You Spin Me Round Challenge #369 Week 2

 Welcome to week #2 of our

You Spin Me Round Challenge!

Last week I was the featured artist and made a die cut Valentine card.
You can click here to see my card and products used.

This week we have two fun cards from Lynn and Janet.

Lynn made a sweet baby girl card.

Baby Girl Set (5185)
Nested Circle Dies (5726)
Journal Template Die Set (5543)
Mini Paper Pack (5835)
Easter Paper Pack (5742)

Janet made a fun "rocker" card.

5721 - Nested Heart Dies
5219 - Loveable Animals Set
5741 - Valentines PP

Tasha used: 5737 – Bunny & Chicks Set, 5221 – Sending Love Cubbies, 5741 – Valentines Paper Pack and 5726 – Nested Circle Dies.

What beautiful cards from our Design Team!

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any 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

2021 Freebie Farm Animal Valentines by Janet

Happy Saturday everyone! Like a lot of crafters, I've been working on Valentine cards and today I'm bringing you some cute children's valentines made with the 6 freebie stamps that were released with the second 2021 new releases from Art Impressions.

I stamped these cuties and colored them with Copic markers. Then they were fussy cut and arranged on hearts that form an off the edge valentine. The white cards and the patterned card base were cut with the Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies. These fit into A2 envelopes and have blank white cardstock on the back where any message can be written. 

I think grade school kids would love these for their friends. I get a chuckle out of the punny sentiments that go with each animal. I made the sentiment cards using Microsoft Word.

I know a lot of you have some or all of the freebies. I have made a video that shows how I made these. If you are curious what colors I used and see how I colored each of them, click the thumbnail.

Thanks for stopping by today. Ai has many adorable stamps to use and I hope you are having fun making your valentines!

Happy Creating!

Janet - YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

20% Off Twist Ties and Flutters and Shades of Pink Challenge #274 Week 2!!!

Hello Ai Fans! 

We hope you enjoyed our first new release for 2020 last week! In addition to this being the second week of our "Shades of Pink" Challenge, this week we are offering a discount worth dancing for! 

Today, January 23rd, all Twist Ties and Flutters are 20% off with your online purchase! 

Use Coupon Code TWISTNSHOUT at checkout, and your discount will be applied to your cart. Stock up on these fun interactive sets! We've included some samples of past designs below to refresh your memories on these lovely sets.

Jil used our Tree Twist Ties below...

Or, take some inspiration from how Sharon used our Dog Flutter Set!

Now, without further ado, our design team is back this week to get you in a colorful mood with inspiration in Shades of Pink! You can find all of the details and supplies used by clicking the designer's name below.

Carol using Sending Love Cubbies

Crystal using our Lovable Animals Set 

Reneé using our Sending Love Cubbies

Jil with our Lovable Animals Set 

Jessica using our Sending Love Cubbies

Sharon with our Lovable Animals Set 

Niccole using our Sending Love Cubbies

 We can't wait to see your ideas come to life that include any hue of this popular color! Bright pink and floral? Hearts and pastel mauve? Pull out your rose-colored glasses and have fun with it! If you're looking for some inspiration, please check out our Valentine's category on artimpressions.com or our Valentine's Day Pinterest Page.

We want to see how you create cards with pink as a main element of your card! Though you can use any stamps you have, we'd love to see any Valentines from Ai if you have any in your collection! Hurry, challenge closes January 29th at 5PM PT!

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 the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Happy Stamping!

Couples Frame by Niccole

Hello Ai fans!!

I am stopping by today sharing a fun project I made using the Love Birds stamp set from Art Impressions.  I had so much fun with this one.  It could be used in so many different ways and for so many different occasions.

I started by stamping my image of the couple hugging onto white paper.  I Copic colored it with shades of gray, black, and red.  This is my all time favorite color combo.  I might be dating myself BUT that was the color combo of the wallpaper ... YES you heard me right, I said wallpaper LOL that I had my room decorated with in high school.

