Hello Ai fans!
Welcome to our new challenge.
FLORAL FRENZY
Let's see your floral creations.
Remember, they don't have to be cards. You can create anything you like as long as you use something from Art Impressions. We'd love to see your gift card holders, gift tags, boxes and bags, bookmarks, place cards, cake picks, designer paper, framed art and more. Anything with flowers.
This week Janet is our Featured Artist and she took the theme to heart,
creating the most amazing floral card.
After you browse through her photos and picture tutorial,
be sure to see who the winners from our last challenge are.
Hi everyone! It's time for the newest Ai Challenge - Floral Frenzy. With so many floral stamps and dies to work with, this one is super easy to participate in. For inspiration I've created a card made almost entirely with dies. The only stampingare the two sentiments. Sometimes it's nice to take a break from coloring and with all the great die sets in the store, it's not hard to make something awesome out of imagination and cardstock! For my challenge project, I used 6041 - Flower and Bug Dies with a little help from some other Ai sets.
This card starts with a unique fancy fold. I learned about it from Tarabeth Stamps' blog. It folds flat for mailing but when open, the right front flap tucks under something, in my case buttons. When tucked, the card pops forward thanks to the scored folds in the front panel. When the card is open, there is lots of room to stamp a message and a strip of cardstock plus the buttons just makes it even more charming to open.
Here you can see the dimension of this card when it's opened for display. The center portions of the card front pop out to move the focal point of the card out. It's a little bit surprising as you don't necessarily expect that at first. Tuck the right edges of the card under the buttons and the magic happens!
Start with a 4 1/4" x 11" of cardstock and score 6 lines moving from right to left: 3/4", 2", 3 1/2", 4 3/4", and 5 1'2" as shown here.
Fold the scores so that you create a flat mountain shape in the center of the card front.
Then glue the last scored section and close the card. This creates a flat left edge to the card base.
Next come the mats. Since it's a floral challenge I naturally chose 6205 - Floral Shop Paper Pack. Pick three patterns that coordinate and cut them all at 4 1/8" high. Cut the strips in these widths in the order shown: 5/8", 1 1/8", 1 3/8", 1 1/8", 5/8", and 3/4". This is the same order the strips go on your folds moving from left to right.
Here are the first five strips. The sixth strip is used on the inside but will peak through when the card is tucked and displayed.
Next I created the mats where the flower and bugs will rest. For this I used a die from 6047 - Scalloped Square Dies and another square from 5061 -Square Double Stitched Dies which nests on top of the scallop square.
I cut all the cardstock shapes from the 6041 - Flower and Bug Dies set. I cut two of the flower pieces and once of everything else. I cut the gold cardstock circle for the flower but decided to use a brad instead at the last minute. For the bee's wings, I used vellum so they would be translucent.
I assembled the flower, the bee and the ladybug. I secured the two flowers together with a clear jewel brad and placed the pieces on the matted square. You might think my buttons are real but they're just cardstock! I used woodgrain paper from the 5812 - Christmas S2 Paper Pack. For this, I used a button die found in the 5543 - Journal Template Die Set. I cut two more buttons which I glued under the woodgrain button. One layer was brown to give the buttons a little more rigidity and I cut a round circle in blue cardstock which peaks through the button holes. For this I used the flower center in the Flower and Bugs set. I also cut the tag from a die in this set and matted it on green cardstock. I cut out the interior white piece 4 9/16" x 4 1/8" and glued the sixth paper strip on the right side. I stamped BFF and the inside sentiment using stamps from 5734 - Friend Sentiment Set.
To finish the card, I glued the finished focal point at a slight angle only to the striped center panel. Don't let your glue go beyond this because if you do, it'll stop the pop-out feature from working. Then I glued the inside sentiment piece. Just the right edges of each button on the inside strip of patterned cardstock are glued. Do not adhere the entire button down because you need room to slip the right front edge of the card under the buttons. Here's another look at the card in case you've forgotten after all the instructions!
This is a simple but unique fancy fold that I think is a fun presentation to someone. You can use anything for the tuck pieces. I used buttons but you could use hearts, stars, flower shapes - basically whatever your heart desires or will work with your theme.
I hope you enjoyed my creation for the Floral Frenzy challenge! I invite you to join in and enter your floral creation in this challenge. Just link it this post in the next two weeks to participate. Easy peasy!
Thanks for stopping by and spending time with me and Art Impressions today. Please visit the Ai store to pick up your favorite stamps, dies, papers, accessories, and supplies.
This is such a pretty card and the fun fold just enhances its beauty.
Thank you Janet!
Now, let's see who won our Christmas in July challenge.
For our Top Spot we selected #5
Marianne H.
for her amazing spooky scene.
Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim your free stamp set.
Our Lucky Random Winner was #13 Lynn C.
(which proves the #13 isn't always unlucky...lol!)
Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim your free stamp set.
Congratulations to our winners!
Enjoy your new stamps.
Now, onto the details of our new challenge.
Please make a new project featuring any floral themed
stamps, dies or paper from Art Impressions.
We can't wait to see what your beautiful creations.
Here are the rules...
✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation using either stamps, dies and or designer paper from Art Impressions. You can make any item you wish; this is not limited to cards! (unless specified)✻ Limit two submissions per person.
✻Top Spot Winner and Lucky Random Winner each receive a free
stamp set from Art Impressions
✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission. You may include your entire last name, but it's not necessary.
✻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!
