Top 10 of 2023

 I decided at the last minute to do a top 10 of my favourite projects from this year!  So here they are in no particular order:

February 20th:

February 20th:

February 16th:

April 7th:

March 23rd:

June 1st:

October 27th:

November 24th:

November 5th:

December 3rd:

A mix of products from all of my favourite companies.  As always - thank you for your comments and support throughout the year.  Looking forward to more crafting in 2024!

Karen's Top 5 of 2023

 Hello everyone!

Here we are just days away from Christmas and the end of the year.  I want to take a moment to say thank you to everyone who follows us on the Art Impressions blog, leaves comments or likes on our posts, whether they're on the blog, or on Facebook and Instagram.  Your support and encouragement are very valued!

Now to my Top 5 Art Impressions projects from 2023 - always fun to scroll back and see what I've created this year!  Here are my choices in the order that they appeared:

From February 2nd: 

From June 1st:

From June 29th:

From November 5th:

From December 3rd:

*This last one also happened to be my most 'liked' project of the year!

Wishing you all a lovely holiday season, and a Crafty New Year.

 

Merry Christmas!

 This new-to-me sentiment from Pigment Craft Co. is one I adore!  I made up a few square cards using some Fancy Pants papers that I've had for a while, and added some Pigment holly sprigs to one, and used my Spellbinder's Holiday Blooms diecuts on the other.

December Birthdays

 I have a couple of family birthdays this week, so I pulled out one of the panels I made last summer using the Butterflies stamps and stencils (I made up several extra stamped panels in different colourways - for exactly this reason, to pull out when needed!), and fussy cut out the butterflies.

For this card I used the Diagonal Stitched Plaid Cover die on some aqua cardstock as the base, then die cut the Stitched Scallop Rectangles die in some fine, sparkly silver cardstock.  I glued the butterfly down with a gem for it's head, and added one of the Perfect Sentiments with some 3D foam tape.

My second card uses the Eyelet Cover Die from Pigment Craft Company on aqua cardstock, trimmed to show just a hint of white around the edges.  I die cut the smaller Stitched Scallop Rectangle die from the same glittery cardstock and added another Perfect Sentiment with foam tape.

They're wonderfully sparkly in person!  All supplies are Pinkfresh Studio, except where noted.

Holiday Blooms

 I had die cut a bunch of pieces from my Spellbinder's Holiday Blooms set this fall, and was happy to make some of them up into a card.  I've used a mix of products today: the wood slice is from The Greetery, sentiment & banner are Art Impressions, and the paper is older Simple Stories.

Wonderful Time

I got two final Christmas cards made for 2023 today... although I plan to keep creating, and just add them to my stash for next year.  This is the Wonderful Time stamp set by Anita Jeram for Colorado Craft Company that my niece gifted me this fall!  I have a few of her sets, and really love them.  I pulled out my Copics, which was fun, as I haven't used them much lately.

Merry Stitchmas Trees

If you scroll down on my blog, you'll see a few stitched Christmas tags that I've made with the Spellbinder's Merry Stitchmas kit.  I also made up several different cards featuring some of the dies.  I thought that this three-part tree would lend itself better to being on a card rather than as a tag:

I got six of these made up!  Quick and easy to stitch, and I love them done with the metallic gold thread, and glitter paper as the trim.