Author: birch press

  • Make a Wishby Christina Rannow

    Make a Wish
    by Christina Rannow

    Hello! Christina here to share a quick and easy birthday card featuring the Tall Party Candles craft dies. I’m always in need of more birthday cards, and this design is perfect for mass-producing. This card would work for just about anyone, plus you can customize it by changing up the candle colors. Let’s take a look at how this card came together!

    Like I said, this card is quick and easy. I started by die-cutting the candles from four different shades of blue cardstock. I think shades of pink or even a rainbow of colors would be pretty too. I wanted the flames to be yellow, so I die-cut the candles again, but from yellow cardstock. I snipped the flame pieces off the candles and attached them to the blue candles. 

    Next, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to approximately 3.75 x 5 inches and arranged the candles in the center. Before attaching them to the panel, I lightly blended yellow ink where the candle flames would be so they would have a bit of a glow. Then I attached the candles with glue and stamped a sentiment from the Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings stamp set just underneath them. 

    My final step was to attach the panel to an A2 side-fold card base. I used foam tape so the panel would pop off the card base for a little dimension to the design. And that’s all there is for this quick and easy birthday card. Thank you so much for checking it out!

    57576 Tall Party Candles
    CL8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings
  • Geometric Floral Birthday Wishes by Toni M Maddox 

    Geometric Floral Birthday Wishes
    by Toni M Maddox 

    Hello, friends! Toni here with you today sharing a modern birthday card with lots of edgy edges.

    Firstly, I stamped the Elegant Birthday Sentiment then embossed the front panel using Memory Box Open Studio EF1016. It features a lovely geometric pattern that complemented the  Block Print Mod Branches perfectly.

    In addition to the Mod Branches, I added blossoms from the Abundant Branch die set for a pop of color and to add softness.

    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.

    CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
    57633 Block Print Mod Branches
    57575 Abundant Branch
    EF1016 Geometric Crystals 3D Embossing Folder
    SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack
    SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack
  • Penguin Wishesby Rosemary Dennis

    Penguin Wishes
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a card that could be used for a winter birthday or a friendship card. Let’s look at what I made.

    For my card today I used the Block Print Peaceful Penguin and Superb Penguin dies, as well as the Warm Wishes Dapper Script die set. These dies are from the winter release. I also used my favorite Wavy Hillside dies for the card. I started out by diecutting the pieces of my penguins.

    I die cut the bodies from white, the beaks and second layer from a medium yellow (from the Memory Box Sunset 6×6 pad) and then a gray cardstock from my stash. I used Black Soot distress oxide ink on the yellow second layer and the gray top layer to darken them up, but still have some of the yellow and gray in each penguin. I used Fired Brick distress oxide ink on the beaks.

    I let everything dry before adhering all the pieces with liquid adhesive. While the penguins were drying I die cut the wavy hill from Memory Box white woodgrain cardstock for some texture. A piece of light blue cardstock was die cut and then I did some light ink blending of a blue distress oxide ink around the edges. I don’t know what blue it is because I just used the residual ink on my blending brush for a soft look.

    I added a little bit to the Wavy Hillside, as well. For the penguins I added a little bit of Pumice Stone distress oxide and then used the blue, again, over that. I layered the hillside onto the light blue panel with glue and then added my penguins, also with glue.

    I finished off the card with the sentiment. I die cut the shadow layer from the same light blue cardstock as the background and the word layer from white cardstock. I adhered the words to the shadow layer with liquid adhesive and then adhere the sentiment to my card with liquid adhesive.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Have a wonderful day!

    57641 Block Print Peaceful Penguin
    57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script
    57639 Block Print Superb Penguin
    57563 Wavy Hillside

  • Lovebirdsby Christina Rannow

    Lovebirds
    by Christina Rannow

    Hi friends! Christina here to share a charming Valentine’s-themed card featuring the sweetest pair of lovebirds. These cuties are part of the latest release and are from the Block Print Bird Duo die set, and since we are coming up on Valentine’s Day, I decided to make them pink and red lovebirds. I have them perched on a branch and framed by a simple heart die-cut from the background panel. Let’s take a look at how this lovely card design came together!

    My first step was to die-cut the components for the sweet little birds. I used red and two shades of pink cardstock for the main body pieces and a khaki color for the beak. I assembled the birds using glue for most of the pieces but used thin foam squares for the wings. I die-cut the eyes twice from dark gray cardstock and stacked them for a little dimension before gluing them in place. 

    Next I die-cut the pieces for the Abundant Branch from green and brown cardstock and then assembled the branch using glue. 

    With most of the elements completed, I moved on to the background panel. I used the heart from the Block Print Garden Heart set to die-cut the shape from the center of a white A2 cardstock panel. Then I lightly inked the center of another A2 white cardstock panel with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink before layering the heart panel on top. This created a heart-shaped window for the lovebirds to be perched against. 

    My last steps were to bring everything together and add a sentiment. First, I attached the branch across the panel near the bottom of the heart. Then, using thin foam squares, I attached the bird duo so they were perched on top of the branch. Next, I heat-embossed a sentiment from the Poppy Stamps Sentimental Banners on red cardstock with white embossing powder and die-cut it using a small wavy banner die. I added the banner to my card front along with some small red heart die cuts that I got from the Poppy Stamps Hearts Shining Arch die set. 

    Thank you so much for checking out my Valentine’s Day card design with the sweetest pair of lovebirds that I created using the new Block Print Bird Duo die set. See you again soon!

    57585 Block Print Bird Duo
    57589 Block Print Garden Heart
    57575 Abundant Branch

    CB516 Sentimental Banners
    2501 Hearts Shining Arch
  • Blue Heron Hello by Toni M Maddox

    Blue Heron Hello
    by Toni M Maddox

    Happy New Year, my friends! Toni here with an Asian-inspired any occasion card.

    To create the medallion, I used the Arista Layer Set.

    Notice how I used vellum for the first layer to make a subtle contrast to the texture base layer.

    Next, I constructed the Block Print Majestic Heron using a shimmer cardstock in ombre shades of blue. I love that sparkle!

    I used the same cardstock for the Hello Scripted sentiment.

    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.

    Supplies

    57608 Block Print Majestic Heron

    57418 Arista Layer Set

    57546 Hello Scripted

  • Birthday Cheerby Rosemary Dennis

    Birthday Cheer
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Can’t believe it is already the end of January! I’m popping in to share a birthday card that I made for my great niece who is turning 4 soon. I used several new Birch Press Design products that have a birthday theme: Birthday Cheer Vintage Sentiment, Tall Party Candles and Birthday Candle Blowout stencil set. Let’s look at what I made.

    The card is pretty simple. I started by stenciling the party candles using just the ink left on the blending brushes that I use with my distress oxide inks. I wanted a soft look for the background so using the residual ink on your blender brushes is a great way to do that. After stenciling the panel I die cut it down with a rectangle die.

    I found cardstock colors that matched the stenciled background fairly well to die cut the candles and sentiment. I pulled a light aqua blue from the Memory Box Lagoon 6×6 cardstock pack, a light yellow from the MB Sunset cardstock pack and a light pink from my stash.

    After diecutting all the pieces I adhered everything with liquid adhesive. For the flames I simply trimmed those from candles that I die cut from the yellow cardstock. I added the panel to a white cardstock base and then added the candles and the sentiment. I finished off the card with a little bit of Nuvo drops in White Blizzard to the candle flames.

    Simple, but cute don’t you think? I hope my great niece likes it. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Have a wonderful day!

    57572 Birthday Cheer Vintage Sentiment
    57576 Tall Party Candles
    42043 Birthday Candle Blowout

  • Polar Bear Birthday | by Rosemary Dennis

    Polar Bear Birthday | by Rosemary Dennis

    Happy the day after Christmas (or Boxing Day if you are British Commonwealth!)! I hope everyone had a lovely celebration with family and/or friends. Today I have a birthday card to share that combines three products from the BPD holiday release and one from the new release. Let’s have a look at what I created.

    The Birch Press Design holiday/winter release included the fun little die set called Block Prink Hats and Scarves. I knew I wanted to pair this die set up with one (or more) of the fun Block Print animals in the holiday/winter release. For my card I obviously chose the Block Print Polar Bear.

    Because we are now past Christmas I made the little hat and scraf using light and dark teal cardstocks. The polar bear was die cut from white and a soft white cardstock for just a tiny bit of contrast. I used black glossy cardstock for the nose and eyes. The glossy black cardstock and teal cardstock are from Memory Box. After adhering the hat together I added some glossy accents to the band and little pompom and then poured on Rock Candy glitter.

    Once the glitter was set I assembled my little polar bear using liquid adhesive and set him aside to dry. Then I worked on my background. For that I used the Block Print Forest Scene die set. I diecut the trees from Memory Box green cardstock. I did have to trim out one of the trees because it is attached to the hill. I then die cut the scene from white cardstock and a patterned paper with snowflakes. I inlaid the patterned paper into the white cardstock panel and secured the back with lots of scotch tape.

