Friends are Flowers by Dori Mendiola

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

Oh Man, I had such a fun time making this card.  My inspiration came from a combination of the newly released Story Tile sets and die as well as the current blog challenge "The People In Your Neighborhood".  For my card, I used the #5798 - Gardening Girlfriend set, the #6177 - Garden Friends set and the #6158 - Story Tile Template Die as well as a few accessories from some other sets that are listed below.  

I started by stamping all of the images onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with my copic markers listed below.  I decorated some of the images with my white marker (you can also use the Dr. PH Martin white paint).  I fussy cut the girl as well as the story tile garden images.  

I cut the story tile window frame from a piece of pink cardstock and a piece of pattern paper from the #6051 - Mother's Day PP.  I layered the pattern paper over the pink cardstock and shifted it slightly to the right and upwards so that the pink showed through the window slightly.  This provided a nice little contrast and helped pop up the images as well as the pattern papers underneath.  Then a die cut some other pattern papers from this paper pack with the story tile die and placed them behind the pink frame.

I stamped the sentiment from the Garden Friends set and adhered behind the narrow window.  I popped up each of the images with foam tape into the other windows and decorated the pots and boots with flowers from the #5935 - Fairytale houses set and the #6076 - Gardener Gail set.  To finish off the card, I colored a few bees from the Fairytale Houses set and placed them near the flowers. 

Make sure to check out the newly released sets and also the bi-weekly blog challenge for a chance to win a free stamp set of your choice.  We love to see your creations!

Thanks for joining me today!  Have a wonderful day and keep creating!

Copics used:  E00, E01, E11, E21, E23, E25

R20, R24,      C1, C3, C5

Y32, Y35, Y38,   YG41, YG45

B91, B93, B95,    RV52, RV55

Pocket Full of Sunshine Seed Journal by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I have the inside of the little house that I shared last Thursday for my challenge feature.
The 6114 – Box Village Template Dies come with a journal cover with pages that you can add.

I believe it fits 6 and I chose to add 3 because mine had seed packets folded in half and tucked inside giving those pages more dimension.

Pruned & Fabulous!

That's my cover page...lol.
Oh GAIL! You're marvelous.

The challenge is to use sunshine, yellow and/or pockets. I chose to use all 3 on my project.
Pocket Full of Sunshine!

For one of my pages I used 6150 – His Love Set and a sentiment from 6076 – Gardener Gail.
The pocket and banner the sentiment is stamped on are part of the house die set. The circles are from 
5726 – Nested Circle Dies and 6045 – Scalloped Circle Dies.

For this page I used a frame from the house die set and a flower from 5981 – My Joy Set.

My final pages used dies from 5336 – Garden Mini Dies and one final sentiment from Gail.

This is what the journal looks like tucked up inside the house.

House and Journal side by side.

I hope you enjoyed my little bit of sunshine.

Gardening Gail Pop-Up Card by Janet

Hello Ai Friends! Today I was inspired to create a pop-up card featuring the new 6076 - Gardener Gail Ai People Set. Isn't she fabulous! Or should I say, "She's So Bloomin' Cute!"

Before I go into how this was constructed, I want to show you the front of my card which is simple but still hints at what might be inside. It features a scene from the 6099 - Garden PP along with a sentiment cut out with the 5727 - Nested Oval Dies. It couldn't be more simple!

This is a top fold card. When it's opened, the fabulous pop-up scene appears. The background garden scene inside really sets the theme. It's another piece from the Garden Paper Pack. I colored and cut cute Gail and two pots with flowers. I also cut two fence pieces from the 5807 - Journal Fence Dies and used a full fence in the middle and half of a fence on each side to make the fence go across the width of the card. I added some grass and used the 5063 - Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies and another sentiment from the Gail set to create the inside sentiment.

To create the raised stage of the pop up, I folded the bottom half of the A2 top folding card base to form the stage. Then I glued another 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel to the bottom of the raised base. This gives the illusion of the card being a single piece. Once the raised stage was formed, I went about adding the pop-up mechanisms to support Gail, the grass, fences and flower pots. You can see below that there's nothing complex about the 3D mechanism. I did not use any special dies to create it. I just measured and folded before gluing it in place.

I had fun making this card and I hope it inspires you to try this pop-up mechanism to stage any of your favorite Ai sets. It's really fun and it allows you to use your imagination to create some really unique scenes.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Don't forget to find your favorite stamps, dies, papers, and accessories at the Ai Store! You'll always find something that calls to you.

Happy Crafting!

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