Craft Time is Golden Challenge #394 Week #2

 Hello everyone and welcome to week #2 of our Craft Time is Golden challenge!

We're challenging you to use gold.

Gold paper, gel pens, paint, glitter, beads, pearls, ribbon, paper clips...
you name it!

Last week, Lynn was our Featured Artist and she created two GORGEOUS golden beauties to inspire you. This week, we have what the rest of the Design Team created with a bonus from Gennette from our Watercolor Design Team.

I used a snowflake covered in gold stickles.

I also made a golden butterfly card.

Gennette made the cutest little Fairy House with amazing lights.

Sharon created the cutest winter card with gold runners on her sled.
5953 Woodland Critters Set
5797 Little Things Sentiment Set

Dori has an elegant, interactive celebratory card.

Janet created a lovely floral card trimmed in gold with some gold and white twine.

5866 – Mini Birthday Sentiment Set

5917 – Floral Bouquet Set

✻ 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. 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

Invitation + Cake Sets New Releases + You're Invited Challenge #282

Hello, Ai Fans!

Welcome back to our blog!

You are cordially invited to enjoy a closer look at our newest sets!

These detailed, delicate sets are perfect for any occasion, but really shine for upcoming summer weddings and events!!!

Our customers have been going gaga over our beautiful new Invitation Sets! 

The Floral Invites feature lacy poppies and greenery in various groupings so you can get inventive! Our Greenery Invites celebrate beautiful eucalyptus bundles and sentiments for any invitation or "Just Because".

You're also invited to enjoy our Birthday Cake Set & Wedding Cake Sets! These sets include a variety of cake styles for each occasion, stamps AND dies. No fussy-cutting for these darling goodies! These make the perfect card to celebrate any occasion.

You can shop these new sets at artimpressions.com, and don't forget, they're 20% off!!!

This week Carol has a "treat" for us with her project featuring our Greenery Invites!

~Hello Ai friends!~

Today I'm happy to be the feature designer for today's new challenge!  For my challenge inspiration, I've used the beautiful Greenery Invites to create an invitation set.

Here are steps for this set:

• Trim Neenah Solar White 110# into three pieces--two at 4-¼" x 2-¾" and another to 4" x 5-¼".  I recommend using the 110# card stock so the warping isn't too bad when heat embossing.
• Stamp the wreath onto the 4" x 5-¼" card stock with Copic safe ink.
• Stamp the greenery onto the two smaller cards.
• Color the images with Copic markers.  My colors are listed below.
• After my coloring was done, I decided to stamp the berry branch randomly around the wreath.
• Die cut some gold metallic card stock with fine frames dies twice.  Adhere the two pieces together for each frame.  Set aside to dry.
• Emboss the sentiments onto the cards by stamping with Versamark and sprinkling on the embossing powder.  I used a black embossing powder.  If you do, be sure to use that anti-static bag thoroughly to eliminate the black specks.

To finish up I adhered the gold frames.  I added foam tape to the back of the larger card and adhered it to a top-folding A2 card base.



I thought the berries needed some dimension, so I added some Ebony Black Nuvo Crystal Drops to each one.  I also added a few drops to the other cards to tie the theme together even more.



There are so many ways to use this set!  I didn't use all the images included, and also, there's a "thank you" sentiment so you can make beautiful thank you cards with this set too!  Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you'll join in this fun new challenge!

Copic markers:

rounded leaves:  G46, YG45, G12, YG41, YG11

oblong leaves:  G17, G05, G02

pointed leaves:  G29, G28, G07, YG06

Now, as we get ready for another new challenge, let's congratulate the winner of our 

Best Friends!!!

Once again, you each brought such fun and festivity to our challenge!!

Without further ado though, Top Spot goes to Lisa Lynn who used our 

Enjoy the Ride Set for a darling card to celebrate her parents, who are best friends. 

Isn't that just too cute?!

Congrats Lisa Lynn!!!

Contact Claire at feedback@artimpressions.com with your mailing address, and choice of 3 stamps. Well done!

This week for our new challenge, we want to see your best creative card or gift for your best friend! In this time of adaptation, let's see how you brighten someone else's day! There is nothing better than sharing handmade care with those you cherish. If you're looking for some starter ideas, check out our Floral, PopCards, Wonderful Watercolor, or TryFolds on our Pinterest Page. 

We want to see how you create your best invitation! Though you can use any stamps you have, we'd love to see any Art Impressions products in your collection!
Hurry, challenge closes May 20th 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

NEW VIDEO!!!

Watch as Bonnie watercolors our popular NEW Floral Invites! These stamps make the sweetest baby or bridal shower invites! Let us see how you use them by tagging us on Instagram or Facebook! Enjoy!

Happy Stamping!

Thinking of You Floral Twist | By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

It's Jessica today. I have another Twist card to share with you. Yep I'm still having fun with these and I thought the Floral Twist set would be fun to color using a lovely blue and yellow colorway. I'll be using Copic Markers today, the colors are listed below.

Like I've said before, these Twist stamp and die sets are super easy and so fun when you just feel like coloring a little bit. I paired this one with a fun black and white striped pattern paper adding a bit of a yellow stripe of card stock to the left hand side. I had fun using some gold watercolor paint and splattering the front of this card. the paint was a bit thicker then I normally mix, which created some fun splatters. I also added in some sequins from my stash in gold and blue colors. 

