Die~Namites Dies and Splash of Color Blog Hop!!!!!

We have assembled a GREAT TEAM of Guest Designers to participate in our LOVE INSPIRED CREATIVE EVENT!!









If you have arrived here from the Die~Namites Dies blog, you are in the right place! Make sure you leave a comment on each blog, as a Random Winner will be chosen from one of our Guest Designer’s blogs for a $25 Gift Certificate to Die~Namites.com.


Die~Namites Dies has a new release full of wonderful Love Inspired Dies which will be showcased by our Die~Namites Guest Designers.

I am so honored to be among these amazing designers! Thank you, Lynne for giving me this opportunity! It's been a pleasure working with these fabulous new dies, and the very beautiful Splash of Color collection, Cotswald Manor. 

"Love Always" Card

The pinks in the Cotswald Manor collection are beyond beautiful! And, the paper with the cut outs is so pretty. I cut out the journaling block, envelope, and "love always" banner from that sheet. Grey chalk ink really made the cream and pink colors pop! 

Next, I colored a white 

Heart Doily die...

by covering it with gesso, and then painted it with 

Silks Acrylic Glaze in Love Struck, 

making a creamy reddish pink color. Once dry, I lightly grazed the doily with black chalk ink. Then, I mixed some more of the Love Struck glaze with

Inka Gold in Lava Red 

to achieve this color and effect:

 Valentine's Day Card Holder

This year I decided to make a mail box holder for my daughter to use for her Valentine's Day party at school. Again, I used the Splash of Color Cotswald Manor collection for this project. 

The mailbox is a paper mache box. I started by covering the box with the different papers on the outside:

and the inside:

Here are a couple of images with the box open:

 I colored the red flag with the Inka Gold in Lava Red.

Then I added a

Heart Flourish die...

And, added some tiny dots using the

Viva White Magic Transparent Perfect Pearl Pen

then added a stamp cut out from the Cotswald Manor paper. 

 I used the same die and technique on the back of the box:

I tried not to add too much to the front because it will be open and needs to sit somewhat flat, but it did need something, and this

Elegant Heart Frame die...

was a beautiful addition. Again, I used the Viva pearl pen as I did on the other dies to bring some fluidity to the project. 

 Here's a close up for more details:

And one last picture:

Thank you so much for letting me share my "love inspired" projects with you!

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Now head over to Stacy’s blog for more Love Inspired creations!