Today I'm sharing a card I've made with the new 6188 - FG Daisy Border set. This is part of a new line called Countryside. There are three different floral borders and two more sets with a total of 4 houses that are sized to nestle into the floral borders. These are really charming sets and work wonderfully alone or together, depending on on the scene that you are wanting to compose.
I stamped the daisies on Canson XL WC Paper from the store. I really enjoyed coloring the pink and yellow daisies with polychromo colored pencils. After that I applied a wash of metallic light blue watercolor. Similarly I applied a light green wash of watercolor at the bottom of the daisies. Once the paper dried fully, I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed it with black embossing powder.
Once complete, I created a 5" square bright pink square card base. I cut out a pink shimmer cardstock mat using 6047 - Scalloped Squares Dies. Then I cut out the daisy piece and layered it on top of the scalloped mat. This grouping was adhered to the center of the card base.
I love how this turned out. Pencils create a different look to watercolor or alcohol markers. It's bright and rich but also adds texture since the pencils conform to the texture of the watercolor paper. This is such a nice composition and made easy with Art Impressions products designed by the amazingly talented Bonnie!
Thanks for visiting the Ai Blog and my project today. I hope you enjoyed my take on the set. You can find all the Countryside sets at the Ai store. You'll find your favorite stamps, dies, papers, and accessories at there!
Hello Ai fans and welcome to our May Challenge featuring Debbie Hedges.
Happy May everyone! Mother’s Day is coming up and summer is just
around the corner!
For my May project, I created a
small scene with a little girl in a meadow. I inked the little angel
(#5578) without her wings (Shadow Grey Archival Ink) and stamped her
slightly to the right of center. I painted her with a violet dress
(#8) with a pink sash (#67). For her hair , I used sepia (#45), her
skin in pale pink (#47), added a little bit of extra pink on her
cheeks and added her eyelash with my Micron. I also used the fine
tip of my sepia pen to add a few accent lines in her hair.
I added a hill in the background in
pencil. I then painted the line in green (#15) and added a green
wash, keeping it lighter at the bottom where I will stamp grass and
flowers. Using the mini foliage set, I stamped bushes along my hill
line, leaving some blank area near the little girl. I stamped the
bushes twice on each side before re-inking to have some light and
dark areas.
Using post-it- tape to protect her
shoes and I stamped a grass line on either side of the little girl to
create the foreground. I used the teeny tiny grass, but also
randomly stamped a few of the grass from #5826 to use for
wildflowers. The wildflowers are a mixture of daisies using Dr. PH
Martin’s Bleed Proof White and also a flower from Bible Journal
Flower Set. I used my stamp positioner and only inked one flower in
aubergine (#93) to add to the top of a few of the longer grass
blades. For the daisies, I dabbed white paint to make the daisies in
different sizes. Once the paint dried, I added yellow (#43) centers.
Then I added a green wash below the grass, leaving light and dark
areas.
Sky was added next, leaving light
and dark areas with sky blue (#75). In the left upper corner, I
stamped leaves to give the impression of a tree near the little girl.
The last step was to add the butterfly. It is simple to create by
stamping a single heart flower (#4868) in the color you want your
butterfly. Then with my Micron, I added the butterfly body in black.
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/)
I hope you’ll give this project a
try and please be sure to post your project so we can all enjoy it!
Also, don’t forget to enter the Monthly Challenge for a chance to
win a free stamp set! Happy Mother’s Day and happy stamping!
Now let's see who won our April Challenge! Can I just say...It was a good day to be named Bev....lol! We had 2 Bevs win this month.
Our Lucky Random Winner was: #9 Bev.O.
Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!!
This month I decided to give away 2 freebies.
The winners of a freebie from me are #6
Bev. S.
and #4 Cindy P.
Please email me at Renee@artimpressions.com with your full name and address and I'll send you a photo of the freebies I have available for you to choose from.
Now for our new monthly challenge, 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.
One random winner will receive a free stamp set from Art Impressions and one random winner will receive a freebie stamp from me.
✻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.
Tasha here sharing a new card created with the pretty 6186-FG Tulip Border Stamp Set. I love tulips and this clear stamp makes it so easy to add a boarder of tulips to any card or project.
I started by stamping the tulips before using a scalloped rectangle die to cut the center card. After, I colored the images with Copic Markers and blended yellow ink around the border to bring in more color. The purple and yellow colors look fantastic together!
The stamp set includes a sentiment, but I used a greeting from the 5734-Friend Sentiment Set. I like the playful font style and it fit perfectly in the center. To add a little extra detail, I added two little bee embellishments to two ends.
Lastly, I attached a purple scalloped layer to frame the center card before adding a piece of plaid pattern paper. I also attached silver glitter paper, purple card stock and tan card stock to complete the project.
I hope you enjoyed today's card and will be inspired to create a fun floral design.
✻ 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.
I had way too much fun making this card for the "Feeling Crafty" blog challenge. I just love this image from the #5043 - Ole Buck set. These guys are a "hoot", so adding a little bit of extra humor just fit. Well, actually, their pup is the one that added the humor. Check out the pull tab and see who's wearing the deer horns. 😄 I'm not really sure why I found this so funny, maybe it's because what hunter hasn't had their dog run off during a hunt. This one just decided to disguise himself. LOL!
