Pedal Pushers by Judith Gowdy

Hello Ai Fans!

This is Judith and I am so excited to be sharing my first post for Art Impressions with you all!

I love the Girlfriends range of stamps and this Pedal Pushers set was one of the first Ai stamps I bought, so it was the perfect choice for todays card.

  These fabulous girls have been coloured with copics, then I fussy cut the image and mounted it onto my card with foam tape.

Have a fabulous Friday :)

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Challenge 124 - "Merry and Bright" + NEW Ai Babies Launch

Hello Ai Fans!

Welcome to a brand new challenge at Art Impressions! Our LAST challenge of 2013 … can you believe it? Feels like this year has flown by!

Before we get started on our new challenge and some NEW stamps, we need to announce our last challenge winner!

Our Top Spot goes to …

Karen Amidon!

Congratulations Karen! Contact kate@artimpressions.com for your prize pack!

Now on to the new! Today we're hosting a blog hop for our NEW Ai Little People!

Today, Piali is sharing her sweet little ones on our blog!

 Little Man

Little Princess

Little Monster

Little Sprout

Our designers have created some amazing and inspirational cards just for you!

Make sure to comment on all the blogs in the hop … one lucky person will win the ENTIRE Ai Little People collection! Good luck!

Art Impressions Blog

Marie-Pierre Capistran

Reneé Matarese

Kerry Kung

Rhonda Harre

Karen Day

Cheryl Valadez

Now it's time to add your challenge cards! This week, we just want to see you Making Spirits Bright! Really we're looking for some cheer being spread, whether it's for Christmas or for another special occasion (like a new little one or one on the way!) … share it here for a chance to win!

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, December 17 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

Don your Ugly Sweaters with Cheryl Valadez

Hello Ai Fans!  I'm Cheryl and this is my first post for Art Impressions!  

I'm so excited to be joining this ridiculously talented design team for this term.  

Feel free to visit me on my blog at http://inktrap.blogspot.com and say "hello" :)

I'm in the mood for Christmas and there is no better way to get into the spirit than

with an ugly holiday sweater.  Lucky for us Art Impressions has just the image to 

get us going, the appropriately named, Ugly Sweater Set! 

So grab your ugly sweaters and kick up your heels, Christmas is just around the corner!  

Let's go...LOL!  

Until next time, stay crafty!

 

Supplies used:

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Charity Angel by Karen Day

Hello Ai fans!

I have a trio of cards to share today, using the sweet Charity Angel (Sku#T4177) .  She is one of three angels in the Art Impressions collection of Christmas stamps (you can see Faith here, and Hope here!)  I had this set of papers with graphic patterns, and coloured up my angels to match:

 

I made a little banner of pennant shapes, spelling out Joy, which I heat embossed with gold embossing powder for a little shimmer.  I glued them onto some gold cord and added a bow at each end.  There are three little gold sparkles on the lower right of the card as well.

Happy stamping everyone!

 

 



Santa Shake card by Kerry

Hello hello Ai friends and happy December!

I can't believe it…  it's just 22 more days until Christmas!  

How about a fun card using the Shake Your Booty Santa Shake set (SKU# 4348)?

I was in the mood for a bit of distressing… So, I used the Whitewash Core'dinations card stock, embossed with embossing folder and sand to create the background.  For the Santa, I colored him with Copic markers, then cut him out, and adhered with foam dots.

I added Santa's 'booty' to the back side of the card and adhered with the wobble for some action!

And here is the inside of the card.  

Viola!  I hope you like it and have a fabulous day!

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Birthday Couple by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai Fans!!

Today I'm sharing one of my ALL TIME favorite Art Impressions stamps.
This one is called Birthday Couple (Sku#T1920).

This adorable couple is part of the Golden Oldies line.

The verse I used is called  GF Happy Birthday (Sku#E3578).

Here's a close up of the "fun" couple...I'm sorry but she appears to be the epitome of crotchety!
(which I love about her!)  She is NOT going gently into that good night of aging!

On the inside I used a fun phrase called Teeth flew out (Sku#H1936).

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