New Art Impressions Girlfriends for 2015!

Hello everyone!  The Art Impressions Design Team is launching the brand new 2015 Girlfriends stamp sets today!

There are four new sets available in the Ai store - you can find them all here.  I am sharing Quilt Set (Sku #4544):

I just happen to have a sister-in-law and a stepmom who are both avid quilters, so I was thrilled to see this set!  And of course, I thought this stitchy looking paper worked pretty well with it.  There are two other great sentiments that come with the set: "Quilting Sisters" and my personal favourite "May your bobbin never be empty".

You'll want to head on over to the Ai blog to see the other images, and how the other Designers have used them.  We are also kicking off a brand new challenge today, which is "Lovely Ladies".  With Mother's Day just around the corner, and the Girlfriends sets launching today - it's a perfect challenge.  Happy Stamping!

Copics used: Skin tones - E13, E11, E00, E000, E37, E34, E31, E53, E51, E50

Hair - E55, E53, E51, E18, E07, E02, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00, B21,

Reds - R37, R35, R32, R30

Blues - B26, B24, B23, B21

Greens - YG65, YG63, YG61

Golds - Y26, Y23, Y21 

Calling all quilters!

Hello everyone!  I am posting on the One Crazy Stamper blog today. I'm using a great new stamp set from Art Impressions that will appeal to quilters, seamstresses or even just fans of the Girlfriends line by Ai - it's called Quilt Set:

I picked this background paper that has a bit of a quilted feel to it, and did some bright red zigzag stitching on the edges, leaving the ends of the thread loose.  There is a third sentiment in the set, which I also love: "May Your Bobbin Never be Empty" - and here's the one I chose for the inside:

Don't forget that our March challenge has started on the OCS blog - scroll back to the March 1st post to link up your creations!  Here's what you can find in the OCS store from my card:

Art Impressions Quilt Set (Sku #4544)

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Xpress It Blending Cardstock

Copic Markers - Skin tones: E13, E11, E00, E000, E02

Hair - E53, E51, E50, E09, E08, E02, C5, C3, C1

Blues - B26, B24, B23, B21

Greens - YG95, YG93, YG91

Reds - R27, R24, R22

Yellows - Y26, Y23, Y21

Browns - E57, E55, E53

One Crazy Stamper February Challenge

We're starting another month off with a brand new challenge on the One Crazy Stamper blog!  February's challenge is "Red, White & a Die Cut".  Well, there are a lot of Valentine possibilities with this one, but I wanted to show off the brand new release from Art Impressions.  This gal is one of the "Vintage Vixens", which are all retro images with fun sayings.  Here is The Queen Set (Sku #4591):

 I layered two Spellbinder's dies to create the black frame, and then I fussy cut around my Vixen and popped her up on pop dots.  I die cut the sentiment and popped it up as well.  Here's a close up:

Found in the One Crazy Stamper store:

Art Impressions The Queen Set (Sku #4591)

Xpress It Blending Cardstock

Copics used:  Skin tone - E11, E00, E000, R20

Lips - R27

Hair - E57, E55, E53, E51

Grey shadows - C3, C1

Be sure to check out the OCS blog to see what the rest of the Design Team is sharing today, and you can link up your challenge entry there, too!

The Grillfather...

Happy Tuesday, everyone!  I have a square card to share today for One Crazy Stamper, using a stamp set from the Art Impressions line of stamps "Ai Heroes", called "Grillfather".  His pose cracks me up,  because it looks like he's about to have a sword fight with a hamburger!  This is the perfect card for my brother-in-law who really is The Grillfather.

Here's a close-up:

There are five Ai Heroes (Bug Buster, Backyard Boss, Weekend Warrior, Sexy Scrublord and Grillfather) - and you can find all of them in the OCS store here.  They are perfect as Father's Day cards, or just general guy birthday cards.

Don't forget to play along with our June challenge, which is Anything Goes with a splash: glitter and a ribbon - you can link up your card here.

One Crazy Stamper products: Art Impressions The Grillfather

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copic Markers: Skin - E13, E11, E00, E000

Greens - YG97, YG95, YG93, YG91

Reds - R59, R27, R24

Blues - B95, B93, B91

Golds - Y26, Y23, Y21

Greys - C3, C1

Hair - E55

 

 

A Coffee Card

Coffee cards are my favourite thing to make... and this is my favourite coffee themed stamp set by Verve :o)  So it's only fitting that I use it for the first Viva La Verve sketch for January... and I'm incorporating their optional colour challenge as well.

Patterned papers are Madison by Penny Black and Bundle of Joy Dots & Stripes by Echo Park; Cardstock is Cocoa & White Daisy, CTMH; Ink is Rich Cocoa, Memento; Stamp set is Better With You, Verve; Verve Heart dies.

Mojo Monday #302

There is a great sketch this week on Mojo Monday that I wanted to play along with - perfect for a larger image... so I pulled out Rockin' Ruby from Art Impressions and some Penny Black papers that I can't seem to stop using:

Fairly clean & simple (pretty much my style exactly!), and the inside sentiment says "You Rock!".  Here are the Copics I used on Ruby:

 

Patterned papers are Madison by Penny Black, Cardstock is Dutch Blue & White Daisy, CTMH; Ink is Tuxedo Black, Memento; Copic Markers; Baker's Twine, The Twinery; Spiral clip, CTMH; Stamp set is Rockin' Ruby, Art Impressions Rubber Stamps.

 

A Little Birthday Whoot!

Hello Ai fans!

It's Karen here, and being the only Canuck on the design team, since yesterday was Canada's 146th birthday (July 1st!), I decided to make a birthday card using some Canadian colours for my post on the Art Impressions blog :o)  I've used the adorable Birthday Whoot Set (sku#4125):

I've made a 5 1/2" square card with a kraft paper base, and I popped up the sentiment so that the Baker's Twine could slip underneath.  Here's a close up:

And the Copics I used:

Happy Tuesday, everyone!