Art Impressions Bowlers

 Have you seen the new Art Impressions sets that are arriving at Michaels stores this spring??  I spent some time having fun colouring up the new bowling themed set SCO680 :

 For this one, I made my own bowling ball with a small circle die, and a 1/8" hole punch to make the finger holes on the ball:

 The set includes the two larger images that I've used on my cards, the small bowling pin, a bowling bag image - and six wonderful sentiments.

 Copics used:  Skin tones - E31, E34, E37, E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair - C3, C1, E18, E07, E02, E29

Oranges - YR19, YR16, YR15, YR12

Yellows - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11

Blues - B28, B26, B24, B23, B21

Greys - C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00

Teals - BG15, BG13, BG11

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New Art Impressions at Michaels

The Art Impressions Design Team are all sharing projects today, made with the two newest Ai stamp sets that are now available at Michaels through Hampton Art.  I'm showing this little penguin trio from SC0716 Ai Penguins:

 I've coloured them with my Copic Markers, popped them up on pop dots over some patterned paper and added a few enamel gumdrops.  It is actually gold foil tape that appears as the two horizontal stripes - they just don't photograph very shiny - here's another shot that shows it a bit better:

Here's a peek at what the sets look like:

We have a new challenge over on the Ai blog - we want to see your holiday creations using red & green.  Head on over to the blog to link up your creation, and you can see what the other Design Team members have created.

Happy Stamping!

Art Impressions at Michaels Blog Hop

 

                         
The Art Impressions Design Team and some very special guests are having an amazing Blog Hop today to announce the launch of 5 brand new Ai sets that are being carried in Michaels Arts & Crafts stores! Be sure to scroll down through my post to see a list of all the hoppers today, as well as a link to FAQ's regarding the Michaels sets.  You should be arriving here from Tracy MacDonald's blog... and without further ado, here's my creation using SC0651 Ai His & Hers Campers:

The camper set is so much fun!!  There are four images and four sentiments - perfect for a retirement card or just a fun friendship card.  I've made a gift bag and matching tag for a retirement gift.  Here's a closeup of my tag that I coloured with Copic markers and tied with some tulle, twine & a button:

And here's a closeup of my gift bag.  Since I was using a plain kraft bag, I wanted to jazz it up a bit by adding strips of brightly patterned papers in varying lengths behind my image.  The sentiment reads: "Still young at heart... slightly older everywhere else"

Here's a picture of all five of the new stamp sets:

 

If you haven't seen all the posts along today's hop, head on over to the Art Impressions Blog which is the first stop on today's hop (you just might see a few more of my projects over there!!).  Your next stop is Angela Boutiller's blog - have a great day everyone!