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Thursday, July 13, 2023

Bonnie's Birthday Challenge #355 Week #2

Hello Ai fans!

It's time for week #2 of our Bonnie's Birthday challenge.

We want to see all of your birthday themed creations!

Cards, gift bags, gift boxes, goody bags, tags, cake picks etc.
Last week I was the featured designer and I made a shadowbox window card with moving bees.
You can find my picture tutorial here.

Here's the back of the shadowbox.

You're going to LOVE what the rest of the Design Team has created!

We have some beautiful watercolor as well as regular cards. Even an embroidered card!

Our first card is from Tricia and she used 5390 – Mini Accents 2, 5594 – Harvest Scarecrow Set, 5561 – Birds and Bugs Set, 5071 – WC Serif Letters Set, 5722 – Birthday Journal Set and 5606 – Harvest Journal Paper Pack.

Lynn has a video tutorial here. She used Ai Birdhouse Cubbies Set (5346), Ai Slimline Dies Set (5463) and Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen.

Sharon's card features 5042 – Christmas Bee Set and 5065 – Oval Double Stitched Dies.

Here's the inside of her card.

Karen used 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.

Tasha has two cards for you. Her first card used 5561 – Birds and Bugs Set, Pig Freebie Stamp from 2016 (which was a recent throwback) and 5735 – Birthday Sentiment Set.

For her second card she used SC0794 - Big Birthday Wishes Set.

Diane decorated the front and inside of her card as well as made a beautiful coordinating envelope. She used 5561 – Birds and Bugs Set, 5728 – Mushroom Cubbies, 5543 – Journal Template Die Set and 5319 – MB Birthday Set (for the little crown)

Here's the inside.

Nina used 5728 – Mushroom Cubbies, 5588 – Journal Oval Frames Die Set and 5072 – Block Letters Die Set.

Janet used 5728 – Mushroom Cubbies, 5722 Birthday Journal Set; 4051 Foliage Set; 5009 WC Mini Flower Set and 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies to make her shaker card.

Guest Designer Cynthia Olheiser used 5114 – Never Too Old Laugh Lines

We hope you'll be joining us for our Birthday challenge.

You can enter below for your chance to win a free stamp set!

✻ 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!

Happy Birthday Bear by Cynthia Olheiser

Hello Ai fans!

Cynthia is back again and has a sweet birthday card to go along with week two of our Bonnie's Birthday challenge. Be sure to stop by the blog at 9am PST to see what the rest of the Design Team has created.

This week I'm sharing a clean and simple birthday card along with Bonnie's Birthday Challenge. Happy Birthday Bonnie!

I took a little artistic liberty with the Art Impressions 5113 Pand-tastic Set this week. The lazy little bear image is so adorable and I decided he could also be a brown bear. Of course, the brown bear is a little more common in my area of the country!

Both the bear and a sentiment from AI Chocolate Therapy set were stamped with VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink. The bear was colored with Copic Markers E53 Raw Silk, E33 Sand and E35 Chamois. The panel was layered onto designer paper from Pink Paislee Switchboard paper pad and a black card stock base. A few enamel dots finish the 4. 5 inch square card.

I hope you will join the current birthday challenge! If you would like to send Bonnie a Birthday wish you can mail your card here...

Art Impressions
ATTN: Bonnie

PO Box 20085

Keizer, OR 97303

Monday, July 10, 2023

Happy Birthday Bonnie Krebs!!!!

Hello AI Fans!!

Today is our Queen Bee Bonnie's Birthday!! I know how much she is loved and cherished by all, so I feel VERY fortunate that it's my day to post. Bonnie, I know I speak for all when I tell you that we wish you the very best Birthday and hope your day is filled with love and laughter with friends and family! Thank you so much for enriching all of our lives and blessing us with your amazing talents! God bless you and we love you!!

The card I'm showing you today is one I made for Bonnie (I hope she's received it by now) and for the current challenge we've got going on right here on the AI blog! I used the fabulous #5042 Christmas Bee Set, but I used some Post It Tape to mask out her stocking cap and tried my best to turn it into a Birthday hat. You can see I'm definitely not an artist! LOL! I also cut my little bee away from the word merry and the bow so I could use it by itself. This helps extend the uses of your stamps because you can always stamp them together again if you want! I love that there's so many stamps in this set you can use for occasions other than Christmas! I loved the little quote I added on the bottom right side of the card. It was in the paper I used and thought it was so fitting for Bonnie! I stamped my images onto Cryogen white paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and then colored them with Copic markers which are listed below.

And this is the inside of the card.

Thank you so very much for stopping by today, and please be sure to wish Bonnie a very Happy Birthday today! Until next time - stay crafty!

Copics used:

E000, E00, E11

R00, R22, R24, R27, R29

Y00, Y13, Y17

B00, B000

C4, C5, C6

YG01, YG03

Thursday, July 6, 2023

Bonnie's Birthday Challenge #355

Hello Ai fans!

It's The Queen's birthday!
Queen Bonnie, our Queen Bee.

In honor of Bonnie's birthday, we're sending her birthday cards!

Her birthday is July 10th and we hope you'll join us in brightening her day.

If you'd like to send her some birthday wishes you can mail your cards here...

Art Impressions
ATTN: Bonnie

PO Box 20085

Keizer, OR 97303

We know you all love her as much as we do!

You DO NOT need to send Bonnie a card to play along in this challenge. As usual, all entries are welcome. You just need to create something birthday themed to play along. Cards, tags, gift bags, gift boxes, birthday banners, cupcake/cake picks etc.

By pure coincidence it was my turn to be the featured artist for this challenge and I couldn't be happier about it. Before I show you what I've made, I need to announce the winners of our Emboss like a BOSS! challenge.

Our Top Spot went to:
#10 Stephanie Serrano

She used AiCS40 – Spring Chicken Set

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!

Our Lucky Random Winner was:
#18 Debbie Vanguilder

She was our final entry for this challenge which goes to show it's never too late to enter!

She used an assortment of watercolor stamps.

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!

Now onto the card that I created for Bonnie.

I chose to make a shadowbox card using bees of course!

I started by making the front to my card.

I measured paper to be 5"x8" and then scored at 3/4" adn 1 1/4", flipped it around to the other side and scored and the same marks.

Then I glued designer paper to it just slightly smaller that the blue front panel. My DP measured 5 1/4"x 4 3/4".

I used 5727 – Nested Oval Dies to cut the opening.

Do NOT throw that piece away. You can surely use it to matte something else.

(For me, my honeycomb paper is precious)

I used the 4"x3 1/4 " oval for this but you can use whatever size suits what you want on the front and what you want to be able to see on the inside.

Next, I cut a back panel in the same size and scored at the same lengths. I just used white cardstock for the back. It doesn't show from the front and matched what I wanted on the backside of the back panel which you'll see later. I played around with what I thought I'd want on the inside. I ended up using that flower on the outside front panel. I felt it was too busy with the paper I used here.

I used dies from 5588 – Journal Oval Frames Die Set, 5589 – Journal Pocket Die Set, 5591 – Journal Rectangle Frames Die Set and 5592 – Harvest Journal Die Set. The little bees are from 5561 – Birds and Bugs Set and the sentiment is from 5279 – Be Happy Laugh Lines. The bees are on strips of acetate that I doubled up to give it enough stability. I adhered them to the back panel BEFORE gluing the front panel to the back.

Next, I decorated the front. The sentiment The Queen is from 5517 – Sassy Laugh Lines and it's stamped on a die from 5588 – Journal Oval Frames Die Set . The cute little banners are from 5719 – FB Fence & Window Set.

Now, on the back of the back panel I also wanted to decorate. The verses are both stamped on dies from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set and the star is from that set too. Happy Birthday comes from 5735 – Birthday Sentiment Set and Everyone was thinking it is from 5517 – Sassy Laugh Lines.