Stayin' Afloat Shaker Card by Jil Lebel

Hello Ai fans!

I can hardly believe it, but this is the last official month of summer even though it still feels like summer for quite a few more months here in Florida. I wanted to do another summer card before I started to think about the upcoming cooler months. I figured that a shaker card with the Stayin' Afloat Set would be perfect!

The image is stamped onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth paper with the MFT Extreme Black Ink and colored with Copic markers before I fussy cut it out. The colors are listed at the end of this post. The frame is cut out of the patterned paper using nested die cuts.  The same dies were use to cut a piece of yellow fun foam that was sandwiched between two pieces of Stick It adhesive.  The piece of fun foam was attached to the decorated card base and a selection of sequins were added to the inside opening. The top layer of the Stick It adhesive was released and added a piece of acetate that had been cut with just the outside layer of the dies was added to the exposed adhesive.  The pattern paper frame was added with glossy accents.  The greeting was added with a piece of the same fun foam that was saved from the center of the frame cut.

Copic Colors Used:
Faces - E000, E00, E11, R20, R24
Hair - C1, C3, C5, Y02, Y21, E13, E30,31,E35
Bathingsuits - C3, C1, C00
Red - R81, R83, R85
Blue - B21, B24, B26
Yellow - Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17
Teal - BG11, BG15

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Challenge 237 Summer Vibes! WEEK 2!

Happy Summer, Ai Fans!

Challenge time, challenge time! That means a chance to WIN some stamps! Last week, Carol gave a sweet tutorial with some sunny colors to inspire your summer creations... Let's check out what the rest of our designers are up to for challenge roundup inspiration today!

Carol with Loungers Set

Cheri with Disco Set

Crystal with Sally Swimmer

Dana with Stayin' Afloat Set

Jil with Bathing Suit Set

Renee with Blanche, Beach TF, Stayin' Afloat Set

Sharon with Tan It Shaker

It's YOUR turn! let's see your Summer Vibes! Just 7 days left to get in on the fun and enter a card or two for a chance to win some Ai stamps! Bring on the sunshine!

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, August 1 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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Challenge 189 Sweet Summertime WEEK 2!

Hello, Ai Fans!

Are you having a fabulous summer? This week's challenge theme is "Sweet Summertime"! Today, our designers are here to share their darling summer cards with creative ways to beat the heat! Click the designer's name to view their card on their personal blog, and view the stamps used at artimpressions.com! Don't forget to leave some comment love!

Cheri with Blanche and Goofy Things

Dana with Stayin' Afloat Set

Diane with Jump In and Mature

Karen with BBQ Couple and Still Sizzlin'!

Kerry with Jump In

Renee with Owl & Monkey Mini Set & Beach TF Set

Sharon with Selma & Gladys Set

Wow, DT! We love your bright colors, cheerful swimmers, beach bums and BBQ eaters! Looks like summer to us!

Want a chance to win some Art Impressions stamps? Join our challenge and create a summer-themed card! We love seeing what you create!

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 20th at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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float on by Diane Zechman

Hello Ai friends and happy Thursday!

 

I hope you are enjoying the warm, sunny days!  Soon summer will start winding down and it will be back to school time...yikes!  But for now... keep calm and float on!

 

Today I used the Art Impressions Stayin Afloat Set (4239). This sweet image takes center stage and covers quite a bit of the card so I kept the layers simple but tried to add some fun, summery papers.

The bottom tube is glued to the card but the sides and top of the image were popped with foam tape.

These fun gals are taking life a bit less seriously for the moment...and enjoying time with friends.  I hope you have a stress free day too!

 

Happy stamping!

 

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Stayin' Afloat by Karen Day

Hello Ai fans!

It's Karen with you today... enjoying the last gasp of summer with a Girlfriends card using the Stayin' Afloat Set (Sku#4329):

I went with some fairly 'quiet' striped paper as my background, so I kept the ladies' in fairly sedate colours as well.  I added a little strip of yellow ricrac along the bottom, and used a few die cuts to simulate the sky.  I pop dotted the die cuts at a few different heights for a little extra dimension:

Here is the inside message:

And the Copics I used:

Happy stamping everyone!

 



Stayin' Afloat with the Girlfriends

Hello Ai Fans!
Today I have a fun summer birthday card and a tutorial for you.
I know easel cards have been around for a while but there are always new people discovery the fun world of card making who still want to learn!

I've used lots of fun images and verses from Art Impressions on my card.  The main image is from the Girlfriends line and it's from the Stayin' Afloat set.  The verse is called Waded.   The verse I used to hold the card open when it's popped up is called Deep End.

On the inside I stamped Happy Birthday.

Now, for those of you who don't know how to make an easel card here are my instructions.

1. Cut a 12" x 6" piece of navy paper and score it at 3" and 6".

2. Fold on score lines.

3. Cut a 6" x 6" piece of navy paper for the front, a 3" x 5 3/4" SKY piece, a 3" x 5 3/4" WATER piece and a 5 3/4" x 5 3/4" WATER piece for the inside.  Adhere them all to the front or inside of the card accordingly.

4. Stamp, color and cut out main image and wave piece. Reserve negative of the wave you cut if you want to use it on the inside portion like I did. (it will be tough to see in the photo since the colors are so close)

5. Adhere the girlfriends and waves using dimensional tape and stamp your verse on the front.

6. Cut and adhere clouds.

7. Stamp verse and cut out with die/punch. Place on dimensional foam tape.  This part will hold your
front up when it's open.

 

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