Enter your crafty project below. The challenge isn't limited to cards.
✻ 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.
Now let's see what Lynn has created to help inspire you.
She's our Featured Artist for this challenge and she has a beautiful
card to share.
Watch video tutorial here!!!
Today's feature card was inspired by the current Ai Blog Challenge called "Birds of a Feather" which is to incorporate a bird or birds on your card or project!
I thought it would be fun to create a scene where the Ai Floral Truck Set (5511) would look like a little pop-up floral shop. So, let's begin by stamping the images from this set, as well as a few birds from the Ai Birds and Bugs Set (5561), and a pretty topiary from the Ai Front Porch Garden Set (5486). All of the coloring today will be done using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Yellow, Bright Yellow, Lt Pink, Peach Pink, Lilac, Lt Violet, Deep Red Grape, Deep Vermillion, Deep Red, Lt Gray, Gray, Cool Gray 6, Beige, Mid Brown, Haze Blue, Lt Blue, Cobalt Blue, Persian Green, Blue Gray, Dk Agate, Lt Green, Green.
To ground the scene, we will be stamping a pretty brick walk. Once the brick walk is stamped and colored, we can add a pretty sky by ink blending some orange and yellow inks!
Next, we can assemble the card, popping up some of the items for added interest and dimension. Don't forget to add those adorable little birds and bees! To layer up the card we will use some pretty polka dot paper from the Ai Easter S2 Paper Pack (5892).
We can also add some baker's twine and tie a bow at the top of the card! And as you probably already know, I have been trying to complete my cards by adding a sentiment and an interesting element to the inside of the card. For this card, I added a sentiment from the Ai Mrs. Set (5405) which says, "Wishing you every Bloomin' Thing!" and another cute flowerpot as well as a little bee!
Please check out the entire Front Porch Series for lots of little elements that can be incorporated into your scene cards and also the Rides Series which includes this floral truck as well as a Birthday Buggy, Christmas Truck, Spooky Wagon and some sweet add-ons!
Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!!!
Thank you Lynn for this amazing tutorial and gorgeous card.
I'm sure everyone will be inspired by your art.
Enter your crafty project below. The challenge isn't limited to cards.
✻ 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.
Have you seen the new Mini-Journal Template and the many new sets made just for its petite size? I don't know about you, but I'm in love! I could not wait to start playing with it. I have lots of ideas so I started putting them to work. My first creation is a friendship journal. I see this as something that I would give to a special person who is always there for me. It's such a unique gift to make and give to someone that you care for.
To begin, I used 5787 Mini Journal Template Set to create the journal covers and spine. If you've made the regular sized journal, it works the same way. You cut two identical panels and glue them together. Included in the set is the clasp so I cut that and also the border piece. The papers I used are from the new 5832 Gnome Paper Pack. The wood grain pattern is perfect for what I had in mind since I want this to reflect the nature theme I'll be using in the stamp sets. I also cut the hello sentiment and the stars using dies from the Mini Journal Template Set. I attached the clasp with mini pearl brads. This works very well to secure the clasp and it has holes in the each piece so you know just where to punch to fit the brads perfectly. The mail box is from the new 5787 WC Mini Journal Set. Of course, as with all the Ai Watercolor sets, they are not just for water coloring. They work really well for markers and pencils too. The bird is from 5561 Birds and Bugs Set. I drew a couple simple miniature envelopes and cut a slit in the box so I could slip them in to look like they are sticking out of the box.
Next I went to work on pages 1 and 2. The adorable rocker with the dog and cat comes from 5493 Front Porch Valentines Set. Both sentiments are from 5797 Little Things Sentiment Set. This is my favorite new sentiment collection. It's packed with 19 sweet phrases. The basket is also from 5787 WC Mini Journal Set. The flowers were stamped from a stamp in the 5493 Front Porch Valentines Set. I masked the flowers before I stamped the basket to create the combined image. I colored in the ground and used a grass stamp from 4051 WC Foliage Set 1. This is a go to stamp that I use a lot for grass in my scenes. I used the vine also on the mail box post. Last I added a tab cut from a die in the Template Set. I like how this can be used for a tag top or as a page tab. It's very versatile!
I hope you will enjoy my friendship mini-journal. I'll bring more pages over the next few weeks using new and existing sets. There is so much fun to be had with these little journals and so much of your stamp collection can be used with them. I hope you consider giving it a try.
Thanks so much for stopping by today and taking a peak at my mini-journal in process. I invite you to stop by the store to see all the new releases for your card and tag making projects.
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