Father's Day Fishing by Janet

Ahoy my friends! Today I have a Father's Day card that's made for the Dad who is "Keepin it Reel!" My card also happens to fit nicely in the current challenge, Yellow.

To make this card, I started by creating a gnarly water scene using a stencil and several colors of ink. Then I stamped, colored and cut the fishing images in the 5926-Fishing Boat Set. I arranged all the fishing themed items in the boat and glued them in place. Then I cut open a wave with my craft knife, so I could slip in the boat that is heading home into the sunset after catching a pail full of fish. I heat embossed the Keepin it Reel sentiment in white on the boat and stamped and trimmed out the Happy Father's Day sentiment from the 6063-Just For Him Set. Finally I added three colors of enamel dots to balance the scene out.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you will enter into the Yellow Ai Challenge by uploading a card that includes the color. You might win a free set of stamps for your efforts!

As always, please find your favorite stamps, dies, papers, and accessories at the Ai Store!

Happy Crafting!

 

Serving Sass and Smashes! Card by Tasha

 Happy Friday Art Impressions Friends!

Tasha here sharing a pickleball card created with the fun 6074-Pickleball Patty Set and 6097-Pickleball Paper Pack. I recently got this set and think it's just perfect for all my pickleball playing friends. Patty looks like she is living her best life on the court and I love her outfit!

This card was also inspired by the current challenge. The challenge is all about the color Yellow, so I used the color on Patty's outfit and on the bottom card stock layer. I love the pink & yellow color combination with the blue plaid paper!

Lastly, I stamped "Serving Sass and Smashes!" on to a coordinating scalloped frame. I also used a large scalloped frame to cut the center card. I think scalloped edges give a nice polished look to cards and like that this set includes a variety of sizes. 

Thank you for checking out today's project and I hope you are having a wonderful day!

Yellow! Challenge #428 Week #1

Welcome to our newest challenge!

I feel like this one is pretty self explanatory. Use yellow on your project.
The second I decided to do a yellow challenge, I knew that I wanted it to be Sharon's feature.

Her favorite color is and always has been yellow. After you check out her adorable interactive card, be sure to scroll down and find out who won our last challenge.

Also, don't forget you have one more day to apply to our Design Team call.

Details are below.

 Hello AI Fans! 

If you know me, you know my favorite color is yellow. Just ask my sister, she still hasn't forgiven me for making her wear yellow in my wedding in the 70's. HAHA Oops...I just gave my age away, didn't I. LOL! Anyway, I am super excited to get to introduce our new Challenge #428 Yellow! Whoot Whoot!! I can't wait to see all your amazing creations using the beautiful color of yellow! For my feature, I created a slider card where an adorable frog surprises the birthday girl by popping up out of her birthday cake! First a look at the finished card...

So to make the card, I started with #5407 Birthday Cake GCH. This cake die can be used for so many things!! I cut the pieces using #6012 Basic Yellow PP and then inked the edges to give it a little depth. 

After assembling the cake, I grabbed #6046 Scalloped Oval Die Set and chose the correct sizes so the cake and frog had enough room. If you have a channel die, you can use that. If not, you can also cut a slot with a ruler and your craft knife. I wanted a larger channel than what my die provided so I improvised. Once I cut the one slot, I lined the die up and cut it again to the length I needed as shown in the pics below. You want a slot that is long enough to allow your image to be hidden behind the cake and also reveal it once it's pulled up. 

I cut a pull tab twice out of heavy cardstock and glued them together so they would be strong enough to hold up to the pushing and pulling it was going to receive. (I always play with the interactive cards I create!)

It really helps to keep the pull tab on track if you create a little sleeve for it to slide through. Just take a light weight paper and cut a strip around 1/4" wide and fold it loosely around the pull tab. Glue it down to the back of the card. 

I wanted the frog to "talk" when he jumped out of the cake, so I die cut a word bubble and used a sentiment from #5866 Mini Birthday Sentiment Set. I die cut both the word bubble and the frog 3 times and glued them together for stability. Then, to attach it to the frog, I just cut a small strip of acetate and doubled it up for strength. 

