Happy Monday!

Here is my card for this Monday. These ladies look like they are having so much fun I am actually envious of them. I used the Comfy on the Couch set for my card today. The sentiment is from that set also.
I colored the image with copic markers.
All of the girlfriends sets are great. They have great sentiments with them all that express the feelings of the stamps exactly. I never get tired of using them.
Have a great Monday!
Tracy

Lovely Christmas Verse

Happy Sunday folks! 

Today I have made a card for the Art Impressions

Card Contest.  This month's theme is Lovely Lettering.
I have loved this contest for years!!
You can win $30, $20 or $10 to spend at AI in the contest.
Who doesn't love free stamps?!

I don't think there's anything more lovely than 

This Christmas.  It's such a beautiful

verse from Art Impressions.

I framed the beautiful phrase with 

two different Spellbinders dies.  The poinsettia and border

are from Spellbinders as well.

On the inside I used a new border from Marianne's Creatables

and an older snowflake border from Fiskars.  The stamp inside

is called Block Letter Merry.  It killed me when I saw that

I stamped it ever so crooked.  Those things eat away at me but

not enough to trash a whole card.

Here's another card that I made with the same

verse on the front.

 The cross is from Spellbinders, the embossing folder is Sizzix

and the snowflakes are from Memory Box.

 Here's the inside where I've used the verse 

Season's Greetings.(Sku#J1674)

  

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Have a wonderful weekend!!!

I hope you all have a great weekend!! I have to go work today, but then I have 3 days holiday!! Yes!!!
Here is a card made by one of new girlfriend-series: Party Girls set :

Happy Stamping,

Soili-Maria

Wonderful Watercolor

Hi it's Maria! 

Just like last week, I am still playing with Art Impressions watercolor stamps. SO fun! This week I have two projects for you that I made with Watercolor Series 8 and some of the basic watercolor stamps.

Project One

Sometimes when I am just playing around I like to make some "nontraditional" type cards. This one can double as home decor after the recipient opens it. I did my design using the Watercolor Series 8 with Marvy Markers on watercolor paper and then framed it with a diecut frame. To add a little interest to the frame I used a stencil and painted it.

I also used some Stickles and flowers to embellish it. I took the negative that was cut away in the frame and made a little easel to attach so that it can be displayed just by folding into a triangle shape as seen here. That way it can be flattened to put in an envelope.

Project Two

I thought I'd show you an extra project I made from one of the scenes I made. This one is a postcard type card. It is flat and the sentiment or note can be written on the back.

Have a GREAT weekend!

Challenge 60 - Rain or Shine

We've hit the big SIX-OH! And the cards keep getting better and better!

Our winner from last week's "Anything Owls" challenge is ...
Mary Anne K.
Contact me at kate@artimpressions.com for your $10 gift card!

With the spring time comes a big question mark about the weather. Here in Oregon, it is literally RAIN or SHINE. We thought it would be fun to share what it looks like outside your window! Hopefully April showers really do bring May flowers!

Renee

Tracy

Barbara

Anne

Soili-Maria

Mary

Here are the Ai weekly challenge guidelines:

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

2. Limit two submissions per person. You will be entered twice if you use Art Impressions stamps!

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

4. You will have until SUNDAY at 6 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

Don't forget, you can "Like" us on Facebook before April 27 for a free stamp with purchase! It'll be a "Whoot!"

I Don't have Time

Hi Everyone,
Happy Wednesday.
This week I made a visit to see Madge and boy what a day she's had.

I know I have had days that really mimic Madge and that verse can be so true. LOL

I love this orange color don't you, it is so now. It's so Madge!!! LOL

Supplies used:

Stamps Used  - Don't have Time D1430, Madge  L1549

Ribbon

Paper/CS used - Teal Core'dinations CS, white cs, cream cs, designer paper

Inks used - VersaMark, Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, Distress Ink Old Paper

Embossing Powder - Shimmer EP

Copic Markers - BG13, BG000, E43, C-1, YR09, YR61

Embossing Folder

Die used  - Scalloped Oval

Thanks for stopping in today and I hope you stop in tomorrow for the next Weekly Challenge.Have a great day.

Barbara

Girlfriend Blend

Good morning everyone...yah...my new girlfriend stamps came...I love them all.  I decided to used "Girlfriend
Blend"  T4136 for my card today. Be sure to check out the new stamps at Art Impressions HERE!
I have used on the the sentiments that go with the image G4144.

I have used my copic pens to color my image, layered my card and added stickles around each layer.  the flower is made from 3 different paper flowers, layered, with a flower brad in the center, I have added stickles to the flower petals and to the brad.  I hope you enjoy the new girlfriend stamp...check them out, they are all fabulous!!

Anne Fenton

http://annescard4u.blogspot.com

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Picture Perfect!

Happy Monday Everyone! I hope you all had as good of weekend as it looks like these 4 ladies did.
These are the Picture Perfect Girlfriends from the 2012 line at Art Impressions. So hop on over and check them all out. They are great!
I stamped the girls with Rangers Soot Black distressed ink and colored them with copic markers. The paper is from Best Creations. I have used both sides of it for this sketch I found over at Sketch Saturday.
Happy Stamping!
Tracy

Hope you'll soon be fully recovered!

A friend of ours recently hurt his neck

golfing and is in rough shape.  I thought

this card might cheer him up.

The stamp is from Art Impressions and is

from their line of PUN stamps.

The image is called "RECOVERED".

 

I made the band aids by embossing some paper

with my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.

The corners are from Marianne's Creatables.

The chair was made to look like his easy chair

where he's been spending a lot of time lately.

Hope it cheers him up a bit.

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Yooo Whooooo!

I just love these new owl-stamps!! Here is my card for today:

The Girlfriends Meet Watercolor!

Hi it's Maria and today I thought I show you with two of my favorite Art Impressions lines--Girlfriends and Watercolor. I started just playing one day and I thought I'd show you my process of how it came to be.

I started with a 6" x 6" piece of watercolor paper for my background. I knew I wanted the Girlfriends Picture Perfect stamp to be my focus but wanted to make the background first so I made a mask of the stamp on a piece of scrap paper to cover my stamping on the background.

Next using Marvy Markers and a palette I did a super quick background of mountains, water and sand. As you can see I went right over my mask.

Next I added a sign and fence from Watercolor Series #8 to the background again going right over my mask.

Next I added a vine, grass and stone path using the teeny tiny flowers.

Time to take the mask off! I colored the girls with Prisma Watercolor Pencils to keep the feel of the soft watercolor look.

I think this is a fun way to incorporate all different types of Art Impressions Stamps!

Also wanted to let you know that Bonnie from Art Impressions is coming to the Chicagoland area in July to do a class at Creative Cuts and Crafts. 

There are a few seats left if you are interested. 

Give them a call to schedule! 

I'll be there :)

Challenge 59 - Anything Owls!

Wow! We had a great time with the OWH blog hop last week! Thanks to everyone for the great support and the wonderful card entries. Our winners are:

First - Shari McLaughlin

Second - Sazzlecraft

Third - Kathy V.

Congratulations! Contact me at kate@artimpressions.com to receive your prize!

This week, our design team created cards from our new line of "Whoots!" These sweet little owl sets are fun for any occasion and they're just so darn cute! WHOO does love owls? They seem to be everywhere these days! For our weekly challenge, the only theme requirement is to have an owl. Whether paper, punches or stamps, you can let your imagination run wild. Our new line of Whoots are available at a store near you or you can purchase them from our website when they launch April 30!

Kirsi

Barbara

Soili-Maria

Maria

Amy

Renee

Tracy

Anne

Mary

We have such a fantastic design team! Thanks everyone for the great inspiration! Also, if you would like a free "Little Whoot" with your next purchase, 'like' us on Facebook and you'll receive a code for you next order! Can't wait to see what you create!

Here are the Ai weekly challenge guidelines:

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

2. Limit two submissions per person. You will be entered twice if you use Art Impressions stamps!

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

4. You will have until SUNDAY at 6 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

Also, "Like" us on Facebook this weekend for a free stamp with purchase! It'll be a "Whoot!"