Today I am super excited to share this cheery card I create with Dare 2 B Artzy's New Totally Tracy Find Your Purpose stamp set!   I started by stamping the flower image from this stamp set several times onto white cardstock filling my background piece. I then lightly outlined the flowers with Specturm Noir IB1 marker.    The little pop of color added so much to the flowers! I then colored the flower centers with my Y15 Copic marker and added accents with my Spectrum Noir GB8 marker!   I matted the flower background onto black cardstock. I stamped my greeting from the Blissful Blossoms Stamp set and matted it on black cardstock.  I added a Sunshine Artzy Doodle banner and a coordinating bow to finish off the card! Hope you are inspired to get stamping!!!    

Hi Chris here and I am so excited to share this adorable Christmas Card! I just love these new stamps and papers from Dare 2B Artzy! I started by matting my Holly Days paper onto coordinating card stock and attaching it to my card base. I then stamped my Poinsettia Tangle stamp onto a piece of dictionary paper with the Pomegranate ink. If you are an avid book person like me, and have a hard time tearing a page out a book I have a little hint for you.... go to your dollar store and buy a cheap dictionary...then you won't feel guilty for tearing out the pages. I then fussy cut the stamped image and matted onto the coordinating red card stock and then fussy cut the matted image.  I added some liquid pearls to the center of my poinsettia and added the flower to my card, tucking in a few die cut holly leaves. I then stamped my greeting and double matted the greeting into a banner and attached to the card.  I topped the poinsettia off with a coordinating ribbon bow. ...

Hi  today I would like to share my take on this month's challenge. To create this simple but stunning card I started by laying the stamps from my Paisley Bliss set out on my block. I then ink my stamps using my Wild Orchid Ink, and stamped onto white card stock, rotating my stamp block as needed to fill my background. I then cut the card stock into 3 pieces and matted onto a piece of coordinating card stock. and then placed the matted images onto my card base.  I created a simple banner greeting using letter stickers and topped off my card with a double ribbon bow, some netting and a rose. I really love how the finished card turned out.  Hope you are inspired to get creating! Chris Wild Orchid Paisley Bliss InLinkz.com

   Still inspired by this month's blog hop theme, I decided to get a jump start on some of my Christmas Cards. I absolutely fell in love with this adorable Dare 2B Artzy stamp set called Santa's Team.    I decided to pair the stamp set with D2BA new Christmas paper!!!!!  The result is adorable!  This is a relatively easy card. I started by stamping my image with D2BA's Totally Black ink. I used my Spetrum Noir markers to color in the image. I used the blender pen and JG1, JG3, CT3, GB5, BT1, PP1, DR1, DR3, DR6, FS2, IG6, IG3, IG8, TN2, TN9, TN3, TN5 & TN7. Here is a close up of the stamp! I then stamped a banner greeting using D2BA Pomegranate Ink.  I matted the stamped image and banner onto coordinating cardstock and then onto white cardstock.  I added the matted image to D2Ba's Winter Plaid paper and topped it off with some jute and a jingle bell!  Hope you are inspired to get stamping!  Winter Plaid Paper ...

Welcome to Dare 2B Artzy 's Christmas Blog Hop!! With Christmas a few months away (3 months to be exact on Sunday!!), our Designers thought it would be fun to have a Blog Hop sharing some inspiration with our new Christmas stamps!  Creating Christmas cards is so much fun and we have a bunch of fun Holiday stamps for you to choose from!! You should have arrived her from  Kendra 's  blog!  If you haven't and would like to hop along with us, please go back to the Dare 2B Artzy Blog to start at the beginning! Be sure to follow each blog and leave comments along the way for your chance at winning !  We will randomly choose a winner from one of the blogs, so the more you comment, the more chances you have to win!! Winner will receive a stamp set and ink pad!! Blog Hop will end Sunday evening at 7:00pm Central.  We will then post a winner!! --------- Today I am sharing my Christmas Project.  When I received this 7 Gypsies Vintage...

Hi all!  Today I am sharing this beach-y card I created using Dare 2B Artzy's new Stamp Flip Flops Stamps set!  My sister and I try to have lunch about once a week. What does that have to do with this card?  Well, there is this little shop right near the Pub we hit for lunch and outside that shop they have these chairs!  and they are red!!!  So as soon as I saw this stamp set, I knew my chair HAD TO BE RED!!!!!!!!! Anyway, I starting my using my Distress inks to create the "beach" and the "Ocean scene".  I stamped my sentiment onto the scene and then matted my scene onto the Artzy Doodles paper.  I stamped the chair using Dar 2B Artzy inks and fussy cut out my image! The starfish is created using my Modge Podge Molds and that tiny shell is a real  shell. Hope you are having a great summer! Flip Flops Midnight Blue Paper Pack Pomegranate InLinkz.com middle; width: 107px; height: 104px;">

