Happy Halloween Story Tiles!!

Hey, everyone! Can you believe we are already almost at the end of October?? It has gone by so fast. I also feel like when the weather is warmer it kinda feels like we skipped fall. I do love fall weather. Hoping for cooler weather here in California soon. 

 

For today, I have made a card using the adorable recently released Halloween story tiles! I love this set so much. These are actually really fun and easy to make. They come together quickly, too. So, if you have not tried them, you should! I really enjoyed putting this together. 

     

For the outline, I used the die to cut out some cute halloween paper. I also made the same cut out of white to add a little more thickness to the outline. I then took all the boxes that were cut out and stamped my images onto each piece. I ink blended the edges a bit fort some more color and then colored the images with copic makers. That is it! So much fun and quick and easy. 

Materials Used

Stamps and Dies

Art Impressions #6256 Happy Halloween Story Tiles

Art Impressions #6158 Story Tiles Template Die

Markers and Inks

Pink Fresh Ink in Opulence

Gelly Roll Pen 

Copic Markers: Y18, C7, C3, C4, C5, N5, E97, E11, R08, C8, V17, FG, YG95, N8, C1, E79, YR15, E57, E13, R81, E08, YR18, YR16, E27, 

Misc. Supplies 

Forever In Time Pop Dots

Brutus Monroe Halloween Vintage 6x6 Paper pad

        

Ghoul Friends!

 

Hey there, everyone! I hope you are having a wonderful week! Are you all ready for Halloween?? Halloween is my favorite for decorating and the time of year, so I am thrilled right now. lol I am such a fall girl. My card today is using the 5038 Ghoul Friend Set from Art Impressions. I just love these two. To start, I stamped all of my stamps with black ink. Once dried, I ink blended some soft yellow ink over my lanterns to create a glowing effect. 

Next, I masked these two ladies off by just stamping the stamp onto another piece of paper, cutting it out and placing it on top of the original stamped image. Carefully holding the mask down, I uses a dark blue ink and ink blended over the image and around the lanterns. Once I got the desired look that I wanted, I started coloring with my Copic markers. I also used a ground stamp from the Ink Blot Shop. Once finished with coloring, I added some Glossy Accents to the wine glasses and the ladies eye glasses for some shine. I then stamped the images and sentiment inside the card, matted it on a cute patterned paper from Honeybee Stamps and glued that all together. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day! 

  

 

Materials Used

Stamps

• 5190 Fright Night Set
• 5601 Halloween Accessory Set
• 5028 Ghoul Friend Set
• Ink Blot Shop Ground

Paper

• Fall Pattern paper from Honeybee Stamps
• Neenah Classic Crest card stock for stamping on

Markers & Inks

• Momento Ink Pad
• Black thin Liner Pen
• Copic Markers Used: V93, V28, V25, V22, V95, E000, E00, E21, E13, R20, E37, T6, T9, E55, E59, 110, V99, C5, C6, YG23, YR16, YR15, YR18, YR09, Y28, YG95, YG93, R59, R29, C7, C2
• Pink Fresh Inks- Licorice, Lemon Whip, Stargazer

Hey Friend Crow Card

 

Good morning, everyone. Today I am sharing a card I made using to cute stamp sets from Art Impressions. The crow and the birdhouse come from The Harvest Together Set5507. The sunflower boarder set comes from 6255 FG Sunflower Border. The images were colored with Copic Markers. I added some light blue ink to the sky for a little color. I fussy cut the sunflowers out so that I could make a border.

I also used some fall pattern paper from Honey Bee Stamps. I hope you have a great day!

Materials Used

Stamps:

5507- Harvest Together Stamp Set 

6255- FG Sunflower Border

Copic Markers: T7,T6,T8,Y38,YG93,YG95, R29, YR18, YR16, YG97, YG99, E57, E79, E59

Inks and Pens: White Gelly Roll, Pink Fresh Sage, Pink Fresh Sky Blue

Papers: Honeybee Fall Is In The Air paper pack

           

Shine Your Light

Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well! For today's project, I am sharing a card I made using the light house stamp from the Light of the World set (Set 6126) from Art Impressions. This one was a really fun one to color. 

