Buzzing into the Future! Card by Tasha

Happy Friday, Art Impressions Friends!

Tasha here, and today I'm excited to share a fun bee-themed graduation card featuring the super cute 5925 – Honey Bee Set. I absolutely love these little bee stamps and thought they’d be a fun twist on a traditional graduation card!

To start, I stamped three bees and gave them tiny graduation caps, then colored them with Copic markers. The background features honeycomb stamping and a hive in the center; I love the schoolhouse hive!

For the card base, I made a scalloped frame. I think the soft edges of the scallop work really well with the playful bee theme. Then I layered black, teal, and white cardstock, plus a piece of yellow plaid patterned paper from Art Impressions. I wanted to keep the classic yellow and black bee colors, but the teal adds a nice pop of color.

To finish off the card, I added two stamped sentiments, ink blended the edges of the center card, and attached a few enamel dots for extra shine and dimension. 

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! I hope this card gives you some inspiration for your own spring or graduation-themed projects. Have a bee-autiful weekend!

Graduation Gift Card Holders by Reneé Matarese

 Happy Tuesday everyone!

The current challenge here on the Art Impressions blog is Just For You!

We are creating gifts to give to someone.

Gift bags, boxes, gift card holders and pockets, treat boxes and bags...etc.

I created several graduation themed GC holders because...tis the season.

You could also make a project for a retirement, wedding, 

birthday, housewarming, new baby, new job etc.

I've had this set for a while now. My favorite is the owl and then the giraffe.

This time I used the elephant too and I have decided he's also my favorite...lol!

I love animals.

Look at that wise owl...so CUTE!!

The balloons are not part of the grad set but I felt they went really well

with the Aim High sentiment.

This gift card pocket is so versatile.

I absolutely love it. You can also attach it to the inside or outside of

a card or include it on a journal page. Whatever suits your needs.

Copics used: B12 (little bird)

LePen 0.1 Black

Red Pilot Extra Fine

Royal Round Detail Brush #4 

Staedtler WC Pencils:
124, 80, 16, 76, 3

Derwent WC Pencils:
6 Deep Cadmium, 19 Madder Carmine, 58 Raw Sienna, 66 Chocolate

Hat's Off To You! by Janet

 Hello everyone! Graduation at our house is in a little over a week and Mom is just about ready! One thing left to do was make a card for my son and now I can say, "Check!"

This is a Double Z Fold card with a built in center pop-up section in the middle. I did not use a die for this and I was pleased with how it turned out. To decorate it, I used the adorable 5277-Graduation Set. There are three super cute graduates and lots of sentiments. The images come wearing graduation hats but I thought it would be fun to enhance them using hat brads.

Aren't these characters so cute? I can never get enough of this set. It is perfect for both both girls and boys. 

I know my son will enjoy this card. He's my biggest fan and never gives me an attitude every time I say, "Look at the card I made!" He must groan inside sometimes but he's always willing to ooh and ah over anything I've shown him over the years. Sadly, I won't have him around to show my makes soon but I guess I'll have to send him photos. He can't get off that easy! Ha ha! Making something special for someone you care about is one of the greatest things about being a card maker. I know you all know what I mean.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you'll stop by the store soon for all your card making needs. 

Wishing you a very crafty day!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest 

Happy Graduation! by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing the card that I made for my niece who will be graduating high school in less than two weeks.

The stamps are from 5277 – Graduation Set.  The animals in this set are all so adorable!

I used two die sets to frame the stamped image and verse.

5065 – Oval Double Stitched Dies
and
5132 – Tag Stitched Dies.

I also used my TT41 – TwinTone Marker – 41 Chocolate
to add some fine detail and dark areas to the owl.

Copics used:
W2, W4, W5, Y26, E35, E57

Chocolate Twin Tone

Marvy NO. 5 Yellow
Marvy NO. 89 Persimmon

Happy Birthday Down Under! by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a birthday card that I made for a friend all the way in Australia!

I made a second card, slightly different, because Michelle deserves a one of a kind card!

I used the 5349 – Koalas Set from the Funny Farm series.

These koalas are just so darned cute and come with several fun sentiments.
I framed the main image with 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies.

I also made a graduation card using the 5277 – Graduation Set.

My son's college colors were black and gold so the giraffe was perfect.

I cut the sentiment on the front of the card using the 5133 – Flag Double Stitched Dies.

Copics used on Koala cards:

YG07, YG17, N0, N2, T4, R01, R85, Y13, Y18, Y19, Y26

LePen 0.3

Copics used on Grad card:
E81, N0, R81, T3, E33, E87, BG000, BG01

Birthday Buggy Graduation and Birthday cards by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing two cards that I made using 5455 – Birthday Buggy set from the new
Ai Rides series.

Our daughter just graduated last Saturday with her Bachelor's in Fine Arts. I used the 5502 – Craft Bag and Die Set. She has two more years to go to student teach and take all of her teaching classes because she wants to be a high school art teacher at which point she'll have her Master's Degree.

She'll be certified K-12 and is going to look into what else she'd need should she decide to teach at the college level.



She attended SUNY Oswego and their colors are green and gold.  She drives a Jeep now but her last car was a VW Beetle so I knew these sets were the perfect match to make a card for her.

I used the 

5133 – Flag Double Stitched Dies on the sentiment which came from 5277 – Graduation Set.

While I had those stamps out I decided to make a birthday card to add to my stash!
The verse is from the Hobby Lobby 5477HL Interchangeable Car Set exclusive.

The gift boxes in the corner of both cards are from the  Hobby Lobby set too.

This set is so fun and it just makes me smile!

Copics used:

RV0000, RV04, RV63, Y00, Y08, Y11, Y26, B02, B05,

G03, G05, E30, N2, C0, C8, T4, W1

Silver and white gel pen.

   

Welcome to the Real World Graduation Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here with a colorful graduation card created with the Ai 5277-Graduation Set! 

To begin, I stamped the happy elephant grad with black ink and colored it with Copic Markers. This image could be used for any age and the elephant looks so happy holding his diploma!

After I was done coloring the elephant, I cut the image out and started to create the background. I was inspired by the Earth image and made a cool sky design with stencils. I love the mix of clouds & sun rays in the background and the yellow gives a glowing look to the design.

The sentiment "Welcome to the Real World" was stamped in a teal color and coordinates with the blue colors used throughout the card. I also added a pretty blue glitter paper to frame the greeting and center card; the sparkle looks fantastic when the light shines on it!

Lastly, I added layers of pattern paper and black cardstock before attaching the card to a white 6"x6" card base. I hope you enjoyed today's project and are inspired to create a graduation card with the Art Impressions Graduation Set!

Have a great day!

New Challenge!! Funky Folds!!

 Hello Ai fans!!

We've been on a bit of a break but now we're BACK!!

Have you missed us as much as we've missed you?

We have a brand new challenge for you and we hope you enjoy the inspiration from the design team.

Our team has put together some Funky and Fun Fold cards for you.

Crystal used 5267 – Floral Invites.

Reneé used 4900 – Reel Great Guys Set,   5187 – Happy Trails Set, 5277 – Graduation Set
and SC0651 – His & Hers Campers.

Lynn used 4926 – Holiday Mansion Set, 5097 – HM Birthday Set,  
5323 – MB Wall Accessories and 5319 – MB Birthday Set.

     

Tasha used  SC0677 – Wine Divas

Feeling Funky!!  Yes we are!  Create any card using a fun or funky non traditional fold.

We want you to join our challenge! It's so fun to look through your unique creations! We pick a "Top Spot" entry to receive 3 Ai stamp sets of their choice! Not a bad deal, right?? But you can't win if you don't enter, so let's see your projects!! Play along with our "Funky Fold" theme and follow our rules to 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!

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

✻ Make sure to get your link up by the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter