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Birch Tree: Halloween
by Savannah O’Gwynn

Hello, sweet BPD friends and fans!

I am back and excited to share my NEXT Birch Tree Series design using the Block Print Birch Tree dies!

**Check out my first design HERE– it was a Summer theme.
**Check out my second design HERE– it was also a Fall theme.
**Check out my third design HERE– it was also a Fall theme but a bit different!

I cannot even tell you how many ideas I have for the Block Print Birch Tree dies— it’s A LOT! And this idea makes the Birch Trees kind of spooky, which is PERFECT for Halloween🦇

You might be asking, “Does BPD have a BAT die/image? Or a Moon/Sun die/image?”

The answer is NO! I custom made this bat using a… CHRISTMAS ornament die piece! And I cut the moon using another Christmas ornament die piece! I highly recommend looking through your stamps/die stash to stretch your supplies🙃

Here’s how you can recreate this bat –> the technique is called partial die cutting.

The bat is created using a part of the Block Print Ribbed Ornament die set. You can see in this photo the original die cut image [top left] and how I partially die cut it [middle] and then drew and cut out the rest of the image, which creates the bat [bottom right]!

Partial die cutting allows you to extend your die cuts; I have been extending my shapes and frame dies for YEARS! However, I’ve recently started partial die cutting even small images to create a different image!

Once you have your die cut and plates in place for partial die cutting, run your plates through your die cutting machine like normal.

Here’s a comparison of the partial die cut image and the drawn bat image using the partial die cut design!

To finish this bat, all I did was cut it out and erase the pencil lines! OH— and I added a bit of silver shimmer ink to make it pop on the black Birch Tree forest background😉

I hope that you have been inspired by my Birch Tree Series and this Halloween design!

Please remember to share what you create using these tips, tricks, and techniques or if you were inspired by my creation- I’d love to see what you make with this idea!

I’ll be back with MORE soon!

THANKS so much for stopping by! Happy crafting:)

HUGS <3 Sav

57682 Block Print Birch Trees

57693 Block Print Ribbed Ornament

57695 Block Print Floral Snowflake Ornament

October 30, 2026
Dancing Deer
by Rosemary Dennis

Hello friends! Rosemary here on the blog today. While it might still be fall, Christmas is fast approaching. With that in mind I created a Christmas card to share today using the gorgeous Dancing Deer, Block Print Alpine Trees and an old favorite: Wavy Hillside. Let’s see what I created.

I went a little overboard on this card, but I’m totally okay with that, lol! I started by pulling out two darker green cardstocks from a Memory Box 6×6 Greenery cardstock pad to die cut the trees. After layering on the top parts of the trees you don’t really see the lighter green color, but it can be seen peeking out here and there. Don’t these trees remind you of the trees from the original animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas? That is what I kept thinking as I made them, lol! After adhering the pieces together I set them aside to dry.

For the dancing deer I used kraft colored cardstock and medium brown ink that I ink blended on to certain parts of the deer’s body, legs, tail and ear. The antler were die cut from a matte gold cardstock to provide a little bit of elegance to my deer.

For the rest of the card I die cut the Wavy Hillside die from white cardstock and then adhering the pieces together. You can’t really see it, but I adhered them together in a way that reduced the height of the hillside. Then I pulled out my collage medium, applied it to the edges, poured on Rock Candy glitter and set it aside to dry.

I made a white cardstock base and then using the residual ink from the blender brush I use for blue ink I added the soft blue sky. By this time the hillside piece was dry and so I adhered it to the cardstock base using double sided tape. When I added the glitter to the hillside I also added it to the trees to give them that frosty look. Once everything was dry it was time to finish the card. I added the trees using glue and thin foam squares. The deer was added with just glue. I used a Memory Box Greetings Tab for the sentiment and placed it in the sky to look like a winter sun. At that point I thought I was done, but I decided to add more glittery “snow” around the bottom of the deer’s feet and the tree trunks.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card. I had a lot of fun making it! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.

57699 Dancing Deer
57683 Block Print Alpine Trees
57563 Wavy Hillside

October 29, 2026
Double the Mushrooms
by Savannah O’Gwynn

Hello, sweet BPD friends and fans!

I am super excited to be back on the BPD blog sharing some creations I made recently using the two mushroom die sets by Birch Press Design.

I will be honest- #SAVfact: I am NOT a fan of eating mushrooms. I’m not even sure I’ve had one! I just know I don’t like them😉 However, the BPD mushroom die sets are tooooooo cute, and paper mushrooms are definitely a FAVORITE of mine now!

I had two different designs in my mind for these mushroom die cut images- one masculine and with a deep, fall color; and the other was full of color and whimsy. Let’s check out my masculine card first.

I love how this card turned out! I think it leans towards a masculine feel but honestly it could be for just about anyone!

To achieve a more masculine look, I chose a darker green cardstock and added more highlights/shading and dimension on the mushrooms.

Here are a few tips on how to add highlights/shading and dimension like I did:

TIP: I like to use black ink for highlights and shading if I don’t have a darker matching ink for my cardstock. I think dark ink adds that extra layer of shading that makes the die cut image pop!

TIP: I like to layer several hues of the same ink color when adding highlights or shading. I kind of think about adding ink like I’m coloring (I’m a newbie at coloring with alcohol inks, but essentially you add layers for more depth. I find that works for ink blending as well!).

Tip: Add splatters for even MORE dimension! BONUS: I like to mask my die cut images to help the splatter go only on certain parts of my image. For these mushrooms, I made an organic curve using a post-it note and scissors:)

You can see that the highlighting/shading and dimension really helps these mushrooms pop on this cardbase in the next photo!!!

If I liked eating mushrooms, I would say these look good enough to eat 🙃

For my second card, I wanted to use the other mushroom die set, and I wanted to make this card design very colorful! I pulled out my Memory Box cardstock and created a beautiful rainbow mushroom garden!

For these mushrooms, I only used the splatter technique. I wanted to keep this card whimsical and fun!

You might notice that I also used a few extra dies from other sets to finish the mushroom garden- I like to mix and match my dies (big and small) to make a custom design. I added leaves and flowers from two other die sets to finish this mushroom garden.

I hope that you have been inspired by my two mushroom card designs, as well as my tips!

Please remember to share what you create using these tips, tricks, and techniques or if you were inspired by my creation- I’d love to see what you make with this idea!

I’ll be back with MORE soon!

THANKS so much for stopping by! Happy crafting:)

HUGS <3 Sav

CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
57610 Block Print Round Mushrooms
57691 Block Print Poinsettia Vase
57672 Block Print Tall Mushrooms
57571 Handwritten Happy Birthday and Outline
57633 Block Print Mod Branches

October 28, 2026
Winter Card Inspiration
by: Annette Allen

Welcome Birchpress Design friends, Annette Allen (My Clever Creations) here with you today and I am sharing a little winter fun with the new Block Print Heart Cardinal, Block Print Cardinal Duo and Block Print Birch Trees. A very simple card to create with a little snowflake fun. So let’s get started.

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut an A2 panel on tan/brown cardstock and adhere it to your card base.

Die cut the Block Print Birch Trees on a green/brown colored cardstock and adhere to the card. The larger on in the middle, add foam tape for dimension.

Die cut the Block Print Heart Cardinal and Cardinal Duo on colored cardstock and adhere the pieces to create these adorable cardinals. One large and two small. Adhere the Cardinals to the card using foam tape.

To finish I add some misc. snowflake and white sequins.

No sentiment needed.

Don’t you just love the dimension on the Cardinals? Such a simple card but oh so fun to create.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a crafty fun day!

57680 Block Print Cardinal Duo

57681 Block Print Heart Cardinal

57682 Block Print Birch Trees

October 27, 2026
Elegant Christmas
by Christina Rannow

Hello! Christina here to share an elegant ivory and gold Christmas card featuring the Dancing Deer die set. I paired this handsome deer with the Merry Christmas Serif sentiment and created a snowy monochromatic background using die-cuts, one of my favorite ways to add texture without distracting from the focal point. Let’s take a closer look at how this card came together.

Background Panel

Starting with a 4.25 x 5.5-inch piece of ivory cardstock, I die-cut a large oval from the top-center of the panel, giving me the oval and the outer frame piece. I set the oval aside and then die-cut the Bright Snowflakes a couple of times also from ivory cardstock, which gave me many different snowflakes in a variety of sizes. I attached the snowflakes with a liquid adhesive to the outer frame piece, letting them overhang the edges and the center oval area, and then trimmed them off after the glue dried. Next, I used a metallic gold ink pad to highlight the texture of the added snowflake die-cuts by lightly brushing over the tops of them. Finally, I splattered this outer frame piece with gold splatter medium before attaching it to a card base along with the center oval piece.

