Monday, March 18, 2024

New Peeking Bunny Set by Sharon Caudle

 Hello AI Fans!


Can you believe it's almost the first day of Spring and Easter is right around the corner?!  I'm soooo excited for spring! For my card today, I used the brand new 5870 Peeking Bunny Set along with 5892 Easter S2 pattern paper pack. The images are stamped with Memento ink onto cryogen white paper and then colored with Copic markers which are listed below.  I love that amazing frame which is in 5588 Journal Oval Frames Set. The scalloped edges were created using 5543 Journal Template Die Set. 



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

Copics used:
YG13, 17, and 21
Y13 and 17
R12, 14, and 17
E35, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 50, 51, and 53
B000 and 00
C3




Sunday, March 17, 2024

Easter Place Cards and Easter Mini Journal Treat Box by Diane Mason

  Hello and welcome, Watercolor Weekend Fans!

This little gnome would like to wish you a Happy St. Patrick's Day!🍀


Welcome back for another Watercolor Weekend! It's a wonderful time of the year with Spring in the air and Easter just around the corner. I've recently shared several Easter cards on social media, so I decided to mix things up a bit and share two watercolor Easter projects with you today.

Easter Place Cards:

I enjoy making seasonal decor and thought it would be fun to make some place cards for the Easter table. I made some slight modifications to the 5717 – Little Girl Front & Back and the 5716 – Little Boy Front & Back stamped images. I inked the stamps with 969, but left off the basket on the girl and the hat on the boy. I used a pencil to draw in the boy's pants legs and across the girl’s apron and skirt to complete the images. Next, I stamped the egg basket from 5869 – Easter Bunny Puppet Set inked in 969/565 onto my Canson XL watercolor paper. I used the following colors for the boy, girl, and baskets:  boy’s hair (026, 977, brown TwinTone), skin tone for both (850, 947), overalls and stripes on shirt (526), boy’s shoes (947), girl’s hair (947, 977, brown TwinTone), girl’s dress and ribbons (603), cheeks (a touch of 703), girl’s shoes (N52), Easter eggs (703, 407, 933, 173, 603) and to shade the white areas (565). White dots were added to the girl’s outfit with Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bleed Proof White.

  

I die-cut all the pieces with the included dies from each set. I wanted the girl and boy to be interactive, kind of like paper dolls. I used a craft knife to cut around their hands so I could slide the basket handle under their hands. Because I removed the hat from the boy image, a little bit needed to be trimmed off the sides of the die-cut with scissors before gluing the front and back together. I did not apply glue under the hands.

For the place cards, I die-cut a 2 ½ x 3 ¾ inch rectangle (5724 – Nested Rectangle Dies) of cardstock and scored at 1 ¼ inches on the 2 ½ side to create the fold for the place card. I cut two 1 x 3 ½ inch pieces of purple-dotted patterned paper from the 5742 – Easter Journal Paper Pack to attach to the front and back of the place card. The front piece was only glued on three sides, leaving the top open for the boy and girl to slide into place for display along with their Easter basket of eggs. This next step is optional, but since these are paper dolls and we want them to be played with, it’s a good idea to seal them with a bit of Distress Micro Glaze so the colors won’t bleed if they should get a little water splashed on them.

 

I stamped the “Easter Wishes” sentiment from the new 5867 – Mini Easter Sentiments Set onto a sentiment banner die from 5543 – Journal Template Die Set. I die-cut two additional blank sentiment banners to attach to the back of the place card to personalize with your guest’s name. I think these sweet place cards will add a nice touch to your Easter dinner table and if you want to, go ahead a play with those adorable paper dolls after dinner! Now on to our next project.

Easter Mini Journal Treat box:

A holiday dinner wouldn’t be complete without a little sweet treat! These adorable treat boxes could be placed on your Easter table along with the place cards or passed out after dinner for your guests to enjoy. To make this treat box, I used the recently released 5805 – Mini Journal Box Dies to create the box. I love this die! It was created to safely keep the mini journal, but it makes a great little gift box too!

To decorate the front of the box, I stamped the egg basket, 2 eggs, and bunny bum from 5870 – Peeking Bunny Set with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto my Canson XL watercolor paper. Versafine Onyx Black ink is water-resistant when dry and is perfect for watercolor. These images painted up rather quickly and the dies made cutting them out a breeze! Here are the colors I used to paint the images:  Eggs and basket (703, 403, 173, 603, 993), bow and bunny bum (shaded with 565, and 703 for the pads on the feet). I die-cut the pieces, slid the bunny bum into the slot, and glued them in place leaving the feet to hang free. I then attached the basket to the front cover with foam squares. I tucked one of the eggs behind the basket and glued it in place. For the other egg, I added it on top of the basket and attached it with a foam square. For the top of the box, I die-cut a bow from white cardstock using the dies from 5811 – Gift Card Pocket Dies. Once the bow was assembled, I attached it to the top of the box with mini glue dots.

