Think INK #33 Winner!

Our sentiment focus and fancy corners challenge winner chosen by random.org:

True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 13 Result: 11

is Tina B!

Tina, please email me at daiseyfreak@hotmail.com to claim your badge and 10% off code! Please use THINK INK WINNER as the subject line. Thanks for playing!

Congrats! Our current challenge is listed in the next post...

Think INK #34

This week your challenge is brought to you by another fabulous Challenge Host, Katie! This week Katie is challenging us to all create a card that is all about punches and/or die cuts! Here is her stunning example to share with everyone for some inspiration.* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them! **IF YOU USE AI STAMPS, YOU GET 2 ENTRIES FOR YOUR CREATION! JUST ENTER YOUR NAME/LINK TWICE ON MR. LINKY!!!

* You have until Monday, December 6th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 to win a BADGE TO DISPLAY ON YOUR BLOG, lus a 10% off code for your next Artful INKables Order!

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

*Please make sure that you link your creation back to the AI Blog

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC34.

Think INK #32 Winner

Our colors Blue, Silver and White challenge winner chosen by random.org:

True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 27 Result: 10

is Angella Crocket!!

Angella, please email me at daiseyfreak@hotmail.com to claim your badge and 10% off code! Please use THINK INK WINNER as the subject line. Thanks for playing!

Congrats! Our current challenge is listed in the next post...

Think INK #33

This week your challenge is brought to you by another fabulous Challenge Host, Susan's Crafty Chaos! This week Susan is challenging us to all create a card that focuses on a sentiment and have fancy corners as well! Here is her stunning example to share with everyone for some inspiration.
* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them! **IF YOU USE AI STAMPS, YOU GET 2 ENTRIES FOR YOUR CREATION! JUST ENTER YOUR NAME/LINK TWICE ON MR. LINKY!!!

* You have until Monday, November 22nd, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, November 23rd, 2010 to win a BADGE TO DISPLAY ON YOUR BLOG plus a 10% off code for your next Artful INKables Order! In addition to all these fabulous prizes, our challenge host Susan is also offering the digital paper pack that she used on her card own card from her store!

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

*Please make sure that you link your creation back to the AI Blog

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC33.

Blog hop digi winner!

Racinggrandma61- you are the winner of our blog hop and new digi stamp! please email me at daiseyfreak@hotmail.com to receive your code for your free image! Thanks for hopping with us!

November Digi Blog Hop Time

We have a fun new Digi Stamp available starting today that is sure to get you in the mood for the coming holiday season! And our INKgirls have some beautiful samples to show you how much fun it is to create with. This month's set is called North Pole Snow Globe and sells for only $3.25.


Please enjoy following our Digi Release Blog Hop and be sure to comment allong the way...we have a free digi coupon for one lucky winner and you never know which blog we’ll be choosing a winner from! You will have until Thursday, November 4th at midnight Eastern Standard Time to comment on all the design team blogs for a chance to win our new digi image!

To purchase our new Digital Stamps, follow this link and click on Digital Stamps. There are no shipping or handling charges. After your purchase you will receive a confirmation receipt email and, once the payment is posted you will receive another email with your download instructions.

So to start things off hop on over to Marti's Blog to see her stunning project.

Thank you for joining us today for the Artful INKables November Digi Set Blog Hop, be sure to head on over to the store pick up this adorable new set North Pole Snow Globe!

Last sneek....

Last sneek peek before the release tomorrow! Stay tuned for the hop!

Another sneek peek....

What oh what can it be? Find out November 1st!

First Sneek Peek

Are you ready for a release from AI? This month we released our first digi.....what will this month hold in store? Stay tuned to hop with us on November 1st!

Guesses on what's in store for this month?

Think INK #31 Winner

Our embossing and flowers/optional lace challenge winner chosen by random.org:

True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 40 Result: 36

is Katie Tate!

Katie, please email me at daiseyfreak@hotmail.com to claim your badge, 10% off code, and to obtain information on hosting an upcoming Think INK challenge! Please use THINK INK WINNER as the subject line. Thanks for playing!