The sentiment that comes with the Floral Twist set fits perfectly in the smallest Rectangle Double stitch die. I used some foam circles to pop it up a bit.

I even added some gold watercolor paint to the center of the flowers to really make those shine. I love the detail of this stamp and the pretty font of the sentiment. Such a cute pairing. 

Thank you so much for joining me today! Happy Stamping. 

Bible Journaling Release Pt 2 + Challencge #279 Bloom Where You're Planted Week #2

Hello, Ai Fans!

Greetings from Oregon, where we at Art Impressions are so grateful for each and every one of you who has supported our business in recent weeks. 

We are still going strong, and had a blast hosting our Spring Cleaning Sale last weekend! 

In case you missed it, we are still offering 20% off of all of our 2020 New Releases!!!

 

This means ALL of our new releases are now available on our website, including our newest in the Bible Journaling Series! 

Ready to get started? Take a look at what you'll need to try our Bible Journaling!

For some inspiration with our newest Bible Journaling sets, 

welcome our Watercolor Design Team with their latest beauties!!!

Karen

Hello Ai fans!  

Today's project changed as I painted.  I am using the 5272 Blossom Border Set, and had intended to paint it down one side of my rectangle, and then do a large sentiment quote beside it - but somehow, I thought a cottage would work, and ended up painting an entire scene!

 I cut the largest 5063 Double Stitched Rectangle die from Canson XL Watercolor paper, and then set up my Blossom Border in my Misti.  This made it easy for me to colour each section of my image - so I started with my Tombow Dual Brush Marker in #533 Peacock on all of the buds and flowers.  After stamping I could easily see areas I'd missed, or wanted darker, and stamped them a second time.  

Next I used #249 Hunter Green to colour the leaves in the same method.  Using my damp #1 paintbrush (the smallest brush was the best choice for such small areas), I pulled out the colour from all the sections.  I scribbled some #126 Light Olive onto my palette, and added it to the leaves to brighten them up a little, and darkened the flowers with a little #565 Deep Blue.  I pulled out the colours to paint a soft halo around the floral border - and this is when my scene idea started to stick in my mind!

 I coloured the cottage from 4958 - WC Cottages Set in #565, stamped it onto my Stamp Positioner, and then reinked it with #969 Chocolate - stamping it with the help of my positioner.  After softening the lines and pulling out the colour, I used #565 on the large mountains from 5198 - WC Mountain Set, again with my positioner.  Using colours on my palette mixed together, I painted in the suggestion of far-off hills, and used #177 Dark Jade to paint the lawn around the cottage. 

 I used the small rocks from 5128 - As The Deer Set with #N65 Cool Grey 5 to define the edge of the stream, and used the small grass from 5073 - Bible Foliage Set and #177 adding grass to my scene.  Picking up #565 off of my palette, I painted the door, added shadows to the cottage, and the suggestion of the stream.  A little #969 was used on the roof, and to create a dirt path.

I mounted it to my kraft card base after matting with a soft blue, and added the sentiment from 5136 - WC Sentiment Set 2.

Dot

Hello,

Have you seen the beautiful, new Bible Journaling release from Art Impressions? So many great stamps and dies you can use in your bibles or on cards. 

I made this card by first stamping the frame from the 5203 - Ornate Frames Set inked in 228. I inked the flowers from the new 5273 - Poppy Border Set after inking the greenery in 228 and the flowers in 885. I pulled the color out of the lines, then I added more color to the foliage in a mix of colors from the palette, 173, 177, and 249. 

I colored the frame in with 228 on the palette. I added more orange 905 and red 885 from the palette to the flowers. I used the fine tip of the 993 pen to the centers of the flowers, then I used a black extra fine point pen to add the stamens. I used blue 526 on the palette to color around everything and inside the frame. 

I stamped the sentiments from the 5228 - SBC Exclusive Daisies Set in Versa Fine black ink.  I fussy cut it out with scissors and used foam to adhere it to my background pieces cut out with the Rectangle Rounded Corner A2 Dies and a die from the Oval Die Set.

Thank you for checking out my blog!  You can find more of my cards on my Instagram account here. 

Have you entered our newest challenge?!

We are in week 2 of "Bloom Where You're Planted", and this week we want to see some fun with florals!!! Art imitates life, and as blossoms are budding, fruit is flowering, and plants are popping up, let's see what that inspires!

To keep those creative vibes going, here is some inspiration from our design team!

Renee used the Exclusive Cherry Set from Scrapbook.com to make a card that's as sweet as pie!

Niccole's card is a beautiful example of decadent shading and our Succulent Set

Jessica was our featured designer last week with this card that is good enough to eat. 
She used the Exclusive Cherry Set to make this creation shine!

It doesn't take "long" to fall in love with Sharon's Giraffe Grad using the Graduation Set.

Jil used the Exclusive Daisy Set from Scrapbook.com for a dainty beauty of a card!

Tricia used our Greenery Invites for a simply but breathtaking wreath. So lovely!

Carol made a light and lovely watercolor card using our newest Large Cabins Set and Watercolor Sentiments 2!

We want to see how you create cards with a floral theme or accent! Though you can use any stamps you have, we'd love to see any Art Impressions products in your collection! Hurry, challenge closes April 8th 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 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

NEW VIDEO!!!

Watch Bonnie use our NEW Large Birdhouse Set and NEW Flower Set 4! There are only four stamps sets used in this project, perfect for creating a quick composition to send to someone you are thinking about. Enjoy!

Happy Stamping!