I have a lot more CHA samples to share...and here is another post I'm borrowing from Jackie on the Inky Antics Blog! >>We're...

Hello Ai fans! I have an acquaintance that recently saw some RN cards that I shared on my Facebook page. She has a niece that's graduating from nursing school at Penn State University and asked if I would replicate one of them in Penn State's blue and white colors. This was her favorite design, so here it is in blue and white. The stamps are all from 4899 – Proud Nurse Set. I also used the 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies. The RN was cut using 5072 – Block Letters Die Set. I hope her niece enjoys the card. Nurses are so important to every last one of us. We need to show them that they're appreciated! Copics used: B28, B66, B95, C0, C3, C8, T4, E02, E21, E23, E25, E31, E39, E40, E51, E74

Just a few funny cards featuring Inky Antics stamps and Darcie's Papers... All images colored with Prismacolor Pencils and gamso...

Hello everyone! I'm sneaking in a bonus post this month on the OCS blog... to share a couple of cards made with one of the sets from the popular Art Impressions Girlfriends line: Laughing Set: I wanted to keep them fairly flat for mailing, and also wanted to use up some scraps! I had already coloured up the images to match this paper pack, and here's what I had sitting on my craft desk, leftover from previous projects: Bits and pieces! I was determined not to cut into any new sheets, so here's what I came up with: Lora has a FABULOUS assortment of Art Impressions stamps in the One Crazy Stamper store... you can see them all here. And wait until you see the newest release! You can preorder them here. Copics used: Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20 Hair - Y21, Y23, Y26, E55, E53, E51 Greys - W5, W3, W1 Reds - R24, R22, R20 Greens - G46, G43, G41 Golds - Y26, Y23, Y21

< Hello Ai fans! I used the Proud Nurse stamp set for this snarky card. I plan to use this as a get well card, but this image could be used for many occasions. I started by stamping the images onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth card stock with Gina K Black Amalgam ink and colored them with Copic markers. The colors I used will be listed at the end of this post. I then cut the images out with Cutterbee scissors and set them aside. I stamped the greeting onto a thin strip of white card stock using Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I started with a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" Spectrum Noir Card stock and stamped the cross, syringe, stethoscope & bandaid randomly around the outside of the paper with Gina K Amalgam ink. I then colored them in with Copic Markers. I then attached it to an A2 card. I layered a white card stock oval. I colored the oval with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink and layered it to the center of the card with foam tape. I then cut the greeting with the smallest oval and attached it to the oval. I also added the nurse with foam squares. Copic Colors Used: Skin - E11, E00, E000 Scrubs - B95, B93. B91 Grey - C3, C1 Red - R27, R05 Tan - E35, E33, E31 Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Copic colors used: skin- E00, E000, 20, E11 black hair- C7, C5, C3 red hair- E18, E09, E07, E02 cake- E44, E43, E42, 0, E37, E35, E32 blue green details- BG09, BG05, BG10 raspberry details- Rv29, RV25, RV23 yellow green details- YG17, YG13, YG01 orange details- YR68, YR65, YR61 white details- C5, C3, C1, 0 black details- C7 C5, C3 blue details- B97, B95, B93, B91 Hey all! Welcome back! At Art Impressions, we are hopping to celebrate the release of some brand new Girlfriend images...WOO HOO! You know 'em, you love 'em, you can't live without 'em! We all need our girlfriends. We laugh together, cry together, rejoice together. They are our rocks and they lift us up! Sometimes they also need to help us lift our birthday cakes up...LOL! I just turned 47 and let me tell you, I'm certainly glad I didn't opt for candles ;) No need to start the fire detectors chirping! This image is aptly called Giant Cake and now I'm craving something sweet. Cake, anyone? Pick up all of the new Girlfriend images in the Ai Shop. You should have arrived from Karen Day's fabulous blog. Next you'll head to Kerry Kung's blog where you'll no doubt find something wonderful. If you get lost along the way, head to the Art Impressions Blog and you'll have access to the entire Hop List to get you back on track. Oh yeah, and don't forget our awesome Girlfriend Giveaway below! a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good Wednesday morning and welcome to the CLASSroom. In my early years of paper crafting I became intrigued with creating outdoor scenery around a focal image using foliage stamps and simple hand sketching. Art Impressions has been creating watercolor scene...

I have another Guest Design Team Post for TupeloDesignsLLC . I used some really fun stamps on this card. Ha-Ha.. these Art Imp...

Today's card is for my mom's birthday. We actually celebrated it today with my dad's. One is in July the other in August, so it's easier to do them together, so everyone came over for some lunch and cake. I'm using the Art Impressions stamp set called "Fire Out". I colored her with Copics, added some Glossy Accents to the glasses & Stickles to the pompom on her party hat. The papers were from DCWV The Birthday Wishes Stack and the banner was cut using the Ribbon Banner from Simon Says Stamp. I am entering this card in the following challenges: Art Impressions Blog - Big Birthdays Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Spots & Dots Have a great week...

I really dig the expression on Maude's face! She is from Art Impressions. I've been taking a Tombow class at My Creative Classroom with Kim and used the technique I learned on Maude. Ink up Maude image with black ink,...

I had so much fun making this card! I enlarged the little golf cart from a small embellishment piece on a box card purchased fr...

I am such a fan of ART IMPRESSIONS STAMPS and was beyond thrilled to receive these two new sets in the mail yesterday. Thank you!!! As so...

Hello Ai friends and happy Monday! Today I'm sharing a card using the Cheer set (SKU#4547), what a way to start the week. Copic markers: Skin & Hair: E000, E00, E11, E21. R20, E31 , E35, E42 Outfit: BG10, BG11, BG13, BG15, R81, R83, R85, Y11, Y13, Y15 InLinkz.com

Please click HERE if you are joining Meljen's 200th Challenge Blog Hop Celebraton. Thanks for stopping by today. I hope everyone is having a great weekend! Art Impressions has been around for a long time. I just recently rediscovered them while shopping at my LSS (Stamp Attic) one day last year and came across one of their adorable, humorous stamp sets. It's all been "down hill" from there! This week's Art Impressions challenge is Sheer Perfection - using vellum with our Art Impressions project. I have a folder full of vellum and knew right away that it would work perfectly as the background for the Pedal Pushers girlfriends! For my project, I used a sheet of blue vellum and dry embossed it with a Stampin' Up cloud folder. I cut a separate sloping panel of Amuse gingham card stock for the grassy hill. The images was colored with Copic Markers and fussy cut then applied with dimension tape. Thanks for stopping by! I always enjoy reading your comments.

Today's card is one we did in our card group at Barb's. It's a cute one! This is the stamp set she had us use: She provided everything in the kit. All we had to do was stamp and color the nurse and stamp the sentiment. For the inside, I printed a free sentiment I found on the internet. That cracked me up and I thought it went perfectly with the front. Tuesday Throwdown has an Anything Goes Challenge #446 sponsored by Power Poppy today. I don't have any Power Poppy stamps, but I sure would like to win one! Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you'll be back tomorrow.

Hello Ai fans! It's time for week two of our Perfect Plaid challenge. So far all of the challenge entries are amazing! Keep them coming! Last week we kicked things off with two beautiful cards from Nina. Today, you'll get to see what the rest of the Design Team made. We're sure you'll be inspired by what you see! Nina used... 5110 – Housework Set 5490 – Front Porch Farm House Set 5516 – Friends Forever Set 5463 – Slimline Dies Set Memento Ink Pad 5516 – Friends Forever Set Mercy used 5351 – Chubby Snowmen Set. Tasha used 4902 – Par-Tee Golfers Set Sharon used 4159 – Lazy Boy Set and 5421 – Sit Back Laugh Lines. Reneé used 5014 – WC Window Set 5462 – Web Dies Set 5460 – Halloween Slimline Set 5456 – Spooky Wagon Set Lynn used 4902 – Par-Tee Golfers Set and 5072 – Block Letters Die Set. As you can see, there are many ways to showcase plaid. How will YOU use it on your project? Now for our challenge rules...create any handmade project that has plaid. It can be plaid paper, hand drawn plaid, plaid ribbon, cloth etc. Show us what you've got! ✻ Please make a new card or creation. You can make any crafty item you wish; this is not limited to cards! ✻ Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps! ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission. ✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to. ✻ The Ai Challenge is open to everyone, international submissions are welcome! ✻ Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top right of our sidebar! ✻ Share the Ai love if you can, by clicking and commenting on your fellow crafters. ✻ Make sure to get your link up by the deadline to enter your creations. ✻ Good luck and happy stamping! You are invited to the Inlinkz link party! Click here to enter

