Nuts About Fall! Card by Tasha

 Happy Friday Art Impressions friends!

Tasha here sharing a Fall card featuring the new 6257-ST Happy Fall stamp set!

I love creating Fall cards, and this new set is just too cute! The little squirrels, pumpkins, apples, and flowers are perfect for the season, and I had so much fun coloring all the different images!

I stamped the images with black ink and colored everything with Copic markers. I used lots of Fall colors with bright oranges, yellows, and browns, along with some pink and green. I also added some shading to the backgrounds to give each little scene a warm Fall look.

For the card design, I used a fun brown polka dot frame to show off all the cute images. I also added Fall patterned paper and layers of green and orange cardstock. I love how all the colors look together!

Lastly, I added the "Happy Fall" greeting to complete the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a wonderful weekend!

Glitter all the Way #439 Week #2

 Hello Ai fans and welcome to 
Week #2 of our Glitter all the Way challenge!

We're looking for your crafty projects using something glittery.

Glittery paper, embellishments, gel pens, gems...whatever.

These don't need to be cards either. Whatever crafty 

project you create is just fine, as long as you use something from Art Impressions.

Our Featured Designer last week was Janet. She created this 
sparkly Frankenstein Puppet card.

Now it's time to share what the rest of the Design Team members have created.

We have Andrea with #5132 Tag Stitched Dies and #6120 Frankenstein Puppet Set.

I used

5927 – Father’s Day Die Set

5604 – Halloween Journal Die Set

5603 – Halloween Sentiments Set

5543 – Journal Template Die Set

Tasha used

6158 – Story Tile Template Die  

6256 – ST Happy Halloween 

6130 – Halloween S3 Paper Pack

Diane used

6256 - ST Happy Halloween

5853 Christmas Magic PP

6251 FG Merry Border

6250 Victorian Shop Set

6104 Christmas Keepsake Set (tree)

6046 Scalloped Oval Dies

5726 Nested Oval Dies

5065 Oval Double Stitched Dies

5562 Journal Letter Die Set (upside J for small candy canes)

and Dori with

6256 - Happy Halloween Storybook tiles

5901 - Mini Rectangle Frame

5603 - Halloween Sentiments

5601 - Halloween Accessory set

Our DT always provides the most amazing inspiration!

And to the fans...keep those wonderful, glittery creations coming!

We love what we've seen so far.

Here are the rules...

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation using either stamps, dies and or designer paper from Art Impressions. You can make any item you wish; this is not limited to cards! (unless specified)

✻ Limit two submissions per person.

✻Top Spot Winner and Lucky Random Winner each receive a free 

stamp set from Art Impressions

 ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission. You may include your entire last name, but it's not necessary.

✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.

✻ The Ai Challenge is open to everyone, international submissions are welcome!

✻ Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top right of our sidebar!

✻ Share the Ai love if you can, by clicking and commenting on your fellow crafters.

✻ Make sure to get your link up by the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Happy Halloween Story Tiles!!

Hey, everyone! Can you believe we are already almost at the end of October?? It has gone by so fast. I also feel like when the weather is warmer it kinda feels like we skipped fall. I do love fall weather. Hoping for cooler weather here in California soon. 

 

For today, I have made a card using the adorable recently released Halloween story tiles! I love this set so much. These are actually really fun and easy to make. They come together quickly, too. So, if you have not tried them, you should! I really enjoyed putting this together. 

     

For the outline, I used the die to cut out some cute halloween paper. I also made the same cut out of white to add a little more thickness to the outline. I then took all the boxes that were cut out and stamped my images onto each piece. I ink blended the edges a bit fort some more color and then colored the images with copic makers. That is it! So much fun and quick and easy. 

Materials Used

Stamps and Dies

Art Impressions #6256 Happy Halloween Story Tiles

Art Impressions #6158 Story Tiles Template Die

Markers and Inks

Pink Fresh Ink in Opulence

Gelly Roll Pen 

Copic Markers: Y18, C7, C3, C4, C5, N5, E97, E11, R08, C8, V17, FG, YG95, N8, C1, E79, YR15, E57, E13, R81, E08, YR18, YR16, E27, 

Misc. Supplies 

Forever In Time Pop Dots

Brutus Monroe Halloween Vintage 6x6 Paper pad

        

Happy Haunting frame by Dori Mendiola

 Happy Wednesday AI Friends!

Have you checked out the adorable newly released storybook tile stamp sets?  There are two Christmas sets, a Fall set and this Halloween set.  Make sure to check them all out!  You are sure to love them!!