After lining up the pull tab with the channel, I used a strong glue to attach a slider disc to both the pull tab on the back side and the frog on the front side. Be sure to use a strong glue and allow lots of time for drying. You don't want it separating from either of them after you've assembled the entire card!! 

I used two layers of foam tape on the back of green and white slider panel as well as the cake that goes over the top of the slider to give plenty of room for the frog to slide. I added some dots from Scrapbook.com Pops of Color and some of those cute candles that are in the set with the cake. For a touch of sparkle, I went over the Happy Birthday die cut and candle flames with Wink of Stella and then popped a bow on there. I do love interactive cards, so I hope the person that ends up with this enjoys it as much as I enjoyed making it. 

So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit, and I can't wait to see what yellow creations you'll be making for the challenge. Until next time - stay crafty!!! 

I knew Sharon would have fun with this challenge. What an adorable card! That frog is just TOO CUTE!!

Now for the winners of our Mix & Match challenge.

For our Top Spot we selected Neema M.

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Our Lucky Random Winner was:

Chrissyxx

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Congratulations to both of our winners and thank you
Sharon for the amazing inspiration for the new challenge!

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Now for our new challenge!

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Beach Postcard by Dori Mendiola

Happy Thursday AI Friends!

This card was such a fun project to create and added more meaning because I made it for my son’s birthday. Instead of starting with patterned paper or cardstock, I used a postcard from our recent trip as the background. We spent time along the Gulf of America, where the beaches and water were absolutely stunning, and that postcard instantly brought those memories back to life.

Using postcards as card backgrounds is a great idea. They add built‑in color, texture, and a sense of place. Even better, they turn a simple greeting card into a reminder of a fabulous trip you shared with the recipient.

I used the #5399 - Gull-Friends stamp set and the #4967 - Fence dies for the foreground of the card.  I stamped the images onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with my copic markers listed below.   I used the coordinating dies that are included in the stamp set to cut out the images.

The base die cut, as well as the sand and palm tree are from dies I had in my stash, but you can use other dies or eliminate all together and the card will be adorable just because of the seagull.  He is just so funny and cute!

Thanks for joining me today!  

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Copics used:  T0, T2    E51, E53, E55

R20, R22, R24    B12, B14

G20, G21, G24    Y13, Y15, Y17

YR12, YR14, YR16

Nature's Palette Father's Day Card by Lynn Dionne

Happy Wednesday Ai Fans!

Watch video tutorial here!

Let's create a nature's palette card that is perfect for Father's Day! We will be using several stamps sets to combine several of nature's beautiful elements. This card is perfect for the current Ai "Mix and Match" Blog Challenge and would also be great for birthdays and retirement as well!

Let's begin by die-cutting the Ai Story Tile Template Die (6158). This will give us a fun grid pattern to showcase all of our stamped images. We will die cut this grid frame twice ... once from white cardstock and once from a nice rustic plaid paper from the Ai Winter Woodland Cover PP (5964).

We can glue the two frames together and with the white panels that were die cut we will do our stamping. I thought it would be fun to use the Ai Wild Buck Foundation (6067), the Ai Hiker Foundation (6068), and the wonderful Ai WC Bear Set (6064).

The hardest part is deciding which images to use and where to place them! Once we have stamped all of the panels we will do some coloring using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Sugared Almond Pink, Ice Blue, Smoky Teal, Aquamarine Blue, Blue Gray, Lt Green, Green, Flesh Colour, Mustard, Beige, Sand, Brown, Mid Brown, Gray Brown.

For the grassy areas and the foliage on the trees we will use the Ai Foliage Set (4051). This will add a lot of interest to the card and it's so easy to do!

Next, we will add some little dots of color, to represent flowers, on the tops of the grassy areas. We will use gel pens in white, green, and blue. This will keep a masculine look to the card.

Now we can add all of the panels back to the card and for the sentiment we will use the Ai Just for Him Set (6063). This set has tons of sentiments including (husband, Daddy, Grandfather, etc.) We can pop up the sentiment for a little bit of variation and interest.

For a finishing touch, let's add a bit of sparkle to the windows on the cabin and the water. For this, we will use the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen.

Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!

