Top 10 of 2022 from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

It's my turn to share my Top 10 cards of 2022.



Here they are, in no particular order.
To see the original posts and find links to products just click each photo.

I hope you enjoy this stroll down memory lane!

I love making masculine cards and don't find them to be the challenge that a lot of people do.
I think growing up in the country and loving all things country like earth tones, wood and
animals helps with that.

This one was made for my son's birthday.  My husband and I never imposed our musical taste

on our children but I was still lucky enough to have had them both grow up to love the Beatles!

This card is a nod to Yellow Submarine and Octopus's Garden.

Love these Valentine's I made for the kids at school.

Mushrooms are one of my favorite things!  Not far behind bees.  I love to eat

them and think they're so beautiful to look at.

Anyone who has followed me through the years on the Design Team knows that several times

a year I make some fairly elaborate cards.  MANY, MANY sets and lots of time involved.

This Charlotte's Web card was one of those.  It was inspired by the Rat Freebie.  He 

reminded me of Templeton.

Koala's couldn't be cuter!

Oh these Matchbooks!  When I first saw them I'll be honest...Yikes!

So tiny and so much work.

Not true.

The dies make these so easy to assemble and now I can't get enough of them!
I've seen some of the other designers Top 10 already and it seems it's unanimous.

Matchbooks for the win!

This one was my daughter's birthday card this year.  She LOVES succulents and fun pots as 

well as her pink Crocs.  Her birthday was in June and she still has this on display in our kitchen.

Of course I had to have a pick with bees on it.

This Crown set is one of my all time favorites.

Two of the bats on this card actually "FLY!"  Click the photo to see the original post and video.
This is another one of those really elaborate cards I love to make.

I hope some of my cards have inspired you over the past year.

I know I always love your cards and get so many ideas from you as well.

Have a wonderful December and cheers to the new year!

See you in 2023!

Happy 18th Birthday Braedyn!

Happy Birthday Braedyn and Debbie!

Today I have two birthday cards to share.

The first is for my niece's birthday today.

The second is for Debbie's birthday on Christmas Day.

Braedyn absolutely loves gnomes, so I know she'll enjoy this card.

I die cut letters from 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set and adhered them

to a banner from 5133 – Flag Double Stitched Dies.

The next card is for Debbie Hedges who I've gotten to know through The Art Impressions Way, a FB fan group.  Her favorite color is purple, and she also loves gnomes.

The pinecones are from 5592 – Harvest Journal Die Set.

At school, 5th graders were making gnomes, 

so I knew I just had to make one for Debbie.

The embossing folder is called Forest Floor.

Inside Debbie's card I used 5125 – WC Elves Set.
The sentiment is from 5000 – Gotta Garden Set.

I love mushrooms! (especially from Art Impressions!)

Hello Ai fans!

I have 3 different cards to share with you today.

All three used the 5125 – WC Elves Set.



I also used the stone path and mushrooms from the Exclusive EKK0921 Fairy Garden Teacup Exclusive.

This was a limited edition and is no longer available. There are many of these exclusives throughout the year and the best way to acquire them is to follow Art Impressions on Facebook, Instagram, the blog and to sign up for the newsletter emails.

I used the 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies along with the 5065 – Oval Double Stitched Dies to frame my mushrooms. 

My last card was a birthday wish for a member of
The Art Impressions Way and used the 5132 – Tag Stitched Dies.



I've always loved mushrooms and this set makes me so happy!
I hope you love it too.

Copics used:

W2, W3, W5, E0000, E000, E34,
E40, E42, E53, E71, E81, E7

Love Grows Here!

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing another WC Elves card.

For this one I created quite a large scene using all of the images from that set as well as several others.

I thought about the little elf from last week.  He was asleep under a mushroom.  That's all fine and dandy on a nice day but they really need somewhere to live.

I decided the little doorway from 4849 – Celebrate Spring MTF would be perfect!  I stamped it and then drew a tree around it.

Of course they needed a pathway to their door so I used

5018 – WC Cobblestone Set.

I wanted some sort of verse on here that made sense with the little elves so I started hunting through my stamps.  I came across this one "Love Grows Here" from the 5102 – Succulents Set.

Wouldn't you love to run across this in your forest? 

Copics used:

YG25, G03, RV02, RV52, T2, T5, W6, E00, E31, E42, E87

Arteza Real Brush Pens:

102, 111, 121, 127, 143, 163, 164, 173, 174, 176, 178, 181

Sleepy Little Elf!

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a pretty little scene I created using 

5125 – WC Elves Set.

Do you ever layer your stamps?  If not, it's easier than you think.

I wanted the elf to be asleep in front of the big mushroom and for the smaller mushroom to be peeking out from behind the large one.

First I stamped the elf on my paper and then on scrap paper. I cut the elf out of the scrap paper and placed it over where I stamped him. Then when I stamped the mushroom it looks like it's behind him.

After that I masked off the large mushroom and stamped the small one.

Now it looks like the small one is behind that one.

Super simple and it allows you to build scenes.

Then you just watercolor away!

I used a verse from 5136 – WC Sentiment Set 2 and 5064 – Circle Double Stitched Dies as well.

If you like this card then peek in here next week. I created an even larger scene using all the elves and mushrooms from this set (6 stamps in all) as well as some stamps from other sets.

Gnome-one like you! from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

Today begins a three week obsession!  I'm suddenly feeling the need to craft with mushrooms!!  I think I know why.  My mom has been ill and I've had my Spring and Summer consumed with helping out with her care. I didn't plant any flowers, create any pots or even buy any hanging baskets.  I have MANY perennial flowers but I think my yard is lacking in color this year. I think this was my escape. Over the next three Sundays you're going to see 3 different cards made with the 5125 – WC Elves Set.

This time I combined the elves set with

5000 – Gotta Garden Set. 
I used the Gnome, the gloves and the garden utensils from that set.

I also used 5133 – Flag Double Stitched Die and 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies on my card.

Copics used:

E00, E02

Arteza Real Brush Pens:

101, 111, 112, 115, 117, 118, 121, 127, 128,

137, 146, 153, 154, 167, 173, 177, 181, 190