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  • Birthday Fishes | by Rosemary Dennis

    Birthday Fishes | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello, hello! Have you seen the new Birch Press Design release? It is full of absolutely amazing fish themed designs. I have so many ideas rolling around in my head. I’m starting off with a fairly simple design today. Let’s have a look.

    When my package arrived in the mail my niece and her family were on a vacation in Bali. The photos she shared on Instagram got some ideas going and one of them was this card. Along with all the dies there is a really fun stencil set that allows you to create beams of sunlight shining in the ocean. I immediately knew I was going to use the stencils for my card.

    I inked up my panel of cardstock with Tumbled Glass distress oxide ink and then used on of the stencils and Peacock Feathers distress oxide ink to add the sunlight streaming into the water. Once that was done I splatted the panel with water to create little bubbles.

    I then inkblended another panel with Mowed Lawn distress oxide ink, Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey. I die cut the kelp and little fish from that panel using the new Sea Kelp and Mini Fish die set. I added a bit of a darker green distress oxide ink (I don’t remember which one) to the kelp for some color variation.

    The I figured out the arrangement of the kelp and fish. Since this card was going to my great niece who was on vacation in Bali with her parents I found a round Memory Box Tabs birthday sentment and inked it up with some of the green ink. I purposefully chose the sentiment tab with the wavy birthday to mimic the ocean waves. I adhered everything to my panel with glue and then added it to a cardstock base.

    I just love how this turned out. Well, that’s it for me. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

  • Rainbow Heart Hello | by Toni M Maddox

    Rainbow Heart Hello | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! Toni here with the first of two cards using the Linear Stripes stencil.

    For this first card, I used the stencil along with Catherine Pooler inks to color up a white card base. I allowed the inks to blend every few lines to create a rainbow effect.

    I then repositioned the stencil so I could repeat the process, creating a gorgeous gradient. I love the blending of the colors so very much!

    I applied ink in a gradient pattern on the Block Print Garden Heart leaves as well as the Sugar Script Big Hello to blend in a bit with the stripes behind it.

    I used vellum behind as the Block Print Garden Heart base because obviously more rainbow showing the better!

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

    Supplies

    57589 Block Print Garden Heart

    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script

    42041 Linear Stripes

    SH44009 Pool Party Paper Pack

    SH44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

    SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

  • Bold Butterfly | by Rosemary Dennis

    Bold Butterfly | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here and today I am here to say that I LOVE the Block Print butterflies! They are sooo cool. Today’s card features the amazing Block Print Radiant Butterfly. Let’s have a look.

    Many times when I start making my card I don’t think about taking photos of my process. That is the case with this card. I’m always trying to come up with new ideas or mediums that I can use when creating my cards. With this card I decided to die cut the pieces of my butterfly from watercolor cardstock and then color them with watercolor pens.

    I thought that this bold butterfy needed to be paired up with something equally as bold and so I went with the Wiegela Leaf Contour Layers die. That was also die cut from watercolor cardstock and the pieces colored with watercolor pens.

    For the butterfly I went with a bright yellow and red combo. The watercolor pens I have are limited in colors so I achieved the variants by mixing colors. Wished I had taken photos, but I was so caught up in the process that I forgot. Once all the pieces were dry I assembled them using liquid adhesive.

    With the bold butterfly and leaf cluster I thought a simple white background with just a touch a light blue inking was the best. After inking up the background I adhered the panel to a light gray cardstock base. I arranged my leaf cluster and butterfly, adhering both with liquid adhesive. The sentiment is from the Vintage Everyday Greetings stamp and die set. I stamped it in black and die cut it with the matching die. I did die cut several additional layers that I adhered to the sentiment to give it some depth. The sentiment was also adhered with liquid adhesive.

    I just love the graphic look of the butterfly mixed with the more natural look of the leaf cluster. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

    Supplies

    cl8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings

    57515 Wiegela Leaf Contour Layers

    57600 Block Print Radiant Butterfly

  • Dot Painted Butterfly | by Toni M Maddox

    Dot Painted Butterfly | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! Toni here with you today. You may recall I said I’d made a second card using the Linear Stripes stencil. Let’s dive right in!

    Once I’d sponged up the card front of my previous card shown below, I noticed I had a LOT of ink left on the stencil. I certainly didn’t want all that inky goodness to go to waste so I spritzed the stencil with a bit of water and used it to smoosh a piece of Strathmore Bristol.

    Once that had dried, leaving me with subtle rainbow lines, I embossed the panel with a textured linen embossing folder. I also cut it out using a deckle edge rectangle die.

    Next I constructed the Block Print Radiant Butterfly using a black glitter cardstock as the base.

    I had recently seen a video about dot painting on canvas and thought I would try it on the butterfly using Art by Marlene neon acrylic paints and a stylus I had from ancient times when you had to emboss by hand (gasp!). Neat!

    I diecut the Sugar Script Big Hugs sentiment from the same black glitter cardstock as the butterfly then topped it with an embossed Vintage Everyday Greeting.

