Summerween Window Peeking by Janet

 

Hello Ai fans! Today the Summerween fun continues with another Halloween card. I thought it would be fun to use the shutter peeker feature and characters in the 5506 Peek-A Boo Set on the 6158 Story Tile Template Die. To my delight, the shutter is just the right size to cover one of the tiles.

To make this, I first stamped and colored several of the characters in the Peek A Boo set including the witch, pumpkin, Frankenstein, cat, and the shutter. I used the included dies to cut them out and set them aside.

Next I cut the story tile frame out of orange cardstock. I used the pieces it cut out of each frame to trace around patterned papers in the 6130 Halloween S3 Paper Pack. This made it easy to use different papers that fit perfectly in the tile openings without much waste. Then I placed the images and the sentiments in the tiles. Last I glued little Frankenstein into the middle tile and then glued the shutters over the frame section. Now Frankie waves hi when the shutters are opened! Cute! Finally I added two puffy glittered stars and one metallic star for accents.

I hope you enjoyed seeing a little Halloween in the middle of summer! I invite you to join in and enter your Summerween creation in the Ai Challenge. Just link it up to the post for it. Easy peasy! 

Thanks for stopping by and spending time with me and Art Impressions today. Please visit the Ai store to pick up your favorite stamps, dies, papers, accessories, and supplies. 

Happy Crafting!

Little Miss Boo Card/Box by Dori Mendiola

 Happy Wednesday AI Friends!

Our current challenge is "Summerween" so I decided to start on my Halloween mini journal book for the littles in my life.  Last year, I made Bonnie's Halloween journal into a scavenger hunt book for my oldest grandson and he had the most fun with it.  Actually, we all did!  My son and daughter-in-law made up riddles and clues for the scavenger hunt and I incorporated them into the pages.  Turned out soooo cute, so thank you Bonnie!

Not sure what I'm going to do in this book yet, so I only made the mini card and attached it to the Mini Journal Box #5805.  I'll finish the book at a later date and share at that time, but for now, I'll share the card/box and front of the inside book.

I started off by making the box with the die from the #5805 - Mini Journal Box out of orange cardstock.  I used the #6130 - Halloween S3 PP to line the box and decorate the sides as well as create the backgrounds for the card front and inside.  

I stamped a few of the images from two sets #6111 - Spooktacular and #5506 - Peek A Boo.  I then colored with my copic markers listed below.  Both of these sets come with coordinating dies which I just LOVE!  

I created a cute little decorative card (2 3/4 by 2 1/4) to fit on top of the box.  The pop up ghost has the coordinating die and scores for the folds, which makes the image pop up so easily on the inside.  

I adhered this mini card to the top of the box so you first open the card and then the box.  The card has a magnetic closure hidden under the front image and the inside sentiment.

The Mini Journal box die creates this cute little box with score lines.  All you have to do is fold and glue the sides.  Boom!  Easy peasy!  I suggest using heavy cardstock or add a pattern paper layer for stability.

This box was created by Art Impressions to hold the #5718 - Mini Journal book perfectly.  The finished dimensions are 2 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 7/8.  Also makes for a nice little treat box.

Thanks for joining me today and I hope you enter our "Summerween" blog challenge for a chance to win a free stamp set of your choice.  We love to see your creations!

Have a wonderful day!

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

N0, N1, N2, N3, N4, N6           R20

YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18         Y17

V12, V15, V17      G20, G21, G24

Summerween Challenge - Franky by Janet

Are you loving the latest Ai Challenge? It's Summerween. Clever isn't it? I have had the 6120 -  Frankenstein Puppet in my stash but ordered it after the season so I was thrilled to have a reason to break this one out and give it a try. This is a die set and is easy to put together, especially since the packaging indicates what all the pieces are so there's no guesswork.

I used a couple of paper packs for this card. The background is a piece from the 6130 Halloween S3 PP. The diamond pattern also comes from this pack. Frank's pants, jacket, shoes and shirt are all cut from the 5712 - Christmas Journal PP. This just shows again how packs that are seasonally themed can be used for so many other occasions and themes. This is because the papers always have several neutrally themed patterns that can be used for anything.

I cut the diamond paper from 5062 - Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies. I matted that on top of my card base which was covered in the pumpkin patterned paper that I had inked the edges on before attaching to the card base. Then I placed an orange mat and the diamond patterned mat on top of that. 

