BBQ Time!

Hi Artzy friends -

Summer is in full swing, and so is barbecue season! I don't know about you, but I'm happy to get out of the kitchen and let my husband take over some of the dinner prep on the grill! 

Today's card features a new set that started out as an Artzy Clubhouse set, but is now available to everyone! It's called BBQ Time and it's perfect for masculine cards, as well as invitations to your friends and family to enjoy a cookout with you!

I hope you are all enjoying your summer, and finding time to enjoy a bbq with friends, and of course, to get artzy!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Blooming Square Card

 Hi Artzy friends -

Today's card uses a variety of products from the newest Dare 2B Artzy release. I love combining elements from many sets on my projects!

I chose to make a square card, 5" x 5". Did you know that mailing a square card does not require additional postage as long as it's mailed in a standard size (not square) envelope (in this case 5" x 7"?) 

My card base and my periwinkle layer were cut with my trimmer and I used a corner rounder to clip the corners so it would match my patterned paper layer, from the Countryside Floral collection, which I cut using the largest die in the Square Framelit dies set. I cut a variety of stitched shapes using dies from the Horizontal Step dies set.

My die cut leaf element was cut with the leafy die from the Nature Layer Dies set. I cut it from white cardstock and ink blended it in green and splattered it with white paint. I cut and layered the die a few times to build up some dimension. 

I stamped, colored and die cut the flower and leaf images with stamps from Beauty of Nature and Singin' in the Rain. My sentiment is from Wildflower Garden.

I find that I can get much more use out of my stamps and dies when I combine them together, especially if they're from the same collection!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day,

Avra