Creating in the Negative Space

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I have been using the Arrange a Wreath stamp set & dies a lot lately. This set has been featured twice so far in my 20 Weeks of Handmade Holidays series. Are you receiving these ideas? If not, please sign up for my mail list because they are only being sent through email. Yesterdays card was a really good one too. You can sign up for my mailing list right here – www.mailsomethingpretty.com/signup. As I was creating, I noticed that the die cut wreath left an impression of the wreath in the negative space. This got me thinking about how I could be creating in the negative space. Below are three cards showing how you can use the leftover card stock from the wreath die cut.

This is the die, the die cut wreath and the two negative pieces you get after cutting the wreath shape.
You can place the two pieces together to create a negative wreath shape.

Basic

This first card shows how to use the two negative pieces work together to show the wreath as the card base color.

Inlay

This card is the same as the first one with one addition. I cut another wreath out in a different green and inlaid it into the wreath space. The two greens are Old Olive and Pear Pizzazz.

Off Set

This last card is the same card but rather than inlaying the extra wreath, I off-set it. It creates a little more visual interest. I did go a little extra with this one by adding a little gold embossing and gold metallic pearls to the pears.

I hope these creating in the negative space cards give you some ideas on how to use the negative space of your dies. Not all dies will work, but take a look at what you have and see if you can create in the negative space.

What I used:

Tip:

Do you see how I have a two toned Partridge bird? I inked in Early Espresso Ink and then rolled the edge in the Pretty Peacock ink and then stamped on Whisper White Card Stock. This is the “Rock & Roll” technique.

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