Focus on Faith with Sara Furr: Vivid Fall Wreath

Blessings my dear friends, and welcome to my first edition of "Focus on Faith" for the month of November. 

I have been in absolute bliss this fall with the spectacular weather we have been having here in the North East. The trees have been so incredibly vibrant this year, and I just love it! 

I wanted to incorporate those bright, vibrant, fall hues into my creation this month, so without further ado, here is my creation... 

To begin, I stamped the grapevine wreath from "Frameworks Set 1" on heavy weight cardstock directly in the center with Versafine Sepia ink. I then started stamping my foliage around the wreath in multiple generations. I used the leafy foliage from "Foliage Set 1," and stamped that in 5 generations of yellow ink, working my way around the wreath, and extending the foliage to the edges of my 5x5 panel. Then, I stamped the fern foliage from "Bible Foliage Set 2" in a dark orange, stamping off first, and then I stamped 2 generations. I stamped one of the smaller leafy foliage from "Bible Foliage set 2" in a bright red, stamping 3 generations. Lastly, I stamped the daisy flowers from "Flower Set 1" twice in orange, and 3x in a dark cherry red.

I colored the vine wreath with a light brown alcohol marker, and then took a dark yellow alcohol marker and using a flicking motion I started drawing out color from the vine wreath into the stamped foliage. This served to add in and blend my colors a bit that I had stamped in dye ink.

When I was happy with my wreath I moved on to stamping my bird from "Mercy Set". I stamped him on heavy weight cardstock with Versafine Onyx black ink, and then colored him with a mix of Prismacolor, and Crayola colored pencils. I love using colored pencils to color in small images as I feel much more in control. When I was done coloring him, I fussy cut it out, and popped it up on tiny foam squares. I placed the cut out bird where I wanted him on my wreath, but didn't stick it down. Leaving him in place I stamped 3 music notes from the "Praise Set 1" in black ink and also the sentiment "Praise Him" from the "Praise Set 2". Then, I stuck down the bird and applied some yellow rhinestone gems to the centers of the flowers, and here and there on my card front. I distressed the edges of my panel and then adhered that to a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 white panel that I also distressed the edges of. I popped the whole focal piece up on white fun foam, and adhered it to my 6x6 white card base.

I created a panel for the inside stamping the G Clef, and the SING from "Praise Set 1", and I also stamped in a sentiment from "Praise Set 2" with Versafine Onyx black ink. I again colored my images with colored pencils. 

That finishes my card for today. I hope you enjoyed it, and that you are inspired to create a Faith filled card with the colors of fall.

God bless you all, and I pray you enjoy the rest of our beautiful autumn weather while it lasts. Get out and enjoy the beauty of God's Earth!

Sara Furr- The Crafty Farm Chick

Additional supplies used:

White heavyweight cardstock 

Versafine Onyx black ink 

Versafine Sepia ink

Dye ink pads in bright red, dark red, dark orange, orange, and dark yellow

Alcohol ink markers in light brown and dark yellow

Colored pencils

Scissors 

Yellow rhinestone gems

Autumn Greetings by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

My card today features the beautiful Foxes set #5951 KH. As much as I tried, I just could not get a really good picture of this one, so my apologies that the colors look so harsh. But in person, I really do like how it turned out.  I stamped the image onto a Copic friendly cardstock and then colored it with the images below. I used a die set that is made for a shadow box, but I just used it on the front of the card base instead. It was pretty quick and easy to throw it together. I stamped a greeting from #5600 Harvest Sentiments Set on both the front and the inside. 

So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!!

Copic markers used:

E17, 21, 23, 95, 97, and 99

W0, 2, 5, 6, and 7

R01

B00

A Little Fall, A Little Christmas by Simone Carr

 

Hello AI Friends!

Welcome back for another Watercolor Weekend!

How can it be November already? With autumn in full swing, it’s the perfect time to bring out the warm fall colors and create something seasonal. For this week’s card, I used the Harvest Together Set to create a fun harvest-themed project.

I started by stamping my image onto Canson Watercolor Paper using Distress Ink Pumice Stone. I then began coloring the image with my Tombow markers. I used warm shades for the pumpkin and added contrasting colors to the scarecrow’s clothing to bring the image to life. The Tombow colors I used for each element are listed below.

Once the coloring was complete, I added some finishing details with Bleed Proof White to give the image a little extra interest.

For the card layout, I used the Double Stitched Rectangle Dies to cut the panels and chose patterned paper from the Fall S2 PP collection to complement the autumn colors. I set the scarecrow aside while I worked on the background.

I placed my card panel in my MISTI stamping platform and centered my sentiment. Once I was happy with the placement, I inked the stamp using Versafine Clair Acorn. I then moved my paper up about ½ inch, using the measurements on the MISTI as a guide, and stamped the sentiment again.

I repeated this process seven times, then switched to Versafine Clair Summertime for the eighth impression to add a little variation.

After stamping all the sentiments, I taped off the card panel to create a border. I placed a piece of paper over the sentiments to protect them and splattered gold paint onto the panel.

Once everything was dry, I added foam tape to the back of the scarecrow and adhered him to the panel, bringing the whole design together.

Materials Used

Stamps & Dies

• 5507 Harvest Together Set

• 6274 Country Barn Accessory Set

• 5063 Double Stitched Rectangle Die (largest and second largest)

Paper

• 5973 Fall S2 PP

• Canson Watercolor Paper

• Strathmore Bristol Smooth Paper

Inks & Mediums

• Versafine Clair Acorn

• Versafine Clair Summertime

• Versafine Clair Golden Meadow

• Distress Ink Pumice Stone

• Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bleed Proof White

• Winsor & Newton Gold

• Masking Tape

• Foam Tape

Tombow Markers

• Hat – 837, 947

• Shirt – 026

• Pants – 528

• Patches – 098

• Shoes – 899

• Face, Hands – 992, 761

• Pumpkin – 993, 933, 925, 177, 969

For my second card, I thought I’d make it a Christmas one since I know many of you have already started making your Christmas cards!

I started by inking the bird from the Mercy Set with Distress Ink Lost Shadow and stamping it onto Canson Watercolor Paper. I then hand-drew a Santa hat on the bird. Once I was happy with the hat, I began coloring the bird using the Tombow markers listed below.

After the bird was colored, I stamped in the pinecones and the rest of the foliage using the Christmas Wreath Set. I colored the berries, and softened the greenery using a damp brush.

I added Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bleed Proof White to a few areas to create snowy details. Once it was dry, I used Tombow 565 to add shadows where needed.

For the card layout, I used the Scalloped Oval Dies to frame my image and layered it onto patterned paper from the Christmas S2 PP collection. I finished assembling the card and had a festive little Christmas design ready to share.

I hope these projects inspire you to bring out your favorite stamps and try something a little different, whether you’re creating for fall or getting a head start on your Christmas cards. Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to see you again next time!

Materials Used

Stamps & Dies

• 6216 Mercy Set

• 5472 Christmas Wreath Set

• 6046 Scalloped Oval Dies (4th and 5th Largest)

• 5063 Double Stitched Rectangle Die (2nd Largest)

• 5566 Christmas Sentiments

Paper

• Canson Watercolor Paper

• 5812 Christmas S2 PP

Inks & Mediums

• Distress Ink Lost Shadow

• TwinTone Brown

• Pitt Artist Pen Black

• Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bleed Proof White

Tombow Markers

• Bird – 977, 452, 905, 856

• Pinecone – 969

• Greenery – 249, 192

• Berries – 856

• Sky – 565

• Snow Shadow – 565

November 2026 Monthly Challenge

 

Happy November, everyone! How many of you have started your Christmas cards?

For my November project, I chose a winter scene with a snowman! I love snowmen and Art Impressions has so many cute ones to choose from. I started with a scene that I’ve used for simple Christmas cards in the past as my background. I cut a hill and a 1.5” circle out of scrap paper for a mask. Using my mask, I traced the hill in pencil on my watercolor paper (approx. 4.5” wide x 3” tall) and then positioned the circle for my sun and traced that in pencil as well. Using a small paintbrush, I traced the line for the hill in African Violet (#86) for my snow line. I then painted the sun in Brilliant Yellow (#43), keeping the darker color near the bottom. Once that had dried, I erased my pencil lines. Next, I added my sky using Sky Blue (#75), keeping the color along my snow line and around the sun.

Next, I added the trees using Pine Green (#72). For this, I used the mask I had created to protect the area below my hill. I wanted a group of them in the valley I had created, so I stamped them in repeat, inking once and stamping twice for light and dark. I used a stamp positioner for placement, but you could just stamp them randomly. You want to stamp them different heights. On the opposite side, I only stamped three trees and then positioned one lone tree on the hill in front of the sun. I then touched my brush to each bough to bring out the color.

I had stamped a few snowmen on mixed media paper using Pumice Stone Distress ink. I then used my dies and a mask to line it up and cut them out. I started by adding the shadows on the snowman around the edges of his face with Brownish Grey (#40). I continued under the bottom of his jacket and along the edges of his legs and feet. On the very bottom of his left foot, I used a little African violet for the shadow. Next, I added color to his carrot nose with Pumpkin #87). I used the fine tip to carefully darken along the bottom. I also added really faint cheeks with Bubble Gum (#67).

