Art Impressions photo/color inspiration challenge

Welcome to Art Impressions photo/color inspiration challenge. 

I've used several Art Impressions stamps on my

two cards this week.  Here's a list and links to 

find them for yourselves.

 Blanche (Sku#K1605)

 Dont hate me! (Sku#E1441)

 Gossip Club (Sku#T1522)

 Always be Friends (Sku#G3566)

 

Here is the photo that inspired my cards today.

I chose to use all of the colors on my images

and keep the cards white.

 My cards are pretty simple this week but there's

a reason for that.  When I visited my Sister-in-law

a few weeks ago she must have said a dozen times

how much she loves note cards. Every store we went

into she would stop and browse them.  While we were

visiting she took a look through my blog and she really 

liked the girlfriends and seniors with the funny sayings.

She has a close knit group of friends and I thought I'd 

put together a set of note cards for her to give them from

time to time.  Here are the first two.  More will follow in 

future posts.  I hope to maybe put ten together...time permitting!

They are both very clean and simple

which you know I don't do very often!!

I thought the embossing gave it just the right

amount of zing with the image and verses

being the real shining stars of the cards.

Here's the other one.

Tools and accessories:

Darice embossing folder

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Copic markers

 

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Vintage Blind Date: I want Wilber, you take Orville!

This is one of my April entries for the Art Impressions contest.  You had to use the picture of the airplane that they had posted on your card.  It was kind of a challenge for me.  I'm not even sure what I'll do for a second entry yet.  I decided since the plane was older I would make it into a filmstrip.  I chose my papers from my scrap bin and just went with prints that seemed vintage to me.  I used an EK Success border punch on the bottom piece.  I used some photo corners on it as well because those always make me think of my Grandma's old photo albums.  I made the flowers myself with a variety of retro flower punches.  After I glued them together I used Pearl Ex to give them some shimmer and added some pearls and a crystal for the centers.  The leaves were done with punches and I took some gold wire, wrapped it around my paper piercer and made some springs to add here and there.  I colored the image with water color pencils and outlined it with a gray copic marker.  I also sponged some antique linen ink around them to make the paper look older.  The Gossip Club stamp actually has three ladies in it but I only wanted to for this card so I trimmed the 3rd lady out. 

My advice doll...

Here is one of my July entries for the Art Impressions contest. This month's theme is a funny birthday card for a "really good" friend. I think these old ladies are a riot. They are colored with my Copic markers and a few highlights with glitter gel pens. The border punch is from EK Success and the brackets are from Quikutz. What a pain cutting them out but it was worth it. I think they look cute. There is clear glaze on their glasses to make them look more real too. I'll try to show my other card for the contest tomorrow.