Spring Front Porch & Easel Card with Guest Designer Kristen Brown

 Hello Ai fans!

Today we have a special treat for you...

Guest Designer Kristen Brown.
She's filling in for Diane Mason who needed the day off.

She created two GORGEOUS Spring cards to inspire you.

Please enjoy...

I love using the front porch sets, they are so easy to use. I just stamp, color, die cut, arrange and then attach with any adhesive handy.  The stamp sets I used are 5486 and 5512 and the sentiment is from 6062. The Tombow pen colors I used are 177, 977, 969, 526, 703, 025 and 933. The brick paper is from the 6072 Father’s Day paper pack.

Very quick project using the mini scalloped frame die set #5902 and the hydrangea floral set #6062 for the daisies and sentiment. I used only three Tombow pen colors #177, #565 and #933 and the paper is from the Yellow paper pack #6012. Butterfly is from #6008.

Cozy Fall Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Art Impressions friends!

Tasha here sharing a new card inspired by the When One Door Closes challenge. Since Fall is right around the corner (my favorite season!), I used the 5492-Front Porch Harvest Set to create a cozy autumn scene; pumpkins included, of course! 🎃

For the background, I stenciled a soft brick design with beige distress ink and popped up the stamped images with foam tape for extra dimension. To finish, I layered brown, golden yellow, and white card stock with a touch of leafy patterned paper to tie in the fall colors. A stitched die cut panel and a few white gel pen details pulled everything together.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and will join in the fun When One Door Closes challenge!

Happy Fourth of July! Card by Tasha

 Happy Friday Art Impressions friends!

Tasha here sharing a fun and festive 4th of July card featuring the 5512-Front Porch Door Set and the coordinating 5494-Front Porch Patriotic Set. These sets are perfect for creating a warm, welcoming holiday scene, and I love how everything comes together so easily!

To get started, I stamped all the images in black ink and used the coordinating dies (included with both sets!) to cut everything out. After that, I colored the images with Copic Markers, using traditional red, white, and blue tones to keep with the patriotic theme.

Once my images were ready, I assembled the center panel with the decorated front porch scene; it really brings the whole card to life! I layered this on top of silver glitter paper for a little sparkle, blue cardstock, and a gorgeous American flag patterned paper from the new 6090-Patriotic Paper Pack. This paper is absolutely perfect for Independence Day cards!

To finish the card, I added some little banners and bows along the top edge for extra detail and dimension. They really help complete the festive look!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you’re feeling inspired to create your own patriotic card using these fun Front Porch sets.

Have a safe and happy 4th of July weekend!

School Days Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Friends!

Tasha here sharing a card featuring the new Exclusive 5877 - Schoolhouse Stamp and 5890 - Village Accessories Set. 

(The Exclusive 5877 - Schoolhouse Stamp is an Art Impressions Freebie with a $30 purchase.)

I have been enjoying creating little scenes lately with these mini house stamps, and this schoolhouse is perfect for this time of year. This card would be great to gift a special teacher or a recent graduate. I have a few graduation parties this year and may use this schoolhouse image on cards and gift card holders.

After I finished coloring, I added layers of black card stock and cut a decorate blue frame using the 5809 - Decorative Journal Page Set 2. To add a little sparkle, I glued a strip of silver glitter paper behind the cut bottom frame. I love sparkle!

Lastly, I stamped "Have a Blessed Day" from the 5512 - Front Porch Door Set. I also attached layers of olive green and black paper and a piece of pretty Art Impressions pattern to complete the project.

I hope you enjoyed today's inspiration card and are having a wonderful day. 

New Front Porch Patriotic Set by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

Today I'm featuring #5494 Front Porch Patriotic Set from Art Impressions! The Front Porch Line of stamp sets are really awesome for lots of occasions! How fun would it be to create party invitations for the 4th of July with this set?! Just remember that you also need to purchase #5512 Front Porch Door Set if you don't already have it! I stamped all the images onto Cryogen white paper and colored them with Copic markers. The set comes with all the dies needed to cut out the images to decorate your front door! So fun!! I love the paper I used as it makes the sky seem like it's totally lit up with fireworks behind the house! I apologize for all the coloring flubs as I found out I was pretty much blind with cataracts when I created this card. I'm free of them now and I'm able to see all the mistakes. OUCH! LOL! I will tell you though, that it's like going from a TV from the 1960's to a 4K high def screen with my vision! I can't stop saying WOW! :) 

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit, and until next time - stay crafty!!

