Have An Awesome Possum Birthday by Niccole

Hello Ai fans!!

I am stopping by today to share a card I made using the Possum stamp set from Art Impressions.  

I started with using a stencil from my stash and ink blended the background in a yellow and light pink color.  

I Copic colored my Possum image and fussy cut her out. I raised her up with foam tape on the center of my card.  I added Wink Of Stella to my yellow balloon to make it sparkle. 

I stamped my sentiment in the center of the bottom portion of my card base.  I finished it off with some white Nuvo Drops.  I really love the softness of this card. 

Here is one more look at the finished card. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and spending a little time with me.  Make sure you come back soon to the Ai blog and see what the team has been up to.  

Copics used:

E31, E33, E41, E43

E70, E71, E74

R11, R22

Y13, Y15, Y17

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

So Much Joy by Niccole

Hello Ai fans!!

Happy Wednesday everyone.  I am here today to share a card I made using the Baby Boy set from Art Impressions.  I love this set ... it is so timeless, so classic.

 I started by coloring the bear.  I used my Copic markers.  I wanted to use primary colors for this one.  Usually you see pastel colors all the time for baby cards.  I wanted to shake things up a bit ... HAHA,  rebel I know. I fussy cut the bear out but decided I still wanted him on a white background.

I did not have the right color red for my card base so I used my Copic markers to make a base card. I used my middle shade of red, Copic color R37.  I trimmed my white piece, added it to my red base and glued on my bear.

From there I masked off the boy  in the sentiment and only stamped the "So much joy in this little" in black ink.  I used the solo stamp BOY and stamped it last.  I wanted it to stand out.  I used the same color Copics to color in the word "Boy" I finished the card off with some Nuvo Drops for some dimension.

Here is one more look at the finished card ...

Wouldn't it make a cute birthday card? Or even a card to send with a gift after the baby arrived? Or a just because card.  

Thank you so much for stopping by and spending some time with me today.  Please come back again soon and see what the Ai team has been up to.

Copics used:

B12, B14, B16
R35, R37, R39
Y13, Y15, Y17

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

Masculine Happy Birthday by Niccole

Hello Ai fans!!

I am stopping by today to share another card I made using the Baby Boy stamp set from Art Impressions. I wanted to show another masculine card. I love sets that are versatile.

I started by layering my card base with a white piece I used an embossing folder on.  I then layered a green strip across the center. I added the sentiment "Happy Birthday" in the top right on the green piece. The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is a stamp from the Meerkat set. I actually only used a portion of the stamp that says "Happy Birthday from the Meerkat".  I added a white strip in the center. 

I finished it by stamping three sailboats across the front. I Copic colored them with matching colors. I finished it off with yellow Nuvo Drops. 

Here is one more look at the finished card.  

I really like the polished look of it and how it could be really for any occasion for anyone from a young boy to an older gentleman just like the card I shared last week.I think we all probably need more masculine cards in our stash!  :-)

Copics used:

B12, B14, B16

C0, C1, C3

G40, G43, G46

Y13, Y15, Y17

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Please come back soon and see all of the wonderful creation by the Ai team!

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

Enjoy Your Day by Niccole

Hello Ai fans!!

I am stopping by today to share a card I made using the Baby Boy stamp set from Art Impressions. I wanted to show that this can also be used for a masculine card and not just a baby boy card.

I started by layering my card base with a white piece I used an embossing folder on.  I then layered a blue framed sentiment strip across the center with the sentiment "Enjoy the day" in the center. I finished it off with yellow Nuvo Drops.

From here I Copic colored four of my sailboats identically.  I fussy cut them out.  It's weird because sometimes I enjoy fussy cutting instead of dragging out my Scan N Cut.  I added a sailboat to each corner of my card with foam tape to give some dimension. 

Here is one more look at the finished card.  I really like the polished look of it and how it could be really for any occasion for anyone from a young boy to an older gentleman. 

What do you think of the card being masculine and not a "Welcome Baby" card.  I need more masculine cards in my stash!  

Copics used:

B12, B14, B16

C0, C1, C3

R35, R37, R39

Y13, Y15, Y17

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Please come back soon and see all of the wonderful creation by the Ai team!

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

Dreaming Santa by Niccole

Hello Ai fans!!

I am stopping by today to share a card I made using the 4792 Dreaming Mini Shaker stamp set from Art Impressions.  I love the classic look of this Santa. 

I started by Copic coloring my Santa image from the Dreaming Mini Shaker set. I labeled all of the Copic colors below; the color along with what image was colored. It can be hard when I use a lot form the same color family to figure out what I colored where. 

