Hello Ai fans! We hope you all enjoyed the first week of our Birds of a Feather challenge. We want to see your crafty projects using birds. Your projects can include bird stamps, dies, papers etc. Last week Lynn was our Featured Artist. She made a beautiful Floral Truck with birds flitting about. View her full post and video tutorial here. Dori made two cards. For her first card she used: 5367 - WC Birdcage Dies 5100 - Woodland Tree Cubbies 5892 Easter S2 PP 5817 - Potting Garden Shed 5591 - Journal Rectangle Frame Leaf For her second card she used: 5367 - WC Birdcage D ..read more

 Happy Thursday AI Friends! I have two cards for you today that were inspired by the "Birds of a Feather" challenge (see the Bi-Weekly Challenge tab above for more details).  Both cards feature the #5367 - Birdcage Dies, the #5892 Easter S2 paper pack, the #5817 Potting Garden Shed plus several others.   Let's take a look at the first card.         Friendly Blue Birds: I first stamped several of the birds using Memento Black ink on cryogen white cardstock and colored with copic markers.  I die cut each of the birds out with the coordinating dies that ..read more

 Happy May everyone! It's the first of the month which means it's time for a new Guest Designer Challenge here at Art Impressions. This month it's Anchors Away! We know so many of you are coming into summer season and will be spending lots of time at the beach, on boats, at the lake etc. We want to see your nautical cards. Show us your boats, lighthouses, anchors, docks, beaches, port holes, seagulls, pelicans, lakes, ponds etc. Before we see what our amazing Guest Designer Diana Sheely made to inspire you, let's see who won our Say it with Sentiments challenge. Debbie Hedges! She ..read more

 Happy Wednesday Ai Fans!!! Watch video tutorial here!!! Today we will be using the brand-new stamp set from the Art Impressions Village Series! This set is called the Ai Village Vehicles Set (5889) and includes several little trucks, cars and even an airplane which will coordinate perfectly the new FREEBIES! These new FREEBIES include several different village houses/shops including a schoolhouse, cafe, hotel, candy shop, bakery and pet shop. Here's the fun part ...there are three add-on sets that will coordinate with these FREEBIE stamps. The Village Vehicles (5889) which we will be ..read more

Happy Watercolor weekend!   This weekend I have 2 cards that would be perfect for a child's birthday.  My grandson turned one year old last month and I had him on my mind as I created these 2 cards. I used one stamp set, #5400 Baby Critters and one paper pack, #5873 Mini Birthday for both cards.  I challenged myself to use different patterns from the paper pack to layer and add dimension.  I had a lot of fun using dies and a paper punch to punch out the circles and add details.  For each of the cards I started by stamping all of the images on watercolor paper ..read more

Hi everyone! Are you a golfer or know someone who its? I love golf. As it happens, my city will be hosting the Wells Fargo Tournament in a few weeks. I get to go for a day and I can't wait! I am celebrating by making a card in anticipation of a great time watching golf. The images I used for this is from 4902 Par-Tee Golfers Set. I couldn't resist putting the name of the golf club on the cart in honor of the tournament. Adding special touches like this are one of the things that I think make card making special! To make this card, I stamped the golf cart with the man, the hole with the flag ..read more

Happy Friday Ai Friends! Tasha here sharing a new masculine card created with the fun 5406 - Mr. Set.  This stamp set includes several hats and accessory items to customize your card or project, but this handyman outfit is so cute for a birthday card or Father's Day card.  For the card, I stamped the main image, hammer, tool belt, and hat before using the included dies to cut the images out. To create the cap, I stamped the hat with antlers and just cut the antlers off. My husband loves to wear hats and this guy totally reminds me of him when he is about to tackle a home project.&nb ..read more

 Hello Ai fans! We hope you all enjoyed our It's Raining Cats & Dogs challenge. With that challenge ending, it means it's time to debut a new challenge. For the next two weeks our challenge is called Birds of a Feather. We want to see your crafty projects using birds. Your projects can include bird stamps, dies, papers etc. Before we share our Featured Artist Lynn's lovely project, let's see who won our last challenge. We had so many wonderful cards entered and it was tough to choose a winner. For our Top Spot, we selected #3 Zilla S. We loved her creative milk jug with the very con ..read more

Happy Thursday AI Friends! When I saw these a-MAZE-ing Village stamps and coordinating sets, my mind went way back to my childhood.  They reminded me of the fun little maze puzzle games I use to play with when I was a kid. (I think I just dated myself.  LOL!)   Hope some of you remember those puzzle games, but if not, hope you get inspired to create one of these for your kids/grandkids (or even yourself).   I began by stamping many images from the #5889 - Village Vehicles and #5890 - Village Accessories sets, as well as the Exclusive (freebies) buildings ..read more

Happy Wednesday Ai Fans!!! Watch video tutorial here!!!  Let's create a fun and funny get-well card using the Ai Get Well (SC0681) Stamp Set. This set has some great sentiments and images which will bring a smile to the face of someone who may be feeling a bit under the weather. First, we can stamp the lady with the gigantic needle and the little pill bottles and color these using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Flesh Colour, Sugared Almond Pink, Peach Pink, Haze Blue, Lt Blue, Cobalt Blue, Turquoise Green, Lt Gray, Gray. Then we can cut these ima ..read more