Ai Story Tile Template Die (6158)

Ai Wild Buck Foundation (6067)

Ai Hiker Foundation (6068)

Ai WC Bear Set (6064)

Ai Just for Him Set (6063)

Ai Foliage Set (4051)

Ai Winter Woodland Cover PP (5964)

Focus on Faith: Joy & Blessings with Sara Furr

Blessings my dear friends. Today,  I have two projects to share with you for my Focus on Faith, and both creations have the theme of Joy. Joy in the Lord, Joy comes in the morning, and Joy in all our blessings. 

My first creation is an A2 card that is bright, sunny, and full of gorgeous colors adorning my stained glass window, along with touches of gold.

 I stamped my focal image from the "Stained Glass Window" set with Encore Gold Ink (pigment) onto Canson Bristol Smooth cardstock and then heat embossed the image with Gold embossing powder. I colored the stained glass window with alcohol markers and then fussy cut out the window and applied foam tape behind.

 I created a card base from a golden yellow cardstock and cut a layer of a soft yellow and embossed it with an embossing folder from my stash and distressed the edges with the edge of a pair of scissors. I added a white doily to the right edge and cut off the excess. Then,  I added a strip of lace, and I adhered a strip of pale yellow cardstock just over the edge of the lace that looks like little sunshines. I then wrapped a piece of cream colored chiffon ribbon around the top of that strip and tied a bow off to the left side.

 I added that embossed panel with foam tape. I made a nest of gold metallic thread and adhered that to the back of my Stained glass window and adhered it to the doily. Finally, I added 3 Gold pearls to the top left corner of the embossed panel.

For the inside, I stamped the sentiments "Hallelujiah" and "Joy comes in the morning" with Encore Gold Ink and again heat embossed it in Gold embossing powder. When it was all cooled, I used a blending brush to add some yellow behind the sentiment to look like the sun in the sky.

This is an excellent reminder that we should arise with the sun every morning and thank God for the gift of life, and the beauty of the Earth, and the day before us. Every day is gift, one we are not guaranteed!!!

 

My second creation is a 6x6 card that I designed to coordinate with my first card.

I stamped the Daffodils from the "Tulip Floral set" with black Memento ink onto a circle die cut, and I colored the image with alcohol markers. I added foam tape behind it and adhered it to my white doily and added more foam tape behind that.

 I added that to my card base and distressed layers, including a layer of beautiful dsp from the "Easter S2 Paper pack" following the same steps as above in my first card. I cut the "Joy" die cut once from Gold mirror cardstock, and once from yellow fun foam and adhered them together with liquid glue and popped it up off to the left hand side of my focal image. 

For the inside, I created some more layers and stamped the sentiment " May each day bloom with joy and blessings" with black Versafine ink.

I pray that you find joy in Christ, and in each and every single day he has given us to enjoy. Never take these beautiful moments for granted! Life is beautiful, and we have so many things to be thankful to God for.

I hope my projects have inspired you to create something "Joy" and "Faith" filled.

Many blessings to you all,

Sara Furr- The Crafty Farm Chick 

Art Impressions products used:

5897-Stained Glass Window set

5417- Frameworks Sentiments 

5986- Jesus & Joy Dies

6061-Tulip Floral set

5892- Easter S2 Paper Pack

Other supplies:

Paper cutter

Scissors for distressing edges of cardstock and cutting out window image

MISTI stamping tool

Alcohol markers

Embossing folder

Die cutting machine

Doilies 

Circle die

Gold pearls

Gold metallic thread

Chiffon Ribbon

Blending brush

Encore Gold Ink

Gold embossing powder

Heat tool 

Adhesive 

Canson Bristol Smooth cardstock

Black Memento Ink

Black Versafine Ink

You Are...by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Though Mother's Day has passed, I still wanted to share the card that I made for my mom.

I feel like it's appropriate for so many other occasions.

I love these little butterflies and have used them often.
This time, I paired them with a sentiment stamp that sums up my mom perfectly.

I used the hexagon die to cut it out and mounted it on foam tape to add some dimension.

I also popped up the butterfly wings to give the illusion that they're flying.

I used some little dots of gold gel pen and spattered some gold paint on it as well.