Spring Has Sprung in the Meadow by Janet

Hello everyone! I hope you are having a great Saturday so far. I'm a HUGE fan of the Windows To The World line. Bonnie and her team have made so many beautiful mini scenes. Today I have used one of them and altered it to fit the fence die that is part of the 5719-FB Fence & Window Dies set. After stamping and coloring the scene in 5410-Mailbox Window Set with Copic markers, I cut it out with the rectangle die in the Fence & Window set. I then cut out a dark green piece of cardstock with the same die and pasted the square picture at the top of the rectangle. Then I used the fence die in the set to cut out the white fence as shown. It just so happens that the top of the fence in the die cut falls just where the seam of the larger background rectangle and the stamped scene is so it really doesn't show. Plus I made the fence into a shaker window and the shaker pieces also disguise my alterations. This worked even better than I had anticipated. Just so you know, I wouldn't have had to use shaker pieces to hide this because the dark green blended into the background behind the fence. Since I had decided to make it a shaker piece early on, I just kept to that plan anyway.

This is a gate fold A2 card base. A fold on the right and left side creates the card opening in the middle. I decorated each panel with cardstock and patterned papers from the 5742-Easter PP. One thing about this kind of card fold is that it doesn't always close flat. To solve this, I used the 5590-Journal Butterfly Clasp die to create a belly band at the top of the card. In order to get the butterfly a different color, I cut just the butterfly portion of the die out of glitter cardstock. Then I glued these on top of the pink cardstock. This makes the clasp stronger which is good since that part gets the most use when the card is opened and closed. The final touch to the card are the three small butterflies. I cut these with a die in the 5223-Bookmark Dies. I folded each of the wings up and glued them on to the card in the center only. Last, I added a few clay flower pieces and hearts to add the finishing touches.

 Thanks for stopping by today to see a different twist on the Windows To The World line. I hope it gives you some ideas of your own. Please visit the store to see all the things you need for your card, journal, and tag making projects. Have a GREAT Saturday!

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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!
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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!

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!

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