Art Impressions Blog: It's Raining Cats and Dogs Challenge

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Thursday, April 18, 2024

It's Raining Cats and Dogs Challenge #376 Week 2

Hello Ai fans!

Welcome to week #2 of our It's Raining Cats and Dogs challenge!!

We all love animals and this week we're honoring the Cats & Dogs.

Last week I was the featured artist and I made a dog spinner card.

5780 FB Sitting Dog

5734 Friend Sentiment

5543 Journal Template Die set

5811 Gift Card Pocket Dies

5592 – Harvest Journal Die Set

5588 – Journal Oval Frames Die Set

Janet used:

5341 - Black Cat GCH Set
5344 - Envelope GCH
5873 - Mini Birthday PP

Tasha used:

5101 – Dog House Cubbies

5832 – Gnome Paper Pack

5797 – Little Things Sentiment Set

Lynn used:

Small Easter Tulips (5894)

FB Sitting Dog (5780)

Birds and Bugs Set (5561)

Mini Birthday Sentiments (5866)

Decorative Journal Page 1 (5768)

Nested Rectangle Dies (5724)

Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies (5063)

Bookmark Dies (5223)

Journal Template Die Set (5543)

Easter S2 Paper Pack (5892)

She also has a video tutorial for her card HERE.

Sharon used:

5798 Gardening Girlfriends

5817 Potting Garden Shed Set

4959 WC Dogs Set

5137 and 5138 Tombow Sets

5009 WC Mini Flower Set

And now, making her Design Team debut, we have Dori!

If you scroll down to the previous post you can see her tutorial for how to make this adorable card!
There is also a video so you can see the little dog floating along.

#SC0649 - His and Hers Flying High

#SC0651 - His and Hers Campers

5062 – Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any item
you wish; this is not limited to cards!

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✻ Make sure to get your link up by the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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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

Thursday, April 11, 2024

It's Raining Cats and Dogs Challenge #376 Week 1

Hello Ai fans!

Welcome to the newest challenge here on the Art Impressions blog.

This time It's Raining Cats and Dogs!!

No rain necessary. We get enough of that where I live.

Just use Cats and/or Dogs on your project.

Who doesn't love animals?

Before we look and see what I've made,
let's announce the winners of our Pop It Up! challenge.

For our Top Spot we selected:

#9 Stephanie Serrano

She used:
5114 – Never Too Old Laugh Lines and AICS28 – Chocolate Therapy.

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:
#12 Cynthia Olheiser

She used:

5283 – Frog Set

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to claim a free stamp set of your choice!

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Now, for my feature, I have a dog "spinner" type card.

These are super simple to make and I have a little picture tutorial for you.
I began by cutting an opening with the largest plain oval from the 5588 Journal Oval frames. It easily cut through the card base, colored cardstock and designer paper.

Next, I cut the scalloped frame from the same set
and pierced a hole to put my safety pin through.

I used the smaller oval from that set to cut a matte for the adorable 5780 FB Sitting Dog.
You'll see his backside in just a bit.

I added a sentiment from 5734 Friend Sentiment set that I stamped on a

die from 5543 Journal Template Die set. On the bottom, I added a bow from

5811 Gift Card Pocket Dies.

As promised, here's his cute little backside.

I used some of the oval "scraps" from the other pieces I cut to create a frame for the

inside of the card and added another sentiment.

I also used a streamer from 5592 Harvest Journal Die set simply

because I think it's so cute!

I hope you'll join our It's Raining Cats and Dogs challenge!