Beautiful Succulents by Janet

 

I happen to love succulents and I've been eyeing Art Impressions 5102 - Succulents Set for a while. Today I have a card for you using this beautiful set. I colored the images using pencils and cut the images out using the included dies. 

I used 5063 - Rectangle Double Stitched Dies to cut a stitched rectangle card front. The window and a frame for the window was created using 5064 - Circle Double Stitched Dies.

To finish this card, I stamped the sentiment, "Praying for you" sentiment from the set. Lastly, I added small gems and clear sequins to add a touch of shine.

Thanks for stopping by the Ai blog today. I hope I've inspired you to try this gorgeous set of Succulent images. It's a pleasure to color and a pleasure to be here with you!

Happy Creating!

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Sending Smiles! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

As you know I've been making cards to thank essential workers during the Covid quarantine.  This time around it was postal workers.

I used 5221 – Sending Love Cubbies.

I made a few copies...one for my postman, one for our local post office and one for my sister's friend who is a postal worker.  She said they were swamped and working so much overtime that he rarely saw his family. 

The doors on the mailbox open to reveal all the mail!

Also, the flag goes up and down.

Here's the inside.

This is the second version that I made.

Some of the letters are from 5181 – Happy Mailbox Cubbies.

The thank you verse is from the 5102 – Succulents Set.

Copics used:

B18, B24, B26, R37, R85,

E31, E99, W00, N0, Y19

Gnome Scene for Spring | By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

It's Jessica today! I'm sharing a fun spring themed scene card. This is using several different Art Impressions stamp sets, Gotta Garden and the Succulents set.

The Gotta Garden set is a favorite of mine. It's just so funny and always has me wishing for Spring. I love the little gnomes and the fun sentiments, which inspired this card design. I decided to stamp and fussy cut the gnomes to create a little scene. The fence is cut twice using the WC Fence die and I also used the Succulents set which has coordinating dies to decorate my gnome scene with some foliage.

This scene came together really quickly after I copic colored all of my stamp images. You can find a Copic Color list below. I also used some distress oxides for the sky, I used a stencil and white pigment ink to create the subtle clouds. For the ground I used another Distress Oxide over top of a green cardstock.The mushroom is a die cut from my stash that I thought worked well with the Gnomes. 

For the inside I couldn't help but use a couple of the fun sentiments to tie into the front. Plus I added the same green ground and another colored and fussy cut stamp image from Gotta Garden. 

Copic Markers Used:

Thank you so much for joining me today!

Happy Stamping

Love Grows Here! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing another WC Elves card.

For this one I created quite a large scene using all of the images from that set as well as several others.

I thought about the little elf from last week.  He was asleep under a mushroom.  That's all fine and dandy on a nice day but they really need somewhere to live.

I decided the little doorway from 4849 – Celebrate Spring MTF would be perfect!  I stamped it and then drew a tree around it.

Of course they needed a pathway to their door so I used

5018 – WC Cobblestone Set.

I wanted some sort of verse on here that made sense with the little elves so I started hunting through my stamps.  I came across this one "Love Grows Here" from the 5102 – Succulents Set.

Wouldn't you love to run across this in your forest? 

Copics used:

YG25, G03, RV02, RV52, T2, T5, W6, E00, E31, E42, E87

Arteza Real Brush Pens:

102, 111, 121, 127, 143, 163, 164, 173, 174, 176, 178, 181

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