Next I cut and pieced together Franky. This was super fast and easy to do. I used a black paint pen to draw the facial details and a little bit of Signo White Gel Pen on the eyes. I added some green blush with chalk and he was ready! I traced around him on a piece of clear vellum and cut it out. I mounted Franky on foam tape and attached him to the vellum. Then that was glued on to the front of the card. For a sentiment, I stamped the phrase from the 5506 - Peek A Boo Set and trimmed it out with a border before attaching it to Franky. Finally, I added four green glitter enamel dots to two of the corners. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing a little Halloween in the middle of summer! I invite you to join in and enter your Summerween creation in the Ai Challenge. Just link it up to the post for it. Easy peasy! 

Thanks for stopping by and spending time with me and Art Impressions today. Please visit the Ai store to pick up your favorite stamps, dies, papers, accessories, and supplies. 

Happy Crafting!

Birthday Wishes by Dori Mendiola

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

My card today was inspired by the current blog challenge called "It's in the Mail".   I took this challenge literally and combed through all of my stamp sets to locate the perfect mailbox to go with this lady from the #5114 - Never Too Old Laugh Lines.  I found the mailbox in the #5930 - Santa's Workshop stamp set.  

I needed to make a birthday card for my sister and I just think this lady is hilarious.  My sister didn't find her nearly as funny until I told her the lady was representing me mailing her card not her receiving it.  😂

Maybe I should add a wink wink here too.  LOL! 

Anyway, back to the card.  I stamped the images onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with my copic markers listed below.  I then cut each out with the corresponding dies.  

I decided to make it a fun fold easel card by cutting a 4 1/4" x 9 3/4" piece of cardstock.  I scored it along the long side at 1 1/4, flipped the cardstock over and scored it at 5 1/2" keeping the other score line to your left.  Fold and burnish the score lines in opposite directions.   

I cut orange cardstock pieces to fit each of the scored sections and also adhered a piece of pattern paper to fit nicely on each of the orange mats.

Die cut two ovals with the #5065 - Oval Double Stitch dies.  One in pattern paper and the other in textured white.  For the base oval, I used the #5727 - Nested Oval dies.  Glue those three ovals together and adhere the top edge only to the 1 1/4" folded edge.  When opened, the oval piece will stand up on the bottom layer.  I added the colored images to this panel using foam dots for dimension.

To finish, I stamped the sentiment from the #5735 - Birthday Sentiments and partial die cut using the #5062 Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitch die.  I added an oval piece of white cardstock to the inside of the card (behind the image panel) for my birthday message and a few purple embellishments to the corners.

Well, that's my card for today.  Thanks for joining me!  

Hope you have a wonderful day and keep creating!

Copics used:  E000, E00, E11, R20, R24

C00, C1, C3, C5

V12, V15, V17

BG10, BG23, BG53

G40, G43, G46

Y11, Y13, Y32, Y35, Y38

Fall Placecards by Dori Mendiola

Happy Thurday AI Friends! 

Have you checked out the newest challenge called "Gobble Gobble" on the AI blog?  Super fun and simple to play.  Just anything fall or thanksgiving themed.  I thought placecards would be fun for this challenge especially using the newly released stamp set #6105 - Fall Keepsake set.  Perfect for your thanksgiving table!

I began by stamping the images with Memento black ink onto copic friendly paper and colored with my copic markers listed below.  I then die cut each with the coordinating dies (yep, they're included with this stamp set).  I also cut an extra set of all images with scrap cardstock.  I like to adhere to the back of the colored image for stability plus dimension instead of foam tape.  

The placecard is made by cutting a 5 1/2" x 3 1/2" piece of cardstock.  Score at 2", 4" and 4 3/4" along the 5 1/2" side.  Fold and burnish as mountain, valley, mountain.  Place your images as desired and die cut the letters for each name with the #5562 - Journal Letter die set.  

And there you go, easy peasy, you're ready for your table setting!

Thanks for joining me and I hope you join along with the blog challenge for a chance to win a free stamp set.   We love to see your creations!

Have a wonderful day and keep crafting!

Copics used:  E50, E51, E53, E55, E57, E95, E97

R20    YR02, YR04, YR07, YR20, YR21, YR23

One more Halloween card by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

I know Halloween is over, but I have just one more card I want to show you that goes along with our current challenge "Along Came a Spider". You still have a couple of days to enter! I used a fun fold for this one and had it where the right side overlaps the middle panel. I started out with #6112 Pumpkin Parade and colored up the adorable mouse pushing his cart full of candy down the street. To create this very easy scene, I grabbed a piece of paper from #6130 Halloween S3 PP and then used a piece of gray cardstock and drew in sidewalk lines. Couldn't get any easier. Of course I added a little spider hanging from his web up in the corner. Just a little note that I used a set of magnets from Amazon to hold the top down. It's just enough pull to keep it closed until you want to open it up. I simply glued one under the paper of the top flap, and the other one under the paper of the middle flap. It works like a charm!! 

