OWH World Card Making Day Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to Art Impressions!

Happy World Card Making Day!

We're excited you're hopping along with Operation Write Home! We LOVE the OWH team and we have such a fun time partnering with them! To head back to the beginning, go to the OWH Stars and Stamps blog.

One of our cards today will feature an Art Impressions OWH benefit set. We have two benefit sets with 25% of proceeds going to OWH. If you haven't gotten your hands on them yet, you can find them at the links below! We also have a free stamp with any $30, check yesterday's post for details.

Every Hat Set (left)

Sending Love Set (right)

Today, I've (Kate - DT Coordinator) created a card to share with you! I normally leave all the beautiful designing to my DT, but I had the chance so you're stuck with me today! 

I have a huge disclaimer though. This amazing image was colored by none other than Sandy Allnock herself! She colored almost 50 of these beautiful images for our Make and Give at the Summer CHA trade show and I was lucky enough to head home with a couple of them! 

The sketch used for this card is a slightly modified #29. The image and sentiment are from the Ai Every Hat Set. For the sentiment, I masked the "I love you" section and then stamped twice to get the text in a line. I created a cut file for the "Thanks" to have it fit the blog hop theme.

Here's a better image of the "Thanks." And as a THANKS to all of you hopping with OWH, we're giving this cut file to you for free! You can email kate@artimpressions to have the SVG file sent to you (on Monday) or you can outline the PNG below on your Silhouette Studio software so you can create this card too!

Supplies Used

Every Hat Set (Sku#4342)	Bazzill Typhoon	Bazzill Pomegranate	Gina K Pure Luxury pure white paper	Bella BLVD Snapshots	Copic markers
SU real red ink	*Silhouette CAMEO Digital Cutting Machine

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We also have a card from our DT member, Piali Biswas!

Piali used Sketch #90 with the Ai Out to Lunch Set. Thanks Piali!

Now for the

GIVEAWAY!

We will be giving away THREE prize packs!
Each will have our two Operation Write Home benefit sets!
But we really want to hear from you so ...

Leave a comment of what your favorite cut files
(or die cuts if you don't have an electric die cutting machine)
or what your dream cuts would be!

They can be ...
Stamped Image Outlines
Text Cuts
Backgrounds
Print & Cut (Silhouette Files)

Just write your thoughts below and enter to win! Thanks for coming by!

No Line Coloring.

Hello Ai Fans!!

Its me Piali here sharing a tutorial today.

Do you remember THIS post???

First time I tried out the No-Line coloring technique....after that few Ai fans asked me about that technique, last week I received an email from Audrey ( Edmonton, Canada) requesting more details.... like a tutorial for this no-line coloring . 

So Audrey here is a step by step photo tutorial ...just the way I did my card, I'm not a pro, so hope this helps!!!

You all can find video tutorials HERE, HERE and HERE....more on Youtube.

I used new Ai People stamp...Sally Swimmer Set (Sku#4323) 

Love this image!!!

Step#1

I used Memento Angel Pink ink for stamping...you can use any very light colored ink pad...I sometimes use Distress ink-Antique Linen too.

I use Copics for most of coloring.

Step #2

One important tip( I found it very useful)...make sure to stamp the image with black or dark ink on scrap paper for reference.Sometimes, light stamped image is very hard to see that's when reference image comes handy.

Step #3

Simple copic coloring....

You should color the image like usually, just follow the lines of image.

Try to do a bit of shading so that all the fine details of the image are seen.

I color the skin tones first , once the main body frame is done it gets lot easier.

Step #4

Finish coloring...

Make sure not to use very dark shades, blending the dark colors quickly so that there is no harsh line visible.

It gives a cool Water colored look!!!!!

Hope you all liked my tutorial!!!!

Don't forget to checkout our ah-mazing Try-Folds release...Check HERE.

Thanks for stopping by...

Have a Happy World Card Making Day tomorrow!!!

Challenge 120 - Fun Folds!

Hello Ai Fans! Welcome to a new challenge!

First, let's get started with our winners from last week!

Our Top Spot goes to ...

Sue Kment!

Congratulations Sue! Our team loved your vibrant colors and awesome easel! Contact kate@artimpressions.com to claim your $50 prize pack!

We also have two honorable mentions! Contact kate@artimpressions for a free stamp set of your choice!

Our honorable mentions go to ...

Cynthia O.

Carol Mc

This week, we're releasing our newest additions to our TryFolds line!

In honor of our big launch, we're hosting a "Fun Folds" challenge! Any card that has a different fold style will work. Whether from the card base (such an an easel, twisted, trifold, shutter, etc.) or on the card (pinwheels, rosettes, pop up pieces, etc.), include a couple fun folds for an awesome new style!

Today's featured designer is Karen Day

"It's Karen with you today, sharing two cards that I've made using the newly released "Sleepy Santa TF (sku#4341)".

Caution!  Multiple photos ahead... There are a few (easy) steps involved in making a tri-fold card, so I took photos at every step of the way to give you a clear idea of the process.  The packaging that comes with your stamp set contains all the measurements you'll need to stamp it accurately.  I started with a piece of 11" x 5 1/4" white cardstock, scored in 3 5/8" from each side:

I've stamped the fireplace image in the middle section, about 1/2" down from the top.  The tree and Santa are done on the backside of the paper, 1 3/4" and 2" down from the top - you might see my pencil marks that I used as a stamping guideline.

I've used Copics to colour my cards, here's a close-up of the tree:

After colouring, I cut down the score marks, and around the images, leaving a halo of about 1/16".  I applied adhesive to the center rectangular panel, and glued it down to my base:

Copic markers bleed through cardstock, so I've cut white backings and glued them to the backsides of the tree & Santa, and I stamped my sentiment under the fireplace:

I wrapped two pieces of twine around the card and tied them in a bow to hold my card shut:

The wonderful thing about the Try-Fold stamp sets, are that the images stand on their own - so here is a regular folded card using just the Santa image:

Aren't these cards AMAZING! Thanks for sharing, Karen!

Also, we have a new promotion at artimpressions.com!

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!

✻ 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 Wednesday, October 16 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

Breast Cancer Awareness by Crystal

Hello Ai Fans !!
It's Crystal here with a card made with Goldie Golfer P4324 . October is Breast Cancer Awareness month , I lost my very dear friend  Marlene to this ugly disease 5 years ago and I miss Marlene everyday.. this card is for you and for all the women who are Survivors or who know someone with cancer and those who have lost the battle,I made this to honor you. Please remember to get your yearly check-up...

my paper was all I needed to make this card come alive, it had so many great sayings on it all I did was use my glitter pen to glitter a few words here and there ,my breast cancer ribbon was cut with my cricut and the Stand and Salute cartridge , I added white faux stitching with a white gel pen , the little ribbon on my golfer was cut from the paper

Inside my card

Goldie Golfer # P4329 Memento ink - Black Tuxedo Copic markers Stand and Salute Cartridge Cutter Bee scissors MAMBI 8x8 breast cancer paper Cricut Expression Stardust shimmer pen

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I hope this card has inspired you to make your friend a card  ,to reminder her to get a check up ..

Golfers by Karen Day

Hello Ai fans!

It's Karen with you today, bringing you my two favourite golfers (Golfers sku#CS3467).  I love the expressions on the faces of these two - they're all business.  And the fact that they're dressed to the nines - as every golfer should be.  I had fun paper piecing their outfits, and coloured them up with Copic markers:

The inside sentiment is :"Getting old is just a part of life...you go first."

Don't forget that our Anything Goes challenge is still on until Wednesday October 2nd at 5pm PST - you can find the details here (there are some pretty amazing prizes to win!).  We'll have a brand new challenge here on the blog on Thursday.