Let It Snow

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I've worked with some different dies (for me) and I have enjoyed putting them together to make a composite I do like.  I took the corner die-cut and laid it over the ornament and used it as a stencil, dabbing the distress paint onto the ornament.  I thought that would tie everything together.  Visit us at Die Cut Divas for more samples and to join in on the challenge for December.

Close-up of ornament & die-cut showing one is the negative of the other.

Arlene is at A Bit of This and That

Supplies:

Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangles at Dies R Us

IO Dies Vintage Ornament at Dies R Us

Tutti Designs Snowflake Corner at Dies R Us

Cottage Cutz Le It Snow (Dies R Us has a lot of "Let it snow" sentiments here)

Distress Paint Broken China

Marvy's La Plume Gold pen

Nuvo Crystal Drops Navy Blue

Vagabond die cut machine

Arlene and The Die Cut Divas

Up-Cycling My Tree

Hi there, this is Arlene here subbing in for Dawn B today.




Dies R Us is our sponsor and you could win a $10 gift certificate on our random draw of entries to the Winter Challenge this month, here at Die Cut Divas. I die cut this tree with several others a year ago and now's the time to use this beautiful tree die.  I like to make something used into something new and this tree is cut from a tissue box that my friends from work saved for me.  I doubt that you would have known the origin of my tree unless I told you.  And no one would know this is a tissue box on the card itself.  I am pretty proud of the fact that I re-use many things that would just be put in the re-cycle without going through a re-use first.

To make the Window Frame, I left the frame in the die and dropped the glue onto the panels. I put the upside down frame about 1/2 inch from the edge of my desk.  I turned the card front upside down on top of the frame and pressed the card onto the die, lifted up and my frame was attached to the card in a perfect frame.   I left the center cuts out because I thought it would frame the tree better.

Close-up below.  The paper is that shiny.

Arlene at A Bit of This and That

Supplies:

Cheery Lynn Designs Frame Window B at Dies R Us

Dees Distinctively Die Overlay 3 at Dies R Us

Cottage Cutz Le It Snow (Dies R Us has a lot of "Let it snow" sentiments here)

Rinea double-sided foiled papers from The Stamp Doctor

Vagabond die cut machine

Arlene and the Die Cut Divas