When you open the front flap, it unveils a couple more spiderwebs and a spider with googly eyes. LOL! I just love those little ghosts from #5604 Halloween Journal Die Set. There are so many fun dies in that!! 

Once you open up the final flap, you get to see the cute girl ghost in all her glory telling you how Spook-tacular you are!! She is from #6111 Spooktacular Set, and I got the idea for the bow on her hear from my Bestie Dori! She has so many fangtastic ideas!! Since I wasn't going to use the ghost as a pop up, I just fussy cut it out so it wouldn't have the score lines for the pop up. It was super simple to cut it out. 

So that's it for me today! I hope you grab your paper and glue and play along with our challenge. You just might win a free set of your choice from Art Impressions!! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!!

Full of Surprises Halloween Card by Dori Mendiola

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

I had soooo much fun creating this card today!  Cute little interactive surprises using the stamp sets #6111 - Spooktacular and #6112 - Pumpkin Parade sets. 

Before I get started, I want to thank design team member, Sharon Caudle, for her great sidewalk idea.    She used this on one of her cards, of late, and I loved it.  What a cute and easy ground panel!  Simple, but effective!  Thanks, Sharon! 

Okay, back to my card.  I created a corner fun fold card.  You can find this fold design on Pinterest but it's pretty simple.  Start with a 5 3/4" x 7" piece of pattern paper.  Front of card design face up, score at 2" along the left edge of the 7" side.  Turn paper to the left and score along the 5 3/4" side at 2".  This will create a square in the bottom left corner.  Turn the paper over, fold and burnish the score lines towards you so that the front side is coming forward.  Make a small mark at 2" from each of the folds of the square.  Score diagonally from mark to mark.  Fold and burnish this score line in opposite direction of the others.  Unfold all and with inside paper face up, bring in the diagonal folds and let the square come up over the top creating a square in the top left corner.  See Pic 3 showing the fold opening.

Pic 1:

Top Panel - create how you choose (mine is 3" x 3 3/4").  Adhere to top square only.  Do not place glue on the full panel as this is how it opens.  See video below.

Pic 2

The peek a boo ghost is from the #6111 - Spooktacular set.  The die cut will score and cut the ghost so it folds as intended.  The arms fold in similar to the card.  Stamp your sentiment onto the moon.  Adhere the bottom of the ghost to the fold of the moon.  Place glue on the top half of the ghost and shut the moon down to adhere.  Do NOT glue the arms of the ghost.  When you lift the moon, the arms will fold outward.  I placed a magnet under the "lift" cloud and the other one under the inside cloud.  

Pic 3

The inside panel has a sentiment and another cute surprise image with treats.

Thanks for joining me today!  I hope you enjoyed my card!

Have a wonderful day and keep creating!

Copics used:  T0, T2, T4, R20

Y13, Y15, Y17

YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18

V12, V15, V17

BG32, BG45

Frankenstein treat box by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

The current challenge going on right now is "Keep it Contained". That includes a LOT of options for you, so I sure hope you join along! I created a simple little box by using 5805 Mini Journal Box Dies. I love making little treat boxes for the grandkids! I couldn't help but use the amazing new 6120 Frankenstein Puppet Set! Oh my word!!! I am going to have so much fun making a bunch of these! Isn't he the cutest? I didn't want a card, I just wanted him to stand up and be on a wobble. So I grabbed the oval nested and scalloped dies, glued them together and then just cut off a bit of the bottom so it was flat. Then to make it stand, I grabbed the easel die from 5901 Mini Rectangle Frame Dies. I added a few little touches like the fence and ghosts to enhance it. It's so much fun to see him wiggle around when you touch him! You can die cut his face and hands out of colored cardstock if you want. But personally I like to cut it out of my Copic friendly cardstock and color him with markers. I just like the way it looks. 

This shows the easel stand and wobble. 

So that's it for me today! I hope I was able to inspire you to grab your paper and glue and join in our "Keep it Contained" challenge for a chance to win a free set of your choice!! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!!

Copic markers used:

YG01, 03, and 05

C1, 2, and 3

I added a little pink chalk to his cheeks