As I mentioned before, this box was created to house the mini journal. Well, our mini journal won’t have any pages this time, it will have something better inside – chocolate!

Using the cover die from 5718 – Mini Journal Template, I die-cut two panels from purple cardstock and glued together the front and back. For the cover, I used the frame die from 5805 to cut the frame from the purple-dotted patterned paper from 5742. With the same die, I die-cut a piece of watercolor paper for my bunny painting, using only the interior piece. I stamped the bunny on a tree stump from 5737 – Bunny & Chicks Set inked in N52, leaving off the pot and lower part of the stump. The bunny was shaded with 565 and 703 for the cheeks. I painted the stump in 977 and 969, and added details with a brown TwinTone. I brushed in some sky with 407. I glued the frame to the front cover of the mini journal and popped up the painting in the center with foam squares. Next, I added sentiments and die-cuts to the interior and inside flap. The sentiments are from both Easter sentiment stamp sets: 5733 and 5867. The die-cuts for the sentiments came from the following sets:  5805, 5718, and 5588.

 

To make the decorative covers for the Hershey’s Nuggets, I cut (2) – 1 inch x 3 ½ inch strips of Canson Mixed Media Paper. I randomly stamped the egg from 5870 in Versafine Onyx Black Ink and painted them with the same colors as above. To fill in the white space, I randomly added tiny dots in the same colors. I wrapped the strips around the chocolates and secured the ends with double-sided tape. I then added mini glue dots to the chocolates and pressed them into place on the center of the mini journal.

 

Your little mini journal is now complete and ready to go inside its adorable treat box. I hope you enjoyed these projects and will give these ideas a try! If you do, please share and tag Art Impressions on social media – we love to see your work! Until next time, Happy St. Patrick’s Day, Happy Easter, and Happy Painting!

For the Easter Place Cards:
For the Easter Mini Journal Treat Box:


Saturday, March 16, 2024

*NEW* Peeking Bunny Set by Janet

 

Every once in a while, Art Impressions puts out a set that I fall madly for and the new 5870-Peaking Bunny Set is one of those. Please RUN and get this set because it is stuffed with fantastic Easter images and dies that cleverly maximize them. Each image is sized so it can carry a card by itself but used together...oh my! You will love this one. 

This is a 4" try-fold card base made from a piece of white 12 x 12 cardstock. Once the 4 x 12 strip was cut, I scored it at the 4" and 8" marks and folded it in a zig zag fashion. Then I cut a circle out of the front panel using the 5726-Nested Circle Set. I cut a pink frame for this window using the circle set as well. Next I stamped and colored the bunny twice, the bunny butt, the paint brush, the Easter basket and the tulips. The die for the rabbit cuts out the paws so they can be hooked on to the three main images in this set which include the basket, tulips, and an adorable wagon full of chicks and eggs. The dies cut invisible slits that work perfectly to hang the bunny and the bunny butt on. It's genius and soooo cute! I also used papers from the new 5892- Easter S2 Paper Pack throughout the card.

When closed, the card shows the Easter basket through the window. I free-handed the rainbow paint and stamped the sentiment that's included in the set on it. I though it would be fun to make it appear that the colors came from the paint brush. Once I colored the paint swatch, I coated it with a clear glitter pen. I hung the rabbit over the edge of the circle so that he's peeking out from inside the card. I also cut a tab from the 5591-Journal Rectangle Frames Set for fun. Enamel dots were added for additional decoration. 


On the backside of the window front, I made a wreath using sprigs cut from another die in the Journal Rectangle Frames and glued a second bunny over the back of the bunny that shows in the front. It works because they are near identical shaped when flipped. This way, another cute colored bunny is inside instead of a blank one. Since his hands are cut, I slipped an egg into his paws for a little extra bit of cuteness.


The next panel is the Easter Basket you see through the window. I decorated the eggs with metallic acrylic paint pens to make them a little more fun to look at. Just like real eggs, you can decorate or not decorate them any way you choose. So fun!


The last panel shows off the tulips in a pot. I placed the bunny butt in this which again hangs off of an invisible slit that the die cuts into the top of the pot for this purpose. If you didn't want to hang the bunny from it, the slit doesn't show. The basket also has a slit at the basket edge but you can't tell it's there. Before I glued the pot into the card, I cut three nested circles to create a background. It's an echo of the circle on the card front and enhances the image with more patterns and color.


This makes a darling Easter display on a shelf and you can still add your personal message to the back of the tulip panel for a personal touch.

I hope you enjoyed seeing 5870-Peeking Bunny Set in action. It's a must have set for Easter! Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you'll visit the store to see all the things you need for your card, journal, and tag making projects. 

Janet YouTube - Blog - Facebook - Instagram - Pinterest

Friday, March 15, 2024

Every Bunny Loves Easter! Card by Tasha!

 Happy Friday Ai Fans!

Tasha here sharing a happy Easter card featuring the new 5869 - Easter Bunny Puppet Set and 5892 - Easter S2 Paper Pack!

I started the card by stamping the bunny character and her accessories with black ink before coloring the images with Copic Markers. I used the included dies to cut out all the pieces and used liquid glue to attach the layers. This set includes several clothing pieces to make different outfits and I love this little dress, perfect for Easter!
For the background, I used a stencil to create sun rays and cut grass from green pattern paper. I think these colors and patterns give a Springtime feel to the design. I also attached a glittery scalloped frame to add a little sparkle. The yellow color is so pretty!

The 5869 - Easter Bunny Puppet Set does not include any greetings, but Art Impressions has two awesome Easter Sentiment sets that work great with the adorable bunny stamp. I selected " Every Bunny Loves Easter!" and to coordinate with the colors used for the dress, I stamped the greeting with teal ink. I usually use black ink for stamping words, but it's fun to add a pop color!

Lastly, I attached a layer of Art Impression pattern paper and a layer of teal card stock to complete the design. Thank you for checking out today's card and I hope you are inspired to create a fun Easter card!

Have a great day!




Thursday, March 14, 2024

Color Challenge #373 Week #1

 Hello AI Fans!

We have a fun new color challenge for you for the next two weeks!

We thought this color combination would be perfect for all your Spring cards.

We're thinking navy and pale blue, sunny yellow, a nice soft neutral and garden greens!
Perfect for flowers and grass and a sunny sky.  Also great for a basket full off Easter eggs or anything else that you're envisioning.  We have a couple of inspiration photos to help you get started.




Before we see what Sharon, our Featured Artist created let's see who won the Shake it Up! Challenge.

For our Top Spot we selected #11 Francesca V.
She used 5457 – Christmas Truck Set.




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

Our Lucky Random Winner was:
#4 Lisa J.
She used 5401 – Easter Chicks Set among others on her pretty Easter card.





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


Now let's check out the adorable card that Sharon created.
You're going to be in awe!

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I'm excited to kick off the new challenge for Art Impressions this week and it's a color challenge!! We are asking you to use the colors of navy, green, and yellow. This was a super fun challenge and I definitely took inspiration from the gorgeous photos supplied to us by AI!! Easter is right around the corner, so I made a fun card utilizing the Lawn Fawn Ta Da Diorama die set to feature several Art Impressions sets. This is so awesome because it folds completely flat for mailing, but when unfolded, it is a wonderfully dimensional diorama! Here is the finished card folded flat. 



And here it is when you pull out the flaps. 





I cut all the pieces out to assemble the card, stamped all my images and colored them to match the papers. 


These adorable images are from 5346 Birdhouse Cubbies Set, 5504 Happy Spring Set, and 5274 Easter Bunnies Set. There are links to each of them below. 


This is the card put together before adding all the adorable images. 


I used the Nested Heart Die Set and stamped a fun sentiment on it from the new 5867 Mini Easter Sentiment Set.  I then cut it in half and glued them to the front of the card. I had so much fun building the scene with all the cute bunnies and chick! And of course I had to add a cute little bird in the sky! 


And once again, the final product. I chose to mount the diorama onto a standard A2 card using a navy and green mat to pull out the challenge colors. The navy looks black in the pictures, but it's a true navy color. 







Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today! I can't wait to see what you create for the new color challenge! 

Copic markers used:
E21, 23, 40, 41, 42, 43, 50, 51, and 53
Y13, 17, 32, and 35
B00, 21, 23, 32, 34, and 37
YR00, 01, and 02
YG61 and 63
C1, 2, and 3
R12


Thank you Sharon for your beautiful diorama card.
It's a little work of art!

Now for the fine print.
We can't wait to see what you create!


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


You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter