Art Impressions Holiday sets

The Art Impressions Design Team are all showcasing the holiday stamp sets that are available in Michaels and AC Moores stores this fall!  These are the cutest little sets that include matching dies to make putting together projects quick & easy.  Here is Fright Night (Sku # SC0735):

 Isn't he cute??  He comes with two sentiments, and owl, cat and witches hat, and the matching die that works for all three larger images.  Now here are the two penguins from Snow Much Fun (Sku #SC0736):

 I sponged some distress ink onto white stitched banners that I turned into little tags, and popped up the penguins overtop.  The snowflake and die also come in the set, with the two penguins and two sentiments.  You can't see in the photos, but I added some Stickles to the snowflakes, so they're actually quite sparkly.

 The current challenge on the Ai blog is "The Perfect Pairs" we want to see your stamp & die combinations.

  Head on over to the blog to see what the rest of the DT is sharing today!  Happy stamping!

Happy Howl-oween

 I've been dying to get my hands on these little guys, this is quite possibly my favourite stamp set from Art Impressions most recent release... here are three cards that I made using Howl-oween Set (Sku #4785):

 Honestly, the faces on the pups are hilarious!  Bonnie totally captured the 'seriously annoyed' look in their expressions!

 All three were coloured with Copic markers, then die cut and mounted.  The sentiments and treat bags are popped up on pop dots.

 Copics used: Pug - E40, E41, W5, W3, W1, C3, C1, R20, B000, B0000

Daschund - E55, E53, E51, E50, Y38, Y35, Y32, YR16, E15, E13, E11, E00, B000, B0000

Treat bags - YR18, YR16, YR15, YR12, BV04, BV02, BV01, YG03, YG01, YG00, E40

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Fall Coffee Lover's Blog Hop

Well, the Fall Coffee Lover's Blog Hop started up a few days ago... and I've barely had a chance to glance at the entries!  I'm about to change that, as I took a few minutes to make a very simple card to link up.  I haven't missed participating in a hop yet, so here's my simple little coffee card to help share the love:

Now off to visit a few blogs & see what everyone else has come up with!

Patterned papers are Pathfinding, CTMH; Ink and Cardstock are Chocolate, CTMH; Cups of Cheer die, Memory Box, Hello die, Avery Elle; Your Next Stamp Gumdrops in Kiwi & Chocolate.

Old Barn Watercolour

 I had fun painting and distressing today, using the newly released Old Barn Mini Set (Sku #4807) from Art Impressions which is one of the Watercolor Minis collection:

 I love this!  The set includes the barn, the tree, and the fence stamps, so I added in the tiny leaves stamp that is part of Covered Bridge Mini Set (Sku #4808), the tiny grass from WC Foliage Set 1 (Sku #4051) and the Teeny Tiny Flowers from WC Flower Set (Sku #4052)

 After my painting was complete, I grunged up all the edges a little, and sponged some soft brown ink on.  I used my edge distressor to tear up the edges a little, and got out some sandpaper as well.  I added the pewter brads to the corners to make it look like the picture was tacked up on the wall.  Happy stamping!

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One Crazy Stamper Card Kits

I thought I would post these here on my blog also... this is what I've been busy creating over the past couple of weeks!  I designed and assembled card kits for One Crazy Stamper featuring High Hopes Rubber Stamps.  This weekend was Scrapfest here in Richmond Hill, so I've been cutting, sorting and die cutting for months (okay, only weeks...) to get everything ready.  A few sold out, but there are still plenty left for purchase, and they will be up in the One Crazy Stamper store early next week if you're interested.  Here are the six designs:

 Each kit comes with all the pre-cut supplies to make four identical cards, and includes the rubber stamps, an instruction sheet complete with Copic colours and cutting details incase you want to make more cards with your own supplies.  *I'm going to do more cards in the future for OCS... so stay tuned!

Cards to Die for!

Cards to Die for is our newest challenge on the Art Impressions blog!  We want to see your projects with die cuts...  The Ai Design Team are also helping to launch brand new Place Card Pals die sets - OMG these create the cutest little critters that can be made into all kinds of place card holders - be sure to see them over on the Ai blog, with all the wonderful creations by my teammates!  Ai is also launching a new Mini Try-fold set called Nativity MTF (Sku #4809) which is what I am sharing with you today:

The Mini Try-folds are a little smaller than the regular Ai TF's... my white panel is 3 5/8" wide, and 4" tall when closed.  They are so cleverly designed, as the two die cut openings in the side panels allow you to see all the way to the inside to see the sleeping Baby Jesus.

 Here is the card with the left panel opened...

And finally the sweet little inside image, along with the sentiment "O come let us adore Him".  I adhered a long piece of organdy ribbon to the back of my card panel, and this is what it looks like when the ribbon is tied up to hold the card closed:

 Don't forget to head over to the Art Impressions blog to see the rest of the DT creations, and you can link up your own die cut project in our challenge, while you're there!

Copics used: Browns - E59, E57, E55, E53, E51, E50

Yellows - Y26, Y23, YR38, YR35, Y11

Greys - W7, W5, W3, W1, W00, C5, C3, C1

Pinks - R20, E000, E00

Blues - B21, B23, B24