Good Morning everyone
Months ago I bought a die set in a sale from Tonic studios to build a shadow box, when it arrived it was dinky...after playing around I worked out I could glue it together in a different way and came up with this fancy fold. The holey lacy die cut panel makes a lovely background with some patterned paper behind and I added a little die cut angel to finish.
Approx size 8x8cm (3.25x3.25") Showing it stood up. I used the same paper for the front and back panels. Here I used copper mirri card for the angel and die cut sentiment and added copper stickles glitter glue dots to the front for some Christmas bling.
This shows how i joined them together using one of the side panel dies...by having 2 panels it gave more room and a place to add a little sentiment and making it more interesting than a dinky card.
and it folds flat to go in an envelope
I used more patterned paper on the very back and stamped a greeting for a place to write our message
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Version 2 here i used copper satin card for the Angel and sentiment
Version 3 using green glitter card
and 2 more versions, one using green satin card and one pink mirri card. A great way to use papers that are a bit too busy, by adding the white die cuts over the top its toned them down.
Typing this up I realised I didn't know the collective name for a group of Angels - after searching the web Im none the wiser - there is a choice of Choir, Host, Pinion, Flight or Legion..........anyway I made a dozen Angel cards - all different in colours and ideal for using up snippets of papers and luxury glitter/mirror card off cuts.
Items Used:
Tonic studios die set 'Designers Choice' 4278e (spring shadow box)
Echo Park Angel die
Sue wilson sentiment die
Spellbinders labels 4 die
Various patterned papers
Mirror, satin & glitter card scraps
CraftUk ltd white linen card
Ranger stickles glitter glues
Thank you all for stopping by once again, i hope you have a good first week of December.
Id love to enter the 1st card into
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https://pixiessnippetsplayground.blogspot.com/2025/11/challenge-520.html - the angel & sentiment are luxury snippets - the rest normal snippets
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These look just lovely Emma, really effective use of the dies.
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An absolutely beautiful traditional Christmas card Emma,
ReplyDeleteWow! These are so beautiful, Emma! I love them all! Great design idea! And so very pretty with those shiny angels and the stickles to embellish the gorgeous lacy backgrounds! These are going to wow your recipients! Thank you for sharing your lovely set of cards at Creative Creases Challenge!
ReplyDeleteWow these are gorgeous little Christmas cards - great thinking outside the box for using the dies in a different way.
ReplyDeleteThanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground. See you up in the treehouse shortly. Xxx
Gorgeous cards, love the fold and beautiful die and Angels.
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What cute little cards. I love that die. Well done for getting a whole batch made xx
ReplyDeleteWowser - these cards are so lovely Emma! I think you snatched victory from the jaws of mediocity by using the dies as you did. Clever work!
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Wow, your host of angel cards are lovely! Using the die cut like a stain glass window worked well for these. Very creative to attach two together to make a bifold card. I really like this die cut. Thanks for sharing with the December Challenge at A Cut Above.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card shape Emma, and really pretty details xx
ReplyDeleteI am speechless, this is FANTASTIC! Never thought to use this type of die this way and it looks amazing!
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WOW! These are all absolutely gorgeous! GREAT JOB!! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Peace on Earth challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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Emma, these angel cards are beautiful. I'm so glad you figured out how to use this die for a fun-fold card. Such an inspiration to all of your visitors.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing and joining us for Creative Creases #109. Hope to see you in December too.
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The shape of this card is amazing! I love what you did with it.
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These are all so pretty. How clever to repurpose the box die into this amazing fold.
ReplyDeleteWow, Emma, these cards are just gorgeous! I love the unique fold and the beautiful shape. Thank you for participating in the Creative Creases Challenge! We hope you can join us again soon. Your support is greatly appreciated!
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