Watercolor Release Week 2! Six More WC Sets! Challenge 217 Watercolor Wonders!

Designed with you in mind, we are excited to launch the next SIX sets of our 2018 Watercolor release! Our new additions are sure to expand your watercolor boundaries with wall-based scenes, textures, and adorable critters! There is something special about the doorways we enter, so we have added a stunning WC Door Set, as well as a cute WC Hobbit Door Set to gently tuck into a hillside. Throw open the shutters with our WC Window Set, and tuck a sweet WC Mini Critter into the corner. Add even more to your scenes with our new WC Cobblestone Set (created with perspective to lead to your main image), and our WC Wall Texture Set to place your windows and doors into a rustic brick scene. Our Watercolor Guest Design Team does it again with stunning samples, and watch Bonnie’s introduction to these sets in our video from Creativation! You can purchase these sets TODAY, and don’t forget to grab all 12 from our new release!

Let's see what our design team has in store for us today! Don't forget you can also follow the designers' blog and social media pages for more inspiration throughout the week!

Dot Freel - Instagram - Blog - Pinterest

Hello Watercolor Friends,

Ready for SIX more brand new sets of watercolor stamps by Art Impressions? You still have time to enter the current challenge called Watercolor Wonders and you could win some new stamps! My card was made using the brand new 5013 - WC Door Set and the 5019 - WC Wall Texture Set. I also used new foliage and flowers from the new 5007 - WC Foliage Set 3 and 5008 - WC Flower Set 3. I added the bunny from the 4874 - WC Bunnies Set and the basket to make my card an Easter card.

Art Impressions Products: 5013 - WC Door Set, 5019 - WC Wall Texture Set, 5007 - WC Foliage Set 3, 5008 - WC Flower Set 3, 4874 - WC Bunnies Set, 4773 - Acrylic Blocks, 4774 - Stamp positioner, #4 Brush

Marvy LePlume II Markers: 72 pine green, 45 sepia, 31 pale violet, 20 magenta, 27 olive brown, 32 laurel green, 29 Prussian blue, 86 African violet, 18 dark brown, 40 brownish grey

Other Supplies: Canson Watercolor Cardstock

Tricia Kennedy - Instagram

I’m excited to feature two NEW watercolor sets, Window Set and Cobblestone Set, for the Art Impressions Watercolor Wonders Challenge in my “Weathered View” card.

Begin by stamping the tall window from the NEW Window Set in a combination of Sepia and African Violet to make a lovely steel grey. Pull the color from the lines using water and your paint brush. About a ½ inch down stamp a selection of the cobblestones from the NEW Cobblestone Set in Sepia. I used the stamp positioner to stamp the same four stones directly next one another. Stamp the small filler flower from the Blooming Birdhouse Set in Ochre, then the tall flower bunch from Flower Set 2 in English Red and Olive Green and then the leafy branch from Foliage Set 2 in Olive Green to fill in around the flowers. Add the vines to the top of the window from the Foliage Set 2 in Olive Green. Scribble a little Sepia and African Violet on your palette and brush onto the shutter. Add a little onto the cobblestones for added dimension. Put a little Olive Green on your palette and brush in between the cobblestones and under the flowers/foliage. Finish with dot detail using the fine tip of English Red around the tall flower bunch.

Art Impressions Products: 5014 WC Window Set, 5018 WC Cobblestone Set, 4868 WC Flower Set 2, 4867 WC Foliage Set 2, 4603 WC Blooming Birdhouse, 3” Square Acrylic Block, Acrylic Block 5 Pack, Stamp Positioner, Watercolor Palette,Watercolor Brush No. 4, Canson XL WC Paper Pad

Marvy Le Plume II Markers: 13 Ochre, 15 Olive Green, 28 English Red, 45 Sepia, 86 African Violet

Other Supplies: Cottage Cutz Stitched Oval Die, The Stamps of Life Stitched Circle Die

Tricia O'Bin - Blog - Instagram - YouTube - Pinterest - Facebook

It's such an exciting time at Art Impressions Rubber Stamps. We are back again this week with the release of 6 more brand new watercolor sets. I can't tell you how much I LOVE all these new sets. It's also week 2 of the Watercolor Wonders challenge over on the blog. There is still time to enter! I decided to create a Winter Hobbit House. This little house was so adorable and I am such a big fan of the Hobbit series that I was excited to ink it up. Of course, I made it in the snow. I am so thrilled with all of the new sets and hope to share more projects with you.

