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Have you seen all of the new items in the store?  So many brand new beautiful stamps and dies!  When I first saw the Glitz Snowflake set, my heart actually skipped a beat!  I have long been a fan of Birch Press Design snowflakes, but these are the prettiest ones yet!  And in true Birch Press Design style, there are three different layers, making them even  more versatile and fun to create with.

I like to get a head start on my Christmas card each year, so I really appreciate having new holiday themed items already in the store!

I decided to create a note card without a sentiment so that it could be sued for either a Christmas card or a holiday thank you!

I started by sponging on some Distress Oxide inks to a white square background.

I then lightly spritzed it with water.  The ink is very reactive with water so it creates a fun splatter look.

I then die cut the Glitz Snowflake Layer C out of my inked background.  I also die cut the Glitz Snowflake Layer A out of white cardstock.

I covered the white snowflake with a fine prisma glitter.  I have found the easiest way to do this is to spray the die cut with spray adhesive and then sprinkle on the glitter.  This ensures a full glitter coverage.

I then layered the snowflakes together by adding liquid glue to just the center parts of the snowflakes.

I tucked in the die cut snowflakes back into the sponged background.  I added dimensional foam to the back and mounted it to a white card base.

What about you?  Do you like to start creating your holiday cards early?

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Happy Tuesday!  Today I’m sharing how I like to add sentiments to intricate or busy backgrounds.

By clustering images around the sentiment, it helps to draw the eye making the sentiment stand out more.  Here, I embossed the flowers and sprig from the Time to Celebrate stamp set onto colored cardstock and die cut them out using the coordinating Time to Celebrate die set.

To create my card, I gathered the supplies I would be needing.   I usually do all of my stamping and die cutting in advance, making it much easier to assemble my card.

Another trick that helps smaller sentiments to stand out is to add contrasting strips of cardstock.  Here, I adhered some Gold Scallop Foil Tape to a piece of white cardstock.  That little bit of gold can really add a lot to a card!  Also, by embossing the sentiment (I used one of the sentiments from the new Time to Celebrate stamp set) on a darker strip of cardstock, it creates contrast and draws the eye immediately.

The Fiori Plate C is still one of my all time favorite backgorunds.  The pattern is absolutely lovely and the stitching adds so much detail.   With the clustered flowers and contrasting sentiment strips, I’ve created a focal image that not only draws the eye but also compliments the detailed background.

Thanks so much for joining me here today!

Time for some more Tuesday inspiration using Birch Press Design’s craft dies and stamps.

Today I am showing you another way to add colour using the Birch Press Design Stackable layer craft dies. I am using Peony Blooms Layer A, Peony Blooms Layer B and Peony Blooms Layer C along with Ranger Distress Oxide inks. I have put together a video tutorial for you.

After I sponged my three panels with Distress Oxide inks I spritzed water on them so the Oxides could work their magic. These are the three panels I sponged cut out with the Peony Blooms Stackable Layer dies. In order from left to right Layer A, B and C.

Once adhered together I prepared the cad base. Once again using Distess Oxide ink to sponge the background and spritzed it with water and lifted the excess with paper towel.  All layers were adhered together with Elmer’s Craft Bond Spray Adhesive (see previous tutorial done by designer, Laurie Schmidlin). I sponged some more Distress Oxide ink on to my base panel and also spritzed it with some clean water.

The die cut layers were adhered to the front of the card base. I added my sentiment stamped and die cut from the Make a Statement Make a Statement clear stamps and Make a Statement craft dies.

These close up photos really show how much depth and dimension can be achieved with these dies and just a few gradient changes in colour.

Perfect for a summer birthday.

With the Stackable craft dies the possibilities are endless. I hope I inspired you today to make something beautiful.

Thanks for stopping by!  Every Tuesday we feature items from the craft section of the store!  Today I made a shaker card inspired by a beautiful Summer day!

I started by cutting the Fiori Plate layer C from pink card stock, and layer B from white card stock. I adhered the two layers together and placed a large acrylic block over them to keep pressure over them as the glue dried.    The cover plates are sized perfectly for an A2 card (4.25 x 5.5″) Next to make the shaker…

I placed two ovals from the Memory Box Open Studio Stitched Oval Layers inside each other and cut them in my die cut machine to create a frame.  Using the larger oval die I cut a piece of acetate and adhered on the reverse of the frame.  Next I added adhesive foam tape to the reverse side of the frame.  I usually leave  an opening in the adhesive foam tape at the top of the frame.  After I attach it to the card base I add sequins.  Then I add a piece of adhesive foam tape to seal off the opening so my sequins don’t escape.

I added iridescent pink and clear sequins to the inside of the shaker.  I love that you can still sett he beautiful stitching of the Fiori Plate layers inside the shaker window!

I stamped the floral and dragonfly images from the Dragonfly Greetings stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copic alcohol markers..  I purposely left the brush strokes on the butterfly wings to add contrast and interest.

The Dragonfly Greetings is a beautiful stamp set with floral images, dragonflies, and simple sentiments.  The coordinating die cuts make it easy to get a clean detailed cut with one pass through your die cut machine.

I hope you find time to make something beautiful today!