Challenge 261 Animal Print WEEK 2! PLUS, Sneak Peeks Coming Soon!

Hello, Ai Fans!

Happy Thursday to you! It's a challenge blog post, and the team is here to share some FABULOUS animal print inspiration for our current challenge! Let's take a look! Don't forget, you can visit the designer's name by clicking their name to visit their blog for more details, and the stamps they used are available at artimpressions.com!

Carol with Doggy Kisses Set

Crystal with Cowgirls Set

Jessica with Wine Divas

Jil with Office Party Set

Niccole with Spring Chicken Set

Renee with Dog Mouthful Set

Sharon with Dare to be Fabulous

 How cute are these cards??! Let us know what you think in the comments below! Also, be sure to join our terrific card challenge...

Did you know we pick a "Top Spot" entry for a mystery prize pack, and two "Honorable Mentions" to receive an Ai stamp set of their choice! Not a bad deal, right?? But you can't win if you don't enter, so let's see your projects!! Play along with our "Animal Print" theme and follow our rules to enter. As you can see from our designer's cards, you can do anything from leopard print to paw prints to qualify! Let's see what you got!

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 the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

NEW releases are coming soon! This weekend, Art Impressions will be exhibiting at ASD Market Week debuting our Summer 2019 releases to retailers! Beginning Saturday, July 27, catch sneak peeks of brand new stamps and dies before they ship to your local store by following us on Facebook and Instagram!

New products will start shipping to stores mid-August, so contact your favorite retailers to let them know you're interested in Art Impressions products! You can always find your closest independent craft store by searching our dealer locator. 

*ASD Market Week is a trade only event, not open to the public. To attend, you must register with credentials as a blogger, designer, buyer or category as specified on the ASD Trade Show website. Please contact ASD Market Week with any questions about membership or registration.

Happy Stamping!

Challenge 261 Animal Print!

Hello, Ai Fans!

We so appreciated all of you who celebrated our birthday with us this month! Your kind words, birthday sale orders, and challenge entries are all greatly appreciated! Ai Fans really are the best!

Let's start today's post with the winner's of last week's Birthday Cards Challenge!

Top Spot goes to...

Donna Whitten!

Congrats! Your use of the Old Goats simply adorable with your patterned paper and coordinated coloring! Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address to claim your prize pack!

Honorable mentions go to...

Alli C - Creative Clark!

Andrea B!

Congrats, you two! Alli, your 80th Birthday card featuring our Birthday Laugh Lines is so energizing with your colorful sentiment background! And Andrea, your "short and to the point" birthday card with our Hedgehogs Set is darling! Email annelise@artimpressions.com to claim your prize pack!

It's time for a new challenge! This one is all about Animal Print, how fun is that?! Crystal has a tutorial to share for inspiration on our theme, let's take a look!

Hi Ai fans! 

I love using stamps in different ways for this challenge Animal Prints I thought I would do some paper piecing and include some cow hide pattern paper as my animal print. 

Since I was using cow hide animal print I used the Cowgirls Girlfriend set I though it would be a perfect match for cowhide. The Cowgirl set is one of my current favorite girlfriend stamp sets. 

To start I stamped the image with Momento Black ink and I only colored in the part of the image that was not going to be covered with pattern paper, which was just the skin, hair and two of the friends boots. 

I then stamped the image multiple times onto some different patterns of paper. I then fussy cut different pieces out. 

I found it easiest to apply glue directly to the stamped image then place the pattern paper onto the full image. By using glue I had a little wiggle room to move the small piece around if I needed too. Once everything was adhered in place with glue I fussy cut the whole image out.

I die cut some pattern paper out to use as the background for the cowgirls. I stamped the sentiment "Have a boot scootin' two steppin' toe tappin' wild west birthday" onto a die cut tag with a dark brown ink. I adhered a couple of the layers with foam tape to add a little dimension to the card.

Once I had all of the layers adhered together I adhered the whole panel to a top folding 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" card base. 

I look forward to seeing what every one else makes for this challenge. 

Spectrum Noir Markers: 

CR11, BT5, DG2, GT1, EB2, EB4, GY3, BO1, MB1, GB2, GB3, GB4, FS9

Happy Stamping!

We want you to join our challenge! It's so fun to look through your unique creations! We pick a "Top Spot" entry for a mystery prize pack, and two "Honorable Mentions" to receive an Ai stamp set of their choice! Not a bad deal, right?? But you can't win if you don't enter, so let's see your projects!! Play along with our "Animal Print" theme and follow our rules to enter.

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 the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Have a Wild West Birthday! by Crystal

Hi Ai fans! 

I'm a huge fan of the girlfriend stamp sets. This week I made two cards using the Cowgirls stamp set. I think this might be my favorite girlfriend set right now. 

I stamped the image for both cards onto smooth cardstock using Memento black ink. 

After I had them all colored in I fussy cut them out for both cards. 

I think the sentiment with this set is so cute "HAVE A BOOT SCOOTIN' TWO STEPPIN' TOE TAPPIN' WILD WEST BIRTHDAY" I die cut a square out of pattern paper using the Double stitched square dies. I stamped the image with black Versafine ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

For both cards I just layered some fun pattern paper and adhered the friends on the die of the sentiments. I adhered the whole panel for both cards to a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card base. I kept both cards very simple but I think with the fun pattern paper and the large sentiment you don't need to add much for a fun card. 

Spectrum Noir colors:

GT1, GT3, GT2, EB1, EB2, EB3, TN1, TN2, TN4, IG2, IG4, IG5, FS6, FS7, FS8, DR1, DR3, DR4, TB2, TB3, TB4, HB1, HB2, HB3

Happy Stamping!

Forever Young! by Jil Lebel

Hello Ai fans!

This newest Girlfriends release is a fun one!  I used the yoga set for the release on Thursday and I was just waiting to show you the Cowgirl Set today.  They look like they are having so much fun!  I really enjoyed coloring them in and I'm sure you will too. 

The images were stamped onto Copic X Press It paper with Gina K Designs Black Amalgam Ink and colored with Copic markers.  The colors used are listed at the end of this post. The greeting was stamped with VersaFine Claire Nocturne ink. The image was cut with the Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies.  It was then mounted onto a piece of paper from the Carta Bella Flora No. 2 6" x 6" paper collection. The main paper panel is a piece of Tim Holtz Distress Wood grain paper.  It started out white and layers of Distress Oxide inks were added in the colors tea dye, vintage photo, ground espresso and black soot.  

Some gems were added with Range Multi medium matte as well as a few iridescent Hero Arts stars.

Copic Markers Used:

Faces - E000, E00, E11, RV00

Hair - E40, E41, E42, E43, C0, C1, C3

Browns - E30, E31, E33, E35, E37

Blues - B91, B93, B95, B97

Pinks - R20, R21, R22, R24

Gray - W00, W1, W3

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Challenge 254 Best Friends!

Hey Girlfriend! It's week TWO of our "Best Friends" challenge, honoring the two new Girlfriends sets we released last week! Both our Cowgirls Set and Yoga Set contain adorable images and plenty of versatile sentiments, including birthday sentiments and funny phrases! Our design team is here to share some fun inspiration with these adorable sets, which you can find at artimpressions.com!

Carol with Cowgirls Set

Crystal with Yoga Set

Jessica with Cowgirls Set

Jil with Yoga Set

Niccole with Cowgirls Set

Renee with Yoga Set

Sharon with Cowgirls Set

Thanks, team! Such beautiful cards! These Girlfriends images are so fun to color! If you're looking for additional info on these cards, be sure to scroll back up and click the designer's name to visit their blog!

Yee-haw, it's challenge time! To pair with our lovely new Girlfriends sets, we are hosting a new challenge them called "Best Friends!" This is such a great opportunity for you to break out your favorite Girlfriends or other friendship stamps and play! Come join us for a chance to win! PLUS, friends don't let friends miss out - tell your bestie about our challenge so they can join, too!

 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, April 24 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Happy Stamping!