Art Impressions Products: 5015 WC Hobbit Door Set, WC Tree Set 1, Acrylic Block 5 Pack (Variety), Watercolor Palette, Stamp Positioner, Canson XL WC Paper Pad

Marvy Le Plume II Markers: 45 Sepia, 86 African Violet, 43 Brilliant Yellow

Other Supplies: Wink of Stella Glitter Clear Brush Pen – Clear, Silver Brush, Black Velvet , Round, Size 8, Classic Crest Cover Solar White 8-1/2x11 110lb 250/pkg : Blank, Scor-Tape, Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- Black Onyx, Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- Moonlit Fog

Awesome job, team! Love your creative ways to use our newest stamps! This is the perfect inspiration for our challenge...

It's your chance to win Ai stamps by entering this week's Watercolor Wonders Challenge! We know we have huge watercolor fans, and we want to see your style shine! Enter our challenge by sharing a link to your artwork using our inLinkz below. We can't wait to see what you create! Hurry, just one week left to enter!

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, March 14 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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Watercolor Weekend Roundup - Featuring New 2018 Sets!

Welcome to a new Watercolor Weekend! Today is exciting because the Watercolor Guest Design Team is back to share more inspiration with our newest products! Take a look at their beautiful and creative projects! We truly hope it inspires your creations this weekend!

Dot Freel - Instagram - Blog - Pinterest

Hello Watercolor Friends,

I made this card for the Art Impressions Watercolor Weekend roundup. I used the bench from the - WC Bench Set and the stamp positioner to make this potting bench. I used three of the containers from the 4869 - WC Small Container set. I used the smaller watering can from the brand new 5012 - WC Wishing Well Set. My foliage and flowers are from the brand new sets 5007 - WC Foliage Set 3 and 5008 - WC Flower Set 3.

Art Impressions Product: 4965 WC Bench Set, 4869 WC Small Containers Set, 5012 WC Wishing Well Set, 5007 WC Foliage Set 3, 5008 WC Flower Set 3, 4774 Stamp Positioner, 4773 Acrylic Blocks, #4 Brush

Marvy LePlume II Markers: 15 Olive Green, 6 Brown, 32 Laurel Green, 45 Sepia, 105 Lt Teal, 8 Violet, 43 Brilliant Yellow, 1 Black

Other Supplies: Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock

Tricia Kennedy - Instagram

For today’s Watercolor Weekend project, “Filled with Flowers”, I used three of the newly released watercolor sets. I simply LOVE all the new sets! 

Start off by inking up the watering can from the Wishing Well Mini Set first in Sepia followed immediately in African Violet. This makes a great steel grey color. I removed the ink from both bottom corners and the top center. Stamp in the lower center portion of your watercolor paper. Pull the colors from the lines with your watercolor brush and water. Using the stamp positioner, stamp the cobblestones from the Cobblestone Set (coming next week) in Sepia under the watering can. Next, stamp in the mini grass from Foliage Set 1 in Olive Green, pull the color, then ink up the tall flowery grass from the garden wagon mini set in Olive Green with African Violet on the little buds. Fill the watering can with foliage from Foliage Set 2 in Olive Green and flowers from Flower Set 3 in Rose Pink and Olive Green, Flower Set 2 in brilliant yellow and Flower Set 1 in African Violet. Add Olive Green to your palette and brush in between the cobblestones. Add a combination of Sepia and African Violet to your palette, combine to make the steel grey color and brush onto the watering can to add depth and dimension. Finish off with dot detail using the fine tip of African Violet.

Art Impressions Products: 5012 WC Wishing Well Mini Set, 5018 WC Cobblestone Set (coming next week), 5008 WC Flower Set 3, 4052 WC Flower Set 1, 4868 WC Flower Set 2, 4875 WC Garden Wagon Mini Set, 4051 WC Foliage Set 1, 4867 WC Foliage Set 2, 3” Square Acrylic Block, Acrylic Block 5 Pack,Watercolor Palette, Watercolor Brush No. 4, Canson XL WC Paper Pad

Marvy Le Plume II Markers: 15 Olive Green, 43 Brilliant Yellow, 45 Sepia, 57 Rose Pink, 86 African Violet

Other: The Stamps of Life Stitched Circle Die, Post-It Notes, Doily, Patterned Paper

Tricia O'Bin - Blog - Instagram - YouTube - Pinterest - Facebook

The watercolor weekend design team is so excited to help Art Impressions roll out 6 new AI watercolor sets. I absolutely LOVE ALL OF THEM!!! 

