D2BA: Kick back .... and relax!

 Hi friends!

 Since I live in South Florida, I practically live in flip flops!
(the other half of the time, I'm probably barefoot - LOL!)

I'm thrilled to be on the blog today as a guest designer for Dare2BArtzy
for the month of March.

 Last week, I shared an arctic penguin fun card ♥

 Today, we'll head into the sunshine for some sun 
and sand in our flip flops with this card!  

The beautiful stamp set that is featured on today's card
is called exactly that ~ Flip Flops!

 Too fun!

 

For today's card, I used my D2BA Totally Black premium die ink, 
and stamped out the sentiment in the Flip Flops #16218 stamp set 
onto heavy weight white cardstock using the MISTI.

These inks stamp crisp and perfectly every.  single.  time!

I then stamped the adirondack chair onto textured paper ~

and I didn't continually restamp it with the MISTI
in order to give it a wooden, weather look.

(please note: My deck chair here in this card is stamped with

SU! chocolate chip ink!)

Next, I ran that through my cuttlebug with a sloped, stitched die,

added some twine and buttons and brightly colored paper

to complete the beachy look.

The inside carries over the same theme as the front

with the flip flops and another sentiment in the set.

This stamp set is truly wonderful ~

and one you can use over and over again for a variety of cards!

I'm already working on more cards with this set :)

Here's a look at the Flip Flops stamps set and dies:

 
I hope today you can kick back ... and relax! 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!

~Kelly

*Exciting news!* I'm a Guest Designer!

Hi everyone!

I'm super excited to finally share this wonderful bit of news ~

I'm absolutely delighted to have been asked 

to Guest Designer for Dare2B Artsy stamps for the month of March :)

For the next couple of weeks, I'll be showcasing several stamp sets

on various cards and styles ~ like this one today!

I know most of you had a little bit of warmer weather - 

and now this weekend a little more snow!

Even in March, there is snow much fun to be had ♥

One of the stamp sets I chose to work with is Penguin Fun!

For my playful arctic penguin scene,

 I stamped out 2 of the penguins, the sled, and the christmas tree.

The images are stamped in Dare2BArtsy's Premium black ink ...

so crisp and clean!

I use prismacolor markers - which are alcohol based - 

 and look at how wonderful it colored and blended!

While I hand cut these images for today's card,

 this Penguin Fun stamp set does have a matching die set, too.

 I added a few layers of dsp for snow banks and background,

a few enamel dots and propped up the penguins with 3d foam tape.

                              Here is my arctic Penguin Fun card:

 For the inside of my card,

I left the image uncolored and added another sentiment from the set.

A few more enamel dots 

and this penguin's winter fun card is finished :)

To find this stamp set, dies, stamps, inks, and more

please visit Dare 2 B Artsy's store,

as well as the inspiration blog

to see all the super cute cards and ideas ♥

Here's a quick peek at them ↓

Thanks for stopping by today!

I'll have more cards for you to see coming up later this week :)
 
Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly