Hello 2022 Lets Get in Shape with Challenge 318

 Hello Ai fans!

We're back and we hope you all enjoyed a wonderful holiday season!

This will be our first challenge of 2022 and we hope you like it.

Getting in shape isn't just a New Years resolution for people.  Cards look great in shapes too!

For this challenge we want to see your shaped cards or 3-D projects/crafts.  No square or rectangular cards.

We have a guest designer sharing her inspiration to get your creative minds spinning.

Diane Zechman, formerly of our DT has created an adorable mitten card using the Art Impressions

4935 – Sparkle & Cheer Set.

It's never too early to start your Christmas cards.  Now Diane already has one put away for this Christmas.  How cute is this card??  We love how his mitten matches the mitten he's mounted to.

Thank you for sharing Diane!

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!

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

✻ 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 your fellow crafters.

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

✻ Good luck and happy stamping! 

New year,  new challenge rewards!

There will be two winners chosen for each challenge.

One winner will be voted upon.
One winner will be chosen randomly.

Each winner will receive one free stamp set of their choice.

At the end of the two week challenge, winners will be selected that Wednesday evening. The winners will be announced on the new challenge blog post the following day.

Good luck!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Warehouse Sale Giveaway and Special Feature with Sharon Caudle!

  Hello Ai Fans!

Today is the last day of our Warehouse Sale, and we have a series of special blog features, for some fun inspiration this weekend!

Today, we have Sharon Caudle, of our Design Team. Make sure to check out her blog and social media to see more of her beautiful and exciting work!

Hello AI Fans!

For my special feature today, I chose to make a Christmas card of course. I do so love making them. I used four different sets for this card and I really like how it turned out.  The images are stamped onto Cryogen White paper and colored them with Copic markers. The cute snowman is from 4935 Sparkle & Cheer Set , The street lamp is from 4936 Christmas Wonder Set  , the sentiment is from 4938 GF Christmas Set , and the beautiful snowflake is from #5353 Large Snowflake Dies. 

For the card, I used the Falling From the Clouds Die (available on Amazon) to string some white beads on it to simulate snow falling. You can see the invisible thread I used in this close up. 

 

I also added some Diamond Stickles onto the beautiful snowflakes. 

Thanks for visiting, and until next time - Stay crafty!!

Thank you Sharon! 

Now, for the Giveaway! Want to win the Large Snowflake Dies, and 2 other surprise Winter Sets? 

Comment below with your favorite Holiday set by Art Impressions, and you will be entered to win! 

Winners will be chosen on Monday, November 9th, and only one comment per giveaway.

There's snow friend like you! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a snowman card because who doesn't love snowmen?

I used one of the images from the set 4935 – Sparkle & Cheer.

I love old fashioned Christmases and this guy in his sweet top hat reminded me of that feeling.  I popped the snowman up on foam tape to give him some dimension.

I used one of the verses on the inside of the card.

Copics used:

YG11, YG63, R56, R81, R85

E42, E43, C0, C1, T3

You Make My Heart Slush- By Crystal Schneider

Hi AI Fans! 

Hope you all had a wonderful Holiday season! I'm still recovering from all of the holiday food and festivities. I'm excited for the to see what this New Year brings. 

This week I had fun playing with the Sparkle and Cheer set. I adore this cut snowman couple and the sentiment is even more adorable. "You make my heart slush" I had to make two cards.  

The first cards I kept really simple after stamping the images with black Memento ink I colored them in with alcohol in and fussy cut them out. 

I used three different sizes of the Rectangle A2 Double Stitched dies. Keeping the middle layer white cardstock and the other two winter colored pattern paper. 

The second card I thought it would be fun to have a oval opening to peak into the card. 

I used acetate that had snow flakes in the open area. I adhered the mistletoe on the inside and stamped the sentiment inside as well. 

Spectrum Noir Markers:

Card 1: AP1, AP2, AP4, DR1, DR2, DR3, DR6, DR7, JG1, JG3, JG4, IG1, IG2, IG3, DG1, DG2, DG3, DG4, IG5, IG6, IG10, EB5, AP1

Card 2: AB1, AB2, AB3, AG1, AG3, DR1, DR3, DR6, DR7, BT3, BT5, BT9, IG6, IG7, IG10, GG1, GG2, GY2, GY3, GY5, JG1, JG4, EB5 

Happy Stamping!

Crystal's Top 10 of 2018!

Hi AI Fans!

Wow I say this every year it flew by so fast I can hardly believe it is almost over. I have enjoyed this year on Art Impressions design team so much. 

I had a really hard time picking my top 10 of 2018:  

See the original post here.

Christmas Bee Set

See the original post here.

My Feet

See the original post here.

Grateful Hearts

See the original post here.

Sparkle and Cheer

See the original post here.

Guinea Pig Out

See the original post here.

Whisk It

See the original post here.

Spring Chicken

See the original post here.

Flamingo Twist

See the original post here.

Sloth Some

See the original post here.

Happy Camper

Enjoy your Holidays and see you next year!  

Wood ornaments with Art Impressions by Sharon Caudle

Hello AI Fans!!

So I've been busy with a super fun project using Art Impressions stamps and some wood discs I purchased last year after seeing Diane's fabulous project for last Christmas! (Yes...it's taken me a while to get with it and make these! LOL!)  So I dug out the box of discs I purchased last year from the recesses of my cabinet, and grabbed my stamps.  I used a few different sets to make these, but they were so fun and I'd love it if you'd give it a go and show us your results!! Tip - I love using the clear stamp sentiments for a project like this cause you can curve them on your block so you can stamp along the rounded edges!  All of them are stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers which will be listed below. All I know for sure about the wood slices is that I got them from Amazon.  Sorry...it's just been too long ago. 

Working from right to left, the first ornament I used 4666 Christmas Cheer Set for the Penguin and the sentiment is from #4930 Magical Christmas MTF.  Use any small snowflake stamp. 

For the next one, I used 4935 Sparkle and Cheer Set for both the image and the sentiment

The bear uses the same two sets as the Penguin above,  Christmas Cheer Set and Magical Christmas MTF. 

And finally I used 5041 Snow Friend Set for both the image and sentiment.

And once again, the whole set....

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today and hope you have an amazing weekend! Until next time - stay crafty!!

Copics:
Snowman: C3, G21, R05, R20, Y35, B000
Bear: E51, E53, R05, G21, Y35, C3, B000
Penguin: C3, R05, G21, Y35, E95, E97, B000
Birdhouse:  E30, E33, E35, E37, E39, R24, R27, G21

There's Snow Friend Like You! By Crystal Schneider

Hi AI Fans! 

We don't have any snow here but it's feeling like we should with the colder temperatures.  Snow men images are so much fun to color and add to cards for the colder months. This week I played with the Sparkle Cheer set 4935. 

Stamping the image in with black Memento ink so I could color the image in with Alcohol ink markers. 

I die cut a rectangle out of pattern paper with the largest and second largest die from the Rectangle Double Stitched dies 5063. I inked the edges of the paper. I die cut an oval out of pattern paper with the Oval Double Stitched dies 5065 and inked the edge just like I did with the rectangles.  

I adhered everything onto a A2 card base. Stamped the sentiment with Versafine ink directly onto the oval pattern paper. After stamping the sentiment I adhered the cute little snow man with his friends which I fussy cut out to the bottom of the oval die cut pattern paper. 

The card was missing something so I looked through my snow flake dies and die cut some different snow flakes out of white glitter cardstock. As a last touch I used some clear Nuvo drops onto the center of the snowflakes and randomly on the pattern paper.  

Spectrum Noir Markers: 

Dr6, DR7, IG5, IG6, IG10, BT4, BT5, IG2, IG3, IG5, GG1, GG2, GG3, AG1, AG3, AG5, BT3, BT4, BT5 

Happy Stamping! 

Sparkle and Cheer By Crystal Schneider

Hi AI fans! 

Happy Thanksgiving! Now its time to get moving on Christmas and Winter cards. I'm not a huge fan of snow I do think it is so pretty from inside by a cozy fire. This week I played with this adorable snow man from this Sparkle Cheer set 4935. 

I used two different sizes of the Rectangle Double Stitched dies to layer on my card base. I stamped my sentiment onto white cardstock and used a banner die to cut it out. 

I stamped this cute waving snow man with Memento ink so I could color him in with alcohol markers. After I colored him in I fussy cut him out. 

I used a 3D snow flake embossing folder for the background for the snowman. I added blue in to the embossed paper to help the snow flakes pop of the page. I added some white glitter paper to look like snow and help ground the snowman. 

Spectrum Noir Markers:

DR6, DR7, GY2, GY3, GY5, IG5, IG6, IG10, AG1, AG3, AG5, GG1, AP1, TN2, TN3 

Happy Stamping!