Die-Piecing
I think that people are very familiar with paper-piecing and using patterned papers to "color" their stamped images. Well, die-piecing works just as well!
For this card, I used the Mountain Village Frame die (98684). When you cut it out, it looks like this:
After I cut out the scene in white, I repeated the process again with kraft and blue paper so that I would have a sky and mountain range that I could piece into the frame. These are the pieces I used for my card:
Whenever I make Christmas cards, I think long and hard about how many cards I am going to make. I design cards very differently if I am making one, five, twenty, or a hundred cards. I thought that if I were making a huge number of cards or wanted quick thank you cards, I would just layer the white mountain scene onto a sapphire blue notecard and add a bit of glitter glue to the mountain caps and the horizon:
For a mid-range number of Christmas cards, I cut out the white frame and pieced together the sky and mountains with colored papers (and added glitter glue):
For the most elaborate card, I sponged some color onto the mountains and sky, added some color to the trees with chalk, and pieced together the houses and road. (For the house bases I used leftover kraft pieces I had previously cut and for the roofs, I used leftover white pieces and colored them with a red marker). To finish it, I added more glitter glue (of course):
Want a chance to win the Mountain Village Frame die? Leave a comment on the post, and one winner will be chosen at random on Sunday, July 14th to win it. Good luck!
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How fabulous!
Posted by: Leta | 07/09/2013 at 12:57 AM
WOW! Now that is a FANTASTIC Die. How cool you can get the 3 looks you created! I totally agree on the "ease" of the card based on how many need to be mass produced!
Thanks so much for sharing this!
Posted by: Kelli Hull | 07/09/2013 at 01:04 AM
Fantastic tutorial! Thank you so much for posting.
Posted by: Marlene L | 07/09/2013 at 01:04 AM
This is a lovely die and your cards are beautiful - thanks for the tutorial. x
Posted by: Wendy Pemberton | 07/09/2013 at 01:13 AM
would never have come up with an idea like that thanks a lot
Posted by: Denise | 07/09/2013 at 02:05 AM
Never thought of doing that. Lovely card
Posted by: Liz Hardman | 07/09/2013 at 02:13 AM
Very cool die! I like all three cards! Great ideas about thinking ahead before you venture into making loads of cards. Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Posted by: Katie B. | 07/09/2013 at 02:52 AM
Cool idea! Great card.
Posted by: Pam | 07/09/2013 at 03:34 AM
Невероятно красивая и кропотливая работа!
Posted by: Русалочка | 07/09/2013 at 03:43 AM
Wow! That is such a cool idea!!
Posted by: Devlin | 07/09/2013 at 03:48 AM
Super ideas for using this die - love all your creations !
Posted by: karenajo | 07/09/2013 at 03:51 AM
Beautiful as usual. Cant wait ti try this
Posted by: sandy mruk | 07/09/2013 at 03:52 AM
I have never seen die piecing before, what a great idea and this die works so well with it! Would love to have it for my collection!
Posted by: Wendy Ploski | 07/09/2013 at 03:54 AM
Beautiful Christmas Card and what a great way to piece together that die. Definitely want to try it.
Posted by: Sherry Eckblad | 07/09/2013 at 04:12 AM
Yet another great use of a fabulous die. I didn't think about that, but I'm glad YOU did!
Posted by: Pam | 07/09/2013 at 04:28 AM
SOLD! Mountain Frame die must be mine. Hey, maybe I can win it!
Thanks for the inspiration and the wisdom.
Posted by: Cheryl B. | 07/09/2013 at 04:39 AM
Wow! I have never heard of die piecing before - this looks incredible!
Posted by: Crafty Math Chick | 07/09/2013 at 05:01 AM
Oh, I'd so love to win this frame. I love your idea of piecing the card colours. Maddy x
Posted by: Izzwizz | 07/09/2013 at 05:05 AM
I would never have thought of such an awesome idea. Thank you! Now after seeing this I have to have the mountain die.
Posted by: Shari | 07/09/2013 at 05:10 AM
Great tips and I'm happy to say I have tried this technique before....when you have arthritic hands, you do most anything to minimize fussy cutting. I love dies for so many reasons....especially Memory Box. They always cut so clean and crisp.
Posted by: Jan D., Florida | 07/09/2013 at 05:22 AM
Thanks for the step-by-step time saving tips! I typically figure out a card design and get lost in the details and start wondering why I decided to make 100 of them taking 1/2 hour or more each! Sometimes they just need to look fabulous!
Posted by: Alicia | 07/09/2013 at 05:23 AM
Nice technique. I'll give it a try. Love the die too.
Posted by: Robyn josephs | 07/09/2013 at 05:24 AM
Wonderful techniques! I am inspired by your work!
Posted by: Barb McCarthy | 07/09/2013 at 05:36 AM
Wonderful card and great piecing technique! Thanks for all the ideas & inspiration. ;-)
Posted by: diana | 07/09/2013 at 05:46 AM
That's simply awesome! Thanks for showing us so many ways to use one die. I'm excited to try this! Memory Box dies are the best!
Posted by: Betty Heisler | 07/09/2013 at 05:49 AM