Bunny Birthday card by Dori Mendiola

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

The color yellow is the theme for the current blog challenge, and honestly, it’s hard not to smile when working with such a bright, happy shade.  I decided to turn that sunshine into a birthday greeting, by using the #4886K - Easter Blessings stamp set.  Even though it’s themed for Easter, it’s wonderfully versatile and perfect for spreading a little extra joy.

                                          

I started by stamping the image onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with my copic markers listed below.  I used the #5061- Square Double Stitched die to frame the image and matted it onto a yellow piece of cardstock.  The pattern paper background is from the #6205 - Floral Shop PP.  This paper pack has the most beautiful colors and patterns.  I used the #5132 - Tag Stitched die and partial cut the sentiment.  To finish the card, I tied a yellow ribbon around the matted frame and adhered it to the A2 card base.

Pretty simple card for today but so bright and cheery!  

 Keep creating and make sure to enter the blog challenge for a chance to win a free stamp set of your choice.

Hope you have a nice day! 

Copics used:  N0, N1,   R20,   B000

 Y11, Y13, Y15, Y17

G40, G43, G46

Bunny in Flower bendy card by Dori Mendiola

 Happy Thursday AI Friends!

I recently purchased the Bunny set #4886K – Easter Blessings, and I’ve already made so many cards with it. It’s not just for Easter either! I’ve used it for birthdays, spring cards, thinking‑of‑you cards, and more. The images in this set are adorable and so versatile.

I love making fun‑fold cards, and this design works perfectly on a bendy card. It’s simple to put together, lays flat for mailing and the recipient enjoys how it stands on display.

I began by stamping this cute little image onto copic friendly paper with Memento black ink and colored with my copic markers listed below.  I die cut with one of the dies from the #6045 Scallop Nested Circle die set and then matted on pink cardstock cut with the #5726 Nested Circle die.  

To make card base - Cut a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" piece of heavy cardstock.  Score and fold in half (valley fold) at 2 3/4".

Also cut a piece of white cardstock using the #6155 Margin die.  I cut the straight edge to make the margin die approx. 1 1/4" wide (high) and then cut a bit off of each side evenly to make it 6" in length with the heart being in the middle.  I trimmed a piece of pink cardstock and glued behind the heart cutouts.  I then scored at 1/4" along each side of this 6" panel.  Fold the 1/4" tabs under and glue to the front side of the card base.  

  Cut two panels of designer paper to fit each half of the card base (2 5/8" x 4 1/8").  Glue one of these to each side of the card base, in between the margin die panel and the card base, covering the tabs of the margin die panel.

For the bendy portion of the card - Cut a piece of pink cardstock at 5" x 4".  Score and mountain fold each at 1/4" and 2" from both sides of the 5" length.  Place liquid glue on each of the 1/4" tabs only and glue to the designer paper (under the margin die panel) centering this onto the base card.  I cut designer paper panels to fit each of the bendy folds leaving a slight border.  

Lastly, adhere the circle image panel to the middle fold of the bendy panel only, otherwise the card will not bend.

Add hearts, ribbon and the word "loved" (from the margin die set) for accents and dimension.

I hope you enjoyed my card today!  Thanks for joining me!

Have a wonderful day and keep creating!

Copics used:  E50, E51, E53,     B000

R20, R22, R81, R83, R85

G20, G21, G24

Easter Blessings! Card by Tasha

 Happy Friday Art Impressions Friends! 

Tasha here sharing a new Easter card featuring the sweet 4886K-Easter Blessings Set. The bunny stamps included in this set are so cute and have a whimsical look that I love.

To begin, I stamped the bunny with the tulip on to white paper to start creating the Spring scene. After stamping, I used Copic Markers to color the grass and sky before attaching little white clouds. It's hard to tell in the photo, but I used foam tape on one cloud to raise it up a bit. 

The greeting "Easter Blessings" was also included in this set and I used a small scissors to cut around the letters. This greeting fit perfectly in the center of the card and I like the handwritten lettering.

To complete the card I added two little Easter eggs to go with the theme and attached layers of pastel colored card stock, and a piece of Art Impressions floral pattern paper. This paper is so pretty and I love the purple flowers!

