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

Santa shaker with foil hat by Diane Zechman

Hello Ai friends and happy Thursday!

Halloween may be upon us, but we all have Christmas in the back of our mind, don't we?  Have you started on your holiday cards yet?  Today I am sharing a CAS card using the new Santa Mini Shaker (4798) which includes matching dies (plus a mini wobble to get you started)!  When the Christmas crunch is on, I appreciate cards with a simple design to make creating multiples fast & easy!  This card fits the bill and has a few extra touches to make it stand out.

The first "ho" is a die included the set and the other two were stamped.  The mustache is also an included die and it's perfect on a Mini Action Wobble!  You can also pop it up with foam adhesive.

I also made his hat shiny with some Thermoweb foil and adhesives.  The foil can be adhered using the liquid glue but I decided to use the Sticky Tape Runner on the backside of my stamped hat and apply the Red Foil Transfer Sheet to that.  Then I ran it through my die cut machine to apply pressure only, peeled off the foil liner, cut it out by hand, and glued it to my image.

Here's some pics to show the shiny red foil and wobbly 'stache...

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Have a great day and… happy stamping!

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Quick and Easy Christmas Tags by Kerry

Hello Ai friends and happy Monday to you!

Today I'm sharing a few fun, quick and easy Christmas tags using our new Ai Mini Shakers.

They are perfect for your Christmas gifts!  And not to mention, they are super cute and they wobble, hehe!

My first tag, of course!  Our super star Santa himself...  Santa Mini Shaker.

The second tag featuring Santa's great helper... the Reindeer Mini Shaker.

And the final tag, we can't forget the snowman...  Snowman Mini Shaker!

I also added some snowflakes from the Snowflakes Die. 

Here are the three tags!  

Copic markers used:
BV20, BG99, E00, E17, E37, E93, E97, E99, G28, R20, R27, R29, R35, W0, W2, V12, YR12, YR14, YR15, YR27

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Week 2: Challenge 195 'Til you Wobble!

Hello, Ai Fans!

We're back with the design team today for inspiration galore for our brand new holiday Mini Shaker Sets! The dies included make it so easy to pop up the shaking element on a Mini Action Wobble! These six sets are sure to bring a smile in your interactive cardmaking!

 

 

Huge shoutout to Kerry for her tutorial last week! If you haven't seen it yet, be sure to check it out! Today we have the DT here to show their creations with these fun sets! As always, click the designer's name for more details their card, and click the product name for a link to our website!

Cheri with Santa Mini Shaker

Dana with Snowman Mini Shaker

Diane with Reindeer Mini Shaker

Karen with Santa Mini Shaker

Kerry with Quivery Mini Shaker

Reneé with Quivery Mini Shaker

Sharon with Snowman Mini Shaker 

Awesome work, DT! Let's continue the fun with our new challenge! This week, we want to see how you can use an Action Wobble - mini or regular size - in a card or craft! Action wobble are self adhesive springs to add a little jig and wiggle to your creation. How creative can you be? Don't forget our Mini Action Wobbles are the size of a nickel, so possibilities are endless!

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

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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