Dare 2B Artzy 2021 Favorites

Hi Artzy friends -

As we near the end of 2021, I thought I would revisit some of my favorite projects from the past year using Dare 2B Artzy stamps, dies, and papers released during the year, and a variety of fun folds as well!

It's difficult to narrow down because there have been so many fantastic new products to create with this year!

The first card I shared in 2021 was actually one of my favorites! The adorable bear and penguins from Just Chillin' are some of my favorite winter images! And I love the papers in the Snow Much Fun collection! 

This Turtley Awesome card made the list because I think this turtle eating ice cream is just so fun! 

Early 2021 found many of us receiving our Covid vaccines and looking forward to seeing and hugging our friends again. This cute card features bears from Bear Hugs, and beautiful colorful papers from the Ice Cream Social collection. Slimline dies, such as these from the Wavy Slimline Framelits dies were very popular in 2021 as well!

At Dare 2B Artzy, we love to get a jumpstart on Christmas cards in July, and this card was created to get us thinking about winter, 6 months ago! I just love the Slimline Snowflake dies cut out of silver glittery cardstock! Such a simple card but it makes a big impact!

The most recent Dare 2B Artzy release included so many beautiful images and papers that can be used for holiday cards and all year round. 

Two of my favorite cards made with products from the release include one made with the Pop Up Feature die, and a slimline card. Both feature papers from the Merry and Bright collection, which may just be my favorite Dare 2B Artzy papers to date (although I'm sure I say that every time new a new paper collection is released!)

I hope you enjoyed taking a look back at Dare 2B Artzy products and projects from the past year with me.

And I hope you are looking forward to getting Artzy with some fantastic new products to come in 2022! I know I am!

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Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Hello My Crafty Friend Shaker

 Hi crafty friends -

Today I am sharing an edge to edge shaker card, in mini slim size, featuring a Kat Scrappiness word die set.

Edge to edge, or full front shaker cards are an easy way to make shaker cards, with no foam tape, and using any clear packaging you may have saved from stamps, dies, etc. 

The only products and supplies I used for this card are patterned paper, cut with one of these dies, sequins, this die set, and of course - adhesives and cardstock. 

You can find lots of word dies, many with shadows, and mini slimline dies, in the Kat Scrappiness store.

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Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra

Treats!

Hi Artzy friends -

Do you like to have little treats on hand to give your friends during the holidays?

Dare 2B Artzy has some beautiful papers that can be used to create all kinds of treat holders.

I think they're so fun and colorful, and there is no coloring required!

The papers are all from the Merry and Bright collection, and even the tree, snowflakes, and little red bird are cut out of the papers with Dare 2B Artzy dies!

This weekend, the Dare 2B Artzy Design Team is having an Instagram hop to showcase some 3D projects fro the holidays using Dare 2B Artzy product. Come join us for a chance to win one of two $10 gift certificates to the Dare 2B Artzy store. 

You can also check out the posts on the Artzy Community Facebook page for another chance to win!

And - use the code XMAS21 to save 15% on all purchases here, December 3rd-5th.

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra

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Yeti for Christmas!

 Hi Artzy friends -

December is here and so are the snowflakes and the holiday season!

Today I am sharing a mini slimline card that would be perfect to send to your friends to get them in the mood for a white Christmas!

This tangled-up-in-lights yeti is from the Yeti 4 Winter stamps and dies set. The icy blue trees are from the Deck the Halls and Joy to the World stamps and dies sets. 

I cut a curvy edge onto a panel of snowy background paper from the North Pole Holidays paper collection with a die from the Wavy Slimline Borders. I then adhered it onto a strip of whit cardstock and cut my background with the largest die from the Slim Mini Wavy Layers dies, creating a dotted edge all around my card front. 

I then stamped Merry Christmas with a stamp from the Toboggan Fun stamp set, and adhered my card front onto a mini slimline size card base. I added my yeti and trees to complete this wintery holiday card.

Our monthly challenge for November is all about tags and bookmarks. Link up your creations here for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store.

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Winter Scene Card

 Hi Crafty friends -

Today I have a quick Christmas card to share with you using Kat Scrappiness dies.

To create this slimline card I first ink blended a background panel with various shades of blue Distress Oxide inks. I cut two die cuts with the Forest for the Trees dies, once with white cardstock and once with kraft. One die cuts the snowdrift with the trees plus the frame so I was able to use the two colors for my card.

I added some touches of Distress ink to the birch trees to give them a more realistic look. I stamped my sentiment and adhered the die cut as well as the kraft frame to my inked background panel.

I cut my trees and the deer using dies from the Crafters Essentials Winter die set. This set also includes snow drifts, and a pretty swirly snowy cut and embossed background die. I glued these elements to my card, and added a few random snowflakes to my background using a white gel pen. 