Hello, Ai Fans! It's time to party! Our NEWEST challenge is all about paper-piecing, a fun technique to add pattern to stamping! Last week Diane gave a fun tutorial, and it's a perfect intro if it's a new technique to you. Today we have the lovely designer all together with their creations! Be sure to leave some comment love on their blogs (click the designer's name for a link). Cheri with Work Out Set of 4 (SKU #3584) Dana with Dare to be Fabulous (available at Hobby Lobby) Diane with Thin Enough Set (SKU #4670) Karen with Cheer Set (SKU #4547) Kerry with The Weigh-In Set (SKU #4049) Renee with Gordon Golfer Set (SKU #4325) Sharon with Robe Spinner (SKU #4677) and Robe Spinner Die (SKU #4696) Thank you for the inspiring cards, team! It's so fun to see how paper piecing can liven up an image! We'd love for you to join our challenge! Don't forget, top spot wins a prize pack and honorable mentions receive a set of their choice! Here are the challenge rules … ✻ Please make a new card or creation. You can make any crafty item you wish; this is not limited to cards! ✻ Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps! ✻ The Ai Challenge is open to everyone, international submissions are welcome! ✻ Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top right of our sidebar! ✻ Share the Ai love by clicking and commenting your fellow crafters. ✻ Make sure to get your link up by Wednesday, February 3 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations. ✻ Good luck and happy stamping! An InLinkz Link-up

"Stitch it Up" is this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme. I stitched together a book using the Sizzix Traveler's Notebook die set. A great way to paint a white piece of paper quickly and easily is to use a large gel printing plate. I dripped and drizzled acrylic paint onto my 8" x 10" gel plate and transferred the paint onto a big piece of Strathmore Mixed Media paper. Here's what the gel print looked like: When the paint was dry, I cut out two covers for my book using the Sizzix Traveler's Notebook die and my Sizzix Big Shot. I added a little more white paint to tone things down. I also cut out the pages for my book using some old "ledger" patterned paper that I had in my stash. These are all folded in half. I decorated my cover and then sewed my cover pieces together using the spine-shaped die that I also cut out of my gel-printed paper. I sewed my pages down the spine and attached them to my cover like so: I had used a stamp from Inky Antics' Big Houses set as the focal point and added some yellow and pink from watercolors. To finish it off, I added some fabric scraps and some paper pieces along the top and sides. Here are the supplies I used that you can find at Simon Says Stamp: Inky Antics Big Houses stamp set Sizzix Travelers Notebook Inserts die set Sizzix Big Shot Jane Davenport Acrylic Paint set Daniel Smith Opera Pink Extra Fine Watercolor Gelliarts Large Gel Plate (8x10) Speedball 4 Paint Brayer Dina Wakley White acrylic paint Dina Wakley Night acrylic paint Dina Wakley Lime acrylic paint Dina Wakley Lapis acrylic paint Ranger Jet Black Archival ink Hero Arts Heat Tool Dina Wakley Small Journal Clips I can't wait to see what you do with this week's challenge theme! Upload your projects to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

Now in the shop! Hello Ai friends we are having a blog hop today featuring our Girlfriends stamps. You should have arrived here from Renee's blog. Today I am sharing a card that I created using the newly released Girlfriends Giant Cake image. This stamp set reminds me of my two besties from high school. Getting together always involves cake or some other kind of dessert. This is definitely a fun image to color and I also added some paper piecing to the clothing. Your next stop on the hop is Judith's blog. Here is the full hop list if you get lost during the links and don't forget to sign up for our awesome giveaway below! Art Impressions Marie-Pierre Capistran Reneé Matarese Sherry Eckblad (you are here) Judith Gowdy Karen Day Cheryl Valadez Kerry Kung a Rafflecopter giveaway

Hello everyone! Welcome to a new challenge at Art Impressions! We're so excited you're here! Before we get started on our new challenge, let's announce the winners from last week! Top Spot goes to ... Kelly S! Congratulations Kelly! We love how you used our Out to Lunch set! Very cute! Contact [email protected] with your address to claim your prize pack! Our Honorable Mentions this week go to ... Amy H. Linda M. Congratulations Amy & Linda! We loved your Maude cards! Contact [email protected] with your shipping address and a stamp set of your choice as a prize! Now! We're excited as we head into Valentine's season to kick off our "Have a Heart" challenge! This week, we want your project to have a little heart, or a big one! Just make sure you have a heart on your project and upload it below! Our design team is here to kick off our challenge! Check out these awesome projects! Cheri using... Val Set (Sku#4214) Karen using... Tina Set (Sku#4215) Kerry using... Wanna Share Set (Sku#4368) Renee using... Looked So Good Set (Sku#4381) Sharon using... Main Squeeze Set (Sku#4360) How fun are these? Thanks DT for some amazing inspiration this week! Now it's your turn! Submit your project below for a chance to win Ai products! We'll see you next week! Here are the challenge rules … ✻ Please make a new card or creation. You can make any crafty item you wish; this is not limited to cards! ✻ Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps! ✻ The Ai Challenge is open to everyone, international submissions are welcome! ✻ Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top right of our sidebar! ✻ Share the Ai love by clicking and commenting your fellow crafters. ✻ Make sure to get your link up by Wednesday, February 11 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations. ✻ Good luck and happy stamping! An InLinkz Link-up

Hello Ai friends and happy Monday! Today I'm sharing a fun get well card using the Baseball set. I absolutely adore this baseball diva, she is just super cool! And the sentiment matches her perfectly. I wanted something fun for the sentiment. So, I cut out the 'baseball' using circle dies, then draw the red line using Copic markers R29. Copic markers used: BG0000, C3, C4, C5, E21, E23, E55, E95. R27. R43, RV14, RV21, RV23/ InLinkz.com

Hello Ai Fans! Sherry here today with a card I created using the new Cupcake BFFs set. This card came together quickly once I picked which papers and layout to use. (copics used: E000. E00. E02, E04, R20, RV13, RV21, RV23, N1, E09, E25, E27, E29, R81, R83, R85, Y35, YR18, B0000) Thanks for stopping by and Happy Stamping! Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Copic Sketch Markers *Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SUPER SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets *My Mind's Eye SKY'S THE LIMIT Enamel Dots Find Your Wings & Fly FLY121 *Pebbles Inc GARDEN PARTY 6 x 6 Paper Pad Cupcake BFF's 4409 InLinkz.com

Hello Scrappy Friends !! It’s Crystal here and today I made a card using Art Impressions Texting BFF’s .This stamp set is so cute, who wouldn’t want to get this card in the mail ,…

"CUTE AS A BUTTON" Art Impressions theme for their Challenge is "Cute as a Button". I went a little "Hog Wild" with this one, new from their Zoo Crew line (available in local stores now)! I think she is adorable and wears her tutu and party hat so well! I've added a FEW buttons! The brown background has been embossed with Serendipity's Cupcake die. She has touches of Glossy Accents on her lips and toes. Wink of Stella has been brushed on her skirt and hat. The mouth watering icing is Viva Pearl Pen! The sentiment speaks for itself! The die cut cupcake is the same one used to emboss on the front. Of course my favorite, she's on a Wobble! Copics Used Shop all the fabulous Ai stamps here Kick up your heels and go "Hog Wild" today! Thanks for looking! Stamps: Art Impressions- Zoo Crew- Hog Wild Paper: Neenah, ep -Summer Bliss, Bazzill Dies: Serendipity Stamps- Cupcake and Candle Die Set, MFT- Blueprints 1,16, Stitched Circles Stax, Impression Obsessions- Button Set, Spellbinders- A2 Matting Basics, Reverse Wonky Rectangles Other- Copics, Wobble, Perfect Cutting Mat, Bow Easy, Wink of Stella, Glossy Accents, Viva Pearl Pen, lace, ribbon, buttons twine

