That's Ridiculous

 Art Impressions challenge for this week is "That's Ridiculous" so anything funny.  Well, that's an easy one because Art Impressions has a huge selection of funny quip sentiments and images.  I decided to use an oldie but goodie called "Oldie PopCard".  This lady just cracks me up and the sentiment is perfect.

This image was part of the Pop Card set from Art Impressions where normally it would pop up inside when you open the card.  I made it a regular image and popped each of the pieces up with foam tape instead of the pop up mechanism.  It was so easy because each of the pieces has a coordinating die.  

I stamped the images on cryogen white card stock and colored with my copic markers.  I then popped each piece up with foam tape which made the image three dimensional.  My card base is a 6 x 6 card with the front piece cut down to a 2 x 6.  To do that I just cut 2" off of each side of the front flap.  I then adhered the lady on an oval and the oval onto the 2" strip.  I placed a smaller size oval inside (underneath the front oval) for my birthday wishes.

Hope you enjoy!

February Challenge

 Art Impressions is having a monthly guest designer challenge so I thought I'd give it a whirl.  For February, the theme is "All Creatures Great and Small" and I thought my card featuring the Art Impressions Gull-Friends stamp set would be perfect to enter this challenge.  I love interactive cards and this was a fun one to make.

I used the Lawn Fawn magic picture changer die to create the interactive mechanism.  I stamped the seagulls on cryogen white card stock and colored with my copic markers.  The presents and the sentiment are from the Art Impressions Birthday Buggy set.  Balloons are dies from my stash. 

Just a few hints that might be helpful:  Make sure to stamp the seagull images on card stock large enough to cut the dies.  Mechanism might not slide as well if you die cut the image and paste it on.  Also, color before cutting.  

The magic changer die set is all inclusive so you just have to cut the pieces and decorate, then place onto your card base.  

Hope you enjoy!

You're a Gem

Art Impressions is having a challenge called "You're a Gem".

I think bling when I think of gems and what has more "bling" than a crown.  So, the Art Impressions Crown set was perfect for this challenge.  The lady in this set is so darn cute and has the best expression for any kind of "sass" on a card.  

I love fun shaped cards so I cut a crown shaped card out of black and gold glitter cardstock using my silhouette machine.  I decorated with gems to "bling" up the crown and make it sparkle.  I stamped the lady on cryogen white card stock and colored her with copic markers.  Then fussy cut her out and popped her up on the crown with foam dots.  Added a funny sentiment and my card is ready for that sassy friend that gets my humor.  😁  

Hope you have a crafty day!

Clean & Simple

 The last challenge of the year for Art Impressions is "Clean and Simple".  Seems I'm always trying to add something to my cards to "spoof" them up, but this challenge is letting me keep it simple, so no adding bling and embellishments, etc.  I used the Art Impressions Gingerbread Cubbies and the new Joyful Snowman Set.

First I stamped the sentiment from the Joyful Snowman set onto a piece of white cardstock and cut it with a stitched circle die.  Then I cut another circle die just a tad bigger with red cardstock to make the frame.  I temporarily placed the white circle die cut in the center of a 4 x 5.25 piece of kraft cardstock and using my misti stamping tool, I positioned a variety of gingerbread girls and boys stamps from the Art Impressions Gingerbread Cubbies set around 1/2 of the circle die.  I inked the stamps with white pigment ink and stamped onto the kraft cardstock.  I turned the paper around in my misti and stamped the other 1/2 of the cardstock to finish the circle.

I mounted the kraft cardstock onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto a 4.25 x 5.5 card base.  I glued the sentiment circle onto the red circle frame and popped that up with foam tape onto the kraft cardstock in the center of the gingerbread girls and boys.  I colored one gingerbread boy with copic markers and die cut with the dies included in the set.  I tied a piece of twine into a bow and glued the gingerbread boy in the center and attached to the card.

Ta Da done and it took me less than 45 minutes to create two cards.  

I send about 75 Christmas cards out every year and for some reason I always make them so much more involved.  They take me months to complete.  Why don't I keep it simple?  They are just as cute!!  AND so much easier!!!!  

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

Merry & Bright

 This is week #2 of Art Impression's "Making Spirits Bright" challenge.  I don't know about you but my spirits are brightened whenever I receive a handmade card/tag/gift.  I enjoy receiving as much as I enjoy making them.  What happened to the old days where we use to make Xmas gifts vs. bought?  So much more special and meaningful.  I vote to go back to the old ways!  

 

 For this challenge, I decided to make a shape card using the Art Impressions Holly Jolly stamp set.  These little snowmen are so darn cute!  To make the shape card, I used a large shape die that I had in my stash and just scored it in half to make my base.  I then used the next die in that pack and layered on top of the other to make the base layers.  Such a fun way to use your dies and create a cute card.  

 I stamped the image on cryogen white cardstock and colored with my copic markers.  I framed the image with another die from the shaped nesting die set.  The sentiment is from the same Holly Jolly stamp set and I used the smallest die from the Art Impressions double stitch rectangle die.  The flag banners were cut from the Art Impressions flag double stitch die set.

Hope my card gets you in the crafty mode.  

Enjoy your day.

Feeling Blue

 This week's challenge at Art Impressions is "Feeling Blue" although they just want you to use the color blue.  It has nothing to do with being Blue, cuz fall is in the air so how can you be sad.  I used one of the images from the "Born to Ride" stamp set.  Love this guy - he reminds me of my son.  😁 

I stamped the image on Xpress-It cardstock and colored it with my copic markers.  I used a stitched frame die from my stash to give the image some pop.  The saying came from this same stamp set and I stamped it onto a cloud die cut from my stash.  I inked the edges of the cloud and popped it up with foam squares to make it stand off the image.  I finished the card off with a burlap twine bow to give it a masculine touch. 

Hope you enjoy my card.

All Wrapped Up

 New challenge at Art Impression's this week is "All Wrapped Up".  I decided to make an interactive card because those are my favorite.  I used the Art Impression's slider die (an oldie but a goodie) and created my own little twist to it.  The whole inside of the track is suppose to slide to reveal the image underneath but I made it so only a portion slides revealing what is inside the present.  The present is a die from my stash but you can easily make your own or use any other die you may have.  You just need it wider than the track so it hides the image inside.  I also used the Art Impression's Baby Critter set. This set has the cutest images and are the perfect size plus it includes the dies for each image.  Such a fun set!!

I stamped the images on Xpress It cardstock and colored with copic markers.  I inked blended the background and used pattern paper for the grass.  I have been wanting to use my present die for the longest time and since the challenge was "All Wrapped Up", the first thing of thought of was a present. I just love the bow that comes with this die and thought it would make a great pull tab.  Just had to reinforce it with an extra die cut and glued them together to make it stronger.

Hope you enjoy my card and have fun crafting!