I See Right Through You Challenge #425 Week #1

 Hello Ai fans and welcome to our

"I See Right Through You" challenge.

We want to see your cards that you can "see through."

Cards with cut outs, cards with acetate, snow globes and shakers...
Window cards
(Windows you can't actually see through are fine...Windows to the World)

Anything you can see through.

I'm the Featured Designer this week and I created a snow
globe card that you can see all the way through.

I've been wanting to try this for a while and I have a picture tutorial 

for how I created it. Have a look and then,

check out who won our last challenge.

I tried my best with the photos.

It's difficult to photograph the snow globe domes without a glare.

I started by cutting the rings that will go outside of the dome on the front of the card.

Next, I lined up the inside and outside Designer Paper with the card front and ran it

through my Cuttlebug so that all three openings would line up perfectly.

Next, I glued the inside piece with the cut out, the paper for the right side and I 

stamped the flowers and cut their mats out. Next I distressed the two pieces for

the front. You can see how I cut the purple piece in a later

photo so that I didn't have to worry about lining up one more circle.

 

My next step was to color the flowers and mount them on the circle mats. (not photographed)

Then, I lined up the flowers with the window and glued it onto the inside panel. After that,

I glued the acetate over the window opening.

 

After gluing the acetate on I added the purple panel. You can see that I cut a rectangle out of it.

This gave me a panel to use on a future card, cut down on the weight of this card and allowed

me not to have to worry about lining up another circle. After that, I dropped a few fun bits on

the acetate and adhered the snow globe dome. Be sure to peel of the protective plastic on it first.

 

Now we're ready to put the front paper on and then add the circles around the dome.

 

You can see what it looks like from the inside.

 

I love the tiny little leaves inside the dome. They remind me a bit of hydrangea leaves.

All of my printed papers are from the same paper pack which makes them super easy to coordinate.

Copics used:

YG23, YG45, V0000, V01, BV11, B0000, B000, B91

I hope you've enjoyed my card and that you'll give our challenge a try.
I can't wait to see what you make.

Now, let's see who won our Round & Round challenge.

 For our Top Spot we selected: Cynthia O.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com

to claim a free stamp set of your choice!!

Be sure to grab your winner's badge to display on your social media.

Our Lucky Random Winner was: #17 Dawn W.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!!

Be sure to grab your winner's badge to display on your social media.

Congratulations to both of our winners!
We love how funny Cynthia's card is and how beautiful Dawn's glass vases are!

Now for our new challenge!

 ✻ 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! 

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Click here to enter

Flower Box Foundations by Dori Mendiola

Happy Thursday AI Friends!

Today I have a fun fold card with two images from the newest Art Impressions release.  If you haven't seen the release yet, make sure to pop on over to the Art Impressions website to see the six floral stamp sets, Flower Shop book template and two paper packs.  What a fun and adorable bundle!

I used two of the stamp sets for my card.  #6193 - Petals and Blooms and #6197 - Flower Delivery along with some flower images from the #5511 - Floral Truck.  I also used the #6114 - Holiday Lane Village Template for the image panels.

I stamped the images onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with my copic markers listed below.  I die cut the florals with the corresponding dies.  I cut slits into the pots and trimmed off part of each floral base so that it tucks into the pots with the flowers peeking out the tops. 

I also added some foam tape behind the flowers for dimension.

The fun fold is an A2 Z-fold card.  I cut a piece of heavy cardstock at 8 1/2" by 5 1/2".  Fold and score at 2 1/8" (mountain) and 4 1/4" (valley) along the 8 1/2" side.  For the inside, you will need one piece of cardstock measuring 3 1/2" x 2 1/4".  Score along the 2 1/4" side and mountain fold at 1/2, 1, 1 1/2 and 2".  This inside piece will create a square tube.  Adhere the 1/4" tab to the opposite side creating the tube (see below).  After adhering your matted panels on the inside of the card, adhere this tube to the inside back and left side of fold.

For the inside image panel I colored and fussy cut the wagon part of the #6197 - Flower Delivery stamp set.  I tucked the flowers into the pots like above.  I used the #5776 - FB Sitting Girl as the delivery girl taking a break with her wagon full of flowers.  😀 She fits so perfectly with the wagon.

I adhered this panel to the top level of the tube.  When the card is shut, the card will lay flat for mailing but yet stand up on display when opened.

That's it for me today.  Thanks for joining me!

I hope you have a wonderful day and keep creating!

Copics used:  E51, E53, E55,     B21, B25

G20, G21, G24     Y13, Y15, Y17

YR61, YR65, YR68      R81, R83, R85

T0, T2, T4

Love Blooms Here by Lynn Dionne

Happy Wednesday Ai Fans!!!

Watch video tutorial here!

Today we will be using the brand-new Ai Love Blooms (6195) Set. This new set is part of the wonderful watercolor "Foundation Sets" series; however, I want to show you how you can modify these sets to fit your style and comfort level. The best part is that there are 5 more sets in this brand-new "Floral Shop" series.

For today's card, we will stamp the little front window scene, however, we will only stamp the top portion of the image (not including the 3 pots at the bottom). Let's also stamp a few items from the Ai Front Porch Garden Set (5486), to include the floral vine and potted flowers. This way we can easily fill the containers with the flowers from the Front Porch Set and easily add the floral vine around the window.

Now we can color, fussy cut and die cut the images. All of the coloring will be done using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Sugared Almond Pink, Pink, Lilac, Ice Blue, Lt Green, Dk Green, Orange, Yellow, Lt Gray, Beige, Platinum Brown.

Next, let's assemble the little scene and add a few bits of interest using our white gel pen! This scene will now get popped up on the card front.

But first, we need to cut some pretty patterned papers from the Ai Mother's Day PP (6051) using the Ai Nested Square Dies (5725) for the pink polka dotted paper and the multi-colored plaid paper. For the back layer of gingham paper, we will cut a simple rectangle to the full length of the square card base. On this rectangle we will stamp the "Love Blooms Here" sentiment from this same set.

Let's again add some more dimension by popping up the entire rectangle panel, but before we do that, we will need to wrap some pretty pink twine around this panel and tie a bow!

And for a finishing touch, we will add some sparkly gems in clear, pink and green!

These new sets will be a wonderful addition to your watercolor collection; however, you can see how easily you can use them is a brand-new way! Just have fun!

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

Ai Love Blooms (6195)

Ai Front Porch Garden Set (5486)

Ai Friend Sentiments Set (5734)

Ai Nested Square Dies (5725)

Ai Mother's Day PP (6051)

 

Focus on Faith Ornate Gatefold Card by Sara Furr

Blessings Crafty Friends, and welcome to my Focus on Faith.
I can't believe it is April already!
Christ is Risen, and Spring is finally here!
Hallelujah!

Today, I have a pretty gatefold card for you using the brand new "Ornate Margin Dies"

and the new "Peony Margin Set" along with some older Art Impressions products.

I started out by creating my Gatefold card base. I cut a white base 10x7in. and then scored at 2.5in from each end (Landscape) to create the 2 side flaps that fold in. I then 2 pieces out of white cardstock that were 2 1/4x6 3/4in., and on those 2 I stamped the Peony Margin stamps in Gold metallic Encore ink, after treating my cardstock with an antistatic powder to prevent getting embossing powder where I didn't want it. I then applied my gold embossing powder, tapped off the excess, and heat set it with my heat tool. Once cooled, I distressed the edges of both panels and adhered them to the 2 flaps of the Gatefold card base with tape runner.

Next, I created my center panel with a bottom layer of gold mirror cardstock, then a layer of white, and then a layer of the gorgeous purple floral dsp from the Bible Journaling S1 paper pack. Before I adhered them I took the gold mirror cardstock and from the center of it I die cut my 3 words "Faith", "Hope", and "Grace". No sense in wasting more expensive cardstock when I can use the real-estate hidden behind other layers of cardstock, right? Waste not, want not!

I then distressed the edges of the white and dsp layers with the edge of a scissors to give them that frayed edge look to give them some lovely texture. I then adhered them together with tape runner, then down to the center of the Gatefold card base.

I then created a focal point layer that will be popped up in the center. Starting with another layer of gold, then white, and then a purple and teal cross and finally the gold "grace" die cut that I cut from the gold Base. I adhered those all down with a thin layer of liquid glue to the white panel and then distressed the edges, and adhered that panel to the gold, and then popped up that whole focal piece with foam tape in the center of the pretty dsp panel.

I then created a Bellyband for my card to keep it shut and make the front look pretty. I cut two of the "Ornate Margin dies", (the one without the heart) and glued them together just slightly overlapping, and then cut them down to be 5in. I used the left over strip of my pretty floral dsp that was absolutely perfect to fit in the center. I cut that down to 5in also and distressed the edges and adhered it in the center of the 2 Ornate Dies to hide the seam! Clever right? Haha. I then made a bellyband that wrapped around my card and joins in the back behind the die cut focal piece. I cut 2 more Crosses and adhered them down with liquid glue and then added the gold die cut word "faith". 

As a bonus project, I created a book mark out of the Decorative Journal Page 1 die set cut from white cardstock. I added another purple cross with a bookmark tassel at the top, and then I added the last gold die cut word "hope".

I hope you will try a Gatefold card if you never have. They are super easy, and fun to make. They stand up nice and look beautiful on display!

Thank you for joining me today. I hope you enjoyed my project and are inspired to create a Faith filled project of your own!

With love and crafty blessings,

Sara Furr- The Crafty Farm Chick 

Art Impressions supplies:

6155- Ornate Margin Dies

6164- Peony Margin Set

5909- Crosses Die Set

6082- Bible Journaling S1 paper pack 

5768- Decorative Journal Page 1 Die Set

Other supplies:

Misti Stamping Tool

Die cut machine

Antistatic powder

Gold embossing powder

Heat tool

Gold Mirror cardstock

White cardstock

Purple cardstock

Teal fine glitter cardstock

Scissors

Bookmark tassel

Liquid adhesive 

Tape runner

Reeling in the BIG ONE! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

My Father-in-law turned 90 last week and he used to love to fish.

I knew he'd enjoy this card.
(He did. He emailed me.)

I used two fun stamp sets from Art Impressions along with a beautiful masculine paper pack.

Everything is linked below. This was a super simple card. I just stamped, colored and cut out

the images with the coordinating dies for the Hats Off set. 

The fish from the Reel Great Guys set are a little older and don't have dies but they 

were super simple to fussy cut. I love all of the fun sayings in this set.

Copics used:

B21, B45, E30, E74, YG05,

YG41, C1, T4, RV1, RV93 

Another card for the Round & Round Challenge by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans! 

I've got another card today that works for the current Round & Round Challenge that is going on right now. Here's a link so you can enter your project if you haven't already. Just click HERE.  I started out by using the adorable bear from #6103 Baby Keepsake Set. I stamped it onto a Copic friendly paper with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and then colored it with the markers listed below. Then I just grabbed some circle die sets. So I used #5064 Double Stitched Circle Dies, #5726 Nested Circle Dies, and also #6045 Scalloped Circle Dies. That pretty patterned paper is from #6057 Baby Girl PP. To embellish the card a bit, I used some hearts from #5721 Nested Heart Dies, stamping the sentiment onto the larger white one. I also added a set of those adorable booties from the set as well. 

So that is it for me today! I sure hope you're joining in on the challenge for a chance to win a free stamp set! Thank you so much for stopping by for a visit today and until next time - stay crafty! 

Copic markers used:

E51, 53, and 55

R81 and 83

V12 and 15

RV91, 93, and 95

Spring Blooms & Garden Views by Simone Carr

Happy Easter everyone and welcome to Watercolor Weekend!

I hope you’re all having a wonderful day! Today I’m sharing a card featuring Love Blooms (6195) from the new release, and it was so much fun to create.

On Canson Watercolor Paper, I stamped the image using Archival Ink in Shadow Grey. I began by painting the pots, pillows, cat, and curtains, then moved on to adding the flowers and foliage. The flowers are stamped in the desired colors and softened with a damp brush.

For the view from the window, I added a light wash of green along the bottom and a soft touch of blue for the sky, keeping it subtle to create a peaceful outdoor scene. I also used a pencil and ruler to add grid lines to the window for a bit of structure and detail.

I thought it would be fun to place a sign above the window using the sign from the Front Porch Farm House set (5490). I stamped the sign on Canson Watercolor Paper, colored it, then stamped the sentiment and used the coordinating die to cut it out. I added foam tape underneath for dimension.

After everything was colored, I cut the frames using the 3rd and 4th largest Scalloped Rectangle Dies (6048).

All 6 newly released Flower Foundations stamps are simple, easy, and fun—perfect for creating cards or journal booklet.

Materials Used

Stamps
Love Blooms (6195)
Foliage Set 4 (5126)
Foliage Set 1 – Small Grass (4051)
Bible Flower Set – Daisy Bunch (5074)
Mini Flower Set (5009)
Front Porch Farm House – Sign (5490)

Dies
Scalloped Rectangle Dies – 3rd & 4th Largest (6048)

Paper
Canson Watercolor Paper
Inspirational Easter Patterned Paper (6033)

Inks & Coloring Mediums
Archival Ink – Shadow Grey (for stamping)
Tombow Markers:
177 – Grass, foliage, pillow
526 – Window
493, 985, 685, 725 – Flowers
757, 942, 947 – Flower pots
925, 026 – Pillows
991 – Curtain
912 + 933 – Cat
565 – Shadow
Twin Tone Brown – Details

Other
Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bleed Proof White

For my second card, I used Canson Watercolor Paper. I inked my stamp with 969 and 565, stamping it off once before stamping onto the paper. Using a damp brush, I pulled out the color first to create a soft base.

Using 312, I lightly colored the shed (5121). I darkened the shed frame with 969, along with Twin Tone Brown, to give it an aged look. I colored the door using 026, then used Twin Tone Brown to add lines and create a wood effect.

Next, I stamped in the flowers and foliage and used a damp brush to soften the look. I finished the scene by adding a light wash of 526 for the sky.

To add another fun detail, I thought the watering can from the Spring Keepsake Set (6106) would be a perfect fit for the scene. I colored the watering can using N49, then used Twin Tone Brown to add details and give it an aged, rusty look.

I hope you enjoyed these cards—thanks so much for stopping by!

Materials Used

Stamps
WC Garden Shed Set (5121)
Spring Keepsake Set – Watering Can (6106)
Foliage Set 1 (4051)
Foliage Set 3 (5007)
Foliage Set 5 (5476)
Flower Set 1 – Daisy Bunch (4052)

Dies
Rectangle Double Stitched – Large (5063)
Circle Double Stitched – 2nd Largest (5064)

Paper
Canson Watercolor Paper
Basic Pink Patterned Paper (6010)

Inks & Coloring Mediums
Twin Tone Brown (stamping)
Tombow Markers:
969 + 565 – Stamped shed
312 – Shed
026 – Door
685, 555 – Flowers
177 – Grass, shrub
526 – Sky
N49 – Watering can