You spin me right round!!!

Hello AI Fans!

My card today features one of the awesome AI Spinners called Love Spinner #4571 with the matching dies which makes it sooooo much easier to cut this adorable couple out!  I wanted to do something a little different than my normal bright colors. So for this card, I only used my cool grey Copics and colored them in black and white using black and white pattern paper. Taking pictures of the cool greys drives me crazy cause the blue tones in the grey really come out in the picture and it no longer looks to be black and white. They don't look this blue in person. 

Copics used: C00, C0, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you have some time this weekend to get crafty!! 

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Challenge 166: Anything Goes Week 2!

Hello, Ai Fans!

Anything goes for this next challenge! That means it's up to you and your creativity to make a fantastic craft! Last week we saw Kerry's pop art inspired card to get the wheels turning for the first week of the challenge. Now we have the rest of the design team! Let's see what they've come up with...

Cheri using the Cash Keeper

Dana using the Quilt Set

Diane using the Elephant & Pig Set and WC EZ Project A

 Karen using the Bloomer Set!

Kerry using Love Spinner

Renee with Crazy Cat Lady (at Michaels), Purrr-thday Set and dies, and Scaredy Spinner

 Sharon with Deep Breath Birthday

From birthday to just because, there's lots of fun cards here! Thanks design team! Now it's your turn: take on this challenge share what you imagine--anything goes!

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, August 26 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.
✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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Challenge 166: Anything Goes!

Hello, Ai Fans!

Are you ready for a new challenge? It's one where "anything goes!" The sky is the limit!

Before we get started on this new challenge, lets wrap up the last one! Lets take a look at the winners from last week's "Create a Card Set" challenge!

Our Top Spot is awarded to...

Karen Amidon!

Congrats, Karen! We adore how you unified three different stamps into this beautiful card set! From sassy Celeste to girlfriend Wine Tasters to our Tuscan Trifold. Great job! Email annelise@artimpressions with your address to claim your prize pack!

Honorable mentions are...

Angela!

Elina!

Congrats to both of you! Angela, we love how His & Hers Camper are all ready for summer! And Elina, now you have us looking forward to fall with In The Tub, Under My Umbrella, Uptown Girls and Girlfriends Blend! Be sure to email annelise@artimpressions with you address and a set of your choice!

For our next challenge, we're want to see how creative you can get with "anything goes!" That means you can choose anything for your card. We want to see loads of creativity! Our card designer, Kerry, is here to show you what she's come up with.

Hello Ai friends!  Kerry here, since this challenge is Everything goes!

I thought it would be cool to try something a little different.  I always love those four colors pop arts.  So, I wanted to try with a few of my Ai stamps 

(Love Spinner, Goldie Golfer, & AC Moore still have teeth).

Here is how I create my Ai pop art card.  I used watercolor paper and cut them for four squares, their measurements are 2.5 inches by 2.5 inches.  I used distress stains to add the color.

(No distress stains?  no fear, you can also use the ink pads, too.  Just flip the ink pad upside down and slide it across the paper, you can create the same effects too.)

Then I stamped each image with Versamark stamp pad and heat set it with black embossing powder for a little bit of dimension.

I had so much fun making the first one and I can help it to make a few.  :)

Pop Art 1 with Love Spinner set

Pop Art 2 with AC Moore you still have teeth

Pop Art 3 with Goldie Golfer 

Hope you like them and can't wait to see your creations!

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Thanks, Kerry! Loving the pop-art aspect of your cards! Okay fans, now it's up to you! We want to see what you can make! Join the fun and add a photo to our InLinkz below!

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, August 26 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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Love is all around!!

Hello AI Fans!!

I've got a special project to show you today. :)  This idea has been floating around in my head since I found the Gazebo cutting file in the Silhouette shop. And since next weekend is mine and my hubby's 20th anniversary, I thought it was the perfect time to pull it out and complete it.  For my project, I used one of the Art Impressions stamps from their Spinners line! It's called Love Spinner, and I also used the matching Love Spinner Dies!  As I was building the Gazebo, I simply poked a hole in the floor and attached my string on the base of the gazebo. Then poked a hole in the top and made a hanging loop so he could hang if up if he felt so inclined.  This is probably a little picture heavy, so my apologies in advance, but I really like how this turned out.

 

I used some pretty old papers I've had for a few years from Graphic 45 called Bohemian Bazaar.

 

 

 

So that's it for my project today! I hope you like it and get inspired to do some fun things with your Spinner Stamps! There is no limit to how you could use these! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today! Wishing you a joyous and crafty weekend!

Copic markers used:

E11, E00, E000, B04, B02, B00, YG11, YG13, YG17, Y32, Y35, Y38, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09, W1, W3, W5, E33, E35, YR21

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