Peony Layering Dies bonanza!

Hi guys! 

It's Erica back on the blog today and I have been having some fuuuuuuuun with the amazing addition to the flower layering dies: Peony Layering Dies. Oh boy, it's such a stunner and peonies also happen to be one of my favorite flowers so I went to town! 

I have a big stash of this lovely linen textured coloured card stock and I got cutting, and cutting, and cutting and eventually ended up with enough bits and pieces for seven or eight peonies. Yeah, I was on a roll. Get it? LOL

After assembling the flowers and the buds with the leaves, it was time to actually make a card! For a nice little touch I like using the A2 Diagonal Stitched Layered Card Topper die set, it cuts out the A2 front and adds some lovely stitched detail in one go. 

Puzzling the flower pieces took some time, and I ended up trimming a few of the buds and leaves to fit behind the two peonies I wanted to use. When I was happy with the layout, I used some Press'n'Seal to pick up the pieces in exactly the same spot as there were on the card base. This is such a neat and handy trick, but if you can not get ahold of Press'n'Seal you can use very low-tack wide washi to get the same result. 

On the back, I used both liquid glue and foam tape, to add dimension and to adhered the whole shebang to the card base. 

I also had a load of ready made sentiments done, as I had stamped and cut up the You're Simply The Best wave stack sentiments.This set is so clever in that you stamp it up once and get all the sentiments done, and it has a coordinating diecut that cuts out all in one go. One stamp session + one turn through the diecutting machine = TWELVE sentiment banners done! How cool is that??  

I picked out the one that says You are truly wonderful in every way, and adhered that to the card. Now, I could have stopped there, but did I? Of course not.. I'm not an over-blinger by name only, oh no. I added a VERY generous smattering of these iridescent bubble embellishments I have in my stash. Sort of like big water droplets after rain, you know?  Finally, after adding at least eight too many, I stopped and stepped back. 

I, personally, love the bling, but if you don't, you can leave them out. Or go less. That's always an option for some. Not me, apparently but oh well, what can you do? 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really hope you enjoyed this post and will try these gorgeous Peony Layering dies for yourself. Don't forget that you can get 15% off your order until April 11th, with the code ERICAC15.

Lots of love and happy crafting from Erica