Hearts Shaker

 Hi Artzy friends -

Today I am sharing a mini slim shaker card that would be perfect for your Valentine in a few weeks!

The beautiful Slim Mini Heart Background die comes with the scalloped background die which I cut in red cardstock. I adhered two layers of the heart background together to make my shaker element a little more sturdy, and attached a piece of clear acetate to the back. I found the perfect little heart shapes in my stash to fill the inside of my shaker card!

I heat embossed the sentiment from the Well Wishes stamp set onto a piece of vellum die cut with the little scalloped rectangle from the Pop Up Feature die set.

I think this card would be perfect for Valentine's Day, an anniversary, or just because! 

Join our challenge for the month of January! The theme is Winter Fun, and you'll have a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store!

Thanks for visiting, and have a great day!

Avra

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

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

Dare 2B Artzy 2022 Favorites

 Hi Artzy friends -

It's time for my annual "Favorites" post!

Dare 2B Artzy came out with lots of great stamps, dies, and papers this year and I want to share a few of my favorite cards from the past year with you today.

First up is a slimline shaker card featuring the Mermazing stamps and dies sets.

These mermaids are fun to color and coordinate with the Make Waves paper collection.

My next favorite was a holiday card I made as part of a Christmas in July themed challenge.

This card is a mini slimline card created with the Slim Mini Snowflake dies and the trees are from the Deck the Halls stamps and dies. I'll take any excuse to make a rainbow card! 

This Purse Gift Card Holder is a recently released die set that I have already found many uses for! It's so cute and clever, and fun to create with all of your different Dare 2B Artzy papers, like the new in 2022 Everything is Blooming collection.

I completed my project with a flower from the Breezy Blossoms stamps, dies, and stencil, and a tag from the Mini Gift Tags die set.

The holiday release in 2022 included this adorable snowman from the Frosty Hello stamps and dies sets.

I created this mini slimline card and matching envelope featuring the snowman, along with the Slim Mini Envelope die set and papers from the Holiday Magic collection.

The Reindeer Games set is an oldie but a goodie and he looks so cute on this Pop Up Feature card! 

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 2023! I know I am!

Have a happy and crafty holiday season!

Thanks for visiting!

Avra

3D Christmas

 Hi Artzy friends -

I'm excited to be participating in and sharing my project with you for the Dare 2B Artzy 3D Christmas Instagram hop!

Start at @dare2bartzy on Instagram and check out all of the beautiful projects on the hop.

Comment, until December 4th at midnight, on the posts for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the Dare 2B Artzy store, and shop with the code XMAS22 between December 2nd and 10th to receive a 15% discount!

My project is a great way to present a gift card using the Purse Gift Card Holder dies.

The video tutorial on the product page will make it super easy for to start creating with these fun dies!

I decorated my holder with  die cuts out of holographic cardstock with the Slimline Snowflake dies. I just love this versatile die set! There's so much more you can do with it than just create a slimline sized card!

Pull up on the little handle of the holder and reveal a message inside, as well as a little pocket to hold a gift card!

Papers I used are from the Holiday Magic collection (the pocket), and the Merry and Bright collection (outside of holder).

Thanks for visiting, and enjoy hopping and shopping!

Avra

A Beary Happy Holiday

Hi Artzy friends -

It's December! And that means winter and the winter holidays are right around the corner!

It's a cold and blustery day where I live today, and I'm not happy about it! But if the cold and snowy days looked like this card I'd be all for it!

I love everything about the Slimline Snowflake dies from Dare 2B Artzy, especially its versatility! I love that I can die cut the whole snowflake border and cut it down to fit whatever space I need it to. In this case I used it to create a border for my A2 card. (Stay tuned tomorrow for another use!) This set also comes with the sentiment dies seen here, as well as a beautiful stand alone snowflake, and even a pair of mittens! 

Cutting the border and sentiment out of a holographic cardstock makes this card extra shiny, reflective, and "wintery!" 

The adorable skiing bear come from the Skisons Greetings stamp and dies sets. The snowy background paper is from the Holiday Magic collection.

You can find all of these awesome products and more for your holiday and winter card making and scrapbooking here! 

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Avra

Grateful

Hi Artzy friends - 

Today is one week from Thanksgiving! Are you ready? I am not!

But I am ready to tell all of you how grateful I am to have you in my life with this card created with products from Dare 2B Artzy.

The little tree/leaf/feather element is from the Deck the Halls stamps and dies. I stamped them in different ink colors and placed them in rainbow order in a circle, around a circle cut with a die from the Double Dot Circle Framelit die set. I stamped and die cut a snowflake from the same stamp and die set and placed in the middle of my "mandala" design.

I cut the word grateful out of glitter paper using a die from the Grateful Layered word dies set, and added it to my card along with a stamped "for you" from the Grateful stamp set. 

Join us in our monthly challenge on the Dare 2B Artzy blog for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the store! The November theme is a Non-Birthday card. It's a perfect time to link up one of those holiday cards you're working on here! 

Thanks for visiting and have a happy Thanksgiving!

Avra