Hello Ai fans, Nina here and today I wanna share with you how I created this cute Snow Globe Card. I used HM Accessory set, stitched circle die set and stitched rectangle die set.
I stalled the images on white paper using my Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and my Mini Misti and colored then with Copic markers.
I die cut a rectangle with the stitched rectangle biggest die and added a little bit of Speckled Egg distress Ink with my ink blending tool.
And cut two circles in the middle of it to create an opening and a frame around it, I cut the frame again from a white paper and attached the ink blended background, the circle and the white frame to a white paper slightly bigger than the ink blended background.
I then added a white hillside border to by my white and made Santa stand on it then tucked the tree behind it and the deer coming from behind the frame.
I cut the word hohoho from red cardstock and attached it on top. I also cut with the scissors a base for the snow globe using the same red cardstock.
Let me tell you...we were SO excited to see so many new names entered in our last challenge! We have free stamp sets to give away. Who will it be this week?
Our new challenge is called Christmas Came Early and we'll get into that in just a bit.
For now, let's start with who won our Fall into Fall challenge. As always, we have two winners. A Top Spot and a Lucky Random Winner.
For our Top Spot we selected Lorrie M.
Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!
Also, be sure to grab our badge to display on your blog, Facebook or Instagram!
Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!
Also, be sure to grab our badge to display on your blog, Facebook or Instagram!
Congratulations to both of our winners!
Now let's see what our Featured Artist for this week has in store for you. Lynn created this DARLING cat "tree" to help get you in the mood for the holidays!
Let's see what she has to say about her card. Be sure to check out her tutorial video as well. Those are ALWAYS so amazing and helpful.
I'm so excited to be your feature artist for the kick-off of today's brand-new blog challenge! This is the Ai "Christmas Came Early" challenge. My card will also qualify for an upcoming Instagram Hop that Ai is sponsoring. Tune in next week to hear all about that! You won't want to miss it because there are MANY prizes to be won!
Watch video tutorial here!!!
I thought it would be fun to re-imagine our stamps today! We are going to take the Ai Christmas Kitty Flip Card Set (5183) and rather than creating a flip card we are going to create a Kitty Christmas Tree....why not...right?! I love to use my stamps not only in the traditional way, but also in unique and fun ways! It's a great way to get more value from the stamps and dies that you purchase.
First, let's stamp and color all of our little kitties. We will need to stamp two sets of the forward-facing kitties and one of the back facing kitties. All of the coloring today will be done using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Sugared Almond Pink, Deep Red, May Green, Deep Green, Turquoise Green, Beige, Mid Brown, Lt Gray.
Once the coloring is done, we can start our cutting using a pair of detail scissors. We will keep all 4 kitties for the bottom of the tree and then 3 for the second layer and 2 for the top of the tree. This will take a little bit of time to cut out, but it is well worth the effort!
We will also die cut a small, stitched star out of some glitter paper for the tree topper. To this star we can add some sequins for added interest. For this we will use the Buttons Galore & More "Holly" sequins.
To set the scene for our card, we can use the Ai Mini Paper Pack (5835) and the Ai Valentines Paper Pack (5741). We will also add a snowy look by spattering this paper with the Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White. We can also ink the edges with the Tim Holtz Ground Espresso Ink.
Let's add a few highlights using a white gel pen and add some foam squares for added dimension!
Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!!!
Thank you Lynn for your sweet cat Christmas card and wonderful tutorial video!
Check out the link below to enter your Christmas themed card for a chance to win a free stamp set.
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Happy Sunday everyone! Do you love these new Fairy Houses as much as I do?
I created two cards to share with you today.
Both of these little houses nest perfectly into the new leaf frame die.
For the first card I used the white leaves from the first frame I cut and colored them with Copic markers. For the mushroom house I cut the leaf inserts from colored paper. I couldn't tell the difference between the two so moving forward, if I've cut the frame in white, I'll use the little pieces that are scraps and just color them. That will save on colored cardstock.
I love that the new frame creates a frame yet also has some stand alone dies that you can cut.
There's a complete list of supplies and links below if you'd like to give something like this a try. These are perfect for any time of year.
Hello Ai fans, Nina here with a new addition to my Friendship Polaroids and today Imam using this cute Plants Windows Set.
I stamped the window scene using Versafine Onyx Black Ink that is watercolor friendly since I am using my Zig Brush Markers.
I colored the scene using these shades:
The pots starting from the left most pot
Pot 4: ocre + yellow. Plant: 40+400
Pot 3: 260 + 230. Plant: 47 + 53
Pot 2: 033 + 42. Plant: green + 53
Pot 1: 60 + 61. Plant: 43 + 46 + 50 and light green wash on top
I then cut few scraps of paper to layer underneath my Polaroid photo and added them to my white background that I cut using the double stitched rectangle dies.
I added the page to my Friendship Polaroids Art Journal.
Little girls (and big girls) just love their fairy tales!
I had a request for a pink card using either something girly or unicorn themed.
I sent her photos of the retired 5752 Floral Carousel Set and the 5225 – Castle Cubbies.
She thought her soon to be 3 year old niece would love the castle.
I used a piece of acetate to make one of the unicorns "fly." I know that aren't known for flying but they're magical so I feel like if they really put their mind to it...lol!
This time I added dragons and made one of them fly.
The dragon wings were also done with Wink of Stella and the unicorns and torch flames have some Stickles for added sparkle.
Dawn Kuklewicz sent me some adorable little gems for my birthday so I added several of them for some extra bling.
The Critter Cubbies are possibly my favorite interactive series of all time with the Sub Cubbie, Mushroom Cubbie and this Castle Cubbie being my favorites but PLEASE! Don't make me choose! Because then...the hen house, the barn, the owls...I LOVE them ALL!
The main bunny planter image is from 5521 – WC Animal Planters proving that they don't have to be watercolored, in fact they need very little color at all to be adorable.
The Cubbies are an interactive series. They all have doors and windows that open to reveal hidden treasures! I'll pause for a moment here, while you take a moment to giggle
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