Die-Cut Elements

With the background panel completed, I moved on to die-cutting the components for the deer. For the elegant style I wanted, I chose a matte metallic gold and a gold glitter cardstock for the deer. Metallic cardstock is usually a lighter weight, so I stacked the gold die-cuts with another plain white die-cut underneath to give the pieces more stability before assembling. I used thin foam squares to attach his other set of legs for a little added dimension and liquid adhesive for the other pieces. Finally, I used the gold glitter cardstock to die-cut another set of Bright Snowflakes to use as embellishment.

Sentiment

The sentiment is two die-cut pieces: the text and the shadow piece. I chose ivory for the shadow piece so it would disappear (mostly) against the background and matte gold for the text.

Card Assembly

With the background panel already attached to a card base, I centered the deer on the oval and secured him with foam squares. I arranged the glitter snowflakes around him, securing them with a liquid adhesive, and trimming anything that overhung the edges. Finally, I attached the sentiment along the bottom of the card front.

Thank you so much for reading about the elegant Christmas card I created featuring the Dancing Deer die set. See you again soon.

57699 Dancing Deer
57679 Merry Christmas Festive Serif
57644 Bright Snowflakes

October 26, 2026
A Block Print Birthday Card
by Nora Noll

Hello Crafty Friends!! Nora here on the blog with a block print card inspired by Pinterest.

I don’t know about you but I love to browse Pinterest when I need some creative inspiration. One topic I love to flip through is patterns. I often am inspired by the colors or the fun way that botanicals are used in various impressions. I wanted to use the Fall Leaves (57698) dies to make a Birthday Card. The colors and block design in the card I created for today’s post is inspired by one of those patterns.

I started off using the Fall Leaves dies to cut leaves from various colors of cardstock scraps. Some of the leaves I cut from two different colors of paper. I then cut one of the leaves apart and adhered it on top of another.

Next I cut pieces into blocks using the same colors of cardstock that I cut the leaves from. I paired each block with a specific leaf, making sure that it fit on top. On some of the blocks, I added paper strips and others I just left plain.

I adhered my leaves over the squares. I then took some time to arrange the blocks so that they were pleasing to my eye. I think this was what took the longest out of all my steps.

I glued the blocks to a white piece of 4” by 5 ¼” piece of white cardstock. I then adhered the card front to an A2, top folding, navy card base.

To complete my card, I used the Elegant Birthday Sentiment (8166) clear stamps to stamp one of the sentiments in navy blue underneath the leaves arrangement. I had fun using the Fall Leaves in such an unusual way.

I hope that my card inspires you to look at the dies you have and use them in a different way. I want to thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!

8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments clear stamp and die set
57698 Fall Leaves

October 23, 2026
Whimsical Winter Trees
by Christina Rannow

Hello! Christina here, and today I’m sharing a winter card featuring the whimsical Block Print Alpine Trees. These trees make a great focal point all on their own, which I did for this card, but they would work well for scene building too. I chose the simple additions of a few snowflakes and a stitching detail around the outside of the card to really let the trees take center stage. Let’s get started!

My first step was to die-cut the components for the Alpine Trees. I chose two shades of green cardstock and added shading to the pieces using small blending brushes and darker coordinating inks before assembling them. To customize the trees, I shortened one of the smaller trees by trimming off the bottom layer of boughs and inlaid the small cutouts in the larger tree with mint green cardstock. I also die-cut the tree trunks again, this time from brown cardstock, and added them to the trees.

Next, I die-cut the largest Scallop Pinpoint Ring from the top center of a piece of 4.25 x 5.5 inch warm gray cardstock, saving the center round piece, and then attached the panel to a top-fold card base. After that, I die-cut the ring again from plain white cardstock and used the outer white ring to frame the die-cut circle on the gray cardstock panel and then die-cut a snowy border from the center white round piece. With the pieces ready, I built a little winter scene inside the circle of the gray cardstock panel by inlaying the round gray piece first and then the snowy border piece. To finish the scene, I added the whimsical trees and secured them with foam squares.

To wrap things up, I die-cut the sentiment and attached it under my scene before adding a scattering of snowflakes die-cut from plain white cardstock. The finishing detail was to add stitching along the edges of the card panel with a white gel pen.

Thank you so much for reading about the whimsical winter card I created using the Block Print Alpine Trees! Happy crafting!

57683 Block Print Alpine Trees

57644 Bright Snowflakes

57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script

2609 Scallop Pinpoint Rings

October 21, 2026
Woodland Holiday Card
by Toni M Maddox

Greetings, friends! Toni here with a simple holiday card featuring one of my favorite birds, the cardinal.

