Hanging Hearts

 It's time for Challenge #8 at A Die For A Sketch and this month's challenge is sponsored by Whimsy Stamps.  The sweet Denise is giving the challenge winner a die - how fitting is that?  A Sketch & Die challenge and a Die for a prize!  Just in case you've never used the Whimsy dies, I can vouch for their quality... perfect and precise cuts every single time.

I have never, ever had a card which was as beat up as this one... I struggled with the image, the background paper, the dies, the ribbon, a bow I had on... took off... put back on... took off!  Sheesh... this thing was torn apart so many times that I'm surprised the edges aren't crumpled and I'm pretty sure this card was so sick of me by the time I was finished!  The image is Stampin Bella's Hanging Heart Block and I used various shades of red Copics to colour the hearts and when dry, they were covered with Glossy Accents.  Diamond Dust was sprinkled over some glue randomly dotted on the paper. 

I used Sizzix's Bigz Flowers 3-D for the rolled flowers (I know, it's hard to see them with the black) and the Poppystamps Lorelai Outline Leaf.  The paper is My Mind's Eye and the brads are Stampin Up.
The only rules for entering the challenge are that you follow the sketch and use at least one die and here's your sketch:

Be sure to head on over to see what the rest of the design team have to share with you and then have some fun with the sketch and your dies.
Challenges:
Bearly Mine - Something Old, Something New (new item is the ribbon and everything else has been
                      waiting to be used for a long time)
One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes
Penny's Challenges - Favorite Embellishment (mine is the Stampin' Up brads... just ordered more
                                because I don't ever want to run out)
Cards Galore - Anything Goes