Monday, July 31, 2017

Where will Art Impressions be? August 2017

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August begins tomorrow! Hurry, squeeze in that last bit of summer before fall arrives! 😉  As always, the Art Impressions Team is traveling around the United States to stamp and scrapbook shows, and we wanted to share where we will be in August! We hope to see you in our travels!

 Cincinnati, OH Stampaway August 11-12 *Classes Sold Out
Edison, NJ Stamp & Scrapbook Expo  August 11-12 *Classes Available
Schaumburg, IL Stamp & Scrapbook Expo August 18-19 *Classes Sold Out
Houston, TX Creating Keepsakes Convention August 25-26 *Classes Available Fri. Sat.

We are kicking off the month at Stampaway in Cincinnati, OH! Join us for the Friday Night Preview Party on August 11, and come back on Saturday for the all day convention! On the same weekend, our second travel team will be around the corner at Edison, NJ for the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo, and we still have spots left in our Watercolor Workshop! We will be back at Scrapbook Expo the following weekend, August 18-19, in Schaumburg, IL! On August 25-26, we are visiting Texas again for Creating Keepsakes Convention in Houston, where there are still spaces left in our Friday and Saturday Watercolor Workshop! Join us at one of these shows for FREE make and take, watercolor demos, and the benefit of purchasing stamps at a price 15% lower than our website! Sign up for our Watercolor Workshop, and you will receive an exclusive $20 stamp set!

You will create four beautiful watercolor images to mount on cards in our Watercolor Workshop!

The BEST part about our August shows is they are the first ones we are bringing our NEW releases to! Check out our Facebook Live video to see these exciting, new stamps and dies!



Not in the area for one of our shows? Request our stamps your local stamp store, and check out our Dealer Locator for a store near you! These stamps will be gradually released on our website, so be sure you're signed up for our retail newsletter to be the first to find out when!

Print this coupon to bring to the show for 30% off one stamp item before noon (either day of the show)

To view our full show schedule, click here.

Happy Stamping!

A Sweet Sendoff to Kerry | Happy MOO-day

Hi Ai Fans! Kate Swanson hijacking Kerry's Monday post as we send her on a new adventure! This will sadly be Kerry's last post on the AiDT after almost FIVE YEARS creating fabulous cards! We wish her all the best and will miss you Kerry! Love you so much!



Hello Ai friends and happy Moo-day to you!
I'm sharing a couple of fun 'moo' cards using the Udderly Fantastic set!
I'm totally in love with these guys and so fun!  I feel like I want to join in and dance the day away, hehe!



Not in the mood for dancing?
How about just forget about everything and fly away with these happy cows?  LOL!
I added some dimensions as well.  One cow adhered to card with regular adhesive, the second one with foam tape, and the third one with an action wobble!



Copic markers used:
G00, G02, E40, E44, R00, R20, RV02, RV13, RV14, RV21, RV63, V01, W0, W2, W4, W6, YG01, YG23


Sunday, July 30, 2017

Strike a Pose! It's Yoga Yolanda by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing an image called Yoga Yolanda! 

Each year at Makena's dance studio I make the cards for the competitive dance team to give to the teachers.

This card went to Syndey who teaches a core/strength/stretching class.



The teacher is a young, very fit woman so she doesn't exactly resemble Yolanda in looks but they share the same fondness for junk food!


Here you can see a little better that she's on a clear acetate background.
I just thought that would be fun.



Copics used:
BG01, YG61, R22, C0, T1, E00, E02, E57, E93, E97
TriArt:
R-11

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Elephant PopCard by Sharon Caudle


Hello AI Fans!!! 

My card today features the fun and adorable Elephant PopCard! Have you tried these yet?  Kate just recently posted a PopCard Quick Tips Video for you to watch if you've been intimidated by them at all! It's a must see if you haven't put one of these together yet! And have you seen the NEW ones that were revealed last week? Oh my gosh!! I am so in love with them!! Bonnie took the PopCards to a completely different level with this new release!! I have no idea which one is my favorite. I will have to have every one of them!!   I am teaching this card at our local scrapbook store Scrapbook Paradise.  I think everyone will LOVE putting it together!! I stamped and cut him out on watercolor paper and used my Marvy Markers to color right on the paper instead of using a pallet and brush. 



I just love him so much!!  Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today and hope to see you back again soon! Until then - stay crafty!! 


colors used:  26 Silver Grey, 12 Grey, 101 Tropical, 7 Orange, 13 Ochre, 15 Olive Green



Friday, July 28, 2017

NEW VIDEO - PopCard Quick Tips

Hello Ai Fans!

Today we're bringing you a special video with some cool tricks to add to your PopCards! Kate used our Bee PopCard to show a couple of tricks on using your PopCard Template, transforming your images and create the pop-up section in your card base. 



Plus, since we transformed our bee into a spooky spider, we made him 15% off this week with our Halloween Category sale! No coupon code necessary, just head to our website and find all the sale items!




Copics Used
Bee - Y13, Y18, N2, N4, B00
Spider - BV23, BV25, N2, N4, N6