Hi readers! TGIF! Welcome to our second to last brand feature for the month! *sniffle sniffle*. Did you know that Impression Obsession has been in business for 17 years?! This brand continues to offer a wide variety of stamps in cling, clear, and mounted, as well as some well loved die designs. I found their bio quite interesting. Read on below!

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

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

2015 marks 17 years in business…I can’t believe it! IO has come a long way since then. We now have 10,000 images in production at any given time and have expanded into offering clear stamps, cling stamps (stamps with gray cushion that temporarily stick to acrylic blocks), and metal dies. We are proud to offer designs from Dina Kowal, Seth Apter, Lindsay Ostrom, Yvonne Blair, Alesa Baker Designs, Heart Art Studios, Melissa Gordon, Leigh Hannan, Gary Robertson, Gail Green, Claudia Tenorio-Pearl, Kalani Allred, Hannah Davies, Tara Caldwell, Aislinn Adams, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, and Joanne Fink. With so many different artists, we offer stamps in a wide range of styles. There is truly something for everyone at Impression Obsession.

I am helped (greatly) by 8 full-time and one part-time employees who work in our warehouse pressing rubber, trimming stamps, indexing wood, and packing orders. I truly can’t remember what it was like when Charmaine and I made all of the stamps ourselves (I think I’ve blacked the memory out). I’m lucky to have a great staff who has stuck with me (several of them for years and years) through all the ups and downs that come with running a small business.

It’s been a great ride so far and we’re still going strong. 2016 will bring lots of new products, new designs, and new techniques. Happy stamping!

We want everyone to pick a favorite Impression Obsession item and try it, so in the spirit of that, we are offering a limited time 20% discount off all Impression Obsession products when you use code IMPRESS2S. Please know that this code is not valid with other codes, nor can it be used for previous purchases. This code will expire at 11:59 PM eastern time on September 27th.

In addition to their blog and online shop, follow along with Impression Obsession on Facebook, Twitter, & Pinterest!

I reached out to Impression Obsession designer Jeanne Streiff to make a card showcasing this fabulous brand in celebration of this feature. Isn’t this card lovely? Just add a PSL and be ready to experience Autumn’s full bounty! :D Be sure to check out Jeanne’s blog Inky Paws for lots of inspiration!

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Hi readers! Welcome to the Avery Elle STAMPtember® feature! Have you been enjoying our exclusives and features so far this month? Are there any that you haven’t seen but would like to? Please let us know! Today we’re spotlighting another great stamp company, Avery Elle. They have a whimsical style that makes them fun and unique in their own right and in additional to great high quality clear stamps, they also carry dies, ink, paper pads, and note cards!

Avery Elle is a small internet based corporation located in Southern California. We launched our first set of stamps and color coordinating paper / ribbon in June 2012.  Avery Elle stamps, dies, paper and ribbon are all proudly made right here in the USA.  We have plans for some exciting new product lines in the future so stay tuned!

We want everyone to pick a favorite Avery Elle item and try it, so in the spirit of that, we are offering a limited time 20% discount off all Avery Elle products when you use code ELLE2S. Please know that this code is not valid with other codes, nor can it be used for previous purchases.  This code will expire at 11:59 PM eastern time on September 26th.

In addition to their blog and online shop, follow along with Avery Elle on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, & Youtube.

I reached out to Avery Elle designer Yaniea to make a card showcasing this fabulous brand in celebration of this feature and boy oh, boy did she deliver! Don’t these little cuties look happy and ready to play in the snow? This stamp set is appropriately titled “Polar Pals“. Be sure to check out Yainea’s blog My Paper Journey for lots of inspiration!

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It’s a STAMPtamber® surprise!  I’m a long time fan of Suzy Plantamura’s doodles and asked her if we could turn some of her inspiring work into prints for you to watercolor as cardfronts or standalone notes /postcards.  I hope you love these Suzy’s Watercolor Doodles as much as I do!  Printed on Tim Holtz Watercolor cardstock that measures 5.5″ x 4.25″, these watercolor cards make the best card fronts!  Perfect for watercoloring and sending to your friends, we hope you enjoy this set of Suzy’s Doodles!

Check out the inspiration (and video!) On Nichol Magouirk’s blog using one of the new designs:

You will seriously LOVE these awesome watercolor ready prints!  Thank you for stopping by today!