If my mouth doesn't say it....by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

Ok, all the fans of Art Impressions clever and funny stamps and sentiments please raise your hands!! (I raised both of mine) LOL!  Art Impressions people stamps have always been my favorite and probably always will be! And I love how you can pair up just about any sentiment with just about any stamp. That's what I've got to show you today. I took #4383 Wine Tasters Set from the Girlfriends line and paired it with a sentiment from #5517 Sassy Laugh Lines, and I love how it turned out. I stamped image onto a Copic friendly cardstock and then colored them with my Copic makers. I did this ages ago and can't find my list of colors I used, so my apologies I can't list them for you today. I die cut them out using #5061 Square double stitched dies and paired it paper from #5939 Fairy Garden PP. 

So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!

Furry Friends Challenge #435 Week #2

 Hello and welcome to week #2 of our challenge,

Furry Friends

We want to see your handmade creations using animals.

Pretty much anything goes as long as you have an animal and something from Art Impressions on your project. (Stamps, paper or dies)

Our Featured Artist for this challenge was Dori and she created the most darling
Triple Tunnel card.

 

Diane made a festive fall fox easel card.

6255 – FG Sunflower Border
5191 – Feast Mode
5901 – Mini Rectangle Frame Dies (Front)

     

Tasha has some sweet dancing bears.

Neema has a tower of pretty pumpkins.

4873 – WC Cats Set
5595 – Harvest Pumpkin Set

Sharon has a darling shadowbox for you.

 

I also created a shadowbox and mine doubles as a gift card holder.

   

Janet has a beautiful, bright birthday card.

5400 - Baby Critters Set
6048 - Scalloped Rectangle Dies
5724 - Nested Rectangle Dies
6205 - Floral Shop PP

Don't you just love all of these fun, furry friends?

Our Design Team always does such an amazing job!

Now, onto the details of our challenge.

Please make a new project featuring animals using
stamps, dies or paper from Art Impressions.
We can't wait to see your creations.

Here are the rules...

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation using either stamps, dies and or designer paper from Art Impressions. You can make any item you wish; this is not limited to cards! (unless specified)

✻ Limit two submissions per person.

✻Top Spot Winner and Lucky Random Winner each receive a free 

stamp set from Art Impressions

 ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission. You may include your entire last name, but it's not necessary.

✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.

✻ 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 if you can, by clicking and commenting on your fellow crafters.

✻ Make sure to get your link up by the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thinking of Home by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

I don't have a card for you today. Instead I created a little box that would be so cute to tuck into a small corner of a shelf in your home. All you have to do is change up the colors that would complement your decor! I used the new #6116 Thinking of Home Storybook stamp and die set just released by Art Impressions! It's perfect for a decoration around your home, or imagine how cute it would be to gift it to someone that is moving into a new house or apartment? For the base, I used #6121 Storybook Box Template. These pieces are so easy to put together once you stamp, color, and die cut the pieces! I stamped the images onto a Copic friendly cardstock and then colored and die cut them out. I added a fence die cut with #5807 Journal Fence Dies and then I cut out an easel stand for the back out of heavy cardstock using #5901 Mini Rectangle Frame die set. The grass and clouds were cut from dies in my stash. That cute cloud paper came from #6058 Baby Boy PP.  That cute sleeping kitty helps this fit our current challenge #435 Furry Friends too! 

So that's it for me today! I hope this inspires you to join in on our Furry Friends challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty. 

Whimsical Storybook by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!

Art Impressions just released two brand new sets for the Storybook Line and I'm in love with both of them! They are soooo cute and perfect for little pieces of decor to place around the house. My post today shows you the project I created using #Whimsical Storybook. I wanted this one to actually be like a little book where you could flip the pages, so instead of using #6121 Storybook Template, I grabbed #5806 Slim Journal Template. The slim journal is perfect for doing so many different types of projects!! I stamped all the images from #6223 Whimsical Storybook Set onto a Copic friendly paper using Memento ink. The colors I used are listed below this post. After coloring and die cutting them all out, I set out to create a home for them. 

I die cut the slim journal out of cardstock and then added paper from #6205 Floral Shop PP. To make the frame around the center cutouts, I taped together two dies from #5065 Oval Double Stitched Dies and cut enough for all the pages of the journal. I thought the size of the fence from #4967 WC Fence Dies was perfect for this project!  Here's a look at the inside layers of my project. 

I added a few layers of clouds for fun. 

There's plenty of room to sign this I want to give it away as a card to someone! 

And one last look at the finished piece. 

So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and I hope I was able to inspire you to get and use the brand new Whimsical Storybook Set #6223. Until next time - stay crafty!!

Copic markers used:

E000, 00, 11, 17, 31, 33, 35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 51, 53, 55, and 57

YR20, 21, 23, 24, and 27

YG01, 03, and 05

V25 and 28

Y13, 15, and 19

G000, 82, and 85

B000 and 01

W0 and 2

C0, 1, 2, 3, 4 5, 6, and 7

R00, 20, 22, 24, and 27

Boy oh Boy! Challenge #434 Week #2

 Hello Ai fans!

Welcome to week #2 or our challenge,

Boy oh Boy!

Let's see your masculine creations.

Remember, they don't have to be cards. You can create anything you like as long as you use something from Art Impressions. We'd love to see your gift card holders, gift tags, boxes and bags, bookmarks, place cards, cake picks, party decorations, designer paper, framed art and more. Anything with a masculine flair.

Last week Sharon was our Featured Artist and she made such a fun guy card!
Click her photo to see her tutorial.

