Merry Christmas! Blog Closed Until January 5th

Merry Christmas, Ai Fans!

The blog will be closed for Christmas break until January 5th so our fantastic designers can finish "decking their halls" and spend time with their families for the Holidays!

Before we go, here are just seven of our (many!) favorite Christmas cards this year! Click on the designer's name to see their original post with more info on their creation. Be sure to leave a little comment love, too!

Cheri with Merriest Christmas Set

Dana with Christmas Placecard Pal

Diane with Chris-mouse Mini Shaker

Karen with Dairy Christmas Set

Kerry with Snowman, Santa and Reindeer Mini Shakers

Renee with Tropical Christmas Set

Sharon with Penguin Stackers and Slider Die

May the peace and hope of this season fill your life and joy fill your heart! See you in 2017! 

Warm wishes, 

The Ai Team

Lily's 3rd birthday! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a little craft that I made for a little girl's birthday.  I made her using two of the new Placecard Pals from Art Impressions.

4805 – Cat & Owl Placecard Set

4806 – Christmas Placecard Set

I used the feet and bows from the cat and owl set and the rest was formed from pieces from the Santa and snowman set.  I trimmed the feet and hat to suit my purposes.  Lily's hair was made from Santa's mustache.

Do you know a little girl that would love seeing this at her party?  You can customize the hair, add pig tails, match the outfit to what she's wearing etc.  The possibilities are endless.

Copics used: 

E02, E50, E93, B02, R00

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Snow Joy by Dana Warren

Hello AI Fans!!

Dana, here with a cute card idea using the new Place Card Pals! These dies are so awesome and perfect for card sets!! Have a lot of cards to send this year??? The Pals are perfect for mass production!!

Basically, just pick out some pattern paper, die cut and assemble!! Easy Peasy!! :)  I used Heidi Swap Marquee Love Holiday pad and cut the Snowman from the Christmas Placecard Set.

I picked out the red pattern and used a stitched rectangle to cut it out and add it to a white card base. I assembled the snowman with his hat, eyes, nose and bow tie. 

I cut the double sided banner from the snowflake pattern and the Joy from the music pattern. I spelled out Snow from alpha stickers and added them to the banner to spell Snow Joy! Then I added it to the front of the snowman.

Last I added the snowman to the card with foam tape. To help spruce it up I added a tiny twine bow to his hat!!

See?? Easy Peasy!! And perfect for mass producing, stamp a sentiment on the inside, along with your personal message and you're done!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Happy Stamping (and die cutting!!)!!!

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spec-tacular by Diane Zechman

Hello Ai friends and happy Thursday!

 

Today I am sharing 2 cards using the 2 new Place Card Pals sets... Cat & Owl Placecard Set (4805) and Christmas Placecard Set (4806) .

 

When I first saw the glasses die in the Cat & Owl Set, I knew it would be perfect paired with the sentiment from Spec-tacular Set (4290) .

 

On both cards I created the hair with 2 mustache diecuts from the Christmas Set (one was cut in half).  I used brown hair for the little girl and added a sparkly bow.  Then I switched up some papers and used gray hair to make an "older" lady.  ;)  Her sentiment is You First (3472) .

 

There are endless ways to be creative with these dies!

 

Have a great day and… happy stamping!

 

 

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Challenge 193 - Cards to DIE for (Inspiration Galore!)

Hello, Ai Fans!

We are back with more inspiration for the second week of our "Cards to DIE for" challenge, a challenge all about using die cuts! We are featuring FOUR new products today, including some of our most popular items from our Summer 2016 releases! Our Nativity Mini TryFold is a beautiful three panel folded card looking in on the manger scene, including four stamps and two dies! Our new Placecard Pals are unique die sets for creating table settings or papercraft projects! This line includes a Cat & Owl Placecard Set, as well as a Christmas Placecard Set for creating a sweet Snowman and Santa. And last but not least, we've created a beautiful set of Snowflake Dies, perfect for adding to all your holiday cards!

Last week Sharon posted a fabulous tutorial for the Placecard Pals, be sure to check it out if you haven't already! Today, the whole design team is here to share their super creative projects with these new stamps and dies! Be sure to visit their personal blog for more info about their crafts! Cheri with Cat & Owl Placecard Set

Dana with Snowflake Dies (Sentiment: Warm Your Heart) Diane with Cat & Owl Placecard Set and Christmas Placecard Set (Sentiment: Bunny & Ducky Mini Set) Karen with Nativity Mini TryFold Kerry with Cat & Owl Placecard Set Renee with Cat & Owl Placecard Set Renee with Snowflake Dies (Sentiment: Warm Your Heart. Flourish: Snowman Note-Able) Sharon with Cat & Owl Placecard Set Sharon with Christmas Placecard Set Wow, amazing!! Way go to, DT! Alright, fans, are you inspired? We want to see your brilliant cards using die cuts! The card or craft can be for any occasion, but be sure to give us a card to DIE for! 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 28th at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations. ✻ Good luck and happy stamping! An InLinkz Link-up