More with new GOLD paint from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing the second card that I made for the
Spritz, Splatter AND PAINT challenge here on the Art Impressions Challenge Blog.

I started by embossing a light blue piece of cardstock and then I chose certain raised parts of it to paint with the new Winsor & Newton Gold paint from Art Impressions.

I also die cut two pieces of Canson watercolor paper. One, I painted gold. The other was glued to the back of it to make it sturdier because I wanted to pop up my frame.

Inside the frame I added the recipients initial, a little flower and (of course) a bee!

A little hello finished it off.

Be sure to enter your creation that uses paint in some form on your project.

Tres Chic photo challenge from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

I'm the featured artist for the Art Impressions Tres Chic challenge.

I created three different cards using one of my very favorite sets.

5353 – Large Snowflake Dies

This is a photo inspiration challenge.

      

        

 I was heavily inspired by the gingham/buffalo checks, the lace and gems, the black and white and the little pop of orange.

The cards with words on them used 5072 – Block Letters Die Set.

I used a combination of gold and black paper for my snowflakes and embellished them with some gems to add a pop of color.

I embossed the word SNOW with some snowflakes to make them pop.

I love when you can use a character or die that isn't a letter, to represent a letter. I used an orange gem because I was inspired by the orange pumpkins.

My final card is a slimline card and I used 5463 – Slimline Dies Set

This card and the SNOW card used Canson XL WC Paper Pad – 9×12.

I really love taking inspiration from photos and hope you all do as well.

I can't wait to see what you create!

Froggy slimline and Bridge Shadowbox Window from Art Impressions

Hello and happy Thursday!

Today I'm sharing the two cards that I made for the Green Galore challenge on the Art Impressions blog.  Green is my favorite color so I was excited about this one.

I made two cards.

My first is a slimline card that I used lots of Ai products to create.

5072 – Block Letters Die Set
5562 – Journal Letter Die Set
5561 – Birds and Bugs Set
5133 – Flag Double Stitched Dies
5463 – Slimline Dies Set

I also used Bleed Proof White paint which is a wonderful way to add highlights whether you Watercolor or use other mediums.

My second card is a Shadowbox Window card.

I used

5408 – ShadowBox Window Die
5450 – Blooming Window Set
5412 – Bridge Window Set

These windows are so fun and with the newest line, there's a little add on stamp with

die that can be used inside or out and they also can be combined like I've done. The

bridge is popped up on the inside and the tulips from the other set are popped up 

on the outside.

These windows are so fun because they create a dimensional card

that you can fold flat for mailing.

Copics used:

FYG1, YG07, YG11, G12, G24, B000, BG02

BG10, E000, E35, N1, R85, YR21

LePen 0.3

Bee Kind, ALWAYS!

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm going to ask you to BEE KIND...

ALWAYS

I used several sets on my card.  On the front I used

5562 – Journal Letter Die Set

5543 – Journal Template Die Set

and

5561 – Birds and Bugs Set

On the inside I used 5072 – Block Letters Die Set.

I've been a bee fanatic since I was a teenager.

I was so excited when I saw these little bees!

The possibilities are endless with these letter die sets.

You can create ANY words you want.  Another great thing is that 

Art Impressions has a lot of international fans.  Unlike the sentiment stamps

which are all in English, they can create words in their native language for 

friends and family.  So cool!

Enjoy your Sunday,  do something crafty and remember...

Bee Kind!

Cats and spiders...

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a few cards with you.
My first cards were created for the current Feline Crazy challenge and the Cat Lovers Hop.
Art Impressions generously donated the Feline Set as a prize for the hop.

For my cards I used  M4877 – Be Joyful Window.  The Windows to the World series is one
of my all-time favorites at Ai.

Have you ever had one of "those" days?  Well, I sure did.  If you look carefully you'll see that on the white card the clouds are puffy.  That's because I got carried away and started to color them green like the foliage below them!  Oops!  I didn't want to scrap the entire picture and start over so I pulled out my Nuvo drops and viola!  Puffy clouds where there once were trees.

For my second projects I used the new 5462 – Web Dies Set and the 5072 – Block Letters Die Set.

The oval that the webs are on was made using the 5065 – Oval Double Stitched Dies.

The treat bag was a gift for my son.  His birthday is Oct. 2 and since he was little 

he's been obsessed with Halloween.  He even keeps Halloween decorations up in 

his bedroom all year round!

My window was cut using the 5061 – Square Double Stitched Dies.

I used the 5135 – Hexagon Double Stitched Dies to reinforce the ribbon handles and make

the bag more decorative.

I hope you all have a safe, fun and spooky Halloween!

Be Joyful Window Copics used:

G12, G40, R81, R89, BG000, T1, T2, T4, T5