Shabby Chic Gilded Floral by Janet Axtman

I really love the #5267 Floral Invites stamp set. This is a big set of gorgeous flowers and greenery. Although the set comes with invitation sentiments like You're Invited, Save the Date, RSVP etc., it also comes with a Thank You sentiment which I used for this card. 

The striped background was created with gilding flakes and extra fine glitter. I applied a double sided adhesive sheet to white cardstock and cut it out using the largest 5682 - Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitched die. After peeling the backer off, I applied a watercolor striped stencil to it. Then I rubbed in copper gilding flakes into the exposed adhesive not covered with the stencil. Once complete, I peeled off the stencil and applied green glitter to the remaining exposed adhesive. The glitter worked beautifully but not enough stuck to get the dark color I was hoping for. To compensate, I applied more wet glue on the stripes and reapplied the glitter. The result is a pretty shabby chic background that is perfect for the beautiful wreath stamp and Thank You sentiment. The gilding is such a great finish. The more you polish them with your fingers towel, the more it shines. It's kind of amazing actually!

After coloring the wreath, I added some Kendra Dots from the 5418 - Bible Foliage Set 2 and then fussy cut it out. I applied foam squares on the wreath and placed it on the card. I heat embossed the Thank You sentiment with green embossing powder and glued it to the wreath. I glued the finished panel on an A2 black and white polka dot card base. The final step was to add some matching blue half back pearls. Perfect!

COPIC COLORS USED:

B06. B04, B01

YG63, G24, G21

BG78, G28, BG72

Thanks for stopping by. I sincerely hope you have a great weekend.

Happy Creating!

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Crystal's Favorite 10 of 2021

 Hi Ai fans! I'm here to share my top 10 cards from 2021. Also to share this will be my last blog post for Ai I'm taking a break but have loved inspiring you the last few years! 

simple floral thank you card

https://artimpresHope your day is pand-tastic

Some bunny loves you this Easter

May your garden be filled with color

Seas the day

Thankful for you

Snowman gift card holder

Hello succulent window cards

Coffee gift card holder

Baby boy paper piecing card set

Happy stamping!

I love You and Many Thanks Card Set by Crystal

Hi Ai fans this week I played with the Roses stamp set. I used it in two different ways on my card. 

For the first card I used Spectrum Noir Aqua markers to stamp the image. I just color on the stamp with the different colors I want to use then breath on the stamp and stamp the image onto water color card stock. I then use a water color brush to color in the image slightly with color that was stamped. I used the sentiment "I Love You" on this card. I love the soft look the image gets with this technique.  

The second card I stamped the image with Versafine black ink. Then water colored the image in. I used the sentiment "Many Thanks" on this card.  

Both cards I die cut the image out with a double stitched oval die and matted the oval onto pattern paper then matted that onto pink card stock. I love the look of both cards but its fun to stamp with different techniques to get a different feel of the card. 

Happy Stamping! 

 

New Challenge!! Funky Folds!!

 Hello Ai fans!!

We've been on a bit of a break but now we're BACK!!

Have you missed us as much as we've missed you?

We have a brand new challenge for you and we hope you enjoy the inspiration from the design team.

Our team has put together some Funky and Fun Fold cards for you.

Crystal used 5267 – Floral Invites.

Reneé used 4900 – Reel Great Guys Set,   5187 – Happy Trails Set, 5277 – Graduation Set
and SC0651 – His & Hers Campers.

Lynn used 4926 – Holiday Mansion Set, 5097 – HM Birthday Set,  
5323 – MB Wall Accessories and 5319 – MB Birthday Set.

     

Tasha used  SC0677 – Wine Divas

Feeling Funky!!  Yes we are!  Create any card using a fun or funky non traditional fold.

We want you to join our challenge! It's so fun to look through your unique creations! We pick a "Top Spot" entry to receive 3 Ai stamp sets 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 "Funky Fold" 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!

✻ 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

Floral Thank You Cards by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!!

Today I'm sharing two cards with you.

I've recently needed a LOT of thank you cards and these are two that I created.

For my first card I created sort of a "front and back" tag that I hung with a little black safety pin. 

The front has a flower from 5267 – Floral Invites.

The Thank You verse is from 5266 – Greenery Invites.

All of the circles on my card were made using 
5064 – Circle Double Stitched Dies.

The two verses on the inside are from Art Impressions - Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set - Daisies.

The verse is stamped on

5133 – Flag Double Stitched Dies.

For my second card I used 
Art Impressions - Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set - Cherry

as well as lots more of the stitched circles.

On both cards I fussy cut some of the smaller
images and popped them up on foam tape.

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Make sure to thank people who are kind to you!

I will certainly be paying these people's thoughtfulness forward.

Copics used:

YG0000, YG91, YG93, G82,
RV02, RV32, RV34

I Wool Always Love You!

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a card created with the new Funny Farm Sheep Set!

I wanted the lamb to be surrounded by flowers and the pretty wreath from the Floral Invites set worked perfectly! The sweet lamb looks so happy, doesn't it just make you smile!

To give a watercolor appearance, I stamped with Inkon3 Fadeout Ink and colored with Copic Markers. This is a fun technique that really gives your stamped images a different look. 

The sentiment was embossed with white on deep orange cardstock and I used gold glitter paper to add sparkle. I also used the same orange and gold glitter paper for the card layers before attaching it to an A2 sized card base.

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed a peek at the new Sheep Set!

Have a wonderful day!

Simple Floral Thank You Card by Crystal

Hi AI fans! This week I played with the Floral Invites stamp set. 

Sometimes when I start making a card I have no idea what the finished card will look like. I just pull out some card supplies and start playing. This was totally one of those cards this time. I stamped the image onto pattern paper with black versafine ink. I was not in the coloring mood so I thought if I stamped the image onto pattern paper it would be enough. But once I cut the floral wreath out I didn't like. I ended up adding a little color with alcohol markers. I couldn't blend and ass lots of colors because I used the wrong ink to stamp it and it would have bled the ink.  In the middle of the wreath I stamped "Thank you". I adhered the wreath with foam tape to help it pop. 

I stamped the straight line wreath onto pattern paper four different times so it would stick out under the other wreath. I did lots of layering of different pattern of paper. I love how this card turned out. Never throw out anything when you are making a card keep it and just change your plan a little bit.

Happy Stamping!