Leon Day Challenge at Art Impressions

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So have you ever heard of Leon Day? I just recently learned myself, so I wouldn't be surprised if you have not. It's actually Noel spelled backwards, and since June 25th is half way to Christmas, Art Impressions is having a Leon Day challenge. Make anything you want for the holidays and get a head start! As you know, Christmas will be here before you know it!  So I created a little decoration that is perfect to put in a small space in your home or on your desk at work. I love that this can be tucked just about anywhere to bring that festive feeling to life! I started out by using 5902 Mini Scalloped Frame Dies cutting the frame out of a heavy weight cardstock. I then cut a piece of 5853 Christmas Magic PP to layer on top. Instead of using the oval dies that came with the Mini Scalloped Frame set, I grabbed 5727 Nested Oval Dies and used those to layer it up.  I used one size smaller to place inside the top layer, and to create some dimension, I popped it up with a layer of foam tape from the bottom. The adorable images are from 5459 Christmas Mice Set. I stamped them onto a Copic friendly paper using Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored them with Copic markers. The Christmas Mice set comes with matching dies, so it was so easy to cut them out and place them into the frame. I wanted it to look like he was singing, so used the Jingle Bells sentiment from 5566 Christmas Sentiments Set, and just repeated it below, offsetting it a bit. I just used a black marker to hand draw some musical notes (sorry, I didn't do a very good job with those). 

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

Happy 1st Birthday featuring Art Impressions

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I have a card today that celebrates someone turning one year old. That precious little girl is from 5185 Baby Girl Set. It's an older set, but is so dang cute!! I stamped the image onto a Copic friendly paper with Memento Tuxedo black ink and then colored it with Copic markers which are listed for your convenience below. The sentiment is from 5866 Mini Birthday Sentiment Set. I just cut it out with my trimmer and popped it up onto a tag from 5132 Tag Stitched Die Set. That beautiful paper is from 6057 Baby Girl PP, and the word ONE was die cut using the new 5910 Large Letter Dies. 

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:

E000, 00, 11, 21, 23, 33, 51, and 53

BV00, 01, 02, and 04

RV32 and 34

G43

B00

BG11 and 13

R02 and 20

T1 and 2

Hi Friend featuring Art Impressions

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I have a card for you today that goes along with the current challenge Blossoms & Blooms. If you haven't checked out Dori's amazing creation for her feature for this challenge, please do yourself a favor and click HERE to see it. It's jaw dropping gorgeous and so creative!

I don't know if you've noticed I've really been using a lot of Girlfriends images for the past several challenges! And here I am again, LOL! This time, I used 5798 Gardening Girlfriends Set. I stamped the image onto a Copic friendly paper, and then again on a piece of masking paper. After carefully placing the mask over my Girlfriends, I inked up 56361 WC Gazebo Set, and stamped it offsetting it a little behind the ladies. I love this technique cause it never fails to amaze me how it looks when I remove the mask. After I colored up the image, I chose a couple flower bunches from the Front Door Line of stamps and colored them. After fussy cutting them out, I placed them on the image so it looked like they were in the pots the Girlfriends are holding. I also placed an extra pot in the lower corner of the image. 

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

Copics used:

E000, 00, 04, 11, 19, 33, 35, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 97, and 99

R02, 81, 83, and 85

G24, 28, 43, and 46

V20, 22, and 25

BG45 and 49

Y26, 32, 35, and 38

B00

W2, 4, and 6

C1 and 2

Say Cheese featuring Art Impressions

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I sure hope you enjoyed your weekend and that the weather is cooperating with you wherever you are! I had to break down this weekend and turn on the air conditioning for a bit! My favorite times are when it's in the 70's and there's a nice breeze and I can open up the windows and doors! 

My card for today features another one of the fabulous sets from the Girlfriends line! This is #4130 Picture Perfect Set. I started by stamping the image onto a Copic friendly paper and then coloring it with Copic markers. I cut them out using 5725 Nested Square Dies and then backed it with 6047 Scalloped Square Dies. I used a "say cheese" die from my stash and cut it out four times to make home made chipboard sentiment. I love doing that! It creates wonderful dimension on  your card! 

