Resolution

 Happy New Year!  Hope you had a wonderful Holiday season!  Although quiet, it was nice!

You guessed it - the challenge at Art Impression's this week is "New Year's Resolution".  In soooo many years past, I have always made the typical new years resolution of losing weight.  Well, after last years pandemic and quiet life, I decided that my new year's resolution for 2021 is to celebrate and party like no one is watching.  If we are still stuck in COVID, no one will be watching. 😂  My hope is that everyone will get to join me in party mode and soon!!

 I used the retired "Party Group" stamp set from Art Impressions which is actually a stamp with a group of 5 people.  I LOVE this image but thought I would change it up and only stamped and colored the two people on the left.  This totally depicts my husband and I.  I'm the loud crazy one and he's the more quiet type.  😄  

I hope you enjoy my card and that 2021 is a year of celebration with family and friends!! 

Stay safe and healthy until we can party together again!

Christmas

 A Christmas card is the theme for this week's Art Impressions "Reason for the Season" challenge.  Art Impressions has sooooo many adorable snowmen stamp sets to pick from, but I chose the Jolly Snowmen set for this challenge.   I love the grin and happy feeling this little snowman expresses.  He just makes me smile!

I hope you enjoy my card.

Stay well and Happy Holidays!

Love of a Pet

 Art Impressions is having a "Pet" challenge this week.  Since my family tends to be dog lovers, I made a dog flip card for my son's birthday using the Dog Twist set.  The dog in this set has such a cute, fun look on his face that he reminded me of my son's cute spunky dog.  These twister sets are so easy to put together for a fun interactive card.  I also used a cupcake from another set, fussy cut it and popped it up as an embellishment in the corner.  

 Hope you enjoy my card for today!  

Stay safe and healthy!

Border flare

Good Morning!  It's almost Turkey Day!  I hope all of you are planning a nice quiet family time.  

The Art Impressions challenge this week is all about Borders.  I created my card today using the AI Full of Thanks set and the Flag Double Stitched dies.  I stamped the plump cute turkey on a card size piece of cryogen white paper.  I colored him with copic markers and stamped his shirt on patterned paper and cut it out freehand.  I love this look, it just adds personality to the image.  The border is designed using the flag double stitched die with the flag on both sides.  Then I cut each piece in half and placed off the card in various lengths.  After I was satisfied with how they fell to highlight the turkey, I glued them down and cut off the card sides to the dimension of the finished card that I wanted.

Hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving!  Stay safe and healthy!

Surprise Party

 This weeks challenge at Art Impressions is to create a Surprise card.   I created a card where the image is hidden inside.  The top panel is tied like a present and when you open it, out pops the pandas having a party.  Such a fun card with a surprise inside.   I used the Pand-tastic set for this challenge along with balloons from the Bus cubbies set.  I also used the AI double stitch rectangle dies to emboss the top panel, which created the fold lines, then cut diagonal slits to make the opening.  

I popped the middle Panda up with foam tape to give it dimension, along with the balloon that he is playing with.  These little pandas are Sooooo cute!  They are just so happy and bring a smile to my face.   

Hope this card brings a smile to your day.

Mini Magnets

 Art Impressions challenge this week is Tiny Treasures.  I used the AI Castle Cubbies for this challenge, which includes a castle, a knight, a damsel, two unicorns and three dragons.  I thought this would make a cute little refrigerator magnet for the little ones to play with.  You know how your grandkids always play with the magnets on the fridge, well here's one for their tiny little fingers.  I made these with magnetic tape and they die cut nicely with the dies that are included with this set.  I cut one and then turned the magnetic tape upside down and cut another one.  Peeled the tape off the backs and stuck them together so that both sides were magnetic.  I used double sided tape to adhere the colored image and, tada, you have a cute little magnet.  Did the same with the castle and popped out the windows and doors.  Each piece is magnetic and movable so the little ones can rearrange and play all day (well, until their attention span wears out 😂)

This would be cute to make with the other cubbies sets.  Can you imagine the little bus or the barn with the animals?  Very fun and easy to do thanks to the dies included with these stamp sets.  One word of warning, these magnets are tiny so beware of your youngest little ones getting ahold of them.  

Have a great day and stay crafty!!

Scenic Route

 Today's post is a card I made for my daughter using Art Impressions stamp sets Enjoy the Ride and Cottage and Die set (unfortunately, this last one is retired).  She just bought a house and we joke with her that we are going to ride our bikes over to visit (often 😂).  I always wanted a tandem bike, but my husband thought I wouldn't peddle, so this image is absolutely perfect.  😁

The Art Impressions challenge this week is "Scenic Route".  I made this a fold-out card so that you could see the whole scene when opened up.  I based the card around the bike image, which I colored with copic markers, and thought it would make for a great "scene" card for the challenge.  I paper pieced the cottage which was very simple to do since Art Impressions makes their images so easy to fussy cut.  I added a few trees, clouds, grass and road to carry out the scene.

Hope you like my card and it inspires you to have fun with your stamps and dies.  

Have a great day!