April Showers Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Friends!

Tasha here sharing a new card inspired by the "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" Challenge. Art Impressions has so many cute cat and dog themed stamps and I thought it would be fun to have a little doggie playing in a puddle. 

The sweet dog is from the 5101 - Dog House Cubbies Set and I used the coordinating included die set to cut him out. I love all the Ai cubbies sets and like to use the little characters with and without the main cubbies main image. The little dog looks so happy!

To complete this card, I stamped "Just a little note" from the 5797 - Little Things Sentiment Set. This sentiment set has so many greetings perfect for year-round cards and projects. I like to have some extra general cards in my card stash just in case I need a quick note. I also enjoy sending people cards randomly to let them know I'm thinking of them.

I hope you enjoyed today's project and are having a wonderful day!

Gnomes & Bees (because I love them both!) by Reneé Matarese

 Hello and Happy Sunday!

Do you love these new Gnomes as much as I do?
And, yes.  Just so you all know, I can see you furrowing your eyebrows and hear you muttering, "Well that's a silly question," in my head! lol!

Of COURSE you love them!

Gnomes live in the woods so I added lots of bees. Gnomes love flowers and so do bees, so I'd assume that Gnomes love bees too. The teeny little bee is from a retired freebie.  He sits on a flower that a sweet little bear is holding.  I only inked up the bee and placed him on the gnomes nose.  It wasn't easy, but it was worth it.  Maybe someday Bonnie will make us a full bee set with everything from a teeny little cluster of 3 bees that we could ink up as one, two or three...all the way up to larger bees that could be the star of our cards!

One very cool feature of this new Gnome set is that one of them is a Front and Back stamp which means you can create a window showing him from the front and on the inside of the card where you see his backside.

The same goes for the little bees from Birds and Bugs. Since some face left and some face right, you can make those F&B stamps too!

I love using clear acetate to make it look like certain images are flying or floating.  You just have to love bees!

5785 – Gnomes Set
5794 – Whimsical Flowers
5797 – Little Things Sentiment Set
5463 – Slimline Dies Set
5561 – Birds and Bugs Set
5543 – Journal Template Die Set
4967 – WC Fence Dies
5724 – Nested Rectangle Dies

Copics used:

B00, Y11, Y15, E33, E47, E53, YG13

Friendship Mini Journal - Pages 3-7 by Janet

Today I'm happy to be with you to share pages 3-7 of my friendship mini-album. Just to set the stage, I've repeated the cover of my album. Throughout the album, I've used the new 5832 Gnome Paper Pack. You can see my post on this and pages 1 and 2 HERE.

Page 3 utilizes mats and pocket included in the 5718 Mini Journal Template. I created a strawberry pie using the scallop die in this set and a circle die from the 5543 Journal Template Set. I cut scallops in Kraft and red cardstock. Then I cut thin strips in Kraft. I cut a circle out of the Kraft scallop and layered the red cardstock and Kraft strips before putting another scallop with the middle cut out on top. I layered a little white glitter on the top of the pie too. It look like a yummy pie that's good enough to eat!

Page 4 also utilizes the scallop shape for the sun. A little ink on the edges adds to the illusion of a hot sun. I stamped, colored and cut out a gnome from the 5785 Gnomes Set. The mushrooms are from 5788 Whimsical Mushroom Set. I staged the cute little gnome on a fence from 4967 WC Fences Set.

Here is another look at the two pages with the pie in the pocket. I love it!

Page 5 is another pocket page. The pocket itself is from 5589 Journal Pocket Die Set. This will work in the mini journals if the ends are trimmed straight across like I did here. That way it will fit on the min-sized page. I made a tag using the 5718 Mini Journal Template Set and stamped it with a strawberry from 5795 Berries Set. 

Page 6 and 7 features the window die in the 5718 Mini Journal Template Set. I used the Front Back Gnome in the 5785 Gnome set and also little butterflies from the 5561 Birds and Bugs Set. Last, I added more mini mushrooms from the 5788 Whimsical Mushroom Set.

Thanks for stopping by today. I'll be continuing my mini journal with you until it's complete. In the meantime, I invite you to stop by the store to see all the new releases for your card and tag making projects.

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest 

Have a magical day by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

Hope you're having an amazing start to your week! My card today features several of the new releases at Art Impressions:  5790 Fairy Houses Set, 5795 Berries Set, 5797 Little Things Sentiment Set, 5832 Gnome paper pack, and then I also used 5345 Fairy Cubbies Set for the fairies, 5588 Journal Oval Frames for the sentiment banner and decorative scalloped border, and 5064 Circle Double Stitched Dies.  The images were stamped onto Cryogen white paper and then colored with Copic markers. This card would also work with the current All Wrapped Up challenge that is still going on. You have just a few more days to get your project entered for a chance to win a free stamp set of your choice!  