I used Copic markers for the coloring on my project. I started by coloring the lighthouse. I used the straight edge of a credit card to carefully draw the lines with light pencil to get the stripes onto my lighthouse. I have always loved red in lighthouses so I knew that would be a color I would go with. I blended 3 different reds and grey to create the colors on the stripes, leaving the middle more light in color to create a bit of a rounded effect. 

Next, I colored the cliff, rocks and tree using may brown and grey colors, as well as a few different greens on the tree.

I then added my water in.... using back and forth strokes. At first, it looks a bit sloppy but as you keep adding your layers of colors, it blends quite nicely. 

I then added the sky using a blender brush and some light blue ink onto the background. I wanted to make the cliff look more grounded instead of having it float there, so I also added a cliff from the WC Cliffs Set (#5465) and colored that in using the same color combos as before. I then stamped the sentiment. I hope you have a nice week! I will be working on fall projects! 

Materials Used

Stamps

• 6126 Light of the World
• 5465 WC Cliffs Set

Markers

     R29, R24, R27, C2, C3, C4, C0, C10, C8, C6, E79, Y35, G29, W1, G24, G28, G94, W0, BG75, BG72, BG70, BG78, E59, E15, E57, E25, G99, E35, W7, W5, W3

 

Worth their Weight by Bri Firth

Hello Ai Fans - Bri here! Today I am sharing a simple card design featuring the 4049 - The Weigh In Set. This project theme is perfect for Ai's current challenge, "Tickle Our Funny Bone", as it features a comical group of girlfriends trying to get in shape for summer. This stamp set is part of Ai's Girlfriends collection. For more details on how I created this card keep reading below.

First I stamped the image on a plain white A2 sized card front. I used my Copic markers to color up the girls and the rest of the scene. The colors I used are listed at the end of this blog post. To finish the card I stamped the sentiment in pigment black ink. It's such a funny quote!

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Copic Markers used:

Skin - E04, E11, E21, E00, E000, E0000
Lips - RV32, RV34
Red hair - E99, E97, E95, E93
Brown hair - E49, E47, E57, E55, E53
Black hair - T9, T7, T5, T3, T1
Blonde hair - E55, E53, E51, E50
Pink - RV09, RV06, RV02, RV00
Green - YG09, YG07, YG05, YG03, YG01
Blue - BG09, BG07, BG05, BG02, BG01
Purple - BV08, BV04, BV02, BV00
Orange - YR07, YR04, YR00
Yellow - Y08, Y04, Y00
Gray - C5, C3, C1

Pamper Your-Shelf! by Karen Day

 Hello Ai fans!

I am a long-time Try-fold fan, and the mini ones are especially fun to do.  I work in a library, so made this for a coworker!  Here is 4853 - Pamper Your-Shelf MTF:

The Try-folds come with wonderfully clear directions - so I followed the cutting & stamping guides to stamp each of the 3 images on my cream cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and coloured them all with my Copic markers.  I wanted the shelves to look like wood, so I used streaks of colour in various shades of brown.

There are two small dies in the set that are easy to fit over the stamped images, and they create the little windows that allow you to see through the flaps to the cute little mouse image on the inside of the card.

Since Copic markers can either bleed or show through to the back side of your cardstock, I cut out pieces of patterned paper to fit the inside of each flap, using the die to cut through that layer as well.  It makes for a prettier card, and gives a clean, finished look to your project.  There are two sentiments in the set, so I matted one for the inside of my card.

I adhered a piece of ribbon to the back side of the try-folded cream panel before attaching it to my single background sheet, so that when the card is folded up, I can tie a neat bow to hold it together.  The finished card size is just under 5" square.  You can find all the Mini Try-Folds on the Ai website here!

Winter Wonderland Scene by Bri Firth

Thanks for stopping by my blog! Today I am sharing my creation featuring the new Chubby Snowmen stamp set. This set has the most adorable snowmen and woodland critters. This stamp set even comes with coordinating dies! Keeping reading below for more details on how I made this winter wonderland creation. This card is also featured on my personal blog, check it out here! 

