Showing posts with label Mercy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mercy. Show all posts

Thursday, October 5, 2023

Christmas Came Early Challenge #361 and the FINAL Cat Lovers Hop

 Hello and welcome to week two of our Christmas Came Early Challenge!
This challenge has a bit of a twist if you'd like to participate.

First and foremost...

Our current challenge is anything handmade that has a Christmas theme.

Our twist this week is that we are, for the last time, participating in the Cat Lovers Hop.
Janis passed away earlier this year and this one final Hop is a tribute to her. Art Impressions is one of only two or three companies that supported her Hop all 8 years.  These prizes are NOT being given away as part of Art Impressions Challenge.  You will be eligible to win a free stamp set of your choice if you win the Ai challenge.  To win one of the 3 sets featured for the Cat Lovers Hop you must join in through them.  Let's all HONOR Janis if you can, with one final cat themed card.


Though our challenge is a Christmas challenge,  we would love it if you added a cat to your project to honor Janis.  Here's the link to join in her memorial Hop and win lots of wonderful prizes.

Art Impressions has donated these three sets, and all you need to do is follow that link, and their instructions, to possibly win these sets and also some prizes from other companies.






Last week, Lynn kicked off our Christmas Came Early Challenge with this amazingly creative card in which she "re-thought" the 5183 – Christmas Kitty Flip Card set into a cat tree!  You can view her video tutorial HERE.



And now, being week two of the challenge, we have the rest of the Design Team cards. 

This "bonus cat" challenge was not mandatory so we'll start with those DT members that chose to participate.

First up, we have Nina who created an amazing slimline card featuring 5782 – Snowflake Frame Die,



Next up we have Tasha who used 5098 – Cozy Cat Cubbies and 5566 – Christmas Sentiments.



The rest of the Design Team participated in the Christmas Came Early Challenge (minus the cat theme) and those cards are just as FUN!!

You can see all of the products Karen used on her Watercolor Weekend post.



Mercy's final DT post used 5457 – Christmas Truck Set.











We'd love to have you join in on our challenge. whether you choose a Christmas theme or a Christmas project with a cat on it! 


✻ 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.
✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.
✻ 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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thursday, September 21, 2023

Fall into Fall #360 Week #2

 Hello and welcome to week two of our Fall into Fall challenge!



Last week we challenged you to Fall into Fall.  We're so excited to see so many beautiful entries.  There's still almost a full week to get something made and enter for your chance to win a free stamp set!

Our Featured Designer was Mercy.
She created a beautiful card using the new 5783 – Fall Leaf Frame Die Set and a verse from 5507 – Harvest Together Set.






Visit our Watercolor Weekend post to hear all about Diane and Tricia's card.



Nina used:


Tasha used:


Janet used:



I used:








✻ 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.
✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.
✻ 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!


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Fall into Fall Challenge #360

Hello everyone!  We have a new challenge beginning today.  I had to Google it to see if I was rushing things...lol.  Turns out the official start of Fall is during this challenge so, it's all good!
Fall begins on...
Sat, Sep 23, 2023, 2:49 AM
Eastern Time

I won't be awake to experience it, but I will enjoy seeing all of your Fall themed handmade projects!
Our new challenge is called Fall into Fall.  We want to see any Fall themed crafty project.  Halloween, Thanksgiving, Fall leaves or whatever says Fall to you!



Before we check out Mercy's gorgeous card and picture tutorial she made as our featured artist for this challenge, let's see who won our Feeling Blue challenge.

For our Top Spot, we selected Cat L.
She made two cards.  One features the retired Gossip Club and on the other she used 5346 – Birdhouse Cubbies 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.
#22 Debbie Hedges
She used the new 5794 – Whimsical Flowers 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 the MAIN FEAUTURE!

Mercy has a dies only card with the exception of her sentiment.
Art Impressions has added some fabulous die sets over the last two years!


Here we are starting a new challenge, all about fall!   My favorite season! I love the feel, smell and colors of autumn.   But if I had to chose, the two things that stand out the most for me are the harvest festivals and fall leaves.   Both so fun.    In today's card I am using a newly released die set, the Fall Leaf Frame Die Set.  I decided to use this staple set as the "main" character, not combined with any other set and I loved the results.  Let's take a look,


For this project, I used a technique I don't often apply but equally enjoy, paper piecing.    As shown below I did not cut apart the frame set.  I die cut the first piece in yellow cardstock and removed the center and outer pieces from the frame.

Following this step I repeated the process using red cardstock except I only removed the centerpiece part of the die.  Then I adhered the two pieces together as shown below.


I proceeded to stamp the sentiment.   In addition, I die cut the frame using different color cardstock.


Following the previous step, I overlaid the center cut out as a guide to adhere the "floating die pieces".


I avoided the area where the sentiment was stamped and added a few extra layers to some of the leaves and the mushroom.   Finally I used Glossy Accent on selected elements.

I love this card, it's fun and pretty easy to create.   Hope you have a lovely day and will see you next time!



✻ 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.
✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.
✻ 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!


Join our challenge by linking up below.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thursday, September 7, 2023

Feeling Blue Week #2 and the 2023 Simon Says Stamp Exclusive STAMPtember® set!

 Hello everyone and welcome to Week 2 of our Feeling Blue challenge.

Did you see the big announcement earlier today?

It's here!  The 2023 Simon Says Stamp exclusive set from Art Impressions!

SSE23A Apple Cider Set

Get yours NOW because these will sell out fast and once they're gone, they're gone forever.
Scroll back earlier today to see all of the fabulous Design Team inspiration.  Both our Daily and our Watercolor Team participated so you'll see marker and WC cards and tags.



Last week, Nina was our Featured Artist for our Feeling Blue challenge.  She came up with two beautiful blue cards!

To hear all about how Nina created her cards and what sets she used, visit our Week 1 Challenge post HERE.




Now for the rest of the DT.  This week our WC Team played along with the challenge as well.








To hear what sets Diane, Karen and Tricia used and to find directions how to make these cards, visit our Watercolor Weekend post HERE.


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.
✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.
✻ 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!

Join our challenge by linking up below.

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter