Happy Mother's Day America! (and everywhere else!)

 Hello Ai fans and Happy Sunday!
I know it's Mother's Day but I kind of feel like our country is our "mother."

There was an exciting new release on the Art Impressions website a few 
days ago.  Did you see??

There's a new add on set to the Front Porch Series.

It may be Mother's Day today, but I'm already looking forward to 

Independence Day when I'll be off from work for the summer!

5494 – Front Porch Patriotic Set



My husband and I have a swimming pool so we're almost always the ones to host a 
big 4th of July party at our house.  How cute would it be to use this set for invitations
or to have on a table as a Welcome for guests.  We also often host out of town family
that weekend so this would make a great Thank You for Coming card.

This card makes me a little melancholy.
I hope Bonnie doesn't mind me sharing this information.
This set was sent to selected DT members last spring.  We had the 
prototypes to work with but the stamps and dies weren't ready through
no fault of Art Impressions.  When I created this card, I used my Boomer as
inspiration for the sweet puppy.  Since I made this card, we lost him.  I'm happy
when I look at this card and "see" him.  He'll always have a special place in my heart.

Please indulge me bombarding you with all of my memories.  I didn't set 

out to do this but when I went to grab one photo I just couldn't stop reminiscing. 

I'll probably always use him as inspiration when I'm coloring a dog.

When I colored this card I was working without my glasses because I had scratched them.

I see so many coloring errors and I'm cringing.  I can't wait to give this another try and be able to "nail" all of the amazing tiny details.

Copics used:

R29, Y02, Y08, Y18, Y26, B18, C2, W2, T5,

E19, E30, E35, E41, E99

TT42 – Twintone Marker – 42 Navy

Tombow Twin Tone Markers

Honey Orange, Carrot Orange, Yellow, Strawberry Red, Black, Chocolate,
Lime Green, Yellow Green, Sky Blue, Sax Blue

Home Sweet Home from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a pretty front porch card.

I've used 5512 – Front Porch Door Set along with the add on set
called 5490 – Front Porch Farm House Set.



I needed a house warming card and this set was just perfect for that.
Although this time I chose not to,  you can stamp a sentiment or image on the inside
because the door opens.  How fun!

My card was also created with the current challenge here on the blog.
Handmade crafts with windows on them.  It doesn't have to be a card.

Happy Crafting!

Christmas Front Porch from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

I have a 5489 – Front Porch Christmas Set easel card to share with you today.

This is an add on set to the 5512 – Front Porch Door Set series.

Most everything on this card is from the Front Door set or the Christmas Door set.
The snowy yard was made using heavily textured white paper and adding some Diamond Dust to it.

This is a fun, interactive set and the door opens and closes if you want it to so you can hide a little surprise behind it.

The window was made using the 5408 – ShadowBox Window Die that I trimmed down and just hid the seems behind other elements.

The snowflakes are from 5353 – Large Snowflake Dies set and I used real fabric for the curtains.



I used my Glistening Snow Writer to add snow to the sills and ledges and some stickles on other elements to make them sparkle.  The snowflakes were cut from glitter paper.
The house front was embossed with a folder called M-Boss 3D Embossing Folder EF3D023 from Nellie's Choice. (Brick Wall)

Front Porch Thanksgiving and Thank You cards from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

There was a new release a few days ago on the Art Impressions website.

NEW PORCH ACCESSORIES!

HOORAY!

I made this card BEFORE that happened though so I made a Thanksgiving porch with what I had to work with.

We have two dogs and our Boomer has a "special" relationship with the squirrels.  He especially HATES them and believes it's his mission in life to chase them all our of our yard.  This is my nod to him.

I also made a Thank You front porch and guess what?  This one was selected for publication!

I'm so excited!

These porch sets have endless possibilities.  I love each and every one of them!

Unfortunately they misspelled my last name but I can live with that.

I'm thankful for my family, friends and my job with Art Impressions.  

What are you thankful for today?

I apologize.  The 5039 – Grateful Hearts Set that I used for the sentiment, hat and wheat spray is discontinued now at Ai.  You can still find it on other retail sites so if you want this set, get it now before it's gone forever.  All other products I used are linked below.


Copics used on Thanksgiving Porch:

G24, G43, Y0, Y11, YR27, YR61 BG000, BG15, BG57, W1, W6, E31, E33, E40, E79

Thank You Porch:

Y04, G29, G3, G6, BG000, BG53, RV02, RV21, RV25, YR14, YR61, W1, W2, W6, E35