 

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

Copic markers used:

YG13, YG17, YG21

G0000, G00, G02

R000, R11, R14, R17, R20

T1

B000, B00

Y00, Y08, Y13, Y17

BV00, BV02

E000, E00, E11, E21, E50, E51, E55

Gnome Mini Card and Gift Box Set by Janet

Happy weekend everyone! Today I have a super fun project for you. Right now we have a brand new challenge going on called All Wrapped Up. All you need to participate is to feature a bow of some kind on your project. It can be made of paper or ribbon. It can even be a stamped bow. My project features ribbon and twine bows. I've made a set of 5 mini gnome cards, lined and stamped envelopes, and a decorated box to hold it all! If you visited on Thursday, you saw two of the mini cards that I made for this set. Today I'm showing off all five cards and the gift box.

I've featured several newly released stamp sets for this project. The box is decorated with a mushroom house from 5790 Fairy Houses Set. Next to it is a gnome from 5785 Gnomes Set. The mushroom beside him comes from 5788 Whimsical Mushroom Set. The sentiment is from 5797 Little Things Sentiment Set. The butterflies are from 5561 Birds and Bugs Set.

These little cards are so cute! They measure 2 3/4" x 3 7/8". I used 5785 Gnomes Set, 5797 Little Things Sentiment Set and 5561 Birds and Bugs Set. I used a stamp frame form the 5591 Journal Rectangle Frames Set. I cut out the frame with colored cork. I love the look of it. I also added a twine bow on top of a glitter button. The crackle background on the box and cards were made with a stencil and Tea Dye Distress Ink. I think it looks similar to the surface of a mushroom. How about you?

Here are the two other cards in the set. I love how each one is different using the same stamp and die set. It makes them extra special. I created custom envelopes for these little cards and I stamped the back with the 5797 Little Things Sentiment Set and the 5561 Birds and Bugs Set. The envelopes are lined with paper from the 5832 Gnomes Paper Pack. Each little gnome square is 1 3/8". So precious! 

Thanks for stopping by today. Don't forget to enter your own card in the All Wrapped Up Challenge. You can find that challenge HERE. I also invite you to stop by the store to see all the new releases for your card and tag making projects.

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest 

 

Friendship Mini Journal - Cover and Pages 1-2 by Janet

 Have you seen the new Mini-Journal Template and the many new sets made just for its petite size? I don't know about you, but I'm in love! I could not wait to start playing with it. I have lots of ideas so I started putting them to work. My first creation is a friendship journal. I see this as something that I would give to a special person who is always there for me. It's such a unique gift to make and give to someone that you care for.

To begin, I used 5787 Mini Journal Template Set to create the journal covers and spine. If you've made the regular sized journal, it works the same way. You cut two identical panels and glue them together. Included in the set is the clasp so I cut that and also the border piece. The papers I used are from the new 5832 Gnome Paper Pack. The wood grain pattern is perfect for what I had in mind since I want this to reflect the nature theme I'll be using in the stamp sets. I also cut the hello sentiment and the stars using dies from the Mini Journal Template Set. I attached the clasp with mini pearl brads. This works very well to secure the clasp and it has holes in the each piece so you know just where to punch to fit the brads perfectly. The mail box is from the new 5787 WC Mini Journal Set. Of course, as with all the Ai Watercolor sets, they are not just for water coloring. They work really well for markers and pencils too. The bird is from 5561 Birds and Bugs Set. I drew a couple simple miniature envelopes and cut a slit in the box so I could slip them in to look like they are sticking out of the box.

Next I went to work on pages 1 and 2. The adorable rocker with the dog and cat comes from 5493 Front Porch Valentines Set. Both sentiments are from 5797 Little Things Sentiment Set. This is my favorite new sentiment collection. It's packed with 19 sweet phrases. The basket is also from 5787 WC Mini Journal Set. The flowers were stamped from a stamp in the 5493 Front Porch Valentines Set. I masked the flowers before I stamped the basket to create the combined image. I colored in the ground and used a grass stamp from 4051 WC Foliage Set 1. This is a go to stamp that I use a lot for grass in my scenes. I used the vine also on the mail box post. Last I added a tab cut from a die in the Template Set. I like how this can be used for a tag top or as a page tab. It's very versatile!

I hope you will enjoy my friendship mini-journal. I'll bring more pages over the next few weeks using new and existing sets. There is so much fun to be had with these little journals and so much of your stamp collection can be used with them. I hope you consider giving it a try.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and taking a peak at my mini-journal in process. I invite you to stop by the store to see all the new releases for your card and tag making projects.

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