Challenge 269 Holiday Cards Challenge Week 2!

Hello, Ai Fans!

Happy Thursday! Thursday is one of our favorite days of the week, because we get to celebrate cardmaking with our card challenge! Our current challenge is "Holiday Cards" - and you still have one week to enter! Our design team is here with lots of great inspiration from our two new holiday clear stamps sets, Penguin Cheer and Woodland Holiday! 

Let's take a look what our team has created for inspiration!

Carol with Penguin Cheer Set

Jessica with Penguin Cheer Set


Jil with Woodland Holiday Set

Niccole with Penguin Cheer Set

Renee with Woodland Holiday Set

Sharon with Penguin Cheer Set

Now it's YOUR turn! You can make a card for any holiday, it doesn't have to be Christmas or wintery. We look forward to seeing your creations! Remember, Top Spot & two honorable mentions receive Art Impressions stamp prizes!

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

Happy Stamping!

TWO NEW Adorable Sets in Time for Christmas! PLUS Challenge 269 Holiday Cards Challenge!

Hello, Ai Fans!

Ready to make spirits bright by crafting up holiday cards? We have you covered with two adorable clear photopolymer stamp sets perfect for the season! "Deck the halls" with our Penguin Cheer Set, filled with playful pals with their Christmas décor! Animal lovers will go wild over our Woodland Holiday Set! Coloring up the adorable owl, bunny, bear and foxes will be so much fun, especially with a variety of sentiments to mix and match for a warm holiday greeting. Check out these sets in action in our release video below! Add these sets to your collection at artimpressions.com!

Today Niccole is here to share an adorable, sparkly project to inspire your Christmas creations! Take it away, Niccole!

Hello Ai fans!!

I am here sharing the new Penguin Cheer Set ... for the Holiday Card Challenge. 

Aren't these penguins just the cutest?

I like to keep the markers I want to use in a ceramic mug I have that  says "CREATE" on the front ... Wouldn't you know; it's in the dishwasher at the moment. I improvised and used my daughters clean Cotton Candy bucket.  I love having them picked out ahead of time and within  reach.  It also allows me to easily add them to my list at the end of my posts as well.

I started by picking the paper I wanted so I knew what color Copics I wanted to use. I colored my penguins and then cut it out using my Rounded Rectangle Double Stitched Dies. I also cut out a piece of green glitter paper a size bigger from the same Rounded Rectangle Double Stitched Dies.  I also added some small pearls to give my card some detail.

I added Wink of Stella to the fur on the three penguin hats.  I love how glittery they are in person!
So sparkly!

To finish it off I added a couple strips of thin paper folded and slid into the side of my faux "tag". I added red and some silver glitter paper to help offset the Wink of Stella on the hats.

Once again here is my finished card.  Thank you so much for stopping by. I cannot wait to see what you have created using one of our new Holiday sets.  

Copics used:

C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, C9

R35, R37, R39

Y13, Y15

YR05, YR07

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

Thank you, Niccole! What a great project to launch our new challenge...

This challenge we are seeking holiday cards! You can make a card for any holiday, it doesn't have to be Christmas or wintery. We look forward to seeing your creations!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Before we go, we have some winners to announce from last week's Tags or Ornaments Challenge!

Top Spot goes to...

Janet K!

Congrats, Janet! Your Tropical Christmas tags are so cute with your bright colors and ink blending! Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address to claim your prize!

Honorable Mentions go to...

Helen!

Reetta!

 Congrats, you two! Helen, we love the layered look of your Potting Shed tag! and Reetta, your Penguin Stackers tag has us excited for Christmastime! Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address and select the stamp set of your choice as a prize!

Be sure to join us for our new Holiday Cards challenge! 'Til next time!

Happy Stamping!

Penguin Cheer! by Reneé Matarese

 Hello and Happy Thursday!

Today I'm sharing the card that I made for the You're Such a Square challenge going on right now, here on the Art Impressions blog.  You should join too for a chance to win a free stamp set.

I used the absolutely adorable 5192 – Penguin Cheer Set.

The snowflakes are from the new 5782 – Snowflake Frame Die and the snow splatters were made with Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White paint.  The lime green paper was cut with 5061 – Square Double Stitched Dies.

