My Favorite Peeps Challenge #386 Week #1

Hello Ai fans!

Today we have a special treat for you.

One of our DT members needed today off so we have

special Guest Designer, Simone Carr, filling in for her
for our latest challenge...

My Favorite Peeps!

We want to see your creations featuring people on them.

This can be any theme at all that you like as long as it

has a person on it.

Before we see what Simone created, let's see who won

our last challenge.

For our Top Spot we selected

#11 Liz Williams

She used:

SC0651 – His & Hers Campers

to create an adorable retirement gift card holder.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com

to claim a free stamp set of your choice!!

Also, be sure to grab our badge to display on your blog, Facebook or Instagram!

Our Lucky Random Winner was:
#15 Irene Rhodes

She used:

Dog Twist Set 5211 (retired), Matchbooks Birthday Set 5319 (sentiment)

and Block Letters Die Set 5072

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com

to claim a free stamp set of your choice!!

Also, be sure to grab our badge to display on your blog, Facebook or Instagram!

Congratulations!

Now let's take a look at what our Guest Designer has for your inspiration!

You're going to love her adorable card.

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Hello everyone!

My name is Simone, and I was asked by Renee if I could fill in for one of her design team members. So here I am as your guest designer for the month of August!

For my project, I decided to use the Crazy Cat Lady SC0652 stamp. 

I stamped the image using Versafine Onyx Black ink on Bristol smooth cardstock. To color in the image, I used Zig Kuretake real brush markers. I added some sparkle to the shoes with the Kuretake Clear Glitter Brush pen and used a Posca White 0.7mm pen to add details to her gown and earrings. Once all the coloring was done, I fussy cut the image.

Next, I cut a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock to 3 3/4" x 4 1/2". I used the second largest Square Double Stitched die 5061 and placed it on the 3 3/4" x 4 1/2" paper to cut out the square. After stamping my sentiment and paws with Versafine, I adhered some foam strips along the sides. I then cut another 3 3/4" x 4 1/2" piece of patterned paper and placed my paper with the foam strips on top of it, giving it the look of a Polaroid frame. I placed some thin foam squares on the back of my crazy cat lady and adhered her inside the frame.

The card base is a top-folding 4 1/4" x 5 1/2". I cut a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" piece of patterned paper and glued it onto the card base. Finally, I glued my Polaroid frame on top, and the card was complete.

Looking forward to a creative month with all of you!

Best regards,

Simone Carr
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Be sure to click on Simone's name and follow her Instagram for tons of amazing ideas.
Don't you just LOVE her cute card??  Thank you for helping us out Simone.
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Supply List:

• Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush:
• • No. 042: Turquoise Green
  • No. 061: Light Brown
  • No. 067: Mustard
  • No. 076: Medium Beige
  • No. 094: Cool Gray 4
  • No. 200: Sugared Almond Pink
  • No. 203: Shadow Pink
  • No. 204: Blossom Pink
  • No. 210: Strawberry Red
  • No. 215: Flamingo Red
  • No. 408: Apple Green
  • No. 604: Red Ochre
  • No. 810: Light Red Grape
  • No. 811: Red Grape
  • No. 900: Warm Gray 1
  • No. 901: Warm Gray 2
  • No. 906: Cool Gray 6
• Kuretake Clear Glitter Pen
• Posca White 0.7mm
• Thin 3D Foam Squares and Foam Strips
• Square Double Stitched die 5061

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any 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!

 ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission.

✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.

✻ The Ai Challenge is open to everyone, international submissions are welcome!

✻ Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top right of our sidebar!

✻ Share the Ai love if you can, by clicking and commenting on 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

Swinging Pup by Dori Mendiola

Happy Thursday!

Welcome to my first Design Team post.  

I had fun making an interactive card to fit with the current challenge "Raining Cats and Dogs".  

It's pretty simple and fun to make.

I began by stamping the dog images from AI sets #SC0649 - His and Hers Flying High and #SC0651 - His and Hers Campers onto cyrogen white cardstock and colored with copic markers (colors are listed below).   I then fussy cut both of the pups out.  This step is optional:  I stamped (but didn't color) a second one of each on heavy cardstock.  I fussy cut those out as well just inside the black lines and glued them behind the colored ones.  I like the stability and dimension.  

For the background, I stenciled clouds with Distress Oxide Broken China ink onto a piece of white cardstock and used the largest #5062 - Double Stitch Rounded A2 rectangle die.  I die cut three cloud panels and inked the cloud edge with the same ink.  I die cut each of the cloud panels with the rectangle die as well so that the edges would match up when layered all together.  

For the mechanism - I glued a 3/4 inch wide piece of acetate to the back of the parachute and punched a hole at the top where the pop dot will adhere through to create the swing effect.  I then trimmed up the acetate so that it won't show when the pup swings - see picture below.  I adhered one layer of the clouds directly onto the base cardstock and measured where I wanted the pup to fall.  Then I adhered a pop dot onto the base through the hole.   Place foam tape on the back side of the next cloud layer, leaving space for the swing mechanism.  Before adhering to the card, test the mechanism by holding the cloud layer over the pop dot and make sure your image swings freely.  Remove the pop dot release paper as well and the foam tape and place onto the card.  Lastly, add the last cloud layer over the top of the others. 

   

To finish my card, I added two layers of hillside with patterned paper to the bottom after cutting the bottom/side edges with the AI Double Stitched A2 Rounded rectangle die.  

 

Hope you enjoyed my initial post as an AI Design Team member as much as I enjoyed creating it.  

Have a great day!

Copics used:

E51, E53, E55, E57

B000, B02, B05, B06

Y32, Y35, Y38

R22 & R24

Camping Congratulations! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

The newest challenge over at Art Impressions is Funky Folds.

For my card I used several sets.

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

I also stamped the verse on paper cut with the 5064 – Circle Double Stitched Dies.

If you'd like to try this type of fold I have a tutorial on another post...

Renlymat's World: Raccoon Mini Spinner tutorial (renlymatsworld.blogspot.com)

My card was made for a man who owns a campground
and just celebrated his 20th summer owning it.

Copics used:

C2, T4, R12, R27, B04, B66,
BG01, BG02, BG10, BG96, Y000

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

Challenge 235 Patriotic Colors WEEK 2!

Hello, Ai Fans!

Join in the festivities of this week's challenge! Last Thursday, Cheri gave a fun tutorial to make a herringbone pattern in a birthday card for Canada! This week, the rest of our team is here sporting red, white, and blue in their cards for our Patriotic Colors challenge! Us cardmakers find any chance we get to celebrate, and the upcoming Independence Day is no exception! Let's take a look at our designer's creations. You can visit their personal blogs for more info by clicking the designer's name, and you can find the stamps they used at artimpressions.com.

Cheri with One to Brag

Carol with Produce Stand MTF

Crystal with Sloth-some Set

Dana with His & Hers Campers

Jil with Eagles Window

Renee with Cowboy Wiggle Wobble

See him "wiggle" here.

Sharon with Rockin' Ruby

Thanks, team! Love these bold and beautiful cards!

It's your turn! Show us your colors here in our Patriotic Challenge! You don't have to live in the US to participate in our challenges, seeing what crafter around the world make with our stamps make us so happy! Simply use your country's colors in your card this week. You just might win a prize!

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!

✻ Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top right of our sidebar!

✻ Share the Ai love by clicking and commenting your fellow crafters.

✻ Make sure to get your link up by Wednesday, July 4 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

An InLinkz Link-up

retired by Diane Zechman

Hello Ai friends and happy Thursday!

 

Today I am sharing a card using the Michael's exclusive set called His & Hers Campers, which is now also available on the Ai site!  This card was made for one of my husband's previous co-workers who recently retired. With all of the freeeeezing temps we've had lately, I'm sure he is looking forward to spending time at his camper by the lake this summer!

 

Since I needed a masculine card, I pulled out some plaid papers and kept it clean & simple...no frills!  I stamped the little camper and a sentiment on the inside.

Have a great day and… happy stamping!

 

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