Prayers for You by Janet

 The flu and cold season has been pretty brutal so far. Sometimes prayers and special card is just the thing to let someone know you are thinking of them during a hospital stay for any reason.

This card is from the Matchbook line and it's called 5499 - MB Get Well. It features a hospital room with cheerful touches of flowers, card, and blankets. I colored the images with Copic markers after stamping them. I cut the pieces out with the included dies and then placed them inside the card base 5317 - MB Template Die. I also cut a coordinating envelope made just for these tiny treasures from 5318 - MB Envelope Dies. 

The papers for the card base and envelope are from 5955 - Encouragement Paper Pack. I chose the friendship pattern for the envelope, and I love that it's an option to use as a reminder of friendship to the recipient. All folded up and in the envelope, this card is an incredibly small 2" x 2 1/2" packet. All cards from the matchbook line are incredibly charming.

Thanks for joining me on the blog today. As always, find your favorite stamps, dies, papers, and accessories at the Ai Store!

Happy Crafting!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest 

January Snowman Tag by Janet

The Christmas season may be over but that doesn't mean I have to give up making adorable cards and tags with many of the snowman themed sets from Art Impressions!

I really adore this cheery snowman with his happy little grin. He's made with 5803 - Snowman Puppet Set. His body and the bird was stamped on watercolor paper and lightly painted with pink, orange, gray, and blue paints. 

His clothes were stamped on papers from 6072 - Father's Day Paper Pack. I cut them with the included dies and pieced them together. I purposely chose these papers because of the forest theme. I thought it was perfect for a January snowman. I also used white glitter on the trim of the hat for an additional touch of whimsy and texture.

I pieced the clothing on his body and prepared a premade cardstock tag with two snow hills at the base. Then I placed foam tape on the back of the snowman and staged him on snow hills. I added baker's twine for a hanger and a small blue bow to the top for a finishing touch. 

Thanks for joining me on the blog today. As always, find your favorite stamps, dies, papers, and accessories at the Ai Store!

Happy Crafting!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest 

Renee's Top 10 of 2025

 Hello Ai fans!

2025 is rapidly coming to a close so it's time for me to share my Top 10
Design Team projects of the year.

These are in no particular order.

Keep your head up

Hi Friend!

Birdie Betty-Ready for a Round!

Snowflake JOY card for LEON

I Find You Ribbiting

Snowman Puppet

In the Navy!

Welcome to Art Impressions Frankie!

Warmest Wishes

Winter Birthday

It's been another wonderful year at Art Impressions!

I've enjoyed every new stamp, die, paper, paint and more!

Check back in the new year for new challenges and a new feature!

Snowman Puppets by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Our latest challenge at Art Impressions is Stitches or Scallops.
We're challenging you to use your stitched or scalloped dies, stamps, hand-drawn stitches, embellishments or sewing machine to create something with stitching or scallops on it.

Today, I have two different snowman cards for you.

My first card is an arched, aqua card.

I used a stitched banner die, little stitches on the arch
and some hand-drawn stitches on his little scarf.

I used Liquid Applique on his hat to puff up the "fur." It looked pretty yellow, maybe because mine is so old, so I painted it with Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White Paint.

For my second card I used stitched slimline dies, a stitched banner, little stitches on the sides and a scalloped border. I love these little puppet dies.

Isn't this little guy the cutest? Look at that bright smile.
I used the hat band from the Santa Puppet to create a
hat band for this hat and a belt on the aqua card.

Clean and Simple Challenge #365 Week #2

 It's week #2 of our Clean and Simple challenge.

We hope you'll play along and that this simple challenge will still give you time to get all of the holiday things you need to do done.

Last week, Sharon was our Featured Designer.
She used 5802 – Joyful Snowman Set, 5718 – Mini Journal Template, and 5812 – Christmas S2 Paper Pack.

Now we have the rest of the Design Team cards to share with you.

I made two cards using 5353 – Large Snowflake Dies, 5061 – Square Double Stitched Dies, 5797 – Little Things Sentiment Set, 5543 – Journal Template Die Set, 5725 – Nested Square Dies.

Janet used 5327 - Christmas Mini Dies, 5351 - Chubby Snowmen Set, 5712 - Christmas Journal PP, 5812 - Christmas S2 PP

Lynn used Snowman Puppet Set (5803), Lg Snowflake Dies Set (5353), Tag Stitched Dies Set (5132) and Gnome Paper Pack (5832)

Nina used 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies

5064 – Circle Double Stitched Dies

5791 – WC Snow Globe Set (for a circle)

4927 – HM Accessory Set

Tasha used 5278 – Dance It Out Laugh Lines

We can't wait to see your simple designs.  Take that extra time and put it towards time with family or just relaxing.  See you next Wednesday when we announce our final two winners for 2023!  Good luck!

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any 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!

 ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission.

✻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!

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Cards featuring Snowman Puppet Set from Art Impressions by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!! 

Have you gotten 5803 Snowman Puppet Set yet? Oh my gosh, this set is so much fun! I had two of my granddaughters over this weekend and had an ornament making day with them and this fun set! I simply die cut a bunch of different pieces from various Christmas paper from my stash, and let them go to town. I couldn't believe the creativity they had! The were using scarves as pony tails, they were adding bows to everything! On one, they even used a scarf on the head that made it look like a durag tied on the side! It was awesome! And hopefully, they have some wonderful memories with Grandma!  I've got a few cards I put together using the same set. Oh my gosh, these are so fun to make and they are so dang cute!!! They are PERFECT for using up all those scraps of paper you have hanging around!  I made two round cards and two square ones. The word JOY is from 5802 Joyful Snowman Set and the snowflakes are from 5353 Large Snowflake Die Set stamped into a circle cut with #5726 Nested Circle Die Set. 

I used 5812 Christmas S2 Paper Pack for this one.

The sentiment comes from 5802 Joyful Snowman Set

I used the sentiment ribbon from 5543 Journal Template Die Set for the sentiment, and just cut off the sides of it. I didn't want to pop it up and the curve fit the round card really well. 

So that's it for me today! I hope you've enjoyed your visit and until next time - I hope you have some time to be crafty!!

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Happy Thanksgiving! (and winners of the Making Spirits Bright challenge)

 Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

I hope you all have a wonderful day planned with your friends and families.

I host Thanksgiving at my house so I've been VERY busy the last few days preparing for today.

We will be on break for the next week to give our Design Team a chance to spend time with the people they love, but we need to announce the winners of our Making Spirits Bright challenge.

I hope our two well deserving winners will be patient because Art Impressions is offering an amazing Black Friday sale, so there may be a SMALL delay in answering your emails about claiming your prize.

For our Top Spot we chose Becca Yahrling for her 3 adorable Snowman Puppets.

She used the new 5803 – Snowman Puppet Set.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!
Also, be sure to grab our badge to display on your blog, Facebook or Instagram!

Our Lucky Random Winner was April J. 
She used 5041 – Snow Friend Set

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com

to claim a free stamp set of your choice!

Also, be sure to grab our badge to display on your blog, Facebook or Instagram!

If you have a wish list you've been setting aside, now is the time to fulfill it!

Art Impressions BLACK FRIDAY SALE STARTS 12:01 AM 11-24-23 EST / 9:01 PM PST 10/23/23

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Have a safe and happy holiday!

See you next week with our new challenge!

Chubby Snowman Paper Piecing by Janet

 

Happy Saturday Ai Fans. One of the newest sets at the store is a stamp and die set I'm featuring on today's card. It's called 5803 - Snowman Puppet Set. It comes with stamps and matching dies. You can use the dies and stamps separately or together. Either way, it's very easy to use some of the great paper packs for the holidays that are available to paper piece this jolly and chubby snowman. I used cheerful paper patterns from 5853 - Christmas Magic PP. The Joy sentiment is from 5566 - Christmas Sentiments Set.

I enjoy paper piecing. In fact, it's what got me started in card making years ago. I was always a scrap booker and I had plenty of paper scraps laying around that I didn't have a use for but couldn't toss. One day, I was browsing books in a store and came across a paper piecing instruction book. It was full of patterns and designs to make cute little scrapbook figures, very much like this chubby snowman. Fast forward to today and now I can cut cute paper figures conveniently with dies. The stamps included add more detail and are super cute!

This set allows you to build the snowman you prefer. There are different hat and neck options and a bird and candy cane shape for additional embellishment. I stamped every piece except the candy cane before cutting them out. I cut an extra pocket and pieced it to the jacket. I colored parts of the snowman and the bird with Copic markers. Then I pieced it all together to create this adorable little guy. I used some white shimmer paper for the snowman. You can see that shimmer in the photo below. He looks very frosty in person! I added white drops on his hat brim and pompom for more texture. Clear glitter drops were used as accents on his tie and jacket pocket and silver metallic drops were used for his buttons too. A holly brad from Eyelet Outlet adds a bit of decoration to the hat.

I think this little 'fella turned out really cute! There are so many combinations you can make with this set. It's the perfect size for a card, cheerful tag, or as a puppet mounted on popsicle sticks. They'd be adorable peaking out of a potted plant or a holiday floral arrangement. As usual, you are only limited by your imagination!

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you'll stop by the store to see all the things you need for your card, journal, and tag making projects. 

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest  

Snowman Puppet Ornaments by Reneé Matarese

 Hey everyone!

Last week I shared a cream and gold snowflake slimline card.

This week I have two snowman ornaments for the Art Impressions Making Spirits Bright challenge.



One is a Front and Back "see through" ornament and the other features the snowman front with a sentiment on the back.

I used the new 5803 – Snowman Puppet Set.

His clothes are cut from 5812 – Christmas S2 Paper Pack and I framed him using
5727 – Nested Oval Dies.

I added some stitching where I pieced his coat together on his back.

The little hanger hook was cut from 5718 – Mini Journal Template.

On the back of this one I stamped a sentiment from 5566 – Christmas Sentiments.

He's stamped on Canson XL WC Paper Pad – 9×12 and I used Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White paint on his hat.