Wild About the Ocean! (Art Impressions Wild About You Challenge)

 Hello Ai fans!

Welcome to my Wild About You post.
For the current Bi-Weekly challenge, we want to see your projects using
wild animals or animal prints on them.

For my wild animals, I chose to use ocean creatures.

The sub and animals are from 5397 – Submarine Cubbies.

With a finger sponge dauber I used several shades of green pigment

ink to sponge a watery background.

The matte around the sponged panel was cut using 
5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies.
Though you can't see it in the photo, the creatures all have Wink of Stella on them.

One great thing about this set is that it comes with coordinating dies so you don't have to fussy
cut all of those little critters. The sub also has a die which cuts out some of the windows

in case you want some of your cute little creatures swimming in and out of it.

I hope this has inspired you to get in touch with your WILD side.

You can win a free stamp set if you're selected as one of our 2 winners!

Come Sail Away Thank You card

Hello and happy Sunday.

Our son took up sailing last fall with a friend of his and has really enjoyed it.  He recently went to a 3 day tournament in Canada and stayed with a couple his friend knows.  He wanted me to make a sailing themed thank you card for them.

The catamaran is from MS97 Full Plate from I Brake for Stamps.

The seagulls and sailboats on the inside are from Art Impressions and are from the  5325 – Sail Mini Dies.

He was able to get a picture of his friend on a boat he sailed in a race.  His friend is Canadian and we're American so I loved that the two countries were neck and neck here.  

On the card, I was sure to put Canada in the lead as an extra thank you...lol!

I added 3 other non-descript boats because you can't just have two in a race! 

I hope his friends like it!

Cabin on a lake from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

For 20 years my family and I rented cottages on the lake where my husband grew up.  I've spent many hours (and miles and miles) walking around that lake and putting my toes in the water at the end of the dock.  Sadly, everyone we used to rent from sold their cottages and new owners didn't want to rent.  There are other lakes, but they don't have the same meaning as this one did. It's the end of an era.

My card took me back to the summer before COVID which was the last time we rented. (Just a coincidence)

I use the 5726 – Nested Circle Dies to cut a figure 8 shape out of the front panel and then I cut two circles and pieced them together to make a frame for the window.  The sentiments are from 5734 – Friend Sentiment Set.

For the images, I combined three different sets.  I wanted to feel like I was sitting on the dock, watching the sailboats go by and looking at the beautiful cottages across the lake.

4981 – Cabin Circlet MTF
5093 – Dock Circlet MTF
5448 – Sailboat Window Set

You might be thinking,  but Reneé, the Dock Circlet had a cabin in it.  Why did you use the one from the Cabin Circlet?  It's because that one looks much more like the one we used to rent and some others on that lake.

Random fact...it was 5:26 when I glanced at the clock while coloring the sailboat.  Thus, the addition of 526 on the sail.  The ropes/twine were added to give some texture and a bit of a nautical look.

Markers used:

TT Peach Pink

Copics:

N1, T3, E35, E3, E55, YG63, YG67,
 B14, B41, B93, YG00

Lighthouse Circlet Cards for Kindness

Hello Ai fans!

A little while back Art Impressions participated in a program called Cards for Kindness.  I made 12 previous cards with the Art Impressions Scrapbook.com Daisies Exclusive Set.  I wanted to make a second set of more masculine cards.

I used 4979 – Lighthouse Circlet MTF.  This is the inside most panel in the set but I made it the star.  It's a set of three stamps and coordinating dies. 

Here's How it Works

1. You send your handmade cards (blank inside - with no

personal message) to Scrapbook.com.

2. We organize and distribute the cards to cancer foundations,

hospitals, shelters, retirement homes, children's homes

and other organizations in need.

3. The cards are used by nurses, doctors, staff members,

counselors, parents and volunteers who add handwritten

messages of encouragement and love before giving them

to patients, children and other people in need.
For additional information, visit www.scrapbook.com/kindness

Copics used:
B0000, B21, B41, E23

Marvy 36 (stripes on sails)

Art Impressions Mini Die Bridge Cards

 Hello Ai fans!

What a fun new release these Mini Dies have been!

I simply can't decide which set is my favorite!

I have 3 cards for you today.

I used 5325 Sail Mini Dies on my first card.

I made a bridge card which was new to me.

I put together a brief tutorial on how I made it.

First, I cut the paper to A2 size vertically...4 1/4" wide x 11". Then I scored across the middle at 5 1/2".  Place the paper into your paper trimmer and cut 1 1/8" in from the right side, down to the score mark.

Flip the paper over and cut at 1 1/8" again, down to the score line.

Turn the paper so that's it's horizontal and then make a cut from the first cut mark to the other one.  Your paper should look like the lower half  of an H.

Once you have your base cut you can cut pieces to fit exactly over the "flap" pieces or that are ever so slightly smaller so you see the base.

I used the 5338 – Baby Mini Dies to create a baby girl card.

The verse is from 5185 – Baby Girl Set.

For my last card I used 5328 – Halloween Mini Dies.

This is the inside.

I cut two bats so that I could pop him up and spread out his wings.

I also used 5133 – Flag Double Stitched Dies, 

5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies and 

5064 – Circle Double Stitched Dies.

So...are you as obsessed with these new die sets as I am??

I know these will get used CONSTANTLY!!

Copics used:

W5, T4, N1, B34, R37, E33, E42

I Brake for Lighthouses!

Hello and happy Tuesday!

Today I'm sharing MS97 from I Brake for Stamps.  I used this sheet to make a birthday card.

I used 4 images from the set and then stamped Happy Birthday from the Every Day Phrases set.  I was able to cut the center out of the lifesaver so that I could perch it on the corner for a 3-D look.  The oars were colored with Marvy markers.  I just Googled painted oars and found some that I liked and copied them.

Art Impressions Sparkle and Shine Seahorse!

Hello Ai fans!

There's a challenge going on over at Art Impressions right now that I'm pretty sure is the most perfect challenge EVER for me!!

Sparkle and Shine!!

Bling!!!

I decided to make a shaker card using one of the Ai Freebies.

I used the piece that was cut out of the front to place behind the seahorse.

Next I added some Stickles to the coral and I tried something new.  I didn't wait for it to dry.  I added my beads and gave it a shake.  I wanted to have sparkle all over my card. Some of them stuck and some still shake when you jiggle the card.
I used Antique Frame - Penny Black Die for the frame and the circles were cut using Frantic Stamper Precision Die - Bubble Oval and Frantic Stamper Precision Die - Coral And Seaweed Oval.  The darker purple right behind the sea horse in the negative area that was cut out of the coral frame.  I turned it upside down so some coral would hang down behind him.  Then I cut and "popped up" the front frame with the bubble oval and some foam tape.  I used some acetate from packaging to form the front of the shaker so the beads wouldn't fall out.

I never seem to be able to get glitter to photograph well but in person it's very pretty.  There's also some Wink of Stella on the seahorse.