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Graceful Fuchsia
by Christina Rannow

Hello! Christina here. Today I’m sharing a beautiful floral card featuring the new Block Print Fuchsia Spray dies. This set creates graceful, detailed blooms for an elegant card design full of depth and dimension. I paired the set with a simple sentiment and a basic frame to showcase the beauty of these fuchsia blooms. Let’s take a closer look at how this card came together.

I started by die-cutting the fuchsia pieces from colored cardstock. I chose a trio of pinks for the blooms and a vibrant sea green for the leaves. Before layering and assembling the pieces, I added shading to each piece with a darker coordinating ink color using a small blending brush. After assembling them, I set them aside while I worked on the background panel.

For the background panel, I started with a mint green A2-sized piece of cardstock. Then I blended in a darker sea green color on just the top half of the panel. Next, while leaving space for the sentiment, I played around with the arrangement of the fuchsia blooms and greenery until I liked the layout. Before securing the die-cuts to the background panel, I first stamped the sentiment with a coordinating green ink. Then I secured the die-cuts with either glue or, for added dimension, thin foam squares. I left the space around the perimeter of the background panel free of die-cuts so I could add a frame. I ended up having to trim just a couple of stems and the top of a bloom to accommodate the frame.

To create the look of a matted frame, I used two basic nesting rectangle dies. I die-cut the larger one from sea green cardstock and the smaller one from white cardstock. Before layering these together, I blended a darker coordinating ink color around the inside edge of the sea green frame. Then I popped up the layered frame on my card front using foam tape and attached everything to a top-fold card base. The finishing touch was to add a few translucent green embellishments.

Thank you for reading about my elegant card design featuring the graceful Block Print Fuchsia Spray die set. See you again soon!

57661 Block Print Fuchsia Spray
CL8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings

June 30, 2026
Peacock Birthday Card
by Annette Allen

Welcome BPD friends, Annette Allen (myclevercreations) here with you today and I am all about this Block Print Pretty Peacock. So let’s get started.

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut an A2 panel on yellow cardstock and adhere to your card base.

Cut 4 strips of colored cardstock. Cut them different widths and adhere them at an angle on a white panel measuring 4×5. I did not really center the strips but aimed for the middle. I usually am not trying to perfectly place, I just add glue and adhere to the card. haha….

Trim off access and adhere the panel to your card.

Die cut the Block Print Pretty Peacock (57591) in 5 different colors. Choose colors that make you happy. I used some of the colors I used on the strips.

You will need a solid piece for the back in order to adhere all the pretty colors. I die cut a circle and trimmed off the part not needed. This allowed me to adhere the colors and create my Pretty Peacock.

Adhere the peacock to the right lower center of the card using foam tape. This gives your card a little dimension.

Stamp the sentiment from the Elegant Birthday Sentiments (CL8166) on white cardstock using black ink and die cut using the coordinating dies.

To finish I add three white/clear sequins.

Thank you for stopping by….

57591 Block Print Pretty Peacock

CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments

June 26, 2026
Jellyfish Cheers
by Rosemary Dennis

Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a fun card created with the super cool Block Print Floating Jellyfish die set, as well as the Block Print Forest Scene die set. Let’s look at what I made.

I just love the Block Print Floating Jellyfish and wanted to make another card with it. I also thought it would be fun to use the Block Print Forest Scene die set to help create the background for my jelly.

I started by cutting down a piece of light blue Memory Box cardstock and then ink blending on some distress oxide inks in tumbled glass and prize ribbon. Once that was done I die cut out the pieces and assembled the octopus using glue.

The I die cut a piece of the same light blue cardstock with a rectangle die that was slightly larger that the rectangle that I would be cutting the Forest Scene from. The Forest Scene was die cut and then I trimmed off the tree.

Then I added a little bit of ink blending to the top portion of the light blue rectangle that would show through the cut out area. The top piece was then adhered to the light blue rectangle.

Then I added the panel to a light gray cardstock base, added the jellyfish and lots of small blue sequins to look like bubbles. It was at that point I realized I need to put a sentiment on the panel. Honestly, that happens to me alot because I can get so focused on other elements on the card that I often forget I need to make sure a sentiment fits. Thankfully I had all the open space at the bottom and the sentiment stamped cleanly!

