Feeling Blue Challenge Week #1

Welcome to week one of our newest challenge,

Feeling Blue.

Don't worry.  We're not sad.  We just want to see all of the blues for the next two weeks!

Maybe you prefer powder blue, maybe midnight blue...maybe all of them?

We just want you to use lots of blue on your project.
Blue paper, blue ink, blue paint, blue embellishments...

whatever you like!

Our Featured Designer for this challenge is Nina and she has two FABLULOUS cards for you.

Before we see what she's made, we need to announce the winners of our All Wrapped Up challenge.

For our Top Spot, we selected De F.

She made the cutest birthday card using 5455 – Birthday Buggy Set!

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!

Now for our Lucky Random Winner.

#7 Kathy A.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com

to claim a free stamp set of your choice!

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Now for the MAIN FEAUTURE!

Nina often uses blue and does it very well, so we knew this challenge would be perfect for her!
She did NOT disappoint! Let's see what she made...

 Hello Ai fans, Nina here with fun projects for our new challenge "Feeling Blue". It is such an inspiring challenge. I had so many sets that would fit perfectly for it. I choose two main sets to create two projects and then decorated them with more sets.

I started with this Miss You Card where I used the Boy Front and Back set from the new release and stamped the front image of the boy with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and my Mini Misti.

I colored the image with Copic Markers using these shades:

Yellows: Y06 Y08

Oranges: YR68 Y17

Jeans: B45 B21

Boots: E99 YR24

Bench: E27 E29

Red: R27 R29

Blue Green: BG13 BG15

To create the sky background I used a scrap of paper and blended Mermaid Lagoon and Speckled Egg Distress inks using my ink blender. For visual texture I then sprayed it with water to make some spots of ink to react with water.

I die cut the leaves frame from the Leaves Die set from white paper and glued it to my sky background.

I also die cut the leaves and mushrooms that came with the same set and colored then with same Copic shades I used for the boy image and glued them here and there around the frame.

Our boy needed a bench to sit on so I used the wooden plank die from the mini Fence Set to die cut it from white paper and I colored it with E27 and E29 Copics.

I attached the boy to the bench with foam tape to give dimension behind the boy and attached it to the sky background.

I then used enamel dots to decorate here and there. I then attached it the little card to a blue card base and added alphabet stickers to write "Miss You" t the bottom.

 

I also creatd another project for this fun challenge using Birdhouse Neighborhood set to create a new page for my Friendship Polaroids Art Journal.

I stamped the lovely image of the birdhouses and colored them with these Copic shades:

Yellows: Y06 Y08

Oranges: YR68 Y17

House 1: B45 B21

House 2: BG10 BG13 BG15 

House 3: B06 B04

House 4: B04 B02

House 5: B28 B24

Brown: E99 YR24

Greens: YG17 YG23 YG68

Greys for the fence: C1 C3 C4

Sky Blue: B01

I cut all around my image and placed it on a bigger white scrap of paper to make it like a polaroid picture and attached it with foam tape on a background that I cut using the Double stitched round rectangle die set.

To decorate all around my polaroid photo I cut and colored flowers, tabs and banners using journal dies, Journal rectangle frames dies and journal oval frames from white, teal and blue colors.

With this cute bird waiting on the roof of his little birdhouse I thought of a fun sentiment that says: I'd climb rooftops for you :) I printed it from my label maker and attached it to a white paper which I colored its edges with E99 to match with the image and attached on the tag.

After Nina's inspiration, we hope you're feeling blue, in a GOOD way!
Link up your blue project below for the chance to win a free stamp set of your choice.

Good luck!  We can't wait to see what you make.

✻ 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.

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✻ 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!

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April Showers Challenge by Sharon Caudle

 Hello Ai Fans!

My card today fits right in with the April Showers Challenge that is going on right now at Art Impressions! I used the new adorable #5716 Little Boy Front and Bac, #5719 FB Fence and Window Set, and for the cute little flowers #5401 Easter Chicks Set.  Both the rainbow and cloud die set as well as the sentiment are from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!

Copics used:

E000, E00, E11, E33, E40, E42, E44

Y17, Y35, Y38

YG23, YG61, YG63, YG67

B000

T1

There's no bunny like you! by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

My card was made as the feature for the Easter Wishes challenge on the Art Impressions blog.

You can find all of the details here.

I used  5716 – Little Boy Front & Back.

I accessorized my card with lots of little add on stamps.  The bird, basket of eggs and tulips are from 5488 – Front Porch Easter Set.  With this type of card,  you pull the tab and it reveals a hidden panel inside.

The sentiments on the front and inside are from 5733 – Easter Sentiments Set.
They're stamped on 5727 – Nested Oval Dies and 5725 – Nested Square Dies

The little butterfly is from the beyond adorable new 5728 – Mushroom Cubbies set.
Last is the bunnies...oh those bunnies!  These are just the CUTEST!!

I used two of them from the new 5737 – Bunny & Chicks Set.

Happy Birthday Noah! by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing the birthday card that my friend requested for her soon to be 2 year old grandson.
He was born on Valentine's Day so ... just two more days!
She's picking the card up tomorrow after work.

I used several new Art Impressions releases on my card.
On the front I used 5719 – FB Fence & Window Set, 5722 – Birthday Journal Set and 5716 – Little Boy Front & Back.

On the inside I added balloons and a die cut banner from the 5722 – Birthday Journal Set, along with 

a sentiment from 5735 – Birthday Sentiment Set.

The stars are from 5317 – MB Template Dies.

The 2 is from 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.
I added highlights on all my balloons using Bleed Proof White.

Copics used:

YR21, G12, R85,  N1, E0000, E000, E35, E42, E51, E55

LePen Drawing 0.3

Tombow 177

Twin Tone

Mint Green, Cherry Pink and Chocolate

New Release Front & Back Bookmark by Nina

 Hello Ai fans, I am so excited to share with you today the cutest Ai new release Little Boy Front & Back. This is a set of Ai new line Front & Back. I also used FB Fence & Window Set.

I used my Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and Mini Misti to stamp the Boy's both Front & Back images and colored it with Copic markers.

Copic Shades:

Skin: E11-E13

Hat: YR27 YR24

Shirt: Y06 Y08

Hair: E27 E29

I then cut my bookmark and used a brick stencil with Tea Dye Distress ink and lightly dabbed my blender on the stencil to create faded brick pattern on the bookmark. Then I used the blender to color all around the bookmark edges to define its border.

I used the new window die to cut through my bookmark. I also die cut the window 4 more times from white paper and glued them to each other to make a sturdy window frame and glued it to my bookmark.

I die cut two hillsides and colored them with green Distress ink shades and glued them to the bottom of my bookmark and placed the little boy between them after I glued the boy's front image to the back image so his back can be seen from the back openings of the window.

I used the FB Fence die to cut the fence and glued it on top to finish my scene.

I punched a hole on top of my bookmark and placed an eyelet then a cute matching color tassel and a white ribbon..