Ride the Wave

 The Art Impressions challenge for this week is "Under the Sea".  I love the new critter cubbie release sets (Under the Sea and The Hen House) but I haven't purchased them yet.  So, for the challenge, I used the 2020 Art Impressions freebie stamps.  Love love love the puffer fish and the crab.  Well, actually, I love them all but these two are my favorites.  I also used the Hero Arts wave background die to make the ocean scene.  The sea creatures tuck right into the die openings.

  I colored the images with copic markers and then fussy cut them out.  Art Impressions make their images so easy to fussy cut and when you pop them up with foam tape, they just come alive.  

  Hope we all get to go ride the waves this summer.  Sooooo looking forward to some sun and fun!

Barn Dance

This week's challenge at Art Impressions is Barn Dance.   I used an old Art Impressions stamp called Wallowing Pig along with a sentiment from the current Be Happy Laugh Lines (#5279) stamp set.  I thought this saying was perfect for this image.  There are so many great sayings in that set!

I love Barn dances and this image is a perfect reflection of me the day after. 😁  I have way TOO much fun but I sure pay for it the next day.  I'm tuckered out and my legs do not want to hold me up. 😀

Isn't this just the cutest stamp?  Kind of says it all, doesn't it?

Personality

   This week's Art Impressions challenge is "Personality".  Wow, fun challenge but very hard to decide just which stamp fits my personality the best.  I'd say almost all of the AI girlfriends sets will do but this one is the top contender.  This stamp set is called Ballerina Eunice and I find it a definite go to when you need a card that will put life into perspective.  I also thought this saying was perfect for this image and a total expression of me!  My usual motto is "Life is short, so enjoy it!" but I think this one might come in handy.  😉

Just to set the record straight, see those feet on Eunice?  Well, those also represent me.  Besides big, I have two left feet.  😄  Soooo, if you were wondering, am I a Ballerina, answer is definitely not.  

Not lucky enough to be that coordinated.  But what girl doesn't dream of wearing a Tutu?

All about Squares

Happy Easter!!  This week's Art Impressions challenge is to use a Square shape.  So, I went all out squares.  I made a square card with square frames.    These challenges are great for pulling out some of your supplies that you forget you have.  I used a few different square dies from my stash.  If I use them, I can justify buying more.  😏

I recently purchased this Bunny PopUp stamp set from Art Impressions so that I could make my Easter cards.  Decided to make this one without the PopUp feature.  Although the feature is adorable, I like to go outside the box and utilize my supplies in other ways too.  I stamped this image on cryogen white cardstock, colored it with copic markers and fussy cut it out to fit in the square frame. I also used the bow stamp and die that comes with the set to make my bunny a girl.  

I love the bright colors of Spring.  This set isn't just for Easter but it sure screams Spring.

Enjoy and have a wonderful Easter!

Mini card

 This week's Art Impression challenge is "Itty Bitty" so I decided to make a mini card out of the Art Impression's Gingerbread house from the Gingerbread Cubbies set.  

  To make this a card, I folded a piece of cardstock and then placed the house die with the left side just over the edge of the fold so that when you cut the house, the left edge doesn't cut, but instead, is the fold of the card.  To finish the inside of the card (no windows or door cuts), I made another die cut of the house on scrap paper and traced it onto plain white cardstock, then I fussy cut it out, trimming the left side to accommodate for the fold and glued it to the inside.  Now you have a plain inside for your sentiment.

 You can make almost any die cut a card by using this technique.   I think the Art Impression's school bus from the School Bus Cubbies set would be adorable as a flip up card.  Gotta try that one next!  I've been wanting to make this Gingerbread cubbies since Christmas and just never found the time, so who says you can't make Christmas cards in March.  😂  This would make a great tag on a Christmas bag!  Can't wait to make more!  Too stinkin' cute!!

  These little cubbie sets are soooo fun to make and play with.  Hope you get to try them out for yourself! 

  Enjoy! 

Love is in the Air

 Art Impressions current challenge is "Love is in the Air" so what better stamp set to use than Art Impressions "In the Air" set.  These little guys are sooooo stickin' 😉cute.  I used this set to make valentine cards for my family this year.  This is the one I made for my mom.    She loves receiving my cards and it's always great to show your love on the best day of the year!  She's the best Mom ever and I'm so lucky to have her!  Love you ALWAYS Mom!!

This stamp set is so easy to color and makes for such cute cards.  I used the largest double stitched heart die from my stash and cut it in the center of the pattern paper to get the outline stitch.  I then cut a red heart and a black heart and used them to outline the image since I didn't have a larger double stitch heart for the frame.  Sometimes you need to improvise.  No one is the wiser unless you tell them.  😁  

Best of 2020

 Art Impressions challenge this week is  "Best of 2020".  The stamp set that I used for several birthday cards this past year was Sally swimmer.  Unfortunately, she is retired, but I just love this image.  The duck inner tube is classic and I love the look on his face.  I had fun using some of my dies in my stash as well as the sun stencil.  I love it when I can create and use more of my products.  I have sooooo many so I better use them.  😂

Hope you like this card from 2020.  Looking forward to creating many more in 2021 using Art Impressions stamps.