I added Wink of Stella to my lady's hair to give her gray some shimmer. I also added some Crystal Effects to her glasses to give them some dimension and shine.  I fussy cut my couple out. From there I added one of the Action Wobbles onto the back of my couple.  I found a frame from Michaels. A $2 frame at that ... YAY! AND ... it was already painted black.

I figured out where I wanted my couple and I attached my stamped couple to the frame. And VOILA ...

Here is one more look at the completed frame.  What do you think?  Cute right?  Now to figure out what picture of my husband and I do I want to put in the frame ... Hmm! 

Thank you so much for stopping by.  Please come back soon to see what the Ai team has been up to!

Copics used:

B0000
C0, C2, C4
E00, E11
R11, R22, R24, R27, R29
T5, T7, T9

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

NEW Valentines + Shades of Pink Challenge #274!

Hello, Ai Fans!

We are so excited to announce the release of two ADORABLE Valentine's Day stamp sets! They both feature some super cute characters you are sure to love. Our first set is the Lovable Animals Set which features an Owl, Cat, Elephant and Fox. This set comes with the dies included which allows you to cut out the animals' arms to hold lovable items. You will also find 5 sentiment stamps to create the perfect Valentine's Day card.

Our second set is the Sending Love Cubbies. I know many of you have fallen in love with our Cubbies sets, and this one will not let you down. It features an adorable bunny whose front apron can be cut out to hold fun goodies. The die set included cuts out bits of the mailbox so you can make it full of all kinds of happy mail.

You can shop these two new sets at artimpressions.com

Carol is here to showcase our new Sending Love Cubbies Set!

Hello Ai friends!  Today I have a card using the oh so adorable new Sending Love set.  This set has so many images that can be used together or separately!

I love the interactive features of the mailbox!

I stamped the images in Copic safe ink and colored them with the colors listed below.  I used the coordinating dies (Yes! there are dies!) to cut them out.  Notice the slit, cut by the die in the bunnies apron, where you can tuck in whichever little elements you'd like.  Next, using an ink blending brush, I inked up a grassy piece with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks.  I adhered the pieces in the mailbox and added a small brad to the arrow to attach it to the side.  I adhered it all to a piece of Neenah I die cut with a Rectangle Double Stitched die.  Some of it is adhered with liquid glue and other elements I used foam squares.  This is all on a top-folding A2 card base.

I stamped the sentiment in black ink and die cut it with a Flag Double Stitched die.  To create the red layer I set the die on a piece of red card stock and traced around the outside of it with a pencil.  I used scissors to cut it and adhered it to the sentiment piece.  Add a few foam squares to the back to pop it up.

This little bunny is so sweet and I had so much fun playing with the pieces and parts for this card.  Thank you for stopping by and taking a look!  Happy crafting!

Copic markers:

mailbox:   R56, R37, R35, R43, C00, C1, C3
heart box, bow, heart: R56, R37, R35, R43
square present:  BG11, BG32, BG34, BG49, C00, C1, C3
rabbit:  BG11, BG32, BG34, BG49, E34, E51, E53, E55, R00, R20, R21, R32, C00, C1, C3

flower:  Y13, Y15, Y19, YG01, YG25, YG17

Before we kickoff our next challenge, let's announce the winner from last week's Hugs & Kisses challenge!

Top Spot goes to ....

Heidi at My Little Stamping Blog

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She used our Slothsome Set in this adorable Valentine's Card! Congratulations Heidi! Contact Claire at feedback@artimpressions.com with your choice of three stamps and your mailing address.

It's time for a new challenge! Since we are seeing pink and red everywhere, this week's challenge is called Shades of Pink! Let's see you all dig down in your stash to find all things pink and red! Feel free to keep a Valentine's theme or venture off and create any theme that fits your need this time of year. If you're looking for some inspiration, please check out our Valentine's category at artimpressions.com or our Valentine's Day Pinterest Page.

We want to see how you create cards with pink as a main element of your card! Though you can use any stamps you have, we'd love to see any Valentines from Ai if you have any in your collection! Hurry, challenge closes January 29th at 5PM PT!

