Nine Lives & How to Spend Them Card by Ellen Haxelmans

Create a Scene with Die Cuts!

Most of us make cards with stamping as the main focus, but creating a card with mostly die cutting is a very fun and creative way to create a card with a twist! Today we are sharing a card by Ellen has created using several of our favorite die sets to inspire you!

Ellen started by die cutting the stitched rectangle using our Basic Frames Die Set. This will be the panel for her scene. She inks up the panel in warm orange and yellow distress inks and adds a bit of splatter to make it into a stunning sunset or sunrise sky. Next, she cuts a piece for the ground using our Land Borders Die Set, inking it up with shades of brown and adding lots of splatter for texture.

Once she has her setting in place, she adds a stack of books to the center of the scene using the book images that come with our Bookmark II Die Set. She uses our Forest Scene Builder Die Set to add the trees, leaves and the little bird that is perched on the speech bubble.  The little hearts and speech bubble is from the Speech Bubbles Die Set. Inside the speech bubble she embossed a message from our Newton's Reading List Stamp Set. This sentiment works perfectly with the theme of the card! So fun!  

Then she adds a cat using our Cat Silhouettes Die Set and a the warm cup of cocoa or coffee from the Coffee Silhouettes Die Set.  To finish the scene she frames it with a soft pink zig zag edged frame, die cut using our Frames & Tags Die Set.

We hope you are inspired by this gorgeous scene that Ellen created using mostly die cuts! To see this card with dogs and a nighttime theme, check out Ellen's post from last week! There are so many options! We hope you are inspired to try creating a scene using dies in your craft room! 

To see more creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen