Feline Crazy challenge week two

 Hello Ai fans!

Today we're Feline Crazy because we have a fantastic card from DT member Janet!

Normally, we share our design team members feature during week one of our challenge but 
since we participated in the Cat Lovers Hop last week we changed things up a bit.  So, this week
you get to hear about how Janet made her adorable card!

It's Janet here to kick off a brand new challenge. This one is called Feline Crazy. To participate you can post any crafty project with a cat or cat theme. I chose to use #5183 - Christmas Kitty. I think these four little kittens in their Christmas sweaters are precious!

Flip cards are constructed so that when opened, the card flips the sentiment and shows you the back image. To make the flip mechanism, I used #5103 Flip Card Die. This makes the cut and fold lines. It also comes with the die phrase of Happy Birthday and numbers 0-9. It's a good set for many uses.

After stamping the images with a water color friendly ink, I water colored the images using Karin Brushmarker Pro markers. The markers are very easy to use. I like to squiggle some ink out on my glass board and paint with a damp #3 round brush. 

An alcohol ink background paper was used on both sides. It coordinates nicely with the colors used in the sweaters. A pastel pink glitter cardstock was used for mats and for the lacey border on the front. I heat embossed the sentiments using silver embossing powder. Matt pink enamel dots and small pearls were added as accents on the card front. 

The markers I used include several neon colors. I find these come out pastel when watered down and aren't either overpowering or too weak. The markers colors used are: 264-Arctic Blue, 0220-Neon Canary, 6120-Neon Orange, 6172-Neon Violet, 105-Henna, 213-Cocoa, 133-Neutral Grey 1, 131-Nuetral Grey 3, 030-Black.

We look forward to seeing your Feline Crazy projects for our challenge. It's always fun to see what everyone makes. They are all amazing!

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

You still have another week to join in our Feline Crazy challenge.  This week we want to see 

any crafty, handmade project featuring a cat...both house or big cats count!  There are some amazing entries already.  Now it's up to you to take the challenge and show us your creation!  You have the chance to win 3 free stamp sets of your choice from Art Impressions!

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NEW Holiday Flip Card Stamp Set - EXCLUSIVELY Available at SimonSaysStamp.com!

Hello, Ai Fans! 

New product alert! We are excited to partner with SimonSayStamp.com to present another exclusive stamp set! Our Holiday Flip Card 6"x8" clear set features front and back images of an adorable row of snowmen and penguin pals! There are several sentiments to mix and match, perfect to use with our Flip Card die to reveal a card interior as stunning as the front! 

Our design team has a flurry of creations featuring this limited edition stamp. Hurry, grab yours at SimonSaysStamp.com before they are gone for good!

Carol with Holiday Flip Card Set Exclusive and Flip Card Die

Jessica with Holiday Flip Card Set Exclusive and Flip Card Die

Jil with Holiday Flip Card Set Exclusive and Flip Card Die

Niccole with Holiday Flip Card Set Exclusive

Niccole with Holiday Flip Card Set Exclusive and Flip Card Die

Renee with Holiday Flip Card Set Exclusive and Flip Card Die 

Sharon with Holiday Flip Card Set Exclusive and Flip Card Die

This stamp set is limited edition and only available at SimonSayStamp.com, so if you love it like we do, grab it before it's gone! We hope you enjoyed these wintery Flip Card projects!

Happy Stamping!

Happy Birthday Sloth Flip Card By Jessica shier

Hello Ai Fans! 

I wanted to create some flip cards this month. The first one I'm going to show you is this Happy Birthday design using the sloth flip card set, which I paired with the Flip card die. 

I used various Copic markers (list below) to color in the sloths. Stamping both the front and back on to Neenah 80lb Solar White card stock.  I kept the shading simple and used a very limited amount of markers. I've said it before, but I love the full colored packaging of Art Impressions stamps because it gives you such a great example of how to color and shade! 

Once I was done coloring I fussy cut both of the sloth images out. I decided on a easy watercolor background using a Everyday Tintable from Concord and 9th. These have a emboss resist background pattern and I chose the herringbone for this card. I got out my Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor set and used several of the paints to create this blue to green gradient wash background. 

While that dried, I used the Flip card die and followed the easy directions on the back of the packaging, to create a Neenah 110lb Solar White card base. I accidentally scored all the way across the card base instead of just the areas around the flip portion. Luckily it didn't cause any issues, with this design. The Sloth Flip Card set also comes with some fun sentiment stamps but this time I used the die words from the Flip card die set for the Happy Birthday, I die cut those using black card stock. Before I adhered the Happy die cut, I scored a piece of light gray card stock that is trimmed to cover the flip portion of this card. This gave it a decorative border and added some interest. It also helped to conceal the score mark. 

I trimmed a portion of the watercolor background down and saved the strip for the inside. I adhered the large portion of that to the front of the Flip card. Then attached the sloths over top, positioning them so it looks like they are holding up the Happy! I did the same for the backside of the sloths and the small strip of watercolor. I also used the black Kuretake watercolor paint to add some shadows to where the sloths are sitting.  

Copic Markers Used:

E77, E74, W3, C1

E31, E35

Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolors:

50 Pale Aqua

57 Turquoise Green

52 Ocean Green

20 Black

Thank you so much for joining me today! Happy Stamping! 

Seas The Day! Flip Card By Crystal

Hi Ai fans! 

This week I have a couple flip cards to share with you that I have made with this flip die and this Octopus flip card stamp set. 

With the flip die making this card is super fast and easy. Trim a piece of cardstock down to 6 1/2"X 5 1/2". Then place the die lined up straight 3 1/4" down from the top secured with washi tape or any low tack tape. Run through your die cutting machine and now you have the base of your card. Now comes the fun part decorating.  

I stamped the images twice with Memento black ink onto Spectrum Noir Smooth cardstock because I was going to color them with alcohol markers and I didn't want the ink to smear. After coloring the images in I adhered them to the card bases. I added some pattern paper to add a little fun to the cards. They don't need to much the flip card base makes the card fun without having to add too many details to the card. 

One of the cards I used the number dies that came with the flip die as some embellishments on the front of the card. 

The second card I added a ribbon across the front for some detail. Both cards I added some Nuvo drops. 

They both came together very fast but with the flip detail they are so fun to open and shut over and over again. 

Spectrum Noir Markers:

 IG2, IG3, IG4, IG5, BT3, BT4, BT5, LG1, LG5, PP1, PP2, DR1, DR4, GB1, GB3, PL2, PL3, PL4, TB2, TB4, CT3, LV3,CR11, GT1, GT2, GT3, TN4, BG2, AP1, AP2, CT4, FS2, MB1, Blender

Happy Stamping!

Guinea Flip Birthday Card by Jil Lebel

Hello Ai fans!

I could hardly wait to start sharing the my flip cards with you.  They are so fun and different from anything else that is on the market right now.  I used the Guinea Flip Card Set along with a few images from the Octopus Flip card set to make a boyish Birthday card.

The images from the Guinea Pig Flip card set were stamped onto Strathmore Bristol Paper with Gina K Designs Black Amalgam Ink and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.  Several of the cupcakes from the Octopus Flip Card set were also stamped out and colored. The colors used are listed at the end of this post.  The color was applied to a Watercolor Palette and then applied with a #4 Brush in light Layers of color. All of the images were cut out.

The card base was cut with the Flip Card Die following the instructions on the stamp packaging.  The Happy Birthday sentiment was die cut out of black paper. The front of the card was colored using the MFT Mini Cloud Edge Mix-Ables Stencil with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  Spare sheets of white cardstock were die cut with a grass border and colored with Bundled Sage and Iced Spruce Distress Ink.  They were splattered with watered down Iced Spruce Ink and added to the card using adhesive and foam tape.  The colored guinea pigs were added over the grass. The Happy Birthday die cuts were added over the guinea pig arms. The cupcakes were added around the card.

The inside was colored using the same stencil with Spun Sugar, Dried Marigold, Bundled Sage and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  The greeting was stamped onto the flap with black ink. The guinea pigs were attached right below the greeting.

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers Used:
Guinea Pigs -Mid Brown 065, Lt. Beige 074, Mustard 067, Brown 060, Cool Gray 099, Deep Brown 068, Pale Pink 028
Cupcakes - Dull Blue 034, Shadow Mauve 303, Light Blue 036, Pink 025, Mustard 067

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!