Santa & Mrs. Minis

 

I wanted to share a few more cards using the newly released Art Impressions Mini Front & Backs.  Here is the Santa & Mrs. Mini Set (Sku#4506):

These little guys are just the sweetest images!  And they colour up in a jiffy...

You can find all four of the new sets here in the Ai store.

Copics: E11, E00, E000, R59, R27, R24, R22, R20, G46, G43, G40, C1, C3, C5, Y26, Y23, Y21

Happy stamping!

 

New Mini Front & Back stamps!



The Art Impressions design team is helping to launch the newest release of Mini Front & Back stamps today!  AND there are matching dies that go with them!  I'm sharing two of the eight new images (they come two in a set).  Here is the Snowman & Penguin Mini Set (Sku #4508)

Sorry for the rays of sunshine in my photos!  If you've never seen the Mini Fronts & Backs before, you get both a front upper body stamp, and a rear view full body stamp.  You cut a 1 1/2" circle in your card front, glue the front and back together, and position him so he's peeking out the front of the card.  Each image comes with a sentiment, as well.

And there is something new & exciting for Ai - there are steel dies that work with all of the new & previously released minis! 

 They are all available for purchase on the Art Impressions website, so check them out, and you'll want to head on over to the Ai blog to see what the rest of the design team has come up with to show you.  And... we have a Front & Back challenge going on for one more week - if you don't own any of the Ai F&B images (doesn't have to be the minis!) you just need to have a stamped image on both the front and inside of your card.  We'd love to have you play along, and have a chance to win some wonderful prizes!

Mini Front & Backs Blog Hop

The Art Impressions design team is hosting a blog hop today, as we are launching a new Ai line: Mini Front & Backs!  These little critters are seriously adorable... and make the sweetest cards.  You get an upper body, a full rearview body of two animals (or people!) plus a sentiment for each.  The intention is for you to make a 'window' card so the critter looks like he's peeking out at you.  Here's what I've come up with using Bunny & Ducky Mini Set (Sku#4404):

My cards are little - just 3 1/2" square... and I've used double sided printed cardstock so that the reverse print is visible through the window. 

Here are the insides:

 

After fussy-cutting around the front head piece, and the inside body piece, they fit perfectly together, so I glued the head to the back, then secured the lower body to the inside of the card.  I stamped my sentiments through the window onto the inside of the card so that it's visible with the card open or closed.  You'll want to check out what the entire design team is sharing today to see all the sets in the collection - next on the hop is Kerry!  Here's the hop list in case you want to start at the beginning:

• Cheryl Valadez
• Judith Gowdy
• Karen Day
• Kerry Kung
• Marie-Pierre Capistran
• Reneé Matarese
• Sherry Eckblad