Happy Birthday Jessica + Movers and Shakers Challenge Week 2!!!

Hello Ai Fans! 



Our new Twisters sets have been officially released for a week now--what do you think?
We sure love these interactive card sets, in every variation.

On theme with these new interactive sets, we are in week 2 of our 
"Movers and Shakers" Challenge--we want to see what you have created!!! 

Our Design Team has come up with some absolutely fun and fantastic examples to get your creative ideas "moving"!


Sharon's card using the Cat Twist Set is the cat's meow! So fun!

Niccole's card using the Heart Twist Set is incredibly lovable!!!

Jessica used our Llama Twist Set to create a card worth celebrating!

Crystal used our Dog Twist Set for a Happy Birthday card that is sure to be "pup"-ular!

Jil used the Cake Twist Set to make a card that's good enough to eat!!!

Renee amped up our Bird Twist Set with vibrant colors for one sassy bird!!

Carol used our Easter Twist Set to create this darling card that is ready for Spring!

Now that the inspiration is flowing, we can't wait to see what "moves" you!
This challenge is your chance to create an interactive card that moves, shakes, dances, wiggles, or pivots!

If you're looking for some inspiration, please feel free to peruse our Flutters, Mini-Shakers, Shakers, Wheelies or Wiggle Wobbles boards on our Pinterest Page.

We want to see how you create cards that move and shake! Though you can use any stamps you have, we'd love to see any Art Impressions products in your collection!
Hurry, challenge closes February 26th 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

WHAT IF AN ITEM IS OUT OF STOCK?!?

The popularity of our new releases in 2020 has been a blessing AND a curse! We do our best at all times to keep items in stock and available to our customers, however, backordering will happen! 

Here is what to expect when an item is out of stock or backordered : 

1) We will send you notification with your order, contained in the package, attached to your packing slip. You have the option of receiving a refund, or we will ship the item as soon as we have more stock.
2) If you are unable to order this online at artimpressions.com, you can always sign up for notification as soon as a the item is back in stock. You can do this by clicking "Join Waitlist" on the out of stock item's page.
3) You can always check our associated retailers, like scrapbook.com. We love the retailers that we work with, and they often have items in stock that are sold out on our site.
4) Don't hesitate to call or email! We always appreciate your questions, and will do our very best to help you get your product as soon as possible. If we're backordered for a long time period, we may be able to suggest an alternative as well.

Thank you to each and every one of our customers for your patience. We are a small, family-owned business, and your understanding as we work to best help you is always appreciated!

Greetings Ai Family!!!

As we are rounding out our 33^rd year in business, I wanted to write a quick note to let you know how grateful I am for the amazing support, skills, and passion that you have given to Art Impressions. Throughout the years I have had the pleasure of meeting so many of you, while traveling the country and sharing my passion and art. With each year, we are blessed to bring new ideas and tools to you, our fans, and in turn someone else is graced with your imaginative creations as you gift your own creativity. For those of you who have shared your ideas, time, and friendship with me—THANK YOU!! The new year of 2020 has started off with a bang, and there is so much more to come!

Please continue to keep in touch with us, help us learn how to serve you best, and above all else, KEEP CREATING!

We can’t wait to see you at our upcoming shows throughout the U.S., so please make sure to stop by and say hi!

Happy Stamping,

Bonnie Krebs

Before we sign off, all of us at the Ai Team want to to wish a 
Happy birthday to our Design Team member Jessica Shier, and 
belated birthday wish to our Graphic Designer Joel Krebs!!! 
We are so glad to have you on our team, inspiring creativity every week.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
&

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!

Card in 3 pieces

Hi AI-fans!

Do you have as I, a lots of papers left over. 

Well here is a card were you can use them.

The card folded together 

  and open

Art Impressions stamp Life is a breeze.

How to make it : Take 3 pieces from one dies and  cut them out. Decorate all tre of them and put them together.

Take the biggest and the middle pices together. Its important  that you put the middle part upp and down, beacuseas it rotates 180 grade  when you put it together. 

 Make a hole through both pieces and  put it together witha a brads. Open your card and put the front over the middle section. The middle upp and down. Make a new hole and put a brads through. (You have only a hole in both ends of the middle section  Now its finished.

I hope you try it !

Love is in the Air

Hi stampers,
Some of you may not be familiar with this holiday, but in this part of the midwest we have a card/gift giving holiday called Sweetest Day.Check out the origin of this holiday, it is fascinating. It is always in October and I thought you might like to get an early start. Art Impressions has the best heart to use on a card or a scrapbook layout. If your area of the U.S. doesn't celebrate Sweetest Day you could use this card for Valentine's Day as well.

This card is very easy and quick to make. The card is 6"X6" and I used a heart punch to make the heart cut out areas on card stock on that panel in the center. The stamp is P2003 and I heat embossed the image on white CS using red embossing powder. Adding the white doily was a great accent.  I added a few of the hearts that were punched out and adding glitter to them really gave the card that special pizzazz.

Thanks for stopping by today,