Saturday, May 26, 2012

OWH Blog Hop

How’s Hoppin’? Welcome to the Art Impressions page! We’re glad you could join us!  We participated in OWH’s last blog hop and are excited to join once again.

Yesterday, one of our employees heard word of a friend who died in Afghanistan on Thursday. He was 23 and coming home in three weeks to be married to his beautiful bride. On this Memorial weekend, we ask that you pray for his family and fiancé. May they have peace and comfort during this tragic time.

We are very passionate about our support for those who are serving for us. It's our family, our friends, that are laying their life on the line. We appreciate this wonderful organization that brings troops and their families a little closer together, although they might be worlds apart.
Ok, let’s get started with the goodies! With any $30 purchase this weekend at ArtImpressions.com, you will receive our  “Nap for That” text FREE. For more details, check out our post below from Friday, May 25.
This tutorial is from one of our fabulous DTs: Hi, this is Maria with a quick and easy way to make a pop-up inside your card. This is a great way to add a little fun inside your card. I used OWH Sketch #21 with the new Art Impressions Lazy Boy Stamp. The outside of the card is a traditional A2 card following the sketch guidelines. For the pop-up addition, the steps and instructions are on the pictures below. **Just a note: the pop-up attachment can be anything that is flat. In my case I cut a sentiment from a die cut machine.
Thank you for stopping by! For more free stuff from Ai, check out our challenge blog on Thursdays! This week is Anything Medical, you can check it out above on the "Current Challenge" link.

Happy Stamping!

56 comments:

Soili-Maria said...

Great tutorial and gorgeous card!! Thanks for sharing this:)

Donna B. said...

Such a fun Father's Day card! Thanks for the instructions.

Beverly said...

Fantastic tutorial. I'll have to give it a try sometime. Have several of your stamps and love them. I'd love to be on your design team.
Praying for the family you mentioned at the beginning of your post. Really reminds me of what this weekend is all about.

Sybrina K said...

Thoughts and prayers to the family of the fallen hero.

Renee Matarese said...

LOVE it!! Thanks for the tutorial. I need to try this soon!

sandybear76 said...

I just bought this stamp last night at Archiver's and made a few cards with it. Love it.

Crafting Adventures said...

Nice masculine cards!

rlovew said...

Thanks for sharing the tutorial and supporting OWH!

Paula S. said...

Very funny image and sentiment combo. Great job on the tutorial too. Super easy to follow. Thanks to Art Impressions for joining in the Memorial Day hop and for supporting OWH.

I extend my prayers to family and friend of this hero.

Paula S.
OWH Blog Team

Margaret said...

Great card and tutorial.

Linda said...

Great card! Thanks for the tutorial! My prayers are with the family!

Donna Nuce said...

Thanks for the tutorial! I will try it. Thanks also for hoppin with OWH.
craftycolonel.blogspot.com

KellyRae said...

My heart goes out to that serviceman's fiancee and family.

Fabulous card. Thanks for the tutorial and supporting OWH.

Miriam Prantner said...

So sorry to hear about your loss. Thank you for being part of this great hop/cause.

Sue D said...

Great card and tutorial --I like the funny image and the star paper.

Sarah said...

Sending thoughts and prayers for that family you mentioned. What a wonderful card for this hop--thank you so much for your support of OWH.

Carolyn said...

Awesome Father's Day card
So sorry about your friend, sending healing thought to friends and family.

Cheryl L. said...

Wow - a lot of TLC went in to that card! Thanks for being in the hop!

AllisonG said...

Our thoughts are with the family and fiance of our fallen hero.

That sentiment is just a hoot! Great Father's Day card.

Anonymous said...

Thanks for the tutorial and sharing that great card. I am so sorry to hear of yet another soldier giving his life. May we never forget.... Pat K.

Julie said...

Beautiful card and thanks for the tutorial, I'm going to try it!

Dixie Cochran said...

That card is the cutest thing ever!!

Angela said...

LOL Love that 'nap' text...so awesome! I'm still smiling...

Great card!

RobinH said...

awesome card
thanks for the tutorial, I need to try a pop up some day

Bernardine Cuttino said...

