Elegant Snowflakes from Art Impressions

 I really love all of the cutesy style Christmas stamps that Art Impressions offers but sometimes I want something a little more elegant. I felt that these snowflakes were just the thing.

My card is for the Making Spirits Bright challenge here on the Art Impressions blog right now.

When I saw this set I snatched it up immediately!  It's one of my all-time favorite die sets.
5353 – Large Snowflake Dies

I used the Canson XL WC Paper Pad – 9×12 paper because I wanted something more cream colored rather than bright white.  I also wanted it to have a little texture.

For the snowflakes I die cut some and left them in.  For some I die cut it a second time and glued a second layer on top so they are a little popped up.

I used Wink of Stella and Prima Marketing 584276 Watercolor Confections: Decadent Pies to make some clear and gold sparkle splatters on it with a paint brush.

For some, I removed the inside pieces of the white paper and added gold inside. A few rhinestones and pieces of confetti completed the look.

Gnomes and Bees from Art Impressions

 Hello and Happy Sunday!

Do you love these new Gnomes as much as I do?
And, yes.  Just so you all know, I can see you furrowing your eyebrows and hear you muttering, "Well that's a silly question," in my head! lol!

Of COURSE you love them!

Gnomes live in the woods so I added lots of bees. Gnomes love flowers and so do bees, so I'd assume that Gnomes love bees too. The teeny little bee is from a retired freebie.  He sits on a flower that a sweet little bear is holding.  I only inked up the bee and placed him on the gnomes nose.  It wasn't easy, but it was worth it.  Maybe someday Bonnie will make us a full bee set with everything from a teeny little cluster of 3 bees that we could ink up as one, two or three...all the way up to larger bees that could be the star of our cards!

One very cool feature of this new Gnome set is that one of them is a Front and Back stamp which means you can create a window showing him from the front and on the inside of the card where you see his backside.

The same goes for the little bees from Birds and Bugs. Since some face left and some face right, you can make those F&B stamps too!

I love using clear acetate to make it look like certain images are flying or floating.  You just have to love bees!

5785 – Gnomes Set
5794 – Whimsical Flowers
5797 – Little Things Sentiment Set
5463 – Slimline Dies Set
5561 – Birds and Bugs Set
5543 – Journal Template Die Set
4967 – WC Fence Dies
5724 – Nested Rectangle Dies

Copics used:

B00, Y11, Y15, E33, E47, E53, YG13

Sending Bugs and Kisses from Art Impressions

 Happy Sunday everyone!

Today I'm sharing a sweet, whimsical card made from the 
5728 – Mushroom Cubbies,
5742 – Easter Journal Paper Pack
and
5463 – Slimline Dies Set

Last week was teacher appreciation week and I received some gifts from some students as well

as some "just because" gifts from friends.  I'll be sharing several thank you cards like this

in the near future.

I just love how cute this set is whether you color it brightly or softly.
Also, the little pieces stand on their own without the adorable main mushroom image.

C00, N1, BG000, BG10, BG53,

E11, E13, E93, TT GRAY, CHOCOLATE

Penguin Cheer and Fab-yule-ous Girlfriends!

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing two cards with you.

My first card is a Christmas card that I made for the Diamonds and Pearls challenge going on right now and my second card was made using the current Simon Says Stamp Art Impressions Exclusive!

These oh so cute penguins are from 5192 – Penguin Cheer Set.

I used the 4804 – Snowflake Dies set to give this even more of a winter wonderland feeling.

Here's my second card using the soon to be gone forever exclusive.

Get yours NOW before they sell out!

Art Impressions Simon Says Stamp
EXCLUSIVE FAB-YULE-OUS FRIENDS Clear Stamps sse22c

The stars are from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set and the sentiment was stamped on 
5463 – Slimline Dies Set.

New Tool Bag from Art Impressions!

 Hello Ai fans!

Happy Easter everyone!

Have you all seen the amazing new releases at Art Impressions?

My panels were cut using the 5463 – Slimline Dies Set.

For my cards I used the new 5503 – Tool Bag and Die Set.
Isn't that bag adorable?!

I just love all of those tiny tools.
Though this makes a fantastic masculine card I also know some pretty handy women who would really enjoy this set.

I added some metal embellishments because I thought they went well with the tool theme.
NAILED IT was cut using 5072 – Block Letters Die Set.

I used a diamond plate embossing folder to add some texture.

Copics used:

Y15, R39, R56, BG18, T3, T4, N6,

E30, E37, E39, E43, E99
TT41 – TwinTone Marker – 41 Chocolate to add dots and # on the bags.

A wagon full of Halloween fun!

 Hello Ai fans!

Have you all seen the fabulous new releases from Art Impressions?

I've used several of them for my card.

5460 – Halloween Slimline Set
5462 – Web Dies Set
5463 – Slimline Dies Set

These are just the cutest little Halloween creatures.
They are clearly enjoying themselves and Halloween.

Those little spiders are just the cutest thing ever!!

In real life I'm pretty terrified of bats but who could be afraid of 
this little sweetie?

If you're looking for some fun, new Halloween stamps be sure to check out Ai!

Copics used:

N0, N4, T2, W3, Y0, Y28, Y2, YR00,
YR000, YR01, YR1, YR21, YR2, YR27,
BG0000, BG11, BG53, G82, E31, RV000
RV34,  LePen Drawing 003, Chocolate Twin Tone

Marvy 34 Pale Green, Marvy 43 Brilliant Yellow