Challenge 233 Door Openings WEEK 2! PLUS, Price Cut on Select Die Cuts!

Hello, Ai Fans!

We are back with a second week of our "Door Openings" challenge! Last week Sharon gave a great tutorial on a tri-fold card featuring the adorable new Produce Stand Mini Tryfold set! This week, our full design team is here to share their lovely creations with the Produce Stand AND the stylish Happy Camper set! Mini Tryfolds include clear stamps and corresponding dies to cut openings, making for a really fun layered card! We always have a blast seeing what our designers create with our newest product, and today is no exception! Be sure to visit the designer's personal blog for more details and photos by clicking their name, and view our entire Mini TryFolds collection at artimpressions.com! Plus, these layered cards have so much fun detail, you'll probably want to click on the images for a closer look. They are too cute to miss!

 Diane with Happy Camper MTF

Cheri with Happy Camper MTF

 Cheri has a BONUS card!

Jil with Produce Stand MTF

 Renee with Happy Camper MTF

Dana with Produce Stand MTF

 

Sharon with Produce Stand MTF

Thank you for the sweet cards, team!

We hope these cards will inspire your upcoming creations! This challenge's theme is "Door Openings" which opens a world of possibilities! Show us how you can use openings, hinged elements, or other techniques to express this theme! Besides, you just might win some Ai stamps!

Here are the Challenge Rules

✻ Please make a new card or creation. You can make any crafty item you wish; this is not limited to cards!

✻ Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps!

✻ The Ai Challenge is open to everyone, international submissions are welcome!

✻ Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top right of our sidebar!

✻ Share the Ai love by clicking and commenting your fellow crafters.

✻ Make sure to get your link up by Wednesday, June 6 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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No coupon code necessary! Sale prices on these select items valid from May 31 - June 3, 2018. Sale not valid on wholesale website (wholesale customers, email us for your special).

NEW VIDEO - Mini TryFolds Quick Tips

Hello Ai Fans!

It's time to introduce our NEW 2018 Mini TryFolds in a Quick Tip video! Kate walks you through the basics of creating this interactive, unveiling style card with our new Happy Camper MTF set! Watch her stamping techniques and how you can quickly and easily create the same look! Find all her supplies linked below to make your own mini masterpiece!

View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fif0EdCmqYo

NEW VIDEO - Cottage on a Hill Watercolor

Hello Ai Fans!

Today we have a new Watercolor Wednesday! This week, Bonnie creates a cottage on a hill, with a river bend winding through the woods. We love how this simple sketch can really change the look of the landscape! She uses one of our WC Mini Cottages for the main image and adds trees, bushes, tiny flowers, and a roving fence.

We hope you will share your projects with us! You can post them over on our Facebook or use the hashtag #AiWatercolor on Instagram!

Happy Watercolor Wednesday!

View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/6nypdDsMzHA

Lazy Summer Days by Dana Warren

Hello AI fans!!

Since it's been pretty warm in a good chunk of the country I figured it's time to break out the beach stamps!! 

I started by stamping the vintage ladies from the Bathing Suit set on white cardstock, then I used my Spectrum Noir ColourBlend pencils to color it. I used: Canary, Pumpkin, Mustard, Peony, Fuchsia, Jade, Emerald, Saddle Brown, Velvet, Sea Urchin, Denim Blue, Petrol Blue, Black, Bark.

Next, I used a fancy die to cut it out. Then I used the Carta Bella Soak Up The Sun Collection for the background. I added that to a white card base. I added a green pattern strip across the card. 

I added the fancy colored shape with foam tape and then from the same collection a banner sentiment and flowers. I kept the extra's simple to make it all about the ladies!

Thanks for stopping by!! Happy Stamping!!

Owl Flutter Birthday Card by Jil Lebel

Hello Ai fans!

The new Flutters line are a fun addition to the interactive Ai stamps.  I still can't get over how the wings move on this owl card! I have slowly been building my collection of them.  I used the Owl Flutter Set 4972 for this card.  It comes with the stamps, dies and silver brads to make your card.  You have enough brads to make five cards, but I ended up using the white brads from the White Brad 50 Pack 4957. 

I started by stamping the parts of my image onto Strathmore Bristol paper with Onyx Black Versafine Ink. I used the matching files to cut out the images before I colored them. I colored them using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers my brush.  I colored the owl in layers starting with Beige #72.  I applied the color to the shadow areas and would pull the color out and let it dry.  I would move onto another area while it was drying.  Once it was dry, I came in with Mid Brown # 65 to darken the Shadow areas.  I applied Brown #65 along the feet and beak in different layers.  The hat is colored with Pink #25, Bright Yellow #52 and Light Blue #36. I assembled the Owl and the mechanism using the directions that come on the packaging. 

I used papers from the Echo Park Party Time by Dani Magstad 6x6 paper collection for this card.  I put all of the rectangular layers over top of a thin layer of silver glitter paper.  It's very hard to see the glitter in the picture because I was having a very hard time taking photo's because of the glitter paper.  I added Silver Stickles around the oval layer and the greeting strip.  The owl is added to the oval with one layer of foam tape.  The oval is added with two layers of foam tape.  Just be sure to leave a channel for the pull tap to operate freely.  

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Produce Stand MTF by Diane Zechman

Hello Ai friends! Wishing you a happy and safe Memorial Day!

Today I am sharing a card I made using one of the Ai Mini Try-folds sets. Here I used 4970- Produce Stand MTF. Are you having a picnic or get-together today with family and friends? Today's card is all about those yummy fruits we will surely be eating!

I love how you can peek through each layer of the tryfold cards and see the images inside. Here you get a little peek of a cute critter having a sweet summertime snack.  My card base is 4 1/4 x 11. Each end is scored @ 3 5/8".

The front awning, die cut, closed...

...and open...

The second image is a cute window with more fruit.

The inside sentiment and raccoon...

What a sweet set!

Have a great Monday and… happy stamping!