Froggy Tag Card with Gift Card Holder by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!!

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Along Came a Spider!

My little froggy from 5934 – Spooky Crew Set doesn't seem to mind the spiders
nearly as much as I would. I used two little spiders from 5601 – Halloween Accessories Set.
My card was created for the Along Came a Spider challenge. (No, it doesn't need to be
Halloween themed.)

I used some green gingham from 5973 – Fall Series 2 Paper Pack,
orange striped paper from 5838 – Fall Journal Paper Pack, 
and added a verse from the
Spooky Crew set, stamped inside of 5726 – Nested Circle Dies and

6045 – Scalloped Circle Dies.
My tags on the inside and out were all cut with 5132 – Tag Stitched Dies.

The verse on the front is from 5954 – Woodland Bears Set.

The leaves, twigs and mushrooms, inside and out are from 5783 – Fall Leaf Frame Die Set.
I cut the inside tag twice to create a little pocket to make this a gift card holder.

I think my card has Fall sophistication with a cute touch.
I hope you like it and will join our challenge.

Copics used:

G20, G21, G94, YR01, YR12, YR15, YR21, YR27, YR31

Halloween Tag by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Friends!

Tasha here sharing a not-so-scary Halloween Tag featuring the super cute 5487 - Front Porch Halloween Set and 5132 - Tag Stitched Dies. I love making Fall and Halloween projects, but do not like scary things, so this stamp set is perfect for me.

 For the Tag, I started by stenciling a purple brick background before attaching the door image. After the background was done, I embossed the word "Boo" on to the door and attached a branch to each side of the Tag. I love the spooky branches!

To decorate, I stamped several images with black ink and used the includes dies to cut them out before coloring. I used green, orange, and purple shades for the coloring to stick with the Halloween theme and keep the card bright. Purple and green is one of my favorite color combinations!

Lastly, I embossed "Happy Haunting!" on to the bottom of the card and drew in little spider webs on the door image. I also added black, green, and orange thread to bring in more color and to use to tie the Tag on to a gift bag.

I hope you enjoyed today's project and are inspired to create a fun Halloween Tag this Fall!

Have a great day!

Happy BAAAday to Ewe! by Sharon Caudle

Hello AI Fans!!

I've got a tag for you today that I made for the Tag You're It Challenge going on right now on the blog! I love making tags, and they elevate a package or gift bag to the absolute next level, don't you think? If you know me, you know how much I love whimsical, bright, fun projects, so that's usually the way I lean when I create. For this tag, I used 5132 Tag Stitched Dies (I cut three of them and glued them together so the tag would be nice and sturdy), 5398 Sheep Set, 5346 Birdhouse Cubbies (for the bird flying to the right), 5100 Woodland Tree Cubbies (for the bird flying to the left), and 4967 WC Fence Dies. The images are stamped onto Cryogen paper and then colored with Copic markers (the markers I used are listed below).  I inked the background with distress inks, added a sun with a few clouds and called her done! 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit! Until next time - hope you stay crafty!

Copics used:

E51, E53, E97

BG11, BG13, BG15, BG18

BV00, BV02

Y13, Y17

C1, C2, C3

Spring Harvest Pastel Tag by Nina

 Hello Ai fans, Nina here with a new cute addition to my Tag Journal of Art Impressions cutesiness.

Today I am using the Harvest Together Set and of course for my tag bas I used Tag Stitched Dies Set.

I cut my Tag from purple floral paper multiple times and attached them together to make them sturdy.

I stamped my images using Versafine Onyx Black Ink that is watercolor friendly because I was going to use my Zig Brush Markers since I needed a soft pastel palette.

I then colored them with these shades:

Reds: 020

Oranges: 052 054

Yellows: 050

Greens: 045 053

Blues: 303

Purples: 806

Pinks: 026 201

Browns: 067

I then cut my images, backed them with foam tape and attached them to the tag and added a grass border for the images to stand on.

I then decorated with a smalled tag at the back from blue paper, I also cut a strip kind of tag from pink paper using a die in the same Tag Stitched Die Set and attached the letters to read spring on it.

I then opened the metal ring of my tag album and added my new tag to it.

We're Here fun with color | By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai fans!

Jessica here again today, with one more card design using the We're Here stamp set. This image of the ladies bursting through the door is so fun and I thought I would color them up a bit differently then I did the last time and use some fun wild colors for their hair. If I had more time and patience I would so color my hair teal!

If you compare the below photo with the one above you can see that they are slightly different. I liked the look of the on above but I thought the yellow orange color I used on the door mat and curtain were really distracting. So I colored the image again and made a second card.. Replacing the yellow with a RV81 & RV83 pink color combination. It is a lot softer but I do like how both turned out.

