Happy Birthday to One Fabulous Chick by Niccole Kulig

Hello Ai fans!

I am here today to share yet another card using the adorable Spring Chicken set.  I am on quite the chicken kick at the moment. 

I used the same navy card stock with a red frame. This time though I had some left over chicken feet for the recent Animal Challenge. I couldn't let the little feet go to waste. 

I masked out the "Oh Frap" that is on the coffee cup before I stamped my chicken. I wanted it to be a fabulous chicken for a birthday card without that sentiment.  I colored her with my Copics.  I fussy cut her out and applied her to my card with foam tape. 

I added Wink of Stella to the flower on her hat and her glasses.  I finished it off with a few yellow Nuvo Drops. 

Here is one more look at the finished card.  These chickens are my favorite at the moment.  I just love how cute they are.  They are versatile as well; you could use other sentiments with them.

Copics used:

BG000
C1, C3, 

R24
RV25, RV29

Y13, Y17, Y26, Y28
YG23

YR04, YR07

Thank you so much for stopping by and spending some time with me.  Please stop back again soon. 

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

Sharon's top five from 2015

Hello AI Fans!!

 

I hope you're enjoying the season with lots of love and fun with your family and friends! It's time to try and choose my top five favorite Art Impressions cards from this year. This is truly hard to do, as I love ALL the Art Impressions stamps!!  But I had to pick five, so this is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy this little stroll down the memory lane of 2015!


At The Movies (#4237)  and Uptown Girls Set (#4129)

 

 

Doctor Bill, Bud, and Reindeer Games Set

 

 

Eat Itself Set  Curtain Window (#4234),  Happy Birthday (E3578)

 

 

 

One of the brand new releases - The AHH Set

 

 

And a new passion I've found...watercoloring the Art Impressions Way

 

Art Impressions WaterColor Series 4 Set

 

 

 

From my family to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a safe, happy, and healthy New Year! Thank you for your wonderful support, kindness, and friendship, and I'm looking forward to an even better 2016!! See you next year!!

 

Lighthouse by Reneé Matarese- Chameleon & Perfect Paper Crafting Blog Hop

Hello Ai friends!  

Happy Father's Day!

Art Impressions is having a special hop this week with Chameleon pens & Perfect Paper Crafting!  What a fun combination!  From June 15th-21st we are having a mini blog hop each day between the three company blogs.

You should have arrived here from Perfect Paper Crafting.

I used Lighthouse - Background (Sku#T1475) to create my masculine card.

The sky, grass and water were all colored with THE CHAMELEON COOL TONES

5 PEN TONE SETS. I used some Copics to add some "highlights" and color the rest of the image.  It's so cool getting so many shades from one marker!

The layers for my card were cut with the Mini Perfect Layers tool and a Perfect Paper Crafting Cutting Mat.  I used both 1/16th and 1/8th inches to matte my card.  They were really easy to understand and the self healing mat is very durable and great quality!

Inside I used Happy Birthday (Sku#E597).

Chameleon pens used...BL3 Sky Blue, BG4 Aquamarine, BV4 Blue Violet

Copics used... C0, C3, Y02, YG11, G43, B0000, B01, B52, B60, W1 W3, E21, E37, E42, E53, E55, E84

TriArt markers... B-12, SK-5

Be sure to check out the full hop-

your next stop today is the Chameleon blog! 

But first... click on the Rafflecopter link below to win a prize from Art Impressions!

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Pierre the wine guy by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans! 
Today I'm sharing a masculine birthday card.
This was made for my brother-in-law.  He's a wine drinker and recently started wearing glasses so I thought he'd get a kick out of this.

My card features Pierre and the verse from the Celeste set
from Art Impressions.

(Copic Colors: E00, E42, E43, E50, E93, YG95, R56, R85, T3, C1, C5)

I used Happy Birthday on the inside.

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Grin and Bear It by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a card that  I cased from a close friend of Ai.  Sandy Allnock from Operation Write Home who Art Impressions occasionally partners with made THIS fantastic card.  I fell in love with the green and the bear.  I decided to create my own version of it.

I used Grizzly (Sku#P1886) and Grin & Bear It (Sku#E1908) on the front.  The paw prints are from the discontinued Mouthfuls Dog set.  I added claws to make them bear prints.

The beautiful script verse is Happy Birthday (Sku#E597)

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