Thank you for checking out today's card and I hope you are inspired to create an Easter card using the 4886K-Easter Blessings Set!

Have a wonderful day!

 

Spring Gnome Wreath and Bunny Garden

Hello, Watercolor Weekend friends! Can you tell by my cards that I am ready for spring weather? I love living in Ohio and enjoying the snow, but it has been very cold, and the snow has lingered long enough! For my first card, I created a sleeping gnome nestled in a spring wreath, with a cute bird helping to decorate it. 

These are the stamp sets I used: 5785 - Gnomes, 5475 - WC Flower Set, 4868 WC Flower Set  2, 4964—WC Branches, 5476—WC Foliage Set 5, 4052—Flower Set, 5274—Easter Bunnies (bluebird)

First, I stamped the wreath and used a stamp positioner to add the sleeping gnome using Tombow markers 565 and 969. I stamped off twice. Next, I incorporated the foliage and flowers. Finally, I stamped the bird and painted a bow. I die-cut the finished artwork using the 5065-Stitched Oval dies. The floral paper is from the adorable 5939-Fairy Garden paper pack. For the purple lace, I used the new 5972-Bible Journaling Decorative Dies. The sentiment comes from the 5867-Mini Easter Sentiment set. I added Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White and some embellishments.

The Tombow markers I used are the following:  N75, 837, 025, 606, 177, 817, 565, 910, 946, 977, and 969

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This bunny is from set 4886-Easter Blessings by Kendra Krebs.

 I stamped the bunny in the garden using Archival Ink shadow grey. This was an easy stamped image to watercolor, as no extra stamps were needed. I only used a few Tombow markers, which are the following: 177, 772, 606, 969, 401, and 025. I painted everything once, painting lightly and allowing the ink to dry before painting in the shading. I used 5725-Nested Square Dies to cut out my image. Next, I used the lovely 6012-Basic Yellow paper pack to die-cut a floral background. I then cut some flowers with dies from my stash to complete the garden.

  

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I sincerely hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend, and I hope to see you all again soon!

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Believe - Easter Blessings

Hello and happy Saturday! I'm looking forward to Easter Sunday tomorrow. We will be going to church and feasting on typical Easter food. It'll be a day of rest and relaxation at our house with our family. It's one of the best weekends of the year.

In honor of the day, I've made an Easter card featuring one of my favorite Windows To The World Set M3191-Chapel Window. The church reminds me so much of the home church I was raised in. I'm sure that many can relate to it also. I colored this image loosely with Copic markers. The style mimics watercolor. 

For this card, I embossed a white piece of cardstock with a cross pattern. I coated the embossing folder with oxide ink before running it through my die cutter machine. Then I splattered it with a gold glitter spray. After gluing the cross panel on the card, I used one of the square 5725-Nested Square Dies to cut through the panel and the card base. I also cut the colored image out using a larger square in this die set and glued it so it was centered through the card window. Then I used two more squares to cut a frame for the window.

To finish this card, I cut a strip of gold cardstock and stamped the Easter Blessing sentiment from 4886K-Easter Blessings. I cut the word Believe and glued it above the sentiment strip. The finished card is peaceful and reverent. I love it! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you'll stop by the store soon for all your card making needs. While you're there, make sure you check out the entire Journal line.

Wishing you a very crafty day!

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Easter Blessings Card ny Jil Lebel

 

Hello Ai fans!

I used the Easter Blessings stamp set for this Easter Card.  Did you know that this stamp set is drawn by Kendra Krebbs? 

I started by stamping the images onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth card stock with Gina K Black Amalgam ink and colored them with Copic markers.  The colors I used will be listed at the end of this post.  I then cut the images out with Cutterbee Scissors.

I stamped the two foliage images all over the blue A2 card front with Salty Ocean Distress ink. I cut a layer of Tim Holtz watercolor paper with a die cut shape.  I inked it with the mini ink daubers and Salty Ocean, Bundled Sage and Iced Spruce Distress ink.  I attached the middle image with a mini action wobble.  The other two images are attached flat with glue.

Copic Colors Used:

Bunnies - E43, E42, E41, R81

Yellow - E42, Y13, Y11

Blue - B95, B91

Green - Y63, Y61

Rose - R83, R81

Lavender - BV11, BV000

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

Some Bunny Loves You by Carol Hintermeier

Happy Monday Ai fans!  Today I have a sweet square card that would be great to send to a family member or a friend.  I've used the so sweet Easter Blessings Set for my card today.  There are three other images in the set, two of which could be used for any other occasion besides Easter!

I stamped the image in Copic safe ink and colored it with my markers.  I used a white gel pen to add dots to the flower stamens and centers.  Next I die cut it with a Square Double Stitched die and layered it onto some blue gingham paper.  This was adhered to a die cut scallop square.

I stamped the sentiment with black ink in the upper left corner.  I adhered the panel to a top folding 4-1/8" top folding card base.  The overall size of this sweet card is 4-½" square.

Thank you very much for stopping by today!  Have a wonderful, craft week!

Copic markers:

background: B000, B0000

blue flowers:  B79, B66, B63, B60

yellow flowers:  Y19, Y08, Y13, Y11, YR23

leaves:  YG67, YG17, YG25, YG03, YG01;

G28, G17, G07, YG09, YG05, YR18

bunny:  N4, N2, N0, RV21, RV10

Happy Easter- By Crystal

Hi Ai fans! 

This week I worked on a Easter cards using the Basket of Blessings set. The bunnies from the Basket of Blessings set are adorable. 

This card was super simple even with the masking. I stamped those adorable bunnies toward the bottom of a double-stitched rounded rectangle. I then stamped the bunnies onto a full-stick post-it and fussy cut it out for a mask. I then stamped the large Easter egg with flowers behind the bunnies. 

I colored everything in with alcohol markers and matted it with flower pattern cardstock then again with some blue cardstock.

I stamped the sentiment "Happy Easter" on the top right hand corner. I matted everything onto a 5 1/5"X 4 1/4" card base. 

Spectrum Noir Markers:

PL2, PL3, PL4, GB1, GB3, GB5, EB1, EB2, EB3, IB1, IB2, IB3, JG1, JG2, JG3 IG2, OR1,TN1, TN2, TN4

Happy Stamping! 

Have a good Easter!

Rainy Easter Blessings by Jil Lebel

Hello Ai fans!

I live in Florida which is known as the Sunshine State but we really get a whole lot of rain.  It's been downright gloomy here.  I had to put the bunny from the Easter Blessings set in a  happy and bright rainy scene even though it's still gloomy here.  I'm sure that I'm not the only one wishing for bright Spring colors right now.

The image was stamped onto Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth paper with Gina K Designs Black Amalgam Ink and colored with Copic markers.  A ground was colored in to match the leaves.  I then used a technique I learned from Sandy Allnock in her Rainy Days Copic marker class to fill in the background.  I drug my Copic markers across the paper to get striped of color that resembled falling rain.  Some of the same markers were used to make darker raindrops around the background.  I used a white gel pen to make actual raindrops. 

Copic Markers Used:
Bunny - C00, C1, C3, RV21
Flower - RV21, BV00
Leaves - YG03, YG63
Rain - B0000, B000, B00, BG13, BV00

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!

bunny with egg by Diane Zechman

Hello Ai friends and happy Monday!

 

Today I am sharing a card using one of the Ai Easter sets. Here I used 4886- Easter Blessings.

 

I found some cute paper with Easter eggs in my stash to go with this sweet bunny image. I really love him colored brown! I cut the patterned paper to my card front size, then cut it in half diagonally. This way I could get two cards from my patterned paper layer. :)  I used some scraps to cut a pink border.

Yes, I dug out a few old paper flowers...they're just what I needed to finish it off!

 

Have a great Monday and… happy stamping!

 

 

Happy Easter by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing two Easter cards from Art Impressions.

I used two different sets...

Easter Blessings 4886K

and

Sweet Easter Set 5004

How cute is this little bunny peeking around the egg??

Here's my second card using Sweet Easter set.

I just love all these little bunnies.