Showing posts with label Milestone Birthdays #400. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Milestone Birthdays #400. Show all posts

Thursday, April 10, 2025

ABC, 123 Challenge #401 Week #1 and MILESTONE BIRTHDAY WINNERS from Challenge #400

Hello Ai fans!

Welcome to our newest challenge.

This time it's ABC,123

We want to see your crafty creations using either Letter or Number dies on them.
Spell out someone's name. Use a # on a birthday or anniversary card. Maybe you know a new BABY on the way or want to make a SPRING card. People always need HUGS too! Maybe you'll create a WC stencil with them??  Whatever your heart desires, as long as you use letter or number dies.

Art Impressions has several Letter and Number Die sets to choose from.

        



I'm sure you've all been waiting to find out who our 5 lucky random winners are from the Milestone Birthday challenge where we celebrated our 400th challenge on the Art Impressions blog. Talk about a MILESTONE!!

I won't keep you waiting any longer.
Our 5 winners are 13, 14, 20, 5, 2


#13 came up first and Betty will be receiving 5900 Garden Bench Set.


Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
and let her know you won the Bench set.

#14 came up next so Irene will be able to choose a current stamp set from Art Impressions.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!!

#20 was selected 3rd and Sara will be receiving 6025 – Fear Not Set

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim your Fear Not set!!

#5 was next and Terry C. will receive 5868 Daffodil & Tulip Set


Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
and let her know you won the Daffodil & Tulip set!!

Our 5th and final winner was #2 Marianne H. and she will receive 5876 Watercolor Lilies Set.



Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
and let her know you won the Lilies Set!!

We were so excited to see all of these amazing birthday cards and hope you will all continue to enter. If you didn't win, don't be discouraged. Be sure to take those cards or create something new, and then, enter them in the Monthly Challenge that's going on right now. There is no theme, and it's a random drawing. You can win a free stamp set from Art Impressions, or, if you're in the US, you have the chance to win a freebie from me. Or...create something new for this week's challenge. ABC, 123.

It was my turn as our Featured Artist and I made a Z fold baby card.

All of my measurements are listed below.

My coworker and friend is expecting her very first grandchild.
I decided to make an ABC, 123 WWBB card. (What Will Baby Be?)
Her son and his wife will be finding out later this month and I know how excited she is to find out.



I just love all of the dies from Art Impressions. The mini dies are some of my favorites and fit so well with the new letter and number dies.



For all of the scoring I did, I used my Martha Stewart scoreboard. This helps me get crisp lines on my card folds.



Joel's new papers were so perfect for the card that I envisioned.




This is a pretty straight forward card so I didn't take many pictures of the process. It's really just about having the measurements.

For the white card base I measured cardstock out to be 8 5/8" long x 5 1/2" high/wide.

I then scored the white cardstock at 2 1/8" and then again at 4 1/4".

Next, I cut all of my panels.

The Teal panel was made using the 2nd largest die from the double stitched rectangle die set. 
The gingham insert page measured 4 3/4" x 3 1/2".
The yellow matte around those two panels measured 5 1/8" x 3 15/16".

For the panels on the smaller Z sections, these are the measurements.

Yellow cardstock: 5 1/8" x 1 3/4"
Teal paper: 4 3/4" x 1 3/8"
Gingham paper: 4 5/8" x 1 1/4"




I hope you like my card. I can't wait to see what you create using letter and number dies.





✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any item you wish; this is not limited to cards! (unless specified)

✻ Limit two submissions per person.
 ✻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

Tuesday, April 8, 2025

GOAT Milestone Birthday Cards by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!
We're about to wrap up our Milestone Birthdays Challenge #400 here on the Art Impressions Blog.

I hope you were able to create and enter something for your chance to win one of 5 free stamp sets...some, retired Throwbacks!

I have 2 cards today. One is a 30th birthday card and one is my Father-in-law's 89th birthday card. I know we generally think of milestones as 40, 50, 60 but hey...once you hit 80? I feel like everything after that is a milestone and you are so fortunate.



I chose to go with GOAT cards.
For those of you who don't know, GOAT is an acronym for Greatest of All Time!
I used the current Dwellings Freebie barn and a retired freebie goat.



Inside I used 3 sentiments from the Mini Birthday Sentiment set.



The letter and number dies are a brand new release. You can find the links below. I love these new sets so much. You can literally spell out anything you want with these fun dies.



My FIL grew up in farm country. Although his parents owned a restaurant and not a farm, he enjoys all things country and is proud to call himself a country boy, even though he had a corporate job and traveled the world.



I colored my barn and goat with colored pencils and added the lines on the barn and some specks in the dirt with a good old #2 pencil.



You still have over 24 hours to enter. Don't miss out!








Thursday, April 3, 2025

Milestone Birthdays! Challenge #400 and BIG Giveaway! (Week #2)

 Hello Ai fans!

Welcome to week #2 of our big Milestone Birthdays Challenge!

We're celebrating 400 challenges with a BIG giveaway.

5 lucky winners will walk away with a free stamp set.

I'm offering 3 retired Throwbacks and Art Impressions will be giving away 2 more current sets still on their website.  Please leave a message in the comments section below when you enter your Milestone Birthday card. Let me know if you have a preference as to a specific stamp set and I'll do my best to accommodate the winners. 



Last week our Featured Designer was Lynn and she created this wonderful masculine birthday card.


This week we're sharing the rest of our Design Team cards.

I created two GOAT (Greatest of All Time) cards for you.
One is a 30th birthday and one is an 89th birthday. I know we generally think of milestones as even numbers, I figure anything past 80 is a milestone and worth celebrating. That one was for my Father-in-law.





Dori created a 70th birthday card.



Janet created an 80th birthday card.
She used 5407 - Birthday Cake GCH
AiCS28-Chocolate Therapy (sentiment only) Retired
5911 – Large Number Die Set



Tasha created a 60th birthday card.


I just LOVE everyone of these cards from the Design Team!
I hope they inspire you to join in the challenge. There are so many prizes to be given away this week. Maybe YOU'LL be the next winner!

Enter your birthday card below for the chance to win. If you have a preference as to which stamp set you'd like to win, please leave that information in the comments section below. Good luck and happy stamping!

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any item you wish; this is not limited to cards! (unless specified)

✻ Limit two submissions per person.
 ✻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!

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Milestone Birthdays! Challenge #400 and BIG Giveaway!

 Hello everyone and welcome to challenge #400!!

Can you BELIEVE it??

400 challenges and going strong. How many companies can say that?

To celebrate this special milestone, we're calling our challenge

MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS!


Think special birthdays like 1, 5, 10, 16, 18, 21, 30, 40 etc...

I'm also going to be doing a giveaway. I have 3 extra Throwbacks from 2024 that I'll be giving away in addition to the regular Top Spot and Lucky Random Winner. So...to keep this fair, I'm doing things a little different this month. There will be 5 winners chosen. All winners will be randomly selected. No Top Spot. Just 5 lucky winners.

What do you need to do to enter?

Upload a birthday card/project using Art Impressions products to our challenge. In the comments, let me know which Throwback set you're interested in, or if you'd like to select a set from the current stock on the Art Impressions website. You'll see a place to leave a comment at the bottom of this page.

Here are the Throwbacks that I'll be giving away. This is open to everyone, even international fans. Yay!

January 2024 #5868 Daffodil & Tulip Set



March 2024 #5876 Watercolor Lilies Set



May 2024 #5900 Garden Bench Set



Remember, upload a birthday card/project using Art Impressions products and then leave a comment as to what set you'd like to win.

Before we see what our fabulous Featured Artist Lynn created to inspire you, let's see who won our last challenge, I Like to Move It, Move It.

For our Top Spot we selected Kathy R. for her pop up card. 



Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!!

Our Lucky Random Winner was Irene R. for her "flutters" card. 



Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!!

Now let's check out this INCREDIBLE masculine card and video tutorial from Lynn.

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Today we will create this fun masculine interactive swivel surprise card! This card was inspired by the current Art Impressions "Milestone Birthday" Blog Challenge, and I'm honored to be the featured artist for this fun and fabulous challenge!


Watch video tutorial here!!!

For the focal images on this card, we will be using the Ai Reel Great Guys Set (4900). This set will give us plenty of fun stamps to create the fishermen for the outside of the card and several cute coordinating images for our interactive feature on the inside of the card!

Let's begin by stamping and coloring all of the images that we will be using today. All of today's coloring was done using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Flesh Colour, Lt Pink, Geranium Red, Bright Yellow, Aquamarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Blue Gray, Lt Gray, Ochre, Beige, Mid Brown, Gray, Ever Green.

Next, we can use our detail scissors to fussy cut out all of the images leaving a little white border around the edges.

To create the standard size card base we will use some Kraft cardstock and then we will die-cut the panels needed to decorate the front and inside of the card. For patterned paper we will use the brand-new Ai Basic Teal Paper Pack (6011). Select the patterns you like best.... there are so many wonderful choices in this paper pad. We will die cut these papers using the Ai Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies (5063). We can go ahead and attach these to the card.

Now we can add a sentiment from this same set on the front panel and stamp another sentiment from the Kraft cardstock and die-cut it with a banner die.

Let's also die cut the "Milestone" numbers from the brand-new Ai Large Numbers Die Set (5911) and add them to this unique and personalized birthday card!

We can add the fisherman by popping them up with a bit of 3D Foam Tape. And now, for the fun part, we will die-cut and assemble the Swivel Surprise interactive elements for the inside of the card. To do this, we will be using the Lawn Fawn Swivel Surprise Die Set. This is really fun and easy to create. It actually looks way more complicated than it actually is to do. I will show you exactly how to do this in today's video!

Now let's add the jumping fish, the floating puppy, the banner sentiment, and the bucket of fish!

When we open up the card, we will see all of our images in motion! This card is just so much fun and can be used with so many of your favorite stamp sets!!!

Thank you so much for joining me today!  Have a fun and crafty day!!!

Ai Reel Great Guys (4900)

Ai Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies (5063)

Ai Basic Teal Paper Pack (6011)

Large Numbers Die Set (5911)

Steel Die Cutters (5765)

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REMEMBER...enter your MILESTONE BIRTHDAY creation using Art Impressions products and then LEAVE A COMMENT BELOW as to what set you'd like to win. 

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✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any item you wish; this is not limited to cards! (unless specified)

✻ Limit two submissions per person.
 ✻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