I will be doing lots of posts featuring these new sets. This weekend I am debuting this Winter Truck. The stamp set is the WC Truck Mini set and it includes the truck, barn and a fence (not used). 

I also used the new WC Tree Set. Come check out all the details on my blog. Make sure to upload your projects to Instagram using #AIWatercolor. We can’t wait to check them out.

Art Impressions Product: WC Truck Mini Set, WC Tree Set 1, Acrylic Block 5 Pack (Variety), Watercolor Palette, Stamp Positioner

Marvy Le Plume II Markers: 45 Sepia, 86 African Violet, 29 Prussian Blue

Other Supplies: Wink of Stella Glitter Clear Brush Pen – Clear, Silver Brush, Black Velvet , Round, Size 8, Classic Crest Cover Solar White 8-1/2x11 110lb 250/pkg : Blank, Scor-Tape, Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- Turquoise Sea

Thanks, team! Love your beautiful projects.

We hope you'll join our challenge this week! This week's theme is Watercolor Wonders, and we have a feeling this one is right up your alley! Join in the fun for a chance to win new Ai stamps! All you need to do is make your project, link it to inLinkz over HERE. Find more info on our Challenge Post. We'd love to see what you make!

Happy Stamping!

NEW 2018 Watercolor Sets NOW Available! PLUS, Challenge 227 Watercolor Wonders!

We know our Watercolor sets are highly anticipated from our new releases! We are thrilled to release SIX sets on our website today! Take a look at our two new Watercolor Minis, the WC Truck Mini Set and WC Wishing Well Set, these two include wonderful main images for your scenes. Additionally, Bonnie designed new "basic" sets to mix and match with your current collection, including Foliage, Flowers, Mini Flowers, and Trees! See these sets in action in our video from Creativation! Nab these lovely sets up today and start creating your spring watercolor projects, and stay tuned for six more sets coming next week!

Today we are featuring our fabulous Watercolor Guest Design Team! We share their projects on the First and Third Satudays of the month, and we are so excited to provide even more watercolor inspiration to you today!

Dot Freel - Instagram - Blog - Pinterest

Hello Watercolor Friends,

I'm so excited about Art Impression's Creator/Owner Bonnie Krebs' brand new Watercolor Stamps! I used the well from the brand new set 5012 - WC Wishing Well Mini Set and I used new foliage and flowers from the new 5007 - WC Foliage Set 3 and 5008 - WC Flower Set 3. Both of these sets are must haves in my opinion. Seriously, how cute are those flowers I used? I also used a bird from the 4966 WC Bird Bath Set.

Marvy LePlume II Pens: 15 olive green, 45 sepia, 79 grape, 50 ultramarine, 101 tropical, 105 lt. teal

4773 Acrylic Blocks

4774 - Stamp positioner

#4 Paint Brush

Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Cardstock

Tricia Kennedy - Instagram

I’m excited to feature two NEW watercolor sets, Truck Mini Set and Flower Set 3, for the Watercolor Wonders Challenge in my “Truckload of Texas Bluebonnets” card.

First stamp the truck from the NEW Truck Mini Set in the lower left corner using a combination ofSepia and African Violet to achieve a beautiful grey color. Ink up the barn from NEW Truck Mini Set in Sepia and stamp in the upper right corner. Pull the color from the lines on the truck and the barn with your brush and water. Add a combination of Sepia and African Violet to your palette and brush onto the truck. Add Sepia and English Red to your palette. Brush the Sepia onto the roof of the barn. Mix the Sepia and English Red and brush onto the barn. Darken the windows with a little African Violet from your palette. Use a post-it note to mask off the bed of the truck then stamp the tiny flower from the NEW Flower Set 3 in Sapphire on the top ¾ of the flower, African Violet on the bottom ¼ of the flower and Olive Green on the stems. Stamp a portion of the fence from the NEW Truck Mini Set in Sepia on both sides of the barn. Use a post-it note to mask off the sides of the barn and stamp in trees using the two small leaf branches from the Foliage Set 2 in Olive Green. Add the small grass from theFoliage Set 1 around the barn and field and a combination of small and large grass around the truck using Olive Green. Add Salvia Blue to your palette and brush into the sky. Add dot detail for flowers in African Violet around the barn. Finally, to make the flowers resemble Texas Bluebonnets, put a dot of Copic White Opaque on the tip of each flower.