Good Morning!  Today I am sharing my take on this month's Dare 2B Artzy's Challenge!     This month's challenge theme is BLING!!!!!!!!!!!!   UM, I think I have some of that!!!!!! To create this card I started by marking the diagonal lines with PENCIL (the pen will come later) on a piece of white cardstock slightly smaller than my finished card.  To make it easy I just used the width of my ruler. I then stamped the tiny flower from the Be Yourself Stamp set   using the Dare 2B Artzy Paradise Premium Ink .  I then used one of my journaling pens to go over the diagonal lines, erasing the pencil marks when done. I added coordinating sequins in the center of my flowers.  I matted the entire "card" Dare 2B Artzy's Artzy Doodles paper .  I created 2 banners from some scraps of the  Artzy Doodles paper and topped off the card with a bow and flower whose edges were inked with a Tim Holtz Distress Marker. I created my greet...

  Hello! Today I would like to share with you a page from my art journal! I use my art journal to try out different techniques and to record inspirational quotes for myself!  To start this page I first applied gesso to my entire journal page. I then stamped the "to catch your Dream" sentiment, the dream catcher and the feathers with Versamark, and then embossed with white embossing powder. I then added lots of gelatos to color the background.  (for reference I used yellow, metallic grey, metallic blueberry, iced pear, metallic melon, metallic mint, and metallic icing)  I blended all the colors with a baby wipe. I kept adding and blending colors until I was satisfied with the background. I then stamped the Dream Big sentiment using Dare 2B Artzy's Totally Black Ink.   I will tell you if I had to do this part over again I would stamp and emboss with black ink before I applied the gelatos, as gelatos are slippery to stamp on!!  I then a...

Welcome Dare 2B Artzy Fans!!!  Today I have a super cute card to share with you today.    To create this card I started with the D2BA 16204 Bright Birthday Stamp Set .  I started by by stamping the large circle and the "trefoil" images using the D2BA Premium Paradise Ink .  I then stamped the dot circles using the Totally Black Premium ink .  I matted my card on the D2BA Artzy Doodles Papers and athen matted it again on black cardstock.  I created a banner from the Artzy Doodles papers I then stamped my greeting onto black card stock circle with Versamark ink and added Silver embossing powder.  You could easily change the sentiment to create any themed card you like. Supplies used:

  Today I am sharing this layout I created using Dare 2B Artzy papers and stamps! To create this project I started with the following supplies: Dare 2B Artzy Trellis Paper; Dare 2B Artzy - Artzy Doodle Paper pack -Doodles Slate, Sunset Yellow; Dare 2B Artzy Totally Black Premium Ink; Dare 2B Artzy Big Bloom Stamp Set; Dare 2B Artzy Happiness Blooms Stamp Set      I started this layout but cutting a wide strip of the Artzy Doodle Paper pack -Doodles Slate and adhered it to the right side of my layout.  I then added a trimmed 10 inch square of the the Dare 2B Artzy Trellis Paper.   After placing my photo I used the cut away strip from the Doodles Slate paper to add the border strip. I stamped the Big Bloom images onto my card stock and colored the images with my Spectrum Noir Markers ( CT1, IB1, PP3, DG3, CG1, CG2). I fussy cut out my blooms  and added them to the left of my photo. Here is a close up of ...

Today I am sharing this card I created for this month's Dare 2B Artzy Challenge.   This month's theme is POLKA DOTS!!!!!  I had so much fun creating this card.  I started by stamping my background using the large circle from the Bright Birthday Set using Dare 2B Artzy's Bright Pumpkin Premium Ink.  I then stamped the mini flower in a circle stamp from the Thinking of You Stamp set using Paradise Premium Ink.   I matted my card base on the Brand New Artsy Doodle- paradise paper line. I then used the Make a Wish die set to create my greeting.  I added a simple orange ribbon to finish off my card. Be sure to jump over to the Dare 2B Artzy Blog to play along! 

Today I am sharing this lovely birthday greeting I created for my Mom's birthday! I used some Simple Stories papers.  I created the punched doily using my Kreaxions Circle Cutter. After marking my circle with the A template, I punched along the marked lines using the Kreaxions #905 punch. I topped off the card with some ribbon and some gold pearls.I stamped my Greeting using Dare 2B Artzy's new Bright Birthday Stamp Set .

Today I am sharing this cute card made with the new Big Bloom set from Dare 2B Artzy! To create this card I started by stamping my image with Dare 2B Atrzy's Totally Black Premium Ink and then colored my images with Tim Holtz Distress markers. If you want to recreate these colors I used Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac, Candied Apple, Twisted Citron, Squeezed Lemonade, Lucky Clover and Pine Needles.  I then fussy cut my blooms and layered them on my card, topping the blooms with a bit of bling!  To create the sentiment I used another Dare 2B Artzy stamp set the Thinking of You Set (12059) stamped with Dare 2B Artzy's Wild Orchid Premium Ink.  I hope you enjoyed this card and are inspired to create!