Top 13 of 2013 from the AiDT!

Happy New Year! Happy 2014!

Today, we're taking a quick moment to recap our most inspiring or favorite cards from 2013 by joining Operation Write Home in a fun bloghop! 

If you're just joining the fun, make sure to start at their Stars and Stamps blog!

We took some time this last week to review a very fun 2013 on our blog! We had posts (almost) everyday so there is a plethora of inspiration and different Ai cards! We're thankful for our current and previous designers for always pouring their hearts into some great cards for our blog!

Without further ado, here are the top cards as decided by our design team! 

Note: They are in no particular order as we love ALL our designers! :)

 Little Princess card by Cheryl Valadez

Sleepy Santa TryFold card by Karen Day 

Birthday Whoot card by Piali Biswas

Pedal Pushers card by Kirsi Kamppikoski

Lazy Boy and I'm Retired card by Reneé Matarese

Lounging Penguins card by Tammie Koehnen 

Birdie and Eggnus card by Karen Day 

Air Hag card by Kerry Kung

Comfy on Couch card by Piali Biswas

 Celeste card by Judith Gowdy

Burnadette card by Crystal Lopez

 Judy and Curtain Window card by Karen Day

 Asleep on the Job card by Kerry Kung

 To the End card by Reneé Matarese

We hope you enjoyed our Top 13 cards! We are SO excited for the upcoming plans for 2014, especially our new releases for CHA next week! Make sure to follow our blog and sign up for our newsletter to hear of our new releases (sneak peeks to come next week)!

Happy New Year to all!

And as always ...

Happy Stamping!

Challenge 107 - BFFs or Girlfriends! Week Two!

Hello Ai Fans! It's time for week two of our "Best Friends or Girlfriends" challenge. Did we mention the amazing prize this week? The winner of our card contest wins ALL the new Girlfriends sets! An $88 value!

If you haven't already, hop on through our designers and comment on their blogs. Each DT member will be giving away one of our new Girlfriends sets! That's 8 chances to win! If you haven't seen the new sets yet, click on the image below or visit artimpressions.com! 

We still have some of our new Girlfriends card kits available! They're a great deal and perfect to pair with any of your Girlfriends! Click the image below to be directed to their details!

Last week we debuted some of our Guest Designer cards and for easy viewing we've added our DT cards from the blog hop. Enjoy all the inspiration!

 

Cards by Crystal Lopez

Made with our Girlfriends Card Kit 1

Cards by Kerry Kung
Made with our Girlfriends Card Kit 1

Cards by Jo Ann Sinclair

Made with our Girlfriends Card Kit 1

Cards by Reneé Matarese
Made with Girlfriends Card Kit 2

Cards by Tammie Koehnen
Made with Girlfriends Card Kit 2

Cards by Kirsi Kamppikoski

Cards by Soili-Maria Seppala

Cards by Trena Brannon

Made with Girlfriends Card Kit 2

Here are the guidelines for our weekly challenges:

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

2. Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps!

3. Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top left of our sidebar!

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

5. Make sure to get your link up by Wednesday, April 17 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

Good luck and happy stamping!

Challenge 107 - BFFS! New GIRLFRIENDS! New Challenge! PLUS Card Kits!

Hello Art Impressions Fans!!!

We welcome you to our NEW blog! We’re so excited to share our NEW 2013 Girlfriends with you today as well as our BRAND NEW Girlfriends Card Kits!

We have FOUR brand new Girlfriends now available at artimpressions.com! 

We also have brand NEW Girlfriends card kits are available for $15 with the purchase of ANY Girlfriends set at Artimpressions.com! These amazing kits include 5 sheets of Bazzill cardstock, 48 page paper pad from Prima Marketing, 1 yard of Champange twine, 18” of ribbon, 4 mini brads, 3 wooden buttons and 13 enamel dots! All coordinated to create perfect cards for your Girlfriends! You can find all the details on these two incredible sets on our website! Just click on the image below for the details!

We’re kicking of our new two-week challenges with a Girlfriends inspired challenge! You can use your Girlfriends stamps or make any card for a best friend! Make sure to hop around to all our designers to view all the fun new Girlfriends stamps PLUS creations with our card kits! EACH design team member is giving away a FREE Girlfriends set on their blog. Make sure to leave a comment on every blog to be entered! Winners will be randomly selected on April 17 and announced on each designer’s blogs April 18!

If you noticed a new name ... it's because we'd like to welcome our newest DT member, Piali Biswas! We're excited for Piali to share some amazing cards with you ... her talent shines through everything she does! Welcome Piali!!!

This week we're featuring some of our Guest Designers for our big launch! These amazingly talented ladies have created some amazing cards! Also, we're so happy that Tammie has joined us for one last challenge as her term has ended on our team. Thank you Tammie!!!

  Card by Jo Ann Sinclair

Made with our Girlfriends Card Kit 1

Card by Jo Ann Sinclair

Made with our Girlfriends Card Kit 1

 Card by Tammie Koehnen
Made with Girlfriends Card Kit 2

Card by Tammie Koehnen
Made with Girlfriends Card Kit 2

 Card by Kirsi Kamppikoski

Card by Kirsi Kamppikoski

 Card by Soili-Maria Seppala

Card by Soili-Maria Seppala

Here are the guidelines for our weekly challenges:

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

2. Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps!

3. Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top left of our sidebar!

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

5. Make sure to get your link up by Wednesday, April 17 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

Good luck and happy stamping!