Boo Bottle for Halloween!

Hello Ai fans!

Have you checked out the new Keep it Contained challenge?

There are so many fun choices. You can make a gift card holder, a treat box or gift or goodie bag. Use a stamp or a die that's a container, like a barrel, crate, pot, vase or basket. One of our DT members used a watering can and a wheelbarrow. (super cute!) Or, you can repurpose something like I've done. I spray painted a seltzer water bottle that I liked, and decorated it to put on my mantel.

I like that it's a little bit spooky, a little bit cutesy.

I used the new 6111 – Spooktacular Set.

6111 – Spooktacular Set

The web is from 5462 – Web Dies Set.
The bats are also from the Spooktacular set. I used the die and didn't

stamp them because I just wanted the "idea" of the bats in the background.

They aren't meant to stand out on my project. I bent their wings up to give

the illusion that they are flying.

The ghost has pre-scored lines on him when you die cut him.
This allows him to be popped up on a page or
used as a pop-up feature on the inside of a card.

I used a tag from 5132 – Tag Stitched Dies.

 

 

I have a small bottle collection. I just can't recycle something that I find interesting

and think I may be able to repurpose in the future. I hope I've inspired you to give

something like this a try. It's much cheaper than HomeGoods...lol!

 

   

Frank in the Spooky Woods!

 Hello Ai fans!

Last Tuesday I shared a card made with the new Frankenstein Puppet
and I couldn't wait to share this one. The last one was a little more "serious"
so I made this one a little cuter. I switched up a few things. On the first card I flipped the head upside down to give him a square jaw. This one, done the way it's supposed to be, is a little more rounded.
I also left off the lapels on the jacket this time, making him a little more casual. I really like both
looks and I think Frank is just the CUTEST puppet so far.

You can visit the Art Impressions website to see the entire Puppet Series.

I used the ghosts, bats and Jack-O-Lantern from 
5601 – Halloween Accessories Set. The sentiment is from
5603 – Halloween Sentiments Set.

Copics used:

N2, C4, Y18, Y26, YR04, YR14, YR20

Black Micron

New Art Impressions Frankenstein Puppet!!

 Hello Ai fans!

DID YOU SEE???

Oh my gosh!

The cutest little Frankenstein has been added to the
Art Impressions Puppet Series.

6120 – Frankenstein Puppet Set

Let's start off by saying, I know that his head is upside down.
This was the second one I created and I wanted his jaw to be a little more
squared off and his ears higher this time. It was intentional to create a different
look. One makes him a little "cuter" and this one makes him a little scarier.

Giving him a frown also changes the mood of the set.
As you can see, he's smiling on the packaging.

After I created him, I thought...hmmm...with the right paper and clothes
he could probably be used for Valentine's Day too. Why limit poor Frank
to just one holiday...lol?

His eyebrows were created by cutting the side burns off of his hair,
but they can easily be drawn to your liking as well.

I wrote a little play on words on his shirt. Instead of I ❤ you, I wrote I ❤ BOO! I trimmed out a little bottle of poison...I mean potion...he he he...from the paper

and placed it in his hand. I love him so much! I hope you do too.

STAMPtember 2025 BOBA BABES set from Art Impressions!

Hello Ai fans and Happy STAMPtember!

Bonnie has come through with another fun set for Simon Says Stamp's STAMPtember celebration.

This year's set is called Boba Babes SSE25A
(Can be purchased with coordinating dies also: Boba Babes 1466sdc)

One great thing about this set is that there are even 

matching dies for the sentiments!

That allows so many fun options.

I created a zebra print on one of the lady's pants to match the
 animal print designer paper.

This makes my card perfect for the current Art Impressions
Wild About You challenge. You can enter that HERE.

This set is just so cute. Remember that it's only available while supplies last.

Once this sells out it will never be available again. Don't miss out!
Your girlfriends will LOVE getting a card from you 

using these adorable Girlfriends.
It's great that you can customize their clothes. 

You can put them in your favorite

colors or patterns. Maybe you "twin" 

with your friends like I do.

This last photo of my twin friends makes me think that this would be super

cute as a Galentines card too! Some pink tea, hearts on their shirts or pants...just sayin' LOL!

Grab yours before they're gone!

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!

Hi Friend! from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

I love mushrooms and instantly thought of the Mushroom Cubbies set for the Art Impressions "When One Door Closes" challenge.

I grabbed mushrooms and other elements from a few different Ai sets to complete both the front and inside of my card.

I know most people think of brown when they think of mushrooms but they come in MANY different colors and I love trying out different combinations. In my woods we have orange, white, black, red, yellow, and purple. Probably more if I looked hard enough. We've picked and eaten the Chanterelles and Black Trumpet mushrooms.

 I wanted to make this card extra special so I decorated
the inside of the card pretty elaborately too.

I'm kind of wishing now that I had a little fairy tucked in there somewhere too.
Next time, I guess...

Floral Butterfly Sympathy

A friend lost his mother recently so I made this card for him and his family.

5065 – Oval Double Stitched Dies

6082 – Bible Journaling S1 Paper Pack

Tonight We Fly from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

Who is a fan of all things spooky like I am?
I start work back at school today so for me, summer is officially over and fall is here.

I was inspired by a black lacy butterfly adorned with jewels in the Michael's Halloween Dept. and came up with this card.
  


I used lots of sets from Art Impressions to create my card and you can find everything linked below.

The matte for the butterfly was made using the double stitched hexagons. The butterfly is from the Gift Card Pocket Dies.

I used other things that "fly" on my card too. The raven, bats, web and spider are from the Halloween Front and Back Fence set. Although spiders don't technically fly, if you Google "flying spiders," you'll see plenty of them. Eek and GAG!

Tonight We Fly is from the Halloween Sentiments Set and it's stamped on a banner from the Portfolio Dies Set.

One last thing...paint.

I used the Winsor & Newton Gold paint to paint some cardstock that I then cut a matte for using the butterfly to trace. I wanted his wings to really pop so I added the gold under them. I also used Dr. Ph Martin's Bleed Proof White to paint the silk strand that the spider is dangling from.