Leaves & Butterflies

Good Morning everyone.

Today im sharing 2 cards i made with the concord & ninth 'layered leaves' die set combined with hexagons and inked papers.

I first coloured a piece of white card with green shades of distress oxide inks and then die cut lots of leaves out of it - my little baby die cutting machine comes in useful when cutting lots of smaller dies, i can do it on a lap try in front of the tv.  

I die cut a piece of white linen card into a stitched hexagon and arranged my leaves across it, trimming any overhang.  I then die cut a circle into the middle.  I added foam tape to the back and adhered to a white linen card blank also cut with a larger hexagon die.  The centre piece i cut with the circle die i adhere flat back into the middle, so it gives a bit of a recess.

I die cut the birthday circle sentiment from gold mirri card and adhered into the centre.  I then die cut and layered up a butterfly from contrasting inked card, this is glued into the recesses middle.  Bling stone added to finish. 

Close up, you can see how i die cut the centre and replaced better here, just to add more interest to what is quite a simple card.  

And version 2 using one of the other leaf dies from the set and a piece of previously inked card in tones of reds and oranges. 

Items Used:

Concorde&Ninth layering leaves die set

MFT birthday circle sentiment die

Sizzix butterfly dies

Spellbinders circle dies

XL stitched hexagon dies

Thank you all for stopping by again, i hope you all have a wonderful weekend when it arrives. Emma