May Flowers

 Hi Artzy friends -

I'm so excited that May is here; I am so ready for some consistently nice weather...and flowers!

Speaking of flowers, the challenge this month on the Dare 2B Artzy blog is Flowers! Link up your flowery card and be eligible to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store any time during the month of May. 

For this card I cut a panel of copper colored mirror cardstock with the Quilted Flower Background die and layered it on a piece of blue cardstock. Have you ever tried to photograph a card created with mirror cardstock? It isn't easy!

I colored and cut the floor swag images from the Scandinavian Songbird stamp and die set.

The happy birthday was created using A Single Greeting stamps and coordinating die.

I stamped the wordsmith Versamark and heat embossed them with a copper colored embossing powder to coordinate with the background. 

I think this would make a perfect spring or summertime birthday card!

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra

Hooray!

 Hi Artzy friends -

Happy New Year!

We made it to another year! That alone is cause to celebrate!

The Dare 2B Artzy challenge this month is Winter Fun. Dare 2B Artzy has lots of great products for winter cards! This card features Yeti 4 Winter. This stamp set is a perfect example of images and sentiments that would be appropriate for holiday cards, as well as all season long!

                  

The other wintery products I used on this card are the Slim Mini Snowflake Background die, cut out of white glitter cardstock, paper from the Snow Much Fun collection, and various snowflake dies.

The stamped and diecut "celebrate" is from the A Single Greeting stamp and die sets. In this versatile sentiment set you can find greetings to use for almost any occasion!

                   

I hope you'll join the Winter Fun challenge on the blog this month for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store!

Once again, I wish you all a happy, healthy, and Artzy new year!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Summertime Friends

 Hi Artzy friends -

Now that (Christmas in) July is over, I am holding on to a little bit of summer with this ocean friends slimline card.

The adorable manatees and the octopus are from the Seas the Day stamps and dies sets.

I cut the 3 background layers with dies from the Rectangle Slimline Framelits set and the Wavy Slimline Framelits set. The blue bubble patterned layer and the red and white striped strip,  (adhered on the inside edge),  are from the Otterly Awesome paper, in the Seas the Day collection. I just love everything in this collection for summertime themed cards!

I thought by adding the word "friends" to my card, I will be able to use this card for so many occasions, by simply adding the appropriate sentiment or note to the inside before mailing. The word stamp is one of 17 individual words in the new A Single Greeting stamp set! They can mixed and matched, or used individually, on all of your cards or scrapbook pages!

Enjoy these last weeks of summer - I know I will!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra