You Can Stand Under My Umbrella
Hi readers! Happy Sunday to you! Do you ever think that sometimes the sentiment can really MAKE a card? An image is worth a million words, sure, but sometimes a sentiment articulates just what you wanted to convey. One of the many things I love so much about Art Impressions, is their attention to sentiments. They are unique, appropriate, & often funny.
I called on designer Cheryl Valadez to return as a guest on our blog to share an example. I hope you enjoy!
Sometimes the sentiment makes the card and that’s why I love that Art Impressions adds 2-3 really great word stamps to each of their sets. This particular sentiment is one of my absolute favorites and can almost stand alone. I started to do that here, however, I couldn’t resist those sweet Girlfriends and ended up adding the image, as well. I did hold back a bit on the coloring and left a lot of the image white in order to make the sentiment the star of the card. I added just enough color to give the card a finished appearance.
Pretty much everything that Art Impressions offers is fabulous including their sentiments, however, the Girfriends stamps have a special place in my heart. They remind so much of my wonderfully wacky group of gal pals. Each set includes just the right words, from silly to serious, to convey exactly what I want to say and you just can’t beat that.
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I had to laugh out loud- so cute!
Sigh! Once again, I sped over to the store, credit card at the ready, totally inspired by a fabulous card – and the stamp set is out of stock! Ughhhh! Ah well, my DH thanks you!
Charming! Great use of colors, sentiment and design.
I LOVE your card. What a wonderful sentiment. Thanks for sharing.
Crafty hugs,
D~
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Love the sentiment on this card……so very true.
So cute! Your coloring really makes the card.
Absolutely adorable and so right on with the girlfriends – we all have a few that are dear to us! Thanks for sharing.
These ladies are adorable.
beautiful card!! :)
Cheryl’s card is perfect! I’ve been snooping around and peeking at the Art Impression stamps and sentiments and I coud not agree more with Cheryl. I have several on my wish list and if money grew on trees, I’d have many of them. They remind me of my mom and her friends from exercise, home extension and red hat. And I really need some of them, so I can make cards for her to give out to her buddies. I give her sets of cards for different occasions that she can use throughout the year. I was instantly drawn in by the light coloring and really, it’s beautiful. I’m a fill ALL of the blank space in and that’s why I’m subscribed to so many companies and crafters, so I can learn to not fill in all of the spaces. ;) I just placed my first SSS order with some Christmas funds and eventually, I will get around to some AI goodies too.
So cute I’ve recently fallen in love with art impression stamps
I love these stamps! Fabulous card!
These are laugh-out-loud stamps! So cute!
What a fun card. And you’re right Cheryl, the sentiment says it all.
Oh my goodness, this is so fun. made me smile the instant I saw it.
How adorable! What a great card!
fun card! love the stamp and your pretty coloring!!!
love this cute card!
I love this card it’s just gorgeous!! I actually just received my first AI stamp in the mail yesterday and have lots more of them on my wish list!! They definitely do have some very funny ones and also some very adorable ones too!! Thanks for sharing the tip on colouring/or not colouring!!
My friends ARE my umbrella! This is so cute!
I have been looking at the AI stamps lately, and this post will probably make me look even closer! Such a nice card with a fun side.
Fun card. I love these lady stamps and the fun sentiments you can put with them.
Great card! Love Art Impressions stamps.
This stamp is adorable. I appreciate you adding the Copic colors you used. Very true saying indeed. TFS!
Love this sentiment!!
I love those ladies! Your card is fabulous!
Really cute card. I love the saying.
Fabulous card :-) the image is super cute and the saying is so true. We all need our friends :-)
luv
Lols x x x
I love the AI images an sentiments!!…they are one of my favs!!
This is so sweet and love the sentiment. Wish I could copic colour like that to create such wonderful characters. Amazing!!
So much fun! Made me smile. :)
I LOVE this stamp and the entire Girlfriends line…I think I have 4 or 5 of them. This card is really great, thanks for sharing!
Fun card, love the coloring. TFS
Love Art Impressions’ girlfriend stamps- hilarious!!
Getting double emails so home I haven’t messed things up trying to whittle it to just 1!
This is one of my very favourite stamps. I have a few of them and absolutely adore colouring them. Beautiful card! I really like the minimal use of colours.
True girlfriends are the best. Such a great way to celebrate those special relationships!
Fun layers and so beautifully coloured; great card!
Love these stamps–I really must get a couple and try them out myself. They always make me chuckle.
Adorable card! Love those ladies.