Copic markers used:

Y26, Y35, Y38

G43, G46

E21, E33, E51, E53, E55

B000, B21, B23

R22, R24, R27

T1

C0

YR21

Happy Mother's Day America! (and everywhere else!) by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans and Happy Sunday!
I know it's Mother's Day but I kind of feel like our country is our "mother."

There was an exciting new release on the Art Impressions website a few 
days ago.  Did you see??

There's a new add on set to the Front Porch Series.

It may be Mother's Day today, but I'm already looking forward to 

Independence Day when I'll be off from work for the summer!

5494 – Front Porch Patriotic Set



My husband and I have a swimming pool so we're almost always the ones to host a 
big 4th of July party at our house.  How cute would it be to use this set for invitations
or to have on a table as a Welcome for guests.  We also often host out of town family
that weekend so this would make a great Thank You for Coming card.

This card makes me a little melancholy.
I hope Bonnie doesn't mind me sharing this information.
This set was sent to selected DT members last spring.  We had the 
prototypes to work with but the stamps and dies weren't ready through
no fault of Art Impressions.  When I created this card, I used my Boomer as
inspiration for the sweet puppy.  Since I made this card, we lost him.  I'm happy
when I look at this card and "see" him.  He'll always have a special place in my heart.

Please indulge me bombarding you with all of my memories.  I didn't set 

out to do this but when I went to grab one photo I just couldn't stop reminiscing. 

I'll probably always use him as inspiration when I'm coloring a dog.

When I colored this card I was working without my glasses because I had scratched them.

I see so many coloring errors and I'm cringing.  I can't wait to give this another try and be able to "nail" all of the amazing tiny details.

Copics used:

R29, Y02, Y08, Y18, Y26, B18, C2, W2, T5,

E19, E30, E35, E41, E99

TT42 – Twintone Marker – 42 Navy

Tombow Twin Tone Markers

Honey Orange, Carrot Orange, Yellow, Strawberry Red, Black, Chocolate,
Lime Green, Yellow Green, Sky Blue, Sax Blue

New release Front Porch Valentines Set by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

I love when new releases come out, don't you?!  Today I'm featuring a brand new set for the Front Porch Line from Art Impressions. And this one is all about Valentines Day! Lots of pinks and reds and hearts! LOL! Hope you like this new set as much as I do!! I stamped them all onto cryogen white paper and cut them out with the dies that are all included with the set after I colored them up with Copic markers. 

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today and until next time - stay crafty!

Copic markers used:

Y26, Y35, Y38

G43, G46

E21, E33, E51, E53, E55

B000, B21, B23

R22, R24, R27

T1

C0

YR21

Home Sweet Home by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a pretty front porch card.

I've used 5512 – Front Porch Door Set along with the add on set
called 5490 – Front Porch Farm House Set.



I needed a house warming card and this set was just perfect for that.
Although this time I chose not to,  you can stamp a sentiment or image on the inside
because the door opens.  How fun!

My card was also created with the current challenge here on the blog.
Handmade crafts with windows on them.  It doesn't have to be a card.

Happy Crafting!

Christmas Front Porch by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

I have a 5489 – Front Porch Christmas Set easel card to share with you today.

This is an add on set to the 5512 – Front Porch Door Set series.

Most everything on this card is from the Front Door set or the Christmas Door set.
The snowy yard was made using heavily textured white paper and adding some Diamond Dust to it.

This is a fun, interactive set and the door opens and closes if you want it to so you can hide a little surprise behind it.

The window was made using the 5408 – ShadowBox Window Die that I trimmed down and just hid the seems behind other elements.

The snowflakes are from 5353 – Large Snowflake Dies set and I used real fabric for the curtains.



I used my Glistening Snow Writer to add snow to the sills and ledges and some stickles on other elements to make them sparkle.  The snowflakes were cut from glitter paper.
The house front was embossed with a folder called M-Boss 3D Embossing Folder EF3D023 from Nellie's Choice. (Brick Wall)