Continuing on with the current "Hey Pumpkin" challenge, I have another Fall card to show you today. I am really loving the new Country Barn images that were recently released by Art Impressions. I think they are so gorgeous! For my card today, I used #6261 Hen House. I started by stamping the image onto a Copic friendly cardstock and coloring it. The colors I used are listed toward the bottom of the post. I really tried to give a feather affect to the chickens, but not sure I succeeded. LOL! I made small flicks of different colored markers on their bodies and then attempted to enhance them using some colored pencils. After coloring, I grabbed a wheat stamp from #5598 Harvest Set. I used some tape to mask off the bushel basket and stamped it multiple times. It didn't stand out enough for me, so I grabbed an old Marvy marker and used the fine point to enhance each piece and make it look a little better. I also took my craft knife and cut a slit in the top of the milk can. Into that slit, I slid a sunflower from #5594 Harvest Scarecrow Set that I stamped, colored, then fussy cut.
I cut the colored image out using #5725 Nested Square Dies. Then I sandwiched a smaller square from the same set and the largest die from #6047 Scalloped Square Dies to create the frame out of a sheet of paper from #6273 Country Barn PP. I stamped a sentiment from #5600 Harvest Sentiment Set across the top center of the frame before adhering it to the colored image. I adhered it using Scotch 3M mounting tape to the card base because I do like dimension. LOL! To finish it off, I added a countrified bow along with some of the pieces from #6274 Country Barn Accessory Set.
That's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!!
I don't know about you, but it was definitely a fall weekend in Reno! It was quite chilly and we had a fire going in the fireplace every day! So there was definitely some frost on the pumpkins in the patch! But it didn't stop this adorable guy from going out and gathering them up! I just these super cute scarecrows from 5507 Harvest Together Set!! Next week I'll have a card using the sweet girl scarecrow. Along with that set, I used 5598 Harvest Set for the basket of gourds, 5596 Harvest Farm Truck Set, and 5952 Portfolio Template Die Set for the banner. The images were stamped onto a Copic friendly paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored with Copics which are listed below. This card fits into the All the Fall Challenge going on right now! I've seen some beautiful fall cards out there, so I sure hope you're entering for a chance to win a free stamp set of your choice!!
Well, that's it for me today. Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit, and until next time - stay crafty!!
Hello Ai fans and welcome to our newest challenge on the Art Impressions blog!
Farm Fresh!
We're looking for your projects that take us down on the farm...hay bales, animals, barns, wagons, wheelbarrows, trucks, tractors, chicken coops, produce/veggies etc.
Before we see what our Featured Designer Lynn has created, let's see who won our last challenge.
Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!!
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Congratulations!
Now for Lynn's fabulous Farm Fresh inspiration! She created a gorgeous diorama card and has a video tutorial to walk you though everything step by step. Sit back and enjoy. We hope you'll give this challenge a try. You may be the next lucky winner of a free stamp set.
Today I am the Featured Artist for the brand-new Art Impressions "Farm Fresh" Blog Challenge! I'm really excited to be asked to create a card that includes anything farm related such as, hay bales, animals, barns, wagons, wheelbarrows, trucks, tractors, chicken coops, produce/veggies etc. So, I thought we would create this fun, interactive, diorama card!
I'm calling today's card the "Christmas on the Farm" diorama card and we will be using the Ai Christmas Truck Set (5457) which includes a truck, tree, Christmas lights, presents, a candy cane, and a cute little signpost. We will also be grabbing the hay bales from the Ai Harvest Set (5598).
Let's go ahead and stamp, color and cut the pieces that we will be using today. To do our coloring we will be using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Lt Pink, Wine Red, Orange, Yellow, Mustard, Ice Blue, Persian Blue, Lt Green, Deep Green, Lt Gray, Warm Gray 4, Beige, Mid Brown.
To create the diorama card base we will be using the Lawn Fawn Ta Da! Diorama! Set. This die set will cut and score all of the pieces that we will need to create this fun design. For paper we will be using the Ai Christmas S2 Paper Pack (5812). I'll give you a detailed demonstration in the video for how to easily assemble this fantastic and fun diorama.
For the little signpost we will add a "Joy" sentiment using the Ai Christmas Sentiments Set (5566). This just looks so cute on our woodgrain sign!
Again, I will show you the assembly of the card base and all of the dies needed in this video! The end result is just so cute and interactive!
I hope you will join us in this new challenge! We would love to see what you create! It is a great opportunity to dig through your stash and combine some of your stamp sets to create your own "Farm Fresh" project!
Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!!!
Thank you SO MUCH Lynn for that amazingly cute card and wonderful tutorial.
Now, here is YOUR chance to enter and win...
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I am incredibly honored to have been asked to do a blog post
for a recent set of paintings that I created with the new Angels set. I originally wanted to challenge myself to
think outside of the box and stretch my stamps. I thought I was creating Halloween
costumes but it turns out after creating the backgrounds that is not necessarily
what they turned out to be in the end.
Here are the before and after pics in case you missed my Instagram and Facebook posts.
Let's get a closer look!
First, we have this little dragon with her new mouse friend
surrounded by a sweet pumpkin patch. The NEW Harvest watercolor stamps have the
best pumpkins I have ever seen!
This cute little witch continues our Fall/Halloween theme. I
colored her up like the wicked witch of the west and created my own broom. I love these night scenes when I can just keep layering color to get more and more depth and make little stars, of course.
I was really torn on what to do with the background for this sweet bee, but then
my new stamps arrived just in time and these hay bales were perfect. I am in LOVE with the sunflowers and I know
they will be showing up on lots of my projects.
I wasn’t really sure what to do with this sleeping angel so
I decided to dress her like Minnie Mouse. I found a picture of Minnie’s house to hand draw her background. Makes me think that she must have been exhausted trying to get there.
Finally I have a snowy scene with this cute angel. I extended her wings a little a placed her in
a winter wonderland. Creating these trees is one of my all time favorite things to do in watercolor. I should have gotten out the bleed proof white to add some snow to the branches. Next time!
I had so much fun creating these scenes. I was glad I didn’t rush through the process
and just let the inspiration come. Thank you
so much for joining me and I am so blessed to be surrounded by such a talented, loving and
encouraging community. I hope you all have a wonderfully creative day!
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