That's NOEL spelled backwards since it's halfway to Christmas!
Can you believe it? Tomorrow, June 25th we'll be halfway there. Have you started making cards? Do you have gifts bought already?
Today I have an elegant Christmas card to share with you.
I think this is one of my favorite cards I've ever made. I love the simple but elegant color palette and the little bits of sparkle and bling. While some people like spiritual Christmas cards or snowmen, Santas or penguins, I LOVE SNOWFLAKES!
I layered up cream, kraft, white, gold and red snowflakes to create lots of dimension on my card.
My husband normally doesn't say much about my cards. It's just not his "thing" but when he saw this one he actually said something like "You MADE that? Wow?"
Though I VERY much love all of the Art Impressions stamps sets, I also love when I can make a dies only card.
So have you ever heard of Leon Day? I just recently learned myself, so I wouldn't be surprised if you have not. It's actually Noel spelled backwards, and since June 25th is half way to Christmas, Art Impressions is having a Leon Day challenge. Make anything you want for the holidays and get a head start! As you know, Christmas will be here before you know it! So I created a little decoration that is perfect to put in a small space in your home or on your desk at work. I love that this can be tucked just about anywhere to bring that festive feeling to life! I started out by using 5902 Mini Scalloped FrameDies cutting the frame out of a heavy weight cardstock. I then cut a piece of 5853 Christmas Magic PP to layer on top. Instead of using the oval dies that came with the Mini Scalloped Frame set, I grabbed 5727 Nested Oval Dies and used those to layer it up. I used one size smaller to place inside the top layer, and to create some dimension, I popped it up with a layer of foam tape from the bottom. The adorable images are from 5459 Christmas Mice Set. I stamped them onto a Copic friendly paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored them with Copic markers. The Christmas Mice set comes with matching dies, so it was so easy to cut them out and place them into the frame. I wanted it to look like he was singing, so used the Jingle Bells sentiment from 5566 Christmas Sentiments Set, and just repeated it below, offsetting it a bit. I just used a black marker to hand draw some musical notes (sorry, I didn't do a very good job with those).
So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!!
Happy morning! It's my weekend with watercolors. Because the Tulip Floral Set 6061 is so lovely, I made extra cards to paint the beautiful flowers, so this month I made more than two cards. I adore the 6066 Classic Truck Foundation. Vintage trucks have always been a favorite of mine.
I began by taping off the edges of my truck card to ensure that the painting would be 3 by 4. I then die-cut the painting with a stitching die so I could stitch around the edges. I wrapped a thin blue ribbon around the front of the card and mounted it on matching cardstock. The Little Things Sentiment Set 5797 collection includes this sentiment. I die-cut the banner using a die from the Journal Template Die Set 5543 and then embellished it with pearls.
The following three cards were all made in the same way. I used the Circle Double Stitched dies 5064 to die-cut each painting after I had finished painting it on watercolor paper. I then used coordinating paper to cut out a circle for each. I used the Fairy Garden paper pack 5939 to make the blue tulip card. The card bases were made using a 3D embossing leaf folder. I finished the cards by adding ribbon and gemstones.
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Yellow Daffodil Card—Harvest Journal Paper Pack 5606
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Purple Iris Card—Fairy Garden Paper Pack 5939
I hope the summer is going great for everyone. As usual, feel free to ask any questions you may have. Hugs! Jami
Hi everyone! I hope you're enjoying your weekend. Today, I'm thrilled to share a card featuring the super cute 6017 - Baby Panda Set! I'm so happy Art Impressions released this charming baby-themed set; it's just too precious.
For the star of the show – our little bear peeking out of a teacup – I got a bit creative! First, I stamped the tiny bear from the Baby Panda Set. Then, I masked him before stamping the teacup image from the 6024 - Tea Time Set. This makes it look like he's playfully peeking right over the rim! I just love how versatile this "peeking bear" can be. I also borrowed the balloons from another image in the set, carefully cut them out, and attached them behind the bear for a festive touch. Finally, I stamped and colored the block and rattle image and used the included dies for a perfect cut.
