Turning One by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

My card today celebrates someone turning one year old. That precious little girl is from 5185 Baby Girl Set. It's an older set, but is so dang cute!! I stamped the image onto a Copic friendly paper with Memento Tuxedo black ink and then colored it with Copic markers which are listed for your convenience below. The sentiment is from 5866 Mini Birthday Sentiment Set. I just cut it out with my trimmer and popped it up onto a tag from 5132 Tag Stitched Die Set. That beautiful paper is from 6057 Baby Girl PP, and the word ONE was die cut using the new 5910 Large Letter Dies. 

So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit, and until next time - stay crafty!!

Copic markers used:

E000, 00, 11, 21, 23, 33, 51, and 53

BV00, 01, 02, and 04

RV32 and 34

G43

B00

BG11 and 13

R02 and 20

T1 and 2

Never Have I Ever Challenge #384 Week #2

 Hello Ai fans and welcome to week two
of our Never Have I Ever challenge.

We want you to use a stamp or die that you've never used before.

You know you have some. We all buy things because we "NEED" them,

only to find them sitting unused. Get them out and USE them!

Our Featured Artist was Tasha

and you can see her tutorial for her Step Fold card HERE.

Tasha also created a Halloween card and you can see it HERE.

You can see my Spooky Crew card HERE.

 

Janet used 5185-Baby Girl Set (her never used set)

Plus 5543-Journal Template Die Set

5562-Journal Letter Die Set

Sharon's card can be found HERE.

Lynn's card and VIDEO tutorial can be found HERE.
Follow her YouTube HERE.

 

Dori's Pop-Up Slider card uses  #4902 Par-Tee Golfer stamp,
Journal Rectangle Frames Die #5591,
#5063 Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Die
and the #5907 Golf Shop Matchbook

 

Karen's cards from her Watercolor Weekend "Never Have I Ever" 

can be found HERE.

 

It's hard to believe, with all the cards our fabulous Design Team 

creates that there are sets that they've never used. 

All of these are wonderful! Thank you for the inspiration.

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any 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!

 ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission.

✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.

✻ 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 if you can, by clicking and commenting on 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

Baby Girl Slim Journal! by Reneé Matarese

 Hello everyone and welcome to my first SLIM journal creation.

This journal is exactly like the original journal except that you only need to put two
pages in it. In fact, I only used one page making it even simpler because I added popped
up bows and I didn't want them to get squished.

The pretty heart clasp comes with the Slim Journal.

My journal is a little keepsake for a baby girls first tooth lost and first hair cut.

I used 5811 – Gift Card Pocket Dies to create each of the pockets. which fit perfectly onto the 5768 – Decorative Journal Page Set 1 frame I used behind them.

For the tooth, I cut a smaller pocket using a die from the 5805 – Mini Journal Box Dies and then added the little envelope from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set. I used the bow and rectangle from 5811 – Gift Card Pocket Dies.

The letters were cut from 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.
This sweet baby girl is from 5185 – Baby Girl Set

The pocket for the lock of hair is the same as the tooth pocket except that I didn't use the small envelope inside. I used a heart from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set.

My journal also can be used as inspiration for our current Pop It Up! challenge on the Art Impressions blog.  My bows are popped up as well as my baby girl being popped up on foam dots. You might win a free stamp set if you enter!

I used 5809 – Decorative Journal Page Set 2 to create the border on my center page.

That's the great thing about these journals. Almost everything is compatible.

You Spin Me Round Challenge #369 Week 2

 Welcome to week #2 of our

You Spin Me Round Challenge!

Last week I was the featured artist and made a die cut Valentine card.
You can click here to see my card and products used.

This week we have two fun cards from Lynn and Janet.

Lynn made a sweet baby girl card.

Baby Girl Set (5185)
Nested Circle Dies (5726)
Journal Template Die Set (5543)
Mini Paper Pack (5835)
Easter Paper Pack (5742)

Janet made a fun "rocker" card.

5721 - Nested Heart Dies
5219 - Loveable Animals Set
5741 - Valentines PP

Tasha used: 5737 – Bunny & Chicks Set, 5221 – Sending Love Cubbies, 5741 – Valentines Paper Pack and 5726 – Nested Circle Dies.

What beautiful cards from our Design Team!

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any 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!

 ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission.

✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.

✻ 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 if you can, by clicking and commenting on 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

So Sweet by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

It's always good to have some baby cards on hand.  I mean, even though you usually have about 6 months notice, sometimes those showers or births can sneak up on you. I work in an elementary school with lots of young teachers so it seems like someone's always pregnant. lol!

 

The baby girl, duck and sentiment are all from 5185 – Baby Girl Set and they're stamped and matted on circles from 5726 – Nested Circle Dies.  It's difficult to see it but the wall behind her is embossed to look like shiplap paneling. I used a scoreboard to do that.

 

The little bow, star and banner that the sentiment is stamped on are all from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set. In my opinion, even if you never make a journal, this is a MUST HAVE set!!  There are so many useful dies in this amazing set. I've circled the dies that I used so you can better see them.

This is such a precious set. I hope next time you have a new baby to welcome that you'll give this set a try!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Copics used:

RV09, RV10, RV55, RV66, YG06, YG11, YG67, C0,
Y11, Y32, Y35, E02, E33, E35, E1, E51, E81, E93

It's a GIRL! Let's Celebrate! by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing my card that I made for the Let's Celebrate challenge
that's going on right now here on the blog!

I used two sets on my card.

The stamps are from 5185 – Baby Girl Set.

The dies are all from the very large 5543 – Journal Template Die Set.
This may be my all time favorite die set from Art Impressions.  Who am I kidding?

It absolutely is!  This set has 35 dies in it.  It isn't just for creating journals. This

set is SO versatile!  I use something from it on almost every card I make now.

I'm not sure what it is about this little girl but I always think "vintage" when I see her.
This card was made for the nurse at my school.  She just had a baby girl and is still on leave.

She texted me and said she LOVED it!

The die set comes with what I'd call an "applique" type flourish die. I used it to cut

the shape out on the frame but then put it back in to kind of created a wood applique look.

I then used an old pigment ink pad to distress several of the edges.

I always feel like pink and gold is a very feminine color combination so I used

3 different types of gold ribbon.