I made a darling little decor frame for my mantel out of the #6256 - Happy Halloween set.  I just love all the images in this set especially the witch feet.  Too cute!  I decked them up with stickles for the "Glitter All The Way" challenge happening on the blog this week.  I also used wink of stella on the moon, pumpkin faces and the windows of the haunted mansion.  Those aren't showing up very well in the picture, but they're there. 😏

I stamped all of the images onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with my copic markers listed below.  I fussy cut three of the images so that I could pop them up within the frame made with the #5901 - Mini Rectangle Frame. 

These little storybook tile stamps fit perfectly into this little frame and make such a cute little decoration for a desk, counter or window sill for that someone special or just for yourself.

Hope you have a wonderful day and have time to create a card/project for the challenge for a chance to win a free stamp set.  We love to see all of your creations!

Copics used:  T0, T2, T4, T6

E21, E23. E25       R20, R22      B32, B34

Y15, Y17, Y28      V12, V15, V17

YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18, YR24, YR27

He's the ghost with the most! by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing my card for the Glitter all the Way challenge.

When I made this card a week ago, I didn't realize that several of these sets are
retiring. Though our warehouse sale has ended, the remaining stamps are still available at a
nice, discounted price. You can visit the website to SHOP SALE ITEMS.

The challenge is to use something glittery on your project. (It doesn't have to be a card.)

I used glitter paper for the glasses, spider, ghosts and BOO!
After all, who doesn't love a little sparkle!

I freehand cut the big ghost. All of the other dies are
from Art Impressions and are linked below.

Merry & Bright by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

Yes, I know....I am skipping ahead a little. LOL! But I just couldn't help myself when I saw our challenge was Glitter all the Way! I will be back to the fall season after this one. :)  But I just had to use the new beautiful stamp sets from Art Impressions and I had so much fun making this card. If you know me, you know how much I love dimension in my projects. Always have...always will. And this card has no shortage of dimension. I started out by stamping & coloring #6251 FG Merry Border and #6250 Victorian Shop Set. I just could NOT resist that adorable Santa's workshop image!! I stamped the images onto separate pieces so I could fussy cut the Merry Border image and use it on the top layer. I centered an oval die from #5065 Oval Double Stitched Dies and cut it out of a panel the same size as the panel stamped with the workshop image. After cutting out the oval, I took the same double stitched oval die and used it with a die from #6046 Scalloped Oval Die Set to create a frame to go around open window. After placing the Merry Border on the top layer, I saw it needed something else on either side of it. So I went looking through the trees in my stamp sets (with the help of my Bestie, Dori) and used the cute tree from #6104 Christmas Keepsake Set. It was the perfect size! I was looking for a small candy cane for the window box and used the J from #5562 Journal Letter Die Set. It turned out to be the perfect size so I even added one to the snowman's hand! I just die cut it in white and then colored it in with Copic markers. 

So that's it for me today! I hope you join us in the Glitter all the Way challenge for a chance to win a free set of your choice! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!!

Copic markers used

YG13, 17, 67, 82, and 85

Y11, 13, 21, 23, 35, and 38

E21, 23, 33, and 35

R00, 22, 24, and 27

YR61 and 65

B00, 41, 45, and 60

T1 and 2

C5

Fall came and Thanksgiving is almost here.

 

Hello crafty friends,

October flew by; we are almost at the end of the month, and with November right around the corner, it is the perfect time to create some Fall and Thanksgiving crafts.

I lived in New Jersey for 20 years before moving to Florida, and fall has always been my favorite season. The crisp weather, colorful leaves, and pumpkins everywhere were signs of the imminent fall season. While Florida lacks the changing leaves, lighting my favorite pumpkin spice candles still brings that familiar seasonal warmth into my home.

When Art Impressions released the "6257 - Happy Fall" stamp, I immediately knew what I wanted to create. Although designed for the Story Tile die set, it is extremely versatile. For this Watercolor Weekend, I used it in two different ways.

Project # 1: 5x7 Card
Here is how I created the first project:

  - Arranged and stamped three design stamps from the set using Versafine Clair ink.
  - Colored the main images.

  - Hand-drew extra leaves along the top right and on the ground.
  - Completed the coloring and stamped the sentiment.

  - Layered the piece onto a 4.3 x 6.3-inch mat using the "5973 - Fall series 2" paper, then attached it to a 5x7 green  andcard base.

Project # 2: Thanksgiving Table Name Tags

For the second project, I used the same stamp set and a few extra stamps and dies to craft custom name tags for a Thanksgiving table.

I hope these projects inspire you to create your own Fall cards and projects using this set or any other stamp set from Art Impressions!