Peek a Boo!
This is a gate fold 5" x 7" card with a magnetic closure under the left panel and a pocket on the right panel. I made the card base by cutting two 5" x 11" panels, one from white cardstock and one from craft cardstock. I scored and burnished both at 7". Flip the cardstock pieces so that the folds are on opposite sides facing up. Adhere the long craft cardstock panel to the inside of the long white cardstock panel. This will leave a gate fold craft piece on the left and the white on the right. Trim the white side down to 3 1/2". Cut a piece of 3 1/2 x 5" craft paper and a piece of 3 3/8 x 4 7/8" pattern paper. Using the middle square of the #5061 - Square Double Stitch dies, cut a piece out of the center of the pattern paper panel. Using the #5811 - Gift card pocket die, partial die cut the pocket (see pic below) using craft cardstock. Adhere the pattern paper square to the front of the pocket.
Adhere the pattern paper with the hole in it to the 3 1/2" x 5" craft panel. Adhere this panel over the white fold edge of the card base. Adhere the pocket over the square hole on the pattern paper panel.
The images were stamped onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with copic markers listed below. The main image was cut with the largest die of the square stitched dies and mounted onto a piece of pattern paper and then matted onto a piece of craft cardstock. The hat with deer horns is from the #5406 - Mr. Set and the dog is from the #AICS38 - Doggy Kisses set. I fussy cut the dog and brought his tail end closer to his front end. I colored his bandage as a sweater and made the flowers look more like a weed since he is out in the hills. The hat was cut with the corresponding die and fit perfectly on his head. I placed the dog onto the pocket insert so that only the horns peeked out of the pocket. I tied a pull tab with the target onto the horns. I added a couple of the sentiments from the #5043 - Ole Buck set and called it done.
Hope you decide to enter the blog challenge for a chance to win a free stamp set of your choice.
Thanks for joining me today! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Today's card was inspired by the current Ai "Feeling Crafty" Blog Challenge which is to create a card using Kraft colored cardstock. This gives us plenty of freedom to have lots of fun!
We will be creating a vintage looking graduation card and to begin we will be using two brand-new Bible Journaling Sets. They are the Wisdom Set 1 which includes two beautiful scrolls, a tree, bible, "WISDOM" sentiment, flowers, leafy border, and gems! Set 2 includes several beautiful coordinating sentiments.
Let's begin by stamping the long scroll, the owl and a grad cap (Lawn Fawn). For the coloring, we will use the Zig clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Bright Yellow, Beige, Mid Brown, Gray Brown, Dark Gray.
Next, we will stamp the "WISDOM" sentiment and then start adding some vintage elements to the front panel. To do this, we will distress the edges of the panel and add some ink blending. We will also spatter this panel with the Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs, and gold metallic ink.
Let's also create a few tears in the paper and roll them back for again that aged, vintage look!
We will also stamp a sentiment in the scroll, and I used a stamp from Tim Holtz that I've had in my stash for many years. Use any sentiment that you wish here. You can even use one from the wonderful Wisdom Set 2.
For the card base, we will use some Kraft cardstock and create a top folding A2 size card and ink the edges with the Gathered Twigs ink.
Let's assemble the pieces onto the card front and pop-up the scroll, owl and grad cap. At this point I thought that the card needed one more element. So I decided to paint some cardstock with the gold metallic ink and die-cut a star. This will blend in nicely with the spattering that we have already done.
We will create a panel for the inside of the card the same way we create the front panel and add a sentiment from Set 1 that says: "Seek Wisdom". This will get stamped onto a pretty label from the Ai Portfolio Template Die Set.
For a finishing touch, let's add some sparkly gold sequins!
Please join us in this fun new challenge...we would love to see what you create!
Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!
My little flower shop was created for the current Feeling Crafty challenge.
You get all of these incredible dies in this new set.
I took some liberties and extended my shingles above the roofline of the box because I wanted a taller shop. I also tipped the window upright.
I also noticed that everyone sees things differently.
I saw what I have since learned is the window valance and instantly saw "window box" in my mind. The piece that is meant to be the actual window box was turned into a wooden sign by me...lol! I'm not at all sad with how it turned out. I decided to score my "valence box" where each scallop was and then use a brown ink pad to add some wood lines.
On the side of my box I trimmed the tops of the pickets off of the fence and made a trellis for the flowers.
I hope you like my little flower shop.
I can't wait to see what's next in this fun series.
Today I'm showing you a card I made for a friend that recently retired. I really like #4900 Reel Great Guys Set and think it's perfect for a retirement card. So that's what I reached for. I stamped the image onto a Copic friendly cardstock and then colored it with the Copic markers listed below. I kept it very simple and didn't really add any embellishments other than some twine. The gorgeous paper is from #6072 Father's Day PP. Since I matted the papers with Kraft cardstock, this works perfectly for the current challenge #426 Feeling Crafty! I hope you join in the challenge for a chance to win a free stamp set!
So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!!
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