Aged to Perfection Card by Tasha

Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a card created for the new Art Impressions Challenge! The theme of this challenge is "Feeling Funky" and it's a perfect time to try out a fun card fold!

My project is a center step card created with the SC0677 - Ai Wine Divas stamp set. This is an oldie, but a goodie and this fun image could be used on year-round cards!

I wanted this diva to be stylish and bold like her glass of red wine. I added detail to her headband and dress to glam it up a bit, and colored the chair a pretty green color. I'm loving the green and purple!

This card fold is one of my favorites and folds up to fit into an A2 sized envelope for easy mailing. The stamped image was matted with purple glitter paper for extra sparkle and I added green and purple paper to coordinate with the colored design.

The sentiment "Wine gets better with age...We get better with Wine!" was stamped with black ink on white cardstock. I added some purple Distress Ink to the edges for more color and matted the greeting with the same pattern paper and cardstock used on the panels. 

Lastly, I added several silver metallic dots to the banner. The mix of shapes and textures add so much detail and interest to the project!

Thank you for checking out today's card and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Class of 2021 Card by Tasha!

 Hi Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a new graduation card created with the fun #5277 - Graduation Set!

This center-step fold is so festive and the animal pair fits perfectly on the center card. I love the little birdie with the grad cap!

Both sentiments were stamped with black ink on to white card stock and I matted all the layers with light blue glitter paper; so pretty! I also cut 2021 out of the same white paper and attached the numbers to each side of the card. 

Lastly, a simple banner on the bottom sentiment and three enamel dots completed the design. I think this fun card is perfect for any graduate! 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Shake Your Shamrocks! by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans! 

 
Since it's only 1 week away I wanted to share a St. Patrick's Day card with you.

I've used

5006 – Sham-rock Set

I used a new fold that I discovered recently. 

I stumbled onto the video online and the woman called it a Norwegian Step card.

There's a great tutorial for this fold HERE.

Isn't this little guy the cutest?!

I also used some of the newly released dies from Art Impressions.

5132 – Tag Stitched Dies

5135 – Hexagon Double Stitched Dies

5133 – Flag Double Stitched Dies

So...my first "speaking" part in a video...lol!

I wasn't completely mortified by what I heard!

Copics used:

Y13, 35, C1, 3, G82, YG17, 63,
E000, 00, 02, 08, 37, 97

Getting Old...by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing another card from my golf raffle basket that I made.

I made 6 golf themed cards to go in a basket to be auctioned off at a benefit this afternoon.

Perfect timing because of the Masters Tournament.

This card features

T3475 – Golfers

and 

F3472 – You First

Also, in case you missed it...through the end of today, April 8, 2018 you can still get the adorable PAR-TEE golf set on sale.

Before we hop into the second week of our challenge, we have some news! In honor of the Masters Golf Tournament this weekend, we have a special sale for our Par-Tee Golfers Set! Enjoy 25% off this clear stamp set when you use the coupon code PARTEE at artimpressions.com! This set features a lovely golfer, speedy cart driver, and hilarious sentiments! Hurry, offer expires April 8th!

I love step cards.  You can get so many layers and so much dimension in them with little added work.

You can see how dimensional my card is here.  Inside there's a birthday verse.

Under My Umbrella by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!!

Today I'm sharing a Girlfriends card with you.  I'm sad to say I've owned this stamp for AT LEAST a year and never got around to using it.  It's so cute!

The image and verses are from Art Impressions

and it's called 4048 – Under my Umbrella Set.

I was inspired by this sketch.

I was inspired by the umbrella, the black and white rain coat and the pink reflections in the wet street.

I stamped the umbrella twice so I could "pop" it up to make it look more like the girlfriends were actually under it.

Here you can see the dimension in my center stair step easel card.

This was my take on the wet pavement.  I used Copics to color it and then topped it with Wink of Stella to make it shimmer.

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Copics used:

RV00, RV14, B45, C3, C5, N2, W1, W3,

BG34, E00, E02, E37, E43, E50, E81, E93, Y28