Tag: Art Impressions Gull-Friends (5399)

Pretty As A Picture! (Creating A Polaroid Style Card)

Hello and Welcome!!!

Watch video tutorial here!!!

Today’s card was inspired by the current Art Impressions Blog Challenge called “V is for Vacation”. This challenge is to create any summer related card or project which can include beaches, travel, picnics or anything else that makes you think of summer!

I thought it would be fun to create this “pretty as a picture” card with a beach theme since my absolute happy place is the beach. Although, I have to admit that I love the beach anytime of the year! It is especially pretty after the first snowfall of the winter season! But let’s not think about winter yet!!!

I would like to start by saying that I know that Nina, who is a fellow Design Team Member, is currently doing a beautiful series using this Polaroid theme and I did not know that at the time I created this card and video. Sometimes this can happen….so I really recommend that you check out what she has been doing….she is amazing and I know you will love her new series! Hopefully this card will just add to the fun and inspiration!

Our focal image will be from the Ai Sailboat Window Set (5448). This is a beautiful summer scene!

For the coloring today we will be using the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens in the following colors: Blender, Sugared Almond Pink, Peach Pink, Lt Violet, Yellow, Haze Blue, Lt Blue, Cobalt Blue, Turquoise Green, May Green, Green, Lt Gray, Green Gray, Beige, Mid Brown. Once the coloring is complete we can cut and assemble our little polaroid.

Now let’s create the pretty background using the sea shells from the Ai Gull-Friends Set (5399). We will be stamping a variety of shells using the Staz-on Snowflake Ink Pad onto some Scrapbook.com Warms Smooth Cardstock.

Next we can add some sparkle and shine using the Wink of Stella Glitter Pen. To do this we will place some of the ink onto our glass media mat and spritz it with a bit of water and use a small paint brush to spatter the entire panel. You really have to see this in person to see how beautiful it looks! We will also spatter this same panel with the Bleed Proof White Ink for added interest.

We can add a nice mauve colored velvet ribbon using the Tim Holtz Velvet Trims. After we add the ribbon we can pop-up this panel onto our card base. This card base is created using the Scrapbook.com Warms Smooth Cardstock.

Let’s add the “Seas the Day” sentiment using that same Ai Gull-Friends Set (5399).

Finally, we can add some pretty pink sequins from the Picket Fence Studios “all about the pinks” Sequin Mix.

This card design is so easy and fun and can be used with any of your Ai Shadowbox Window Stamp Sets….and there are so many of these to chose from…it will be difficult to decide which ones to use!

Thank you so much for joining me today! If you enjoyed today’s video please select the Like and Subscribe buttons and don’t forget to hit that notification bell so that you don’t miss a single video!

All of the supplies used in today’s video are listed below. Click the products below to make a purchase. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which are at no additional costs to you.

Art Impressions Sailboat Window Set (5448)

https://shrsl.com/42bo2 (Art Impressions)

https://shrsl.com/42bo4 (Scrapbook.com)

Art Impressions Gull-friends Set (5399)

https://shrsl.com/42bo7 (Art Impressions)

Art Impressions Watercolor Travel Box (4924)

https://shrsl.com/42bod (Art Impressions)

Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen

https://shrsl.com/42bog (Art Impressions)

Dr. Ph Martin’s Bleed Proof White

https://shrsl.com/42bok (Art Impressions)

Tim Holtz idea-ology Velvet Trims – Warms

https://shrsl.com/42bol (Scrapbook.com)

Tim Holtz Titanium Shears 9.5″

https://shrsl.com/42bon (Scrapbook.com)

Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer

https://shrsl.com/42bop (Scrapbook.com)

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad

https://shrsl.com/42bot (Scrapbook.com)

Staz-on Pigment Ink Pad – Snowflake

https://shrsl.com/42bow (Scrapbook.com)

Picket Fence Studios Sequin Mix – All About the Pinks

https://shrsl.com/42bp5 (Scrapbook.com)

Scrapbook.com Warms Smooth Cardstock (85lb)

https://shrsl.com/42bp8 (Scrapbook.com)

Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock (100lb)

https://shrsl.com/42bpa (dickblick.com)

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

https://shrsl.com/42bpb (Scrapbook.com)

LDRS Creative – STAMPendable Stamping Tool

https://shrsl.com/42bpd (Scrapbook.com)

Dress My Craft Mini Score Board

https://shrsl.com/42bpi (Scrapbook.com)

iCraft 3D Foam Tape

https://shrsl.com/42bpl (Scrapbook.com)

Cricut Weeding Kit

https://shrsl.com/42bpo (dickblick.com)

Tonic Studios – Craft Perfect – Double Sided Redline Tape

https://shrsl.com/42bpr (Scrapbook.com)

Pinkfresh Studio Dual Tip Embellishmet Tool

https://shrsl.com/42bpt (Scrapbook.com)

MISTI Original

https://shrsl.com/42bpu (Scrapbook.com)

MISTI Sticky Mats

https://shrsl.com/42bpx (Scrapbook.com)

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens

https://shrsl.com/42bpz (dickblick.com)


Art Impressions Gull-friends Slimline Card w/ Distress Ink Blending

Hello Ai Fans!!!

In todays video and card we will be creating a fun summer slimline card with an ink blended ocean background! I will show you the five colors I used to get this beautiful blended ocean using the Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks.

We will be using the new Ai Gull-friend Set (5399) for our three adorable pelicans and cute sentiment which says “Who can wish you the happiest of birthdays? A pelican.”

We will also add a lot of texture to our ocean by using a few different spatter techniques and our white gel pen! We will stick to a simple rainbow color combination to keep it festive and fun! As a final touch, we will add some little sparkly embellishments.

If you love this stamp and die set as much as I do… please check out the “Ai Gull-friends Card!”. In this video I used the seagulls and will show you how to use layered stamps to create a beautiful ocean scene!

Thank you so much for joining me today! If you enjoyed todays video please hit the thumbs up and subscribe. And don’t forget to hit that notification bell so that you don’t miss a single video!

All of the supplies used in todays video are listed below.

  • Art Impressions Gull-friends Set (5399)
  • Art Impressions Circle Double Stitched Dies (5064)
  • Wink of Stella Glitter Pen
  • uni-ball Signo White Gel Pen
  • Lawn Fawn Small Slimline w/ Lift the Flaps Dies
  • Lawn Fawn Fawndamentals Cardstock 100lb Sticky Note
  • Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens – Blender, Lt Pink, Yellow, Orange, Carmine Red, May Green, Lt Violet, Cobalt Blue, Lt Brown, Lt Gray
  • Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock 100lb
  • My Sweet Petunia Misti Stamp Positioner
  • Hero Arts/My Sweet Petunia Mini Misti
  • Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pads – Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Salvaged Patina
  • Tim Holtz Foam Applicator Tools
  • Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer
  • Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad
  • Hero Hues Reactive Ink Pad – Sea Salt
  • Buttons Galore & More – Sparkletz Embellishments – Sea Level
  • We R Memory Keepers Silicone Mat
  • We R Memory Keepers Trim/Score Board
  • Sizzix Sidekick Die Cutting Machine
  • Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive
  • ATG 700 Tape Dispenser
  • Scotch Foam Mounting Tape
  • Marvy Jewel Picker


Art Impressions Birthday Gull-Friends Card!

Happy Wednesday Ai Fans!!!

In this weeks video and card I wanted to show you what I created with the brand new Gull-Friend Set (5399)! This is the second brand new set that is part of the Funny Farm Collection! Last week I created a card and video using the new Sheep Set (5398) which is  the “Dancing in the Rain Card”, linked here if you missed it!

This Gull-Friend Set is so adorable and includes pelicans as well as seagulls and many fun and funny sentiments! I thought it would be fun to create a beach scene with the cluster of seagulls and layer up the card with some stenciling and a woodgrain panel. I will also show you how to create this realistic ocean effect using a layering stamp set and three different colors of ink!

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All of the supplies used in today’s video are listed below. Click the products below to make a purchase. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which are at no additional costs to you.