Green Galore

 St. Patty's Day is almost here and Art Impressions is celebrating with a "Green Galore" challenge.  Although it doesn't need to be St. Patrick theme, it is all about the green.  When I think green, I think of frogs, so I used the Frog freebie from Art Impressions.  He is just soooo darn cute!!

I stamped the cute little frog on cryogen white paper and colored him with copic markers.  I then fussy cut him out so I could pop him up and make my 3-D scene.  I used the Art Impressions stitched rectangle die for the yellow mat, then used several other die cuts from my stash.  The stitched window is from My Favorite Things and the little flowers are from a die that I bought from the Dollar Tree (I know, I can't believe it either.  I use that die ALL the time and it cuts great!)  I stamped "Hi" in the center of the sun and I'll add a sentiment of "thinking of you" or "Happy Spring" when I decide the recipient.  Topped off the card with green sequins for the finishing touch.

Hope you have a great week!

Bloom Where You're Planted

 Art Impressions is having a "Bloom Where You're Planted" challenge.  I chose to use the Art Impressions darling Baby Critter set (#5400) for this week's challenge.  I love this set with all the adorable little critters, the dies and the great sayings.  Soooo much included in this set!  What a deal!!

I stamped these images on cryogen white cardstock and colored them with copic markers.  I die cut each of the images so that I could plant (no pun intended 😁) them among the grass and the leaf background.  The leaf and grass die cuts are from my stash but the oval stitch die cuts and the "birthday" word are from Art Impressions.  The "birthday" word is part of the Twist Frame die set.  I just cut the "Happy" off of it.  The inside of the card pops up to make a window.  

This was such a fun card to make and it really turned out cute.  Hope you like it too.

You're My Everything

This week's challenge at Art Impression's is called "You're My Everything".  For this challenge, I used the Lovable Animals Set (#5219) from Art Impressions.  This adorable set consists of four darling animals, with dies included, and each die cuts the paws so that you can slip an item into them.  Items included in this stamp set are a present, flower, cupcake and a sheet of paper, with dies for each and also a heart die.  Great set for so many occasions.

I stamped the elephant on cryogen white paper and colored with my copic markers.  I die cut the elephant and placed the die cut heart into his paws.  I also made a shaker element to make the card interactive.  Love cards with some action.  😁  I stamped the saying (also included with this stamp set) onto a tag and popped it up on the card along with the elephant.  

Hope you enjoy my card.  

Happy Valentines Day to all!

  

Christmas

 The final challenge for 2022 at Art Impressions is called "That's a Wrap".  I can't believe that we are at the end of another year.  This year has flown by and I remember my mother always telling me that the older you get, the faster the time goes.  Boy, she was right again!  The only thing is:  I didn't think I was getting older.  😁

  Anyway... back to the challenge.  I chose to use the Art Impressions Chubby Snowmen stamp and die set.  I am a sucker for snowmen and this has got to be the cutest set ever.  Love the fact that it comes with dies for the images.  Huge plus!  

I stamped the images on cryogen white cardstock and colored with copic markers.  I then die cut the images out and also cut a blank out of heavy cardstock to mount behind the colored image.  I make many Christmas cards so this was a time saver instead of using foam tape (cost savings too).  I used a birch tree die cut, from my stash, for the background and framed it with a stitched rectangle die from Art Impressions.  I also cut the snow hill using the inside piece of the rectangle.  I made the snowy background from a trick by Jennifer McGuire.  Using a laminator, sprinkle a dusting of embossing powder in between the laminating envelope and run it through the laminator.  As it runs through, it melts and creates the snow effect.  Genius!  I then glued the birch tree die to the laminated sheet and onto a blue cardstock for the background.  Mounted it all onto a gray mat and then onto a red mat and finally onto a white A2 card.  Lots of layers, but I love it!

I hope you have a Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year!  

Happy Halloween

 The two-week challenge at Art Impressions is "Stencils or Mask".  This was a fun challenge for making backgrounds.  Especially at Halloween since my go to is to mask a moon for a night sky.  Always love the way this turns out, slightly different every time.

I used the witch, pumpkin and sentiment from the Art Impressions Peek A Boo stamp set as well as used several dies from various other Art Impressions sets - Fence dies and a couple bat dies from two other AI stamp sets.  The haunted tree die was from my stash.  I used a circle die to create the moon mask and inked my background with distress oxide inks then removed the mask and used mustard seed distress oxide ink for the moon, leaving a little of the white to create a glow.  I also spattered diluted white paint over the whole background.  I die cut two fences and pieced them together to create a wider fence.  The witch and pumpkin were stamped on cryogen white cardstock and colored with copic markers then cut out with the corresponding dies that come with the set.  I also die cut both images with heavy cardstock and glued to the colored image for more stability.  I popped the pumpkin up with foam tape and put the witch on a wobble.  

I love making Halloween cards, hope you do too!  

Masculine card

 This week the challenge at Art Impression is "Let's hear it for the Boys".  Today is my husband's birthday so the timing was perfect for this challenge.  He loves to golf so I picked the Art Impression's Golfer Gordon stamp set to make his card.  This image is soooo darn cute, he just makes me smile.  My husband got a good chuckle out of the sentiment.

I stamped the image on cryogen white cardstock and colored him with copic markers.  Masculine cards are fun to make because they are so simple, although I rarely make them.  Why is that?  Guess women just seem to enjoy them more than men and probably appreciate them more too.  Either way, I like making both.

Hope you decide to create a masculine card so that you can enter the challenge with me.

Have a great day!

Buttons and Bows

 This week's challenge at Art Impressions is Buttons and Bows.  I choose to use a golden oldie stamp set of Art Impressions called Golden Gramma.  This is an old stamp set and, unfortunately, it is discontinued, but it one of my favorites.  She is the true depiction of a granny, with the curlers from years past and all.  Picture your gramma running after you to give you one of those best gramma hugs ever.  Those were the days! 😂

I stamped the image on cryogen white cardstock and colored her with copic markers.  Since I love shape cards, I decided to get out my silhouette machine.  Such an easy way to create any shape you want and then make it into a card.  I used a punch from my stash to make the border.  

Hope you enjoy my card and it makes you think of your gramma.