One Die - Six Cards

I was really excited to receive my first die from Tattered Lace to make samples with for their show which is on Create and Craft this week.

I was given the 'Peace' die to play with and was amazed at how versatile it was.  I cut it out several times and then just started cutting into it to see what I could make, starting from the obvious - removing the central plaque with the 'Peace' wording - to making frames from the outside edges.  I actually came up with at least eight different ideas, but had to stop somewhere!

Here are the cards I made:

The first two cards I made used the die as a whole. I chose to infill the cut out with contrasting colours to make them stand out more and affixed the lilac one to the card base and hung the red and gold one from an aperture cut in the card.

With this card I just removed the central plaque and replaced it with the date.  You could easily use a photo of the recipient to make a lovely personalised card.

I then started to really dissect the die cuts and made this card using the Melded Church Die from Tattered Lace.  I made a shaker card using vellum instead of acetate to give a more wintery feel and added just the cut out 'Peace' words to the shaker.

I then made a Nativity Scene using one of last years Christmas dies from Tattered Lace and the Doves which came with one of their magazines, originally holding a bow but attached the 'Peace' plaque to them instead,

and finally ...

I cut into the bauble to make a frame.  This one was made using the bottom half on the die, but I also made one using the top half too, which created a very interesting shape.  I'll try and get that finished to put on here later. Again, I used elements of the Nativity die and just the 'Peace' plaque at the top.

I hope these have given you some ideas.  There is so much you can do with just one die, I sometimes forget to just play with them, so I'm off to have a go at some of my other dies and see what I can come up with - have fun with yours!