Dachshund Through the Snow Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Friends!

Tasha here sharing a new holiday card featuring the Art Impressions 4937 - Santa Paws Set. This design was also inspired by the current "You're Such a Square!" Challenge; it's so much fun make square holiday cards!

To begin, I stamped the little doggie and colored his festive clothing with markers before cutting him out. I also added foam tape and a little light gray shadow under him to make it look like he was jumping in the snow. I think his little winter outfit and the large bell are too cute!

For the background, I used a piece of snowflake pattern paper for the sky and attached a stitched hill for the ground. I also used Distress Oxide Ink for some extra blue color; I think the blue makes the white pop and look more like snow.

The greeting "Dachshund Through the Snow" was stamped with a light blue ink to coordinate with the snowy scene. I also attached layers of black, pink, and blue glitter paper to bring in more color and complete the project.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and will participate in the "You're Such a Square!" Challenge!

Pawsome Holiday Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a card inspired by the new Ai "You're Such a Square!" Challenge. We are heading into the holiday season and the 4937 - Santa Paws Set is "pawsome" for Christmas cards! This little dog would also look great on tags and scrapbook layouts!

The little doggie was stamped with black ink and colored with markers. I think his holiday sweater is just so cute and this would totally be something I would make my dogs wear; I also love his hat!

For the greeting, I used one of the included sentiment stamps and this one goes perfectly with the over-dressed dog. I also added green distress oxide ink and white dots to the background to make the center around the greeting glow and I thought the white dots looked like falling snow.

Lastly, I added a piece of holiday pattern paper and layers of green card stock and green glitter paper before attaching the card to a white squared card base.

I hope you enjoyed today's card and will join in the Ai "You're Such a Square!" Challenge!

Let it Snow Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a card created for the Ai Buttons & Bows Challenge. I used the 4937 - Santa Paws Set for my card; I just love this little doggie!

The sweet little doggie was stamped with black ink and colored with Copic Markers. I thought it would be fun to have it look like it was snowing. To achieve this, I used Distress Oxide Ink to bring in some color and added little white accents with a white gel pen. I also added snowflakes on top of the dog and bone.

To go with the snowy scene, I stamped "Let it Snow" from the new 5566 - Christmas Sentiments Set. I stamped the greeting with a teal ink color to go with the teal and red color combination I used on the holiday lights and bows. 

Lastly, I attached a gold glitter paper, red card stock, light blue card stock, and a piece of pattern paper. This paper also has bows on the gifts to go with the challenge theme.

Thank you for checking out today's card and I hope you will join in the Buttons & Bows Challenge!

Have a wonderful day!

Santa Paws Card with guest blogger Karen Day

Today we have a special guest from our Watercolor Design Team, Karen Day! 

Make sure that you follow this amazing lady on her social media to see more beautiful creations!

Karen Day - Blog - Facebook - Pinterest

Hello Ai fans! 

I have another wonderful Art Impressions Christmas image to share with you today, here is the adorable 4937 - Santa Paws Set:

This was a fun one to colour!  My image is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and coloured up with Copic markers.  I used the 5061 - Square Double Stitched Dies to cut it out, and mounted it on some deep blue cardstock, then adhered it to my base with 3D adhesive foam tape.  

My sentiment was cut twice from some metallic red cardstock, and then I glued the two layers together to make a more substantial piece when I added it to my panel.  A few red rhinestones finished everything off nicely!  The finished card is 5 1/2" square.

Happy stamping!

Dachshund Through the Snow by Jil Lebel

Hello Ai fans!

Last year Ai came out with the Santa Paws Set and it has to be one of my favorite Christmas sets of all time.  The dogs in it are dressed for Christmas.  Whats not to love?  I picked three of the dogs and made a fun scene. I combined it with the Recollections Christmas Pets 6x6 paper pad that I found at Michael's for a super fun card. 

The images were stamped onto Spetrum Noir Ultra Smooth paper with My Favorite Things Extreme Black Ink and colored with Copic markers.  The colors used are listed at the end of this post. They were fussy cut with EK success Cutter Bee scissors.  You can't tell from the picture, but a Marvy Snow Marker was added to the white areas of the Santa jacket.  The marker goes on wet and is heated until it puffs up.  A Spectrum Noir Clear glitter pen was added over the yellow areas on the other two dogs. The dachshund was added with foam tape.

The background was made with Distress Oxide inks onto an oval of Bristol paper. Two masks were cut from masking paper using the Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Borders Dies.  The masks were applied to the paper before any inking was done.  A soft layer of Stormy Sky Distress ink was applied toward the center of the top portion of the oval and then the Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink was blended around it.  A very thin layer of Black soot Distress Oxide ink was applied around the edges. The top mask was removed and a very light layer of Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide was applied. The bottom mask was removed and a heavier layer of Shaded Lilac ink was applied. All of the blending was done with the distress mini blending tool and blending foams.  Water droplets were added to the entire background with a Distress sprayer. After about a minute, the water was picked up with a paper towel.  A mix of Perfect Pearl colored Perfect Pearls and water was spattered onto the background to give it some shine.  It was attached to the card front with foam tape.

Copic Colors Used:
Dachshund - E31, E33, E35, E37, E29
YG61, YG63, YG67, Y11, Y15, Y15, Y26 R22, R24, R29, R39

Santa Dog - E30, E31, E33
B21, B24, B28, R24, R29
Chihuahua - E31,E41,RV10, E00
RV20, Coo, C1, C3, YG61, YG63, YG67, Y11, Y15, Y26, 100, R24, R39

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Happy Howl-days by Dana Warren

Hello AI Fans!!

Today I have an adorable card, perfect for the dog lovers in my family!! The new Santa Paws stamp set is a must-have for any dog lover or if your receipts are dog lovers!!!

I started with some Echo Park Paper Co pattern paper, that is a colorful sheet of music! Perfect for my howl-ling, I mean singing pooches!! I stamped said pooches on some white cardstock and then colored them with my Spectrum Noir markers. I used: AB1, AB3, AG1, AG3, AG5, BO2, BO3, BP6, BP7, CR8, CR11, CT4, DP1, DP3, EB1, EB2, EB6, EB5, IG1, IG3, IG6, IG8, IG10, OR3, TN2, TN6.

Then I cut out the image with a stitched oval. I also cut a much smaller oval from some white cardstock. I stamped the Happy Howl-day's! sentiment on the smaller oval.

I added the pattern paper to a white card base and then adhered the colored oval with foam tape. The sentiment oval was added with adhesive to the right of the image. Last I scattered a few sequins across the card for a little sparkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Happy Stamping!!

Challenge 221 Tag It WEEK 2!

Hello, Ai Fans!

Holiday cardmaking is in full swing, and we are here to bring you even more inspiration with our Tag It challenge! This challenge features our FIVE new holiday clear stamp sets, some of our cutest ones yet! From our hilarious Full of Thanks and Santa Paws to adorable Sparkle and Cheer and Christmas Wonder sets, there is something for everyone! Plus, GF Christmas set is a wonderful choice for those holiday friendship cards! Grab your stamps today at artimpressions.com!

The design team is here to share their terrific tags! Find more details by clicking the designer's name, and don't forget to leave some comment love!

Cheri with Sparkle and Cheer

Dana with Santa Paws


Diane with Christmas Wonder

Jil with Santa Paws

Karen with Full of Thanks

Renee with Santa Paws

Sharon with Full of Thanks

Wow, designers! Love all these different tags! Makes us want to start wrapping presents so we can top them with tags like yours!

TAG, you're it! We want to see the tags you can create with our new Tag It Challenge! We are looking for creative tags - you can make large or small tags, layered or clean and simple, for Christmas, Birthday, or any other occasion! We can't wait to see what you create!

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

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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NEW Christmas Clear Sets! PLUS, Challenge 221 Tag It!

Hello, Ai Fans!

'Tis the season for holiday cardmaking! We have four NEW Christmas clear stamp sets now available, as well as one Thanksgiving set! You may have caught our early release of Full of Thanks, a hilarious set filled with fun sentiments, fully-dressed turkeys and over-stuffed pets! Now is the perfect time to grab it for your holiday cards! Ring in the season with Sparkle and Cheer, featuring adorable snowmen and sweet sentiments for wintery friendship cards! If you enjoy holiday music, you will love our darling carolers in Christmas Wonder! Dog lovers rejoice, Santa Paws is coming to town! This set is packed with puppies and hilarious dog-themed greetings! Lastly, we are adding a Girlfriend's holiday set into the mix with GF Christmas, featuring our four friends inside a wreath! See these sets in action in our video! Grab your sets today at artimpressions.com!

Today we have a special project from Cheri to kick off our new challenge! Check it out!

Hello Ai Fans!

Hi, it's Cheri here and today's the New Release of the Ai Thanksgiving and the Christmas Clear sets! Get ready for some serious cuteness with these sets! I got to try out the Sparkle and Cheer set, and of course I wanted to play along with the "Tag It" Challenge as well!

I have to admit that when I am creating a card or tag I don't have anything planned out in my mind! I start with the stamped image and choose papers I would like to use. Then I gather up things that might go with my paper. I may or may not use them all but at least they are in front of me so I can see what I have on hand! I just design as I go LOL.

I started off by stamping and colouring my images with my Copic Markers. I always like to use my Black gel pen for the eyes and on these snowmen I used it on their buttons as well.

Once my images were coloured, I cut them out with my Silhouette machine and also cut out some tags with matching design paper tags, decreasing them in size to create layers. Then I went about assembling the tags and added embellishment details to each tag! I added sentiments from the set to each of the tags as well.

I think they turned out really cute! But then anything snowmen themed is always adorable no matter what you do with them LOL!

Copics Used:

B91, B93, B95, B97

C1, C3, C4, C5, C6, C8

W3, W5, W7

BG11, BG13, BG18, BG23, BG53, BG57

R00, R27, R29

YG63, YG67

I hope you join us in our "Tag It" Challenge! I can't wait to see what you create!

Happy Stamping!

Love these tags, Cheri! Such cute coloring and layering - we would love to receive these on a gift!

Alright, folks! It's your turn, we want to see what you can create with our new Tag It Challenge! We are looking for creative tags - you can make large or small tags, layered or clean and simple, for Christmas, Birthday, or any other occasion! We can't wait to see what you create!

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

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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Now is the time to announce the winners of last week's Third Dimension challenge!

Top Spot goes to...

Randveig!

Congrats! What a fabulous homemade pop-up card, we especially love how the penguins jump up while you open it! (Head over to her blog to see the video) - such a cute way to use our Santa and Penguin image! Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your shipping address to claim your prize pack!

Honorable Mentions go to...

Joanna Moore!

Irene Rhodes!

Congrats, you two! Joanna, we love your interactive element with a dashing Dachshund from our Santa Paws set! Layering the dogs through the snowy hills is super cute, too! Irene, love your DIY pop-up with our My Feet Shaker! What a great idea to make your own pop-up with any image you have! Ladies, be sure to email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address, and select a stamp set of your choice!

We hope you all will join in the fun with our new Tag It Challenge! Happy Stamping!