Happy Watercolor Weekend,

Neema

Happy Fright Night Card and Sweet Little Ghost Treat Box by Diane Mason

Hello, and welcome back for Watercolor Weekend!

Hello, my Ai Watercolor friends and fans! I have two Halloween projects to share with you today featuring a long time favorite set and images from a newly released set. The Halloween card combines images from the new Story Tiles 2 set 6256 – ST Happy Halloween and 5190 - Fright Night Set. My second project is a mini Halloween Treat Box featuring the sweet little ghost from 6256.

Halloween is right around the corner, and who doesn’t love Halloween - all that candy, spooky fun decorations, dressing up in fun costumes and trick or treating! We used to receive over 100 kids Trick or Treating in our neighborhood, now we are lucky to have 20 - guess they have all grown up. But I still enjoy decorating and card making for Halloween - oh and the candy too!

Happy Fright Night Card:

5190 - Fright Night Set has long been a favorite of mine and with the addition of some new stamps from 6256 – ST Happy Halloween it really helped to bring this scene to life!

Colors and Supplies Used:

Paper: Canson XL Watercolor Paper

White A2 Cardbase

Patterned Paper: 5973 – Fall Series 2 Paper Pack

Brushes: No. 4 round brush, No. 0 round brush

Stamps & Dies:

• 5190 – Fright Night Set
• 6256 – ST Happy Halloween
• 4051 – WC Foliage Set 1
• 5372 – WC Mini Foliage Set
• 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies

Ink for stamped images: Versafine Vintage Sepia

Tombow Dual Brush Pens: 565, 606, 837, 925, 933, 969, 977, 993, N57, N25

 

Other:  Brown TwinTone marker, Black Micron Pen, and Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bleed Proof White

Stamping:

 

To begin, I traced the interior section of the largest stitched rectangle die (5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies) with a pencil onto a piece of Canson XL watercolor paper to establish my workspace. Using this as a guide, I stamped each of the images with Versafine Onyx Black using a stamp platform.

To establish the correct spacing of the images, I laid out all the stamps on my watercolor paper. Once I knew where the pumpkin should sit, I removed the other stamps and stamped the pumpkin from set 5190. I also created a mask for the pumpkin. With the mask in place, I stamped the ghosts and then masked them off before stamping the haunted house from 6256 – ST Happy Halloween. I traced around the cap of my Dr. Ph. Martin’s bottle with a pencil for the moon. Next I sketched some hillsides. With a black Micron pen, I added additional fence posts to the left and right of the house.

Colors and Stamps Used:

• Moon: 993, 933
• House: N25 (roof tops), 565, 606 (building) 993, 933 (windows)
• Hillside: 249/606, 565 (bushes from 5372 – WC Mini Foliage Set)
• Grass: 565 (4051 – WC Foliage Set 1)
• Tree and stump: 977, 969, and Brown Twintone Marker
• Jack O’ Lantern: 993, 933, 977, Black Micron pen, Dr. Ph. Martin’s
• Ghosts: 565 (shading) 837 (wine glasses and tongues)
• Bats: Versafine Onyx Black (5190 - Fright Night Set)
• Sky:  606 watery mix

Card Assembly:

I matted the white A2 card base with a piece of shimmery purple paper and then adhered the painting on top.

Interior:

I die‑cut a 3.75" x 5" stitched rectangle (5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies) from white cardstock and added a 1/2" strip of ghost patterned paper along the bottom edge. The humorous sentiment is from 5190 and inked in purple.

The new Story Tiles stamp sets are so fun to use the conventional way with the Story Tiles Template Die (6158), but I really enjoy finding ways to incorporate the cute images alongside other older stamp sets from my collection!

Sweet Little Ghost Treat Box:

My bonus project uses the adorable ghost image from 6256 – ST Happy Halloween. This little guy looks so happy and he just makes me smile!

I die-cut a piece of Canson XL watercolor paper using a decorative label die from 5952 – Portfolio Template Die Set. I inked the image with Versafine Onyx Black. The ghost image and sentiment are both from 6256

Colors used: 177, 565, 606, 772, 837, 933, 925, 993, 947 and Dr. Ph. Martin’s for the pumpkin teeth.

For the box, I die-cut a sheet of ghost patterned paper from 6131 – Halloween S3 Cover Paper Pack using the 5805 – Mini Journal Box Dies. Once the box was assembled, I attached the painting to the lid with foam squares and filled the box with candy. This image painted up quickly and would make a fun little sweet surprise to give to a friend, co-worker, or trick or treater!

Thank you so much for joining me for Watercolor Weekend! I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s projects combining some old and newly released products. Until next time, Happy Halloween and Happy Painting!