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

Wildflower Slimline

 Hi Artzy friends -

Spring weather is finally here to stay, and I'm enjoying watching everything in my yard bloom. I'm already behind in planting my pots!

I colored this wildflower image from the Wildflower Garden stamp set a few weeks ago. I actually stamped it twice to get a full slimline sized panel. I really enjoyed coloring all of these pretty flowers with Prismacolor  colored pencils. 

 

Other Dare 2B Artzy products used to create this card are the Slimline Land & Clouds Border dies as well as a sentiment banner die in the appropriate size for my sentiment, and the largest die from the Wavy Slimline Framelit dies 

I hope flower season is here to stay for a while! 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Countryside Florals Instagram Hop

 Hi Artzy friends -

Dare 2B Artzy is releasing some beautiful new products just in time for spring!

Join us on Instagram and hop along for a chance to win a $20 gift card to the D2BA store. You can also check out the inspiration in our Artzy Community Facebook group and comment for a chance to win there too.  You can also shop this weekend for 15% off your purchase with the code below!

My card features the new Wildflower Garden stamp set as well as the new Horizontal Center Step die set, which will be available in the store soon. My little butterflies are from the Beauty of Nature stamps and dies. The pink gingham paper is from the beautiful Countryside Floral paper collection. 

I hope spring flowers are blooming where you live!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra