Let's get our boogie on by Sharon Caudle

Hello AI Fans!!

I made my card today for a bestie that had a birthday last week. I just love 4730 Birthday Fairy Set from Art Impressions! Her skirt goes on an Action Wobble and she does a little boogie for you!  :)   I paper pieced her dress to match the background papers. 

Isn't she so much fun??!!  Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today and until next time - stay crafty!!

Copics used:
E000, E00, E11, E21, E23, R20
B000, B00, B02
YG00, YG01, YG13, YG17

NEW Watercolor Release! PLUS Challenge 192 Watercolor Stamping!

Hello, Ai Fans!

We are thrilled to announce two NEW additions to our Watercolor Mini line! Our Covered Bridge Set and Old Barn Set include beautiful new structures and trees to make gorgeous scenes with your favorite flowers and foliages. Use our Stamp Positioner for spot-on stamping, and our Acrylic Block Variety Pack, perfect for all those small watercolor stamps. See our Summer 2016 Watercolor Mini release in action in our Stamp & Scrapbook Expo Video! Today, Karen is going to give a wonderful watercolor tutorial to kick of this release and our new Watercolor Stamping challenge! It's time for some wonderful new Ai Watercolor Mini sets!  I was thrilled when I saw the Covered Bridge Mini set (Sku #4808) that I'm sharing today - it reminds me of New England... and there's no prettier time to drive around New England, than the fall.  So I decided to share a fall painting with you. I started by stamping the covered bridge image, then stamped it again on a post-it note, and cut it out to create a mask that I placed on top of my artwork.  The set includes this wonderful group of Birch trees, that I coloured with a Sepia marker and stamped partially over the left edge of the bridge mask.  I inked up about 2/3 of the image again, and stamped it on the right edge.  Now when I remove the mask, the trees appear to be behind the bridge:  With the tiny leaves image, I inked up two different warm yellows and stamped repeatedly to start the foliage, then filled in with two shades of green.  I used the small grass from the WC Foliage Set (Sku #4051) and the small daisies from the WC Flower Set (Sku #4052) in oranges to create some bright fall bushes.  I softened everything with a wet paintbrush to pull the colour out.  I added some brown to the roof, gave the building some purplish shadows, then painted in the water, sky and the suggestion of mountains in the distance.  I added a few purplish shadows to the trees as well, especially up near the leaves.  And there's my fall scene! Beautiful work, Karen! We love how delicately you watercolored with the Covered Bridge Set! We'd love to have you join in our new challenge! We want to see yo use all water-based inks for these projects! Have some watercolor fun! 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, September 14th at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations. ✻ Good luck and happy stamping! An InLinkz Link-up Before we go, let's recognize the winner's of last week's challenge Too Cute to Spook! Top Spot is awarded to... Krisha! Congrats! We find it clever how you transformed our Hot Java Mama into a witch with other stamps you had! What a fun post card! Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address to claim your prize pack. Honorable Mentions go to... Karren!  Terri! Way to go, ladies! Karren, we love how you used our Birthday Fairy to make a cute Halloween costume! Sweet sparkle on the wings! And Terri, what a fabulous way to color our My Feet set! Be sure to email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address and stamp set of your choice! Thanks for joining in our challenge! Please join us again for our Watercolor Stamping challenge! Happy Stamping!

Birthday Fairy by Cheri Burry

Hello Ai Fans!

Today's card is showcasing the newly released, super cute "Birthday Fairy" set. The Birthday fairy set is actually a Ai Shaker set and comes with the 2 dies, a sentiment and 1 action wobble.

I used Silver Wink of Stella on her waist band and skirt trim. For the polka dots I used my new Pico Embellisher in black. The paper is from an old paper pad called Shaken Not Stirred by Kaiserkraft.

Here you can see how the skirt is popped up on the action wobble!

Here's the sentiment that came with the set.

For this version, I wanted to show you that you don't necessarily need to use an action wobble. She's just as cute as a 1 dimensional image!

Copics Used:

Skin: E00, E11, R20

Dress: T1, pico embellisher

Hair:C2, C4, C6

Skirt and waistband trim: Silver or Red Wink of Stella pen

Hat: R24, R27, R29, N9

Happy Stamping!

Supplies:

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Birthday wishes by Kerry

Hello Ai friends and happy Monday!

Hope you had a great weekend!  Today I'm sharing a birthday card using the Birthday Fairy set (SKU# 4730).  I just love her, she is too cute and always spreading her magical 'birthday fairy dust', hehe!

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Birthday Fairy is ready to Boogie!!

Hello AI Fans!!

 

So are you loving the new Easter stamps and the two new Shakers that AI has released?  Today I'm featuring the adorable new Birthday Fairy Set (#4730)! LOVE her!!! Her skirt is on a wobble, so she's ready to dance to help you celebrate!!! The die for her skirt comes in the set, but I trimmed off the white edge before putting it on the wobble.

 

 



The shaped card was cut with the Silhouette, and then I just doodled around the edges.

 



 

Copics used:

E11, E00, E000, R20, Y32, Y35, E33, YG11, YG13, YG17, WO, W2, W4, B000

 

 

 

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So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by to visit and hope you have some time this weekend to get crafty!!