Happy Wednesday Ai Fans!
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I've got two cards to share with you today. The first one is a sweet St. Patrick's Day card and the other was inspired by the current Ai "People in your Neighborhood" Blog Challenge.
Let's get started by creating a whimsical St. Patrick's Day card today using the Ai Spring Keepsake Set (6106). The little frog from this set will be perfect for this card!
We will stamp the little frog and color him in using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Lt Pink, Lt Green, Deep Green. This is some really quick and easy coloring!
Next, we can die cut the frog, and to add some greenery around the frog we will die cut several leaves, stems and a mushroom from the Ai Fall Leaf Frame Die Set (5783) and the Ai Harvest Journal Die Set (5592). We will die cut the leaves and stems from some green cardstock and add a bit of color using the Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink in Rustic Wilderness. And... don't forget to add some tiny little wiggly eyes to your frog!
Now setting aside all of those pieces, we will die cut some gold metallic letters using the Ai Journal Letter Die Set (5562). We will spell out the words "toad-ally" and "lucky". I'll show you in the video how to lay these out easily on your card!
Let's die cut an oval from some of that same metallic cardstock and a slightly smaller oval from some Kraft cardstock.
On the Kraft cardstock, we will have some fun stenciling using a four-leaf clover background. We will then stencil this design onto the Kraft cardstock using the wonderful Simon Hurley Lunar Paste in Fake Plant. Yes....that's the name of it and I love it so much! This is the perfect green for our stenciled background.
We will create our square card base and spatter it using the Windsor Newton Gold Ink. Let's spatter the stenciled oval as well.
Next, we can quickly assemble all of the pieces onto the card and for a bit more sparkle we will add a few sparkly sequins!
Ai Fall Leaf Frame Die Set (5783)
Ai Journal Letter Die Set (5562)
Ai Harvest Journal Die Set (5592)
Fun Overlay Background Card!
I also wanted to share with you the card that I created for the new Ai "People in your Neighborhood" Blog Challenge!
Today I wanted to show you a simple yet fun card using the Ai Stay Hydrated Stamp Set (5928). We will use this stamp set to create a simple background. With this set you can stamp the thermos design and then select one of the overlay stamps for the pattern on the thermos. There are several choices to include a leopard print, paw prints, Aztec design, and a tiger print! So, there are lots and lots of choices to personalize your cards and we are going to use them all today!
We will stamp the images onto some white cardstock and then using the Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad in the following colors (Shaded Lilac, Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers) we will stamp the overlay images.
Now we can create the standard A2 card base in white and add a pretty pink scalloped rectangle using the Ai Scalloped Rectangle Die Set (6048). We can cut down the background panel to fit into the scalloped rectangle and attach these two together. Now, let's tie a piece of dusty rose twine around this scalloped rectangle and pop it up on the card.
We can stamp and color our little lady using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Lt Gray, Lt Pink, Turquoise Green, Yellow, Beige, Mid Brown, Flesh Colour. Let's take the coordinating die and cut her out. We will also die cut the lady one more time onto some black cardstock. This black silhouette image will get attached behind the one that we colored in to create a bit of a shadow and to make the image stand out from the background. You will want to offset it a little bit!
Finally, we can attach the lady to our card! This is a simple yet impactful card that can be used for a variety of occasions including birthday, friendship, thinking of you, and so much more!
Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!
Ai Scalloped Rectangle Dies (6048)
1 comment:
These are toad-ally fantastic Lynn!
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