Pamper Your Shelf Tri-fold Card -By Crystal

Hi Ai fans! 

Hope your week is going great I can't believe how fast this summer has flown by. This week I made a card that reminds me school will be back in session soon for my girls at least. We get out early for summer so we start early. Some schools might still have a month of summer left. 

For my card this week I used the Pamper Your Shelf stamp set. This set reminds me a lot of my two kids the are always reading.  

This was a really simple card. I wanted to watercolor the image in so I made my card base out of watercolor card stock. I stamped the images in with Vesafine black ink. Versafine black ink will not smear with water you do need to be careful to let it dry or heat set it so you don't smudge it.

I took Spectrum Noir aqua markers and scribbled them down onto my glass mat and picked the color up with a water brush to color the images in. The sentiment that comes in this set is cute "Pamper your-shelf". 

I love once you open the whole card you see the little mouse sitting on a stack of books reading. It's just so adorable. I kept this card super simple only focusing on the stamped image. I really like how this card came out I was a little worried I wouldn't like it in the end because of how simple it was. 

Pamper Your Shelf by Jil Lebel

Hello Ai fans!

My niece loves to read and every year I try to get her a gift card to a book store.  This year I thought it would be fun to make her card with the Pamper Your Shelf MTF set.  I wanted to give her the gift card in a way that she couldn't see it through the Try Fold windows.  I remembered that we had done a make and take at the Scrapbook Expo with a MTF panel on the front of an A2 card, so I did something like that card.  I hope you enjoy making something like this for the book lover in your life.

The images were stamped onto Neena Desert Storm Environmental Cardstock with My Favorite Things Extreme Black Ink and colored with Copic markers.  The colors used are listed at the end of this post. It was stamped onto even panels following the directions on the card packaging.  The panel for the front of the card measured 4" x 9" and was scored at 3" and 6".

When working on colored card stock, you may want to color your markers onto a piece of scrap paper and let it dry for a few minutes to get an idea of what it will actually look like.  It will dry quite different than it went on.

Once the images were colored, details were added with Sakura Gelly roll pens.  A Black Glaze pen was added to the eye & nose of the mouse.  The Stardust Sparkle pen was added to the spines of the books.  The folded piece was added to the card front that was decorated with the decorative paper.

Copic Markers Used -
Mouse - W00, W1, W3, RV10, RV20
Shelf - E13, E15, E19
Books - YG61, YG63, R24, R37, R81, R83
Pages - E21, E42

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

MTF bookmark by Diane Zechman

Hello Ai friends and happy Thursday!

 

Today I am sharing a project using one of the new Art Impressions Mini TryFolds… 4853 – Pamper Your-Shelf MTF.

 

This set is created to make a trifold card and includes two dies to cut out the openings in the two layers of the tri-fold, allowing for a sneak peek of the images inside. Instead of making a trifold card, this time I wanted to try something a little different. I've been wanting to make a cute bookmark with this set...it is just perfect for one!

 

To avoid extra layers that I would normally have by die cutting the inside of the shelf for the mouse to peek through, the middle image was omitted.  I stamped and reverse masked the shelf, then stamped the mouse inside.

 

After my image was layered how I wanted it, I slipped it into a plastic bookmark sleeve.  Some paper flowers and ribbons finished it off.

 

A bonus for using double sided patterned papers is that your back side looks pretty too!

Have a great day and… happy stamping!

 

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The Love of Reading!

Hello Ai Fans!

Today I am sharing another card using the newly released Mini Tryfold set called "Pamper Your-shelf". I love that this stamp set wants you to "pamper" yourself with reading! I always feel so relaxed when I have spent time reading a good book. 

To makes things even easier with the Try-fold sets you can purchase pre-made 3 panel cards from Art Impressions. Each set comes with the 3 images, sentiments and dies to cut out your layers. 

My card is a very simple design to showcase the images better. This card could be for many different occasions!

Copics Used:

E43, E44, E47, R81, R83, R85, BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18, BG23, Y13, W0, C1

Happy Stamping!

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Challenge 206 Make it Mini Week 2!

Hello, Ai Fans!

It's week 2 of our challenge over here at Art Impressions, and we are back with even MORE inspiration from our designers!

We are celebrating the release of FIVE new Mini TryFolds to our collection! Our new Mini TryFolds are clear stamp and die sets, which are easier than ever to align for a three layered card. The provided dies cut openings in the two larger images so you can peek inside at the smallest image. Cute, right?!

 

Last week Cheri gave an awesome Mini TryFold tutorial, perfect for those new and familiar with tri-fold cards! If you missed it, be sure to check it out! Our seven designers are here with their creations, so be sure to hop over to their blog (click the designer's name) for more details and to see photos of the inside! You can find these TryFolds at artimpressions.com!

Cheri with Everything Wonderful MTF

Dana with Everything Wonderful MTF

Diane with Pamper Your-Shelf MTF

Karen with Homemade Happiness MTF and Heart Clasp Die

Kerry with Seas the Day MTF

Renee with Seas the Day MTF

Sharon with Welcome Little One MTF

Aren't these cards so sweet? Be sure to leave some comment love for our designers!

It's the last week to join our Make It Mini challenge! This challenge, we want to see a card or creation that is smaller than an A2 card! If you make it mini, you just might win big!

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 26 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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