HAPPY NEW YEAR

Wishing You very lucky New Year to all readers and crafters.

Happy Stamping ***

Kirsi



Love

Hi Everyone
Well Christmas is over and Hanukkah is winding down so now I am focusing on Valentines Day cards.I love the reds and pinks of the cards and with that in mind I set out to see what I had in my stash that I could use to make this card.

The heart is a die cut and I stamped it with the text you find on the mini love background I2531. And what is Valentines Day without roses. I used 2 different images  Long Stemmed Rose M2005 and Rose Bud M2006. The word Love is the perfect word for the card front and it's stamp E2548. Add a little ribbon and come cool corners and here is your Valentine's Day card for your sweetie.

The New Year is right around the corner so I am wishing you a Happy New Year and please stay safe. I will see you next year. 

Barbara

Happy New Year

Good morning everyone...this morning we are celebrating  New Year's in the chicken coop.  Our Feathered Friends P1880 are bringing in 2012. I have distressed rather heavy s I figured  with all those wings flapping there would be dust everywhere!  Don't forget to check out all the great Bird Brains stamps HERE! 

Lighthouse Card

Working on some Thank You cards for men. I think this Lighthouse stamp works perfectly for masculine cards for just about any occasion.

Supplies used:
Art Impressions Stamp:
Lighthouse Background #T1475

Nestabilities Classic Rectangles Small & Large
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Copic markers: B000, B00, B02, Y11, Y13, Y15, YG03,
YG63, YG67, E31, E33, E35, W1, W3, W5
Ribbon, buttons, jute and glue dots
Cardstock: white, rust, mustard, brown and navy

Merry Christmas!!

I hope you're all enjoying Christmas with your families!  

We are planning a nice, quiet day at home.

(celebrated with the extended family last weekend)

Since it's Christmas Day I thought I'd share 

a Christmas card with you today.

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder and

the flourish is from My Favorite Things.

The verse is from Art Impressions

and is called May the hope.

It's from the Polar Pals line.

Challenge Number 45... Die Cuts or Punches

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. The challenge was alittle bit late this week because this week just got away from me... but here is the DT's take on Die cut or punches! And that is the challenge for you this week... shoe us your cards or creations using die cuts or punches...

Here is what they did...

Anne

Barbara

Deloris

Renee

Another week of awesome samples... and here is the winner of last weeks challenge...

JENNI

Please contact me at camelot4101@aol.com to claim your $10 gift certificate!

Here are the rules for the challenges and we cannot wait to see what you come up with!

1. Please make a new card or creation for these challenges. you may make a 3-d item if you wish... this is not limited to cards!

2.You will be entered twice if you use Art Impressions stamps... how do you do that you ask?

Just enter the same link two times so we can count you fairly!

3. Please link directly to your creation so that we can get a look at your creativity!

4.You will have till Wednesday at 6 PM EST to enter your creations.

Thanks

Hi Everyone
Since Christmas is really almost here I thought I would focus on a Thanks card. We will all probably need a few of these to thank all the wonderful people that will be giving us gifts.

I used the bench that is in set 3545 In My Garden, which is in the watercolor series. This is project 7 set 2. I also used the Thanks stamp E464. I love the font on this stamp, it's really elegant.

Please stop in tomorrow if time permits to check out the next Weekly Challenge theme.

Mad Rider

Good morning everyone....I have used the Mad Rider  T4049, from the new Ai People.  I just love the new series, to find them check Here!    I used copics to color my image, cut her out and popped her.  The cat has flock on him, and I have added a few gems.  Hope you enjoy the Mad Rider.

Penguin Trio

Here's another holiday card I made using the Winter Penguins clear set. This set has several adorable penguins in it and is a lot of fun to work with.

Supplies used:
Art Impressions Clear Set #CS3217 Winter Penguins
Spellbinders Nestabilities:
Classic Scalloped Rectangles Small
Classic Rectangles Small
Cardstock: 2 shades of blue and white
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Copic Markers: Y35, Y38, B32, YG06, R27
Ribbon, thread to attach tag, pom poms for hats
Glue dots, pop dots, adhesive
Cuttlebug Snowflakes embossing folder
Makeup with Q-tip to apply to cheeks
Marvy Uchida Liquid Applique
Warm Winter Wishes tag downloaded from:
Kimberly Landmesser @ The Beary Scrap
Silhouette SD
Silhouette cutting file:
Card Winter Snow C20090907174920_19210

A Polar Present

Every Sunday I get to post whatever I want 

made with an Art Impressions image and/or sentiment.

