Challenge 122 - "Holly Jolly Christmas"

Hello Ai Fans!

Welcome back to a new challenge! We're excited to host a hilarious new card competition, but first, let's announce the winners from last week's "Perfect Papers" challenge.

Top Spot goes to ...

Melissa O.

Congratulations Melissa! We loved your amazing coloring and very cute paper choices! Email kate@artimpressions.com to claim your prize pack!

Our honorable mentions this week are ...

Joni52!

Karen Amidon

Congratulations Joni and Karen! We loved your adorable cards! Contact kate@artimpressions.com for a free stamp set of your choice!

We also have our winners from our Ruby Rock-It product swap ... we hope you enjoyed all the inspiration and thank you to everyone who entered!

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Now onto our new challenge!

This time around, we're looking for your HILARIOUS Christmas card. Anything with a funny sentiment or image is perfect for submitting.

This week, our feature card comes from Kerry Kung!

Our Ugly Sweater set has been wildly popular and can now be YOURS!

Our new 2013 Christmas collection is NOW AVAILABLE at artimpressions.com!

Christmas Parade Set (Sku#4313)	Jolly Carolers (Sku#U4316)	Jolly Snowman Set (Sku#4315)	Joyful Christmas Set (Sku#4314)
Lighted Snowman Set (Sku#4349)	Reindeer Games Set (Sku#4351)	Santa Shake Set (Sku#4348)	Ugly Sweater Set (Sku#4350)

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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, November 13 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

Birthday Wishes by Crystal

Hello Ai fans !!
It's Crystal here with a 50th birthday card using the Ruby Rock-it papers , just a perfect fit for this creation. I am using the Birthday Couple sku #T1920 and the Happy Birthday sku#E3578.

 this layer came with a banner so to give it a layered look with dimension, I used a copic marker to match the paper Y28 around the banner to give the look of a shadow

inside the card I cut my 50 from sizzlits I have in the Graffiti font , I inked the happy then stamped then inked the birthday and tape off the happy to split up the words , the border is from the Ruby Rock-it glitter borders set.

Birthday Couple T1920 Happy Birthday E3578 Bella trims BWT98 Wedding Die cuts BW48 Wedding Glitter boarders BW54 Snippets BT82 Betrothed Elegance BT44 Sizzlits Graffhiti dies Anna Griffin Juliet Damask embossing folder Stardust shimmer pen Memento ink - Black Tuxedo Glossy accents Cutter Bee scissors SU Labels framelits Copic markers

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I hope you have enjoyed all the inspirations using the Ruby Rock-it papers, they are so beautiful and inspirational . Tomorrow we start a new Challenge on the Art Impressions blog ,come back and play along.

Eunice by Karen Day

Hello Ai fans!

It's Karen here today...sharing a card with one of the lovely Golden Oldie gals, Eunice (Sku#K1619).

To me, Eunice looks like a no-nonsense office manager.  Or maybe a nearing-retirement teacher?  A librarian who is about to shush you?  So many possibilities...

I am using the pretty At Last papers from Ruby Rock-It, along with some metallic gold chipboard corners, and a gold banner from the At Last Collection.  I popped Eunice up on pop dots, and tied an organdy bow underneath her.

 

I kept the inside blank (without a sentiment), but jazzed it up a little with a peacock feather.

That's it from me today - happy stamping everyone!

 



Wicked by Kerry

Hello Ai friends!  Halloween is just a few days away.  Hope you are ready?  

Bring out the yummy candies or treats for the trick and treaters, the wicked cool costumes and decorations!   To jump start the halloween fun, how about a card with the 

Air-Hag set (SKU# 4309)?

And I also used the gorgeous paper from Ruby Rock-it.

Don't forget to come join the fun at the Perfect Papers challenge, can't wait to see what you create!

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Happy Birhtday by Renee Matarese

Hello Ai Fans!!

We're in week two of our perfect papers challenge.  Hope you're all having fun playing along.  You can win some wonderful stamps from Ai!  This month we've teamed with Ruby Rock-It and we're using their papers, die cuts and embellishments.  Also, Beacon generously shared some of their adhesives with us so that's what I used to glue my card together.

 

 

I used two stamps from Art Impressions. 
Large Birthday Cake and GF Happy Birthday.

 

  My handmade flower.

 

 

Large Birthday Cake (Sku#F1355)	Happy Birthday # 3578	My Romance Collection	Flatback rhinestones
Wedding Glitter Borders x10pces	Stickles Ice Crystal White	QUICK-GRIP Beacon adhesives	tulle
Sparkle Ribbon	Copic markers	cardstock

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