Have a Meow-y Christmas Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a cat-themed holiday card created for the Ai Christmas Came Early Challenge. For my project I'm featuring the cute 5098 - Cozy Cubbies Set and the 5566 - Christmas Sentiments Set. I love these cute little cat stamps and the Ai cubbies are always fun!

In addition to the current challenge, Art Impressions is also a sponsor of the Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge. be sure to head over to the challenge site to see more details on how to participate and read more about this special Hop.

Art Impressions has so many cat stamp sets and it's fun to mix the sets or think of new ways to use the stamps. To give the design a Christmas feel, I drew little lights around the cat tree and used holiday colors throughout the card. I also added a little snowflake design on the cat toy, it reminds me of an ornament,

For the greeting, I embossed with white on to red card stock to bring in more red color and cut around the words with scissors. I just love the way embossed letters look; so pretty!

Lastly, I added layers of green and tan card stock and a paw print holiday pattern paper. I think this card is so happy and will be great to send to someone special this holiday season!

Thank you for checking out today's card and I hope you are having a wonderful day. 

Art Impressions Challenge: Christmas Came Early Challenge

Cat Lovers Hop: Cat Lovers Christmas Challenge

Ho Ho Ho! by Janet

Hello everyone! Even though Christmas is past, I enjoy making holiday cards all year. I'm sharing one with you today made with a watercolor journal set - 5572 Santa and Workshop Set. The great thing about the watercolor journal stamp sets are that they're equally perfect for other mediums such as Copic markers or pencils. The Santa image in this set is adorable and easy to color with markers. Since the set is drawn simply for water coloring, there's plenty of freedom to add any details you want to as well.

After coloring the images for the front panel, I cut it out with the largest 5062 Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies. I stamped the sentiment directly on to the card front. It's from the 5566 Christmas Sentiments. 

Thanks for taking a trip down Santa lane with me today. I hope you enjoyed my project and that I inspired to make a holiday card all year!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

Christmas Magic by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

I've got a fun card to show you today that features the AI Rides stamp set ##5457 Christmas Truck Set.  Who doesn't love an old red pickup truck??!! Especially at Christmas time! :)  I wanted to put it into a frosty forest with an evening sky and make it full of presents! It fits right into the current challenge going on over at the Art Impressions Blog! The cute little Santa is the perfect size for the truck! He's from the Holiday Mansion Line of stamps #4927 HM Accessory Set.  Think how cute it would be for a birthday card using the clown from #5907 HM Birthday Set!! Anyway, I also used #5566 Christmas Sentiments and stamped it onto the fishtail banner from #5543 Journal Template Die Set. I colored the sky with my copics using some masking paper for the moon.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and if you haven't joined the That's a Wrap! Challenge over on the blog, what the heck are you waiting for! Can't wait to see your creation! 

Holiday Cheers!!

Copics used:

night sky: B60, B63, B66, B69

E000, E00, E33, E35, E37, E41, E42

B000, B02, B04

C1, C2, C4, C5, C6

R20, R22, R24, R27, R29

Y32, Y35, Y38

YG01, YG03

G43, G46

Sporting My Christmas Blues by Janet

Happy Saturday friends! I hope you're finding some crafty time this weekend to do a little holiday crafting, whether it be Thanksgiving or Christmas. Gone are the cute little ghouls and spiders and bats. On to pretty, peaceful, or cute. I'm ready!

As it happens, I've been thinking about outside Christmas decorating. My husband and I decided to put up our decorations the week of Thanksgiving this year to get a head start. So when I turned to making a card today, I naturally thought of the Front Porch Line. Usually, I'm a traditional red, green and white girl but when you're cardmaking, you can do any colors you like! So I decided to try an all-blue theme. I really love how it turned out.

To begin this one, I first cut out a 50662 - Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitched die out of Copic-friendly cardstock and stamped it with the main image from the 5512 - Front Porch Set. Next, I colored the door scene very simply using light grays and blues. Finally, on the stoop, I used some lighter warm brown tones. It looks dark but only because the blues are so soft. 

Next, I stamped most of the images from the 5489 - Front Porch Christmas Set and colored the images with blue tones. I wasn't sure if there was such a thing as blue Poinsettias, but according to Google there are, and they looked beautiful! So blue Poinsettias it is for my porch. Next, I cut open the door and slipped the tree image behind so that the tree with its blue lights shows when it is fully opened. You can see a peak of the tree in this photo. 

To act as a mat, I used the largest 5062 - Rounded Rectangle Double Stitched Die, and finally, I cut a snow-inspired mat out of graduated blues and a bit of pink. The finished panel is glued to a white A2 card base. I used the 5566 - Christmas Sentiments Set on light blue cardstock and cut it out with a flag die from the 5543 - Journal Template Die Set. 

I love how this card's blue colors give the card a calm and serene look. I don't have any snow images on this, and yet it feels wintery just the same. 

Thanks for stopping by today for a little creative fun. Be sure to visit the Ai Store for lots of additional inspiration.

Wishing you a very crafty day!

Janet - Facebook - Instagram - YouTube - Pinterest 

Let it Snow Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a card created for the Ai Buttons & Bows Challenge. I used the 4937 - Santa Paws Set for my card; I just love this little doggie!

The sweet little doggie was stamped with black ink and colored with Copic Markers. I thought it would be fun to have it look like it was snowing. To achieve this, I used Distress Oxide Ink to bring in some color and added little white accents with a white gel pen. I also added snowflakes on top of the dog and bone.

To go with the snowy scene, I stamped "Let it Snow" from the new 5566 - Christmas Sentiments Set. I stamped the greeting with a teal ink color to go with the teal and red color combination I used on the holiday lights and bows. 

Lastly, I attached a gold glitter paper, red card stock, light blue card stock, and a piece of pattern paper. This paper also has bows on the gifts to go with the challenge theme.

Thank you for checking out today's card and I hope you will join in the Buttons & Bows Challenge!

Have a wonderful day!

Have a Bee-utiful Day Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a bee-themed card created with the new 5561-Birds and Bugs Set and 5566-Christmas Sentiments Set!

The 5561-Birds and Bugs Set includes several little stamps, but I adore the bees! I stamped all three bee images with black hybrid ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I also like that each bee is different!

For the background, I stenciled a sunburst design with two shades of yellow ink and attached a little bee hive. I used markers to color a simple hive and glued a white enamel heart to the center. 

Lastly, I added layers of black card stock and a pretty floral paper. I also stamped "A Gift For You" from the 5566-Christmas Sentiments Set to complete the design.

Thank you for visiting the blog today and I hope you are inspired to create a card with the new 5561-Birds and Bugs Set and 5566-Christmas Sentiments Set!

Have a great day!