Clean and Simple Snowflake cards by Reneé Matarese

Are you as busy as I am this time of year?
I still love to create though so a quick card is sometimes called for.

I created two simple cards for the Clean and Simple challenge going on right now,
here on the Art Impressions blog.

 

Including the planning, I had these two cards done in just over 30 minutes.  That's

probably a record for me.

I love rustic Christmas cards and in some cases I feel like Kraft paper looks a little like leather.

When you add the twine it gives a nice look.

After die cutting the snowflakes I simply left them in place and glued them
to the designer paper.

Metal also says rustic Christmas to me so I added a metal dot
on a smaller snowflake in the center.

All Ai products used are linked below.  Enjoy this holiday season!

Pet Sympathy by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a pet sympathy card that my friend Jess requested. One of her other friends just lost their Corgi named Rocket.

I immediately thought of the M4584 – Day Spent Window from Art Impressions.

I know so many people say that the animal crosses the "Rainbow Bridge" when they pass so I wanted to have a rainbow on the card. I used 5725 – Nested Square Dies, 5463 – Slimline Dies Set for the banner,  Bleed Proof White to add some fur texture to the Corgi, 5543 – Journal Template Die Set for the heart and 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set for ROCKET.

A student at school gave me this card with some sweet gifts.  I hate to recycle something that I can reuse.  I decided to pull the cloud and rainbow off and repurpose them for the card. Imagine my surprise when there turned out to be two rainbows!  I made two cards to give her a choice.

I die cut a cloud that I have to cover over the text that I didn't need.

I went to Google and tried to find a Corgi to copy.  I found this photo and on the orange trimmed card I masked off the ear and tried to draw an ear to look like his.  I hope this somewhat resembles what the real Rocket looked like.

I cut off the sentiment because I just wasn't sure.  It's a BEAUTIFUL verse but talks about spending the day together.  Since they can no longer do that I wasn't sure if that would be painful for them.  Better safe than sorry.  I'll save using the stamp and verse for when a friend gets a new dog.

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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There's no bunny like you! by Reneé Matarese

 Hello Ai fans!

My card was made as the feature for the Easter Wishes challenge on the Art Impressions blog.

You can find all of the details here.

I used  5716 – Little Boy Front & Back.

I accessorized my card with lots of little add on stamps.  The bird, basket of eggs and tulips are from 5488 – Front Porch Easter Set.  With this type of card,  you pull the tab and it reveals a hidden panel inside.

The sentiments on the front and inside are from 5733 – Easter Sentiments Set.
They're stamped on 5727 – Nested Oval Dies and 5725 – Nested Square Dies

The little butterfly is from the beyond adorable new 5728 – Mushroom Cubbies set.
Last is the bunnies...oh those bunnies!  These are just the CUTEST!!

I used two of them from the new 5737 – Bunny & Chicks Set.