Happy Birthday Gnomie! Card by Tasha

 Happy Friday Art Impressions friends! 

Tasha here sharing a cheerful birthday card inspired by the current Floral Frenzy Challenge. I couldn't resist pairing colorful spring tulips with one of the adorable garden gnomes for a fun birthday design.

I started by stamping the sweet gnome from the 5000-Gotta Garden Stamp Set (Retired) and surrounded him with beautiful tulips from the 6220-Sing to the Lord Set. I colored everything with Copic markers, keeping the flowers bright with shades of purple and orange for a happy spring feel. A soft blue sky and grassy background help bring the scene to life.

To frame the image, I layered it with gold glitter cardstock and added coordinating yellow and orange mats. The pretty floral pattern paper from the 6205-Floral Shop Paper Pack ties all of the colors together while keeping the focus on the stamped scene. I finished the card with a simple Happy Birthday greeting to make it perfect for celebrating someone special.

If you're looking for inspiration, be sure to join the Art Impressions Floral Frenzy Challenge. It's a fun way to pull out your favorite floral stamps and create something beautiful. 

Have a wonderful Day!

Playing in the Dirt by Dori Mendiola

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

Summer came and went soooo fast but I still want to play in the dirt.  We are definitely headed into fall here but some of you may still have some great summer weather left so hopefully you feel inspired to go play for those of us that can't.  😀

I combined #5000 - Gotta Garden set and #5817 - Potting Garden Shed to create this interactive card.  This is a larger than normal card but it's a fun size - 8 1/5 x 5.

I started out by stamping the images onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with copic markers listed below.  I fussy cut the images.  The garden shed is a watercolor stamp set and has a few garden pots at the base, so I just fussy cut them off and popped up the boots and garden hose over the cut area.  I also cut an opening in the door and placed some tools and garden gloves inside.  These accessories are from the #SC0650 - His & Hers Gardeners set.  I also colored and cut some flowers from the #5935 - Fairytale Houses set.  

I die cut a slider track into the dirt panel and placed the playful couple onto a disk that pops through both sides of the track to allow for the movement.  I then popped up the dirt panel, making sure not to place pop dots or foam tape to close to the slider track.  You could use a pull tab, but I chose to move the couple back and forth with my fingers.

Check out the video below to see the interactive movement.

That's it for me today.  Hope you have a wonderful day!

Keep on creating!

Copics used:  E000, E00, E11

N0, N1, N2, N3, N4

B91, B93, B95

Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17

YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18

G40, G43, G46

Crazy Garden Lady by Dori Mendiola

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

Today I have a fun birthday card featuring the #5000 Gotta Garden set.  A friend of mine loves to garden so this image was just perfect for her birthday card.  I definitely would not call her crazy but she is crazy about gardening.  LOL!

I stamped the image on copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored her with my copic markers listed below.  I just love the expressions on all of Bonnie's people stamp sets.  They just exude fun and laughter!  

I die cut the image panel with one of the #5063 Rectangle A2 Double Stitch die and then placed onto a pattern paper panel from the #5892 Easter S2 PP.  I then matted it with orange cardstock.  I die cut each of the sentiments, that also came in this stamp set, with a tag die from the #5132 Tag Stitched die set.  I partial cut the tag and then used the same die to also cut off the flag portion and leave the stitch pattern.

I used a scallop edge die from my stash to cut the narrow strips on each side and placed a long narrow strip of orange cardstock over the seams of the pattern paper and the scallop border.  Placed some enamel dots on the card to finish it off. 

I hope you enjoy my card today.

Have a wonderful day and keep creating!

Copics used:  N1, N3, N4

E000, E01, E11, E21, E23

R20, R24, G43, G46

B000, BG32, BG34

Y21, Y23, Y25, YR12, YR14

Hello Friend Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Friends!

Tasha here, sharing a cheerful card featuring the playful 5000 - Gotta Garden Set. With spring on the horizon, I'm excited to dive into planting new flowers. This lovely lady from the set looks ready to enjoy gardening on a beautiful spring day.

For this card, I stamped the lady and used masking paper to protect her while I painted the sky and ground. Instead of using a cloud stencil, I made a unique blue background and added fluffy white clouds. The bright white clouds pop against the pretty blue colors.

To finish the card, I layered black cardstock, gold glitter paper, and a bright yellow plaid paper to match the blue colors. I adore blue and yellow combinations!

I hope you enjoyed today's project and are having a wonderful day!

Crazy Gardening Lady by Cynthia Olheiser

Hello Ai fans!

Today is a bittersweet day.  It will be Cynthia's final Guest Designer post (other than her card for week two of our V is for Vacation challenge premiering at noon PST today.)

But...that means we welcome Mercy back next week!

Thank you so much for stepping in and helping us out Cynthia.  Your work is beautiful and has been an inspiration to so many people! We hope you've enjoyed your time here as much as we've enjoyed having you.
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I've had such a fun time this month sharing inspiration with Art Impressions stamps.  I would like to say Thank You to Art Impressions for allowing me to join them this month!  Today I would like to share a  summer card featuring Gotta Garden Set 5000.

The summer growing season is short in Alaska.  My husband and I take full advantage of the extended summer daylight and plant both vegetables and flowers.  We never know what will flourish each year, but we enjoy the process regardless.  

I stamped the image onto X-Press It card stock with Versa Clair black ink then embossed with clear powder.  Copic markers were used to color the image then die cut with Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle die cuts.

The image panel was adhered with dimension tape to designer papers from Echo Park Homegrown paper pad.  Twine and a coordinating sentiment complete the 4.5 square card.

Gotta Garden | Double Z Fold Card by Janet Axtman

 

Hi everyone! Janet here today with a video tutorial for a fancy fold card. It's called a Double Z Fold. I had fun making this especially since I haven't done a fancy fold in a while. As with most card folds, this one has a lot of flexibility and looks depending on the patterns, colors and embellishments used.

On my card, the happy gardening gents and accessories are from the 5000 Gotta Garden stamp set. It has several really fun gardening images and gardening sentiments. I colored the guys with Copic markers. The colors used are detailed at the end of this post.

I have a video tutorial which shows you how to make the fancy fold card base. Click on the thumbnail below to watch it. You can get all my measurements there.

COPIC MARKERS USED:

Skin Tones: E000, E00, E4, E11, E21, R20

Boots: E21, E25, E29

Sitting Man's Shirt: BV00, BV02, BV04

Standing Man's Shirt: YR00, YR12, YR16, YR18

Hose: YG03 YG63, YG67

Wheelbarrow & Watering Can: R20, R24, R39

Jean Shorts: B34, B37, B39

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

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest 

Garden Time card by Tasha

 Hi Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a card created with the fun Gotta Garden Set and HM Garden Set!

I have been busy lately with yard work and thought this image is perfect for this time of year. This happy gardener has all her tools in hand and is ready to tend to her garden! I stamped her with black ink and colored with Copic Markers before cutting the image out. I love her purple work gloves!

For the background, I used a cloud stencil for the sky and a grass stencil for the ground. I layered the image with foam tape and attached a pink banner along the bottom. The sentiment "I'm so excited I wet my plants" was stamped in a coordinating Mint colored ink and I used my circle punch to cut it out. 

The Gotta Garden Set includes accessories, but I thought it would be fun to add the flowers and little birds from the HM Garden Set. The little birds are so cute and happy; these two sets work great together!

To finish off this card, I added layers of Mint check pattern paper and dark pink card stock before attaching the card to an A2 sized card base. 

I hope you enjoyed today's project. If your don't already mix and match your sets, give it a try. It's a good way to spark your creativity and get more use out of your stamps!

Gnome Scene for Spring | By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

It's Jessica today! I'm sharing a fun spring themed scene card. This is using several different Art Impressions stamp sets, Gotta Garden and the Succulents set.

The Gotta Garden set is a favorite of mine. It's just so funny and always has me wishing for Spring. I love the little gnomes and the fun sentiments, which inspired this card design. I decided to stamp and fussy cut the gnomes to create a little scene. The fence is cut twice using the WC Fence die and I also used the Succulents set which has coordinating dies to decorate my gnome scene with some foliage.

This scene came together really quickly after I copic colored all of my stamp images. You can find a Copic Color list below. I also used some distress oxides for the sky, I used a stencil and white pigment ink to create the subtle clouds. For the ground I used another Distress Oxide over top of a green cardstock.The mushroom is a die cut from my stash that I thought worked well with the Gnomes. 

For the inside I couldn't help but use a couple of the fun sentiments to tie into the front. Plus I added the same green ground and another colored and fussy cut stamp image from Gotta Garden. 

Copic Markers Used:

Thank you so much for joining me today!

Happy Stamping

It's Birthday Thyme! by Crystal

Hi Ai fans!

This week I played with this Gotta Garden set.

This couple is so super adorable and that gnome is too cute with them. I colored the gnome in really traditional gnome colors.  

I kept both cards very simple and kept the focus on the image that I colored in.

Both card are matted on pattern paper then matted onto solid card stock.

I love the sentiments they are just perfect for the image. "It's your Birthday THYME!" and Lettuce CELEBRATE!"

Spectrum Noir Markers: 

FS6, FS7, Fs8, PP3, DR1, DR3, DR4, EB1, EB2, EB3, IG2, IG4, IG5, JG1, JG2, JG3, CT1, CT2, CT3, OR1, OR2, OR3, BG2, BG3, BG4

6" X 6" Flower Market - Carta Bella

Happy Stamping!

Gnome-one like you! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today begins a three week obsession!  I'm suddenly feeling the need to craft with mushrooms!!  I think I know why.  My mom has been ill and I've had my Spring and Summer consumed with helping out with her care. I didn't plant any flowers, create any pots or even buy any hanging baskets.  I have MANY perennial flowers but I think my yard is lacking in color this year. I think this was my escape. Over the next three Sundays you're going to see 3 different cards made with the 5125 – WC Elves Set.

This time I combined the elves set with

5000 – Gotta Garden Set. 
I used the Gnome, the gloves and the garden utensils from that set.

I also used 5133 – Flag Double Stitched Die and 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies on my card.

Copics used:

E00, E02

Arteza Real Brush Pens:

101, 111, 112, 115, 117, 118, 121, 127, 128,

137, 146, 153, 154, 167, 173, 177, 181, 190

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Carol with Lifetime Set


Crystal with Hamster Wheel Cubbies


Jessica with Succulents Set and Gotta Garden Set


Jil with Office Party Set



Niccole with Never Too Old Set

Renee with Holy Moley Set

Sharon with Never Too Old Set

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