I painted the jacket next in Pine Green (#72) and used Taupe (#84) for the buttons. For the scarf and ear muffs, I used Steel Blue (#17). I decided to make the gloves headband for the ear muffs Taupe (#84) as well. The ornaments were next using Cherry (#65) and I try to save red for last when I paint. I painted the top of the ornament Brownish Grey (#40) so they would look silver and darkened the top for a shadow with my fine tip. It didn’t look silver enough, so I then painted it again with “Oyster” Radiant Pearls to give it some shimmer. I painted the antlers with a mixture of Burnt Umber(#54) and Sepia (#45).

Once everything was dry, I used Dr PH Martin’s Bleed Proof White to add snow along my hill line above the blue shadow I had painted at the beginning. I then added snow to the trees and dots in the sky for snowflakes. I added a highlight to each of the red ornaments and stripes to the bottom of the scarf. With my fine point, I added polka dots to the mittens in Taupe (#84) and plaid to the pocket of the coat in Pine Green (#72). I darkened the band on the gloves in Taupe (#84) with my fine point and added detail for the buttons. I also darkened the eyes and eyebrows with the fine tip in Brownish Grey (#40).

Next, I die cut my background with a rectangle die from the Journal Template Set. I added “Winter Wonderland” by stamping it in VersaMark ink with my Stamp Platform and heat embossing it with Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder. I framed it with some grey blue card stock and then mounted it on a dark blue snowflake embossed panel. All of this was then glued to a white card base. The last step was to position and glue my snowman in the foreground. I wanted him to be slightly in front of the scene. Once he was glued in place, I then added foreground with white dots using Dr PH Martin’s Bleed Proof White.

I still use Marvy Le Plume markers for my projects.  Most of these can be converted to Tombow colors, but choose colors that work for you. These just happen to be some of my go-to colors for any project I work on. (Here is the link for the Tombow conversion chart: https://www.artimpressions.com/shop/art-impressions-most-loved-color-conversion-chart/)

If you don’t have this snowman set, you really should consider it. Each of the three snowmen are truly “Joyful.” As always, I hope you will give this project a try! Don’t forget to enter the Monthly Challenge for a chance to win a free stamp set of your choice!

I am truly thankful for my family, friends, and the blessings that surround us. I hope that each of you have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families!

Accessories:

Pumice Stone Distress Ink

Marvy Markers

VersaMark Ink Pad

Ranger Platinum Embossing Powder

Radiant Pearls – Oyster

Tonic Studios Stamping Platform

What a fun, festive Christmas card!

Thank you Debbie.

Now let's see who won our October Monthly challenge.

#4 came up first so Ginger Mc. wins a free stamp set from Art Impressions

# 9 and 12 were next so Kathy R. and Kathy K. win a freebie from me.

Ginger:
Please contact Leah at
Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim your free stamp set.

Kathy and Kathy (LOL!)

Please contact me at Renee@artimpressions.com

and I'll send you a photo of the freebies that I have available.

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.

✻Lucky Random Winner will 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

Country Barn & Journal by Janet

 Another Box Village Template is now in the store. It's an amazing barn, complete with a hay loft and a weather vane! This one is called 6244-Country Barn Accessory Set. There's also a new set of six stamp sets for the journal. There's also preprinted fall images on cards that come with dies. These are called 6174-Barn Accessory Set. The pumpkins and bird house on the front of the box and journal is from the accessory set. This is a super addition to line and these can be used on any fall projects. The Barn Set comes with all the pieces needed to transform the Village House into this super cute barn. There's a new paper pack in the barn theme also. It's called 6273-Country Barn PP. All of these sets make creating this set a breeze! Everything on this box comes with the products I've mentioned. The exception are the horse shoes above the door. I cut that with my Cricut machine.

To make this, I created the box first and then the journal. I made the poems for each of the six pages by making a file for them on Microsoft Word. These are not for sale unless you purchase Kim's online class but in the release video, Bonnie said it was fine to recreate them. This is what I did. If you don't have Word, you could do it with Google Docs or any other similar program. 

Today, I'm sharing the first two pages of the journal. In the next two weeks I'll share all the pages. The stamp set used on the page is called 6261-Hen House. I used the new flower set called 6271-Flower Set 7. I used two of them for the flowers and the foliage in the basket and can. I used green ink on the foliage and red on the flowers and stamped them in place.   

These hens are so cute and the flowers and pumpkins complete the scene.

Next week, I'll be back with more completed pages. I can't wait to finish it! 

Thanks for stopping by and spending time with me and Art Impressions today. Please visit the Ai store to pick up your favorite stamps, dies, papers, accessories, and supplies, including all the supplies I used in this journal and box set. 

Happy Crafting!

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