Flower Power

 Hi Artzy friends -

I just love all of the flower images in the Groovy Van and Good Times Roll stamp and dies sets so I wanted to use them all on a card together!

Dare 2B Artzy has a slimline die called Retro Slimline Background die so I thought it would pair perfectly with items in the Feelin' Groovy collection! 

I cut the Retro Slimline Background out of some rose gold mirror cardstock. I then adhered the die cut to some patterned paper from the Feelin' Groovy collection called Stay Wild, that I had cut with the stitched rectangular die included in the Retro Slimline Background die set.

After stamping, coloring, and die cutting the flower images I popped them up on my card front with foam tape. The stamps and dies for the words Peace and Love are also included in the Groovy Van set and I popped those up as well. And finally - the Retro Slimline Background die set includes the heart that I added to my card, as well as a few other shapes that I did not use this time.

Isn't this card groovy? I love finding older Dare 2B products in my stash that pair together well with new products! 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day! 

Avra

Sea You Soon

 Hi Artzy friends -

Today I am sharing a fun slimline triple flap card using images from the Sea Horses stamp and dies sets. 

I used dies from the Wavy Slimline framelits and the Rectangle framelits to cut some of my layers out of papers from the Make Waves collection. 

After constructing my triple flap card front out of white cardstock I adhered my patterned paper layers. I cut the word Hugs 3 times with the word die from the new Mini Hugs Tag Die set and adhered them together to add dimension. I added that and two of my colored and die cut sea horses to the fronts of the three flaps.

Beneath my three flaps I added two sentiments from the same stamp set as well as my third sea horse. This interactive card would be appropriate for just about any type of celebration!

I just love Dare 2B Artzy's paper collections. They coordinate so well together that mixing and matching the different patterns is a breeze!

Thanks for visiting and have a great 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

New Product Instagram Hop

Hi Artzy friends -

The Dare 2B Artzy team has an Instagram hop for you today featuring some brand new products in the D2BA shop!

I made a slimline card featuring the new Seahorses stamps and dies, as well as the Make Waves paper collection. 

Other dies used on this card were from the Wavy Slimline Border dies and the Curve Slimline Border dies sets. 

Please come join us on the Instagram hop to see all of the wonderful inspiration featuring new product from the Make Waves collection, the Space Odyssey collection, and more! 

You can see all of the new Dare 2B Artzy product in the shop now, and use the code below for 15% off your order this weekend! 

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra

Winter Scene Card

 Hi Crafty friends -

Today I have a quick Christmas card to share with you using Kat Scrappiness dies.

To create this slimline card I first ink blended a background panel with various shades of blue Distress Oxide inks. I cut two die cuts with the Forest for the Trees dies, once with white cardstock and once with kraft. One die cuts the snowdrift with the trees plus the frame so I was able to use the two colors for my card.

I added some touches of Distress ink to the birch trees to give them a more realistic look. I stamped my sentiment and adhered the die cut as well as the kraft frame to my inked background panel.

I cut my trees and the deer using dies from the Crafters Essentials Winter die set. This set also includes snow drifts, and a pretty swirly snowy cut and embossed background die. I glued these elements to my card, and added a few random snowflakes to my background using a white gel pen. 

I hope you enjoyed this pretty winter scene that can be used for any occasion during the season merely by changing the sentiment you use.

Be sure to check out the great Black Friday deals coming later this week!

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Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

You Make My Heart Sing

 Hi Artzy friends-

Today I have a slimline card to share using some of Dare 2B Artzy's newest products, that can be used all year round.

This card features the Joyful Robin stamps and dies as well as paper from the Merry and Bright collection.

The sentiment used here is also from Joyful Robin.

Other products used on this card include the Slimline Love Framelit dies, as well as Slim Mini Wavy Layers ( sentiment banner), Reindeer Games (music notes), and Bear Hugs (hearts).

I think this card would be perfect to give to a loved one, for any occasion, or just because! 