    I placed the panel in my stamping tool, positioned my bear where I wanted him to be and then stamped a sentiment from the brand new Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings using black ink. I then made a card base from white cardstock and secured the panel to the card base with double sided tape.

    Before securing the trees and polar bear to the panel I added glossy accents to the trees and then poured on Rock Candy glitter. I love me some Rock Candy glitter, lol! Once the trees were dry I completed the card by adding the trees and the polar bear. Here is a close up showing all the fun glitter.

    I just love this fun little polar bear with his jaunty hat and scarf and I hope you do, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a very happy new year! See you in 2026!


    Supplies


    cl8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings
    57638 Block Print Polar Bear
    57650 Block Print Forest Scene
    57637 Block Print Hats and Scarves
  • Christmas Cardinal Tags | by Christina Rannow

    Christmas Cardinal Tags | by Christina Rannow

    Hi friends! I’m excited to share my first Christmas tags of the season with you featuring the Block Print Winter Cardinal. I combined this handsome cardinal with plenty of holiday greenery, an embossed background, and a sentiment that is the perfect fit. Let’s get started on these handmade tags while we still have time!

    I started with two kraft cardstock tags that measure 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I embossed each tag with a snowflake pattern using an embossing folder and then lightly swiped a white pigment ink pad over the tags, letting the ink pad highlight the embossed areas. 

    Next I die-cut the layering pieces for the cardinals and the pieces for the Christmas greenery, including the berries, a holly leaf, and two pine sprigs for each tag. I used two shades of red cardstock for the cardinals and the berries and two shades of green for the Christmas greenery. Then I assembled the layering pieces for the cardinals, secured each piece with glue, and then added a tiny white highlight to the eyes. 

    To assemble the tags, I arranged the greenery first, gluing each piece in place, and then tucked the cardinals and the berries into the greenery, attaching them with thin foam squares. With the cardinals and greenery in place, I lightly spattered the tags with thinned white gouache paint for a snowy effect.

    To finish up the tags, I added the die-cut sentiment and a few small die-cut snowflakes. Before looping a ribbon through the tag topper, I layered another tag, this one die-cut from green cardstock, behind the cardinal tag to be used for writing a personal message or the recipient’s name. 

    And we finished in plenty of time to adorn some gifts with these beautiful Christmas Cardinal tags! Merry Christmas, friends!


    Supplies


    57635 Block Print Winter Cardinal
    57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script
    57656 Simple Evergreen Sprigs
    57636 Block Print Holly Sprig
    57644 Bright Snowflakes
  • Cozy Winter Bear | by Toni M Maddox

    Cozy Winter Bear | by Toni M Maddox

    Are you staying cozy this season, my friends? Toni here and I’m loving the cold weather (from inside by the fire cuddling with my cat, of course). For today’s card, we have a winter scene.

    First, the Pinpoint Contour Plate sponged in blue and spattered with water and Copic Opaque White reminds me of a blustery day.

    On top of that I added a couple of Wavy Hillsides and Block Print Evergreen Trees.

    But, the Block Print Polar Bear, disguised as a brown bear, is all ready for winter dressed warmly in his Block Print Hats and Scarves.

    You know my love of pink so I had to match his winter accessories to the Warm Wishes Dapper Script sentiment.

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

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

    Supplies

    57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script

    57648 Block Print Evergreen Trees

    57637 Block Print Hats and Scarves

    57638 Block Print Polar Bear

    57563 Wavy Hillside

    57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate

  • Rainbow Snowman | by Crystal Komara

    Rainbow Snowman | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends! It’s hard to believe we are only 9 days away from Christmas, so I hope you’ve got all your holiday cards in the mail by now! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today featuring a fun and vibrant card using the Block Print Edge Snowman.

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 110 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I pulled a pre-made rainbow alcohol ink background from my stash of alcohol ink backgrounds (such as time saver!) and used it as the first use layer of the card. Using the Block Print Edge Snowman, I die cut the snowman from white cardstock and his carrot nose from orange cardstock. The scarf was die cut from a magenta pink cardstock.

    I die cut the Bright Snowflakes dies from white cardstock and adhered the snowflakes to the card using liquid adhesive. Lastly, using the Warm Wishes Vintage Sentiment dies, I die cut the sentiment from black and white cardstock. I adhered the sentiment to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.

    I LOOOOVE how this card came out, it just really makes me smile. And, I think rainbow colors make cold and snowy winters seem much less dark and well. . . cold.

    Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!