Tonight We Fly from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

Who is a fan of all things spooky like I am?
I start work back at school today so for me, summer is officially over and fall is here.

I was inspired by a black lacy butterfly adorned with jewels in the Michael's Halloween Dept. and came up with this card.
  


I used lots of sets from Art Impressions to create my card and you can find everything linked below.

The matte for the butterfly was made using the double stitched hexagons. The butterfly is from the Gift Card Pocket Dies.

I used other things that "fly" on my card too. The raven, bats, web and spider are from the Halloween Front and Back Fence set. Although spiders don't technically fly, if you Google "flying spiders," you'll see plenty of them. Eek and GAG!

Tonight We Fly is from the Halloween Sentiments Set and it's stamped on a banner from the Portfolio Dies Set.

One last thing...paint.

I used the Winsor & Newton Gold paint to paint some cardstock that I then cut a matte for using the butterfly to trace. I wanted his wings to really pop so I added the gold under them. I also used Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White to paint the silk strand that the spider is dangling from.

Santa Puppets from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

I just absolutely LOVE the entire Art Impressions Puppet Series!

 I made my two puppet cards for the current Stitches & Scallops challenge.

My stitched rectangle and little zig zag stitches make my card qualify for the challenge.

My little sack is actually the Santa head.

It doubles nicely as a perfect little bag for all the toys.

I wanted to make my first Santa a more "fun" Santa and this one is a more traditional St. Nick.
I used two little Diamond Dots for his eyes.

You still have about a day and a half left to enter the challenge. If you can't make that deadline, be sure to check in on the blog after noon EST for the new challenge.

Penguin Cheer from Art Impressions

 Hello and Happy Thursday!

Today I'm sharing the card that I made for the You're Such a Square challenge going on right now, on the Art Impressions blog.  You should join too for a chance to win a free stamp set.

I used the absolutely adorable 5192 – Penguin Cheer Set.

The snowflakes are from the new 5782 – Snowflake Frame Die and the snow splatters were made with Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White paint.  The lime green paper was cut with 5061 – Square Double Stitched Dies.

This is just so cheerful with the bright colors and happy penguin.  It's sure to make someone's spirits bright.

Here's a card I made with the same set from just about a year ago.  You can see more of it and find product info HERE.

Copics used:

100, R83, N1, Y26, G44, G15, BG02, B01

Twintone Markers used:

Black, Green, Yellow, Carrot Orange

Happy Birthday Noah!

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing the birthday card that my friend requested for her soon to be 2 year old grandson.
He was born on Valentine's Day so ... just two more days!
She's picking the card up tomorrow after work.

I used several new Art Impressions releases on my card.
On the front I used 5719 – FB Fence & Window Set, 5722 – Birthday Journal Set and 5716 – Little Boy Front & Back.

On the inside I added balloons and a die cut banner from the 5722 – Birthday Journal Set, along with 

a sentiment from 5735 – Birthday Sentiment Set.

The stars are from 5317 – MB Template Dies.

The 2 is from 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.
I added highlights on all my balloons using Bleed Proof White.

Copics used:

YR21, G12, R85,  N1, E0000, E000, E35, E42, E51, E55

LePen Drawing 0.3

Tombow 177

Twin Tone

Mint Green, Cherry Pink and Chocolate

Snowman lantern card

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I  made a card for a basket of cards I donated. 

I used a retired Simon Says Stamp exclusive snowman from Art Impressions. 

All Art Impressions products I used on my cards are linked below.

This little guy is just the sweetest!