I hope you'll join our November challenge on the Dare 2B Artzy blog. This month's theme is bookmarks and tags! You can link up your project 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

Silver Bells

 Hi Artzy friends -

Happy November! The time has come to get to work on holiday cards, and today I have a slimline Christmas card to share using some pretty Dare 2B Artzy products.

The Joy to the World stamps and dies are great to use for relatively quick cards as these pretty images require no coloring! They can be stamped with any colored inks you may have, but I chose to heat emboss my bells with silver embossing powder. I love to emboss 2 or even 3 times to create a really dimensional metallic look, like I did here. My sentiment was also embossed in silver.

I also popped my bells up with fun foam, cutting the foam with the coordinating die. I wish you could see the dimension!

The other dies I used to create this card were from the Rectangle Slimline Framelit dies and the Wavy Squares Framelit dies. 

The background paper is from the Merry and Bright collection.

I hope your holiday cards are coming along and that you're finding Dare 2B Artzy products to help!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Growing in Unity, Day 5

Happy Friday, friends!

Welcome to my 5th and final day as a Growing in Unity gal for 2021!

Today's cards were created with one Unity kit and some fun backgrounds, in two different formats.

The images are from a whimsical kit called Birdyful. My first card is a slimline card, sized at 8 1/2" x 3 3/4".  I colored my image with Copic markers and cut it out with a banner shaped die. the stenciled background is created with a slimline stencil from Pinkfresh Studios. 

My second card was created in a mini slimline size, 6" x 3 1/4". The background  layers were cut with slim mini dies from Dare 2B Artzy.  This sentiment is from the Aging Gorgeously sentiment kit. 

I hope you enjoyed my cards today, and all this week, using a wide variety of stamps from Unity Stamp Co! 

Don't forget to comment on this post, and each post this week, for a chance to win a $20 gift credit to Unity Stamp Co. I will choose two winners on Monday.

Thanks for visiting and commenting - it means a lot to me! 

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

Bold Happy Birthday

 Hi Artzy friends -

 I am always looking for quick easy ways to beef up my stash of birthday cards, so today I have 4 cards to share with you, all created with the same die. The die I used was the Slim Mini Birthday die, but I created 3 A2 cards and a slimline card!

To create my A2 cards, I cut the Happy Birthday die out of three different colors of cardstock. I saved all the pieces as I poked them out of the die so I could inlay them back into the other colored die cuts. It was then super easy to create 3 colorful Happy Birthday elements all at once!

These can then be used on just about any size card - mini slimline, slimline, or A2 being the most common sizes that come to mind.

I created three simple A2 cards that I'll be able to use for any birthdays that come along.

First I mounted one to a matching teal background, and added "to you" stamped beneath it, along with 3 red gems.

For the next one I attached my happy birthday to the center of a piece of paper from the Seas the Day collection.

For the next card I mounted the happy birthday in the center of a white card base, and embellished it with the new Mini Stars Border die. 

After completing these 3 coordinating cards, I decided to get a little crazy and create a slimline shaker card.

This time, I cut the Slim Mini Birthday die out of white cardstock and created a shaker element, filling the Happy with blue sequins, and the Birthday with orange sequins. 

I then cut the two background layers for my slimline card using dies from the Wavy Slimline Framelit dies. The wavy frame is cut from paper from the Ice Cream Social collection. I love the fun colors and patterns and the shaker element on this slimline card!

I hope you've been inspired to think of different ways to use your dies, and to create lots of birthday cards to have on hand! 

If you'd prefer to get a jump on your holiday cards, please join us for our Christmas in July challenge for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Hugs Soon!

Hi Artzy friends -

Are you hoping to be able to see some friends again soon, without masks on? And maybe be able to get a few hugs, at least from family members who don't live in your household? As more people across the country are able to get vaccines I am hopeful that these things can begin to happen soon! 

These sweet bears, from the Bear Hugs stamps and dies, have removed their masks, and are sliding over for a hug! 

