Halloween Fright Night

For this weeks Art Impressions challenge - Handmade Holidays - I am featuring the Art Impressions Quivery Mini Shakers.   This stamp set include dies for the pig and duck to make them pop up or wobble for a fun interactive halloween card.  It also includes dies for the bats, a spider and a pumpkin.  The fence dies are sold separately.  I created the background using distress oxide inks and a spritz of water which was a new technique for me.  I had a great time creating this one.

As with all of the AI stamps, I love the expressions on the character's faces.  Priceless! and so darn cute. 

Hope you enjoy my card!  Have a happy day!

Addicted to Dies

  Art Impressions is having a challenge this week - "To Die For" - and, I don't know about you, but I am addicted to dies.  I had a great time creating this card for their challenge.  Problem is, I couldn't stop die cutting and adding more to the card.  Hope I didn't go overboard, but I sure think it's cute.  I used the Art Impressions alphabet dies, Castle cubbies, double stitch rectangle (for the mini window cutouts) and also the tag die (for the saying).  I love these cute little dragons and unicorns from the Castle cubbies stamp set.  Their faces are just too adorable and make me smile.

  The alphabet dies are such a great way to add pizzazz to a card.  These letters are just the right size for a card or layout.  I triple die cut each letter and stacked them to add dimension.

  Hope you enjoy my card and it brings you a smile!   

Easy Peasy

This week's challenge at Art Impressions is a Quick and Simple card.  Well, I have the number one "easy peasy" card for you - Art Impressions Pop Up cards.  All you have to do is punch the images out and then pop them up with foam tape.  Art Impressions no longer sells these on their website, but I was fortunate enough to purchase them at their Warehouse sale last November.  (By the way, what a blast that was!)  These sheet sets came in several different styles to pick from so, yes, I bought them all.   Makes for the simplest card and so darn cute!  Even came with sentiments to pop up!  Can it get any easier than this?

This past weekend, I was pressed for time to make a birthday card for a friend, so I reached into my supply of Pop Up sheets and created this card.  At the birthday celebration, my friends all said "This is your best card yet".  Goes to show you that sometimes the simplest card can be the favorite.  So, I ask, why do I struggle for hours trying to create a card when some friends love the easy peasy ones?  😂

Guess the point is - sometimes simple is best!

Summer Fun

 Today I'm featuring the Art Impressions Beach Booty stamp set.  Unfortunately, this stamp set is discontinued, but I use it all the time.  It just screams summer fun!!  Her expression is the best and her booty even wobbles.  Who could ask for more?  😂  

Hope you are enjoying your summer thus far!  There's still a little bit left so go have fun and make sure to spend some time crafting!

Cards for Kindness

 Art Impressions has joined Scrapbook.Com in their Cards for Kindness event this month.  For the Art Impressions challenge, they have asked all those, that are interested, to create and submit 10 cards for this event.  What a fun and great way to provide a smile for those in need!  

For this challenge, I used the Art Impressions Elephant Twist Ties stamp set.  I LOVE this set!  The elephants are so darn cute and make you smile just from their adorable face.  They are intended to twist together to close the card, but for the current challenge, I separated them and used them individually.  What fun I had in creating these.

I hope you enjoy my cards and they bring a smile and inspiration to your day!  

Have a happy day and stay safe and healthy!

Queen for a Day

Today I'm featuring a card that I made for a friend of mine.  She is our Copic Queen.  She got me hooked on copic markers after seeing the cards that she creates.  I LOVE the way she colors images, especially Art Impression images, and I aspire to be like her.  Maybe one day she will pass down her crown to me.  🙏😊

I used the silhouette to cut the crown shaped card out of black and gold glitter cardstock.  I also used jewels to "bling" up the crown and make it sparkle.  The image is from the Art Impressions Crown set.  I just love her!  She has attitude without the need for a sentiment, however, I included one anyway just to add emphasis.  😀  

Hope this adds a little sparkle to your day!

Stay safe and healthy!

American horse

   This is the season for Rodeo's and July 4th celebrations.  Unfortunately in our city these events were cancelled due to the Coronavirus.  So sad, but it is what it is - for this year, at least!  Like everyone else, I look forward to the good times again.  In the meantime, let's make the best of it and enjoy the fact that we are healthy and get to create fun cards - Whoo hoo!!  

  For the Art Impressions Challenge this week, I used an old AI stamp and die set called Horse PopCard.  It was intended as a pop up card (when you open up the card, the image pops up) but I changed it to be three dimensional on the front.  I could have even put the horses head on a wobble, but to be honest, I just thought about that.  So many ways that you can change up these stamps and make them interactive and fun.

I hope you enjoy my card and it makes you smile!

Have a great week and keep creating!!