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 the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Happy Stamping!

NEW Challenge 248 Lots of Hearts! PLUS Facebook Live Monday at 11AM MT!

Hello, Ai Fans! NEW releases are coming soon! This weekend, Art Impressions will be exhibiting at Creativation debuting our Winter 2019 releases to our retailers! Take a sneak peek of brand new stamps and dies before they ship to your local store by watching our Facebook Live video! Mark your calendar for Monday, January 21, at 11 AM MT and hop over to our Facebook Page "Art Impressions Rubber Stamps" to view the live video. New products will begin shipping to stores February!

A Facebook account is not necessary to view our Facebook Live video - simply visit our page here and if a pop-up to join Facebook appears, you can click "Not Now" at the bottom of the dialog box. If you are not able to catch us live, the video will be posted on our Facebook page for later viewing.

*Creativation is a trade only event, not open to the public. To attend, you must register with AFCI with credentials as a blogger, designer, buyer or category as specified on the AFCI website. Please contact AFCI with any questions about membership or registration.

We are also back with a NEW fun challenge perfect for your "love" cards! But first, let's wrap up last week's Pretty Pastels Challenge!

Top Spot goes to...

Irene Rhodes!

 Congrats, Irene! We found your secret slider card to be super entertaining with the huge birthday cake you stamped! Hop over to Irene's blog for a couple more photos of how this card works, as well as the matching envelope. The pastel colors look delicious! Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address to claim your prize pack!

Honorable Mentions go to...

Amy Marshall!

 Three Crafting Angels!

Congrats, you two! Amy, we love the coloring on our In the Air skunks! Your card has a wonderful balance of color and white space for a divine love card! And Angels, your floral watercolor card is beautiful! We love the bright colors you achieved with your watercolor markers. Email annelise@artimpressions.com and select a stamp set of your choice as a prize!

And finally, here's Sharon with inspiration for this week's challenge!

Hello AI Fans!!

I had so much fun with this Lots of Hearts challenge!  I just ordered this super cute set #5005 Valentine Bears Set from Art Impressions, and couldn't resist using it!!! 

 I used the heart flowers and XOXO stamps to make my own background papers to go along with the challenge. It was super easy to stamp them, but I will say it took me a bit to color them all.  :) 

Next I used the Circle Double Stitched Dies to create a base for my main image, that adorable bear holding up the string of hearts. Then I die cut a scalloped mat with another die set I have. 

I layered it all up and added a bow and flower. 

I sure hope you join us in the challenge and I can't wait to see what you create! Thanks for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty! 

Copics used:

E21, E23, E41, E42, E51, E53, E55, E57

R20, R24, R27, R29, R81, R83, R85

G21, G24

B000

Thank you, Sharon! Your card is just too cute!

Ready for a new challenge? This two-week challenge's theme is Lots of Hearts! You can do anything with this challenge, but it's a great time to make some love cards in time for Valentine's (or Galentines) Day!

 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, January 30 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

An InLinkz Link-up

love birds by Diane Zechman

Hello Ai friends and happy Monday!

 

Today I am sharing a card using one of the Ai Store Exclusives Sets. Here I used AiCS27- Love Birds. I tend to grab the fabulous main images in these sets and overlook the equally adorable smaller ones so this time I wanted to focus on the littles!

 

With Valentine's Day this month, I thought I would go with the "love" theme while it's still on our minds...February is almost over! This card would be great for an anniversary, though, any time of the year.

 

I embossed the black & white panels together with the "Love is patient, love is kind" verse from 1 Corinthians 13. Then I punched the heart out and adhered the panels to my card base. The birds were colored with Copics and popped up on the diecut leaves. How many of you still have bottles of paper flowers in your stash? Once in a while I still enjoy using them and they were perfect to use for an accent. I filled in the hearts and made a few small dots with a white pen.

 

Here's the inside of my card.

 

 

Have a great Monday and… happy stamping!