I am super excited to share with you all the new Diemond Dies release for Valentines 2018! I designed them and in lieu of compensation, a part of the proceeds from the sale of any dies I design will be donated to PAWS Atlanta, the oldest no-kill animal shelter in Georgia. YAY!
For this Valentines card, I used three of the four new die sets. First I used the middle sized heart from the Inside and Out Stitched Hearts Die Set to inlay a heart from the black card base. I love that with these hearts die set, the stitching is both on the inside and outside of the heart dies so if you just want to use the frame or area outside of the heart, you still get stitched details but you can get stitched hearts if you want to use the heart cut outs only.
In this sample, I first blended some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Worn Lipstick and Candied Apple onto some watercolor paper to create an ombre look. Then sprinkled some water on the paper and lifted up some of the ink with a paper towel for a mottled look. I die cut the heart from the inked paper for the heart inset. Lastly, I die cut the same heart from the black card base and inset the ink-blended/splattered heart.
I repeated the same treatment to a bit more water color paper and used the Bold Love Word Die to kind of add a defining sentiment to the base of the card. Lastly I die cut the cute boy and girl (and dog) from the Sweet Kiss Die Set using red metallic card stock and positioned them in front of the heart. The metallic red adds festive shine and pops nicely from the black card base. The extra heart from the inside of the heart shaped leash I used as a finishing accent hovering above the boy and girl. To add a bit of softness, I also rounded to two right corners of the card with a We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper and inked the edges of the card with more Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Worn Lipstick.
The video below shows all the dies in this new release and also shares how I made this card:
My readers can get 10% off and FREE wordwide shipping at Diemond Dies by using the coupon code: thankskristina
Disclosure: Many of the supplies I’ve used for today’s project are linked. Some (not the Diemond Dies links) may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!
This card is being entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Layer it Up Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge
Creatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Cute Challenge
Addicted to CAS Ombre Challenge
Card Mania Monochromatic Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
Crafty Gals Corner Anything Goes Challenge
I have seen your card on a Challenge and go to your blog now
wooooww lovely Images
and love the colors on your card
stunning black red and pink card
this is my winner card for my eyes
big hugs from Germany
Monika
Oh you are so so kind! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave such crafty love, Monika! xoxo, Kristina
Beautiful ombre effect on this really cute card! So happy you played along with us this week at Addicted to CAS!
Thanks so much Barbara!
Such a sweet design. Thanks for sharing at ATCAS!
Thank you so much Susan!
Love this card. The ombre look you made is a great idea. Super design. Thanks for joining us at the Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges for our latest challenge. {Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenges}Good luck and join us again soon. Hugs, Barbara
Oh you are so kind, Barbara! Thanks so much!
Beautiful dies and beautiful card and i love that you are so kind and donate.
Thank you for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge x
Thanks so much Tracy! I am so hopeful that these contributions will help our local no-kill shelter. 🙂
Thank you SO much for giving your profits from the designs you create to animals in need. Animal rescue is so important–truly a matter of life or death to abandoned animals. You are a wonderful human being for being so kind to animals and extremely generous. We, humans, are sadly so often irresponsible–buying animals while so many die for want of homes, failing to keep the lifetime commitment we make to every animal we bring into our homes, and failing to protect our animals from disease or harm–caring people like you are the only hope these animals. Thank you so much for being their hero. 🙂
Thank you so much for your incredibly kind and thoughtful comment. I couldn’t agree with you more. These animals want nothing more than to be loved and we humans seem to fail them so often. It’s heartbreaking. I hope my contributions can help a bit with this sadly never-ending need.
Adorable love card!So super cute!
Sorry for commenting so late I’ve been fighting a bad cold still.Thank you for sharing with us at the Crafty Gals Corner!Hope you join us again soon!
Hugs
Kleri DT
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http://kefartworx.co.uk/ (My blog)
Oh I hope you are feeling better now. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave a kind comment!
A wonderful card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our “anything goes with optional cute” challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
Hugs,
Melanie
(DT-Coordinator Creatalicious Challenges)
(DT Crafty Friends)
(DT The Sketchy Challenges)
(DT Stempel-Magie)
PS: Sorry for the late comment, life had been very busy these past weeks…