Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Pocket Full of Sunshine Seed Journal from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I have the inside of the little house that I shared last
Thursday for my challenge feature.
The 6114 – Box Village Template Dies come with a
journal cover with pages that you can add.

I believe it fits 6 and I chose to add 3 because mine had
seed packets folded in half and tucked inside
giving those pages more dimension.

Pruned & Fabulous!

That's my cover page...lol.
Oh GAIL! You're marvelous.



The challenge is to use sunshine, yellow and/or pockets.
I chose to use all 3 on my project.
Pocket Full of Sunshine!

For one of my pages I used 6150 – His Love Set 
and a sentiment from 6076 – Gardener Gail.
The pocket and banner the sentiment is stamped on
are part of the house die set. The circles are from 
5726 – Nested Circle Dies and 6045 – Scalloped Circle Dies.


For this page I used a frame from the house
die set and a flower from 5981 – My Joy Set.


My final pages used dies from 5336 – Garden Mini Dies
and one final sentiment from Gail.


This is what the journal looks like
tucked up inside the house.


House and Journal side by side.
I hope you enjoyed my little bit of sunshine.




Thursday, January 15, 2026

Pocket Full of Sunshine Challenge from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans and welcome to the new challenge here on the Art Impressions Challenge Blog!
This time we have a Pocket Full of Sunshine!


This challenge is pretty flexible.
We want to see SUNSHINE, YELLOW and/or POCKETS.
Show us your interpretation of what a Pocket Full of Sunshine means to you.
Maybe it's a bouquet of yellow flowers?
Maybe it's your favorite yellow Designer Paper?
Perhaps you love making cards or journals with pockets on them.


I'm the featured artist this week and I chose to create a yellow house with a sunshine to brighten it. Inside of the house is a mini journal that contains pockets. (You'll see that on Tuesday)


For my project, I used the new 6114 – Box Village Template Dies.
Please see the InLinkz below for a complete list of all of the Art Impressions supplies that I used.



This box die set is just the cutest! It comes with a cover and pages to create a little journal or booklet that tucks up inside of it. 



I also love how customizable the house is. It was marketed as a Christmas house to hold the Woodland Scene series but it is so much more than that. Two days ago, I shared it as a Valentine house that I created for my fireplace mantel.



This is the cover of my little journal which you'll see the inside of on Tuesday.
Gail looks so happy tending to her garden.
I hope I've inspired you to enter our Pocket Full of Sunshine Challenge.
You might be the next person to win a free stamp set.

Copics used:
G40, G43, E01, E31, E35, E42, E93,
Y000, Y21, YR12, YR15, YR61





Tuesday, January 13, 2026

A Sweet Little Valentine's House

 Hello Ai fans!

Today I've created a little Valentine décor for my fireplace mantle.

I fell in love with the 6114 – Box Village Template Dies the second I saw them.
I envisioned so many different seasons and themes for it.

This time, I went with a Valentine's Day theme and added a button door knob because this was also created for our Button Up challenge.


I added a large heart from the 5952 – Portfolio Template Die Set.

One really cute feature of the house is that the front door opens if you want it to. I didn't put anything inside the door this time so I just glued it shut.

So far we've seen lots of winter/gingerbread house versions of this set.
I can't wait to see some with some spring colors and flowers.



Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Mailbox Window Card: Happy Birthday Barb!

 Hello Ai fans and welcome to my first post of 2026!

I'm starting off with the card that I made for my Mother-in-law's birthday at the end of this month.
(and a spare for my stash)



Her birthday is Jan. 22nd so sometimes I go with a winter theme but since she lives in Florida and it's sunny with flowers there this time of year, sometimes I go with something like this card.

The mailbox is a separate image that comes with the cottage and has it's own die. I popped it up to add some interest.


I love these little easel frames. You can cut a hole in the front to make a frame to display your image or you can glue an image to the front and put a card or tag inside like I've done.


My husband and I can send her our well wishes on the back of the tag.
An added bonus is that these fold flat and can be mailed from home with one stamp!

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

My Art Impressions Top 10 of 2025

 Hello Ai fans!

2025 is rapidly coming to a close so it's time for me to share my Top 10
Design Team projects of the year.

These are in no particular order.

Keep your head up



Birdie Betty-Ready for a Round!


Snowflake JOY card for LEON



I Find You Ribbiting









Warmest Wishes




It's been another wonderful year at Art Impressions!

I've enjoyed every new stamp, die, paper, paint and more!

Check back in the new year for new challenges and a new feature!

Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Woodland Horse and Reindeer

Hello Ai fans!

OH MY GOSH!

The new Woodland Scenes are just the prettiest.
Today I have two cards for you.
My first is the horse and ...
Is this not the SWEETEST little horse?!

The set is 6087 – Woodland Horse Scene

As soon as I saw this sweet scene, I instantly thought to grab
my 5408 – ShadowBox Window Die which I adorned with greenery from
5805 – Mini Journal Box Dies and shutters from 5770 – FB Farm Fence Die Set.
The cute little bow is from 5317 – MB Template Dies.
The little picket fences are from 5807 – Journal Fence Dies and I used Bleed Proof White
paint to add stripes to the bow.
What a sweet scene this would be to wake up to this Christmas.
For my second card I used 6089 – Woodland Reindeer Scene.
I used the same greenery and bow as on the horse card. My deer is mounted on
Both the inside and front sentiments are from 5566 – Christmas Sentiments
and the one on the inside is mounted on 6046 – Scalloped Oval Dies and
The tree and snow were made using Bleed Proof White. For the tree,
I dabbed it with Copic markers and then lightly went over it with the paint.

Copics:

R29, R37, B000, B34, B91, E30, E31,
E55, E57, C0, N2, YG93
Chocolate Twin Tone

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Woodland Barn Scene from Art Impressions

 Hello Ai fans!

If you haven't already seen them, you need to check out the new
Woodland Scenes from the Holiday Lane collection.


My card fits with our current
Flurries Forecasted
challenge. Use any form of snow on your project.
Embossing folders, stamps, dies, embellishments, snowbanks, spattered snow. Etc.

For my card, I chose to use 6086 – Woodland Barn Scene.
I absolutely love old barns so I fell in love with this image the second I saw it.

The beautiful matte around it comes from 5804 – Decorative Belly Bands.
That's framed with 5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies.
The beautiful papers are from 5853 – Christmas Magic Paper Pack and the snow
flakes are from 4804 – Snowflake Dies and 5353 – Large Snowflake Dies.
I cut them out of plain white cardstock that I had painted gold using
Winsor Newton Ink 14ml – Gold Paint.




I used a combination of Copic markers, Micron pens and a pencil to add details and
color to the images.
Copics:
C00, C0, N2, T4, E31, E34, Y11, R29, B01,
B91, BG02, BG10, BG11

Microns:
Sepia 0.01, 0.005