Happy Easter from Sara Furr!

 Hello Ai fans!

Sharon needed a day off so I'm sharing
a lovely little Easter card from Guest Designer Sara Furr today.

She used 5274 – Easter Bunnies Set to create her adorable layered card.

She finished the inside with a sentiment from the set.

Art Impressions has an abundance of beautiful and cute religious and fun Easter sets.

You're sure to find something perfect for the card or scrapbook page that you want to create.

Be sure to check out Kim's new ONLINE Easter Story *Slim Journal* Class with Kim!
This class kit is limited and once it sells out, it's gone forever.

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend!

Be sure to #artimpressions when you share your art. 

We love to see what you're creating!

Easter Fun Fold by Dori Mendiola

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

Today I have a couple Fun Fold Easter cards using the #5274 Easter Bunnies, the #5870 Peeking Bunny, and the #5504 Happy Spring sets.  These Easter sets have the cutest little bunnies.  OMGosh sooooo cute!!  Add these images to this fun fold style card and you'll find yourself addicted.  I could have created all night.  I will definitely be making more.

To create these fun folds, I choose the largest circle from the #5064 Double Stitch circle die set for the card on the left and the 4th largest #5062 Rounded Rectangle A2 Double Stitch die for the smaller card.  The following instructions will be for the circle card.  The rectangle card is basically made the same just a different size and shape.  

I cut four circles from white lightweight (80 lb. or less) cardstock and scored each in half.  I then formed the fun fold by overlapping the circles as shown below (the right half over the previous circle right half).  Continue overlapping the circles until all are together.  Make sure to gather them together and square them up tightly.  Place a dab of glue on the back side where they overlap.  Then flip to the front side and dab glue under these overlaps.  Now your fun fold is formed.   

Cut four circles from pattern paper.  I cut two with the largest circle and two with the next size circle.      Cut each of these four circles in half and cut just a tad off the straight side of the larger circles.  The smaller circles are for the front and will recreate a 2-layer look (see below).  Glue the smaller circles to the front (or top) folds, centering up to leave a nice white border.  Glue the larger circles to the inside folds, leaving no border.  

I stamped my one-layer scene onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with my copic markers listed below.  I then cut the scene to fit inside the fun fold card (3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches). Adhere this image to the inside of the card.  Place a ribbon or belly band around the back side and adhere down to the back.  Wrap around and tie or clasp into place.  I added a basket with the bunny bottom for decoration.  Lastly, I glued a 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 top fold card to the back for your sentiment and also to finish off the back side of the card so that the ribbon or belly band will be covered.  This also adds as a nice stand to display your card.

Hope you enjoyed my cards today and I especially hope you'll give this one a try.  Trust me, you will want to create more with different shapes and sizes.  It's addictive! 

Happy creating!!

Copics used:  N0, N1, E21, E23, R20

YR01, YR02, Y13, Y15, Y17

V12, V15, G40, G43, G46

B000, B00, B12, B14

R81, R83, E51, E53, E55

Happy Easter! Happy Spring! by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing an Easter shaker card.

The 5274 Easter Bunnies Set is just so cute and has many main images to choose from as well as lots of sentiments to compliment the images.

I've already made a ton of shaker cards using the snowglobe domes from Art Impressions and I see many more in my future!

Maybe I'm just a big kid at heart because I kept shaking and shaking this. I think anyone would appreciate receiving this card.

Color Challenge #373 Week #1

 Hello AI Fans!

We have a fun new color challenge for you for the next two weeks!

We thought this color combination would be perfect for all your Spring cards.

We're thinking navy and pale blue, sunny yellow, a nice soft neutral and garden greens!

Perfect for flowers and grass and a sunny sky.  Also great for a basket full off Easter eggs or anything else that you're envisioning.  We have a couple of inspiration photos to help you get started.

Before we see what Sharon, our Featured Artist created let's see who won the Shake it Up! Challenge.

For our Top Spot we selected #11 Francesca V.
She used 5457 – Christmas Truck Set.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!

Also, be sure to grab our badge to display on your blog, Facebook or Instagram!

Our Lucky Random Winner was:

#4 Lisa J.
She used 5401 – Easter Chicks Set among others on her pretty Easter card.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!

Also, be sure to grab our badge to display on your blog, Facebook or Instagram!

Now let's check out the adorable card that Sharon created.

You're going to be in awe!

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I'm excited to kick off the new challenge for Art Impressions this week and it's a color challenge!! We are asking you to use the colors of navy, green, and yellow. This was a super fun challenge and I definitely took inspiration from the gorgeous photos supplied to us by AI!! Easter is right around the corner, so I made a fun card utilizing the Lawn Fawn Ta Da Diorama die set to feature several Art Impressions sets. This is so awesome because it folds completely flat for mailing, but when unfolded, it is a wonderfully dimensional diorama! Here is the finished card folded flat. 

And here it is when you pull out the flaps. 

I cut all the pieces out to assemble the card, stamped all my images and colored them to match the papers. 

These adorable images are from 5346 Birdhouse Cubbies Set, 5504 Happy Spring Set, and 5274 Easter Bunnies Set. There are links to each of them below. 

This is the card put together before adding all the adorable images. 

I used the Nested Heart Die Set and stamped a fun sentiment on it from the new 5867 Mini Easter Sentiment Set.  I then cut it in half and glued them to the front of the card. I had so much fun building the scene with all the cute bunnies and chick! And of course I had to add a cute little bird in the sky! 

And once again, the final product. I chose to mount the diorama onto a standard A2 card using a navy and green mat to pull out the challenge colors. The navy looks black in the pictures, but it's a true navy color. 

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today! I can't wait to see what you create for the new color challenge! 

Copic markers used:

E21, 23, 40, 41, 42, 43, 50, 51, and 53

Y13, 17, 32, and 35

B00, 21, 23, 32, 34, and 37

YR00, 01, and 02

YG61 and 63

C1, 2, and 3

R12

Thank you Sharon for your beautiful diorama card.
It's a little work of art!

Now for the fine print.

We can't wait to see what you create!

✻ Please make a new card or handmade crafty creation. You can make any 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!

 ✻Please include your first name and last initial on your submission.

✻We love to comment on your entries, but keep in mind if you use a private group or a platform that you need to sign up for, we probably won't be able to.

✻ 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 if you can, by clicking and commenting on your fellow crafters.

✻ Make sure to get your link up by the deadline to enter your creations.

✻ Good luck and happy stamping!

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Click here to enter

All Creatures Great and Small and You Spin Me Round challenges by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!!

I've got a card today that actually fits TWO of the challenges going on right now! First we have our February month long challenge featuring guest Designer Diane Zechman! For that challenge, you just have to make a project with any animal.  Along with that, we also have our Bi-weekly challenge You Spin Me Round challenge where you need to feature anything circular on your card. I went with a round card.  If you enter either challenge, you have a chance to win a free stamp set of your choice. How awesome is that??!! For my card, I used #5726 Nested Circle Dies and layered it onto a scalloped circle die I have in my stash. I also used #5274 Easter Bunnies Set. Those cute bunnies are stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers. 

That's it for me today! Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit and until next time - stay crafty! 

Copic markers used:

W0, 1, 2, 3, and 4

Y13, 17, and 21

BV02, and 04

Y04, and 08

E97

B00

R11