Reneé's top 5 for 2015!

Hello Ai fans!

Due to the busy time of year our bosses at Art Impressions have given us a little time off.  Our assignment this week was to choose our 5 favorite cards from the year.  Not an easy task.  I wanted to choose at least one from every line. I narrowed it down to 10 and then had my husband and two kids vote.  Most of these they chose unanimously.

So those were the 5 they chose.  I was really sad that not one of them picked this next card though.  I know the instructions were to pick 5 but I just had to include this one.  I love the Polar Pals and can see them being used in so many more ways than just for Christmas!

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season and wish you the best in the new year!  See you in 2016!!

Here's the link to my faves from last year...

Top cards of 2014.

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Challenge 163 - "Create with Christmas" Challenge Part 2!

Hello Ai Fans!

We meet again! Last week we kicked off our eclectic challenge to use Christmas stamps...but not for Christmas!


We wanted to spread some cheer and spice things up! Besides, who can resist finding a new way to use those Christmas stamps? Our design team looked for ways to creatively use these stamps more than once a year! Click the designer's name to see more at their blog.

Cheri Bury with Hope Angel

Diane Zechman with Hope Angel

Karen Day with Ornament Basket and WC Blue Bird Left

Kerry Kung with Santa's Helper - Eunice and Classy and Fabulous

Renee Matarese with Polar Skaters,  Sitting Polars, Block Letter BLESSED and inside is Polar Phil.

Sharon Caudle with Reindeer Games, Bud and Doctor Bill

Dana Warren with Nativity Wisemen

What beautiful and quirky cards! These should serve as some great inspiration. Thanks, designers!

Now it's your turn! Dust off those Christmas stamps and make something new and add to our InLinkz below!

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, July 15 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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Sitting Polars Thanks by Sherry Eckblad

Hello and Happy New Year!

Have you played along with our current challenge yet?

I needed a couple of Thank You cards for gifts received this holiday season and my "NEW" Sitting Polars stamp set was just perfect.

I created a mask using some frisket film so I could blend the distress ink around the polar bear image to create the illusion of sky behind them.

After I had colored the image with copic markers I cut out 3 of the thanks die and glued them together for some added dimension and then I used some more of the distress ink to create an ombre effect on the letters.

I can't wait to see what you create using something new.

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

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