NEW VIDEO - Mini TryFolds Quick Tips

Hello Ai Fans!

It's time to introduce our NEW 2018 Mini TryFolds in a Quick Tip video! Kate walks you through the basics of creating this interactive, unveiling style card with our new Happy Camper MTF set! Watch her stamping techniques and how you can quickly and easily create the same look! Find all her supplies linked below to make your own mini masterpiece!

View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fif0EdCmqYo

Produce Stand MTF by Diane Zechman

Hello Ai friends! Wishing you a happy and safe Memorial Day!

Today I am sharing a card I made using one of the Ai Mini Try-folds sets. Here I used 4970- Produce Stand MTF. Are you having a picnic or get-together today with family and friends? Today's card is all about those yummy fruits we will surely be eating!

I love how you can peek through each layer of the tryfold cards and see the images inside. Here you get a little peek of a cute critter having a sweet summertime snack.  My card base is 4 1/4 x 11. Each end is scored @ 3 5/8".

The front awning, die cut, closed...

...and open...

The second image is a cute window with more fruit.

The inside sentiment and raccoon...

What a sweet set!

Have a great Monday and… happy stamping!

NEW Summer Mini Tryfolds! PLUS Challenge 233 Door Openings!

Hello, Ai Fans!

Unfold Summertime favorites with our nostalgic Mini TryFolds! Our two 2018 sets include fun outdoor scenes with hinged openings for a great interactive element! Our Happy Camper set will have you 'glamping' in no time, with an adorable sleepy fox inside. Check out our new Produce Stand set with a cute awning and raccoon pal enjoying a slice of watermelon inside! Sets include multiple clear stamps and die cuts for the peek-through openings! Find these and our entire Mini TryFolds collection at artimpressions.com! See the sets and some fun card samples in our Creativation preview video!

Sharon is here today with a lovely tutorial, check it out!

Hello AI Fans!

I'm excited to show you the brand new and oh so adorable Mini Tryfolds!  My card today features the fabulous 4970 Produce Stand!  If you peek under the awning, you'll see the cutest raccoon eating a yummy piece of watermelon!  I started out by cutting a piece of cardstock 5" x 10" and scoring in half at 5".  Along with that, I cut another piece of cardstock at 4 7/8" x 5 1/8" inch. Score at 1/4" on the  longer side so it's 4 7/8" square.  That is for the middle portion of my card. 

I stamped all three pieces and colored them with copics.  Colors I used will be listed below. As you can see, I still wasn't quite sure how I was going to attach it to the card because I added grass around the image. :) 

After coloring, I fussy cut the front piece out. I then die cut three pieces to represent the grass for each page of the card, and attached it to the front page.  I then placed the image where I wanted it, and lightly traced inside the cut awning so I could die cut the card front.  After removing the image, I placed the die around the trace line and die cut.  I then glued the image to the card front, making sure the awnings lined up.  

A look at the inside of the front of the card. 

Apply a strong adhesive to the 1/4" edge of the middle piece and adhere it to the card.

I cut the center image out with a stitched die and cut a mat for it also. I then placed the die inside the fruit and cut out the center. After die cutting that,  place the image on the mat and again, lightly trace the inside with a pencil and die cut the mat. Adhere the image to the mat, making sure the die cuts matched up. 

Using a cloud die set, I cut three clouds for each page in the card, and doodled around the edges.  I stamped the sentiment from the set onto the large cloud for the last page of the card. I applied mounting tape to the back of the clouds so they would be popped up from the card. 

I guess I didn't have quite enough doodling, so I ended up going around the outside of the card as well. And here's the finished product.  Hope you've enjoyed and can't wait to see how you create your MiniTryfold Card! 

Look at the fun dimension!!

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

Copics used:

E13, E15, E17, E19, E33, E35, E37, E40, E41, E71, E74

C1, C2, C3, C4, C6

T1, T2

R02, R22, R24, R27

RV14

B000

Y04, Y08

YR61

YG05, YG07, YG09, YG13, YG17, YG21

Thanks, Sharon! Love your summery layers revealing that sweet raccoon! 

