Art Impressions Blog: Here Comes Peter Cottontail Challenge

Thursday, April 14, 2022

Fun With Flowers Challenge #325 plus, our latest challenge winners!

Hello Ai fans! We have a new challenge today and our first ever feature from MERCY! She's our newest Design Team member and we hope you love her as much as we do! Her challenge was Fun with Flowers!

We thought this would be fitting with Mother's Day rapidly approaching.

Before we get into our new challenge, let's announce the winners of our last challenge. Here are the Top Spot and our Lucky Random winner from our Here Comes Peter Cottontail.

Our Top Spot goes to: De Furey

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!
Also, be sure to grab your badge to display on your blog, Facebook or Instagram!

Our lucky, random winner for our Here Comes Peter Cottontail challenge is:
Meghan Kennihan

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

Now that we've wrapped up our previous challenge, let's announce our new challenge!

Mercy created a STUNNING and bold floral card 

using Joel's 5102 – Succulents Set.

Welcome Mercy, and take it away!

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Hello Ai Crafters, Mercy here.... With a New Challenge

Flower, Flowers and more flowers!

I must admit I usually do not explore the endless possibilities when it comes to flower scenes, so this challenge is perfect for me

The https://www.artimpressions.com/shop/succulents-set-5102/ is a great set which includes the dies. However, I didn’t want any white outlines in my flowers.

I fussy cut the flowers, yes it takes time! but trust me, it was so worth it. The flowers look great against the embossed background.

I stamped the inside of the card and the envelope, making the whole thing become one.

If you are like me and tend to stay away from this style of cards, give it a try. I fully enjoyed the process of creating this card and will continue to explore this genre.

Hope you join our challenge and looking forward to see what you create.

Thank you for your beautiful inspiration Mercy.
We look forward to seeing more of your work.

We have some other exiting news today. It's another release day!

Art Impressions just released the adorable #5502 Craft Bag and #5503 Tool Bag.

These new sets are so much fun and have so many possibilities.
Stay tuned for a cute card from Mercy combining the new Tool Bag and the Hats Off Mr. Set.

You won't want to miss it!

Here are the Challenge Rules...

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

Thursday, March 31, 2022

Here Comes Peter Cottontail Challenge #324 plus Black Tie Affair winners and Giveaway winner!

Hello Ai fans!
We have a fun new challenge for you this week and we think you're going to like it!

First though...we've just finished up our Black Tie Affair challenge and we have a winner to announce! Actually, make that 3 winners to announce!

It was Reneé's 300th challenge so Art Impressions had a giveaway. Plus, we have our Black Tie Affair Top Spot winner as well as our lucky random winner.

We'll start with our Giveaway winner. We're giving away 3 stamp sets to a lucky random winner. The winner of the 5317 – MB Template Dies, 5318 – MB Envelope Dies and a Matchbook Room of your choice is
Megan Decker.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com to claim your 3 stamp sets.

Now, onto the winners of our last challenge.

Our Top Spot goes to Janet Kraft for her adorable black and white MEOW-VAL-OUS birthday card!

She used the 5369 – Feline Set on her card.

Please contact Leah at Feedback@artimpressions.com
to claim a free stamp set of your choice!
Also, be sure to grab your badge to display on your blog, Facebook or Instagram!

Our lucky, random winner for our Black Tie Affair challenge is

#4 Deanna M.

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

Now that we've wrapped up our previous challenge, let's announce our new challenge!

This week, with her first ever feature, we have NINA!!
She's one of our newest Design Team members and we are thrilled to have her here!

She created two, absolutely adorable and beautiful Easter cards for our latest challenge.

Here Comes Peter Cottontail!

We're looking for any crafty creation that's Easter themed. Show us your bunnies, your eggs, your Resurrection scenes, your Spring tulips. Share anything that is Easter related.

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Hi crafty friends, Nina here with cute cards for Easter using one of my favorite sets the Sweet Easter Set and the Mailbox Window from the shadow box series and the Window Die set.

I cut a mini slimline card that's 6 1/2 X 3 1/2 and die cut the window from the Mailbox Window Die set directly on the card with the square die. I then die cut the window from a grey/white patterned paper and glued it on the square opening.

I stamped the images and colored them with Zig Brush Markers and die cut too, I used same shades to color the window scene and the flower pot so when the card is closed both images match together.

I backed the flower pot with foam tape and attached it to the card front and glued the window scene on the inside of the card and stamped Happy Easter on the inside as well.

I was having so much fun creating that card and decided to make another window idea using the same Sweet Easter set.

I cut a 4 X 4 card. I then cut a frame with a square stitched die from a separate piece of paper and die-cut a circle in the middle with stitched circle die. I backed the frame with foam tape and attached it to the card base.

I colored the images with Zig Brush Markers and placed them in the round opening inside the frame. To complete the scene I cut a hillside and grass border and placed the bunny and eggs between both the hills.

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Thank you Nina for your beautiful inspiration! We hope all of you will join in our challenge for your chance to win a free set of your choice!