Always about me

Hi Everyone,
Welcome to Wednesday!!! I just received some new stamps and I thought I'd use Edna, taking a bubble bath. She is so cool, she even keeps her jewelry on while in the tub, what class. LOL

Supplies used:

Edna Soaking - P1760

About Me - F2617

Embellishments

Ribbon

Spellbinders Dies- Ribbon Tags Trio  S4-323, Labels Sixteen S4-301

Copic Markers

Stop back tomorrow to check out the weekly challenge.See you then.

Hello! My name is Kate!

You might have noticed there have been some changes on the Ai blog site. After being a wonderful blog coordinator, Dawn Knight has asked to step down. We truly appreciated all her hard work and FANTASTIC designing. The staff at Art Impressions and the design team will truly miss her.

Now this is where I come in! If we haven't emailed or talked on the phone, my name is Kate Swanson and I am the Office Manager for Art Impressions. The owners have asked me to step in as blog coordinator and I am excited to take on the challenge! A little about me, I am a proud wife to my sweet husband, Tony, and a very new mom to my 4-month-old boy, Noah. I am a recent graduate of George Fox University with a bachelors in Business Administration and Organizational Communications and still reside in my college town of Newberg, Oregon. We are members at Newberg Foursquare Church and love to be involved in our community!

I have always had a passion for stamping and was so blessed to combine my career with my craft when I was hired at Ai. I personally love card making and try to take on as many craft projects as possible (I'm a huge Pinterest fan!).

We have some wonderful things in store for the blog and I'm excited to share new products, giveaways and contests with you! You can always contact me at kate@artimpressions.com.

Happy Stamping!!!

Kate

Lawn Ranger

Good morning ladies, I can't believe Tuesday is here again, how time flies!!  Today I have used the Lawn Ranger...he is from the Ai People collection.  I have used cut outs from my cricuit for the background.  My image is colored with my Prisma pencils and OMS...I  just can't seem to break away from them.  The Lawn Ranger, along with more fun Ai people can be found at Art Impressions. Thanks for joining us this morning and hope your day is filled with Sunshine..Hugz Anne

Easter Tot Wagon

Here's another Easter card made with some of

Art Impressions adorable Easter Tots.

This image is called Easter Tot Wagon.

I paired it with Easter Wishes.

I was so inspired by this weeks Clean & Simple challenge

over at the Art Impressions challenge blog that I thought
I'd give it another try.

 I was also inspired by this card at Lime Doodle.

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Happy Weekend!!

Easter is coming, and could you think better image for the easter-card than Tiny Tots:)
You can find them here, all of them:)
I have used Easter Tot Leap Frog -image in my card, and text is "Happy Easter".

Challenge Winner - Week 48

Thank you to all the great submissions for our "A Card for a Child" contest. I could only think of one word ... Adorable! I apologize for the delay, the winner is ...

CONNIE

With her wonderful Valentine Sock Monkey card!

I know quite a few kids who would jump for joy to receive that one! Please contact me at kate@artimpressions.com for your $10 coupon code.

Keep those submissions for week 52 coming! Love what we're seeing so far. Have a great weekend everyone!

Challenge Number 52 - Clean & Simple or Anything But ...

This week's challenge is for 'Clean & Simple' or 'Anything But.' Sometimes the greatest palette can be a brilliant white background and small embellishments. I also love Anne's 'Anything But' tag, great patterns and coloring!

Here are the cards from our wonderful design team!

 

Kirsi

Renee

Barbara

Anne

Aren't they wonderful?! Love the weekly card inspiration!

As our blog as been experiencing some changes, we will be continuing the card contest next week. The winner from the week 48 challenge will be announced on the blog on Friday.

Here are the rules for the challenges and we cannot wait to see what you come up with!

1.  Please make a new card or creation for these challenges. You can make a 3D item if you wish ... this is not limited to cards!

2. You will be entered twice if you use Art Impressions stamps ... How do you do that you ask? Just enter the same link two times so we can count you fairly! 

3.  Please link directly to your creation so we can get a good look at your creativity!

4. You will have until Wednesday at 6 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

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The Wall and Flowers

Hi Everyone,
Welcome to another one of my Wednesday posts.
I was looking at some of my handmade flowers and that's how this card came to be. I picked out the flowers, picked card stock colors that complimented the flowers and then I chose the wall/flowers stamp. The colors I used in the stamped image are colors similar to the colors I used in the handmade flowers.

I added glitter to the stamped image by using a glue pen, (that's the squiggles you see on the stamped image square) and I added glitter to the flowers as well.These flowers would look great with spring colors as well. I'm getting ready to make more flowers and I will be using spring colors for the upcoming season.

Supplies used:
Stamp - Wall/Flowers H1383
Paper/Card Stock - white cs, green cs, orange  cs, sherbet orange cs, brown cs, designer paper
Inks used - Distressed Ink Vintage Photo, India Ink Black
Glitter - Sparkling Snow, Orange Surprise, Copper Penny
Copic Markers - RV21, R37, R85, C-0, C-2, G82, YG41, YR04, YG45, E25, E43, E51

Thanks for stopping in today

Otis

Good morning everyone...Otis thinks spring is coming, he is going to enjoy an afternoon in the sun, listening to music and birdwatching.  Otis ( J1524 ) is one of the Golden Oldies series at Art Impressions.

My image is colored in Prisma pencils and OMS, hope you enjoy Otis. 

Brenda & Joe western Anniversary card

What a cute couple Brenda & Joe make!

The stamp is called Square Dancers and it's from

Art Impressions.

I paired it with the Doe-se-doe-n phrase.

I think this will be for my Sister and Brother-In-Law's anniversary

in March.  My sister has always loved western themed things and

her husband is a Country Music DJ.

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Oops!!

Good morning ladies, I have use "Birdie & Egg carton" this morning.  It is an easel card and the row of broken eggs are hand drawn.  My image and many more of the Bird - Brain images can be found at Art Impressions HERE!  I love Birdie and the gang..they are so comical.  I have colored my image with Prisma pencils and OMS, and used my computer for the messages...

Oops!   

The Wonder of the Season

Hi Everyone,
It's Barbara again today and I am back with a layered card. Layers add so much additional design to your stamped image, they really make the image pop. I think they give the design more importance.

Since Valentines day is over it's time to check out the Easter images. So, I pulled this great image out and decided what layers would look good with it.This stamp is in the Windows to the World section. You may want to check this section out, there are quite a few images that will be perfect for almost any occasion.

Supplies used
Stamp - Easter Egg Nest- M3313
Punch - Martha Stewart Punch around the Page - Double Arches
Spellbinders Dies - Labels Fifteen S4-291, Lace Doily Motifs S5-063,
Paper/Cardstock - White CS, Designer Paper, Pink Shimmer CS
Ribbon
Copic Markers- R81, R00, G00, B000, Y11, E71, C-2G21, G94, YG03, YG41,
Ink- India Ink Black

Thanks so much for stopping in today.Stop back tomorrow for more inspiration with Anne.

Bunny Love

Hi Everyone,
Its Barbara with my usual Wednesday post. Boy I was stumped today and really couldn't come up with anything. Then I had club meeting tonight and the project we learned really was so cute I decided to use this cute Giant Bunny as my image. Love this awning effect, too, don't you??

I added a basket charm and he is all set, looking too cute in the awning window.
Supplies used:
Art Impressions Stamps
Mini Love - E2548
Giant Bunny - G1076
Ink - India Ink Black
Card Stock - White CS,Pink CS
Embossing Folder
Copic Markers - R81, C-1

Hope you enjoyed this cute card today. I will be back tomorrow with another creation using Art Impressions stamps. Hope to see you then.

Thank You

Good morning everyone...this morning I have used two cute bunny stamps from Art Impressions...Sm. Rabbit K-1598 and Bunny Girl I779. I used my copics to color both images, added a bit of bling and inked my edges slightly.  this is a very quick and easy Thank You card.

Greetings from the Easter Bunny

Happy Sunday and Happy Early Easter.

I ordered a lot of Easter stamps in my last 

Art Impressions bunch and am having

a blast using them.

I used Bunny Basket and

Fuzzy Easter on my card.

Papers are all from Stampin' Up.

Dies are from Spellbinders.

Grass was made with a Martha Stewart punch

and the embossing folder is from Craft Concepts.

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Cup of Tea Anyone?

Welcome to the Art Impression Bog.  This morning I have done a really fun card with the Girlfriend series found HERE at Art Impressions. These ladies can't help but put a smile on your face.

Tea Anyone 

                                                                                 
I drew and cut out the tea pot..the fold is on the bottom, so it opens down.  I have used Prisma pencils and OMS to color the image, added faux stitching and ink around the edge, added a few pearls, flowers and a bow...and the gossip group is in action!  Enjoy, hope your day is filled with Sunshine.

In the tub with the girlfriends

Stamp used...

In the tub

Tools & accessroies:

Image by Art Impressions

Copic markers

ribbons

pearls

Maude's Birthday Wishes

Hi Everyone
Welcome to Wednesday!!!! I have made a birthday card and Maude is giving out the birthday wishes. You know Maude, she's sarcastic as all get out. And only a great friend can send a birthday wish like this.

Maude is in the Golden Oldies section of the shop. Take a few minutes to check out that section. There are a lot of great stamps that will fit so many different occasions.

Thanks for stopping in today. See you soon,

Spring is Coming!!

Good morning ladies..I have chosen Vera (L-1243) today to make my card.  Vera is one of the Golden Oldies series and can be found HERE!  I have added a bit of glitter and a rhinestone or two and a homemade tag.  I have colored my image with Prisma colored pencils and OMS. Take a hop over to Art Impressions and see all their Golden Oldies, they are sure to capture your heart!

Happy Easter from a Tiny Tot

This adorable little tot is from Art Impressions

Tiny Tot line.  The stamp is called Single Tot.

I've used Block Happy Easter as my verse.

The matte is from Spellbinders and the embossing folder

is from Sizzix.

The inside verse is called Basketful.

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Friends Who Last

Hi Everyone,
Happy Wednesday. Hope you are having a great week so far. I thought I'd use another of the girlfriend stamps. These ladies have so much personality, don't they.

I got out my colored pencils and gamsol and colored and shaded these hot mama's. They are a "hoot". Make sure you stop in the online store and check out all the stamps in all the different lines that Art Impressions offers.

Supplies used:

Stamps from: Comfy on Couch set-UM4050

Prisma Color Pencils

Gamsol

India Ink

Sizzix Embossing Folders

Inka Gold - Gold

Cardstock- Core'dinations CS, Teal Blue CS, White CS

Yellow Gold Ribbon

Have a great rest of your week