Ocean Floor

 Hi Artzy friends -

July is here, and so is vacation and beach season! I won't be anywhere near the ocean this year but I can create an ocean scene and pretend!

I love creating cards primarily with dies occasionally, to get a little break from coloring. The Ocean Floor Die creates the basis for this card. I cut it out of white cardstock and used these Paper Pouncers and other inking tools to color it in beautiful tropical colors. 

I added a few colored and die cut images from the Jellyfish stamp and die sets and the Sea Horses stamp and die sets.

The Make Waves sentiment is from the Mermazing stamp set. I embossed it in blue on vellum to keep the soft watery feeling.

I hope you get to enjoy some time this summer in the relaxing environment of your choice!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Fun with Stencils

 Hi Artzy friends -

Today I have two cards whose backgrounds I created with the Dare 2B Artzy Circle Duo Stencils. this set includes two 6" x 6" stencils that can be used together or separately. 

For my first background I used the more open circles stencil alone, with two very different ink colors. The Picket Fence Paper Pouncers would work great with this delicate stencil. I didn't have my paper pouncers at the time I created this background but I plan to try them out next time!

Other Dare 2B Artzy products used on this card were the Jellyfish stamp and die sets, the Mini Hugs Tag dies, and the Rectangle Framelits dies. I also added a few coordinating Feelin' Groovy Enamel Stickers.

For my second stenciled background, I layered both of the Circle Duo stencils, but kept the colors in one color family. I used the dots stencil first, then the open circles, using the same ink colors on each part of the card for a subtle gradation look. 

Additional Dare 2B Artzy products I used were the Seahorses stamps and dies sets and Rectangle Framelits dies.

I love how the Circle stencils, with the colors I chose, have a very "bubbly" feel and are perfect for water scenes!

I hope you will try out these stencils and  enjoy getting Artzy with them!

Floating By

 Hi Artzy friends -

For me, January means the end of the holiday card making season, and time to start making birthday cards for the year. 

I hope this card puts a smile on the recipient's face, especially if they have a winter birthday!

This full front, or edge to edge shaker card is easy to create with any clear packaging you may have laying around. I made a pocket with a card panel that was foiled with the Make Waves Hot Foil Plate and a piece of clear plastic packaging, and filled the pocket with sequins and shaker bits before sealing up the pocket.

I then colored and die cut my jellyfish and other sea creatures from the Jellyfish stamps and dies sets. I added them to the front of my card, along with my sentiment from the Seahorses stamp set, which I stamped on a banner die from the Wavy Slimline Framelits dies.

I just love all the sparkle and shine and "fun factor" of this card!

Join us in the Dare 2B Artzy blog challenge this month with a Winter Fun card for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the store!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

You Are Mermazing

 Hi Artzy friends -

Today I am sharing a fun slimline shaker card to tell you how Mermazing you are!

The mermaids in the Mermazing stamp and die sets are are so fun to color because there are no rules - you can go crazy! Purple hair? Why not?!

For the frame of my card I used two dies from the Rectangle Slimline Framelits. The wavy "horizon line" was cut with a die from the Wavy Slimline Border Dies.  The waves paper is from the Make Waves collection. I just love these papers for ocean themed backgrounds and more! 

I added some goldfish and other little sea critters from the Sea Horses and Jellyfish stamps and die sets. I created a well with foam tape to fill in with some water colored sequins. I like shaking it around to reveal the little hidden creatures! 

There's even one peeking out from behind this mermaid's tail! 

I know I'll enjoy creating with items from the Making Waves collection of stamps, dies, and papers all summer long!

Did you know that we have a challenge each month on the Dare 2B Artzy blog? The theme for the month of May is Flowers. Just link up your flower themed card here for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store!

Thanks for visiting, and have a Mermazing day!

Avra

Split Circles

 Hi Artzy friends -

Today's cards feature some of the pretty papers in one of the newest collections from Dare 2B Artzy, and a fun technique I recently learned from Splitcoast Stampers and Lydia Fiedler.

The papers I used are all from the Make Waves collection. Even the jellyfish are cut from the paper with the Jellyfish die set. One very cool feature about many Dare 2B Artzy products is that the dies cut the images from the coordinating stamp set , as well as from the paper! It's such a great option when you want to make a quick card, and/or don't want to do a lot of coloring!

The technique I used for these cards is called the Split Circle technique. You get semicircle parts to make two cards using this technique. You can see the other two cards I created on my next blog post!

The first time I tried it, I didn't exactly follow the directions. I went a little rogue and ended up having to use my semicircles for slimline cards. Let's just call it a "happy accident!"

For my next card I created an A2 card, by more carefully following the directions in the tutorial. I really like both options and think they create endless possibilities by choosing different patterns and colors of papers. 

The sentiments I used for both cards are from the Sea Horses stamp set. I think it's great that all of the sentiments can pair with any of the images in the collection!

I hope you love the colors and patterns in this collection as much as I do!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Love Under the Sea

Hi Artzy friends -

For my pre Valentine's Day card, I thought I'd use some new Dare 2B Artzy products, along with some older products, to create a mini slim love themed card. I think this card will be going to my husband, either for Valentine's Day, or our anniversary.

I started by creating my card base and cutting the two panels for my card front with the Slim Mini Wavy Layers dies. My wavy edged panel, cut out of paper from the Make Waves collection, seemed perfect to me for an under the sea card.

I stamped, colored, and diecut two of the jellyfish from the new Jellyfish stamps and die sets, and popped them up on either side of my die cut "love you" cut with the Love You Double Layered Word die.

The sentiment inside my card is from the Seahorses stamp set, another new set in the Make Waves collection of products. I cut rectangular panels with the Rectangle Framelits dies.

To complete my project I created an envelope to coordinate with my card out of papers from the Make Waves collection, using the Slim Mini Envelope dies.

I love how fun and easy it is to create a coordinating envelope for my mini slimline cards!

I hope you have a chance to check out all of the amazing new products from Dare 2B Artzy - there is so much to choose from! 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra