A "Dressed" up Bow!

The DT for Impression Obsession has two challenges a month and we create something with the chosen theme and then share it on our blogs. Today's theme was to think out of the box and to "use a stamp in a way that it was not intended".

Please check out these links to every one's blog to see what the Impression Obsession DT ladies created for today... Daniela Dobson - Laura Fulcher - Dina Kowal - Shirley Ross - Jeanne Streiff - Julie Koerber and Deborah March .You are all invited to enter your creations for the Challenge and any future challenges we have too. Below is how to enter your card so it can be posted on the Impression-Obsession Blog and in the gallery located there just for I/O customers:

Use Impression-Obsession stamps for your card.

Email the card to Shirley, our webmaster.

Every week cards will be selected to be showcased on the I/O blog and in the Customer Gallery there too!

This challenge will be open until Sunday, September 6, 2009. Go get Inky!!!
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OK, so this is it, I did use an image in a way it was not intended. I used a dress stamp and made it in to a Bow on a Christmas card. I saw this done eons ago in a magazine, so you can call me a copy cat. I tell you, I have had some challenges lately that made me struggle. This was another one. I had no idea what I was going to do, then the dress/bow idea sparked from somewhere very deep in the memory bank and I went with it!!! You can see the dress image, I wanted to post it as well, so you could see how I used the bottom portion to create the bow. All of DP on my card was created with the NEW stamps from IO called Cover a Card -- they are huge 5 3/4" square background stamps that stamp so perfectly... I am hooked on them. After stamping my dress/bow I used a dark red Copic to add some detailing, with a little white gel pen over that. I punched a 3/4" circle and embellished it with pearls for my bow center. I also used my Fancy Perga Silicone to adhere my bow and the center so that they had "lift" and would keep the lift through the mail and not go flat. I tell you, I'm ready for some no thinking needed challenges!!! In the end it is rewarding to really be challenged to create something, and in the end I am always glad I participated...despite my grumblings along the way.

• Stamps: All stamps by Impression Obsession #CL229 Bridal Shower, Christmas Borders # CL137, Cover a Card Circles #CC012, Cover a Card Swatches # CC023
• Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss
• Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White
• Other: Photo Corner Punches, Red Copic, Black Micron Pen, Perga Glue, Mini Adhesive Pearls, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Spellbinder's Classic Squares, 3/4" Circle Punch