Sing - Dance - Laugh - Love!

Hello AI fans!

It's Karen here today to share a few cards made from the wonderful "Say It Loud" collection.  These stamps are so versatile; you can colour them, add an image stamp, stamp them as is, or - as I've done, paper piece them!  I've used the Sing Dance Set (sku#4227):

I started by stamping the image on four different polka dot papers:

I hadn't actually intended to do four cards... but once I had these stamped and cut, it seemed obvious that I should just keep going.  Here's what my armchair looked like while I watched tv:

Then I stamped the image again on white cardstock, and started gluing:

I added some Baker's Twine & layered a few paper flowers, and you can't see it in the photos, but I stitched around the white panel on my sewing machine:

 

Have a great day!

 

 

 

 



Ai & OWH Bloghop Winner!

A very big THANK YOU to all those who joined us for the bloghop on Saturday! If you didn't get to hop, you can find all the fun here. Time to announce our winner!

Congratulations Diane! Email kate@artimpressions.com with your address to claim your prize!

Hello there!

Hello and happy Monday to you!  I hope you had a fabulous weekend and joined us with the Ai & OWH blog hop and checked out the new OWH stamp sets.   If not, you can see it  HERE!

Today, I have a fun card using the Grad Card Kit (SKU#4304), Lovelle on couch (SKU#2618), and OWH Every Hat set (SKU#4342).

I did a little bit of paper piecing.  First, I stamped out Lovelle on couch and adhered her with foam dots. Then I stamp her again and paper pieced her over the first Lovelle.  I colored the image with Copic markers and I created a picture frame for the sentiment.

I hope you like it and thanks so much for stopping by!

Operation Write Home Hats Set

Hello Ai Fans!

Yesterday we jump-started our Operation Write Home blog hop!!
Today I'm sharing a second card with an OWH set.
One thing to keep in mind (that I forgot...)
These cards need to be very thin and an A2 size.
My card is NOT ACCEPTABLE for OWH.  I'll just use this one for something else and make a smaller duplicate to send to OWH.  Don't make the same mistake I did!  View the guidelines HERE.

For my card I used OWH Every Hat set.

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Art Impressions & OWH Bloghop - New Stamp Release

Welcome to Art Impressions! We are excited to reveal our two new Operation Write Home (OWH) stamp sets and we're kicking off the launch with an amazing bloghop!

For the last couple months, we have been working closely with Sandy Allnock (president and founder of OWH) to bring this dream to a reality. Operation Write Home is a non-profit organization that (with the help of many volunteer cardmakers) creates blank, handmade cards to send overseas to troops, giving them an opportunity to send something special home to their loved ones. We truly believe in the Operation Write Home cause, as many Ai employees currently have family and friends serving overseas. We are beyond thrilled to bring you these two new sets, designed to create cards for OWH, but also to benefit them with 25% of the proceeds from artimpressions.com donated to their cause!

Time for the big reveal! 

Drumroll please ...

OWH Every Hat set (UM4343)
When creating for OWH, we wanted heartfelt sets that reflected the day-to-day. Our Every Hat set was for the women taking care of it all, a heartfelt thank you for doing the job of two. We love our lady wearing all the hats!

OWH Sending Love set (UM4343)

With our Sending Love set, we thought of how wonderful it is for families and friends to hear from one another, and even more than ever before with the use of technology. Whether it is by letter, email, phone or possibly a video chat, love knows no distance! We hope so much love is sent home with this stamp set!

We hope you've enjoyed our big reveal! You can purchase these stamps online here and they will be available soon at local retailers near you!