I love the clean monochromatic look of this card and that really fun jelly! I hope you enjoy my card, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

57629 Block Print Floating Jellyfish
57650 Block Print Forest Scene
CL8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings

June 24, 2026
Honeycomb Backdrop Floral Birthday
by Toni M Maddox

Hello, my friends! Toni here with you today sharing a summer birthday card featuring some new products paired with the old. Let’s use what we’ve got!

To create the background, I used the Honeycomb Cut Out on a solid white card panel and back it with a scrap of blue cardstock.

On top of that I added the Block Print Mod Branches with some bright pink berries.

I used that same pink on the Block Print Bird Duo’s wings and a darker pink on the throat. Such a cheerful little bird, isn’t it?

Finally, I stamped the Elegant Birthday Sentiments in Versafine Clair Nocturne and popped it onto the card front.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!

Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies used and to check out my other creations.

8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments clear stamp and die set

57585 Block Print Bird Duo

57633 Block Print Mod Branches

57594 Honeycomb Cut Out

June 22, 2026
Summer Garden Snapshot
by Christina Rannow

Hello, Christina here! Summer has arrived, and there’s an abundance of inspiration in our gardens right now. Flowers are in full bloom and butterflies are fluttering about, the perfect combination for a lovely “Thinking of You” card. To create this garden snapshot, I paired the Daisy Flower dies with the Scallop Butterfly dies inside a wide frame and tucked in plenty of greenery. This card design is all die-cutting except the stamped sentiment, so it comes together easily. Let’s get started!

My first step was to die-cut the elements for my design from colored cardstock and assemble them. I chose fuchsia and yellow for the daisies and turquoise, black, and yellow for the butterfly. For the greenery, I chose two shades of green.

Next, I die cut a wide frame from a white cardstock panel using a basic rectangle die. Then, I popped the frame up on a soft blue cardstock panel using thin foam squares. With the frame panel complete, I started to arrange my die-cut elements within the frame. Once I was happy with the layout, I attached them with either liquid glue or, for added dimension, small foam squares. I let some of the elements overhang the frame so it looked like the scene was popping out towards you.

My final steps were to add a stamped sentiment banner and attach my card front to a top-fold card base.

Thank you so much for reading about my summer garden-inspired card design featuring the Daisy Flower and Scallop Butterfly die sets. See you again soon!

57588 Foliage Bunch

57602 Block Print Scalloped Butterfly

57634 Block Print Daisy Flower

June 16, 2026
A Floral Birthday
by Annette Allen

Welcome Birch Press Design friends, Annette Allen (myclevercreations) here with you today. I hope you all are having a fantastic June so far. When I think of June, I think of flowers. We all love a good floral card… right?

Today I am creating with the Birch Press Design: Block Print Lovely Flower and Elegant Birthday Sentiment and Dies.

Create card from white cardstock A2 size

Cut an A2 panel of pink/reddish cardstock and adhere it to your card base.

Die cut the Block Print Lovely Flower on colored cardstock. Use colors that will pop on the background that you choose. Die cut 4 of the flowers (2 of each) and adhere the pieces together using liquid glue.

Add foam tape to the back of the center of the flower and add the large flower to the right upper and left lower part of the card.

Add a thinner piece of foam tape to the smaller flower and tuck them slightly behind the large flower.

Stamp the sediment from the Elegant Birthday Sentiment stamp set on white cardstock using black ink and die cut using the coordinating die.

Finish with about few sequins here and there. I used yellow.

A floral filled birthday card….. so simple, yet so happy.

Thank you for stopping by.

Have a crafty awesome day!

CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
57632 Block Print Lovely Flower

June 12, 2026
Pine Trees Birthday
by Rosemary Dennis

Hello friends! Rosemary here on the blog today sharing a birthday card with a little more of a masculine feel to it. I used the fun Block Print Pine Trees die set, as well as a sentiment from the Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings stamp. Here is what I created.

I started by pulling shades of green from the Memory Box Greenery 6×6 cardstock pad and die cutting trees. I then mixed and matched the different colors to make the different trees and adhered them together with glue.

As the trees dried I tried out different arrangements and settled on the one you see. Now for the background. What to do, what to do? I know… a woodgrain background, lol! I also decided to add a sun in the background and used a yellow from the Memory Box Sunrise 6×6 cardstock pad.

I love the Memory Box woodgrain cardstock and decided to use a piece of the white woodgrain cardstock. I die cut it down to fit a card front and then searched for a sentiment.

