Ride the Wave Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here with a new card created with the 5111 - Loads of Fun Set. Laundry is a never-ending chore, but this lady looks like she is having a blast!

The image was stamped with black ink and colored with markers. I picture her listening to some Beach Boys and daydreaming about catching some waves on a beach somewhere. Chores always go faster with good music!

For the greeting, I stamped "Ride the Wave" with the same black ink and used Distress Oxide Ink add the purple color on the center card. I like the way the purple and blue look with the pop of bright orange!

Lastly, I added layers of purple paper to coordinate with center card and attached several white enamel dots to complete the design.

Thank you for checking out today's card and I hope you are having a great day!

I'm Probably Late for Something Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a new card created with the 5111 - Loads of Fun Set. I love dogs and this little doggie sleeping on the laundry pile is just too cute, he looks so comfy!

To create this card, I stamped the little dog & laundry with black ink and colored the image with Copic Markers. I also added little designs to the laundry with a white gel pen, I love the extra details!

For the sentiment, I stamped "I'm probably Late for something" from the 5518-Hot Mess Laugh Lines Set below the colored image. I like the clean & simple look and this greeting fit perfectly in the space!

Lastly, I attached layers of red and yellow card stock, gold foil paper, and a cute dog-themed pattern paper to complete the project. This card makes me happy and I can't wait to send it to someone special!

I hope you enjoyed today's card and are having a great day!

Loads of Fun Interactive Card by Jil Lebel

 

Hello Ai fans!

I used the Loads of Fun Stamp set to create this interactive card.  As you pull the pink tab, the lady surfs across the card to reveal a hidden image.  I'm going to break down the steps for you in this post.

I started by stamping the images onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth card stock with Gina K Black Amalgam ink and colored them with Copic markers.  The colors I used will be listed at the end of this post.  I then cut the images out with Cutterbee scissors.

I used Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink over a Tim Holtz stencil for the blue piece of paper.  It's cut to 51/4" x 4" I used a MFT Brick stencil on a smaller piece of paper with Fired Brick Distress ink. It is cut to 51/4" x 11/4".  They will fit on top of an A2 card.

The blue piece of paper is 5"1/4" x  4".  Working on the back mark a half inch from the bottom and a half inch from the side.

Add a slit to each side at the middle of both marks.  I used an old Stampin' Up! punch.  You can use a craft knife or a die.

Cut a strip from a storage bag so that it fits into the slits you made.  Add a piece of double stick tape to one end and pull the other side over it.  Don't make it too tight.  Then pull the piece that you used to join the plastic all the way over to the right hand side of the paper back.  Add another piece of double sided tape right over the joint. 

Attach a piece of cardstock over the double sided tape.  The cardstock is cut to 51/4" x 3/4".

Apply foam tape all over the back of the card.  Be sure to leave a gap for the pull tab.  Attach everything to an A2 card.

Flip the card over and attach the main image to the far right side of the slider.  Add foam tape to the bottom and sides of the card where the brick will cover.  Do not add any foam tape to the top of the slider or the image wont move. Hide everything with the brick paper. Then add your other images flat to the card.

Copic Colors Used:

Skin Tone - E04, E11, E00, E000, RVoo

Grays - C5, C3, C1, C0

Green - YG63, YG61, YG03

Blue - B05, B93, B91, BG000

Pink - R65, R63, R61

Basket - E37, E35, E33, E31

Dog - YR27, YR24, YR21

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Housework Birthday Card | By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

It's Jessica today. House work is a necessary evil and I bet lots of us are getting real tired of doing it right now! Let's have some fun and make a cute little birthday card with some snarky cleaning humor. I'll share photos of the inside and front below!

I'm using the images in the Housework set and Loads of fun set. For the front I used the images that come in the Housework set. There is a fantastic image of a lady in a chair with her feet up on the bucket. I used Inkadinkado masking paper to mask off her feet and stamp only the bucket with the cleaning suppplies. I used the same masking paper also when stamping the cat on top of the vacuum. 

That way the paper towels and spray bottle will be positioned behind the cat. 

For the inside I created a similar scene with the Loads of Fun stamp set. Again this set has a fun lady image but I used the smaller accessory stamps. I didn't use any masking paper for this image but kept it simpler. As always the Copic Markers that I used will be listed below. 

For both the inside and the outside I used several Art Impressions Hexagon Double Stitch dies to die cut my scenes and coordinating card stock for layering. The thin black card stock I hand trimmed.

Thank you so much for joining me today! Happy Stamping. 

Roomba Zoom Zoom! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I decided to take two of the new Work and Play sets and turn them into a slider card.  As soon as I saw the cat on the "Roomba" I knew I wanted him
to fly across the floor to torment the dog!

5110 – Housework Set
5111 – Loads of Fun Set

This is the card when it's closed.

I used the 4764 – Slider Die.

Here it is open so you can see the verse behind the slider.

Then, as you close it back up...he zooms over to the dog.

I used another image and verse on the inside.

How true is this?  If you're reading this post then you're a card maker.  Who wouldn't rather craft than clean!

Copics used:

BG02, BG11, C00, C0, T1, N4

B0000, B34, B41, YR0000, YR15, YR21,

E00, E02, E08, E21, E25, E29, E51, E97

Ride the Wave | By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

This week I'm playing with the NEW Loads of Fun set. I had to make this granny live her dream of surfing! There is a lot of crazy texture on this card and I'm loving the mix so much.

I first stamped and fussy cut the lady, trimming of her ironing board legs to make it a surf board. I used a lot of gray tones on her since she is facing away from the sun. Which, I think, threw my white balance on my camera off, into the cool tones. lol! One of my favorite ways to die cut waves is using a cloud border die but using the negative side, the side with the more pointy ridges. I used a cloud border die on some Tonic Luxury Embossed paper to get that effect.

The ink blending is made using masking tape to block off the middle section of a piece of Neenah solar white 110lb cardstock. I used my blending brushes for this, and also a wave stencil for the bottom area. This was trimmed down with a rectangle stitch die. For the slate cardstock, I used a larger rectangle stitch die to die cut first, then layered some Deco Foil Mettalix gel over it using the same wave stencil.

The sentiment is stamped and heat embossed using white embossing powder to the upper portion of the ink blending cardstock. Can you believe that I don't have a ampersand in any of my die sets! I was suprised!! Luckily, I have hung on to some Thickers, from years ago, and had a perfect one to use, made from white foam. 

Copic Markers Used:
W6, W3, W1, W0
E81, E34, E31
BV11, BV04, BV02, BV01, BV00
Y38, R83

Alright guys, that is it from me! Thank you for joining me today. Happy Stamping! 

Challenge 256 Shaped Card WEEK 2! Plus, SALE on WC Accessories!

  

Hello, Ai Fans!

We're back with week two of our Shaped Cards challenge, celebrating the arrival of our new Work & Play and Funny Farm clear sets! These sets are perfect for birthdays and other occasions, especially when there are so many sentiments to mix and match! Last week, Renee gave a super cute tutorial on her shaped cards, so don't miss that! Today, we have the full team here to share creations of all shapes and sizes! Let's take a look - and don't forget to click the designer's name to visit their blog for more info!

Carol with Housework Set

Crystal with Hedgehogs Set

Jessica with Hedgehogs Set

Jil with Pand-tastic Set

Niccole with Housework Set

Renee with Loads of Fun

Sharon with Hedgehogs Set

Awesome cards, team! We love how you used Ai shape dies for your card shapes and sizes, with the cute detailed stitching, they work together really well!

There is still time to enter our challenge! Let's mix it up a bit! This challenge is to stretch you to make cards of a different shape than a rectangle or square! We can't wait to see what you create in our "Shaped Cards" challenge!

Here are the Challenge Rules:

✻ Please make a new card or creation. You can make any crafty 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!

✻ 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 by clicking and commenting your fellow crafters.

✻ Make sure to get your link up by Wednesday, May 22 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

 

Before, we go, we have another great SALE for you! Enjoy 20% off Watercolor Accessories, including our Tombow and remaining Marvy markers! Have you had your eye on our Travel Box? Or maybe you want to add some sparkle with Wink of Stella? Now is a great time to add to your Ai Watercolor supplies at artimpressions.com! 

Be sure to check ALL THREE categories and apply the coupon code WCACC for the discount! Hurry, sale is good for in-stock items only!

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Happy Stamping!