The three background layers of this slimline card, as well as the sentiment strip,  are cut with the Wavy Slimline Framelits dies. The two patterned layers are cut from papers from the Ice Cream Social collection.

Aren't they cute without their masks covering their little smiles? (A fun feature of this set is that it does come with mask stamps and dies that fit the bears perfectly!)

Please join our March challenge, Anything Goes, for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate!

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra

Anything Goes Birthday

 Hi Artzy friends-

Today I am sharing a slimline birthday card that I created for the March challenge on the Dare 2B Artzy blog. 

The challenge is Anything Goes so create any type of card at all and link it up for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store! 

My card for this challenge was made with the new Slimline Tropical Leaf Border dies, cut twice out of different shades of green, and offset for some texture and dimension. The cute little elephant and sentiment are from the Baby Elephant stamp and die sets. The background paper is from the Artzy Doodles collection.

Thanks for visiting, and have an unforgettable day!

Avra

Ice Cream Love

 Hi Artzy friends-

Do you love ice cream? These raccoons sure do! (And so do I!)

These adorable critters are from the new Raccoon Party stamp and die sets from Dare 2B Artzy.

This set is perfect for spring or summer birthdays as well as many other occasions.

The coordinating dies can even cut some of the raccoons and the adorable ice cream truck right out of the matching paper, for those times when you want to make a quick card and don't want to spend the time stamping and coloring the images! 

The fun colorful patterned paper I used on this card is also from the Ice Cream Social collection. The patterned layer, as well as the solid base layers are  cut with dies from the Slimline Love Framelit dies.  I cut several layers of the scalloped frame and adhered them together to provide a little added dimension.

Which frozen treat would you choose - a multi scoop cone, single scoop, or popsicle?

Thank you for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra

New Release Instagram Hop

 Hi Artzy friends -

Just a quick post to invite you to hop along with the Dare 2B Artzy design team on Instagram to see all of the fun new products available now from Dare 2B Artzy! 

I am sharing this slimline card featuring the Honey Bunny stamps and dies, as well as some dies from our slimline die collection.

The IG hop starts at the D2BA IG page and continues on...

@dare2bartzy

@crafty_pink_pixie

@jksand2001

@m3yergirl

@cealp

@melody_blake

@avrawill

@DanielleASB

@helengdesigns

Hop along for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store!

You can also shop and receive 10% off with the code NEW2021, Feb 19th-21st!

Enjoy the hop!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

New Slimline Die, Two Ways!

Hi Artzy friends -

Today I am sharing two cards created with a fun new set of dies from Dare 2B Artzy called Retro Slimline Background die. These dies are available now!

First I created a birthday card, using the little dies that are included in the set to inlay them back into the detailed slimline cover die. See the cupcake, candles, hearts and stars?! I also inlaid some of the navy blue pieces back into the retro layer. 

Because there is so much going on on this card front I didn't want to cover any of it up with a sentiment. I will include my birthday greeting inside the card. The striped background paper, cut with the stitched rectangle die that comes with the set, is from the All the Buzz collection. 

Because of my placement of the "Hi" and the other inlaid elements, some of which I popped up for a little more dimension, this is a horizontally oriented card.

I couldn't stop creating with this new die set and wanted to try a vertically oriented card next.

This card is much simpler (and calmer!), as I chose to layer my retro design white on white. I really like the texture and dimension of this background! The image and sentiment are from the new Crazy 4 Cocoa stamps and dies, also available now. I  also added in some hearts from both the Retro Slimline Background dies set and the Crazy 4 Cocoa dies. The sentiment strip is cut with a die from the Curvy Slimline Border dies set. The cup of cocoa and the sentiment are both popped up - just for fun!

This card could be used for several occasions, including the upcoming Valentine's Day holiday! 

I love that this die can be used in either orientation, and has so many design options for inlaid die cutting!

The challenge this month on the Dare 2B Artzy blog is Anything Goes. Please join in here for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the store!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day! 

Avra