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  • 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
  • Merry Ornaments | by Christina Rannow

    Merry Ornaments | by Christina Rannow

    Hello! Christina here to share a festive little Christmas card featuring the new Block Print Petal and Wave Ornaments. I played up the retro feel of these ornaments with a vintage color palette of pink and red and gave them a soft minty green backdrop with a flurry of silver snowflakes. This simple card design comes together quickly and is perfect for the busy holiday season. Let’s get started!

    My first step was to die-cut and assemble the ornaments. For the cardstock, I chose Birch Press Design Cherry Red, my favorite red cardstock, along with a soft pink for the bases and a matte silver for the ornament toppers. Then I accented the ornaments with a little greenery from the Foliage Bunch die set. 

    Next I created the background by softly blending Cracked Pistachio Distress Ink on a white A2 cardstock panel, concentrating the color in the center of the panel and blending it out to white around the edges. Then, for some texture and interest, I lightly spattered the panel with Lucky Clover Distress Ink and Frozen Fog Mica Stain. The Frozen Fog Mica Stain adds a touch of silver sparkle to complement the other silver in the design.

    To finish things up, I added the ornaments to the background panel, popping them up with foam squares, and then added a few die-cut silver snowflakes from the Bright Snowflakes die set. The last step was to die-cut the Merry Christmas Dapper Script sentiment from green and silver cardstock, layering them slightly offset, and adding it to my card design.

    Thank you for checking out my festive Christmas card featuring some new products from the latest holiday release. See you again soon!

    Supplies

    57652 Block Print Wave Ornament

    57655 Block Print Petal Ornament

    57643 Merry Christmas Dapper Script

    57588 Foliage Bunch

    57644 Bright Snowflakes

  • Happy Christmas Ornaments | by Rosemary Dennis

    Happy Christmas Ornaments | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello BPD friends! Rosemary here on the blog today! Christmas is just two weeks away and I’m still making Christmas cards! This card was made with several new Birch Press Design products as well as two “oldies but goodies”. Let’s see what I created.

    For my card I used the following new products: Block Print Petal Ornament, Block Print Wave Ornament, Block Print Drop Ornaments and Simple Pine Needles. The two older products I used are Contempo Christmas Greetings and Herbarium Layer A.

    I decided to go with a simple color palette of light pink, silver and green. I die cut all my pieces and assembled the ornaments. I added glossy accents to the pine needles and then covered them with Rock Candy chunky glitter for sparkly, icy look.

    I decided that I wanted a neutral background with a little bit of interest. I pulled out a favorite BPD layering die set called Herbarium and I used layer A to emboss a panel of off white cardstock. I love the subtle interest it provides while still keeping things simple.

    I arranged my icy pine needles on the embossed panel using liquid adhesive and then layered the largest ornament on top and tucked the two smaller ones in beneath the larger one using liquid adhesive. I finished with the “Happy Christmas” sentiment from the Contempo Christmas Greetings set that I heat embossed with silver embossing powder after stamping with watermark ink. The sentiment was then die cut with a matching die and adhered to the card front.

    Well, that’s it for me! I hope you enjoyed today’s project and that I provided you with inspiration to create with your new and old Birch Press Design products! Have a wonderful day and Merry Christmas!


    Supplies


    57657 Simple Pine Needles
    57646 Block Print Drop Ornaments
    57652 Block Print Wave Ornament
    57655 Block Print Petal Ornament
    57458 Herbarium Plate Layer Set
    cl8162 Contempo Christmas Greetings clear stamp set
  • Wise Fox | by Crystal Komara

    Wise Fox | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends and happy December! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today. I know it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere, but I still have one last fall themed card to share with you using the beautiful Block Print Wise Fox dies.

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 110 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using a copper and rust colored piece of alcohol ink paper (that I pulled from my own pre-made stash) I used this as a bold vibrant background. I die cut a 3″ circle and adhered it left of center on the card front.

    Using the Block Print Wise Fox dies, I cut the dies from a variety of orange, brown and rust colored cardstock and then pieced them together in a pleasing palette of colors. I also used the Block Print Evergreen Trees die and cut them in the rust, orange and yellow cardstock piecing them together.

    Next, I die cut the sentiment “warm wishes” using the Warm Wishes Vintage Sentiment dies. I die cut the base outline layer from rust cardstock and the top thin layer from white cardstock. I adhered the two layers together with a fine-tip liquid adhesive and then adhered the sentiment to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.

    I love how this card turned out, particularly because of that beautiful alcohol ink background (which in all honesty, I tend to use a lot of)! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

  • Warm Wishes Snowman | by Toni M Maddox

    Warm Wishes Snowman | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! Toni here with you today sending you many warm wishes to keep the cold at bay. Brrr!

    I created the background first by diecutting the Bright Snowflakes a couple of times from Memory Box Lagoon 6×6 cardstock. Next, I mounted the snowflake panel on Memory Box Blush 6×6 cardstock. Isn’t this a fun color combination?!

    I used the same colors to diecut the Warm Wishes Dapper Script sentiment which is popped up on foam squares.

    To complete the card, I cut the Block Print Edge Snowman from white cardstock that I sponged along the edges with a bit of blue.

    The scarf and nose are both cut from the Memory Box Blush 6×6 cardstock with the nose sponged with Catherine Pooler Tiara ink to orange it up.

    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

    57642 Block Print Edge Snowman

    57644 Bright Snowflakes

    57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script

    sp1012 Blush 6×6 pack

    sp1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack

  • Lovable Polar Bear | by Christina Rannow

    Lovable Polar Bear | by Christina Rannow

    Hi friends! Christina here to share another card featuring products from the Block Print Christmas release. This release has some wonderful winter and holiday-themed die sets like the handsome Block Print Polar Bear. He’s an adorable addition to your wintertime cards, especially when paired with one of the new Block Print Scene die sets. I decided to combine elements from both scene sets to create a starry Arctic night perfect for our polar friend. Let’s take a closer look at how this wintertime card came together. 

    I started by creating the starry night sky that will peek through the circular cutout from the Block Print Forest Scene die. First, I applied ink to a white cardstock panel, softly blending two shades of navy ink from top to bottom. Then I spattered the panel with a sparkly liquid watercolor to create a starry sky. 

    Next, I die-cut the Block Print Forest Scene from a white cardstock panel and, using whatever ink was left on my teal blending brush, very lightly blended small areas of ink to create an icy look to the panel. There is one tree attached to the forest scene, and I inked this tree along with some other trees I had die-cut with green and brown ink colors. Then I attached this panel to the starry night sky panel with thin foam tape and attached the other trees to the scene.

    With the background scene completed, I moved on to die-cutting the pieces for the polar bear. I used white cardstock and added shading to the body pieces with a light gray ink and inked the eyes, nose, and ears with a little Black Soot ink. Then I assembled the polar bear, layering the pieces and securing them with thin foam squares. This, along with shading the body pieces, gives the polar bear incredible dimension. And to really bring him to life, I added Glossy Accents to his nose and a black glaze pen to his eyes with a tiny white gel pen highlight. 

    To finish up my card front, I attached the bear to the nighttime forest scene and added the star from the Block Print Starry Night Scene. I gave the star some sparkle with more of the sparkly liquid watercolor and then stamped a sentiment in the bottom right corner. 

    Thank you so much for checking out my wintertime card featuring a starry Arctic scene that I created using new products from the Block Print Christmas release. See you again soon!


    Supplies


    57638 Block Print Polar Bear
    57649 Block Print Starry Night Scene
    57650 Block Print Forest Scene
  • Merry & Bright Snowman | by Rosemary Dennis

    Merry & Bright Snowman | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello! I hope everyone in the US had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Can you believe that Christmas is just a few weeks away? I can’t! I’m still making Christmas cards. Today I’m sharing one that I made using the new Block Print Debonair Snowman and Block Print Evergreen Trees die sets. Let’s have a look at what I made.

    Since I really loved the look of die cutting the big snowman from woodgrain cardstock I thought it would also be fun to do the same with the Block Print Debonair Snowman. I love how he turned out!

    I also die cut the snow hill (using the Wavy Hillside) from the woodgrain cardstock. I added some glitter to the hillside using swirls of glue and Rock Candy glitter. I die cut all the pieces of the snowman from the woodgrain cardstock and then colored certain pieces with Copic Markers. When you are die cutting all the pieces make sure you keep track of the tiny eyes, nose and buttons so you can insert them back into the snowman once he is assembled.

    The Block Print Evergreen Trees are a fun die set. There are the main tree dies and then layering dies. That means you can have two different looks. For my trees I decided to use just the base layer. I cut them from smooth white cardstock and then colored them with a Copic marker. I let the pieces sit for a little bit and the frosted them with glue and Rock Candy glitter.

    Now it was time to get the card base ready. For this I started with a card base I made from dark blue cardstock. I then inked up the top and sides with Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot distress oxide ink. Once the ink blending complete I placed the card base in my splatter box and splattered on white paint for the look of snow. I let it dry for a bit and then built my little scene. I finished with a Memory Box banner tab.

    I just love how my little scene turned out. The Debonair Snowman has to be one of my favorites from this release! He is just too darn cute. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

  • Find Joy Cardinal | by Toni M Maddox

    Find Joy Cardinal | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, crafty friends! Toni here with a masculine holiday card featuring a blend of our new and older release products.

    I started my card by diecutting a piece of Memory Box Nutmeg Forest 6×6 Paper using a postage die.

    Next, I cut the Simple Pine Needles and Bright Snowflakes from Lagoon 6×6 Paper. The Block Print Winter Pinecone is cut from kraft cardstock then sponged with Catherine Pooler ink.

    I used Catherine Pooler ink to shade the Block Print Winter Cardinal as well. Isn’t that bird gorgeous? I particularly love the detail on the tail.

    Finally, I added the Find Joy sentiment cut out from the same bright red as the cardinal. That really shows you the difference between shading your diecuts with ink and not doing so.

    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

    57635 Block Print Winter Cardinal

    57660 Block Print Winter Pinecone

    57657 Simple Pine Needles

    57644 Bright Snowflakes

    57452 Find Joy and Outline

    SP1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack

    PP1034 Nutmeg Forest 6×6 pack

  • Pink Penguins | by Toni M Maddox

    Pink Penguins | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! Toni here with you today with a winter card featuring rosy pink penguins. How cute!

    I started my card by cutting out the Design Block Print Forest Scene from the card front.

    I laid that over large scrap of a white glitter cardstock on which I had adhered Bright Snowflakes. Those are cut from Memory Box Lagoon 6×6 cardstock.

    Next I cut out the Block Print Superb and Peaceful Penguins using Memory Box Blush 6×6 cardstock, shading the pieces using Catherine Pooler inks.

    I cut the Warm Wishes Vintage Sentiment from a scrap of the Memory Box Lagoon 6×6 cardstock. A few clear sequins finish off the card.

    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

    57639 Block Print Superb Penguin

    57641 Block Print Peaceful Penguin

    57650 Block Print Forest Scene

    57644 Bright Snowflakes

    57539 Warm Wishes Vintage Sentiment

    SP1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack

    SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack

  • Majestic Deer | by Christina Rannow

    Majestic Deer | by Christina Rannow

    Hello! It’s Christina, and I’m excited to share this masculine holiday card with you today. My card showcases products from the latest Block Print Christmas release with the majestic Block Print Deer front and center. He makes quite an impact all on his own, so I kept the background simple with a tone-on-tone diecut technique. I love using this technique because it’s a unique alternative to embossing folders, stencils, or background stamps. Let’s take a closer look at how this masculine holiday card came together. 

    I started by die-cutting the elements for the Block Print Deer from colored cardstock. I used two shades of brown, ivory, and black. After die-cutting, I added shading and dimension to the pieces by inking the edges with a coordinating ink color. Then I assembled the pieces, securing most of them with glue but attaching his head with foam squares for even more dimension. There aren’t very many pieces to assemble for the deer, and they layer together so easily. It’s truly an impressive image when he is complete. 

    Next I worked on the background. I chose pine green cardstock and die-cut multiple Simple Evergreen Sprigs. I glued these sprigs randomly across a pine green cardstock panel, letting some overhang the edges and trimming them after the glue had set. These sprigs are delicate, and applying glue to them without making a mess was a little challenging, but I think the results are worth it. My last step for the background panel was to apply white spatter using thinned white gouache paint. 

    To finish up my card, I attached the Block Print Deer to the center of the panel with thin foam squares and added the Warm Wishes Dapper Script. I chose ivory cardstock for the sentiment and stacked three of the diecuts together before adding to my card design.

    Thank you so much for stopping by to see how this masculine holiday card came together! See you again soon!


    Supplies


    57578 Block Print Deer
    57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script
    57656 Simple Evergreen Sprigs