Escape to your Favorite Place | By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

Today I'm using the Dock Circlet stamp and die set. These come with two dies to cut out the dock and boats so you can create a fun Tryfold card easily. This time though I'm stacking the top two layers to create a dimensional window card.

Below I have a photo of all the die cutting and stamping I did. Using the third largest Rounded Rectangle Double Stitch die to die cut a piece of Neenah Solar White 80lb card stock and some blue craft foam. Then I stamped the first dock image along with die cutting it. Using that piece to make a line with a black marker on where to die cut the dock die from the craft foam. 

The second die and image is of the boats in the water. For this layer I used both boat pieces on white card stock. Then die cut that same piece with the second largest Rectangle Double Stitch die. I also used that second die to die cut the front of an A2 top fold card base, this creates my final window to the inside of the card. Using a pencil I traced the top edge of the die cut onto the inside and stamped the final image with the circular sentiment. Not shown in the photo is also the sentiment "Thinking of you" from the Succulent set, I thought it would go nicely with the inside sentiment "Serenity is found when you escape to your favorite place."

Before gluing my layers together I colored my stamped images with Prismacolor Pencils. These images also look great with Copic coloring or watercolors too! I also inked the edges on the boat and dock die cuts. Using makeup blending brushes again, I blended Distress Oxide inks on to the rounded rectangle piece and adhered that to the blue craft foam. I did ink blending for the second layer too, but used Pumice Stone Distress ink first then Iced Spruce Oxide ink over the top. 

Prismacolor Pencils Used:

Mountains and shading

PC1076 90% French Gray 

PC1074 70% French Gray

PC1072 50% French Gray

PC1068 10% French Gray

PC947 Dark Umber

PC1082 Chocolate

PC941 Light Umber

PC1032 Pumpkin Orange

PC918 Orange

PC1034 Goldenrod

PC922 Poppy Red

PC1006 Parrot Green

PC909 Grass Green

PC912 Apply Green

PC989 Chartreuse

PC1025 Perwinkle

PC1079 Blue Violet Lake

PC1023 Cloud Blue

Thank you so much for joining me today! Happy Stamping!!

Sloth-some set By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

This week I'm coloring up some sloths from the Sloth- some set with Prismacolor Pencils. Since the new challenge is Animal Print I thought coloring animal fur would be appropriate! I colored these very similar in this video here. 

I started off by stamping the sloths (Sloth-Some set 5002) hanging from the tree branch three times on a piece of Kraft cardstock, using Gina K amalgam ink. I used some Copic markers to help me map out where my colors would go. I have the list of all the colors I used down below, broken up into sections. To add a bit of depth and color to the Neenah Dessert storm cardstock I used Distress Ink in Pumice Stone with a make up blending brush. Blending that ink around the sloths, making the edges the darkest. 

I used another piece of Neenah Desert Storm cardstock to re-stamp the sloths three times so that I had 3 extra party hats and balloons. I decided on a black and white pattern paper to border the sloths and would need to cut off those sections which would slice right through them. By re-stamping and coloring those 6 elements I was able to fussy cut them out and place them over the top of the chopped hats and balloons. Plus it adds a little dimension. Speaking of which I also added some green craft foam underneath the sloth kraft piece. 

I mounted the sloths with the green craft foam on to a piece of MFT Black and White striped pattern paper, then to Neenah Solar White 110lb cardbase. For the sentiment I used Tombow Markers (173 & 493) to make it gradient from green to blue, playing off of the colors of the balloons and hats. I also fussy cut the sentiment with my Fiskars scissors, then added it to the top right hand side with a few adhesive foam squares. 

Prismacolor Pencils Used:

Sloths

PC935 Black PC938 White

PC1067 90% Cool Gray          

PC1063 50% Cool Gray          

PC1060 20%Cool Gray           

PC1076 90% French Gray       

PC1074 70% French Gray

PC1072 50% French Gray

PC1068 10% French Gray

PC1082 Chocolate

PC1082 Chocolate

PC939 Peach

PC9328 Blush Pink  

Blue Blend

PC208 Indanthrone Blue

PC133 Cobalt Blue Hue

PC1040 Electric Blue

PC1086 SKy Blue Light

Teal Blend

PC907 Peacock Green

PC105 Cobalt Turquoise

PC992 Light Aqua

Green Blend

PC908 Dark Green

PC912 Apple Green

PC989 Chartreuse

Thank you so much for joining me today! 

Happy Stamping! 

The Lake House by Niccole Kulig

Hello Ai fans!!

"The Sinple things that fill our lives bring the greatest joy."

It is Niccole again stopping by to share a card I made using the Lake House Window. I just love these window stamps.  The saying around each one of the stamps are perfect!

I stared by using the Square Easel die.  I added the Lake House Window stamp to my layered square in the middle of my card. I added the sentiment from the WC Sentiment 2 set to the bottom of my card.  I though Blessed & Grateful was fitting for this card.

I colored my Lake House Window with my Prismacolor Colored Pencils.  I added Wink of Stella to my whole image to give it a little shimmer, like a reflection off of the lake. 

This card was a challenge for me as I am no good at colored pencils.  I am trying to make myself use them more to get use to then ... so please cut a girl some slack!  - LOL -

Prismacolor Colored Pencils used:

PC927, PC940, PC943, PC946

PC908, PC909, PC989

PC1025, PC1087

Thank you so much for stopping by ... we will see you again soon!

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

You Clever Cat | Cubbie card | By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

I hope you guys have been enjoying these fun cubbies for the challenge #257 Furry Friends. Today I wanted to share this fun card I made using the Art Impressions Cozy Cat Cubbie. I still had the rainbow background I made for the Hero Arts 45th Anniversary blog hop and I thought it would look cute with this playful stamp set.

I stamped all my images out on some kraft cardstock. I selectively stamped a few of the cat beds, I did that by inking the area around the bed on the cat cubbie. I'm going to fussy cut those images, so the rest of the lines wont be seen.

This time, instead of using Copic markers, I used watercolor pencils. This is a inexpensive set I found at my local craft store. I've never used them on kraft cardstock and was pleasantly surprised by how well they colored. These pencils are not name and only numbered, so I wont be listing those today. The kraft cardstock I'm using is just regular cardstock from Neenah. So, it does not take to a lot of water well, but these watercolor pencils react and blend really easily. For all the white areas I used a white Prismacolor pencil.

I used a piece of black cardstock and stamped most of the sentiments and the yarn ball, all over half of the panel. Then I used clear embossing powder and melted that with a heat gun. I took the full panel that was die cut with the Hero Arts circle confetti die and adhered a piece of white craft foam behind it.

If you would like to see how the rainbow background was made check out this blog post on the Art Impressions blog.

Or click here and head on over to my you tube video showing the process.

 Once it was dry I sliced the panel at a diagonal and adhered one half to my black cardstock. Last step I adhered the kitty cubbie and extra bed, then attached the little cozy kitties to areas on the cubbie. 

Alright guys that's it from me! Thank you so much for joining me today!

Sending Smiles By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

Today I'm sharing a no line colored pencil card. I used the very cute Duck Stackers set along with several of the fantastic Art Impressions dies. I hope the rainbow colored ducks bring a smile to your face today!

I stamped the ducks from the Duck Stacker set with a light gray ink, then started coloring. I decided to make this a rainbow card so I picked out some Colored Pencils that would match the cardstock I wanted to use for the rainbow banners. I have a list of the pencils I used below. I colored these on Kraft cardstock which really makes these colors stand out. 

After the coloring, I did A LOT of die cutting. Using the largest Hexagon from the versatile Double Hexagon Stitched Die set, I used it to add the stitching on the top on bottom of the colored duck strip. Then for the black and white stripe pattern paper and one large white hexagon as the backing.

After the hexagon die cuts I used one of the Flag Double Stitched dies to cut the cardstock that I had already selected to match the ducks. I stacked these so that the middle was on top and that the points of the banner met up with the large white hexagon die cut. I add all those items to a Kraft cardstock card base. 

For the sentiment I simply used the 3rd to smallest die from the Banner Double Stitched using white cardstock and stamping the sentiment from the Ducks Stackers set. 

Prismacolor Pencils Used:

PC1077 Colorless Blender

PC938 White

PC925 Crimson Lake, PC923 Scarlet Lake, PC122 Permanent Red

PC1033 Mineral Orange, PC1032 Pumpkin Orange

PC917 Sunburst Yellow, PC915 Lemon Yellow

PC1096 Kelly Green, PC913 Spring Green, PC989 Chartreuse

PC1100 China Blue. PC903 True Blue

PC931 Dark Purple. PC956 Lilac

PC994 Process Red, PC993 Hot Pink, PC928 Blue Pink

PC1054 50% Warm Gray, PC1050 10% Warm Gray

Prismacolor Fine liner 0.03 (for facial details)

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Happy Stamping!

Hey There Hot Shot | Ole Buck by Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

I hope you all are having a great day! Today I'm working on the some general male themed cards, this could be used for any celebratory occasion. I have this one to show you. I used the Ole Buck set and did some no line pencil coloring.

First I used a couple of different colors of Distress Oxide Ink to create the gray to green fade. I also stamped the sentiment and die cut it with the smallest hexagon die. That die is part of the new Hexagon Double Stitched Dies set.

I used some light gray ink to stamp the "camping supplies" along with the binoculars then colored the images with Prismacolor Pencils, to get the no line coloring effect. I used just a few Copics for the sky and ground colors. Using two of the Hexagon Double Stitched dies I cut a white frame to go around my images and also through the ink blended cardstock. 

The Tag Stitch Dies set has some great small circle dies to be used for the hole protectors on the tags but I used them to create the die cut circles on this card. I did have to run them through several times to get the cluster that I wanted, but it didn't take much time at all. I also used several of the negative pieces to group together with some of the smaller stamps in the Ole Buck set. After popping up the ink blended cardstock on a A2 card base I glued everything together and added white Nuvo Drops for a added accents. 

Prismacolor Penicls Used;

PC1058 90% Warm Gray

PC1054 50% Warm Gray

PC1060 10% Cool Gray

PC105 Cobalt Turquoise

PC905 Aquarmarine

PC992 Light Aqua

PC1096 Kelly Green

PC1089 Pale Sage

PC925 Crimson Lake

PC926 Carmine Red

PC922 Poppy Red

PC918 Orange

PC1002 Yellowed Orange

PC914 Cream

Copic Markers Used:

BG000

E35

G43

Thank you so much for joining me today. Happy Stamping!

Miss You Pig Time By Jessica Shier

Today I'm making a couple of cards that could be used for Valentine's or just a hello to a friend who you haven't seen in a while. I thought that the Ham it up stamp set from Art Impressions would work perfectly for this and I was drawn to the flying pigs image. I do have a card process video down below if you would like to watch!

For these I was inspired by the look of a chalk board. So I attempted to create my own chalk board design with Distress Oxide Inks, white embossing powder and Prismacolor Pencils. 

For one card I used a Soft Navy cardstock from Simon Says Stamp and the other I used a Black cardstock. I left the coloring on the black cardstock a little more sketchy and not as blended. To start these I sketched out a city scape design on some masking paper and trimmed it out. I also stamped the pigs and heat embossed them then stamped the pigs one more time on another piece of masking paper and fussy cut that out.

I layed the mask for the pigs over top the embossed area and the city scape at the bottom of the cardstock. Then I started ink blending. I used Distress Oxide inks for this since they are a partly a pigment ink and will sit on top of the dark cardstock.

Once I had enough ink down I pulled the masks up to reveal the start of my design. Then I started coloring. Using light colored pencils (list below) I colored in the pigs then traced the buildings so that they had a definition. They navy cardstock I used the darker colors of pencils on the buildings to color them black. On the black cardstock I only added some white highlights.

I trimmed the panels down to 4in by 5 1/4in. The navy panel is cut diagonally and popped up with foam tape over top the mustard/floral pattern paper. I did the opposite for the black cardstock.

Prismacolor Pencils

Flying Pigs
PC938 White
PC1093 Seashell Pink
PC1018 Pink Rose
PC929 Pink
PC1077 Colourless

City Scape

PC938 White

PC1063 50% Gray

PC1067 90% Gray

PC935 Black

PC1077 Colourless Blender

Fuzzy Valentine Bear by Jil Lebel

Hello Ai fans!

As soon as I saw the adorable Valentine Bear stamp set 5005 I knew that I wanted to try to make a bear fuzzy.  I decided I would need to do this with my Prismacolor colored pencils. They would allow me to get the tiny details I needed for fur. It took some patience, but my vision was realized.

I stamped the standing bear onto white paper with Onyx Black Versafine ink. I started coloring the bears head first.  I applied my pencil in tiny flicks working dark to light colors and working my way to the inside of the sections I was working on.  Once I was finished with my first layer, I added a second layer in the same fashion.  I also added fur to the paws and legs.  I added color to the muzzle and tummy in a different way.  I used very light circular strokes starting with the darkest colors and working my way to the inside of the sections I was working on. I also colored the hearts and the shirt using light circular strokes to apply my pencils. Some of the details on the face were lost so I trace them with the black pencil.  I also went over the eyes and nose with the Sakura black glaze pen. Pencil colors will be listed below.

Prismacolor pencils used:
Bear - Black,Dark Umber, Sienna Brown, Brown Ochre, Yellow Ochre, Jasmine, Creme
Shadow - French Grey 70%, 50%, 20% , Warm Grey 100%
Hearts - Nector, Henna
Shirt - Parrot Green

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Thankful by Rhonda

Hello Ai Fans!
With Thanksgiving being next week, I
want to share this card with you!

I love this Ai Stamp "Giant Harvent Wheelbarrow" #T1213.
I used my Prismacolor Colored Pencils.
The Thankful is SU Expressions Thinlits Dies.

The card measures  5 1/2" x 5 1/2".

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
There is still time to play along
Blessings,

Happy Thanksgiving	Giant Harvest Wheelbarrow	Hand Stamped By	colorbox fluid chalk creamy brown ink
Lil Inker Stitched rectangles dies	Spellbinders Labels Seventeen	Tool	my minds eye Mabel 6 x 6 paper pad

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