Merry & Bright Card by Tasha

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a holiday mini slimline created with the cute Penguin Stackers stamp set!

 I stamped the penguins with black hybrid ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I wanted a winter wonderland feel and used pastel colors with pops of red and green! I also added glitter to the the little hats!

For the background I used a piece of pattern paper that looks like falling snow. To coordinate with the sky, I cut hills out of white cardstock and ink blended the edges with a light blue ink. These colors are so pretty!

The sentiment "Merry & Bright" is from the Sleigh Bells Set and I stamped it with a pretty teal blue. I used a circle punch to cut the greeting out and matted it with teal cardstock. To stick with the theme, I added a layer of mirrored silver paper and teal cardstock before attaching the card to a white card base. 

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed this fun holiday card!

Merry Christmas from the Art Impressions Staff! PLUS, Challenge 271 Animal Cards Challenge Winners Announced!

Merry Christmas Ai Fans!

As we prepare for the winter holidays, last-minutes gifts, and those final few Christmas cards to drop in the mail, we pause for a moment and thank you for shopping with us year-round and this winter season! We are convinced Art Impressions customers are the best! You are so sweet, kind, funny, and we always have a great time when we see you at stamp shows around the country, our annual Warehouse Sale, and through your phone calls and emails. We wish you a merry holiday season!

The blog will be through January 1, to give our designers a well-deserved break! But don't worry, when we return on January 2 we will have some awesome news to share!

What do you give a crafty friend who has everything? Or is someone searching for a list-minute gift for you? A gift certificate to the Art Impressions shop is the perfect gift! The online code is sent instantly and can be used online at any time, so there is time to check your inventory for those missing must-have stamps! Certificates are available in any dollar amount, and are emailed to the recipient's email with your personalized message. Order an Ai Gift Certificate today!

Enter the amount you would like to purchase and add the gift certificate to your cart. At checkout, enter the Coupon Receiver Details and select "gift coupons to someone else" and fill out the email address and desired message. Gift certificates are sent by email instantly after the order is placed. Gift certificates are registered to the recipient's email and cannot be redeemed by another email address. To redeem a gift certificate, enter the code in the coupon code box at checkout.

Holiday Hours

The Art Impressions office will be closed the following dates:

December 23 - 27

December 31 - January 1

All orders placed during this time period will begin processing and shipping on January 2.

If you miss Art Impressions inspiration, be sure to visit our Guest Designer Tracy MacDonald's blog! She made the card you see above, and has many wonderful cards on her blog here. Be sure to leave her some comment love, too!

Before we go on break, it's time to announce the winners of last week's Animal Cards challenge!

Top Spot goes to...
Lorraine A

featuring our Penguin Stackers Set!

Honorable mentions go to...

Linda Damepier-Dicks

featuring our retired Animal Nativity stamp!

and Cynthia Olheiser

featuring our Udderly Fantastic stamps!

Congrats to all our winners! Please contact feedback@artimpressions.com with your name, mailing address, and stamp sets of your choice (three for our Top Spot!).

We will see you again January 2 with our first challenge of 2020 and some news you won't want to miss!

Happy Holidays and Happy Stamping!

Merry Christmas! Blog Closed Until January 5th

Merry Christmas, Ai Fans!

The blog will be closed for Christmas break until January 5th so our fantastic designers can finish "decking their halls" and spend time with their families for the Holidays!

Before we go, here are just seven of our (many!) favorite Christmas cards this year! Click on the designer's name to see their original post with more info on their creation. Be sure to leave a little comment love, too!

Cheri with Merriest Christmas Set

Dana with Christmas Placecard Pal

Diane with Chris-mouse Mini Shaker

Karen with Dairy Christmas Set

Kerry with Snowman, Santa and Reindeer Mini Shakers

Renee with Tropical Christmas Set

Sharon with Penguin Stackers and Slider Die

May the peace and hope of this season fill your life and joy fill your heart! See you in 2017! 

Warm wishes, 

The Ai Team

Penguin Stackers by Karen Day

Hello Ai fans!

I'm working away on my Christmas cards, and had fun colouring up today's image - this is one of the new 2016 Christmas stamp sets - Penguin Stackers (Sku #4811)  Here is how it looks when the recipient receives it, with the pull tab inserted in the slider:

 I like to make my slider cards fairly large, this is 5" x 6 1/2", which gives plenty of room for the Slider Die (Sku #4764), and the pull tab.  After you pull down on the ribbon, here is the cute stacker image revealed underneath:

 Have you seen all of the new images that work with the Slider die??  There are two holiday sets - penguins & reindeer, and three Slider sets that use the die horizontally, and reveal a cute sentiment under the tab (see them here!)

Our current challenge is Slide On By - we want to see your projects with a slider element!

Copics used: C5, C3, C1, C00, BG15, BG13, BG11, V06, V05, V04, B24, B23, B21, Y38, Y32, Y26, Y23, R30

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WEEK 2: Challenge 197 Slide on By!

Hello, Ai Fans!

Seems like the time is just sliding by with holidays just around the corner! Last week we announced five, adorable stamp sets, created to be used with our Slider Die! Our Slider Die has been so popular since its launch in January, selling thousands worldwide. Our new release offers great additions with Holiday Stackers for your seasonal cardmaking, and a new concept with our Slider Sets, featuring clear stamps and matching dies.

  

 Did you catch Cheri's fabulous tutorial last week? You're in for some more fun today with the entire design team! Be sure to view our designer's blogs for more details on their card, and view our new products on our website!

Cheri with Reindeer Stackers and Slider Die

Dana with Penguin Stackers and Slider Die

Diane with Panda Slider and Slider Die

 Karen with Elephant Slider and Slider Die

  
Kerry with Mouse Slider and Slider Die

 Renee with Elephant Slider and Slider Die

Sharon with Panda Slider and Slider Die

Great work, DT! Love the sweet reveal of the sentiment inside the Slider Die! Your recipient is sure to love it, too!

Join our challenge! It's a fun way to win some Ai Stamps! For this challenge, we want to see YOUR slider cards! Your cards can use our Slider Die, or another method, to create a sliding element! We love how engaging a sliding element can bring to a card, if you haven't tried it yet, now's a great chance!

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, November 23rd at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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