Happy New Year!

 Hi Artzy friends -

It's a new year, a new month, and a new Dare 2B Artzy challenge!

This month's challenge theme is Winter Fun and we have many winter themed stamps and dies to inspire you!

I used this adorable tobogganing snowmen image on my mini slimline card. Don't they look like they're having Winter Fun?! And they're also wishing you all a very happy 2023!

The Dare 2B Artzy products I used on this card are: Toboggan Fun stamps and dies, Just Chillin' stamps,  Slim Mini Wavy Layers dies, and papers from the Holiday Magic collection.

Be sure to link up your project on the challenge post on the  Dare 2B Artzy blog for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the store!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Go Sledding!

Hi Artzy friends-

As I am writing this a few days ahead of posting it, I am wondering what the day will bring to my friends to the south and east in the line of a winter storm, and hoping they stay safe.

I also hope that they will get the opportunity to do something fun, like go sledding!

This adorable adventurous polar bear and penguin are from the Just Chillin' stamps and dies, and the fun sentiment is from Toboggan Fun.

I couldn't resist making a cute little shaker window using a die from the Square Framelit dies. The inside/outside stitching feature of these dies make them perfect for a shaker window!

The snowy background paper is from the North Pole Holidays collection. These wintery designs are perfect to use for the entire cold weather season, not just the holidays!

I got a little over zealous with the shaker bits and you really have to move them around to see the entire sentiment, but I think that makes it extra fun! 

Please join the Winter Fun challenge on the Dare 2B Artzy blog this month for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the D2BA store!

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Still Celebrating

Hi Artzy friends -

Although I don't love winter weather, I enjoy making winter cards that aren't necessarily for the holidays well into the new year. Today's card would be perfect for a winter birthday, or any other occasion! It would also make a perfect happy new year card!

The adorable little penguins, along with their balloons and champagne are from the Just Chillin' stamps and dies. 

I cut the slim mini background with a die from the Slim Mini Wavy Layers set, out of paper from the North Pole Holidays collection.

The "cheers" sentiment is stamped and cut from the A Single Greeting stamps and dies.

This month's challenge on the Dare 2B Artzy blog is all about Winter Fun. Link up your wintery card for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store! 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

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!

I would love it if you would use my affiliate link when you shop! 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Happy New Year!

 Hi Artzy friends-

I hope 2021 is off to a smooth start for you!

Today for the Anything Goes challenge at Dare 2B Artzy I am sharing a card made with two adorable winter themed stamp sets. These two sets are great for the holidays and beyond. I am sure winter will be hanging around in my neck of the woods for several weeks to come so I will continue to make winter cards!

I have no idea what this card fold is called but I recently received a card from a friend using it and I really liked it! I love the cute polar bear and penguin images from the Just Chillin' stamps and coordinating dies sets. They look great colored to coordinate with the Snow Much Fun paper collection.

The sentiment I chose is from the Toboggan Fun stamp set.

This card fold has 3 flaps that open up to reveal another stamped sentiment inside, and space for a personal greeting.

I had "snow much fun" creating this card, and didn't realize until it was completed that it may be the perfect card to give to my husband when he retires in about a month!

I hope you will get Artzy this month and upload your creations to the challenge post for a chance to win a $15 gift card to Dare 2B Artzy - Anything Goes!

Have an Artzy 2021! Thanks for visiting!

Avra

Dare 2B Artzy 2020 Favorites

 Hi Artzy friends-

Looking back on my creations for this year, it appears that many of my favorites all featured bees, bears, and of course, honey! 

These bears with their honey pots from the Honey Bears stamp set have been perfect for cards all year long, but I especially loved pairing them with this pretty spring paper from the All the Buzz collection.

This card was was so much fun to make, featuring more papers from the All the Buzz collection, and an adorable bee from the Buzzy Beez stamp set.

Here is another fun card featuring bees from the Buzzy Beez and Honey Bears stamps and dies, with my own stenciled background.

This Bear Hugs set was just what we needed this year to makes cards to send to friends and relatives that we weren't able to see in person. And since the masks are a separate stamp and die, I will use these bears for many years to come as well!

Dare 2B Artzy release several amazing new slimline dies this year, (with more to come in 2021!) This Slimline Honeycomb die was one of my favorites! 

Not only was this one of my favorite D2BA cards of the year, it was one of my favorite holiday cards of the season! Isn't this polar bear with the penguin riding on his head adorable?! The stamp set is called Just Chillin', and it's a great set to take us right through the new year!

I'm wishing you all a happy holiday season and I hope you and your loved ones are keeping safe. By this time next year, I hope to be hugging you all in person!

There's still time to enter this month's challenge on the Dare 2B Artzy blog. Enter your "Holiday Fun" card for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate! 

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day! 

See you in 2021!

Avra

Time for Holiday Cards!

 Hi Artzy friends-

Happy Thanksgiving to you! I hope you are all having a nice quiet, safe holiday. I'm sending you all virtual hugs, with the hopes that we will all be able to see other soon for the real thing!

If you're like me, you have good intentions of working on your holiday cards early, but the real card making frenzy doesn't start until after Thanksgiving. Please don't tell me that your cards are already made, signed, and addressed! Haha! 

My husband saw me making this card and loved it! He wants me to make it for all of our family and friends this year. While I don't usually mass produce my holiday cards, this one wouldn't be too difficult to do, so I will definitely be making more of them!

I cut a piece of white cardstock with the largest die from the Wavy Slimline Framelit die set. I love the nice finished look that a dotted border gives on a card panel. I then cut the bottom of the panel with one of the wavy dies from the Curvy Slimline Border die set. The border dies in this set are also dotted, so they pair nicely with the slimline framelits. I placed the white panel with the curved edge in my Misti so I could set up my image and sentiment stamps to stamp right where I wanted them. The stamps are from the Just Chillin' stamp set.  This image is super quick and easy to color and I just love the little penguin sitting on the polar bear's head! 

This set has some other super cute images, as well as some snowflakes included. 

The snowflakes I used here were from the Slimline Snowflake die set.  Some were cut out of glitter paper; some were glittered with Stickles. You could use any kind of glitter or glittery medium you'd like to make your snowflakes sparkle! 

After my panel was complete I cut a strip of paper from the Snow Much Fun collection and adhered that along the bottom of my card base. I then cut a scalloped edge on a strip of solid blue cardstock using another die from the Curvy Slimline Border set. The curve on the scalloped border die is the same as the curve on the die I used on the bottom edge of my card panel, so I adhered that on the back, so that the scallops just peeked out the bottom of my white panel. I then adhered the piece to my card base, lining up the top edges.

You can find lots of winter themed and slimline products at Dare 2B Artzy for all of your holiday card 

making!

And we have a sale to help you with that! Now through Monday, November 30th, enjoy 20% off all stamps and dies with code 202020.

There is still time to enter our monthly challenge for November! Enter your project with the theme "Thankful" for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate! 

Thank you for visiting and have a great day!

Avra