Thursday, May 25, 2017

NEW At Michaels! PLUS, Challenge 209 White Space is Nice Space

Hello, Ai Fans!



NEW Clear at Michaels
Hooray! We have added two new clear sets to our collection at Michaels! These sets were exclusively designed with your festivities and travels in mind! Our Big Birthday Wishes set is sweet to celebrate your girlfriends! "Girls just wanna have fun" with our Road Trip set, featuring fun sentiments that perfectly fit inside the street sign stamp! Grab a set today at your local Michaels store!

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Joining us today, Karen shares a sweet tutorial to kick of our White Space is Nice Space and to celebrate our new sets at Michaels!

It's all about "CAS" here on the Ai Challenge this week... and personally, I find this the most difficult style of cardmaking!  I'm all about patterned paper & bright colours, so I have to work hard to achieve a balanced look where white space is involved.  I am using SC0794 today - one of the new acrylic sets available at Michaels stores through Hampton Art.  Here's what I came up with:
For me, balance is a big part of cardmaking.  I chose to make a large card - it's 6" square.  The image itself would've worked on a much smaller card, but because I chose to put a 3/8" frame of teal cardstock around it, I needed the larger amount of white space around the frame to balance it out.
 After colouring with Copics, I fussy cut the image and attached it with pop dots for a little added interest.  I glued "friends" down flat, but attached "best" with pop dots -again- for balance.  I could've stopped there, but with the sentiment taking up the top left corner, I opted to add a few enamel dots to the lower part of the card for (you guessed it) balance.
 In addition to the banners and main image, this set includes a cupcake and three sentiments, so I chose one of them for the inside of my card.  So get busy and start creating!  We would love to have you join us this week for "White Space is Nice Space"!
 Copics used: Skin tones - E11, E00, E000, R30, E53, E51, E50, E34, E31
Greys - C9, C7, C5, C3, C1
Blues - B95, B93, B91, B21, BV04, BV01, BV00
Pinks - RV14, RV13, RV11, RV10
Greens - BG18, BG15, BG13, BG11, YG05, YG03, YG01, YG00
Yellows - Y11, Y38, Y35, Y32, Y21

What a fantastic card, Karen! Your clean and simple design and beautiful colors really make your coloring pop!

It's your turn! We want to see your clean and simple cards for our "White Space is Nice Space" challenge! It's the perfect time to show off your coloring with your favorite stamps!

✻ 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, June 7 at 5:00 p.m. PST to enter your creations.
✻ Good luck and happy stamping!




Let's not forget the winners of last week's Dots and Stripes challenge!

Top Spot goes to...


Congrats! We love your bright colors of our Girlfriends in their polkadot and striped bathing suites! Too cute and fun for summer! Email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address to claim your prize pack!

Honorable Mentions go to...



Congrats, you two! EK, your dotted embossed background really features our Out To Lunch Girlfriends and your pink color-blocking mimics some sweet stripes! Margo, we love your coloring with our Birthday Wishes Set and adore your coordinated paper! Be sure to email annelise@artimpressions.com with your address and select the stamp set of your choice for a prize!

Thank you to all of our entrants, we hope you'll join in for our new challenge! 

By the way, we have two exciting new products available at our website!

WC Travel BoxBonnies Favorites

Do you wonder what Bonnie's most used colors are in her Watercolor Wednesday videos? Look no further than Bonnie's Favorites Pen Set! This 12 pen Marvy Le Plume II set features our most-loved colors for Ai Watercoloring! Visit our website to view the list of colors included and to purchase this set for yourself. Remember, we also sell Marvy Le Plume II pens individually if you want to try new colors or replace old favorites!

Take your watercolor stamps on vacation with our WC Travel Box! Each box includes a slim palette and three acrylic blocks, so all you need is to add your favorite stamps, markers and brush for watercoloring on the go. If you have taken our 2017 Watercolor Workshop, you have used great little boxes in class! Click here to purchase one for yourself!

Happy Stamping!

33 comments:

Cynthia said...

FUN new sets!! Great design and colors, Karen. Big congrats to the winners!

Dot J Freel said...

I just love that new birthday stamp set and the cards made are so cute!!!

Beverly S. said...

CUTE card, Karen! Fun new challenge....I always struggle with CAS too so this will be a "real" challenge for me. ;) I love the new sets...will have to check them out at Michael's.

katieo said...

Loving the new sets. Thanks for the inspiration. This will be a challenging challenge for me-I love my patterned papers.

Brenda's Card Corner said...

I am not seeing the link to enter #209 challenge...am I missing something? Fabulous card Karen and congrats to the winners of Dots and Stripes!

Brenda

Milene Tiberius said...

Congrats to the winners!!!!!! ❤❤ These new stamp sets are so awesome! I love the large images. Can't wait to go to Michael's asap!! :)

Cheri Burry said...

Karen you did a great job of balancing your white space! Congrats to the winners!

ellyscard creatief said...

I am not seeing the link to enter 290 challenge .
This is my card.https://ellyscardcreatief.blogspot.nl/2017/05/welcome-baby.html

Brenda's Card Corner said...

Here is my card for Challenge #209
http://brendascardcorner.blogspot.com/2017/05/qkr-stampede-challenge-245.html

ellyscard creatief said...

My card for challenge 209.
https://ellyscardcreatief.blogspot.nl/2017/05/believe-in-your-selfie.html

NanaConnie said...

I'm not seeing any link up tool but my entry can be seen here: http://mygrammysattic.blogspot.com/2017/05/early-strawberries.html

Stephanie said...

Not seeing a link up...

http://stephaniesstampinspot.blogspot.com/2017/05/were-not-getting-old.html

Karren said...

Here's my entry to the current challenge: https://karrenj.blogspot.co.nz/2017/05/cone-head.html

katieo said...

I am also not seeing the linky. Will it be up on Thursday?

Preeti D. (aka Dutt Preety) said...

thanks for the wonderful inspiration :) my first entry into the current challenge is here---http://chatterwithpreeti.blogspot.in/2017/05/hi-folks-id-like-to-share-fun-chirpy.html

Kathyk said...

Didn't see a link to the challenge either .. my entry may be seen here ..

https://purpliciousprincessdiaries.blogspot.co.uk/2017/05/welcome-to-start-of-another-week-last.html

Kathyk

Kate 'Rijacki' Ledum said...

I don't see the link up. My card for the challenge: http://rijacki.blogspot.com/2017/05/bald-chicks-rock.html

CraftyPaws said...

Here is the link to my card for this challenge: http://www.craftypaws.us/puppy-love-fathers-day-card/

Heather said...

What a fabulous card! I love those fun banners! I don't see a linky tool, so here is my link: http://wirewrapture.blogspot.com/2017/05/anniversary-hearts.html

Dot J Freel said...

I don't see the link up for our White Space Is Nice Challenge cards.

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