NEW VIDEO! Wooden Bridge Watercolor

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It's our favorite day of the week - Watercolor Wednesday! Bonnie continues through our new 2019 Watercolor releases with this beautiful rustic bridge over a small stream. She features our new WC Bridge Set image and surrounds it with a tree made from our WC Branches Set, vines from our Foliage 4, tiny grasses from our Foliage 1, and dotted buds from our Mini Flowers Set.

We hope you enjoy this week's video! Don't forget to subscribe and click the bell on our YouTube channel for all the latest Ai videos!

Have a wonderful Watercolor Wednesday!

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Hop Till You Drop | By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

The challenge #254 has started for the release of the new Girlfriends clear stamps sets. Perfect time to break out this Art Impression Hop Hop set! I thought these ladies looked like they were up to some spring picnic shenanigans with all their fun hopping objects. 

I stamped the ladies with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink on Arches watercolors paper. Using my Koi watercolor set I water colored these ladies and the background, adding in a bit of a finish line in white to seem like they are racing to win! 

Once my piece was dried I trimmed it down to attach to a A2 card base. I added a black and white stripe of pattern paper on the left and some lovely jewels that match the colors of the hopping ladies clothes. 

For the sentiment I die cut the smallest Double Stitched Oval die on white cardstock. Then stamped the sentiment from the Hop Hop Set with Distress Oxide ink. Placing on the top left of the card, then trimming off the top that overhangs.

That is it from me guys! Thank you so much for joining me today. Happy Stamping! ❤

NEW VIDEO! Beach Shack & Girl Watercolor

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Can  you tell we're ready for summer? It's another tropical paradise for Watercolor Wednesday! Bonnie transforms our WC Garden Shed into a beach shanty with swaying WC Palm Trees behind it, with an adorable little girl playing in the sand in the foreground.

What's your favorite tropical location? Leave a comment on this video over on YouTube so we can dream of sunny days with you!

Have a sunny Watercolor Wednesday!

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NEW VIDEO! Tropical Palm Trees Watercolor

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We are dreaming of sunny days this week for Watercolor Wednesday! It's time to create a tropical escape with our new WC Palm Trees Set. Bonnie creates four different designs with many size configurations to take us to a warm paradise in the middle of rainy spring!

We love to hear from you! What do you want to see on Watercolor Wednesday? Questions on our Watercolor technique? Hop over to the video and leave a comment!

Have a sunny Watercolor Wednesday!

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NEW VIDEO! Sentiment Wreath Watercolor

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Time for another blossoming Watercolor Wednesday! You might have found a few wreath videos on our YouTube, but we love this simple and quick (less than 7 minutes!) video using our new WC Sentiment Set 2! Bonnie adds vines from our new Foliage Set 4 and some of our favorite flowers for this beautiful friendship card!

We always appreciate it when you hop over to the video and give it a "thumbs up" if you liked it!

Have a flower-filled Watercolor Wednesday!

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NEW VIDEO! Decorative Jar Set Watercolor

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It's our favorite day of the week ... Watercolor Wednesday! This week's ornate image is so nostalgic, featuring our new WC Decorative Jar Set! Bonnie designs this beautiful pitcher in china blue with blossoms from our Flower Set 1 and vines and sprigs from our Foliage Set 4. She finishes the image with a decorative design stamp included in the Decorative Jars Set!

There are more new videos coming to our YouTube channel, including a new Bible Journaling video this Saturday! Hit that "subscribe" button and click the bell to be notified of ALL our new uploads! We love chatting with you too, so tell us a nostalgic memory in the video comments!

Wishing you all things bright and blooming this Watercolor Wednesday!

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Guinea Flip Birthday Card by Jil Lebel

Hello Ai fans!

I could hardly wait to start sharing the my flip cards with you.  They are so fun and different from anything else that is on the market right now.  I used the Guinea Flip Card Set along with a few images from the Octopus Flip card set to make a boyish Birthday card.

The images from the Guinea Pig Flip card set were stamped onto Strathmore Bristol Paper with Gina K Designs Black Amalgam Ink and colored with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers.  Several of the cupcakes from the Octopus Flip Card set were also stamped out and colored. The colors used are listed at the end of this post.  The color was applied to a Watercolor Palette and then applied with a #4 Brush in light Layers of color. All of the images were cut out.

The card base was cut with the Flip Card Die following the instructions on the stamp packaging.  The Happy Birthday sentiment was die cut out of black paper. The front of the card was colored using the MFT Mini Cloud Edge Mix-Ables Stencil with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  Spare sheets of white cardstock were die cut with a grass border and colored with Bundled Sage and Iced Spruce Distress Ink.  They were splattered with watered down Iced Spruce Ink and added to the card using adhesive and foam tape.  The colored guinea pigs were added over the grass. The Happy Birthday die cuts were added over the guinea pig arms. The cupcakes were added around the card.

The inside was colored using the same stencil with Spun Sugar, Dried Marigold, Bundled Sage and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  The greeting was stamped onto the flap with black ink. The guinea pigs were attached right below the greeting.

