Sharon's top five from 2015

Hello AI Fans!!

 

I hope you're enjoying the season with lots of love and fun with your family and friends! It's time to try and choose my top five favorite Art Impressions cards from this year. This is truly hard to do, as I love ALL the Art Impressions stamps!!  But I had to pick five, so this is what I came up with. I hope you enjoy this little stroll down the memory lane of 2015!


At The Movies (#4237)  and Uptown Girls Set (#4129)

 

 

Doctor Bill, Bud, and Reindeer Games Set

 

 

Eat Itself Set  Curtain Window (#4234),  Happy Birthday (E3578)

 

 

 

One of the brand new releases - The AHH Set

 

 

And a new passion I've found...watercoloring the Art Impressions Way

 

Art Impressions WaterColor Series 4 Set

 

 

 

From my family to yours, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a safe, happy, and healthy New Year! Thank you for your wonderful support, kindness, and friendship, and I'm looking forward to an even better 2016!! See you next year!!

 

Challenge 163 - "Create with Christmas" Challenge Part 2!

Hello Ai Fans!

We meet again! Last week we kicked off our eclectic challenge to use Christmas stamps...but not for Christmas!


We wanted to spread some cheer and spice things up! Besides, who can resist finding a new way to use those Christmas stamps? Our design team looked for ways to creatively use these stamps more than once a year! Click the designer's name to see more at their blog.

Cheri Bury with Hope Angel

Diane Zechman with Hope Angel

Karen Day with Ornament Basket and WC Blue Bird Left

Kerry Kung with Santa's Helper - Eunice and Classy and Fabulous

Renee Matarese with Polar Skaters,  Sitting Polars, Block Letter BLESSED and inside is Polar Phil.

Sharon Caudle with Reindeer Games, Bud and Doctor Bill

Dana Warren with Nativity Wisemen

What beautiful and quirky cards! These should serve as some great inspiration. Thanks, designers!

Now it's your turn! Dust off those Christmas stamps and make something new and add to our InLinkz below!

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, July 15 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

An InLinkz Link-up

Best Dad Ever! by Judith

Hello Ai Fans!

I thought it was about time I used one of the fabulous 'male' stamps in the Ai range - they have some beauty's!

This handsome fellow is Bud - he's a perfect father/grandfather image and I paired him with the 'Best Dad Ever' sentiment. A little early for Father's Day I know, but I had to use him as soon as I got him :)

Copics used:

Skin: E11, E02, E00, E000, R20, BV20

Shirt: Y21, Y23, Y26

Pants/shoes: E35, E34, E33, E31

Accessories: B97, B95

Have a fabulous day :)

Clean and Simple cards for him by Kerry Kung

Hello and Happy Monday Ai friends!  

I have a couple of Clean and Simple cards for HIM today.

For the first card, I used Cliff (SKU# J1553).   I kept it super simple.

 I colored the Cliff with Copic markers, I added a sentiment from 

GF Out to Lunch set (SKU# 3576), and I finished it up with some twine.

And here is another card using Bud (SKU#1246) and the sentiment is from 
Happy 29th set (SKU# 4224).

Hope you like them and have a great day!