Gobble Gobble! Challenge #416 Week 2

 Hello Ai fans and welcome to week #2 of our Gobble Gobble challenge.

Our Featured Designer last week was Sharon and she 

made an INCREDIBLE book fold card.

Next we have Janet.
6105-Fall Keepsake Set
5062-Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies
5064 - Circle Double Stitched Dies
5600-Harvest Sentiments Set
5973-Fall Series 2 Paper Pack
Winsor Newton Ink-Gold

Lynn's card and YouTube tutorial are HERE.

I started working on my Thanksgiving place cards for 2025.

Tasha has a sweet scarecrow.

5507 – Harvest Together Set

5962 – Classic Christmas Paper Pack

6046 – Scalloped Oval Dies
Last but not least, Dori has some beautiful place cards.

We hope our Design Team has inspired you to join in our challenge.

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any item you wish; this is not limited to cards! (unless specified)

✻ Limit two submissions per person.

 ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission. You may include your entire last name, but it's not necessary.

✻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! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Thanksgiving Place Cards by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

I always host Thanksgiving for my extended family.

I've begun making this year's place cards.



I made these place cards with the Gobble Gobble challenge in mind.

  

I "watercolored" my images with my Arteza Real Brush pens.

I love these because they're really easy to work with.

 

I used dies from the mini frame series and 2 different paper pads.

One is Easter which just goes to show you that you should always think outside the box.

See my list below for links to all of the Art Impressions products that I used.

Happy Fall everyone!!

Arteza Real Brush Pens

Ginger/A178

Tawny/A137

Acid Green/A152

Orange/A112

Mint Green/A177

Sunset Yellow/A156

Lemon Yellow/A105

Punch Pink/A195

Tomato Red/A194

Ice Blue/A173

Chamomile/A157

Fall drinks by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

It's time for pumpkin spice and everything nice, hot apple cider and hot cocoa.

Which one do you prefer?

I'm a cocoa girl myself.

I love Fall weather, colors and all of the activities that go along with it.
I can't wait for to host Thanksgiving.
My card is pretty simple this week, but imagine the joy it

could bring someone when they open their mailbox and find this, 

especially if you tuck a gift card into it.

Fall Thanks by Janet

 

Hello everyone! I'm here today with a project inspired by the current Ai Blog challenge, All the Fall. This is so perfect for the season. I know we're all making Thanksgiving cards so post your creations on the challenge post, show off your talents, and get a chance to win a free stamp set! Post your creations HERE.

To start my project, I stamped and colored the fox image from the 5191-Feast Mode Set with Copic markers. I've been trying to improve my fur work and this was a perfect image to practice with. However, I always highly recommend to people that they can copy the package illustrations with Ai sets to get great results. Following it makes it easy if you want a good result without guessing what to do. Once colored, I fussy cut the image including the falling leaves on each side of the fox.

Next, I cut a piece of white shimmer cardstock that is approximately 1" wider than the measurements of the 5783-Fall Leaf Frame Set. I used 1/2" wide washi tape to mask off the 4 sides of the panel and then I blended Oxide inks into the center of the panel to create the background. Once I blended the ink, I splattered some watered down ink and some water droplets on the background to add some texture. Once dry, I peeled off the washi tape border. Then I added the magic of the Fall Leaf Frame on top. The frame fits the background perfectly, leaving a 1/2" border of white all around it. I cut out a few more leaves from the frame set and arranged them on top in orange, red, and kraft cardstock.

At this point, I tucked the fox into the frame and adhered the leaves that I had also fussy cut with the image and placed them approximately where they were in the original design. A sentiment was needed so I used a banner die from the 5543 - Journal Template Die Set and stamped it with a sentiment in the stamp set. I glued it in place and then glued the panel to a pre-patterned A2 card base. Finally, I added three gold glitter enamel dots in the corners to finish it off. One thing I like about my card is that there's lots of dimension and depth but it will fold completely flat for mailing.

Thanks so much for joining me to see what I created for you today. Please visit the Ai store for the sets I used and all the things you need for your card, journal, and tag making projects. Happy creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest  

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!

A Tuesday Treat with Simone and Jami!

 Hello Ai fans!
Happy Tuesday!

We have a little treat for you today!

Nina moved into a new home last week and is unable to post today.
You know how stressful moving is!

In her place we have two artists that we think you'll love!

Please welcome Simone Carr and Jami Steiger.
You can find links to everything they used at the bottom of this post.

For Simone's first card (which looks so much like former DT Member Dot Freel's style doesn't it??) she used 

5062 Rounded Rectangle
5595 Harvest Pumpkin
5467 WC Snowmen Set
5600 Harvest Sentiments
5785 Gnomes
5126 Foliage set 4
5073 Bible Foliage

She also created a sweet Fall scene using the new gnomes and mushrooms.

5346 – Birdhouse Cubbies Set
5788 – Whimsical Mushrooms
5071 – WC Serif Letters Set
5785 – Gnomes Set
5463 – Slimline Dies Set

Next, she moved on to Christmas with this beautiful blue Windows to the World card.

5061 – Square Double Stitched Dies
M3184 – Christmas Village Window

And, as a bonus for those of you who own it, the adorable retired Chris-mouse Mini Shaker (Sku #4796) 5543 – Journal Template Die Set 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies

Now for Jami's lovely cards. She also created a Fall card and a Christmas scene. Her first card couldn't be any cuter and uses

5191 – Feast Mode Set 5065 – Oval Double Stitched Dies Her second card is equally adorable and features

5785 Gnomes 5489 Front Porch Christmas 5346 Birdhouse Cubbies 5416 WC Vintage Car 4051 Foliage Set 5476 WC Foliage Set 5

Thank you so much for the beautiful selection of cards ladies.

You're both amazing artists and people will be so inspired by your creations. You can find more of Simone and Jami's work in The Art Impressions Way, a private Facebook fan group. Remember, if you make something using Art Impressions products be sure to tag us on your social media. @artimpressions

We love to see your work!

It's Fall Y'all! Challenge week #2

Hello Ai fans!

It's week two of our It's Fall Y'all challenge which means we get to see what the rest of the Design Team made to inspire you!

 

Last week, Janet was our featured artist and she did NOT disappoint, with this absolutely adorable Halloween card using the  5038 – Ghoul Friend Set.

Now we're able to show you all of the other fun creations from the rest of our Design Team!

Everyone has such a different take on what Fall looks like to them.

What do you envision when you think Autumn thoughts?

What will YOUR creation look like?

Mercy created two cards for our challenge.

Her first card features a newly discontinued Thanksgiving set that was called Full of Thanks.

Her next card features 5346 – Birdhouse Cubbies Set.

Reneé used 5512 – Front Porch Door Set and 5487 – Front Porch Halloween Set.

Tasha used 5038 – Ghoul Friend Set and the brand new 5506 – Peek-a-Boo Set.

Sharon used the new 5507 – Harvest Together Set.

Nina used the 5460 – Halloween Slimline Set.

Now it's your turn!  Show us what Fall means to you.

This is your chance to win free stamps!

We can't wait to see what you make.

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✻ 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 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!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Ai Rides Place Cards by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a place card holder that I made for Thanksgiving.

I used the new Ai Rides sets called 5457 – Christmas Truck Set and some pieces from 5456 – Spooky Wagon Set.

My step-dad Bud is a retired Ford dealership owner and loves old trucks.

I put him at the head of our Thanksgiving table and he loved this!  It's now on the windowsill in their kitchen.

I used the easel from the 5317 – MB Template Dies to stand it up on the plate.
One thing I'll do different next time is to cut some paper to cover the white on the backside.  If I had used the included dies to cut the truck in reverse I could have made the back pretty too.  Live and learn!

You can see how the fenders are popped up here.  Having dies for these pieces makes a world of difference!  Happy Holidays everyone and be sure to check out the latest challenge at Ai for your chance to win free stamps!