to my significant OTTER! from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I have a sweet Valentine's Day card to share with you.  I'll be showing you

how I made my sparkly XOs!

First I start with some double sided adhesive that I get at Scrapbook.com

Place the adhesive on your paper.  Die cut your letters out.

Peel off one side of the backing paper and place the letter over or in something because this will be messy!  I used my embossing tray.  Sprinkle your glitter of choice over the exposed adhesive.

I used tweezers to pick up the letter and shake off any excess glitter.



I glued my letter to my card and repeated the process 3 more times.



I used 5072 – Block Letters Die Set and 5117 – Valentine Critters Set on my card.

The hearts on the front are from 5223 – Bookmark Dies and 5317 – MB Template Dies.
On the inside I used 5133 – Flag Double Stitched Dies and 5132 – Tag Stitched Dies and more hearts from the bookmark set.

Here's a close up of the amazing sparkle.
How cute is that little grin on the otter!

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Valentine Critters from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing my cards made for the Art Impressions "Get in Shape" challenge...shaped cards, no squares or rectangles.

I made some Valentines for the kids at my school.

I used the adorable 5117 – Valentine Critters Set to make them.

I kept these pretty simple because I needed a lot of them. 

This is the backside using the coordinating "punny" verses.

How CUTE!!

I used my watercolor pencils to color them and added a little detail/definition with some fine point markers.

Quill you be mine?

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing another Valentine's Day card.  I used the adorable set from Art Impressions called 5117 – Valentine Critters Set.

I love this critter set so much!

I always think of trees and woods when I see this set.

My house, though very close to town, is in the middle of the woods and I love it.

Though I don't have beavers (my favorite image in the set) I do have porcupines...just ask my poor dog.

I used the 5064 – Circle Double Stitched Dies

to frame the sweet porcupine.

Copics used:

RV0000, RV00, RV02, RV63

E0000, E000, E30, E31, E37, E55

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Love is in the Air!

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a Valentine's Day card.
I used the set called 5117 – Valentine Critters Set.



I cut the inside of my frame out with the largest die from the 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies set.

LOVE was cut out using 5072 – Block Letters Die Set.
I cut the letters 4 times each, twice with the pink foam and twice with white cardstock.  I then layered them like those pink and white wafer cookies to pop them up.

The Love is in the Air verse is from the 4753 – In the Air Set.

Both the sweet mouse and the verse are popped up using foam tape.

I also added some clear glitter glue a few of the hearts.

Copics used:

C00, T1, T2, T3, RV000, R81

Wood you be mine?

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a Valentine's Day card.  I can't believe it's just around the corner already.

For my card I used 5117 – Valentine Critters Set.

I also used 5132 – Tag Stitched Dies

to cut out the I ❤ You! verse.

I decided to go with some darker, masculine colors since last week I shared a white and pastel pink Valentine card.  I like to have a variety of cards in my stash.

I used another of the sentiments on the inside and used the 5134 – Banner Double Stitched Dies to cut it out.

Copics used:

R000, R39, R46, R83, E17, E31, E35, E43

Happy Mother's Day!

Hello Ai fans!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!

Today I'm sharing the card that I made for my mom and my mother-in-law.

Shh...don't tell them they received the same card this year. In about 15 yrs. it's the first time ever so I don't feel too bad.

I've used 5117 – Valentine Critters Set

with 2 other sets.  The beaver normally holds a heart.  I cut a slit by his hands and inserted a bouquet of flowers from 

4947 – Kangaroo Mouthful Set.

I also used two verses from 

4454 – FDMD Set

Here's the inside with the other sentiment.

My husband left for Sweden on a business trip this morning and my son is working so my day will be spent with my daughter and my mom.  That sounds pretty good to me!

Hello Squeak-Heart!

Hello Ai fans!

I'm sharing another sweet Valentine's Day card with you using the new set from Art Impressions featuring a bunch of very "punny" animals!

It's a good thing this little guy is so darned cute!  As I'm typing this I'm stewing over some very unwelcome visitors to my pantry.  I have one passion besides card making...cooking.  We've lived in our house for 10 years and I have always kept a very large pantry area in our basement. We don't live near a grocery store so I like to be well stocked.  Never ONCE have we had a mouse in there until now.  I discovered a bag of rotini pasta with a small hole and 3/4 of the bag gone.  I was baffled because there were no droppings to be seen.  Then two days later I discovered a bag of flower with a hole and there were droppings.  Out went the traps and on night one we caught 3 mice.  My thoughts now?  I have about 12 oz. of pasta hidden in my walls somewhere.  At least it won't spoil and smell bad right?? lol!!

Anyway...this little cutie would NEVER do that right?! lol!

I love the matching sentiments that each little critter comes with.

Copics used:

RV10, W1, W3, W5

You OTTER be mine!

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing one of the stamps from the new Valentine's set from Art Impressions.

Could that smile be any sweeter?!

I see pure love on his face.

There are two sentiments to go along with the little otter.

This one...

and the one I used on the inside of my card.

I think this would be great for an anniversary card too.

Copics used:

E33, E43, E81, G21, R01, R12, R81, R83