I settled on the happy birthday sentiment and stamped it on to the woodgrain panel. I did stamp it several times to make sure I got the best coverage I could.

I adhered everything to the card front with glue as I didn’t want to add any more bulk to the card. I then adhered the panel to a off white cardstock base to provide just a little bit of contrast.

Well, that is it for me. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by the blog today. Have a wonderful day.

57645 Block Print Pine Trees
CL8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings
SP1013 Sunrise 6×6 pack
SP1011 Leafy 6×6 pack

June 10, 2026
Time for Cake Cake Cake!
by Toni M Maddox

Ahoy, friends! Toni with you today sharing a nautical birthday card that’s sure to get a chuckle from the recipient.

I started the card by sponging the background with a cloud stencil and Catherine Pooler ink.

Next, I added the Birch Press Design Corner Waves cut from a few shades of scrap blue cardstocks beneath an angle-cut piece of kraft cardstock with the Birch Press Design Waterfront Pilings to represent a pier.

The birds, Birch Press Design Block Print Curious Seagull and Block Print Pelican, were fun to assemble and ever so cute. Notice how I sponged just a touch of yellow on their bellies for a bit of shading.

My final step was to add the Birch Press Design Plain & Simple Birthday Greetings stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne. I can totally hear the seagulls overhead!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!

Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies used and to check out my other creations.

CL8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings

57618 Waterfront Pilings

57625 Block Print Curious Seagull

57609 Block Print Pelican

57607 Corner Waves

June 8, 2026
Sardine Delights
by Christina Rannow

Hello! Today I’m sharing something a little different. This delightfully quirky card features the Block Print Sardines die set, and using vintage sardine tins as inspiration, I created something reminiscent of those brightly colored tins. These little guys look right at home nestled inside rounded rectangle frames with a couple of sentiment banners splayed across them. Stick around and I’ll walk you through my process for creating this card.

My first step for this project was to create the sardines. These little fish just spoke to me, and I knew I could create something fun and different with them. I chose a light blue cardstock for the heads and tails and added some shading to them with a darker blue ink color and a small bending brush. For their bodies, I started with white cardstock and ink-blended them with yellow and orange inks. Finally, I assembled the pieces and finished them up with a shiny black pearl for each eye.

My next step was to create the background. I wanted something that would mimic the look of a tin, so I used nesting rounded rectangle dies to die-cut royal blue and warm gray cardstock panels. I die-cut a larger rectangle from the royal blue cardstock and a smaller one from the warm gray and then layered the frames together. Then I attached the frames to an A2 royal blue cardstock panel with foam squares to give them some height and dimension.

With the background panel completed, I was able to nestle the sardines into the center area, securing them with glue. If you look at vintage sardine tins, there’s a lot of text, banners, and icons on them, so I chose two sentiment banners, stamped them with sentiments, and attached them to my card with more foam squares. The finishing touch was to add a hexagram starburst that I die-cut from chartreuse cardstock to each corner.

Thank you so much for reading about this quirky card I created using the Block Print Sardines die set. See you again soon!

57619 Block Print Sardines

May 29, 2026
With Love on Your Birthday
by Rosemary Dennis

Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a simple design using the Block Print Lovely Flower and Elegant Birthday Sentiments stamp and die set. I also used some papers from the Memory Box Anemone Grove 6×6 paper pad. Let’s look at what I made.

I guess this month I have a theme of using patterned paper, lol! I’m often hesitant to use patterned paper for die cutting, but decided that I would give it a try, again. For this card I decided to make sure that I used a more neutral pattern for the flowers. For that I chose a cream paper with gold foiling.

I chose a light blue paper with gold foiled flowers to use for the flower centers. A strip of the flip side for the blue paper was used as an accent as well.

I adhered all the pieces of the flowers together and set them aside to dry. I love the Memory Box woodgrain cardstock for backgrounds as it adds a nice subtle look. I trimmed down a piece of cream woodgrain and then added the strip of patterned paper.

The flowers were then adhered to the paper strip. I used a thin foam square for the large flower and then glue for the two smaller flowers. A dot of a crystal lacquer was added to each of the little stymens and I set aside the panel to dry.

I finished with the sentiment that I stamped in black on the reverse side of a piece of the cream woodgrain cardstock thus achieving a nice cohesive look. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
57632 Block Print Lovely Flower
Supplies
PP1026 Anemone Grove 6×6 pack

May 27, 2026