Next, it was time to build the card base to showcase these adorable elements. I chose two sweet, gender-neutral patterns from the 6057 - Baby Girl Paper Pack – they were perfect for a soft, welcoming feel. For the sentiment, I cut a small stitched rounded rectangle from the 5062 - Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies set. I then heat embossed the sentiment with lavender embossing powder.
With the base ready, I arranged my focal images. I placed the teacup and block images on foam tape, positioning them in the corners of the flowered paper for dimension. The sentiment was then added, accented with a sweet yellow and white polka dot ribbon bow.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed seeing this sweet baby card. If you're looking for your new favorite stamps, dies, and accessories, be sure to visit the Ai Store!
Tasha here, sharing a cheerful Summer card featuring the adorable 5399-Gull-Friends Set.
I just love these playful gulls and all their fun beachy accessories; they’re so much fun to create with! For this card, I stamped the main image and used the included dies to cut it out (coordinating dies = game changer!).
To build my little seaside scene, I layered paper to look like sand, water, and sky, then used the 5063-Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies to cut the center panel. For a splash of sparkle and color, I added layers of silver glitter, teal, and gray cardstock, plus a touch of Art Impressions plaid pattern paper.
To finish it off, I stamped the sentiment "Seas the Day" which is perfect for a Summer card!
Thank you for checking out today's card and I hope you are having a wonderful day!
Hello Ai fans and welcome to our latest challenge!
LEON Day!
You might be asking yourself "What is LEON Day?"
I just recently learned myself.
Leon Day takes place on June 25th. Leon is Noel spelled backwards and June 25th is halfway to Christmas. So, we're asking you to make something Christmas or winter themed for our challenge.
June 25th will be extra special for me next week because my daughter's birthday is June 25th and she's turning 25, it's called a Golden Birthday. This is because the day of your birth (25th) matches the age you are turning (25). She even has an extra 25 in hers because the year matches as well so hers is called a Beddian birthday. Super cool.
Lynn is our Featured Artist for this challenge and she created the cutest little gift tags and has a wonderful video tutorial for you.
Be sure to scroll all the way down to find the winners of our last challenge.
Now, let's look at Lynn's fabulous Christmas gift tag project!
I know it's only mid-June but... today's tags were inspired by the current Ai "LEON Day!" Blog Challenge! Leon is Noel backwards and is a great way of celebrating the half-way point to Christmas and the holidays!
I thought this would be a fun way to get a bunch of holiday gift tags done and ready to add to Christmas gifts! We will create 6 tags, and I will talk a little bit about mass producing these tags in an easy and efficient way in today's video!
We will be using the Ai Mini Christmas Village Set (5977) to create all 6 of these tags. These tiny little images will be perfect for some quick and easy coloring and cutting. This set is part of the Ai Village Series and will coordinate perfectly with your Village Freebies, and the three add-on sets (Ai Village Signage, Ai Village Vehicles, and Ai Village Accessories).
Let's begin by stamping and coloring all of the images using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Sugared Almond Pink, Deep Red, Scarlet Red, Peach Pink, Yellow, Lt Green, Green, Ice Blue, Lt Blue, Cobalt Blue, Violet, Lt Brown, Beige, Mid Brown, Dk Gray.
For the tags we will be using the stitched label die from the Ai Decorative Journal Page 1 Set (5768). Let's die-cut these from some Kraft 100lb cardstock.
Next, we will add some white ink around the edges of the tags, to soften the look a bit. Then we will use the Dr Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White Ink to spatter some "snowflakes" around each of the tags.
Now let's stamp a bunch of sentiments from the Ai Christmas Sentiments Set (5566) and cut these into thin sentiment strips. We will be attaching these to some pretty holiday papers from the Ai Christmas Paper Pack S2 (5812). This is the fun part.... just selecting some fun patterned papers to go behind each of the sentiments! We can attach these to each of the tags!
Let's pop up each of the images on our tags and then for some sparkle and bling we will add some clay peppermint candies and some pretty gems.
Finally, we will add some red/white baker's twine to each of the tags. These are an easy and fun project to make ahead and to have on the ready for the holidays or to give as a gift to a friend!
Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!!!
We hope you love Lynn's little tags and tutorial as much as we do!
Not quite ready for Christmas? This idea could be changed up for any occasion.
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Today I have a cute little baby boy card for you using the #6017 - Baby Panda set. This is the absolute cutest little set and makes the cutest baby cards!
I started out stamping the images on copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with my copic markers listed below. I cut each out with the corresponding dies that come with the stamp set. To create the background, I using my cloud stencil and Distress Oxide Broken China ink. The papers for the frame and the grass are from the #6011 - Basic Teal PP and the #6009 - Basic Green PP. I paper pieced one of the balloons and the carriage sun cover using the #6036 - Easter Bunny PP.
The upper panda moves as if floating in air (see video). This is a simple interactive mechanism.
To provide more stability to the swinging panda, I suggest die cutting a second panda w/balloons out of heavy cardstock and adhere to the backside of the colored image. Punch a circle in the cloud background, small enough to hide behind the balloon. Place a foam dot in the center, adhering the bottom side to the card base, and the top side of the foam dot to the back of the top balloon. The panda will swing back and forth as if he is floating in air.
I hope you are having a wonderful start to your summer! Have a great weekend and thanks for joining me today!
In today's video I would like to show you how to do some easy coloring and layering on vellum paper so that the adhesive doesn't show!
This card will work nicely with the current Ai "Blossoms and Blooms" Blog Challenge which is to create card or project that includes floral stamps, papers, embellishments, or anything else floral that you might like! Please join us in this fun challenge ... we would love to see what you create!
Let's begin by stamping the beautiful lily floral arrangement from the Ai Easter Lilies Set (6029) using some embossing ink and some detail white embossing powders. When heating the vellum, I like to get the heat tool nice and hot and then heat the front and back in an alternating fashion. This will help to avoid any warping of the vellum paper.
Once we have stamped and embossed the image, we can color them using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Haze Blue, Ice Blue, Mid Green, Ever Green, Lt Gray. But rather than coloring on the front side, or the embossed side of the vellum, we will flip it over and color on the backside of the vellum. This will give a beautiful, soft, elegant look to our coloring!
For a little additional detail, let's grab the Ai Lily Border Set (5374), which has a tiny little stamp that is the center or stamen of the flower. On the back side of the vellum again, we will ink up the stamp using the Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Fossilized Amber and stamp the centers. This little stamp is really fun to use and really finishes off the flowers nicely!
We can create a standard A2 size card base in white and cut another piece of white cardstock to 4" x 5 1/4". This panel will be embossed using the Sizzix "Swirls" Tim Holtz Embossing Folder.
For this embossed panel, let's add some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide ink around the edges in Tumbled Glass for a soft, elegant look. Now we can attach the embossed panel to the center of the card.
Let's cut down the vellum panel to about 3" x 6" and also cut some white cardstock to 3" x 4". Now we will add some double-side tape to each side of the white panel and now we can easily wrap the vellum paper around to the backside of the white panel. This will hide the adhesive perfectly!
Add another strip of tape onto the left side of this panel and wrap some pretty lime green ribbon from the front to the back and secure it onto the tape. Now for the fun part...we will cut another piece of ribbon and tie this onto the ribbon to create a perfect knot! I'll show you exactly what I mean in today's video.
By adding some 3D Foam Tape to the back of this panel we can add some dimension. Let's center this onto the embossed panel.
For a finishing touch, let's add a few sparkly gems!
I think this card would be perfect for a sympathy card, Easter card, or a thinking of you card!
Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!!!
My card today celebrates someone turning one year old. That precious little girl is from 5185 Baby Girl Set. It's an older set, but is so dang cute!! I stamped the image onto a Copic friendly paper with Memento Tuxedo black ink and then colored it with Copic markers which are listed for your convenience below. The sentiment is from 5866 Mini Birthday Sentiment Set. I just cut it out with my trimmer and popped it up onto a tag from 5132 Tag Stitched Die Set. That beautiful paper is from 6057 Baby Girl PP, and the word ONE was die cut using the new 5910 Large Letter Dies.
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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