A little LOVElle for my friend by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a card with a purpose.  I have a co-worker who's going through a rough time right now.  She found out a couple of months ago that she has bone cancer.  She's already previously beat thyroid cancer so this is pretty scary for her.  She's such a strong and wonderful woman that I wanted to give her a little "pick me up."  She loves dark chocolate so I put a candy bar in LOVELLE'S hand.

 (Lovelle on couch (Sku#U2618) 

I put a bar of dark chocolate in a big clear envelope with the card.

Sometimes she doesn't feel like eating but when she does...I know this will make her very happy.

Isn't this saying just perfect?

  Stay Balanced (Sku#G4196)
I used my laptop to print off the teeny, tiny little Hershey Bar for her to hold on to.

Always be Friends (Sku#G3566) 

**This is an amendment to my original post...today is 12-2-14.  I left this card and the chocolate bar on my friend's desk yesterday.  She told me that she had half the candy bar gone before she finished reading the card!  She said that she laughed pretty hard when she read it and said that's "so her."  She couldn't wait to show her other friends.  She doesn't exactly look like Lovelle.  She's really fit...kayaks,  runs 5K's and gets up at 5 am to do circuit training.  Sometimes I swear she just does all that so she can eat all the chocolate she wants!  Go K!  You're constantly in my thoughts!

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Tis the Season by Lesley Croghan

 

Happy Friday! Wow, I find the countdown to Christmas is ZOOMING by! Today I am sharing a card I made using the adorable new Christmas stamp called SKU#4518-Season's Greetings Set. I have so much to do and I want to have my cards done as soon as possible! So I tend to make cards that are easy to make like this one!

Many people email me with questions about Sketches and dimensions. This sketch is a "go-to" sketch for me and so I wanted to share the dimensions. These are approximate and you are welcome to alter them, but I wanted to give new stampers something to start with! I hope it is helpful!

Happy Stamping!

I send about 80 cards each Christmas...how many Christmas cards do you make?

Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares - White, Regular

Copic Markers

peace joy love petite paper pack

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

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Happy Thanksgiving! Sale + Blog Break!

Happy Thanksgiving Ai Fans!

We hope you have a wonderful and restful Thanksgiving day for those of you in the U.S. We are so thankful for all of you! 

We also wanted to take the time to say how thankful we are for our Design Team. Our wonderful team works so hard through the year, creating wonderful inspiration for our challenges and crafting cards for your everyday inspiration! We're thankful for all the hours they pour into these beautiful cards that we're lucky to share we our stores or take to trade shows with us! THANK YOU ladies, for all the hard work and attention to detail. We are truly thankful for each of you! 

We're giving our amazing team a week break so they can enjoy time with family and have a a breather with the holiday weekend. We'll be back December 4 with a new challenge. 

(You heard it here first!) We're having a huge sale this weekend from Black Friday to Cyber Monday, but to find out the details, you have to sign up for our newsletter. Emails for this sale will be sent Friday, 11/28 at 12:01 a.m. PST. 

This is actually the inside of the card from our designer, Reneé. 

I love this sentiment, it's one of my favorites!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Take care!

Holiday Wishes by Sherry Eckblad

Hello Ai Fans!

This week we are doing a product swap with the design team over at Scrapbook Adhesives,

Each member of the Ai design team was given this great package of adhesives to use.

I loved using the products and for today's card I used the E-Z Squares and the Dodz.

(Copics Used: E00, R20, E23, E27, E29, E31, E35, E37, Y28, YR23, YR07,

R05, R14, R24, YG09, YG17, YG67, B04, BG02, BG15, N0, N1, W3, W5)

I attached the pattern paper to the card using the E-Z squares and attached the button using the Dodz!

Thanks for stopping by today and Happy Stamping!

Holiday Wishes Set (Sku#4516) Copic Markers Memento Tuxedo Black Ink *Ranger Inkssentials MINI GLOSSY ACCENTS Glue Dimensional Adhesive .5oz *Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SUPER SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets *ZIG Wink of Stella CHRISTMAS SPARKLE Glitter Gold Silver Clear Brush Tip Markers 025368 Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel WHITE UM-153 Tracing Wheel

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Birthday Love Set by Karen Day

Hello Ai fans!

I have a card featuring one of the 2014 Ai People, Birthday Love Set (Sku #4529).  This is actually a CASE of a card that I found on Pinterest!  You can see the original here.

 The Ai Design Team is enjoying a product swap this week with Scrapbook Adhesives, and I have used their wonderful 3D Foam Squares to pop up my main panel to give my card a little extra dimension:

 I love that they come in two sizes!  They're available in black, too.

 I've also used their E-Z Squares permanent adhesive to put my card together:

 Copics used: Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20

Blues - B02, B01, B00, B000

Reds - R24, R22, R20

Greens - YG03, YG01

Hair - Y26, Y23

Greys - W5, W3, W1, W00

Merry Christmas from Hope by Kerry

Hello hello Ai friends and happy Monday!

I'm sure you already know... what an awesome week!

Yes, yes, we are having a product swap with Scrapbook Adhesive!!!

Today, I'm sharing a card using the adorable Hope Angel (SKU# T4179).

And here are the adhesive that I used on the card.  

Since, it's the holiday... why not, add a bit of glitter?  I used the 4"x6" adhesive sheet.  

First, I sticked the adhesive sheets on a plain card stock, then run it through with a die cut machine with a circle die, I finished it up with pouring glitter on the sticky surface.   Viola!  

As for me... I love to fussy out many of my images, these 3D Foam Squares are totally perfect!!!

And here is the side view!

To finish the card, I added the Christmas Scripts (SKU# G1466).

I also used the E-Z Squares dispenser to put the card together and the 3D Dodz for the button.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and stay tune for tomorrow!!!

Have a super crafting day!

Copics:  E00, E11. G000, G0000, N0, N2, R22, R24, R27, R29, Y11, Y15, Y38

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