Here's how it works:

• Visit each blog by clicking through the designers and organizations listed below. Each blog will also have a link to the next for easy hopping!
• Comment on each blog you visit to show some love to those participating! We will also be giving away a $50 prize pack of Art Impressions products. To enter, comment on every blog listed, the more you post, the more chances to win! The winner will be announced on Monday at 3:00 p.m. PST

1. Art Impressions
2. Crafter's Home
3. Crystal Lopez 
4. Dixie Cochran
5. Paula Spagnuolo 
6. Karen Day 
7. Kathryn Belmonte
8. Lee Mae Elkins
9. Kerry Kung
10. Nancy Keller
11. Piali Biswas
12. Kristie Marcotte
13. Reneé Matarese
14. Ronni Unger
15. Rhonda Harre
16. Sandy Allnock
17. Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps

To start off the hop, we have a card set designed by one of our own DTs, Piali Biswas. She used the OWH Every Hat set. We love the clean and simple look with these amazing vibrant colors!

Thanks again to the designers participating in the hop. We would also like to thank Crafter's Home for helping get the sets into the independent retail stores near you! Make sure to check out the list of stores soon to be carrying the OWH sets on their blog!

Happy Hopping!

Hoot! Hoot!

Hello Ai Fans!!

Its me Piali here!! 

Today I've Clean and Simple card to share with you.

It can be a great one for man...perfect for our Ai- MASCULINE challenge.

Looooove the "WHOOTS" !

Inside of the card is....

A lovely birthday card.

I dry embossed the cardstock with the branches embossing folder and then cut a small slit to insert the owl image in it partially..as it on the tree.

So play along with the new Ai challenge...enter your Masculine creations HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Challenge 112 - Masculine Cards (Father's Day & More!)

Hello Ai Fans!

Thanks for joining us for a brand new challenge this week! First we're ready to announce the winners of our last challenge!

Our "Use Eyelets or Brads" challenge winner is ...

LINDA M

Congratulations! Your adorable "Out to Lunch" card has snagged our Top Spot this week! Contact kate@artimpressions.com to receive your Golden Oldies prize pack!

Congratulations to our honorable mentions as well! Contact kate@artimpressions.com to receive a free Golden Oldies stamp of your choice!

Doni High - "Your Day Set"

Karen Amidon - "Birdie" & "Laying an Egg"

Also, the winner from last week's Facebook contest is Andrene Coury Smith!

Contact me at kate@artimpressions.com with your address so we can send you your Art Impressions and Eyelet Outlet gift pack!

Father's Day is right around the corner! We want to see your masculine cards for any special guys in your life. Remember, if you use Ai stamps you get extra votes for your card!

Here are the challenge rules ...

✻ Please make a new card or creation. You can make any crafty item you wish; this is not limited to cards!

✻ Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps!

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

✻ Share the Ai love by clicking and commenting your fellow crafters.

✻ Make sure to get your link up by Wednesday, June 26 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

We have a fabulous card from Piali this week as our featured card!

Thanks for stopping by this week! Make sure to come by next week to see creations from all our designers!

Shake- n- Bake Birthday !!

Hello Ai fans !!
It's Crystal and today I am making a card to send to a cute shop I found in Jasper ,IN ( The Doodlebug ,INC.). I was out site seeing and went into this shop to check out what they had and much to my surprise I ran across one of my cards I had created sitting with all the Art Impressions stamps they carried , I chatted with the store owner and some of the ladies in the store we took pictures and it was such a fun time. I bought several things and on my way home I thought I should make them a card to display with the others they had , they had this cute Birdie and Scratch#1852  stamp and this stamp is near and dear to me so this is the card and envelope I created using supplies I bought from there store , this should help them sell Ai and their supplies , I hope they like it ,I had so much fun creating it.

the envelope I made with the new envelope maker , the mail man needs eye candy too
inside the card

Birdie and Scratch # 1831 shake n bake # 1852 happy Birthday # 1859 Darice Basket weave folder Prima Engraver #563943 viva pearl pen Graphic 45 ABC Primer Jumping Joan Simple Stories Documented 6*6 memento tux black Twine Die-namics Leafy flourish Die-namics Prima Donna Petals SU labels framelet die TH frayed burlap distress ink Copic markers clear star shimmer pen Stamping Up Color spritzer tool We - r - memory keepers envelope maker

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  Thanks so much for stopping by, please come back tomorrow for Ai Challenge # 111