Stampin' In Alaska

  I pulled out one of my favorite gardener sets (now retired) from Art Impressions called His & Hers Gardeners.  I just love the sassy expression on this gardening lady.  Perfect for this floral birthday greeting. The image was embossed and colored with Copic markers then fussy cut.  I decided to add dimension to my card by fussy cutting part of the scene with the Art Impressions Garden Paper Pack and adhering with dimension tape.  I couldn't resist adding the water hose to the scene!  It's so fun!  The birthday sentiment is from another AI retired set Gotta Garden. Thanks for stopping by for a closer look!  I really appreciate all of the comments that you leave.  I hope you have a great week and maybe sneak in a little crafty time! I'm linking up with the following: Art Impressions Challenge - #433 Floral Frenzy Allsorts Challenge:  #855 Colours of Summer Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge:   Happy Birthday! Simon Says Sta...

  I'm joining the current April Showers Challenge at Art Impressions.  The AI Design Team is looking for crafty projects using rain, rainbows, rainboots, umbrellas, clouds, puddles etc! After searching through my somewhat extensive AI stamp collection I couldn't believe there were no umbrellas, rainboots or rainbows to be found.  But I can always create with clouds! I pulled out a favorite (now retired) AI set - His & Hers Gardeners.  The gardner image was colored with Copic Markers and fussy cut.  It was layered onto cloudy designer paper from Bo Bunny.  The sentiment, fence die and cornstalk die are from My Favorite Things. I would like to share my card with the following: Art Impressions Challenge - April Showers PIP Challenge #2315 Anything Goes   Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge:  #204 Anything Goes Gem of a Challenge:  Week 8 Anything Goes  

  Spring is in the air here in Alaska!  I'm so happy to see sunny days and flowers coming up. It's a perfect time to join the Art Impressions challenge "Fun with Flowers".  My card features a favorite AI set called His & Hers Gardeners (SCO650) .  Its such a fun set with gardening images and puny sentiments. I came across the fun card fold on Instagram recently.  It's new to me and I love the effect!  Designer papers are from Pebbles Garden Party.  I finished the inside of the card with a sentiment and images from the same AI set.  Of course, the lady gardener was colored with Copic Markers and her apron was paper pieced. I would like to share my card with the following: Art Impressions Challenge #325 Fun With Flowers Simon Says Stamp Wednesday:  Anything Goes   Colour Crazy Craft Challenge:  Week 16 Anything Goes Time Out Challenge:  #212 Spring   Polkadoodles Craft Challenge:  Week 17 Anything Goes  

When I saw the current Art Impressions challenge was floral I pulled out all of my AI sets in search of flowers.  Can you believe it.... I only have two sets that contain a floral image!  Wow!  Well, His & Hers Gardners is one of my favorites and this window scene came immediately to mind.  This is not my typical style and it took three days to create, but well worth it in the end.  I really like how this turned out and I love the coordinating sentiment.  It makes me chuckle every time I use it! I started by stamping the gardener onto Copic marker paper and paper piecing with a scrap piece of gingham.  The image was colored with Copic markers and fussy cut.  The Madison window die, flower box and Grassland border die are all from Memory Box. The base panel is Stampin' Up!  Smokey Slate card stock and embossed with a Tim Holtz Brick emboss folder.  I added a little scrap dp behind the window as a curtain. I'm sharing ...