Man card w/tutorial. Awesome. Love it. Happy Memorial Day weekend. Hugs

Shelley Lee said...

My deepest condolences to the loved ones in their time of loss.

I LOVE this tutorial! I am going to have to try this! Great card!

Barbara Bruder said...

What a cute card and the tutoral is perfect. You've made it easy to make a pop up card.Can't wait to try this.

Take care and STAY POSITIVE! Trena said...

Awesome Father's Day Card Maria! And, thank you for the for the great directions!

Take care and STAY POSITIVE!

Sandy Allnock said...

What a fun card - and great tutorial! I really need to get the nap for that images - so stinkin' cute, AI!
Thanks for hopping with OWH!!!
Sandy, pres, OWH

Unknown said...

Such a fun card, I love the pop up portion as well. Thanks for the tutorial.

Capescrapper said...

What a fun and hilarious card, love the tutorial for the pop up as well! Thanks for sharing!

Indy's Designs said...

Love pop up cards! What a great Father's Day card@

sherry varga said...

What a darling card. A lot of work went into that. Thanks for sharing.

Deborah Anton said...

LOL! I love that sentiment... so perfect for many dads! The tutorial was great! TFS!

ajsdigishoppe said...

Love the sentiment TFS!

Beth L. said...

Your card is fantastic! I love your papers and the the "nap for that" stamp is so funny!
My thoughts and prayers for the family and fiance of the soldier. My son just got home from Afghanistan.

Bunnyfreak said...

Great tutorial. Thanks for supporting OWH.

SuzAnn said...

I love AI stamps and your beautiful pop up card with the lazy boy just makes me smile! Thanks for supporting OWH and my prayers go out for the family and fiance of the soldier.

SuzAnn
OWH Board

Julie S said...

Great card and I think your stamps are fantastic!

JPScraps said...

Thoughts and prayers for the family.

Marlene Diefendorf said...

Great card. Thank you for the tutorial, freebie, and for supporting OWH.

Ann said...

This card really made me smile!Thank you for the great tutorial!!

Cheri said...

What a great tutorial and thank you for the free offer too.
I was so sorry to hear about the young man who died. God bless his family and rest his soul in peace. I'm so grateful for men and women such as this young man. At least OWH gives us an opportunity to let them know they are treasures.

Lee Mae said...

What a great image! I really like how recliner guy is cut out instead of just being inside the center rectangle. Thanks for the tutorial, special offer, and most of all thank you for supporting OWH!

So sorry to hear about that young man losing his life.

Anonymous said...

Great card. Great tutorial
Condolenses to the family of the young hero who lost his life in Afghanistan . . .
Mary, Wausau WI

Unknown said...

So very sorry to hear of the friend's death. What a Memorial Day for his fiancee and family. :-( My heart goes out to them and to everyone who's lost a friend or loved one in our wars.

That said, this card is magnificent. If only my father were alive. He could have been the model, except he usually had a jar of peanuts in his hand. Thank you for participating in the blog hop and for your continued support of our troops.

Seongsook Duncan said...

What a great fun card. Thanks for the tutorial. I am going to try it now. Thanks for supporting OWH.

Rufus said...

Will be thinking of the young soldier killed this week. My heartfelt thoughts go out to his family and fiance'. On a happier note, I love AI stamps and use them frequently! Thanks for the tutorial and for supporting OWH and all of our Heroes.
R/

Lee said...

Thank you for a great tutorial! I love the card!

Brenda said...

Great card and fantastic tutorial.

I will keep this fallen hero's family in my thoughts and prayers.

Dolores A. said...

What a great card ... and tutorial. Makes me want to try it. Thanks for hopping here and supporting OWH.

Linda said...

What sad news...my sympathies! Great card...looks like my DH today! Thankd for your support of OWH!!!

Diana Evensen said...

Thanks for the tutorial. Love the napping guy. Thanks for supporting OWH.

Valerie said...

what an adorable card! Thanks so much for taking the time to share how you made this card!

Diane Clark-Sutton said...

Sorry to hear about your employee's friend. Very sad. Cute card. Thanks for the tutorial.

Brianyfpg said...

Thanks for the tutorial! I will try it. Thanks also for hoppin with OWH. craftycolonel.blogspot.com