I had a great time today playing around with this cute little Christmas Tree Cut-Out die from My Favorite Things. I received this die as a free item with one of my purchases a couple months ago and I was really kind of stumped as to how to use it. So today I finally decided to give it a try.
The first thing I thought of was that this would make a great shaker card. I had seen it used this way on a couple blogs out there and wanted to give it a try. I worked with some great dies from Lil' Inker Designs to add the "joy" sentiment and the bow on top of the tree. I also used a sequin die from Mama Elephant. I stamped the background of the tree with My Favorite Things Thin Chevron background stamp. I glued and stacked six of these tree cutouts to make the border to hold the sequins. That seemed to be a little quicker than using dimensional tape. I love how each strip holds it's own sequins. This card has some great movement.
I took the cutouts from that tree and used it to make this next card for a whole new spin on this diecut. I popped the strips up with dimensional tape and added some of the cutout sequins, a gold bow and some gold string. The Merry is also included in this set with the tree and I love the way it looks with the red behind it. I used a pinking edged die from My Favorite Things for a little strip of gold on the side.
For shaker box number two I used a purple foiled cardstock along with some silver glitter cardstock for the accents. I also used a stitched wavy Border Builders die from Lil' Inker Designs to make a little snowdrift in the background.
Then, using the cutout scraps from the last card I made this card. This time I created an outdoor theme with another snowdrift and some snow, using a white gel pen.
These cards were so fun to make. I'm hoping to make a few more using this die this year. Thanks so much for stopping by.
~Lisa~
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