No special requirements whatsoever.

This is so much fun for me.

I open up my binder to see what's there

and ideas start to run through my head.

When I saw the Caroling Polars from the new

Polar Pals line I knew instantly that I wanted

my card to look like a present.

I also used one of the cardinals from Christmas Cardinals

from the Tiny Tots line and Block Letter HOLIDAY.

My tools & accessories are very limited

this time...just some ribbon and a Cuttlebug

embossing folder.  They're colored with Copic markers.

Challenge 44 ....BUTTONS!!!

OHHHH... one of my fave embellishments! I love to use buttons in my creations...and I LOVE to see what you all will create with buttons as well... so show me what you got!

Here is the eye candy from the DT

Anne

Barbara

Dawn

Deloris

Renee

Another week of awesome samples... and here is the winner of last weeks challenge...

GILLIAN!

Please contact me at camelot4101@aol.com to claim your $10 gift certificate!

Here are the rules for the challenges and we cannot wait to see what you come up with!

1. Please make a new card or creation for these challenges. you may make a 3-d item if you wish... this is not limited to cards!

2.You will be entered twice if you use Art Impressions stamps... how do you do that you ask?

Just enter the same link two times so we can count you fairly!

3. Please link directly to your creation so that we can get a look at your creativity!

4.You will have till Wednesday at 6 PM EST to enter your creations.



Joy

Hi Everyone
This stamp is one of the cutest stamps for the Christmas season that I have in my stash. So I thought I'd share this with you all.

Supplies used:
Stamps - Shepherd and Sheep  - J745 , Joy - G2164
Copic Markers - E15, E33, E04, YR000, C-0, C-2
Spica Glitter Pens - Chocolate, Garnet
Viva Inka Gold  - Gold, Silver
Card stock - Dark Blue, Blue Shimmer, Yellow/Gold Shimmer, White
Spellbinders Fancy Tags - S4-235
Embossing Folder
Inks - India Black, Fresco - Roman Midnight

Stop back tomorrow for the next weekly challenge. Hope to see you then.

Hanging the Lights

Good morning everyone, I hope you are all ready for the coming Holiday!!! I have use the "Tool Man" M1205 to hang the Christmas lights...I have drawn my own lights and stocking across the top and added stickles and snowflakes.  On the inside I have used Maude I1238...obviously she isn't in the Christmas spirit yet....lol.  You can find both these stamps at Art Impressions, along with soooo many more great stamps.

I love to doodle, so I have added a few doodles around the edge of the card and a few dots around the saying to match the dots on the paper.  Hope you enjoy "Hanging the Lights" .  I hope everyone has a great day!!

Have a cool yule!

These adorable penguins are so much fun to work with.

Here's a list of supplies I used on my project:

Art Impressions Stamp Sets:
CS3217 Winter Penguins
CS4003 Mouthfuls Snowman (Used the sign)
Computer printed saying
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Copic Markers: Y15, Y38, RV29, B34, W1, G14
Make up with Q-tip to apply blush to cheeks
Silhouette Cutting File: Igloo_C00416_21585
Silhouette SD Machine
Hotp-10250 Starry Night Designer Paper
Bazzill Basics Blue Jeans Cardstock
White Cardstock
Pom Poms for hats
Glue dots and adhesive

Happy Birthday Wild Thing!!

Happy Birthday Wild Thing!!

 This adorable Chihuahua is about as wild as they get!

Don't you agree?

He's from Art Impressions AI Dogs line.

I paired him with the Wild Thing verse.

I think I may send this one to my sister-in-law in Florida.
This is just perfect for her.

I used a Sizzix embossing folder, ribbon from Hobby Lobby,
pearls from Pizazz Aplenty, a flourish from My Favorite Things
and all of the mattes and circles were made from Spellbinders
dies.  The ovals were an EK Success punch and a SB die.

Faux Craxed Porcelain

 This card was supposed to be included in the
Thursday challenge but I was late turning it in. 
My 13 year old son lost a friend unexpectedly
on Wednesday so my plans to edit and upload this
card went out the window.  I thought I'd still share...
better late than never I hope??

This week at Art Impressions challenges we're trying out

new techniques.  We'd like you to try something you've 

NEVER tried before!  After all, it is supposed to be a challenge

right??

  

My new technique is called Faux Crazed Porcelain.

I love the antique look it gave my card.  I found the 

tutorial HERE on Splitcoast.

On my card I used a beautiful verse from

Art Impressions called This Christmas.

Here's a close up of the verse with 

the beautiful, glossy crazing.

You can check out Art Impressions by

clicking on this picture.  I see a lot of my

favorite "friends" in this photo.

Challenge 43... Try Something New... To You or US!

This weeks challenge is to try something new... to us or to you! Here is what the design team came up with:

Dawn

Anne

Barbara

Before we get to the details about the contest... here is our winner for last weeks challenge...

SANDI

Congratulations and  Please contact me at Camelot4101@aol.com to redeem your prize!

Here are the details for the contest...

1. Please make a new card or creation for these challenges. you may make a 3-d item if you wish... this is not limited to cards!

2.You will be entered twice if you use Art Impressions stamps... how do you do that you ask?

Just enter the same link two times so we can count you fairly!

3. Please link directly to your creation so that we can get a look at your creativity!

4.You will have till Wednesday at 6 PM EST to enter your creations.

Envelope Art

Hi Everyone,
How about taking a break from worrying about Christmas presents and decorating and all the other things that goes with this holiday season.

Have you every decorated the front of the envelope?? Just think of everyone who gets to enjoy your art. The mail clerks and the mail man and of course the person who the envelope is addressed to.

Wouldn't you love to send this out, or better yet receive this?? I added a few dots to add additional interest to the envelope. Don't forget, don't use glitter. Jams up those electronic machines. But I have used the Spica glitter pens from Copic to add that sparkle we love add to the images, with not a problem.(But I would not use the Spica pen on mail to a service person.)

The stamp set used on this envelope is from the Country EA2 set UM4061.
Click here to check out all the stamps in the Envelope Art series.There are quite a few and I am sure you'll find something that suits your needs.

Tomorrow we will be introducing the next weekly challenge so try to stop in to see what the theme is.

Barbara

Oops!!!!

Good morning ladies...I had so much fun doing this card....I so love the front and back series. I used Birthday Beagle  P3196, which you can find HERE!  My trees are a punch, and I have hand drawn the bits and pieces of paper and ribbon, as well as the snow.  The snow flakes are a Martha Stewart punch.  My image was colored with copics and I added lots of glitter.

Some of my best friends are flakes

All of the Art Impressions Mouthfuls sets are fabulous to work with. Lots of fun ways to create scenes.

Here's a list of the supplies:
Art Impressions Clear Set #CS4003 Mouthfuls Snowman
Eskimo Kisses Paper Pack from Lettering Delights
Carl Rotary Cutter with scallop blade to cut border
Spellbinders Labels Eight
McGill Multi-Tag Punch
Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad
Memento Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa markers
Copic markers: Y38, YR15, YR16, R46, RV29, YG07, YG09
C1, C2, C3, C5,
Make Up & Q-Tip to apply to snowmans face
Snowflake Buttons
Studio G Glitter Glue
Pop dots and glue dots

Annoying Nurse

I think most people have spent time for in a hospital

for one thing or another.  I'm sure they can ALL relate

to this funny sentiment.

Meet Nurse Norma.  She's from Art Impressions

new AI People line.  Every last one of them are

hilarious. She's great paired with I'll Be Back.

Her scrubs are paper pieced.
(That's one of this week's challenges.)

This image and verse would be perfect for anyone

you know who is sick or going into the hospital for something.

(Don't forget you can click on the photos to enlarge them.)

Tools & Accessories...

Crystals

Copic markers

black & silver gel pens

ribbon

Spellbinders long rectangles

Happy weekend!!

Here is my card for this weekend:

You can find this stamp here and text here. There is many beautiful Christmas -stamp in the AI store, go and check them all!!

Challenge 42... IT'S A DOUBLE HEADER!

Thats right everyone!This week's challenge is going to be a double one because I kinda dropped the ball with Thanksgiving being last week and a house full of company... AND sick kiddies. SOOOO to make up for it... I am going to do a double challenge this week and it will be FLOWERS or PAPER PIECING. you can enter one... or both! Just please make sure that each creation is new and different. You may enter as many times as you would like and we encourage it! IF you use an Art Impression Stamp... then you can get 2 entrie for one card! SWEET!

So here is what the design team came up with,,, and these are AMAZING!

Dawn Knight

Soili Maria

Renee

Anne

Barbara

Deloris

WOWZA! what a lovely showcase of masterpieces! The rules are the same and her is the winner from last weeks challenge:

Tracy MacDonald.

Please contact me at camelot4101@aol.com to claim your $10 gift certificate!

Please make sure you ink directly to your creation and get thos cards in by 6 pm on Wednesday!

Thanks for playing along!