Now let's see what the rest of the Design Team created.

I made a diaper bag.

Simone's little guy is hanging with his best friend.

5057 Boat Set (retired)

5054 Little Boy Set

4959 dogs

4964 Branches set

Gennette painted a beautiful fox.

6222 Frameworks Set 4
KH5951 Foxes Set
5413 WC Weathered Stumps Set
5476 Foliage Set 5
5126 Foliage Set 4
6072 Father's Day Paper Pack

Dori created a darling slimline card.

Neema created a farm scene.

6066 Classic truck foundation

5059 WC Harvest set

5373 WC Lg tree set

4964 Branches set

5372 WC Mini Foliage

4051 Foliage Set

Tasha has a Halloween card for you.

Janet created a fun fold card.

6064 - WC Bear Set

6072 - Father's Day PP

5725 - Nested Square Dies

Such fabulous work from everyone.
I'm sure one of these has inspired you to enter something into the challenge.
You could be the next winner of a free stamp set.

Now, onto the details of our challenge.

Please make a new project featuring any masculine themed
stamps, dies or paper from Art Impressions.
We can't wait to see your creations.

Here are the rules...

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation using either stamps, dies and or designer paper from Art Impressions. You can make any item you wish; this is not limited to cards! (unless specified)

✻ Limit two submissions per person.

✻Top Spot Winner and Lucky Random Winner each receive a free 

stamp set from Art Impressions

 ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission. You may include your entire last name, but it's not necessary.

✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.

✻ 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 if you can, by clicking and commenting on your fellow crafters.

✻ Make sure to get your link up by the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

You can never have too many bookmarks!! by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!!

So who thinks like I do and believes you can never have too many bookmarks! They're awesome to have for yourself and so wonderful as gifts too! Imagine including one or more inside an envelope with a gift certificate to Barnes and Noble! How fun would that be! So for my post today, I created two bookmarks using #6209 Corner Bird Bookmark from Art Impressions. I created two of them using the same beautiful paper from #6205 Floral Shop PP. The only difference was I used some distress ink around the edges on one of them. I just love these adorable birds!!! 

So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!

Boy oh Boy! Challenge #434 Week #1

 Hello Ai fans!

Welcome to our new challenge,

Boy oh Boy!

Let's see your masculine creations.

Remember, they don't have to be cards. You can create anything you like as long as you use something from Art Impressions. We'd love to see your gift card holders, gift tags, boxes and bags, bookmarks, place cards, cake picks, party decorations, designer paper, framed art and more. Anything with a masculine flair.

Hello everyone! InLinkz/Linkdeli have been glitching on and off since last week. If you'd like to enter the challenge and you can't get your photo to upload, scroll down to the comments section. Paste a link to your project there. I'll count it just like as if you had uploaded your photo. When the random winner is selected I'll begin counting the comments in order received continuing on from the ones entered with photos through InLinkz. For example, right now, 2 people managed to get their photos uploaded. The first person to leave their link in the comments would be #3 and so forth. So sorry for the inconvenience. I hope they work things out soon.

This week Sharon is our Featured Artist and she made such a fun guy card!

After you browse through her photos and picture tutorial,

be sure to see who the winners from our last challenge were.

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 Hello AI Fans!

It's my turn to get to feature our new Challenge #434 Boy oh Boy! and we are looking for anything that is masculine themed. I really had fun making this one!!  If you've ever seen the show Nailed It!, you'll  know exactly what I was going for here. He needed to build a fence and he definitely nailed it, HAHA! 

 I started out stamping and coloring the images from #5406 Mr Set and #5503 Tool Bag & Die Set onto a Copic friendly paper. The Copic colors I used are listed below. I love that the dies are included with these sets as it makes it SO easy to create with them! 

I wanted to make a funky fence, so I actually grabbed a sign post die from my stash and cut them out of kraft colored cardstock and then inked the edges with some chalk ink. That gave me different shapes and sizes for the fence planks as well as the cross posts. 

I inked some clouds onto a piece of white cardstock, then die cut the grass and glued it to the base. 

That gives me everything I need to create my card, now I just need to place everything. 

To fit the tool bag onto the card without overwhelming it, I cut a piece off the bottom and left side. Here's one more look at the finished card. 

I hope I inspired you to pull out your masculine stamps and join our challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today and I can't wait to see what you create!!

Copic colors used:

E000, 00, 11, 30, 31, 33, 35, 37, and 39

C1, 2, and 4

YR61, 65, and 68

YG91 and 93

Y32, 35, and 38

B91, 93, and 95

R20, 22, and 24

Okay, can I just say how CUTE that orange shirt is!

I knew Sharon was perfect for this challenge.

I hope you love her card as much as I do.

Now, let's see who won our Floral Frenzy challenge.

For our Top Spot we selected:

Cynthia O.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com

to claim your free stamp set.

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Our Lucky Random Winner was #8

Michelle H.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com

to claim your free stamp set.

Congratulations to our winners!

Enjoy your new stamps.

Now, onto the details of our new challenge.

Please make a new project featuring any masculine themed
stamps, dies or paper from Art Impressions.
We can't wait to see your creations.

Here are the rules...

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation using either stamps, dies and or designer paper from Art Impressions. You can make any item you wish; this is not limited to cards! (unless specified)

✻ Limit two submissions per person.

✻Top Spot Winner and Lucky Random Winner each receive a free 

stamp set from Art Impressions

 ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission. You may include your entire last name, but it's not necessary.

✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.

✻ 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 if you can, by clicking and commenting on your fellow crafters.

✻ Make sure to get your link up by the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter