Let the Party Begin featuring Art Impressions

 Hello AI Fans!

Before I say anything at all, I want to say that today is a day we honor all our fallen U.S. military. They sacrificed their lives for the lives of others. From the depths of my soul, thank you so very much for your service. May your sacrifice never be in vain, nor forgotten. 

Today I have a super fun card to show you that uses one of the sets from Art Impressions Girlfriends line! I don't know about you, but I ADORE the Girlfriends line of stamps!! They just are the ultimate display of what it's like to have the best Girlfriends in your life!! They are always having fun and laughing and just enjoying life!! This set, #5280 Practically Perfect, is no exception!! I want to attend the party they're at, don't you??!! LOL! I started with stamping the image onto a Copic friendly paper and then colored them using Copic markers. I've listed the markers below for your convenience. After getting it colored, I cut it out using the Nested Square Die set and then framed it using the brand new Scalloped square dies. I love how the largest of the dies has that decorative edge around it!! 

That's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!!

Copic markers used:

E000, 00, 11, 23, 25, 27, 33, 39, 97, and 99

Y26, 35 and 38

R20, 22, 24, 27, 81, and 83

BG11, 13, 15, 18, 32, and 57

YR23, 24, 27, 65, and 68

T1, 2, 5, and 6

C1, 2, 4, 5, 6, and 7

W3, 5, and 7

Birdhouse Village card featuring Art Impressions

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You still have time to enter the current challenge "Show Mom She's Special"! I created this card without a sentiment so you could use it for anything you want! It's always good to have cards like this in your stash for times when you need a card quickly. It would work perfectly for the challenge, don't you think? I stamped the images onto a Copic friendly paper and then colored them with the markers I've listed below. Those cute flowers are in the set too, and I just stamped a bunch of them and fussy cut them out to place around the birdhouse bases to ground the image. Of course I popped some of them up for dimension. LOL  For the background paper, I used a beautiful piece from 6033 Inspirational Easter PP. 

 

So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!!

Copic markers used:

RV91 and 95

R81, 83, and 85

G12 and 24

Y35 and 38

E11, 13, 33, 51, 53, and 55

B00 and 01

Tea Time for Mom featuring Art Impressions

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I truly hope that all Mom's and Mom figures out there had a wonderful day yesterday and was able to celebrate your day with family and friends! I wanted to make a card using the new 6024 Tea Time Set. I stamped the teacup onto a Copic friendly paper using Memento Tuxedo black ink and then created a mask for it so I could stamp the flowers. I knew the stamp wasn't going to fill the top of the teacup, so I stamped it once above the teacup, and then stamped it two more times on a separate piece of cardstock. After coloring them all up, I played around with the additional two bunches of flowers to figure out how I wanted to place them to get the look I wanted, and then got busy fussy cutting the pieces that I decided on. There are two separate pieces that are actually popped up from the flat image of the teacup and flower boquet. I'm a dimensional girl! LOL! I then stamped the sentiment on one banner, but cut an additional four banners with the same die.  I just glued them together and it comes out like home made thick chipboard. It makes the sentiment so sturdy, adds lots of dimension, and I didn't have to pop it up!  

So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!!

Copic markers used:

RV10, 32, 34, and 69

G40, 43, and 46

B00, 41, and 45

T1 and 2

 

You are top Koalaty featuring Art Impressions

Hello AI Fans!

Today I've got another card for the Un-Bear-Ably Cute Challenge we've got going on right now. All you have to do is use any kind of bear in your project to enter for a chance to win a free set of your choice! You actually have TWO chances because AI picks their favorite card and then they draw for a lucky random winner too! So don't hesitate! Grab your bears and start creating!! For my card, I used the adorable 5349 Koalas Set!! I stamped them onto a Copic friendly paper and colored them with Copic markers which I listed for you below. For the sentiment, I used a banner from 5543 Journal Template Die Set and for the decorative edge across the horizontal panel, I used 5972 BJ Decorative margin dies. The amazing paper is from 5605 Halloween Journal PP (it's not just for Halloween!!!) Aren't these Koalas the cutest ever??!! 

So that's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty!!

Copic markers used:

W0, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7

N1, 2, and 3

R12

B000 and 00

YG13 and 17