New Water Color Minis from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing one of the new release water color minis from Art Impressions.

We're also starting a new challenge...

 

The set I've used is called Flowering Mailbox (sku# 4607). 

This is the first time I've ever water colored.  Although it was a challenge I think it came out okay.  This was actually my second attempt.  I wasn't going to share my first attempt because it most definitely has it's flaws but after thinking about it I thought it might be good for people to see how quickly you can pick it up.  You can see the other card below.

I used Tim Holtz Distress Inks to create this.  For the flowers I stamped some ink onto a CD and then spritzed water on it.  Next I dipped my stamps into it and stamped them.  The mailbox and bird were colored with the same ink but I used a water color pen to apply the ink.

This is the one that almost didn't share.  You can definitely tell that it's a first try.  Although it's not perfect I think it could be worse.

 

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Art Impressions Clothesline Cow

Hello everyone!  Today I've made a card with the ever so cute Clothesline Cow from Art Impressions.

I've paired it with a sentiment that probably was never meant to go with this stamp but when I saw 

the cow I instantly thought it would be cute with the "rope in all your birthday wishes" sentiment.

I've also used the Fence Post stamp as well as Rocks.

My card elements...
Grass & Fence border: Martha Stewart
Grass sprigs: Quikutz
Sign Post: Sizzix Red die
Eyelets
Copic Markers:
E00, E04, E33, E43, E57
G00, G24, G82, G85
B21, B24, B45
R27, R83YR61, RV42
C0, C3, W1

Winter Wonderland

This card is for the Art Impressions November contest: The Beauty of Nature. I thought 'tis the season for snow and snowmen so I built on that theme. I absolutely love the new tree and fence stamps. Actually they're all so darn cute from the snowman to the birds (which are taken from the scarecrow stamp) to the cute little rocks. They have the best stamps! I colored everything with my copics and used clear glue and white snow shaped glitter to make the snow that's covering everything. There are some tiny little punched snowflakes as well. I love the soft color scheme. It really does remind me of a wintry day. As the phrase says... Let it snow!