This is just so cheerful with the bright colors and happy penguin.  It's sure to make someone's spirits bright.

Here's a card I made with the same set from just about a year ago.  You can see more of it and find product info HERE.

Copics used:

100, R83, N1, Y26, G44, G15, BG02, B01

Twintone Markers used:

Black, Green, Yellow, Carrot Orange

Penguin Cheer and FAB-YULE-OUS Girlfriends! by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing two cards with you.

My first card is a Christmas card that I made for the Diamonds and Pearls challenge going on right now and my second card was made using the current Simon Says Stamp Art Impressions Exclusive!

These oh so cute penguins are from 5192 – Penguin Cheer Set.

I used the 4804 – Snowflake Dies set to give this even more of a winter wonderland feeling.

Here's my second card using the soon to be gone forever exclusive.

Get yours NOW before they sell out!

Art Impressions Simon Says Stamp
EXCLUSIVE FAB-YULE-OUS FRIENDS Clear Stamps sse22c

The stars are from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set and the sentiment was stamped on 
5463 – Slimline Dies Set.

Christmas in July Inspiration | By Jessica Shier

Hello Ai Fans!

It's Jessica today and I have some inspiration to get started on those Holiday cards! It's never to soon to start right? For this card I created a Copic marker background and add the cute little igloo from the Penguin Cheer stamp set. 

I'll have the list of Copic markers I used down below. I started off by sketching out the mountains with a W0 Copic marker. I used the light colored marker for the sketching because it gives me the ability to hide any areas that I sketched that I don't like. Once I had a outline of the mountain shape that I liked I did the same for the snow hills. This area is where I will stamp the igloo but I didn't worry about leaving a space for it, since I was still working with light colored markers. 

I started building up the mountains then add in some small details with a Micron Pen. I also stamped the igloo and built up the snow color around it. For the night sky I did use a few dark gray markers blended into the bright green but in order to get a smoother blend I did use Distress Ink in Black Soot. This gave me the ability to deepen the outer color but really create a smokey blended look. 

I stamped the sentiment from the Penguin Cheer set " Joy to you" in a clear embossing ink and heat embossed with Alabaster white embossing powder. I then added a few stars with a Jelly Roll white gel pen. 

This panel is cut down to 4in x 5.25in and popped up on a card base with a bright green card stock adhered to the front. I used some coordinating bright green craft foam to added the dimension. 

Copic Markers used:

W0, W1, W3, W6, W9

C3, C5,C7

BG000, BG10

YG01, YG03, YG63

Y13, Y15

Don't forget about this cool sale!

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

Wood ornaments with Art Impressions by Sharon Caudle

Hello AI Fans!!

So I've been busy with a super fun project using Art Impressions stamps and some wood discs I purchased last year after seeing Diane's fabulous project for last Christmas! (Yes...it's taken me a while to get with it and make these! LOL!)  So I dug out the box of discs I purchased last year from the recesses of my cabinet, and grabbed my stamps.  I used a few different sets to make these, but they were so fun and I'd love it if you'd give it a go and show us your results!! Tip - I love using the clear stamp sentiments for a project like this cause you can curve them on your block so you can stamp along the rounded edges!  All of them are stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers which will be listed below. All I know for sure about the wood slices is that I got them from Amazon.  Sorry...it's just been too long ago. 

Working from right to left, the first ornament I used 4666 Christmas Cheer Set for the Penguin and the sentiment is from #4930 Magical Christmas MTF.  Use any small snowflake stamp. 

For the next one, I used 4935 Sparkle and Cheer Set for both the image and the sentiment

The bear uses the same two sets as the Penguin above,  Christmas Cheer Set and Magical Christmas MTF. 

And finally I used 5041 Snow Friend Set for both the image and sentiment.

And once again, the whole set....

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today and hope you have an amazing weekend! Until next time - stay crafty!!

Copics:
Snowman: C3, G21, R05, R20, Y35, B000
Bear: E51, E53, R05, G21, Y35, C3, B000
Penguin: C3, R05, G21, Y35, E95, E97, B000
Birdhouse:  E30, E33, E35, E37, E39, R24, R27, G21