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