A fun day with JEAN!

Hello Ai friends, how are you?  Today, I made a few tags featuring Jean today, she is totally awesome! Not only she is super cool and she sure knows how to have fun, haha!

For all three tags, I created a super cool background with Dylusions ink sprays, I also used the Heart Background (SKU# H818) to add some interest on the tags, then I distressed the edges with distress ink pads.  And for Jean, I colored each of them with watercolors pencils.

Sound off Jean (SKU# 3512)

Bingo Jean (SKU#3511)

Slot Jean (SKU#3510) and sentiment is from Girlfriends shoppers (SKU#3569)

And here are all 3 tags together, hope you like it!

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Challenge 90 - Extra! Extra! Use your Newspaper!

Hello Ai Fans! Welcome to another challenge at Art Impressions! Hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We're back this week with a stunning headline!

Whether pretty paper, fancy stamps or the real stuff, we want to see some newspaper in your projects this week! Our fantastic DT came up with some amazing cards! Check them out below!

 Tammie

Trena

 Crystal

 Kerry

Reneé

Zora

WOW! We LOVE our DT! Way to go ladies! :)

The winner of our "Quillin' like a Villain" challenge is ...

SHWETA VADAV

with this amazing paper illustration! Congratulations Shweta! Contact me at kate@artimpressions.com to receive your $10 gift card!

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.

Good luck and happy stamping!

Dollar Bills for the Slot Machines!

Hello Ai fans, Kerry here, I'm so happy to join the Ai family!  And I'm super excited to show you my piggy bank featuring one of the Golden Oldies, the coolest Slots Jean.  Isn't she awesome?  So, save up your dollar bills and head to the slot machines!!

For the piggy bank... the dimension is 4.5" (ht) x 3.5" (wt) x 2" (deep).

I cut the paper to 12" x 8.5".  On the 12" side, score at 3.5", 5.5", 9", and 11".  Then I turned the cardstock 90 degrees.  I scored again at 2", and 6.5".  Cut the top and bottom flaps (to create a box)

For the top, I created an opening slot using a punch (for the money).  And I cut the pattern paper, the dimensions are 4.25" x 3.25" and 4.25" x 1.75".  

Here is the close up!

Goodies that I used:

Golden Oldies UMP3500 Slots Jean

Copics Markers:  BG10, BG11, BG32, BG34, E00, E01, R20, R22, R24, R30, R32, Y21, Y23

Bazzill cardstock

Distress ink pads in broken china and scattered straw

Spellbinder in scalloped ovals and ovals

Lace ribbon (dyed with distress stains in broken china) and yellow ribbon

Stickles in ruby slippers 

Stardust pens and glossy accent

I hope you like it and have fun creating!  

Jean has hit the Jackpot

Hello Ai Fans !
Today's card was made with Slots Jean sku # UM-3510 , I thought she would make a fun card , I bought the unmounted set of 3  ,you get the main image of Jean at her favorite slot machine and the 2 sentiments in this set. I kept this card simple , I used a wine red card base at 5 1/2"  by 4 1/4" and then made a layer in black at 5 1/4" by 4" I then used a stitch punch around the black layer and then used VersaMark and clear embossing powder and stamped the word jackpot and a cherry stamp I had to create a back ground , using clear embossing kept the base layer neutral so the stamp image would pop off the card , I did not want it too busy to take away from all the fun Jean was having at her slot machine ..lol .. I popped this layer up on glue dots and wrapped Charcoal and red bakers twine around the back layer and attached it to the red card base , I stamped Jean in memento black ink and colored her with copic markers , I also stamped Jackpot and colored it in 28 gold and then colored it with my gelly roll pen in clear star to add some glitz.I cut out Jean and popped her up on foam tape and did the same to the sentiment Jackpot . Inside the card I made the same black base with the stitching punch and then made a white layer , I inked around the white layer with red ink and stamped Jackpot around the outer edges I colored them in gold and glitter pen too. I stamped the "Life is just a row of cherries " in the center .

Supplies: Slots Jean sku#UM-3510 , versamark , clear embossing powder , powder tray , stitch edge punch , copics , clear star glitter pen , glue dots , foam tape

Thanks for stopping by and have an 8upscrapin day : )