A new release calls for a new challenge! This challenge we want to see how you incorporate doors, openings, or hinged elements on your cards! We love how our new Mini Tryfolds feature windows that open and close, and wonder what creative ways you can come up with for doors in your cards!

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, June 6 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

An InLinkz Link-up

Before we go, let's recognize the winners of last week's "Playing Dress-Up" Challenge! What fun ideas you crafters have!

Top Spot goes to...

Rosa!

Congrats, Rosa! We love your fun shaker card with our Crazy Friends set! Such lovely coloring, too! Those ladies look like they are having a great time! Please email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address so we can send you a fabulous prize pack!

Honorable Mentions go to...

Amy Marshall!

Irene Rhodes!

Congrats, you two! Amy, we are really digging your warm colors on your Flaunt It girlfriends! And Irene, *swoon* your selective coloring is so darling and makes your Elephant pop! How cute. Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address and select the stamp set of your choice for a prize!

Thank you to everyone who joined our "Dress-Up" challenge - please join again for our "Door Openings" for a chance to win! Happy Stamping!

Cabin Circlet MTF by Diane Zechman

Hello Ai friends and happy Tuesday! I am posting on Tuesday this week instead of Monday and today I have a masculine card to share using one of the new Ai Circlet MTF sets. Here I used the 4981- Cabin Circlet MTF set. I have already shared 2 ways that I used the new Circlets and here's the third card I made. I’ll share one more style later!

I wouldn't normally make a circle shaped card for a masculine card, but by incorporating some masculine papers and cross-stitched dies, I think it works. First, I stamped and colored each image. The first two were not fully colored where the matching dies will cut them.

Next, each image was die cut with circle dies and the inside of the first two were die cut with the dies included in the set. Then 3 blue layers were die cut. They are not attached yet here.

Some patterned paper layers were added to the first two and then the circle images were adhered. The matching dies were laid back inside the images and held in place with low-tack tape. These were run through the machine again to cut a window through the first two blue layers.

Now each layer is ready to be assembled. (I decided to add some paper scraps and die cut holes on that first one!)

Using my Scor-Pal, I scored a half inch line at the top of the SECOND and THIRD circles. I didn't want the top of my card to have score marks, for a nice finished look. Then I adhered the layers together using Scor-Tape on those top 1/2" scored areas.

I love how you can peek through from the top circle to the back one!

This circle card opens sort-of like a book.

Great masculine images!

Have a great Tuesday and… happy stamping!

Challenge 230 Good Goes Around WEEK 2! PLUS New Stamps at Hobby Lobby!

Hello, Ai Fans! We're back for another round of fun with week two of our challenge! PLUS, read through the end of the post about our exciting Hobby Lobby release!

We are celebrating the new release of our Circlet Mini TryFolds, an extension of our popular three-panel revealing line! These images are designed to work beautifully layered together! Last week, Diane gave a great tutorial for a flip card by layering the images, be sure to check it out if you missed it. Let's take a look at more inspiration from our designers! You can find more information about each card by clicking the designer's name, hopping over to their blog. Want to give them a try for yourself? They are available now at artimpressions.com!

Cheri with Cottage Circlet MTF

Dana with Cabin Circlet MTF

Diane with Birthday Circlet MTF

Jil with Lighthouse Circlet MTF

Renee with Lighthouse Circlet MTF

Sharon with Birthday Circlet MTF

Have you entered our challenge before? Today's a great day to start! We're looking for a card that "goes around" - may that be a circular card, or a card that features something rounded. Show us what you've got! Besides, you just might win some Ai Stamps!

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, April 25 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

An InLinkz Link-up

PLUS, an exciting announcement!

Swing by your local Hobby Lobby to find our NEW clear and wood block stamps on their shelves! We have created THREE of our most loved images into beautiful wood mounted stamps, featuring a full-color label. Pal around with our Craftiness and Take Life Girlfriends blocks, and send a peaceful greeting with our Psalm 23 block. Also available in-store are THREE of our favorite clear sets: Sloth-Some, Whisk It and Doggy Kisses! Visit a Hobby Lobby near you to grab these stamps today!

A selection of our products are also available online at HobbyLobby.com!

 
Happy Stamping!