Nina's Top 10 - 2023

So 2023 is about to end which is time for my favorite post sharing my top 10 projects that I created during the year. I actually adore every project I made with Art Impressions products but I selected these 10 ones to include in this post. They are in order from oldest to newest.

10. I love this cute Mushroom House Card 

9. Had so much fun creating this cute Barn little party Tag, it was one of a series of Tag Journals that I enjoyed creating!

These all the tags I created

8. This is my first 6X6 mini scrapbook page I made, also became a series, it was so much fun to create.

7. This beautiful fairy house card, inspired by watermelon colors

6. Another 6X6 mini scrapbook layout, loved the Fall colors

5. Love these little kids image caroling Slimline card

4. This genius dome shaped set by Ai made me able to create these cute ornaments

3. Love this fishing card too

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2. Christmas Tag

1. Loved these little tags that I created with the frames from Journal Template dies

Thank you all for a great year, wish you a very merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Missing You Tag By Nina

 Hello Ai fans, Nina here with a new cute tag project. I am using Birdhouse Village set and the Stitched Tag die Set.

I started by stamping my birdhouse image using my Mini Misti and Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a Bristol Smooth White Paper and colored it with Copic Markers.

Copic Shades:

Blues: B05 B04 B02

Blue Green: BG15 BG13

Yellows: Y17 Y08

Browns: YR27 E09

Reds: R30 R32 R27 R29

Purples V09 V06 V04

Oranges: YR07 YR04

I then cute my image with the scissors and backed it with foam tape. 

For the tag background I Die cut the biggest tag from the stitched Tag Die Set from white paper and ink blended Salvaged Patina Distress ink on the background with ink blending tool.

I also grounded the scene with couple grass hillsides that I attached to the bottom of the tag and tucked my Birdhouses image between them both.

Happy Holidays Tag by Nina

 Hello Ai fans, Nina here and today I have a very adorable pinkish Christmas/Holidays tag using Ai Stitched Die Set and MB Christmas.

I started by stamping images from the Matchbook die set using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and Mini Misti and then colored them with my Copic Markers.

I then cut the images and backed them with foam tape for extra dimension.

I cut the tag using the biggest die from the die set from a pink pattern paper. I also die cut the ground from a matching pattern paper to be the ground where my images will sit on.

I placed my cabinet images on the floor strip and placed the toys shelf a little above as if it is hanging on the wall above the cabinets.

I then found these cute letters in my stash that matched perfectly my color palette. I used them to write my sentiment Happy Holidays.

I cut another tag from white sturdy paper and attached them together to make the tag more sturdy and added a hole reinforcer around the top hole.

Midnight Snack Tag by Nina

 Hello Ai fans, Nina here and today I am sharing a new cute Ai tag for my Tag Journal of Art Impressions. Today I am making a picnic scene for last week's challenge "Midnight Snack" so I needed a picnic cooler bag and I improvised and turned the Crafter Bag from the set ___ to a picnic cooler bag. I am also using the Tag Stitched Dies Set.

I cut my Tag from White paper multiple times and attached them together to make them sturdy. I then used Broken China and Mermaid Lagoon Distress inks to create a background for my scene.

I stamped my images using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink that is Copic friendly and colored them with Copics.

For my snack & critter images, I used these sets:

Produce Stand MTF (Racoon)

Craft Bag Die Set (Bag)

Front Porch Harvest Set (Apple Bushel)

MB Coffee Shop (Cupcake, Cake & Cookies)

Road Trip Set (Hot Drink Cup)

I colored the cat from "Spooky Wagon Set" but I ended up not using it.

I colored all the images with these Copic shades:

Reds: R21 R27 R29 R32 R59

Orange: YR27

Yellow: Y02 Y06 Y08

Yellow Greens: YG01 YG23 YG25

Pinks: RV14

Blues: B05

Browns: E15 E17 E25 E99

Greys: C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 N4 N6

I then cut my images, backed them with foam tape. I die cut a grass border from green cardstock and glued it directly on my tag.

I inserted my snack image in the slits of the cooler bag and attached it on the grass border and attached the racoon next to it.

I also die cut the word PICNIC from alphabet dies and colored with the same Copic shades..

I added some enamel dots and hearts to decorate my scene.

I then opened the metal ring of my tag album and added my new tag to it.

Tag Journal Recap by Nina

             Hi Ai fans, Nina here and I am so excited to recap with you all the tag pages I enjoyed creating using the adorable images and the die sets from Art Impressions.

This Tag Journal documented my moods since beginning of March all the way until today, each one of them gave me tremendous joy as I dig into my Art Impression collection of stamps and dies, mixing and matching elements from different sets to create one single adorable project.

I will include links to all of the tags in this article along with some photos so it will be easier for you to find them all in one place.

I used the Tag stitched Die Set for all the tags to create the base, I would usually die cut it twice and glue them both to each other so all my tags are sturdy and flat (not warped). For the elements I place on the tags you will find thier name below with each project.

1. You Rule! Tag

This was created for the Teacher Appreciation week using Teacher Rule Set. 

I also have a Video Tutorial here:

2. Girl Window Tag

I created this one for our Windows Challenege, I used the Little Girl Front & Back set.

3. Spring Harvest Pastel Tag

To kick off the Spring season, I created this tag using the Harvest Together Set.

4. Easter Bunny Tag

Here I used the Sweet Easter Set.

5. Explore Nature Tag

I used the bag stamp from from Ole Buck Set.

6. Woodland Treehouse Tag

This project was created for the April Showers Ai Challenege where we included rain or clouds, I used Woodland Tree Cubbies Set.

7. Teacher Appreciation Tag

I created this one to thank all teacher as we hit the second day of Teacher Appreciation Week. I used Teacher Rule Set.

8. Barnyard Party Tag

This tag was for our Ai challenege "Don't Fence Me Up". I mixed and matched many decorations and critters from different Ai sets to achieve this adorable partying scene on the inside, it had an interactive door than opens up to this fun scene. I used:

4967 – WC Fence Dies
5180 – Barnyard Animal Cubbies
5455 – Birthday Buggy Set
5491 – Front Porch Party Set
5722 – Birthday Journal Set
5443 – MB Nativity

9. Life is Sweet Tag

Yet another tag, I used the adorable Birthday cake GCH Die set.

10. Spring Time Tag

 For this Spring tag I used the cute HM Garden Set which is an add-on for the Holiday Mansion Set.

11. Fabulous Flowers Tag

I was the featured Design Team member for the Fabulous Flowers Challenege and I created this tag as one my projects for this challenege. I used Birdhouses stamp Set.

12. Baby Steps Tag

I used images from MB Nursery Set which is one of the Matchbook sets. Matchbook sets were the perfect size to create scenes on these tags.

13. Chicken Coop Tag

Again for this Spring Tag using one of the Matchbook sets, just the perfect size. Here I used the Chicken Coop Set.

I also created another tag for our current Midnight Snack Challenege that will be up on Art Impressions Blog Next Tuesday. Stay tuned.

Here are images for the complete Journal..

I had a blast creating this Tag Journal I hope you enjoyed each one of them. Thanks for being part of this journey!