To recreate a snowy woodland, I diecut the Block Print Birch Trees and sponged them lightly with Catherine Pooler Slate ink. I mounted them using targeted foam tape on a Memory Box SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper card panel.

I added a snow bank from scrap paper sponged with just a touch of blue.

Next, I assembled the Block Print Cardinal Duo using a couple of different shades of red cardstock.

The Merry Christmas Festive Serif utilizes the same red and black combo for a bold flare.

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.

57680 Block Print Cardinal Duo

57682 Block Print Birch Trees

57679 Merry Christmas Festive Serif

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

October 20, 2026
Christmas Cardinals
by Rosemary Dennis

Hello friends! Rosemary here on the blog today. Can’t believe it is already the middle of October! We are on the downward slide toward Christmas and today I have a Christmas card to share! This one uses the Block Print Birch Trees, Block Print Cardinal Duo, Merry Christmas Festive Serif and Bokeh Stencil set. Let’s see what I made.

I started this card off by ink blending a piece of white cardstock with Tumbled Glass distress oxide ink. I went heavier at the top and lighter at the bottom. Then I took the Bokeh stencils and added soft circles around the panel using additional Tumbled Glass. When I got the look I wanted I die cut the panel down with a rectangle die and set it aside.

Then I die cut the trees from additional white cardstock. I was going to die cut another set of trees without the interior inset pieces in a light gray, but decided to just let the ink blended background peek through. I adhered the trees to the panel with glue and let everything dry.

Now it was time to put together my cardinal duo. I used my favorite dark red cardstock, as well as little bits of yellow and black to complete the birds. All the pieces were adhered with glue and left to dry.

I also used the dark red for the Merry Christmas. Heavy weight vellum was used for the shadow layer. Everything was adhered together with glue and now it was time to fully assemble the card. I added the birds using glue and thin foam squares and the sentiment with glue. The finished panel was added to a white cardstock base.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

57682 Block Print Birch Trees

57679 Merry Christmas Festive Serif

57680 Block Print Cardinal Duo

42048 Bokeh Stencil Set

October 15, 2026
Birch Tree: Fall Watercolor
by Savannah O’Gwynn
Hello, sweet BPD friends and fans!

I am super excited to share my NEXT Birch Tree Series design using the Block Print Birch Tree dies! I know I already did a Fall design… but I couldn’t help myself with this one!

**Check out my first design HERE– it was a Summer theme.
**Check out my second design HERE– it was also a Fall theme but a bit different.

I guess you would say this third design is more Fall themed than my second design; however, I love both as the first Fall design is more when the leaves are changing and this one is more of when the leaves are gone. Both are Fall themed for sure!

I was inspired by a card from Pinterest- it was also watercolored, similar colors, and had leaves and birch trees. I wanted to make mine MORE vibrant so I used water gem colors (these shimmer in the light! This background is GORGEOUS!). I also wanted to make my design MORE modern, clean and simple. I love when I can recreate something but make it my own!

This background was SUPER easy to make- just follow these quick steps:
- Gather watercolor supplies- you can literally use ANY watercolor paints you have! Just make sure you have good quality watercolor papers!
- This step is important if you want clean colors! If you don’t mind your colors mixing, then just skip this step!
TIP: When using a heat gun, I like to make sure that I apply heat to the BACK of the cardbase as well. This ensures the entire watercolor paper is dry- front, back, and core.
- Now you repeat this process as many times as you want with different colors!
- To help the card look cohesive, use the same watercolor mediums to make the Birch Trees. For example, I used watercolor paper for the top Birch Tree die cut piece, and I used a brown watercolored paper for the inset of the tree die. This helps tie everything together!
EASY, right!? You can actually recreate this card in less than 5 steps:
1. Watercolor your base panel and any extra pieces for die cutting
2. Die cut your images
3. Adhere the DRY watercolored panel to cardbase
4. Assemble and adhere DRY die cut images to cardbase
5. Optional- add a sentiment
That’s it! SUPER SUPER easy! The hardest part of this card was waiting for the watercolors to dry😂

I hope that you have been inspired by my Birch Tree Series and this second take on a Fall design!

Please remember to share what you create using these tips, tricks, and techniques or if you were inspired by my creation- I’d love to see what you make with this idea!

I’ll be back with MORE soon!

THANKS so much for stopping by! Happy crafting:)

HUGS <3 Sav

57682 Block Print Birch Trees
October 14, 2026