OUCH! Feel Better by Niccole Kulig

Hello Ai fans!!

I am stopping by today to share a card using the Doggy Kisses and Wine Divas stamp set.

I did not intend to create a one layer card but sometimes the stamps decide for you what direction you are going with your card.  LOL Anyways ... I started by stamping my sentiments in the middle in black. I used the Ouch sentiment from Doggy Kisses stamp set and I used only part of the sentiment in Wine Divas for the feel better.  From there I randomly stamped the band-aid from the Doggy Kisses stamp set in rainbow colors.

I always find it hard to photograph Wink of Stella. Do you agree?  I added Wink of Stella to all the center of the band-aids for some texture to my one layer card.

I finished it off with Nuvo Drops in the same rainbow colors to give a lot more dimension to my one layer card.  I love how cheery this card ended up being.  A great pick me up card for someone hurt or injured.

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

Remember ... try and stretch you stamps out of the norm from what they were intended for, as there is no dog on this card as the stamp set would imply, just a general feel better card.

Like I said earlier sometime a one layer card is all you need to get your point across. Please stop back again soon and see what I have been up to.

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

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!

Celeste by Karen Day

Hello Ai fans!

It's Karen with you today, sharing a bright & sparkly Celeste card, which features one of our newest Ai People stamps from our recent release (sku #4326):

Celeste is one fun gal to colour!  With her spunky outfit, just about anything goes... so I cut strips of different polka dot papers to create my own rainbow background.  I coloured and cut out Celeste a second time, and pop dotted her up along with the sentiment for a little extra dimension:

A close up to see the layers:

Here are the Copics that I used:

Happy Stamping everyone!

 





Challenge 80 - Rainbow

Hello Ai Fans! 

Hope it's been another fantastic week for you! Here, we're clinging onto the last bit of sun before our rainy seasons starts. We want to push the limit on color this week and make you use FIVE of the basics :) That's right, we're loving rainbow colors!

RED, ORANGE, YELLOW, GREEN, BLUE

and don't forget ...

We want to see your colorful cards! Your submissions should at least have these five, more if you choose. You do not need an actual rainbow image. Check out the beautiful submissions from our DT!

Kerry 

Trena

Crystal

Tammie

Aren't they fun? Way to go DT! Always thankful for their inspiration! Our winner from last week's School/Office Supply challenge is ...

DENEEN TREBLE

with her fantastic upcycled pen holder. We have a couple of those tubs around the office ... will have to try this out! Congratulations Deneen! Email me at kate@artimpressions.com for your $10 coupon code for artimpressions.com!

Here are the guidelines for our weekly challenges:

1. Please make a new card or creation. You can make any crafty item you wish; this is not limited to cards!

2. Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps!

3. Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top left of our sidebar!

4. Share the Ai love by clicking and commenting your fellow crafters.

5. Make sure to get your link up by Wednesday at 6 p.m. PST to enter your creations.