Wild About You Challenge Week #2

 Hello Ai fans and welcome to week #2 of our

Wild About You challenge!

Our challenge is to use wild animals or animal prints on your projects. Our Design Team are

clearly animal lovers and they all went that route, but you are welcome to use animal prints as well.

They came up with some beautiful cards to help get you in the mood to play along. We love

seeing your artwork and can't wait to see what you create.

Last week our Featured Designer was Lynn and she created 3 fabulous bookmarks.

Dori spent some Koala-ty Time on her card.

Janet's fall card features a sweet little bird.

Janet

6017-Baby Panda Set
5064- Circle Double Stitched Dies

Gennette got a little foxy for her card.

I went deep under the sea for my card.

Sharon has 2 cute pelican cards.

Tasha has a fun Halloween card.

Lynn also created this adorable fall card.
Visit her post for the tutorial video.

Week after week our Design Team works hard to inspire you for our challenges

We hope that you love their work as much as we do and will play along with our challenges.

You might be the next lucky winner of a free stamp set.

Be sure to enter your creation for the chance to win a free stamp set from Art Impressions. 

We award one Top Spot and one Lucky Random Winner, and each will win a free stamp set from Art Impressions.

✻ 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

Lions, Tigers, Bears, Oh MY! New challenge #310

Hello Ai fans!

What a fun day today is!

 We have our Cloudy with a Chance...challenge winner,

we have a new challenge and best of all...we got a double dose of Crystal!

She was our daily post this morning (be sure to check that out!) 

and now she has a wonderful feature 

for our new Lions, Tigers, Bears, Oh MY! challenge.

Enjoy her adorable animal shaker card and tutorial.

Hi Ai fans! It's time for a new challenge Lions, Tigers, Bears Oh My! The first stamp set that came to mind was this Baby Critters stamp set. I have made so many cards with this stamp set I think it is my favorite stamp set of Art Impressions. So for this challenge I made a shaker card. 

I started with the second largest double stitched rectangle and die cut a rectangle out of white card stock. 

I then die cut three circles out of that same rectangle. 

 I die cut a 5 1/2" X 4 1/4" double stitched rectangle out of some purple shimmer card stock. 

I added acetate to the back side of the white card stock. I used foam tape around all of the circles so I could add different colors of sequins to each circle. 

I stamped the lion with Memento black ink, colored the lion in with alcohol markers and die cut him out with the coordinating die. I stamped the sentiment "I'm Wild about you" with Versafine black ink. 

I added the lion to the bottom left corner. Matted the sentiment onto some purple card stock. To finish off the card I added some sequins on to the front of the card. 

Happy stamping! 

And now, drum roll please...

The winner of our last challenge is Debbie H.!

Congratulations Debbie.  We loved how your entire card was 

covered in stenciled/sponged clouds and your basket of apples popped 

against that background!

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com

to claim 3 stamp sets of your choice!

Now for our new challenge...

We want to see your crafty creations using animals!
We don't care if it's a mouse or an elephant, a bird or an alligator!

Show of your furry (or not so furry) friends!

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!
* Please include first name and last initial on your submission.

✻ 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 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

Sweet Polar Valentine!

Hello Ai Fans!!

You heard me.  It's a polar VALENTINE!  They're not just for Christmas anyomore!

I love the Polar Pals collection and think that they don't just have to be used for Christmas!

(See Polar Phil birthday)

On my Valentine card I've used Polar Skaters (sku#Q4083)

I did eliminate one of the bears because, let's face it...on Valentine's Day, 3's a crowd!
The little hearts were made with a M.S. punch.

 Just by coloring their sweaters in a V-Day color scheme they take on an entirely different feel.

I also added a sweet little gingham skirt on the "girl". 

Don't they just look like they're in love?!

 

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