Die cuts to Die for

This months kits has something that not only have I never seen, but I would never have considered - Denim Die Cuts! Genius huh? My mind was racing with ideas for how to play with them. I went with three different techniques - fabric paint, markers and bleach (yes, bleach!)

I glued the die cut to a piece of cardstock, then I used a glittery fabric paint to add color and texture to the denim. After letting the fabric paint dry for 48 hours, I cut out the die cut (leaving a little black cardstock showing around the edge)and attached it to one of the Rusty Pickle tags from the kit.



On my second die cut, I used Sakura Puffy Pens to color the denim, then I added a little puffy center (the top of the i from the thickers in this months kit!)



For the third die cut, I got out my bleach! I poured a little in a bottle cap then dunked the center of the die cut into it. I left the edges out so that I would get a gradual fade from edge to center. After the bleach was dry, I adhered the die cut to a piece of cardstock and ran it through the Cuttlebug with an embossing folder. The cardstock helps the denim hold the emboss and gives it support. I trimmed around the edges, added a jewelled brad to the center, then outlined it with Stickles.





I'm addicted to Denim! I'll be looking for fun new ways to use it...