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.

Snow Portfolio Gift Card Holder from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!
Are you all loving the new 5952 – Portfolio Template Die Set as much as I am?

This is my first time using it but I've loved everything I've seen everyone else making.

I wanted to give a gift card and I thought this might be a great way to present it.

I sent my message on the back of the tag. This really came together quicker than I expected.

I can't wait to use this set again.

My head is swirling with so many other ideas for this wonderful die set. 

There just aren't enough hours in the day!

Thankful Owl by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans and welcome to the current 

All the Fall challenge on the Art Impressions Blog. 

I used the 5953 – Woodland Critters Set, 5835 – Mini Journal Paper Pack and 5592 – Harvest Journal Die Set.

This set is an instant favorite of mine and obviously the rest of the design teams as well.

I'm also loving the self adhesive Watercolor paper for the more delicate Ai dies.

You cut it out, color it (or color and then cut) and stick it down.

So much easier than glue. 

You Glow Girl! Salon Matchbook from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for a friend.

She is having surgery soon and was saying that she wanted to get her hair done
so that was taken care of because she won't be able to leave her house for 
a while. My other friend and I decided to treat her to her hair appointment.

I used the 5498 – MB Salon to create the card.

I needed something to put a note in as well as her gift card so I used

5811 – Gift Card Pocket Dies

You will need the 5317 – MB Template Dies to create the base for your card.

There is also a cute little envelope to put the little MB in.

5318 – MB Envelope Dies

The little tag is included in the MB Template set and the adorable bobby pin is from

5334 – Salon Mini Dies

I created two different versions and the papers are from

5838 – Fall Journal Paper Pack

and

5835 – Mini Journal Paper Pack

Happy Birthday Mom! with Art Impressions Dies

 Hello and Happy Tuesday everyone!

My Mother-in-Law was recently had a birthday and I played around with some
Art Impressions dies to make her a birthday card.

Would you believe, after 32 years, I don't know her favorite color?

I know she decorates with a lot of these shades so I'm guessing she'll like this.

Art Impressions sets used:

5543 – Journal Template Die Set
5727 – Nested Oval Dies
5591 – Journal Rectangle Frames Die Set
5562 – Journal Letter Die Set
5719 – FB Fence & Window Set
5835 – Mini Journal Paper Pack

5588 – Journal Oval Frames Die Set

5592 – Harvest Journal Die Set

New Gift Card Pocket from Art Impressions

 Hey everyone!

Did you see the cute new 5811 – Gift Card Pocket Dies?

I created two sets for future occasions. 



Though I love EVERYTHING about this set I think my favorite part is the bow.

This new little pocket is so cute and I incorporated a couple stamps and dies from 

a some other new sets.

I cut two butterflies so that I could pop the wings up and add some dimension. 

Ballooning Through the Mountains from Art Impressions

Hello and happy Thursday everyone!

Yesterday there was a new release on the Art Impressions website.

I've used the new 5789 – Hot Air Balloon Set.



This set is very special to me because I grew up in a ballooning community.

My neighbor was the first pilot in my area and we host a Hot Air Balloon festival every year.

I've been up twice for full flights and when I was a child he used to let us help set up the 

balloon and would "hop" us through his pastures on tethered rides for fun.

Though we don't quite have mountains like these in my area, I couldn't resist using the 5198 – WC Mountain Set with the balloons.  The matte was cut with a frame from 5768 – Decorative Journal Page Set 1. The striped paper is from 5835 – Mini Journal Paper Pack and the sentiment is from 5797 – Little Things Sentiment Set.

 

Be sure to check out our two challenges for your chance to win free stamps!

I can't share the second one just yet because it's set to go live at noon.

I hope you enjoy them!