New year - new diet!

Hello AI Fans!!

 

Happy New Year!!! So do you make resolutions each year? And if you do, do you keep them for at least a little while? How about for at least four hours?? :)  I LOVE the new release of AI People from Art Impressions! This lovely lady is the One To Brag Set (sku 4668). 

 

Copics used:

 

E11, E00, E000, R20, Y32, Y35, Y38, E23, E21, E23, E25, E27, E51, E53, B02, B04, B06

 

 

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Merry Christmas! Blog Closed for the Holidays

Merry Christmas, Ai Fans!

As you finish decorating and wrapping presents, we're wrapping up the blog for a two week break for the holidays! But first, we have a Diane and Sharon double feature with last-minute inspiration and merry wishes!

Hello Ai friends and Merry Christmas!

I have one last Christmas card to share with you today.  This one uses the Ai Mouse Spinner (4674) and Mouse Spinner Dies (4693).  What a sweet image!

The mouse and ornament image is on a string in the card front opening so it spins!  The gray striped paper is adhered to the inside back of the card.

Here's the back side of the image...

I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas!

Hello AI Fans!!

Sharon here! Today I have a couple of cards to show you featuring the brand new AI People! They are all so much FUN!!! I believe a card made with any of them would bring a huge smile to the recipient!!  First I'd like to show you a couple things I did using the Skinny Yet Set (sku# 4672).  I used a darker tone for her skin and also wanted to give her curly hair.  So I wanted to show you one way I give the illusion of a character with curly hair.  For this particular image, I used three different Copic markers E15, E39, and E59. I start with the darkest and just dot around the hair randomly.

I then take the E39 marker and do the same thing, filling up more of the hair area.

I then take E15 and finish filling in the hair completely.

A very simple and easy way to give the illusion of curly hair!  Next thing I want to show you is how I used the "out of the box" technique to cut her out.  The image was too large to be able to cut her out with the Spellbinders circle die.  So I decided to have her arm hanging "outside of the box".  To do that, simple lay your die over the top of the image the way you want to cut it out. Then I take a pencil and draw on both the outside of the die and the inside right up to the area I want to have hanging out of the cut. 

Then you want to cut straight into the paper. For instance with this image, I cut directly to her fingertips and then fussy cut around her hand and arm until I could slip the die back into place where I wanted it, only slipping the die UNDER her arm that you've partially fussy cut.

Then simply put it through your die cut machine, erase our pencil marks, and voila!!

The finished card

Copic markers used:

skin: E11, E13, E21, R02

hair: E15, E39, E59

Yoga Ball: W0, W1, W2, W3, W4, W5

Leotard, shoes, and headband:  BG72, BG75, Blender

Papers used: Fancy Pants Park Bench

Thanks Diane, thanks Sharon! Be sure to check back in with us on January 7th after our holiday hiatus! All of us from Ai wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 



IT FiTs! by Kerry

Hello Ai friends and happy Monday!

I'm sharing a fun card using the super cool Ai People If it Zips (SKU#4669).

Don't you just love those skinny jeans?  

Copic markers used:  C00, C0, C1, C3, BG10, E02,RV23, RV25, YR000, YR00

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If it zips...it fits!!

Hello AI Fans!!

 

 

Ok....so how many of you can relate to THIS one??!! LOL!!! I know I sure can! I can definitely remember when I was younger,  laying down on the bed to get my jeans to zip up! Yep, I'm being seriously honest right now. And I bet that there is more than one of you out there that have done the same thing! LMBO! I ADORE this stamp set called "If It Zips Set"  (sku# 4669) from Art Impressions. 

I made this into an easel card and I just HAD to make a zipper for the front of it. So I used a Silhouette file and combined it with a Prima zipper trinket.

 



 

Copics used:

E11, E00, E000, R20

shirt: R22, R24, R27

pants: B00, B02, B04

hair: E33, E35, YR21

grounding: E21, E23

 

 

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Challenge 174: Ready for Resolutions Week 2!

Hello there, Ai Fans! We're back with Thursday Challenge! Last week, Renee gave us a peek at two darling cards she made with our new hilarious Ai People! These ladies are ready to make some changes in the New Year... and the rest of the design team is here to introduce them! Click on the designer's name to view more details about their card and leave some comment love on their blog.  Cheri with If It Zips Set (SKU 4669) Dana with One to Brag Set (SKU 4668)  Diane with Skinny Yet Set SKU 4672) Karen with Thin Enough Set (SKU 4670) Kerry with Thin Enough Set (SKU 4670) Renee with If It Zips Set (SKU 4669) Renee with AHH! Set (SKU 4671) Sharon with AHH! Set (SKU 4671) Thanks for sharing your fantastic cards, designers! You sure know how to make resolutions look fun! These cards use stamps from our new Ai People releases, with 5 new stamp sets available at artimpressions.com! Have you seen our Latest and Greatest video from Scrapbook Expo? See our new ladies in action! These gals are ready to turn over a new leaf for the New Year! We'd love to invite you to join us in our challenge! This time we are looking for a New Years card. By the way, this is the last challenge of 2015! Perhaps you've been waiting for a time to join in our challenges--here's a great chance! Let's see what you've got! 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, December 16 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations. ✻ Good luck and happy stamping! An InLinkz Link-up