For the background I used several Distress Oxide reinkers. These are great to use as watercolors and a few drops goes a long ways. I did each color separately, using Ranger Distress watercolor paper and squishing it over the drops of Distress Oxide. Basically just making blobs but it was fun, colorful and easy. I used a little bit of water from the Distress Sprayer to add some texture since the Distress Oxide inks react with water.

 

I had a blast using this We're Here stamp set and playing around with colors. Let me know which version you prefer and if you missed my last post using this set take a look at that here. 

Thank you so much for joining me today. Happy stamping!

Too old to care by Sharon Caudle

Hello AI Fans!!

Happy Saturday!!!!  Hope you all are enjoying your weekend and that the weather is being kind to you!  My card today features the stamp set Birthday Laugh Lines. There are soooo many amazing sentiments in this set that it was super hard to decide which one to use!! Don't you just love it when you have such a wonderful selection of birthday sentiments?? I used #5132 Tag Stitched Dies to cut the sentiment out after stamping it.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today and until next time - stay safe, stay healthy, and stay crafty!!
Hugs!!

Copics used:
E000, E00, E11, E21, E23, E33, E35, E53
R20, R35, R37, R39, R56, R59
B000, B93, B95, B97
W3, W4
C2, C3, C4

The Stamping Village Holiday Fest! VIDEO HOP + GIVEAWAY!

Hello Ai Fans! 

Today we have a special blog and video hop with our friends at The Stamping Village! Our collective group recently released our second benefit set, Holiday Seals Set, and we wanted to inspire you with 13 videos on how to use it! The Stamping Village truly believes in community over competition and we enjoyed coming together, contributing so many different styles to create this unique stamp set! We hope these envelope seals help you send some happiness out to the world!



We also believe in giving back to our crafty community. 100% of the net profits made from this collaboration stamp set will benefit The Dreaming Zebra Foundation. They firmly believe that all children, regardless of their financial circumstances, should have art education. They provide art and music materials free of charge to many schools and community organizations across the country. We are so grateful for those of you purchasing this set to help their cause!

Altenew
Art Impressions
Avery Elle
Concord & 9th
Dare 2B Artzy
Gina K Designs
Hero Arts
Lawn Fawn
Pink and Main
Pinkfresh Studio
Studio Katia
Waffle Flower
Jennifer McGuire

GIVEAWAY - Hop over to this YouTube video and leave a comment to be entered for a $50 gift certificate to artimpressions.com!



View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/oGKbWLCfYA4

From Jessica Shier (Subscribe to her YouTube!):

There are so many possibilities you can try with these Holiday Seals from the Stamp Village. For my project I created two holiday tags, using one as is, and another to make a fun card design. 

Along with the Stamping Village Holiday Seals I used several sets of Art Impressions dies. The Circle Double Stitch die has a circle size that cuts this cute little penguin perfectly. I also used the next larger circle, to die cut the Soft Navy card stock and layer underneath the Copic colored penguin. I'll have all the markers I used for these listed below. For some added detail, I used a white Gelly Roll pen to had snow and turn the black stars from the Art Impressions penguin stamp white. 

 

The gray flag end underneath the circle is a die from the Flag Double Stitch Die. This is where you could add, the recipient's name, or stamp another holiday sentiment. I was thinking a To and From would look nice stamped on that gray flag. Underneath those die cuts I used some fun colored cardstock, School House Red and Innocent Pink (from Gina K. Designs a fellow Stamp Village company!) Both of these were cut using one of the third largest dies, in the Banner Double Stitch set. I also used some Aquamarine Nuvo Embellishment Mousse, which easily blends on to card stock with an ink blending tool.

Now for the largest die. The Tag Stitched die set has a fantastic tag die. I used this to cut two pieces of Neenah 110lb Solar White card stock. These are the base for my penguin tags. However, in the Tag Stitched die set there are some small dies too, that add some fun details. Like the star die and the tag reinforcement die. 

For the tag with the red card stock I adhered it to a card base, that I layered with the same Soft Navy card stock that I used before, and a piece of wood panel pattern paper from the Heidi Swapp Wolf Pack. A few final touches before I called these done; I added some shimmer to the penguin's hat with a Spectrum Noir Glitter pen and I also used some black and white baker's twine. This twine came from a Hero Arts package so I thought it would be fitting, and worth mentioning since, they too, are part of the Stamp Village. If you haven't seen the first collaboration stamp set by The Stamp Village, Mail Deliever, check it out.

Copic Markers Used:
BG09, BG15, BG11, BG000
RV39, R29, R14, R81
C7, C5, C3, C1
B95, B93, B91
YR27, Y21, Y23

Thank you for joining me today.

Happy Stamping!!

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