Crystal's Top 10 of 2018!

Hi AI Fans!

Wow I say this every year it flew by so fast I can hardly believe it is almost over. I have enjoyed this year on Art Impressions design team so much. 

I had a really hard time picking my top 10 of 2018:  

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Christmas Bee Set

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My Feet

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Grateful Hearts

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Sparkle and Cheer

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Guinea Pig Out

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Whisk It

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Spring Chicken

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Flamingo Twist

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Sloth Some

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Happy Camper

Enjoy your Holidays and see you next year!  

Trick Or Treat Card By Crystal Schneider

Hi AI fans! 

This week I had fun with this My Feet set 4680. I'm all about cute for Halloween not scary and this monster is way more cute then scary just perfect! 

I stamped the image with Memento black ink so I could color him in with alcohol markers. Before I colored him in I masked him with a post-it note and inked the background with some yellow. I started with dark blending out to white on the edge. 

I colored under the wobble where his feet would be so it would not show white if you looked at it at an angle. 

I love this little monster and his big feet wobbling around is so cute. 

That sentiment is adorable with this little monster. 

Spectrum Noir Markers:

OR1, OR2, OR3, GT1, GT2, GT3, GG1, PL4, PL5, HB2 

Happy Stamping!

Happy Birthday Monster by Sharon

Hello AI Fans!! 

I love stamps that can be altered and used for other things! This adorable little monster ( #4680 My Feet Set ) is a Halloween Shaker Stamp that has a pumpkin candy bucket attached to him. But it's easily cut out so he can be used for a fun Birthday card or a "just because" card. He's even more fun cause his cute monster feet are on a Wobble! I used one of the brand new mini Wobbles and didn't have to trim it at all and it still wobbles beautifully!! LOVE!!! 

Copics used: B00, B02, B04, B06, YG61, YG63, YG67, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09, E23, E25

Papers used: Doodlebug Take Note

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

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NEW Watercolor Release! PLUS Challenge 192 Watercolor Stamping!

Hello, Ai Fans!

We are thrilled to announce two NEW additions to our Watercolor Mini line! Our Covered Bridge Set and Old Barn Set include beautiful new structures and trees to make gorgeous scenes with your favorite flowers and foliages. Use our Stamp Positioner for spot-on stamping, and our Acrylic Block Variety Pack, perfect for all those small watercolor stamps. See our Summer 2016 Watercolor Mini release in action in our Stamp & Scrapbook Expo Video! Today, Karen is going to give a wonderful watercolor tutorial to kick of this release and our new Watercolor Stamping challenge! It's time for some wonderful new Ai Watercolor Mini sets!  I was thrilled when I saw the Covered Bridge Mini set (Sku #4808) that I'm sharing today - it reminds me of New England... and there's no prettier time to drive around New England, than the fall.  So I decided to share a fall painting with you. I started by stamping the covered bridge image, then stamped it again on a post-it note, and cut it out to create a mask that I placed on top of my artwork.  The set includes this wonderful group of Birch trees, that I coloured with a Sepia marker and stamped partially over the left edge of the bridge mask.  I inked up about 2/3 of the image again, and stamped it on the right edge.  Now when I remove the mask, the trees appear to be behind the bridge:  With the tiny leaves image, I inked up two different warm yellows and stamped repeatedly to start the foliage, then filled in with two shades of green.  I used the small grass from the WC Foliage Set (Sku #4051) and the small daisies from the WC Flower Set (Sku #4052) in oranges to create some bright fall bushes.  I softened everything with a wet paintbrush to pull the colour out.  I added some brown to the roof, gave the building some purplish shadows, then painted in the water, sky and the suggestion of mountains in the distance.  I added a few purplish shadows to the trees as well, especially up near the leaves.  And there's my fall scene! Beautiful work, Karen! We love how delicately you watercolored with the Covered Bridge Set! We'd love to have you join in our new challenge! We want to see yo use all water-based inks for these projects! Have some watercolor fun! 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, September 14th 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 winner's of last week's challenge Too Cute to Spook! Top Spot is awarded to... Krisha! Congrats! We find it clever how you transformed our Hot Java Mama into a witch with other stamps you had! What a fun post card! Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address to claim your prize pack. Honorable Mentions go to... Karren!  Terri! Way to go, ladies! Karren, we love how you used our Birthday Fairy to make a cute Halloween costume! Sweet sparkle on the wings! And Terri, what a fabulous way to color our My Feet set! Be sure to email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address and stamp set of your choice! Thanks for joining in our challenge! Please join us again for our Watercolor Stamping challenge! Happy Stamping!

The Last of the LOVE! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today I'm sharing the last of my Valentine's creations!  I've made three different things, two cards and my Valentine card box that I took to school on Thursday for the kids to put my Valentine's in.

(by the way ... they all loved it)

For my first card I used Show The Love Set (Sku#4230).

There's some shimmer here and there from my Wink of Stella pen.

Copics used on my "love" card...

T5, C7, 100, RV52, E00, E51, E93

On the inside I used the verse Hugs xoxo (Sku#F4364).

On my next card I did a DOUBLE shaker!  What's that you ask?  I made a shaker card with a shaker image.  I have my heart window that shakes and the feet on the adorable little monster shake.

My Feet Set (Sku#4680)

There's a WOBBLE on his feet to make them shake back and forth.

Action Wobble 12 Pack (Sku#4266)

Wouldn't this be the perfect card for a child?  Although any kid at heart would love the "action" on this card.

Valentines (Sku#G4366)

Copics used on "My Feet"

T1, T3, N0, N2, RV02, RV34, RV52, R83, R85

Gimmie Hugs (Sku#F4365)

I made a couple of quick videos so you could see his feet shake and the also see the action inside the heart.

Last but not least is my Valentine bucket. This was full when I got home!

I used the new clear set called In the Air Set (Sku#4753).

Copics used on skunk...

N2, T5, C00, R56, R59

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