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.

SUPPLIES:

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!

 ✻Please include 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

Happy Easter by Sharon Caudle

Hello AI Fans!!

I'm starting on my Easter cards now and I just love #5004 Sweet Easter Set from Art Impressions! I used three of the individual stamps to make this. I just used my stamp platform and stamped them all at the same time. Easy Peasy! And even if you don't have a platform, it's super easy to get it right because these stamps are clear! 

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today and until next time, stay crafty!!

Copic markers used:
E33, E50, E51, E53, E97
Y15, Y18, Y32, Y35
R20, R81, R83
B000
YG13, YG17, YG21

Egg-Cellent!

Hello Ai fans!

Today I am working on a couple Easter cards.  I wanted to use my Mini Bunny Spinner Set.  I picked it up a while ago but I wanted to wait until closer to Easter to use it. Well ... it is getting closer to Easter, so what better time than now.

I knew I wanted to try and add three circles, but I also knew that I am not good at lining this up so I figured I would stagger the circles in case there were boo boo's.  The circles were from the Circle Double Stitched Dies. I really like how they turned out.

As you can see I die cut from both my card base and my pattern paper so they would line up once adhered together.  What I like to do when adding my thread I glue the thread to the inside of one image and then attach the matching image to the other.  From there I use double sided tape and place on both ends of the circle to attach my thread to, as you can see above.  From there I add glue all over and around the thread so I know it will be secure once all put together. Another trick I like to do is tape my card base down where the fold is so there is no reason for any slack with the thread.

 I finish it off by adding my card front to the panel.  Not hard at all, right?? And from here I decorate my card with all of the finishing touches. As you will see below I added some purple card stock to my image.  I stamped the sentiment "Happy Easter" from the Sweet Easter Set.

I thought it looked to plain with just the white strip with the sentiment on it so I Added some more purple to it.  I cut a very thin strip of purple, centered it ant framed out the phrase.  Don't you agree it adds to the sentiment?

'I made two so I could send them to my Mom and my Mother in Law.  I can't tell if I like the one that is more pink or the one that has more blue in it.  Which one do you like better? I know they are both the "same" but sometimes the shades of color matter ... I think I am going with the more blue card! You?

Here they are side by side again.  Happy Wednesday everyone!

Until next time ... Hugs & inky fingers!

Copics used:
BG000, BG01
BV000, BV00
RV10, RV11
Y0000, Y000, Y00

Sweet Easter circle card by Reneé Matarese

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing one final Easter card made with Art Impressions adorable new set called 5004 – Sweet Easter Set.

My card is very dimensional.  I popped up the little critters and then cut the front panel to fit over them. 

I used a couple more of the stamps from the set on the inside.

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.

sweet Easter chick by Diane Zechman

Hello Ai friends and happy Monday!

 

Today I am sharing a card using one of the new Ai Easter sets. Here I used 5004- Sweet Easter Set. This card screams "spring" and I'm sooo ready for it!

 

Have you ever pulled out some patterned paper that was just so pretty that you hated to cover it up? Well, that was the case here! I wanted to add more layers, etc. but decided to keep it clean & simple with this beautiful paper.

 

It's always difficult to show the glittery shimmer on cards so I hope this conveys a bit how gorgeous this paper is. It's such a complement to the sweet flower and chick images in this set and really lets them shine. That chick is so cute!

 

 

Have a great Monday and… happy stamping!