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

 

Let the Party Begin featuring Art Impressions

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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

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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

 

Welcome Little One featuring new Art Impressions Baby Panda Set

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Art Impressions released the absolute cutest Baby Panda set I think I've ever seen! And who doesn't love Pandas?? And it was perfect timing for the new challenge that started last Thursday, Un-Bearably Cute!! So you can enter to win a free stamp set of your choice, just use any bear at all on your card or project! I chose to use 6017 Baby Panda Set. Since I don't have the beautiful new baby papers that were released along with this adorable set, I chose to use 5939 Fairy Garden PP. I stamped all the images onto Copic friendly paper and then colored them up using the markers which I've listed for you below. 

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:

B91, 93, and 95

C1, 2, 3, and 4

R20, 81, 83, and 85

G40, 43, and 46

E33

BV00, 01, and 02

Funny Birthday card featuring Art Impressions

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I hope you had a beautiful Easter and that you don't have a belly ache from eating too many jelly beans yesterday! One of the many things I absolutely love about Bonnie's art is her amazing sense of humor! She is a master at it! Her characters and humor have had me addicted for sooooo many years!!! For today's card, I tried to do her art justice using 5369 Feline Set. I mean, if you know cats, they rule the roost, and I could totally see this happening! LOL! I started out stamping this hilarious image onto a Copic friendly paper and then colored it using Copic markers which I've listed below. Along with the stamp set, I also utilized 5726 Nested Circle Dies, 5972 BJ Decorative Margin Dies, and 6011 Basic Teal PP. I added some stickles to the candles and some Glossy Accents to the cake icing. 

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:

#21, 23, 50, 51, and 53

R02

BG02, 05, and 09

YG03, 05, and 07

Y13, 17, and 19

YR04, 07, 09, 12, 14, 18, and 31

LOVE slimline card featuring Art Impressions

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I hope you enjoyed the weekend and had some beautiful spring weather! I just love when the early flowers start popping out of the ground and the buds start coming out on the trees! For my card today, I used the current ABC 123 Challenge that is going on right now for inspiration! Have you seen Renee's absolutely adorable baby card she made using the new dies released by Art Impressions? Oh my goodness, who wouldn't love to have that card to tuck away with their mementos!! For my card, I decided to use the adorable 5904 So Sweet Armfuls set. I just double stamped them and colored with Copic markers. One trick I used on the bear to try and make him look "fuzzy" is to take my Copic blender and just dab all over the bear after coloring him in. It moves the browns and creates the textured look you see. Since I wanted to spell out the word love, I knew this was going to have to be a slimline card, so #5940 Journal Cover Paper Pack Plaid to the rescue!!!  For the letters, I just cut them out using white cardstock and then colored them to match the outfits. I simply cut a white strip of paper to act as the sign post for them to hold. The fun daisies are from 5935 Fairytale Houses Set and the Copic markers I used are listed below. 

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:

B91, 93, and 95

E30, 31, 33, 35, 37, 41, and 43

R12, 20, 81, 83, and 85

BV00, 02, and 04

YG02, 03, and 05

C2, 3, and 4

Happy 50th featuring Art Impressions

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I'm finally back! I want to shout out a huge THANK YOU to Simone and Sara for covering for me while I was out sick!! Their work is so beautiful and amazing, and I very much appreciate them!!  So today, I have a card I made for the current Blog Challenge #400, Milestone Birthdays!!! It blows me away that we reached Challenge #400 and I also love that the challenge reflects this huge accomplishment!! I chose to use #5406 Mr Set and have him hold balloons reflecting a 50th Birthday. The best part is the die to cut him out, cut the slot for me to be able to put the balloon strings in his hand!  It was perfect! I started out by stamping his image onto a Copic friendly cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The colors I used to color him are listed below. 

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

Copics used:

E000, 00, 11, 13, 15, 19, 40, and 42

YG91, 93, and 95

R20

T2