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers Used:
Guinea Pigs -Mid Brown 065, Lt. Beige 074, Mustard 067, Brown 060, Cool Gray 099, Deep Brown 068, Pale Pink 028
Cupcakes - Dull Blue 034, Shadow Mauve 303, Light Blue 036, Pink 025, Mustard 067

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

NEW VIDEO! Elf on a Mushroom Watercolor

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Ready for a bit of whimsy this Watercolor Wednesday? We are continuing through our 2019 new release and this week, Bonnie features our adorable WC Elves Set! She sets this adorable pixie atop a vibrant mushroom for this fairytale scene. We always love how Bonnie perfectly places her images with our Ai Stamp Positioner, to get the elf sitting in the right place on the mushroom with some masking.

We have a plethora of new videos coming to our YouTube channel, so make sure to hit that "subscribe" button and click the bell to be notified of new uploads! We always love to hear from you too, so tell us what you love about this video in the comments!

Hope you have a wonderful Watercolor Wednesday!

View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VeJqIENaZlE

NEW VIDEO! Garden Shed Set Watercolor

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We know you've been waiting all week for this Watercolor Wednesday! The second half of our 2019 Watercolor Release will be available tomorrow, March 7, and we are sharing a sneak peek at our WC Garden Shed Set! Some of you might have a beautiful she-shed in your backyard, and we love these beautiful structures to surround with always stunning flower and foliage! Our Garden Sheds are larger than the structures you might previously have from Ai and they are great to display or feature on a card!

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Hope you have a wonderful Watercolor Wednesday!

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NEW VIDEO! Bicycle Set Watercolor

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It's an exciting week, as we're debuting new 2019 product on this Watercolor Wednesday! Five of our new sets will be released this Thursday, February 28, but we couldn't wait another day to share one of our favorites! Bonnie kicks off this release with a personal request from Ai staff - Bicycles! She uses this new WC Bicycle Set and WC Foliage Set 4 in this stunning image with daisies, dotted stems, and tall grasses. You are sure to love our latest designs!

Make sure to subscribe and click the bell on our YouTube channel for all the new release videos, we have so much to show you! And sign up for our newsletter to be the first to receive links to our new sets!

Hope you have a wonderful Watercolor Wednesday!

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NEW VIDEO - Snowy Dock and Barn Watercolor

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Anyone ready for a new Watercolor Wednesday? With chilly temps still sweeping across the U.S., Bonnie thought it fitting to give us one last snowy scene! She used our WC Boat Set dock along an icy bank of a river or stream. She added the barn from our WC Truck Mini Set in the distance with some barren trees. We love how versatile this scene is, a great option for a masculine card!

Check out this and other snowy scenes on our Winter Watercolor YouTube playlist!

Hope you have a wonderful Watercolor Wednesday!

View on YouTube: https://youtu.be/27_kSIMN2xw

NEW VIDEO! Illustrated Letters Watercolor

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It's our favorite day of the week, Watercolor Wednesday! We could hardly contain ourselves and this adorable new video by our co-owner and sole artist, Bonnie Krebs! She created beautiful illustrated alphas using our WC Serif Letter Set and coordinating animals. For this instructional, she uses one of our WC Cats Set images with the capital serif C for a framed design. You could easily create this design with any other letters for monograms and coordinating animals. like our WC Bunnies Set and WC Critter Sets shown for the B and D examples!

We hope you LOVE this tutorial as much as we do! Hop over to this video on YouTube to share the love with a "thumbs up" and a comment! We always love to hear from you!

Wishing you a very happy Watercolor Wednesday!

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Front Porch Circlet by Niccole Kulig

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Happy Wednesday! Today I am sharing another Circlet card since it is the last day of Stripes and Circles challenge.

I used the Circle Double Stitch Dies for all my circles. I used a different pattern paper for each page. I also colored the middle circle of each set with my Marine Green Copic. I then die cut all of the shapes that are included with the Front Porch Circlet stamp and die set.

From here I glued all of the layers together. 

I made a flat 6x6 base to attach my card to.  All in all I used four different pattern papers for all of my layers.  In the picture above you can see the dimension to the different layers of the three circles.

I made a hinge with the three layers and glued them together so that it could open like a top folding card against the flat 6x6 card base.

I hope you  enjoy the card as much as I did making it.  They are really easy to put together with the coordinating stamp and die set.  These Circlets are very versatile and can be used in so many ways; I hope you grab yourself some.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Markers used:

Copic YG99 - Marine Green

Marvy No. 6 - Brown

Marvy No. 15 - Olive Green

Marvy No. 17 - Steel Blue

Marvy No. 40 - Brownish Grey

Marvy No. 43 - Brilliant Yellow

Marvy No. 45 - Sepia

Marvy No. 89 - Persimmon

Until next time … Hugs & inky fingers!

NEW VIDEO! Boy Fishing on the Moon Watercolor

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Welcome back! Bonnie is bringing you another Watercolor Wednesday this week! We are in awe again with this adorable little boy resting on a crescent moon with a little fishing pole in his hand. Bonnie uses our Molotow Marker to mask the stars and you can always add a little shimmer with your Wink of Stella brush marker!

Happy Watercolor Wednesday!

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