PEACE Church and Ornament card

Hello Ai fans!  

Today I'm sharing the second card that I made for our LEON Day challenge here on the blog. This time I've created a slimline card using multiple sets.

The church and the adorable little ornaments are from 5573 – Church and Ornament Set.
I stamped them all out on Canson XL Mix Media Paper Pad – 9×12 and then cut them out with my Brother Scan-n-Cut. Then I stamped the ornaments again on paper from 5853 – Christmas Magic Paper Pack. I fussy cut them out and adhered them to the ones printed on the white paper because I wanted a little border around them. The tiny bow I used on three of them is from 5574 – Door and Stockings Set.

The kraft border was cut from 5972 – BJ Decorative Margin Dies and the letters spelling out PEACE were made with 5910 – Large Letter Die Set. I cut them once with the DP and then once with the kraft paper to create a shadow and then I popped them up on dimensional foam to add some depth.

I drew in some lines on the church and windows to add some interest and then topped it off with some snow made from Bleed Proof White paint. The background paper with the crosses is from 6034 – Inspirational Easter Cover PP. The cover paper packs are perfect for these longer 5463 – Slimline Dies Set. Even the largest die in the set fits on this paper which is awesome!

We hope you'll all take this opportunity to get a head start on your Christmas cards or tags.

Copics used:

C0, N2, Y04, E43, E50, YG41, BG000, B34, B91

 

Snowflake JOY card for LEON Day

 Hello Ai fans!

We're celebrating LEON Day at Art Impressions.

That's NOEL spelled backwards since it's halfway to Christmas!

Can you believe it? Tomorrow, June 25th we'll be halfway there.
Have you started making cards? Do you have gifts bought already?

Today I have an elegant Christmas card to share with you.

I think this is one of my favorite cards I've ever made. I love the simple but elegant color palette and the little bits of sparkle and bling. While some people like spiritual Christmas cards or snowmen, Santas or penguins, I LOVE SNOWFLAKES!

I layered up cream, kraft, white, gold and red snowflakes to create lots of dimension on my card.

My husband normally doesn't say much about my cards. It's just not his "thing" but when he saw this one he actually said something like "You MADE that? Wow?"

Though I VERY much love all of the Art Impressions stamps sets, I also love when I can make a dies only card.

I was inspired by this card that I found online.

Toad Birthday card from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

I've been toad you're having a birthday!

Well, maybe not you, but someone is.
 

I adore all of the Funny Farm Series sets but the 5283 – Frog Set is one of my favorites.

I created two versions of the same card using a similar, yet different color palette. I'm really loving the new 6047 – Scalloped Square Dies.

I used the Basics Yellow and Teal paper packs and you can find to those below.

He will make a Way from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans.

I have a co-worker going through a difficult time.

She's a very spiritual person so I created this card for her.
Several of us are planning to sign it. She likes purple so I used some of
the new floral paper with purple in it.

My card is perfect for the current Blossoms & Blooms challenge, which is simply to use flowers.

I love all of the decorative dies from Art Impressions.

They help make such elegant cards.

I cut three of the fences and glued them together to make it a little

sturdier because I have it popped up on foam tape to add some dimension.

Copic T2

Twintone Pale Purple & Lime Green

Marvy No. 18 Dark Brown



 

 

You CAN add sparkle and bling to masculine projects!

Hello Ai fans!

You have just about a day left to enter our We 💚 Dads! challenge. Make a Father's Day project or something masculine. You might win a free stamp set! 

Today I've made a dies only card that shows you CAN use sparkle
and bling on a masculine card too!

I used Platinum Stickles and Diamond Dots in several different shades,
to add interest to my card. I also used gold paper on the #1 and the trophy,

and Wink of Stella on the sailboat.

I LOVE the new scalloped square dies to frame the nested squares and stitched squares.
They're so pretty!

The waves were created using a border die from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set.

I love this sort of rustic Americana color theme for guys. Especially since Father's Day usually falls near Flag Day which was my grampy's birthday. (Just so you know...Blogger wanted to autocorrect grampy's to grumpy's! lol!) My grampy was not grumpy!

 

Happy Wedding Day Tara!

 Hello Ai fans!

My niece is getting married soon and she'll be married at a castle.

My first thought was to use 5225 – Castle Cubbies, which is a favorite of mine, but then I remembered 5916 – Woodland Castle Set, and although I think I've used it several times, I don't think I've used the castles.

I'm very happy with how it turned out. She is very into flowers and I tried to incorporate all of the colors in her bouquet.

This card took a complete turn as I was creating it. I initially set out to use the 5902 – Mini Scalloped Frame Dies as intended, with a window and maybe something to pull out. For some reason I switched gears and decided to cut off the little flap and just use it as a mini card. The

May all your wishes -Come True- 

sentiment is from the discontinued Art Impressions/Hobby Lobby exclusive 5438HL Fairy Cubbies Set.

I didn't use a wedding sentiment on it but I don't think it needs it. I think these verses are perfect and I can handwrite a wedding wish when I fill out the card.

I apologize that I don't have marker colors for this. This was my 3rd attempt and I had such a pile of markers that I don't know which ones I used for this final copy.

Don't forget to enter the current We 💚 Dads! Challenge 

for your chance to win a free stamp set.

Happy World Bee Day!! Matchbook Easel Card from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans and Happy World Bee Day!!

I LOVE bees and celebrated by making a tiny little bee easel card in their honor.

My card nestles nicely in the Matchbook envelope. 

I used the MB Template to create my easel by trimming off the side panels and gluing part of it closed.
Follow along below if you'd like to give it a try.

I started by taking the MB template die and cutting my designer paper to fit the middle section vertically.

I trimmed the tiny bit off that hung over the edge.

Next, I flipped it over and glued the lower part down making sure that there was no glue on the tab. The tab will be popped up to keep the easel propped once that's added.

I then folded down the top portion after creasing the score lines.

Then I glued the little square panel I created, ONLY to the little scalloped section.  You need the other part to bend so that it's propped up.

I stamped one of the little sentiments and my card was good to go. It fits perfectly into the MB Envelope because the base is cut from the MB Template die. Such a cute little card.

Copics used:

B21, N0, G14, E31, Y08

Twintones used:

Chocolate, Yellow, Black