I decided I wanted a dream bubble so I drew it freehand with a pencil first.  I used my electric eraser to redo a couple of my clouds ... I will never be perfect as I am NO artist.
 -LOL-

I was finally ok with my final bubble so I used my line marker to draw over my pencil line.  As you can see I didn't follow it exactly so I used my electric eraser to remove any pencil mark left over. 

I felt like it was a little plain so I added a little Wink of Stella to my Santa beard and to his Santa hat fur. I finished it off with a few red Nuvo Drops.

Here is the finished card one more time.  I love how it represent the classic Christmas look.  I am a sucker for Christmas and good ol' Christmas charm.  

Thank you so much for stopping by and spending some time with me.  Please come back again soon soon and see what myself and the rest of the team have been up to.

Copics used:

Santa Hat- C00, C1, C3
Skin - E00, E11, E13
Cat - E15, E17, E19

Rocking Chair - E43, E44, E47 
Santa Pants - N3, N5, N9

Cheeks - R21, R22
Santa Clothes - R35, R37, R39
Santa Beard - W00, W1, W3

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

Blessed & Grateful by Niccole

Hello Ai fans!!

I am stopping by today to share a card I made using the Birdhouse Neighborhood, the WC Sentiment Set 2, and the Circle Double Stitch Dies. 

I started by stamping my Birdhouse Neighborhood stamp set on the middle of my kraft card base. I colored my image with my Polychromos colored pencils. I moved on to my watercolor piece. I started by blending my ink onto the watercolor paper.  I only used two colors and blended them to make the middle color. I cut a circle with my Circle Double Stitched Dies and glued it so it was centered onto my card base with my Birdhouse Neighborhood image showing.    

 I added Wink of Stella to the whole colored area.  I wanted to make the image pop and I figured what better way than to add Wink of Stella to it ... I mean who doesn't love a little sparkle?

As you can see in the picture above I stamped my Blessed & Grateful sentiment to my one inch banner strip I made using the WC Sentiment Set 2 . I glued down the left side of my sentiment strip and I raised the banner side up with one layer of foam tape.  I absolutely love when I can do this to an image or sentiment.  It give so much dept to the card and to my sentiment strip with hardly any effort. What do you think?  Like it? 

I finished my card off with some Crystal Nuvo Drops.  This has been my go-to embellishment lately.   I added the same three colors as my card front, I just varied the color so red wasnt on red and so forth.

Here is one more look at the full card.  I love this card can be almost anything from a miss you card, a thank you card, a friendship card, or even a new home card. 

Thank you so much for spending part of your Wednesday with me.  Please come back again soon and see what we are up to here at Art Impressions.

Faber Castell Polychromos used:

All of these are the 9201 series
Red - 121, 217
Orange - 109, 111, 115
Yellow - 107, 184
Green - 165, 168, 171, 
Blue - 140
Gray - 233, 274
Brown - 176, 177, 180, 283

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

Housework Can't Kill You by Niccole

Hello Ai fans!! 

I am stopping by today to share a card I made for you using the 5110-Housework Set from Art Impressions. I think a lot of us feel this way about cleaning. LoL

I started by using a stencil on my background and using transfer gel.  You let that dry and add your foil to the front and run it through your laminator.  I love the imperfections of the foil on the paper.

I cut a black round circle with my Circle Double Stitched Dies and added to the front of my foiled panel.I Copic colored my main image. I added my sentiment which is also from the Housework set. 

I added my sentiment to the bottom of my card.  I popped my main image up with foam tape onto my black circle.  I finished it off with orange Nuvo Drops.

Once again here is the full card.  I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday and please come back again soon to see what I have been up to.  Happy stamping!!

Copics used:

BG0000

C1, C3, C5, C7, C9

E00, E11, E25, E27, E84, E87

R11, R35

W2, W4

Y13, Y15

YG05, YG07
YR02, YR04, YR07

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

Spiders Oh My ... by Niccole Kulig

Hello Ai fans!!

I am sharing a fun card I made using the 5038 Ghoul Friends stamp set along with 5064 Circle Double Stitched dies.

I started by cutting three different circles from the circle dies in my dark gray card stock.  I wanted the pattern to go from small to large circles.

On my white card stock I figured out where my circles were and used pencil to mark them so I knew where to stamp my spiders. I stamped them with my black ink.

I stamped my sentiment on white card stock and framed it with coordinating card stock to make it stand out more. I added some Wink of Stella to make it shimmer some. I also added some Nuvo Drops and crystals to give it more dimension.

Here is one more look at the full card; I made two one with orange and another with purple. Thank you so much for stopping by and spending a little time with me.  I hope you were able to find some Halloween inspiration. Please stop back again soon.

Copics Used:
FV2 & YR07

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!