This holiday card was so easy to put together! First I stamped the Birch Forest background with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide ink onto white cardstock. I trimmed the forest background image and matted it onto white cardstock with foam tape for dimension. I used a stitched hillside border die to create the snowy bank. I colored the snowman and the rabbit with my Copic Sketch markers and attached the images to the card base. I used warm grays to color the rabbit and the snowman, and I used cool grays on the snowman's attire. I used the R30's series for the scarf, candy cane, and the sash on the hat. I used Y21, YR23, and YR24 (I think?) on the bunny's bow. I also used my Copic markers to create the images' shadows in the snow. To finish the card I used an oval die to cut out the sentiment and matted it onto a larger red oval die cut and adhered it to the card design. This card is absolutely perfect for the holidays!

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Fly High with Bri Firth

 Hi everyone! Today I am sharing my creation for Art Impressions Quick and Simple challenge. For more information on this challenge check out the announcement here. For my submission I used the His & Hers Flying High stamp set to create a card with a simple sky background and a simple interior design.  This card is also featured on my personal blog, check it out here! 

I used Broken Glass and Tumbled Glass Distress oxides to ink blend the simple sky background onto the stitched rectangle die cut. I stamped the clouds in Broken Glass oxide ink and shaded the edges. I fussy cut the clouds and placed them on the card filling the blank space around the airplane and the banner. I colored the plane and the couple with alcohol markers and attached the image to the card using foam tape for dimension. I used a fine tip black pen to draw the rope connecting the banner to the plane. I matted the sky background and adhered it to the card base.

To decorate the interior of the card I stamped the other sentiments included in this stamp set with Broken Glass oxide ink in a zig-zag pattern. I stamped the cloud image in various locations to fill the empty space. I wanted the sentiments to look like they were floating in the sky.

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Fairy Flutter 29 Again?! | By Jessica Shier

 Hello Ai Fans!

It's Jessica! Today I have a funny interactive card to share with you. Have seen the Flutter sets? I've been looking at them for some time and... well... I have to say I was a little intimidated by them. Moving parts! lol. This little snarky fairy came together so quickly though. 

I'll have the list of Copic markers I used down below. I stamped the fairy on Neenah 80lb Solar white card stock with Gina K. Designs Amalgam ink in Jet Black. Then colored her in. This set comes with the dies for the fairy and wings. And also the brads (you get extras, so you can make a few!). I followed the directions on the back of the stamp packaging to assemble the fairy and to make her flutter. 

The clouds I hand drew. I had limited supplies again so I really had to stretch what I brought with me. I used a C7 Copic marker to sketch out the clouds then fussy cut them out and added a few more colors of gray. I also used Copic markers on the background. Fading for a dark blue to a light blue. This was fun to do! I did the same combo of blues for the pull flutter piece. 

I used one of the clouds to hold the sentiment that comes in this set. Lol, I just love it and I gave this card to my sister for her birthday! So it was even more hilarious to me, especially when she is the older sister. 

Here is an action shot of the fairy fluttering!

Thank you so much for joining me today! Happy stamping.

Tropical Circlet with Bri Firth

Hi everyone! Today I am sharing my creation for the Tropical Treat Challenge. For more information on this challenge check out the announcement here. For my project I made a tryfold card with Tropical Circlet MTF stamp set. This card is also featured on my personal blog, check it out here! 

Art Impressions makes a lot of fun and interactive stamp sets, but currently I really like the Circlet Mini Tryfolds. These tryfold cards have such a unique layering effect and they are super easy to make with the pre-made tryfold cardstock and envelope packs. 

To make this I card I first stamped the front leaf wreath and die cut the hole within the center of the leaves. I also traced the front opening onto the middle panel with a pencil so I could line up the center image with the front image. To decorate the front panel I die cut a circle mask to protect the stamped image. Then, I ink blended a sunset ombre background. I adhered a tropical leaf printed vellum over top the background and added some floral and sequin embellishment.

Second, I stamped the beach image within the pencil marked outline on the middle panel. I repeated the steps above to stamp the ocean image on the back panel. To decorate the inner panels I used some retired tropical themed scrapbook paper. I die-cut the panels once again so you could see the images through the various layers of cardstock. For some extra fun I used a white gel pen to add some birds flying over the ocean. 

I finished the card by coloring all the stamped scenes with my Copic Sketch alcohol markers. I love all the vibrant colors showcased throughout this card! The middle panel and back panel are showcased below.

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