Hello Ai fans! Today I have a couple of fun cards for you cat lovers out there... or they are perfect for that certain someone you know with a bit of a feline obsession... here is SC0652 available at Michaels stores, or from the Ai website: I have to warn you - I'm totally in love with plaid papers right now, so you're going to see a whole bunch of them over the next while, they just seem to work with everything? There are a couple of great images and four fun sayings as part of this set (along with the cutest little paw prints!) so head on over to the Ai website and check this set out! Happy stamping! Copics used - Greens: BG18, BG15, BG13, BG11 Greys - C3, C1, C00, W3, W1 Oranges - YR18, YR16 Browns - E15, E13, E11, E00, E000, E41, E40 InLinkz.com

Hello Ai Fans! You can never have too many birthday cards and Cupcake BFFs is a fabulous stamp :) Perfect for your girlfriends, sister etc. The sentiment that I used is one of two that comes with the set. Copics: Skin: E11, E02, E00, E000 Hair: Y11, E55, E53 Dress: YR04, YR02, YR61 Pants/shoes/cupcake: C1, C00, E74, E25 See you soon :) InLinkz.com

Hello Ai fans! I am sharing another image from one of the new Art Impressions sets that are available in Michaels stores this spring (Sku # SC0678): I made two identical cards that are 5 1/2" square, featuring two different skin tones. The stamp set includes two images, and seven great sentiments. Copics used: Skin - E37, E34, E31, E11, E00, E000, R20 Hair - E57, E55, E53, E18, E07, E02 Blues - B97, B95, B93, B91, B07, B05, B02, B00 Pinks - R89, R85, R83, R81 Yellows - Y26, Y23, Y21, Y13 Greys - W3, W1, W00, C1 InLinkz.com

Hello Ai Fans! Welcome to a brand new challenge! We had so much fun last week with our big Girlfriends launch and hope you did too! Top Spot for last week's challenge goes to … Sharon Claude Congratulations Sharon! We loved your adorable friendship card, perfect for spring! Contact [email protected] with your address for your prize pack! Our two honorable mentions go to … Linda M. Karen Amidon Congratulations Linda and Karen! Email [email protected] with your address and a stamp set of your choice! Our newest challenge is so easy, any masculine card will do! We'll be back next week with our new Ai Heroes launch, a great line for Father's day. Here are the challenge rules … ✻ Please make a new card or creation. You can make any crafty item you wish; this is not limited to cards! ✻ Limit two submissions per person. You will receive extra votes if you use Art Impressions stamps! ✻ Include a link back to the Ai Blog or grab our button on the top right of our sidebar! ✻ Share the Ai love by clicking and commenting your fellow crafters. ✻ Make sure to get your link up by Wednesday, May 7 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations. ✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

Hello Ai fans! Today I'm sharing a humorous nursing card. I'm not a nurse but I'm a mom and in a way I think that means I can relate. People needing your help all...the...time! 4899 – Proud Nurse Set from the Work and Play line at Art Impressions. I'm sure every nurse has had a moment like this! I used one of the other verses on the inside. LinkDeli.com Copics used: BG10, BG11, BG23, Y11, Y21, R00, RV34, RV52, C0, C3, C5, C7, E00, E25, E29, E37, E41, E81, E97

Valentines Day is surely coming, and can you imagine better choice to Valentines day -card than Girlfriends:) This one is called Comfy on Couch. You can find Comfy on Couch set too: here. I have stamped "Hearts in a Row" to the card as a ribbon. Happy Weekend!!