Sea Friends & Graphic 45

My third project with the June Betterpress Society plates, 'Sea Friends' was featuring some gorgeous patterned paper from the Graphic 45 line, 'Seas the Day'.

Since I had already pressed a bunch of the undersea images using Pinkfresh Studio inks on regular cardstock, all I had to do was pick my paper, then I diecut a Pinkfresh oval die, inked up the bottom half of it with aqua ink, and pressed one of the sentiments with Betterpress black ink.

I arranged a few of the pieces off to one side, and adhered it to the background with 3D foam adhesive.

You can get a Betterpress Society subscription from The Papercrafter's Workshop.

Vintage Vixens

This is a real oldie from Art Impressions that I had stamped off many years ago, and just pulled it out to colour this week.  I've had these Graphic 45 papers in my stash for ages as well, so it was a great excuse to use up a bunch of product, and I got to make a card for a special friend.

Shoppes Try-fold cards

 I have a couple of Art Impressions cards to share today!  This is the first time that I've coloured up the Shoppes TF Set (Sku #4339):

 After untying the ribbon, here is what the try-fold looks like:

 And here is the inside, with both side flaps open.  I backed the two side pieces with some patterned paper to hide where the Copic markers bled through.  The set includes all three images, plus the sentiment:

 All of the images that come in the set can be used individually on regular cards, so here is one using the main image:

There are quite a few Try-fold sets available in the Art Impressions store - you can find them all here!

Copics used: Greens - G46, G43, G40

Yellows - Y26, Y23, Y21, E50

Reds - R27, R24, R22, R20

Blues - B26, B24, B23, B21, B0000, B000

Browns - E47, E44, E43, E41

Greys - C7, C5, C3, C1, C00

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Window Deco Die

 I am sharing a card using a Windows to the World stamp from Art Impressions called Day Spent Window (Sku #4584) paired up with the brand new Window Deco Die (Sku #4749):

 The Window Deco Die set actually comes with four dies, and two stamps, and I am just using the curtain and valance stamps on my card today.  I stamped them both on some patterned paper, and used some pencil crayons to add a bit of shading to the folds of the fabric.  I used the Window Die (Sku #4619) to die cut the window panes so that you can peek through to the stamp on the inside of the card.

 The sentiment is a favourite of mine, from the Garden TF Set (Sku #4203).  Here is what the inside looks like:

Copics used - B28, B24, B23, B21, G46, G43, G41, YG07, YG05, YG03, YG01, R35, R32, R30, E57, E55, E53, W5, W3, W1, W00

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Mood Swing

 I'm back using some of the brand new Art Impressions Vintage Vixens today - here is a card made with Mood Swing Set (Sku #4593):

I wanted it to have a bit of a Country Fair feel to it - which is why I chose these papers.  I stamped the gals, and coloured them with Copic markers, then fussy cut them out, quite close to the image.  I added pop dots to give the card a bit of dimension.

 Happy stamping, everyone!  Copic markers used:

Blues - B97, B95, B93, B91

Reds - R59, R24, R22, R20

Greens - G46, G43, G41

Browns - E57, E55, E53, E51

Greys - W7, W5, W3, W1

Skin tones - E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair - E18, E07, E02, E55, E53, E51

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May Contain Rum!

 I am posting on the Art Impressions blog today! I'm a big retro fan, so I love the 40's/50's images that are in the new Vintage Vixens collection.  Today I'm using Contains Rum Set (Sku #4594):

 As soon as I saw the Vixens, I ran out and bought these papers especially for them, as they remind me of aprons & home baking!  When I added the blue outline around her, I intended to go back in and soften the halo a bit, but I like the sort of cartoon element it gave to the image so I left it as is.

Don't forget that our Vintage Vibe challenge is still happening on the Ai blog, we would love to see your creations with a vintage feel to them - and there are always fabulous prizes to be won!

Copics used: Skin tones - E11, E00, E000

Greens - G46, G43, G40

Reds - R27, R24, R22, R20

Yellows - Y26, Y23

Blue - B21

Grays - W1, W00

Use your stash!

We are launching our first challenge of 2014 over on the Art Impressions blog today... and we want you to use something from your stash of supplies!  I have had this image coloured up and ready to go for almost 6mths... had even chosen what papers I'd use, and finally got it made up into a card.  I've used one of the Shake Your Booty sets: Hula Set (Sku#4306) and these fun papers from Graphic 45:

I love this spunky gal in her coconut bra... but the real fun is on the inside - I've popped up the grass skirt on an Action Wobble, and the sentiment says "Shake Your Grass":

Here's a closeup:

Be sure to visit the Art Impressions blog to check out the challenge... there are always fabulous prizes to be won!  We've also launched the new 2014 Valentine sets on the Art Impressions website (I'll have a bunch to share with you soon) you can see them here.