Are you checking out the new Valentine’s release in the store? Today I’m showing two projects made with the Dahlia Heart layered set. You’re going to love these intricate heart designs not just for Valentine’s projects, but for wedding and anniversary’s too! We all want to know that we’re loved!
I made two cards from the same inked up distress panel.
I inked a white card stock panel with Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick and Candied Apple distress ink to achieve an ombre shades of red. The panel was splatered with water, some Picked Raspberry, and finally some white ink. Next I cut the largest Stitched Heart die from the panel. If you look close you can see it leaves a stitched outline along the outer edge of the die cut.
I adhered the panel to a card base, cut the Stitched Heart a second time from gold and inserted it inside the window cut on the panel. I cut and adhered the Dahlia Heart Layers one at a time over the gold heart. I used an acrylic block to hold them in place as they dried.
The Big Lingo Type Thanks die is also new. It comes with an outline die with removable letters as well as a solid background die so there are lots of possibilities.
I reserved the die cut heart for my second card. This one started with a white panel of card stock that was debossed using the Amour Layer C background die. I cut the Dahlia Heart Layer A from gold glitter paper and adhered it over the distress ink heart.
You’ll create lots of stunning projects with these beautiful intricate hearts.
And now the part you’ve been waiting for.. the giveaway! Want a chance to win the Dahlia Heart Layer A?
We’ll be giving prizes from the new Valentine release on posts throughout the end of the month. To enter to win you need to leave a comment on ONLY the posts that you wish to enter. To enter ALL the posts during the January Valentine giveaway you need to leave a comment on EACH ONE. One person will be chosen at random from each of the posts during the giveaway. Only one prize per person per giveaway. We use random number generator to select winners from comments. You have until midnight US EST January 31 to leave a comment on each and every post that you want to enter. Winners will announced on this blog on February 1.
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Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5″
Supplies
Hi it’s Tracey here today and I am so excited to be sharing a project with you today using the new 
To create this card I started out by stamping and white embossing the main image from the Shining Mandala stamp set onto a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I chose Bristol Smooth because I am going to be ink blending with the stencil set. The colours I chose for the ink blending were all Distress Oxide inks–Broken China, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry. The way the stencils are cut out each layer exposes different sections of the overall stamp and also cover other areas allowing you to blend colours together in some places but also allowing other colours to shine on their own too! Here is the video I created to show you my process…
If you look a little closer you can see the clean white embossed lines and also how the colours blended together in some areas creating beautiful new hues.
With this stencil set you could create a mandala completely independently from the stamp and still get all of the clean lines and blending depending on the overall look that you are trying to achieve.
I used the 
Hi there, it’s Tracey back today with some more inspiration using Birch Press Design craft dies. There is something magical about snowflakes and even more magical when you combine them with some sparkle.
To create this card I die cut the 
The background was created by blending some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink on to a 5 1/4″ X 4″ piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and then the panel was splattered with Copic Opaque White. Once it was dry I stamped the sentiment from the 
The snowflake was assembled right on the panel by first adhering the larger white snowflake to the centre over the sentiment and then the thin silver snowflake with inlaid into it. Lots of pretty sparkle and the blue ink blending behind it creates a very dreamy looking snowy scene.
The panel was attached to the card base using some foam tape for dimension.
Using sparkle cardstock with any of the Birch Press Design craft dies adds a special touch to your cards. Look at how pretty the snowflake is with two shades of sparkle cardstock.
Have another look at how pretty the card is.
Thank you so much for creating with me today to create a pretty card. Dig out your dies and give this technique a try. Have a wonderful day.
