The Road to a Friend's house...

Hello Ai fans!

I love making interactive cards so I have quite a few from the Try Fold line. Sometimes I want to use the images separate and I'm always looking for new ways to do this.  I saw an idea a year or so back to use one of the images stamped in the background while coloring just one main image as your focal image.  I just can't remember where I saw it.  I've been meaning to try the idea. I used two images from the Cottage TF Set 4202 and stamped them onto Strathmore 140 lb. paper with Jet Black Archival Ink. The background layer is stamped with Shadow Grey Archival Ink.

I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers and a water brush to paint the images.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Challenge 185 "Layer It On Me" Week 2!

Hello, Ai Fans!

It's week two of our new challenge "Layer It On Me," celebrating the release of our three beautiful new Mini TryFolds and two Clasp Keepers! Mini TryFolds include dies that cut out openings that reveal the image behind it in a lovely layered card. Clasp Keepers are intricate belly bands that add decoration and keep a card closed for the recipient.

Today we have the full design team here to spark inspiration! Since these TryFold cards unfold, be sure to click the designer's name to see more pictures of the completed card! Don't forget to give them some comment love, too!

Cheri with Blessings to You MTF and Heart Clasp Die

Dana with Wooden Gate, Garden Window MTF and Butterfly Clasp Die

Diane with Garden Window MTF and Heart Clasp Die

Karen with Blessings to You MTF and Butterfly Clasp Die

Kerry with Hello Friend MTF and Butterfly Clasp Die

Reneé with Hello Friend MTF and Butterfly Clasp Die

Sharon with Garden Window MTF and Butterfly Clasp Die

Thanks, Design Team! What a collection of sweet cards! Don't forget to hop over to the designer's blogs for more pictures and tips!

Join our challenge! We're looking for layered cards! They can open up like a TryFold, contain a belly band, or have different layers of paper on the card base! Let's see it!

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, June 8 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.
✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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Halloween TryFold by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing the new Haunted House TF (Sku#4688). 

It's part of the new 2015 TryFolds line.

My card fits right in to the Art Impressions "Cut Your Cards" challenge going on this week.

I used the Stampin' Up Slit punch to make a clasp to keep the card closed.

Here's a view from the top.  It was a new kind of fold for me.

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Beach TryFold Southern Style challenge!

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a card to go along with the Art Impressions "Southern Style" challenge.

I live in the North East U.S. and right about now is when the "Snow Birds" start thinking about returning to the south.  For those of you that don't know...snowbirds are people who spend the summers in the north and then head south when the cold begins to set in.  My card clearly takes place in the south since we definitely don't have palm trees where I live.

I used the Beach TF Set (Sku#4577) on my card.  I used one panel on the front,  a second image on the opposite side of that and the 3rd image on the inside with SC0651 Ai His and Hers Campers clear stamps available at Michael's stores.

Gone Fishin (Sku#D3204)

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