Congrats! Our current challenge is listed in the next post...

Think INK #32!

This week your challenge is brought to you by another fabulous Challenge Host, Mary!This is our second Customer Think INK Challenge, these are starting to be all sorts of fun! Mary is challenging us to the colors Blue, Silver and White to create your card for this week!

Here is the fabulous sample Mary created for her challenge to share with all of us:Here is a bit about our GD today, Mary:

Hi! My name is Mary. I am a stay at home mom to two amazing kids (Thomas is 12 and Rebecca is 6). I have been married to my best friend, Tracy, for 7 years. I am very blessed to have such a supportive man in my life. I started as a scrapbooker 12 years ago when my son was born. Just a couple years ago I discovered both card making and stamping and found myself addicted to both very fast. Last year I created my blog and have made so many talented and wonderful friends along the way. I also love photography, reading and spending time with my family and friends. I am very excited to be this week’s guest designer. I hope you enjoy the card I made.

* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them! **IF YOU USE AI STAMPS, YOU GET 2 ENTRIES FOR YOUR CREATION! JUST ENTER YOUR NAME/LINK TWICE ON MR. LINKY!!!

* You have until Monday, November 8th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, November 9th, 2010 to win a BADGE TO DISPLAY ON YOUR BLOG AND TO HOST ONE OF THE UPCOMING AI CHALLENGES! You will not need AI stamps to host, we will send you instructions on what to do. Plus a 10% off code for your next Artful INKables Order!

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

*Please make sure that you link your creation back to the AI Blog

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC32.

Birthday Best....

Look what DT member Alicia has been making with the AI set BIRTHDAY BEST.....

This card fits the current THINK INK challenge of embossing and flowers!

AI card swap....

Check out some of the fab cards you can get in the Artful INKables swap!

Customer Cards:

I absolutely love how everything on Rae Anne Springer's fab fab card comes together using the set Steampunk Sarah!

Sandye Curry used one of my all time favorite AI sets, South of the Border , and I love her colors, paper and everything about this cute card!


DT cards:

Joy Stagg using Spot on Summer


Patti Nelson using Plant and Petal Prints

Think INK inspiration

Don't forget to enter our current Think INK challenge, Any type of embossing with flowers and lace is optional!! Link your creations in this POST. Here's some inspiration from our DT:

Marti using Spot On Summer:


Joy using Seasonal Scenes:


Patti using Plant and Petal Prints:

Think INK #30 Winner....

Our ATC Winner chosen by random.org:

True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 6 Result: 1

is Susan!

Susan, please email me at daiseyfreak@hotmail.com to claim your badge, 10% off code, and to obtain information on hosting an upcoming Think INK challenge! Please use THINK INK WINNER as the subject line. Thanks for playing!

Congrats! Our current challenge is listed in the next post...

Think INK Challenge #31

This week your challenge is brought to you by Libeeti! This is our first Customer Think INK Challenge! So Libeeti is challenging us to create a card with embossing (any type) and flowers, with adding optional lace!

Here is the fabulous sample Libeeti that created for her challenge:

Here are a few words about Libeeti:

Hi, I'm Libeeti from Israel. I began making cards only about a year ago, but I'm sure got hooked... :) For the past 9 months or so, I started making lo, and now I'm more of a scrapbooker than a cradmaker. Still I like to make cards from time to time. I'm a single mom of two charming boys, a 8.5 y and a 5.5 y. They're the joy of my life and naturally the main subject of my scrapbooking. I'm a full time working women, but my fantasy is to scrap all day long...LOL It's such a shame life get in the middle. I love vintage style, and almost every work I tend to distress a little. I love to learn new techniques and to go out of my cmfort zone, and that what challenges make me do.

* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them! **IF YOU USE AI STAMPS, YOU GET 2 ENTRIES FOR YOUR CREATION! JUST ENTER YOUR NAME/LINK TWICE ON MR. LINKY!!!

* You have until Monday, October 25th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, October 26th, 2010 to win a BADGE TO DISPLAY ON YOUR BLOG AND TO HOST ONE OF THE UPCOMING AI CHALLENGES! You will not need AI stamps to host, we will send you instructions on what to do. Plus a 10% off code for your next Artful INKables Order!

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

*Please make sure that you link your creation back to the AI Blog

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC31.

Can't wait to see what you come up with! Tell your friends!

Think INK Inspiration!

There is still plenty of time to enter into the current Think INK Challenge! I thought that I would post some of the great creations that the Design Team has created for this challenge to help you all get started! Patti used these cute dogs from Top Dog!

Dawn used the stamp set Sunburst Dandies for this cheery ATC!
Jackie used the stamp set Warm Drinks for Cold Days for a warming creation!

Be sure to enter in the current challenge, we would love to see what you create for us! Plus, you can get the chance to host one of our upcoming challenges, how neat is that?!

Blog Hop Winner!

We have a winner! That's right, the winner from our Digi Blog Hop is...

Kelly!

Kelly, please e-mail me at babitoons@gmail.com to redeem your prize! You get the new Digi set Harvest Crow! Hope you all enjoyed the hop, I know we all had a blast putting it together for you!

Digital Stamp Blog Hop

So are you ready for our Big News?

Artful INKables is going DIGITAL!! We are opening a new section in our store for Digital Stamps and we will be adding one new digital stamp set to it each month. This month, we start out with an adorable Fall image called Harvest Crow. It includes 3 digital stamps for only $4.



To purchase our new Digital Stamps, just go to http://www.artfulinkables.com/, click on our Store and Digital Stamps. There are no shipping or handling charges. You will then receive a confirmation receipt email and, once the payment is posted you will receive another email with your download instructions.

Now to celebrate our news, we are having a Blog Hop to show off some inspiring ideas for our new images. Be sure to follow the hop all the way to the end and make sure to leave a comment on everyone’s blog, you never know which blog we’ll be choosing a winner from! You will have until Monday, October 4th at midnight Eastern Standard Time to comment on all the design team blogs for a chance to win our new digi set!

So to start things off hop on over to Marti's Blog to see her stunning project.

Thank you for joining us today for the Artful INKables October Digi Set Blog Hop, be sure to head on over to the store pick up this adorable new set Harvest Crow!

Another teaser....

Here's another teaser for you! Make sure you come back tomorrow to find out what's happening at AI!

Are you ready?

So are you ready for that exciting news we've been wanting to share??? Well you'll find out on October 1st, join us for a hop to find out the news....

here's a teaser for you....what do you think the news is?

Think INK #29 Winner

Our Color Combo Winner chosen by random.org:

True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 16 Result: 7

is Mary D!

Mary, please email me at daiseyfreak@hotmail.com to claim your badge and to obtain information on hosting an upcoming Think INK challenge! Please use THINK INK WINNER as the subject line. Thanks for playing!

Congrats! Our current challenge is listed in the next post...I love ATCs- so easy to convert them into cards!

Think INK #30

This week your challenge is brought to you by Alicia! The challenge this time is to create an ATC, or Artist Trading Card! If you haven't made one yet, you can check out how to make one on SCS right here: ATC How To.

For Inspiration, Alicia made the following ATC:* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them! **IF YOU USE AI STAMPS, YOU GET 2 ENTRIES FOR YOUR CREATION! JUST ENTER YOUR NAME/LINK TWICE ON MR. LINKY!!!

* You have until Monday, October 11th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 to win a BADGE TO DISPLAY ON YOUR BLOG AND TO HOST ONE OF THE UPCOMING AI CHALLENGES! You will not need AI stamps to host, we will send you instructions on what to do. Plus a 10% off code for your next Artful INKables Order!

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

*Please make sure that you link your creation back to the AI Blog

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC30.

Can't wait to see what you come up with! Tell your friends!

Updates!

Hey Artful INKable fans! We are working on some very new and exciting things here at AI! We want you to know that instead of monthly releases, we will have quarterly stamp releases, so new stamp releases are scheduled for the following: Nov 1., Feb 1., May 1., and Aug 1.

But in the interim, you never know what will be happening around here! So stay tuned for some new and exciting things! We appreciate you following the blog and the company!

In the mean time, check out the Think INK challenges- the current one is a color combo challenge!

And check out the AI swap on SCS, you have the opportunity to get some DT cards!

Don't forget, we'll be scanning the AI gallery on SCS for your use of AI stamps, you could be the next Featured Stamper!

Tutorial- Gift Card Holder

DT member, Dawn Knight, is showing us how to make gift card holders- perfect for the upcoming holidays!

Materials needed:
Cardstock = 4" x 11"
Scor-pal or other scoring tool
Adhesive
Word Window Punch
Small Circle Punch
Embellishments and stamps as desired
Stamp Set used here is Holiday Treats and Tails

Think Ink #28 Winner

Our Distressed Out Winner chosen by random.org:

True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 64 Result: 64

is LIBETTI!

Libetti, please email me at daiseyfreak@hotmail.com to claim your badge and to obtain information on hosting an upcoming Think INK challenge! Please use THINK INK WINNER as the subject line. Thanks for playing!

Congrats! Our current challenge is listed in the next post...let's see how you do with a color challenge!

Think INK #29

This week your challenge is brought to you by Me! That's right, Jackie here and my challenge this week is to use one of the following color combinations: red and green, yellow and purple, or blue and orange.

For Inspiration, I used the set Spot on Summer for this card:* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them! **IF YOU USE AI STAMPS, YOU GET 2 ENTRIES FOR YOUR CREATION! JUST ENTER YOUR NAME/LINK TWICE ON MR. LINKY!!!

* You have until Monday, September 27th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, September 28th, 2010 to win a BADGE TO DISPLAY ON YOUR BLOG AND TO HOST ONE OF THE UPCOMING AI CHALLENGES! You will not need AI stamps to host, we will send you instructions on what to do.

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

*Please make sure that you link your creation back to the AI Blog

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC29

Can't wait to see what you come up with! Tell your friends!

Distressed Out!!!

The current Think INK challenge is to use distressing somehow in your creation...

DT member, Joy Stagg used Rodeo Rodent and came up with this card using distressing...



You still have time to enter, link your creation here

Think INK #27 winner....

Our Bling it on Winner chosen by random.org:

True Random Number Generator Min: 1 Max: 42 Result: 4

is PEGGY SUE!

Peggy Sue, please email me at daiseyfreak@hotmail.com to claim your badge and to obtain information on hosting an upcoming Think INK challenge! Please use THINK INK WINNER as the subject line. Thanks for playing!

Congrats! Our current challenge is listed in the next post...It's not meant to "Distress" you out! lol, sorry, couldn't help myself!

Think INK #28

This week your challenge is brought to you by Alison Heikkila, one of our recent Featured Friday Stamps! This time she is challenging you to create something "Distressed Out"!

For Inspiration, she used the stamp set Into the Moonlight for this card:* You are not required to use AI stamps, but if you have them, we'd love to see you use them! **IF YOU USE AI STAMPS, YOU GET 2 ENTRIES FOR YOUR CREATION! JUST ENTER YOUR NAME/LINK TWICE ON MR. LINKY!!!

* You have until Monday, September 13th, 2010, midnight Pacific Standard Time to link your creation to this post. A winner will be chosen Tuesday, September 14th, 2010 to win a BADGE TO DISPLAY ON YOUR BLOG AND TO HOST ONE OF THE UPCOMING AI CHALLENGES! You will not need AI stamps to host, we will send you instructions on what to do.

* When posting your link, please post the link directly to your creation- so if it's on your blog, please link it directly to the specific post with your creation.

*Please make sure that you link your creation back to the AI Blog

* If uploading to SCS or PCP, please add the keyword AIC28

Can't wait to see what you come up with! Tell your friends!