Dotted Diamond Background Die Focused Card with Tina

Hello crafty friends, Tina here with a sweet shaped card featuring the elegant Dotted Diamond dies which are available in portrait (as used today) and landscape. These amazing dies really give that subtle extra embellishment to an otherwise plain panel! Love that!

To create this shaped card, I started with a rectangle panel of Neenah Solar White cardstock which I ran through the die cut machine using the Dotted Diamond Portrait die. Next I cut this panel with the large acorn die from Nutty For You and inked it in a light brown color using Distress Oxides Antique linen and Walnut Stain. The separate top part was made from a striped paper (Critter Country pad).

Next, I stamped and die cut the sweet fox, pumpkins and leaves mixing and matching several sets (Fall Friends, Harvest Mice, Fall Kiddos and Beautiful Autumn). All the coloring was done with Copics, I went with rich Fall colors trying to get some strong contrasts.

After arranging all my images onto the acorn, I noticed there wasn’t much room left for a sentiment! However, I found the perfect little message when I took out the Turkey Day set and stamped it onto the tiniest little tag from my stash with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Now let’s assemble the card, starting by adhering the acorn to a card base. It’s easy to create a shaped base, just fold your paper in half, use your shape die but only die cut partially (leaving the top fold intact). After adding the colorful top of the acorn, I glued all my elements in place. A little trick to help your card stand up nicely is to straighten the bottom of the back of your card base so it’s a flat line. I secured the tiny tag with a string to the stem and that finishes this sweet card. 

Can’t wait to see your version of shaped cards! Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fall Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Kiddos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fall Kiddos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Nutty For You Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Critter Country Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Turkey Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio