Happy Friday Ai Friends!
Tasha here sharing a new card inspired by the "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" Challenge. Art Impressions has so many cute cat and dog themed stamps and I thought it would be fun to have a little doggie playing in a puddle.
Happy Friday Ai Friends!
Tasha here sharing a new card inspired by the "It's Raining Cats and Dogs" Challenge. Art Impressions has so many cute cat and dog themed stamps and I thought it would be fun to have a little doggie playing in a puddle.
Hello Ai fans!
Welcome to week #2 of our It's Raining Cats and Dogs challenge!!
Hello and Welcome!!!
Watch video tutorial here!!!
One day recently, I just couldn't get my creative juices flowing so I sat and colored and cut out several of the Ai Small Easter Tulips (5894). I colored many more than I needed for this card, but it did help to get me out of my slump. Sometimes I find that I just need to do something easy and calming...which for me is coloring and fussy cutting with my detail scissors. Once these tulips were all colored, I added some Wink of Stella Clear Glitter and set them aside to dry. I came back to these a few days later and they inspired me to make today's card!
Next, let's stamp the pup using the Ai FB Sitting Dog (5780) and the little bees from the Ai Birds and Bugs Set (5561) and then we can do some quick coloring.
All of the coloring today was done using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Lt Green, Green, Yellow, Bright Yellow, Lilac, Lt Violet, Deep Red Grape, Haze Blue, Lt Pink, Beige, Mid Brown.
To make the images really pop I thought we would create a beautiful frame using the Ai Decorative Journal Page 1 Set (5768). However, this die was a solid die, so we need to cut out the center using the rectangle dies. I will show you exactly how to do this in today's video. This is a great way to extend the use of your dies in a new and fun way!
For paper today we will be using the brand-new Ai Easter S2 Paper Pack (5892). To die cut these backgrounds we will be using the Ai Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies (5063) and to cut out the rectangle frame in the center we will be using the Ai Nested Rectangle Dies (5724).
Let's assemble the card and add a few cute little sentiments using the Ai Mini Birthday Sentiment Set (5866). Lately, I have really been trying to do something a bit special on the inside of my cards as well. For this card, I added a cute little envelope using the Ai Journal Template Die Set (5543) and that gave me a fun way to add the sentiment, some tulips, and a few bees!
For a finishing touch, we can add a few sparkly embellishments around our little pup!
Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!
Ai Mini Birthday Sentiment Set (5866)
Ai Decorative Journal Page 1 (5768)
Ai Nested Rectangle Dies (5724)
Ai Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies (5063)
Hello Ai fans!
Have you heard of the organization called The Elks?
My husband is a member (therefore I'm a member through marriage) and they
are a WONDERFUL organization. My local lodge runs food drives, delivers gifts at Christmas
to families in need, sends oversees troops care packages and so much more. When I was in just
before Christmas they asked if my school needed any books. Well, the answer to that question is
always YES!
They asked me for a wish list. I went back to our reading specialist and she gave me her dream
wish list thinking she'd be grateful to get even a little of it. They didn't have the funds at that
moment but said as soon as they did, they'd let us know. Well, guess what? When the funds
came in they had more to share than they thought they would and offered to buy us TWO of every
book on the list. Now we can spread the books out to more classrooms or give two of the same books to the same class for kids who like to buddy read. We were stunned and so grateful to them.
I made them a card using a bunch of Art Impressions products.
I'm planning to take it to school and have a students sign it, then get a photo of them
with the books to send to the Elks for their bulletin board.
The card is very large, 5.5"x 8" so that lots of students can sign it. Since I wanted a very large, sturdy card, I used the Canson XL Watercolor paper. I went heavy
on the red and blue since those are our school colors.
BV00, YG07, RV29, Y08, YR15, YR68, E31, B24, B28
Hello AI Fans!
I've got a fun interactive card to show you today that features a couple sets from the Art Impressions Laugh Lines. If you're not familiar with the Laugh Lines, they come with an amazing image along with a TON of great sentiments that match! I actually used two different sets for this card, and I put it together with a Give it a Whirl die set. FUN! Who doesn't love interactive cards!! This was actually the first time I've made one of these cards, and learned a few things that will help me a lot with my next one. But it really does go together quite easily. You just grab the tab and spin the image around and voila! There's a super short little video below the pics so you can see how it works. The images are stamped onto cryogen white paper with Memento ink and then colored with Copic markers which are listed below.
Hey Watercolor Fans,
I am so happy to share my newest watercolor journal. I am taking another stab at Nursery Rhymes. I re-did "Mary Had A Little Lamb" with an actual lamb. Otherwise, these are different nursery rhymes. I did shorten some of them as I couldn't image reading some of them to children, LOL.
I pulled the color out of the lines (N & R and star) into
the background instead of into the stamp leaving it white. I added additional
color (wet in wet technique) and moved it around the cow, moon and star. Once it was completely dry, went over the
words with a black marker, erased the lines, and added some white gel pen marks
around the star.
Don’t forget to sign and date (and not like me where it gets
covered by the clasp, lol).
Roses are Red, Violets are Blue
I used the Roses and the Pansies (throwback set – poppy set could
also be used) sets. Using the single bloom,
I randomly stamped the rose in different orientations around the frame. I made
a few masks for the rose so I could tuck some underneath each other. I made
sure to leave white space to add my violets.
Once the roses were stamped, I inked up the pansies (I actually did this
part twice because I got wrapped up in purple and forgot the violets are blue…LOL
– easy fix. Once it was completely dry,
I just added a glaze of blue over it…VIOLA! I pulled the color out of the lines
making sure to leave some highlights for depth.
It's a birthday of fishes for a guy who likes to spend lazy days trying to get the big one. Masculine cards can often be more difficult for card makers. Art Impressions has a good selection of male hobby stamp sets. The images from this set is from 4900 Reel Great Guys Set. I've had the frame die in my stash for quite a while with the intent to use it like this. The small frames are perfect for smaller and medium sized images. I drew and colored in the backgrounds for the floating dog and the fish pail. They are very simple and easy to execute.
To do this card, I lightly drew the frames of the die on alcohol marker paper cut slightly larger than the frame. Then I stamped the images in the centers of the frames and colored them. I cut three frames with the die and glued them together to get a little more depth in it. I made an A2 card out of dark brown cardstock and glued the panel and frame to it. To finish it, I added sun, fish and reel brads and drew a thin line from the tip of the reel to the Birthday Fishes sign. The brads can be found at Eyelet Outlet.
Thanks for stopping by today to see an idea for a masculine birthday card. I hope it gives you some ideas of your own. Please visit the store to see all the things you need for your card, journal, and tag making projects. Have a GREAT Saturday!
Happy Friday Ai Friends!
Tasha here sharing a Spring pop-up card featuring the new 5870 - Peeking Bunny Set. This set has quickly become a favorite and I love how the bunny image can pop up in the little flower pot.
Hello Ai fans!
Welcome to the newest challenge here on the Art Impressions blog.
This time It's Raining Cats and Dogs!!
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