Art Impressions Products: 5011 WC Truck Mini Set, 5008 WC Flower Set 3, 4051 WC Foliage Set 1, 4867 WC Foliage Set 2, 3” Square Acrylic Block, Acrylic Block 5 Pack, Watercolor Palette,Watercolor Brush No. 4, Canson XL WC Paper Pad

Marvy Le Plume II Markers: 15 Olive Green, 28 English Red, 45 Sepia, 60 Salvia Blue, 86 African Violet, 100 Sapphire

Other: The Stamps of Life Stitched Rectangle Die, Copic Opaque White, Post-It Notes, Kraft Cardstock, Patterned Paper

Tricia O'Bin - Blog - Instagram - YouTube - Pinterest - Facebook

Introducing the new Wishing Well, Foliage 3 and Mini Flowers stamp sets. These are amazing sets and when I saw them I knew they would be some of my favorites going forward. I also grabbed a sentiment from the 4886K – Easter Blessings stamp set. 

I started off by using a Spellbinders oval die and a pencil to lightly mark a border. Using African Violet and Sepia, I stamped the Wishing Well in the middle of the oval. The Foliage set 3 has this beautiful vine that looks like a climbing bush. I also used one of the new small foliage stamps in the set behind and to the right of the well. Who can forget about the tried and true grasses, which I use in almost every project. I softened the lines and stamped the flowers (they look like 3 hearts) in Magenta all around. Next, I started out with the mini flower in Olive green (used it like foliage). I added another of the mini flowers inked in Sepia and Pink. Then I added some leaves from the foliage 3 set and finally the heart flowers in Prussian Blue.

I used the Grey marker and Black copic multiliner to trace along the pencil line to create a border. I stamped the Easter Blessing sentiment using Versafine Black Ink. Lastly, I added a bit of Wink of Stella to the Well.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope my Easter Wishing Well gives you inspiration to get out your stamps. I hope you consider playing with your stamps and joining in with the Challenge!

Art Impressions Product: Wishing Well Set, Mini Flower Set, Foliage Set 3, 4051 – WC Foliage Set 1, 4886K – Easter Blessings, Acrylic Block 5 Pack (Variety), Watercolor Palette

Marvy Markers: Marvy LePlume II – 45 Sepia, Marvy LePlume II – 86 African Violet, Marvy LePlume II – 15 Olive Green, Marvy LePlume II – 20 Magenta, Marvy LePlume II – 29 Prussian Blue, Marvy Le Plume II Pink (9), Marvy LePlume II – 12 Grey

Other Supplies: Wink of Stella Glitter Clear Brush Pen – Clear, Silver Brush, Black Velvet , Round, Size 8, Heavy Base Weight Card Stock- Bubblegum Pink, Spellbinders S4-112 Nestabilities Small Classic Ovals Die, Classic Crest Cover Solar White 8-1/2x11 110lb 250/pkg : Blank

Thanks, Team! What fabulous projects!

We're gearing up for a new challenge, and it's your time to shine! For two weeks we are hosting our
"Watercolor Wonders" challenge! Share your project for a chance to win Ai stamps! All you need to do is create a wonderful project with watercolor, whether that's with our WC stamps or with your favorite line art stamp to color up with a brush!

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, March 14 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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Now it's time to recognize the winners of last week's challenge, Anything Goes! We had lots of fun entries, so it was hard to pick!

Top Spot Goes to...

Janet K!

 Congrats, Janet! We loved how you colored the First Bloom Window and coordinated with dotted paper, burlap and lace! Looks like spring to us! Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address to claim your prize pack!

Honorable Mentions go to...

Amy Marshall!

Helen F

Congrats, you two! Amy, we love how you made a set of watercolor cards and a purse to put them in! What a darling gift! And Helen, we think the way you made the Any Cake raccoons peek into the living room is just adorable! And we appreciate your no-line coloring, too! Please email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address and select a stamp set of your choice for a prize.

Thanks for joining our challenge, see you next week! Happy Stamping!