I hope you enjoyed this pretty winter scene that can be used for any occasion during the season merely by changing the sentiment you use.

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Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

You Make My Heart Sing

 Hi Artzy friends-

Today I have a slimline card to share using some of Dare 2B Artzy's newest products, that can be used all year round.

This card features the Joyful Robin stamps and dies as well as paper from the Merry and Bright collection.

The sentiment used here is also from Joyful Robin.

Other products used on this card include the Slimline Love Framelit dies, as well as Slim Mini Wavy Layers ( sentiment banner), Reindeer Games (music notes), and Bear Hugs (hearts).

I think this card would be perfect to give to a loved one, for any occasion, or just because! 

I hope you'll join our November challenge on the Dare 2B Artzy blog. This month's theme is bookmarks and tags! You can link up your project here for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store. 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Hippo Birdie Mini Slimline

Hi Crafty friends-

Today I want to share my first project as a Kat Scrappiness Influencer.  Kat Scrappiness is an online paper crafting shop that carries supplies from many different brands, as well as their own. The Kat Scrappiness exclusive brand is best known for a great selection of dies, geared towards making card of several sizes, as well as an amazing selection of embellishments for your shaker and other cards. Of course you can also find stamps, paper, and other cardmaking supplies.

From time to time I will be sharing projects I create featuring Kat Scrappiness branded products.

This card is actually remade from an older birthday card I had in my stash with some cute Lawn Fawn images. I cut a blue frame with the largest of the new Reversed Scallop Mini Slimline dies, and I trimmed my card panel down to fit behind it and mounted it on a mini slimline size card base. 

I really enjoy making mini slimline size cards and Kat Scrappiness has two die sets to create mini slimline envelopes. I used the Snail Mail Envelope dies to create an envelope to fit my card out of double sided patterned paper. 

The die set comes with 3 round seal dies, snail mail word dies, a banner die, and a double stitched inside frame die which I used on the front of my envelope as a place to write the address of my recipient. 

Visit the Kat Scrappiness store for a special coupon code effective now! 

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra

Christmas Tags

Hi Artzy friends - 

Dare 2B Artzy has some unique  nested shape dies that make great tags!

Both tags feature ornaments from the Deck the Halls stamp and die sets. I colored the ornaments with Copic markers and added some detail with Sakura Glaze pens to add a little shine.  The background papers are part of the Merry and Bright collection.

The Happy Holidays stamp is included in the Reindeer Games stamp set, and is stamped on the smallest die in the Rectangle Framelits die set.

The first tag base was created with 2 sizes of the Oval Scalloped Framelits dies.

My second tag base was created with 2 sizes of Rectangle Fancy Framelits dies.

This month's challenge on the Dare 2B Artzy blog is Tags and Bookmarks and we hope you'll join us!

Link up your project for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Silver Bells

 Hi Artzy friends -

Happy November! The time has come to get to work on holiday cards, and today I have a slimline Christmas card to share using some pretty Dare 2B Artzy products.

The Joy to the World stamps and dies are great to use for relatively quick cards as these pretty images require no coloring! They can be stamped with any colored inks you may have, but I chose to heat emboss my bells with silver embossing powder. I love to emboss 2 or even 3 times to create a really dimensional metallic look, like I did here. My sentiment was also embossed in silver.

I also popped my bells up with fun foam, cutting the foam with the coordinating die. I wish you could see the dimension!

The other dies I used to create this card were from the Rectangle Slimline Framelit dies and the Wavy Squares Framelit dies. 

The background paper is from the Merry and Bright collection.

I hope your holiday cards are coming along and that you're finding Dare 2B Artzy products to help!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Joyful Robin

Hi Artzy friends - 

Today's card features an image from the new Joyful Robin stamps and dies, as well as a really unique background die.

These beautiful images and sentiments can be used for many different occasions, all year long.

I cut the background die, called Circle Background, out of rose gold mirror cardstock, and it cut beautifully. Full disclosure - I don't own this die, but had borrowed it when it was first released (It was so popular that it was sold out.) and thought it would look pretty cut out of this mirror cardstock. I loved it so much that I've had it sitting on my desk, waiting for the perfect card to use it on! 

I backed the diecut with green cardstock on which I stamped my sentiment with Versamark ink. I embossed it with rose gold embossing powder which turned out to be a pretty good match, and fits perfectly in the round space cut by the die. 

The panel was then mounted on navy blue cardstock, which I though really made the whole thing pop. 

I just love how the background shines, and really showcases the beautiful joyful bird! 

The theme for the challenge this month on the Dare 2B Artzy blog is Fall. You can enter your fall themed project here for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store. 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Shaped Birthday Card

 Hi Artzy friends -

For today's post I created a birthday card using the Oval Scalloped framelits, along with some new images and papers.

To create this shaped card, I folded a piece of 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"  cardstock in half. Then I cut my card base with the largest the oval scalloped dies (which is 5 3/8" x 4"), arranging the die hanging over the folded edge a bit, so it wouldn't cut out the complete oval. I then cut another of the largest oval out of teal cardstock, and attached it the front of card, hiding the "flat" top edge of the oval.

I colored and die cut my birdie image from the Scandinavian Songbird stamps and dies, and stamped a sentiment from the set onto a sentiment banner cut with a die from the Slim Mini Wavy Layers dies. I cut the next smaller size scalloped oval out of paper from the Merry and Bright collection, which includes beautiful seasonal patterns as well as year round florals and other patterns.

I completed my card by add another sentiment banner to the inside, finishing off the sentiment, and added a flower from the Joyful Robin stamp and die sets.  

The images and sentiments in the Scandinavian Songbird and Joyful Robin sets mix and match perfectly, and coordinate beautifully with the Merry and Bright paper collection!

Creating shaped cards using framelit dies is so fun and easy, yet makes a big impact! And this one fits in a standard A2 envelope for easy mailing!

Please join this months Dare 2B Artzy challenge, whose theme is Fall cards for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store!

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra

Growing in Unity Blog Hop

 Welcome back, stamping friends -

Today I am sharing another Unity Stamp Company project as part of a Growing in Unity blog hop.

This stamp,  called Funky Flowers, is big and bold, and fills up an entire slimline card front! I love that! I also love that you can use just portions of the stamp on other sizes, including mini slimline or A2. I'll be trying that soon!

I wanted to do something a little different than I did during my Growing in Unity week at the beginning of August. Most of those cards (all but one, actually), were colored with Copic markers. I wanted to try to watercolor these big bold flowers so I broke out my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers. I still need a lot of practice coloring with the Zigs, but I had a lot of fun trying! 

I added some touches of Glaze Gel pens but it's difficult to see in the photos.

When I was finished coloring the image I die cut the panel with a slimline framelit and mounted it on a black mat. I cut the word Beautiful from the Say It Big die set three times out of black cardstock and layered them together with liquid glue. I cut the shadow die out of vellum so the word would stand out, but the shadow wouldn't completely cover the flowers. 

I also added a white embossed on black sentiment strip, popped up with foam tape. 

Be sure to visit the other Unity gals' blogs below and comment on each, for a chance to win one of two prize packs from Unity Stamp Company!

 1. Joan  https://jojosretiredpasttime.blog

2. Michelle https://michellygolzcreates.wordpress.com

3. Avra You are here!

4. Beth https://nursiebethsbeauties.blogspot.com

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra

Rocking Christmas

 Hi Artzy friends -

Today I have another card for you featuring the new Rockin' Holiday stamps and dies. 

This set is versatile because it can be used for both holiday and non-holiday cards.

This time I made a Christmas card by adding a strip of Peace Love Joy paper behind the rocking horse. The green striped paper is the back side of the O' Christmas Tree paper. Both are from the Merry & Bright collection.

My sentiment strip is cut with a die from the Wavy Slimline framelits dies.

I stamped the ornaments from the stamp set to add a little interest to the inside of the card.

To finish off my card I popped the rocking horse up on an action wobble! So fun!

The theme for our challenge this month is cards for Babies/Kids/Teens. Link your card here for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store. 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

You Rock!

 Hi Artzy friends-

I can't believe September is here! The D2BA challenge this month is cards for babies, kids or teens. 

I think my card today would be appropriate for just about anyone who is young, or young at heart!

This cute rocking horse is from the new Rockin' Holiday stamp and die sets.

I love that this set can not only be used for holiday cards, but all year round, just because!

I created an easel card using the Wavy Square Framelits and Wavy Square Fun Fold die. 

These dies make it easy to create a fun card with a big impact!

The yellow patterned paper is from the Lemon Bliss collection. 

Please join the challenge on our blog this month for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store.

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra

BFF Birds

Hi Artzy friends -

I love how some of the new stamps and dies sets from Dare 2B Artzy coordinate so well together. I also love how, just by changing the sentiment, the images lend themselves to cards for so many occasions!

These birds are from the new Scandinavian Songbird and Joyful Robin sets. 

Check out all of the sentiments included in these two sets!

My birds are sitting on a Slim Mini Flower Patch die background, and the light blue layer is cut from a die in the Slim Mini Wavy Layers set. The sentiment strip is from the Wavy Slimline Framelits die set. 

I know you will find loads of occasions to create cards for using these two new bird themed sets!

Be sure to visit Dare 2B Artzy to see all of the latest products perfect for your holiday and year round projects!

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra