Using a die in a different way

Good morning lovelies, I hope you are all well ? 

It is a cold and wet morning here so i intend on spending the day crafting and wrapping gifts. 

I wanted to share with you 2 cards i made yesterday, I have taken the Die'sire Ivy Die and used it in a slightly different way. 

 

I have coloured the ivy with my Spectrum Noir Sparkles in Holly Leaf and then using some supersticky tape I arranged in a wreath shape tucking in the ends. You do have to be careful and slightly bend the diecut. 

I did the two cards ever so slightly different, on one card i used two more die cuts and i have to admit i prefer the "fuller" look. And I also changed the position of the bow

 

Here is the fuller one, I also added gems & enamel dots as i went, but i tried to hide them so they just peeked out as I wanted them to be subtle.

 

 This one is the one with less die cuts on. 

I have used some washi tape behind the sentiment, i did it without at first but it was missing something.

 I am loving this sentiment at the moment, it is from the Nordic Christmas range and I have stamped it using Lawn Fawn Inkpad. Using a gel pen I added some faux stitching around the edge.

 I LOVE the sparkle the new Spectrum Noir Pens give, and this colour really is perfect for leafs.

So there you go, a slightly different way to use a die. I have used the small ivy die for this as it is a 5x5.5" card, but if you wanted to go bigger then the larger ivy die would be perfect and you could maybe build the layers up more. 

 

I hope you all have a great weekend. 

Happy Crafting 

x 

I'd like to enter this into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Holly Jolly Stamping 

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