and taped it in place on white cardstock with removable tape.
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Thinking of You from &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/product/CL463.html" target="_self"&gt;Hydrangea&lt;/a&gt; clear set was stamped with Bamboo Leaves.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The die was laid over the area and a die cut was created.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The edge of the die cut was inked with Memento Rich Cocoa,&amp;#0160; faux brads were applied, then it was mounted on the planter with 3d pop dots.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d42a5618c970c-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="FP4" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d42a5618c970c" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017d42a5618c970c-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #898989;" title="FP4" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Cardfront Base And Background&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The base is olive green, the die cut is from Spellbinders Locking Loops.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/2CAC/CC148.html" target="_self"&gt;Diagonal Stripes&lt;/a&gt; was inked with &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/CHALK/CFC-CRB.html" target="_self"&gt;Fluid Chalk Creamy Brown&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160; I stamped it with the stripes going from left to right on purpose.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/2CAC/CC154.html" target="_self"&gt;Rain&lt;/a&gt; was inked with Memento Bamboo Leaves and stamped with the drops going from right to left.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Stickles Diamonds glitter glue was used to accent some of the drops.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The Locking Loops die was used as a stencil, BG cut out, and then mounted on the die cut.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Assembly&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The ribbon was applied, planter mounted with 3D pop dots, and then the bow!&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Viva Decor Yellow Quartz and Holo Iridescent and pearl stickers were used to accent the centers of the flowers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Grass was placed at the base of the planter.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Fun and ready to go.&amp;#0160; Thanks for stopping by to look and share.&amp;#0160; See you all back here for DT Thursday!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;strong&gt;SUPPLIES:&lt;/strong&gt;
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<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
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<description>Welcome to our new challenge and it's time to check out what the DT's "Springtime Fun" creations by clicking on their links below! They are using products from our New Spring/Summer Collection and our DIES too. Be inspired, then come back and join us in the fun by posting your card at the bottom of this post between now and next Wednesday. I can't wait to see theirs and yours too!!! Daniela Dobson Dina Kowal Jeanne Streiff Jenny Gropp Julie Koerber Kittie Caracciolo Laura Fulcher This challenge continues until next Wednesday, April 10. For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below: Use all IO stamps/dies. If the die isn't IO, it should not be an image (card shape templates are okay). Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, April 10, at 10 p.m. EST. Use the Inlinkz thumbnail format at the end of the April 4 post. The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our on-line store. The winner is picked using Random.org. The players are notified of the winner by email that night. The winner's name will be posted with the DT Thursday post on April 11. All entries...</description>
<content:encoded>Welcome to our new challenge and it&amp;#39;s time to check out what the DT&amp;#39;s &amp;quot;Springtime Fun&amp;quot; creations by 
clicking on their links below!&amp;#0160; They are using products from our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&amp;amp;Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&amp;amp;Category_Code=1NEW" target="_self"&gt;New Spring/Summer Collection&lt;/a&gt; and our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&amp;amp;Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&amp;amp;Category_Code=DIES" target="_self"&gt;DIES&lt;/a&gt; too.&amp;#0160; Be inspired, then come back 
and join 
us in
 the fun by posting your card at the bottom of this post between now and
 next Wednesday.&amp;#0160; I can&amp;#39;t wait to see theirs and yours too!!!
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://danieladobson.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" target="_self"&gt;Daniela Dobson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://mamadinis.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession"&gt;Dina Kowal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/category/stamps/impression-obsession/" target="_self"&gt;Jeanne Streiff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onekraftykat.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession"&gt;Jenny Gropp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://outtoimpress.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession" target="_self"&gt;Julie Koerber&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/kittiekraft/impression-obsession/"&gt;Kittie Caracciolo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampart.blogspot.com/search/label/Impression%20Obsession"&gt;Laura Fulcher&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This challenge continues until next Wednesday, April 10.&amp;#0160; For those of
 you who aren&amp;#39;t familiar with our  challenges, the guidelines are below:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use all IO stamps/dies.&amp;#0160; If the die isn&amp;#39;t IO, it should not be an image (card shape templates are okay).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, April 10, at 10 p.m. EST.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; thumbnail format at the end of the April 4 post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com" target="_self"&gt;on-line store&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner is picked using Random.org.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The players are notified of the winner by email that night.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner&amp;#39;s name will be posted with the DT Thursday post on April 11.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery under Card 
Galleries at the top of the page, with a link back to your blog/gallery 
post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have some fun, invite a friend to create too, have a stamping/die party 
and/or 
create your card using all IO dies/stamps, and post it using the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; at the bottom of this post.&amp;#0160; If you have questions 
having a gallery or blog, etc. please &lt;a href="mailto:shirleyone2@windstream.net"&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need inspiration you can check out the 2012/13 Card Galleries 
at the top of the blog.&amp;#0160; Also, there are direct links to their DT 
posts and more card samples in our on-line store too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope you have a fantastic weekend!!&amp;#0160; Thanks for stopping by to look and share!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
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<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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<description>The winner of our "It's All About The Dies Challenge" is Christine at Cardmaking, Scrapbooking, Etc. Congratulations, Christine. Thanks for joining in the fun and happy shopping too! Our Design Team member hostessing today's DT Thursday is Jeanne Streiff. She has a beautiful card for us. She always has fun, pretty and creative projects. Take a look at the sneak peek below and then hop on over to her blog, HERE. When you get back you can check out the details of our next challenge near the bottom of the post. Springtime Fun Challenge Starts April 4 and continues until next Wednesday, April 10. For those of you who aren't familiar with our challenges, the guidelines are below: Use all IO dies/stamps. If the die isn't IO, it should not be an image (card shape templates are okay). Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, April 10, at 10 p.m. EST. Use the Inlinkz thumbnail format at the end of the April 4 post. The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our on-line store. The winner is picked using Random.org. The players are notified of the winner by email that night. The winner's name will be...</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;The winner of our &amp;quot;It&amp;#39;s All About The Dies Challenge&amp;quot; is&amp;#0160; Christine at &lt;a href="http://craftyfield.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/challenge-gift-for-you.html" target="_self"&gt;Cardmaking, Scrapbooking, Etc&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33235863@N08/" target="_self"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160; Congratulations, Christine.&amp;#0160; Thanks for joining in the fun and happy shopping too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Our Design Team member hostessing today&amp;#39;s DT Thursday is Jeanne Streiff.&amp;#0160;
 She has a beautiful card for us.&amp;#0160; 
She always has fun, pretty and creative projects.&amp;#0160; Take a look at the sneak peek below and then hop on over to her blog, &lt;a href="http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/category/stamps/impression-obsession/" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160; When you get back you can check out the details of our next challenge near the bottom of the post.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c3827dc22970b-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="Birdcage-3" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c3827dc22970b" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c3827dc22970b-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 3px solid #000000;" title="Birdcage-3" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Springtime Fun Challenge
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Starts April 4 and continues until next Wednesday, April 10.&amp;#0160; For those of
 you who aren&amp;#39;t familiar with our  challenges, the guidelines are below:
&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use all IO dies/stamps.&amp;#0160; If the die isn&amp;#39;t IO, it should not be an image (card shape templates are okay).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Ending time for this challenge is Wednesday, April 10, at 10 p.m. EST.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Use the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; thumbnail format at the end of the April 4 post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The drawing is for a $25 Gift Certificate for use in our &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com" target="_self"&gt;on-line store&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner is picked using Random.org.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The players are notified of the winner by email that night.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The winner&amp;#39;s name will be posted with the DT Thursday post on April 11.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;All entries are posted in the Customer Card Gallery under Card 
Galleries at the top of the page, with a link back to your blog/gallery 
post.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Have some fun, invite a friend to create too, have a stamping/die party 
and/or 
create your card using all IO dies/stamps, and then post it using the &lt;span style="color: #40a0ff;"&gt;Inlinkz&lt;/span&gt; at the bottom of the 04/04/13 challenge post.&amp;#0160; If you have questions 
please &lt;a href="mailto:shirleyone2@windstream.net"&gt;email me&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you need inspiration you can check out the 2012/13 Card Galleries 
at the top of the blog.&amp;#0160; Also, there are direct links to their DT 
posts and more card samples in our on-line store too!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Hope you have a fantastic weekend!!&amp;#0160; Thanks for stopping by to look and share!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
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<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2013 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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<description>I've wanted to use Cover-A-Card Distressed Brick for some time, so that is how I started this card: BACKGROUND: Stamped CAC Distressed Brick with Memento Toffee Crunch on both white and natural cardstock and decided on the natural. Die Cut and embossed Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles for the background and the sentiment. Used the same template for the background as a stencil for the Distressed Brick and mounted it on the die cut. Taped the back center of the die cut and mounted a piece of natural cardstock 4"X6". DIE READY: It's about the connected dies!!! Some I like connected and some not. The nots I simply cut with my wire cutters. BE CAREFUL. Make sure the sharp bottom side of the cutter is even with the die and the connector, not overlapping the edge of the die. ;-) If it's still rough, a file smooths mine just fine. I use leftover paper scraps for my smaller dies. :-) Yes I save paper. LOLOL If you look at the flower dies on the pink, there is a small hole in the back. I tried pins, etc, and sometimes it worked and sometimes it would go right through the cardstock or the...</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017ee9bf3563970d-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="SF1" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017ee9bf3563970d" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017ee9bf3563970d-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 3px solid #B0B0B0;" title="SF1" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;#39;ve wanted to use &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/product/CC083.html" target="_self"&gt;Cover-A-Card Distressed Brick&lt;/a&gt; for some time, so that is how I started this card:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c381c2524970b-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="SF2" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c381c2524970b" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c381c2524970b-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #E2E2E2;" title="SF2" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BACKGROUND&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Stamped &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/product/CC083.html" target="_self"&gt;CAC Distressed Brick&lt;/a&gt; with Memento Toffee Crunch on both white and natural cardstock and decided on the natural.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Die Cut and embossed Spellbinders Radiant Rectangles for the background and the sentiment.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Used the same template for the background as a stencil for the Distressed Brick and mounted it on the die cut.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Taped the back center of the die cut and mounted a piece of natural cardstock 4&amp;quot;X6&amp;quot;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c381c451c970b-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="SF3" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c381c451c970b" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c381c451c970b-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #E6E6E6;" title="SF3" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DIE READY&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;It&amp;#39;s about the connected dies!!!&amp;#0160; Some I like connected and some not.&amp;#0160; The nots I simply cut with my wire cutters.&amp;#0160; BE CAREFUL.&amp;#0160; Make sure the sharp bottom side of the cutter is even with the die and the connector, not overlapping the edge of the die. ;-)&amp;#0160; If it&amp;#39;s still rough, a file smooths mine just fine.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;I use leftover paper scraps for my smaller dies.&amp;#0160; :-)&amp;#0160; Yes I save paper.&amp;#0160; LOLOL&amp;#0160; If you look at the flower dies on the pink, there is a small hole in the back.&amp;#0160; I tried pins, etc, and sometimes it worked and sometimes it would go right through the cardstock or the vellum, like I am using here.&amp;#0160; I found that a Kabob skewer, like the one next to the wire cutters, worked really well without puncturing the paper.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Below are the dies I used with the papers:&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017ee9bf7b30970d-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="SF4" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017ee9bf7b30970d" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017ee9bf7b30970d-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #E6E6E6;" title="SF4" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DIE CUTS&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The first die cuts (upper right hand corner)are from &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE047-J.html" target="_self"&gt;Layered Floral Set&lt;/a&gt; on pink vellum.&amp;#0160; The dies cuts were also embossed, then embossed from the back with a stylus.&amp;#0160;&amp;#0160; The top layer was reversed for effect.&amp;#0160; The underside of the bottom layer has a 1/16&amp;quot; pop dot.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The spiral flower is from &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE042-I.html" target="_self"&gt;Spiral Flowers&lt;/a&gt; and cut from vellum and white cardstock to see which one I liked best.&amp;#0160; To do the flower, I used Tweezer Bee as shown below.&amp;#0160; You squeeze it to open it.&amp;#0160; It grips the end of the paper while you twist it around (embossed petals on the inside until you fold them out.&amp;#0160; I also used a thin line of Glossy Accents.&amp;#0160; At the bottom I added some Glossy Accents to the dot and pushed the top roll on it.&amp;#0160; It is attached to the cardstock with a glue dot.&amp;#0160;
A tiny bit of GA goes a long way and dries faster.&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://a4.typepad.com/6a01127918e77628a4017ee9bfb7e4970d-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="EKCB05__88313.1319752300.300.300" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a01127918e77628a4017ee9bfb7e4970d" src="http://a4.typepad.com/6a01127918e77628a4017ee9bfb7e4970d-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="EKCB05__88313.1319752300.300.300" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;#0160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE051-B.html" target="_self"&gt;Vine&lt;/a&gt; was used to help set the flowers and the leaves.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The leaves are from &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE066-C.html" target="_self"&gt;Leaf Cluster&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Those little butterflies are from &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/DIES/DIE046-A.html" target="_self"&gt;Butterfly Set&lt;/a&gt; on white vellum, painted with a Memento Dandelion marker on the underside, and a line of Viva Decor Hematite was done down the middle of each one.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;
&lt;a class="asset-img-link" href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c381cbd22970b-popup" onclick="window.open( this.href, &amp;#39;_blank&amp;#39;, &amp;#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&amp;#39; ); return false"&gt;&lt;img alt="SF1a" class="asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c381cbd22970b" src="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8345b4ccc53ef017c381cbd22970b-320wi" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 2px solid #E6E6E6;" title="SF1a" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;ASSEMBLY&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The vine was mounted, then the flowers, and the leaves on the left.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The sentiment is from the clear stamp set Hydrangea and is stamped in &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/CHALK/CFC-DPG.html" target="_self"&gt;Fluid Chalk Deep Green&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The flower centers were embellished with Stickles glitter glue.&amp;#0160; The leaves, butterflies, and pearl hearts were mounted with GA and pop dots.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;A fun card and I learned from doing this too.&amp;#0160; I had the Tweezer Bee but had never used it.&amp;#0160; One try with some needle nose pliers and I was sold. :-)&amp;#0160; Thanks for stopping by and see you back here for DT Thursday.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;span style="text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SUPPLIES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;:
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<category>Alesa Baker</category>
<category>Cover-a-Card</category>
<category>Dies</category>

<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 02:35:34 -0500</pubDate>

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<title>It's All About The Dies Day 3 Winner</title>
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<description>Thanks to all of you who participated these last three days. Your comments and feedback have been outstanding and we feel the hop was a huge success! Our winner for the hop yesterday is Margie Visnick at Scrappin' Margie. Congratulations, Margie, and happy die shopping!! If you arrived here late and want to see all of the cards that were posted by the Design Team, start at the beginning of the blog hop HERE. I am working on getting the Card Galleries tab at the top of the page current for this hop. There are still many cards in the DIES folder in the Galleries tab at the top of the paGE. You will find direct links to the each Design Team member's post for each card. If you would just like to shop you can click on the Shop tab above the Card Galleries. If you haven't all of our dies in our online store you can hop right to them HERE. Thanks again for joining in the fun. See you back here on March 28 for DT Thursday! Shirley</description>
<content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Thanks to all of you who participated these last three days.&amp;#0160; 
Your comments and feedback have been outstanding and we feel the hop was
 a huge success!&amp;#0160; Our winner for the hop yesterday is Margie Visnick at &lt;a href="http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com/" target="_self"&gt;Scrappin&amp;#39; Margie&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160; Congratulations, Margie, and happy die shopping!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you arrived here late and want to see all of the cards that were 
posted by the Design Team, start at the beginning of the blog hop &lt;a href="http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2013/03/its-all-about-the-dies-blog-hop-day-1.html" target="_self"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160; I am working on getting the Card Galleries tab at the top of 
the page current for this hop.&amp;#0160; There are still many cards in the DIES folder in the Galleries tab at the top of the paGE.&amp;#0160;&amp;#0160; You will find direct links to the each Design Team member&amp;#39;s post for each card.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If you would just like to shop you can click on the Shop tab above the Card Galleries.&amp;#0160; If you haven&amp;#39;t all of our dies in our online store you can hop right to them &lt;a href="http://www.iostamps.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&amp;amp;Store_Code=IOSTAMPS&amp;amp;Category_Code=DIES&amp;amp;SortBy=&amp;amp;show=36" target="_blank"&gt;HERE&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;#0160; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Thanks again for joining in the fun.&amp;#0160; See you back here on March 28 for DT Thursday!&lt;/p&gt;
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<dc:creator>Shirleyone</dc:creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>

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