It's 5 O'Clock...Somewhere!! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!  

This is such a sad time of year for me...summer's winding down...school's about to start again.  That means it's back to work and less crafting time.  I'm going out with a very summery card though.  My friend requested a Margaritaville themed 60th birthday card for a friend. I wound up making two versions.  One for her and one for a retirement card I needed.  Sad to see summer go.

But...fortunately there's something VERY exciting to perk me up a bit!  Guess what??  Art Impressions will be releasing the Hobby Lobby & Michaels exclusive clear sets on the Ai website on Thursday!  Many of us don't have those stores near us so it will be wonderful to have these sets available on the Ai site. That means very soon you'll be able to get all these sets HERE.

Hampton Art/Michaels -

SC0652 Ai Crazy Cat Lady

SC0653 Ai Beach Babes

SC0651 Ai His & Hers Campers 

SC0650 Ai His & Hers Gardeners 

SC6049 Ai His & Hers Flying High 

SC0677 Wine Divas

SC0678 Got Style

SC0680 Spare Me

SC0681 Get Well

Hobby Lobby -

AiCS05 - Dare to be Fabulous Clear Stamps

AiCS15 - Live Laugh Love Clear Stamps

AICS27 - Love Birds Clear Stamps

AICS28 - Chocolate Therapy Clear Stamps

AICS31 - Pamper Yourself Clear Stamps

AICS32 - Hot Java Mama Clear Stamps

AICS36 - Birthday Wishes Clear Stamps

For my first card, on the front I used...

SC0651 Ai His & Hers Campers

Doesn't he look like he's enjoying life?!

Now that's my kind of clock!  I printed the clock, parrots and Margaritaville on my computer.

On the inside I used...

4241 – Bummer Set

When you're in Margaritaville you need, well, a margarita of course.  I printed one out and stuck it in his hand.  I think he's happier this way.

For my second card I did something very similar but with a different theme.  This one's a retirement card.  I used the same image from the Campers set but I added some of the verses from the set as well.

He looks like a very happy camper to me.

Home is where you park it!  I see he's parked it under a palm tree.  Good move.

Copics used:

E02, E50, E51, E81, C00, C3, B21, B93, Y00

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Dana's Top 5 of 2015

Hello AI Fans!!

Dana here today sharing my top 5 of 2015! It was fun looking back at my projects this year since joining the team!! And of course very hard to narrow it done to just 5! 

I hope everyone has a Happy Holiday and I'll be back in the new year (Happy New Years!!!)... CHA is coming and AI has some FAB new stamps!!! 

Happy Stamping and I'll see you next year!! ( I just love saying that, hehehe!!!)

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Beach TryFold Southern Style challenge!

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a card to go along with the Art Impressions "Southern Style" challenge.

I live in the North East U.S. and right about now is when the "Snow Birds" start thinking about returning to the south.  For those of you that don't know...snowbirds are people who spend the summers in the north and then head south when the cold begins to set in.  My card clearly takes place in the south since we definitely don't have palm trees where I live.

I used the Beach TF Set (Sku#4577) on my card.  I used one panel on the front,  a second image on the opposite side of that and the 3rd image on the inside with SC0651 Ai His and Hers Campers clear stamps available at Michael's stores.

Gone Fishin (Sku#D3204)

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