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

    Supplies

    57600 Block Print Radiant Butterfly

    57138 Big Hugs Sugar Script

    42041 Linear Stripes

    CL8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings

    SH44017 Orange Peel Paper Pack

    SH44008 Deep Turquoise Paper Pack

  • Pretty Layered Die Cuts | By Christina Rannow

    Pretty Layered Die Cuts | By Christina Rannow

    Hello! It’s Christina, and I’m excited to share with you this card featuring a variety of products from past collections. I started with the incredible layered die set, Field of Blooms, and then perched a sweet little bird from the Block Print collection on a big, bold greeting. This is a straightforward die cutting-only card design, except for a little heat embossing! And it’s easily customizable to any occasion by simply changing up the sub-sentiment. So grab your die cutting machine, and let’s get started!

    My first step was to create the layered background with the Field of Blooms dies. There are three plates in this set that can be used together or separately with beautiful results. I chose to use all three layers, die cutting them with white cardstock for the first layer, light pink cardstock for the second layer, and green cardstock for the last layer. I secured the layers together and then attached them to a darker pink cardstock panel that peeks through all the layers to be the other half of the flower. 

    I trimmed down the layered background panel a bit and added a white frame with a stitching detail before mounting everything to a white A2 cardstock panel. 

    Next, I die cut and assembled the pieces for the perched bird. I chose two shades of yellow, white, and black cardstock for the die cuts and a black pearl for the eye. 

    For the sentiments, I die cut the greeting from black cardstock and layered it with a white shadow die cut. Then I heat embossed a sub-sentiment with white embossing powder on a black sentiment strip. 

    The final step was to attach all the elements to my card design. I used foam squares for added dimensions and finished with a few black enamel hearts for embellishment. 

    Thank you so much for stopping by and reading about my layered card design featuring products from past Birch Press collections. See you again soon!


    Supplies


    57357 Field of Blooms Plate Layer Set
    57581 Block Print Perched Bird
    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script

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    cb516 Sentimental Banners

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    sp1011 Leafy 6×6 pack
    sp1012 Blush 6×6 pack
    sp1013 Sunrise 6×6 pack
  • Mixed Media Bumblebee | By Christina Rannow

    Mixed Media Bumblebee | By Christina Rannow

    Hello, crafty friends! Christina here to share my latest project featuring products from the beautiful Block Print Garden collection. I combined the Buzzing Bumblebee and the Honeycomb Cut Out with some distressed and salvaged elements for a striking mixed media design. I had so much fun creating this card that’s a little out of my comfort zone, and I can’t wait to share my process with you! Let’s get started!

    First, I die cut the Honeycomb Cut Out from a white cardstock panel that I had stamped with a text background stamp. I used a metallic gold ink to stamp the text a little imperfectly, which was the look I wanted for this design. My next step was to rip the stamped cardstock for some distressing into a smaller square, leaving the edges raw. I also tucked some ripped vellum behind this panel, securing it with glue, letting the edges peek out here and there. Then, I attached it to a square of yellow cardstock with a textured dot detail and a decorative edge using foam squares. Finally, I mounted everything to some patterned paper and trimmed out the top and bottom with strips of black cardstock die cut with the same decorative edge as the yellow square. 

    Next, I die cut and assembled the components for the bumblebee and the floral swags. I used white cardstock and vellum for the wings of the bee and looped some decorative gold twine in with them too. The body is die cut from yellow cardstock, and the black stripes were added using a Copic marker. Then, I die cut the greenery for the swag from the Foliage Bunch set and built my flowers using components from two die sets: the Block Print Star Flowers and the Block Print Garden Heart. I secured everything to my card front and moved on to the last few steps of my card design.

    First, I heat embossed a sentiment from the Poppy Stamps Sentimental Banners set with gold embossing powder and die cut it with a stitched sentiment strip. I tucked another sentiment strip die cut from vellum behind this one before attaching it to my card front. The final steps were to add a few matte gold pearls and a decorative gold twine detail. 

    Thank you so much for visiting today! I hope you’re inspired to step out of your comfort zone a little during your next crafting session!

    Supplies

    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee

    57594 Honeycomb Cut Out

    57589 Block Print Garden Heart

    57605 Block Print Star Flowers

    57588 Foliage Bunch

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    cb516 Sentimental Banners

  • Honey Bee Hello | by Rosemary Dennis

    Honey Bee Hello | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello friends! Have you been amazed by the projects the design team has created with the most current release? Well, I have! I have been buzzing with excitement to get something made and today is the day! Let’s have a look at what I made.

    I had several ideas in mind and tried at least one of them, but wasn’t super happy with how it was turning out. I decided to shift gears and use up some yellow glitter paste I had out on my desk. I really wanted to use the Honeycomb Cut Out die and so I used it to create a stencil to use with the glitter paste.

    After doing a quick test to see how my DIY stencil would turn out I decided to diecut it from some sturdier cardstock. For this I chose (and sacrificed) a piece of Memory Box glossy black cardstock. As you can see it would have also made a pretty neat background, too. I die cut a piece of heavy white cardstock with a rectangle die and then taped that to the back of my DIY stencil. The stencil worked pretty well with only a small amount of the paste seeping under. I peeled off my stencil and let my panel dry.

    While my panel was drying I die cut my bees using the Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee from a piece of watercolor cardstock that I had initially planned to use for my background panel, but it was a bit of a fail. I think the bees I die cut from it are kind of fun and funky!

    Once the glitter paste was dry and full disclosure that did take a long time because of the amount of paste that was applied using the stencil. I let the panel dry overnight to make sure it was fully dry before assembling my card. I even at one point placed something heavy on top so that it would dry flat.

    Since I was going for a mixed media vibe. I splattered the fully dry panel with distress ink in Gathered Twigs and appropriately Wild Honey. For the bees I die cut enough so that I could cut some apart to build the bees for my card. The wings were die cut from heavy weight vellum. I assembled my bees and then what kind of sentiment I would use. I settled on the Big Hello Sugar Script. Initially I die cut the hello from heavy weight cardstock and then splattered it, but there was too much splatter. So I used another piece of glossy black cardstock and stacked it on top of the splattered sentiment. Everything was adhered with liquid adhesive and then I added my panel to a kraft cardstock base.

    Well, that’s it for me. I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Thanks for stopping by and have a truly lovely day.


    Supplies


    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee
    57594 Honeycomb Cut Out
    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script
  • Sending Warm Wishes | by Crystal Komara

    Sending Warm Wishes | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends and happy Tuesday! I hope you are all having a wonderful day so far. This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a “warm wishes” card and nothing says warm like the color yellow, right?

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 100 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. First, I created an alcohol ink background from Butterscotch Ranger Adirondack alcohol ink on Yupo paper. Once that dried, I adhered the background directly to the card base.

    Using the new Honeycomb Plate, I die cut the honeycomb frame from white cardstock. I adhered the frame to the card using a very fine-tip liquid glue. Next, using the Perky Bloom Contour Layers die, I created the flower. I die cut all pieces of the Perky Bloom Contour Layers die from white cardstock to create a solid white flower (minus a black stamen) that would pop against that bold alcohol ink background. I adhered the layers of the flower together and adhered the flower to the lower right corner of the card.

    Using the Foliage Bunch dies, I die cut foliage from black cardstock. I adhered the foliage under the flower. Lastly, for a sentiment I added a foil tab from Memory Box, a sister company to Birch Press Design.

    I hope you like today’s card. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

  • Blue Honey Hello | by Toni M Maddox

    Blue Honey Hello | by Toni M Maddox

    Blue honey? What’s going on here, Toni, you might be thinking to yourself. Well, a few years ago I read an article about some beekeepers who discovered their bees had made blue and green honey. It turns out the hives were just a couple of miles from a candy factory that had inadvertently left some product accessible to bees. Apparently bees gonna eat.

    So, I took inspiration from that and used glossy photo paper with Adirondack alcohol inks to create a randomly colored blue-green base panel.

    I cut the Honeycomb Plate from Memory Box Summer Squash cardstock, adhering that to the top.

    I colored up the large Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee using Copics and applied Clear Wink of Stella to the vellum wings.

    I cut the Sugar Script Big Hello from black cardstock and popped it on top.

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

    Supplies

    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee

    57593 Honeycomb Plate

    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script

    SH44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

    SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

  • Bright Summer Hugs | Sandhya Iyer

    Bright Summer Hugs | Sandhya Iyer

    Hello crafty friends! I’m back on the Birch Press Design blog with another vibrant summer-inspired project! Today’s card is full of warm colors, bold texture, and cheerful florals—with a couple of bees buzzing in to say hi! 🐝

    This time, I used a rich orange-red background paired with layers of delicate florals and a bold sentiment to create a card that radiates sunshine and warmth.

    Here’s a quick rundown of the featured products:

    Honeycomb Plate – for that stunning dimensional background

    Abundant Branch Die – the layered branch, leaves, and florals that add softness and movement

    Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee Die Set – adorable bees with layered wings for a fun, summery vibe

    Big Hugs Sugar Script Die Set – the perfect bold-yet-sweet sentiment to bring it all together

    To create the background, I die-cut the Honeycomb Plate in deep orange-red and layered the cut out pieces over cream cardstock. The bold contrast really makes everything pop! I then cut and assembled the Abundant Branch in fresh greens and soft pinks, placing it diagonally to guide the eye across the card.I added gems to the flower centers and some glossy accents over the berries for extra interest.

    Next came those buzz-worthy bees—die-cut from yellow and vellum—and a quick touch with a black marker to create the stripes. I topped the design with the Big Hugs sentiment in buttery yellow, which feels like sunshine in word form.

    This card is perfect for sending love, encouragement, or just a little hello across the miles.

    Thanks for visiting the blog today—I hope this card brings a smile to your face and a spark of inspiration to your craft table.

    Until next time,
    Sandhya

    Supplies:


    57593 Honeycomb Plate
    57575 Abundant Branch
    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee
    57138 Big Hugs Sugar Script