Are We Celebrating 29... Again? By Crystal Schneider

Hi Ai Fans! 

This week I have been playing with this 29 again stamp set. 

Lately I have been trying to make more then one card at a time so I stamped the older lady image twice using Memento black ink on watercolor cardstock. I wanted to play with my new Arteza brush markers. 

For the first older lady image I thought I would go with purple for her dress. I painted the darker shadow areas with a darker color and pulled and blended the color out with  a shade lighter or with some water. 

I stamped the sentiment onto a piece of watercolor cardstock and added some fun pattern paper along the left side to go with the sentiment. I added some Nuvo Drops in assorted colors to add a little bit of dimension to the card. 

I love playing with gel pens so I used a gold one to color in the little flowers on her dress. 

I kept the second older lady very simple I colored her in the same way I did the first. 

I added some brown under her feet to help ground her so she didn't look as though she would blow away at any minute with the balloon. I didn't think ahead and didn't want to mask her but was not happy with the white background so I inked the edges a little bit with blue ink blending into white as I got near the older lady. 

I mated the image onto some purple cardstock and stamped the image towards the bottom left corner. 

Pink: 

Arteza Brush Markers: Bubble Gum/A149, Neon Pink/A107, Ginger/A178, Dalphin Gray/A174, Fair Skin/A116

Purple:

Arteza Brush Markers: Bubble Gum/A149, Neon Pink/A107, Fair Skin/A116, Cadmium Prange/A140, Wysteria Purple/A188, Eggplant/A136, Smoke Gray/A115, Parma Gray/A143, Dalphin Gray/A174, Chamomile/A157

Happy Stamping! 

WORLD LAUNCH - Mini Wobbles!!! Plus, Challenge 188 - Anything Goes Week 2

Hello, Ai Fans! WOO HOO! We are SO excited to be releasing a new product, many months in the making! We have worked with our friends at Hampton Art to develop MINI WOBBLES and we have the world exclusive release! These mini plastic springs are the size of a U.S. nickel and perfect for all your small images! They have adhesive on both sides, perfect to stick to any project! You can ONLY grab the minis here! We have the EXCLUSIVE to sell with our products and to our independent stores until August 15! Make sure to check out the video above and grab yours while they last at the links below!   We're celebrating our 29th Anniversary, and the design team is here to share their fabulous creations! Click on the designer's name to view their personal blog with more info on the card, and check out the products they used on artimpressions.com! Cheri with Giant Cake Set and 29 Again Set (text)  Dana with Giant Cake Set and Happy 29th  Diane with Cheer Set Karen with 29 Again Set  Kerry with Giant Cake Set Renee with Don't Sweat It, Happy 29th & Birthday Wishes Sharon with Birthday Wishes WOW! Thanks for all the birthday wishes, DT! What darling and creative cards! Don't forget to leave some comment love for the fabulous work they have done! Join in our celebration! We'd love to see a card for any occasion from YOU entered in our challenge! Winners receive Ai Stamps, and you can't win if you don't enter! 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, July 20th at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations. ✻ Good luck and happy stamping! An InLinkz Link-up One last surprise for you! Last week we started a Rafflecoper Giveaway--and we want to extend the deadline to enter! Be sure to enter before we wrap up this weeks' chalenge next Wednesday! Have a great week!

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birthday girl by Diane Zechman

Hello friends and happy Thursday!

 

Today I am using one of my favorite birthday sets, 29 Again Set (4372).  The inside reads: "Are we celebrating 29...again?"

I've used this gal a few times and she never fails to create a fun birthday card!  This time I used the Birthday Frame Dies with her by Simon Says Stamp.  (Speaking of Simon Says Stamp, I hope you checked out their FUN, EXCLUSIVE Ai Dance It Out Set!)

 

I used yellow markers and some Wink of Stella on her balloon for a little pop of color and sparkle.  Then cut her out to place in the frame and backed her with some patterned paper.

 

Have a great day and… happy stamping!

 

 

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29 again? by Diane Zechman

Hello AI friends!

 

Today I am sharing a card with the 29 Again set (4372).  This lady is so charming...she could be anyone's dear grandmother!

 

She is so sweet and innocent with her question...LOL!

I hope you have a fantastic Thursday!  Scroll up to check out the new AI release and challenge!

 

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