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  • Morning Rose Happy Birthday | By Natasha Vacca

    Hello Birch Press friends, I am so excited to be back on the blog today sharing a few favorite floral die sets. On today’s card I used the Morning Rose and Triple Buds Contour Layers, Tropical Hibiscus, and the Fuddled Leaf Branches die sets. I had fun creating today’s card, so let’s get started!

    I started today’s card by choosing my color palette using 2 paper pads from Memory Box: Sunny Orange and Fresh Aqua. I chose 2 shades of aqua and 3 shades of orange. I then started die cutting the leaves from the Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers and the Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers die sets. Next I die cut the florals using the Morning Rose and Triple Buds Contour Layers die set using the orange shades of card stock.

    Once all the layers of flowers and leaves were die cut I added texture using Distress Oxide inks. I love adding ink blending to add more texture to the die cuts. Once I was happy with the ink blending, I added more texture using shimmer sprays. I then set these aside to dry. Once all the layers were dry, I adhered them together using liquid glue.

    Next I used 2 different shimmer sprays to create a background. Once all the layers were dry, I ran the inked background through my die cutting machine with the Memory Box 3D Geometric Crystals embossing folder. To add a bit more texture I added ink and distress crayons to the raised areas of the dry embossed background.

    Next trimmed the panel using my paper trimmer then distressed the edges using my scissors. I then adhered the panel to an A2 card base. I then adhered the leaves, floral buds, and rose to the card front using foam tape and liquid glue. I completed the card using a sentiment strip from my stash.

    I had so much fun creating today’s card! I love these florals from Birch Press! They are so fun and easy to use! I hope you enjoyed today’s card. I will be back soon with more crafty inspiration!


    Supplies


    57493 Morning Rose and Triple Buds Contour Layers
    57486 Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers
    57500 Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers
    sp1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack
    sp1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack

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    ef1016 Geometric Crystals 3D Embossing Folder
  • Clean And Simple Dazzle | By Seeka

    Clean And Simple Dazzle | By Seeka

    Hello and welcome! Seeka here with a quick and easy card design that’s perfect for putting any extra background panels you have to use. This card features the Dazzle Mini Frame Layer die set and the Pinpoint Contour Plate.

    I started off by cutting all three layers of the Dazzle Mini Frame from heavy white cardstock and then gluing the three pieces together.

    Next, I made an easy ink-sprayed background. I used Lemon Zest, Island Parrot, and Blue Lagoon Dylusions Ink Sprays to spray a large piece of white cardstock and then trimmed a 3.25″ x 4.5″ piece that I thought would be a nice backdrop to the die-cut piece. I glued the Dazzle Frame to the sprayed panel and then used foam tape to adhere the combined piece to a background I made using the Pinpoint Contour Plate.

    To finish, I glued the card front to a card base.

    Thank you so much for visiting!

    Supplies

  • Spring Herbarium | By Seeka

    Spring Herbarium | By Seeka

    Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing another card featuring the Herbarium Plate die set. I used an ink-blended Layer A piece left over from a card I shared in November, these colors are Picked Raspberry, Saltwater Taffy, and Wild Honey Distress Oxide inks. 

    I die cut layer B three times from heavy white cardstock and then glued the three layers together. Next, I glued the ink-blended layer on top and then glued the combined piece to a white card base.

    I used the Big Hello Sugar Script die set to create the large sentiment. I cut the detail layer from a piece of cardstock inked with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink, and then I glued it to the shadow layer which I cut from white cardstock. To finish the card, I used foam tape to adhere the die cut sentiment, as well a small sentiment from my stash, to the card front.

    Thank you so much for visiting!


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  • Just a Note | Dilay Nacar

    Just a Note | Dilay Nacar

    Hello, crafty friends! Dee here today with this soft and delicate card featuring the Morning Rose and Triple Buds Contour Layers.

    First, I created the background by die cutting each of the Kinsley Heart Plate Layer Set (A, B, and C) and adhering them together, then onto a top-folding card base. 

    Next, I cut the Morning Rose and Triple Buds Contour Layers in various pink and green cardstock colors, adhered them together, then arranged them over the top of the Kinsley Heart Layers. I added more leaves using a few from the Tropical Hibiscus and Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers. To finish, I added a foiled sentiment from the Sugar Script Sentiments 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die Sets.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and thank you so much for stopping by, friends!


    Supplies


    57493 Morning Rose and Triple Buds Contour Layers
    57486 Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers
    57500 Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers
    57402 Kinsley Heart Plate Layer Set
    BPF503 Sugar Script Sentiments 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die Sets
  • Foiled Love | by Rosemary Dennis

    Foiled Love | by Rosemary Dennis

    Happy Wednesday everyone! Rosemary here with two cards featuring foiling! Do you like to foil? I absolutely love foiling and the bit of glamour that it adds to my projects. There are several ways to foil including hot foiling and that is what I have done on my cards.

    When I started my cards I hot foiled the String Art Frame hot foil plate using matte silver and gold foils. I die cut the pieces down in preparation to use them on my cards. However, as I got further into the process, I changed my mind and I decided to use the leftover foil to do some reverse foiling. I will explain that a little further on in this post. After I did the initial foiling, I decided to use light pink and light blue cardstocks along with light blue and pink glitter cardstock from the Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter pad.

    After I foiled the String Art Frame I foiled the new You Are Loved Noted Scrip foil plate with the same silver and gold matte foils and die cut them with the matching dies. Then I started in on die cutting all the pieces for my roses using the new Morning Rose and Triple Buds Contour Layers dies. I love how the dies emboss the lines so you know exactly where to place each layer of the flower. For the large rose I used a base of white cardstock for each flower.

    Then I started adding all the layers finishing with the glitter layer on top. My idea was to have a somewhat monochromatic color scheme for the flowers, but did add a little pop of yellow glitter cardstock to the center of the large flower. The same process was used for the bud stems. Now it was time to start putting the card together and that is where I started to change my mind about things.

    As I layerd the roses and buds on to the card fronts that I had foiled I didn’t like how busy things looked to me. I tried, but I just wasn’t happy with what I saw. So I decided to reverse foil the leftover foil. To reverse foil you need a large flat foil plate and the negative foiled image. You heat up the flat foil plate on your machine and when it is ready, lay the foil on top (pretty side on the plate), add your cardstock and then proceed with the foiling process. When you end up with is what you see on my cards.

    The reverse foiling wasn’t perfect, so I just die cut out the parts that didn’t turn out and moved forward with completing the cards. I thought the floral swags I created needed to be a little fuller, so I added some leaves from the Dainty Rose and Leaves Contour Layers dies. When I was assembling the flowers, I used liquid adhesive. For the assembly of the cards, I used a combination of liquid adhesive and foam squares. The large flower was adhered with foam squares so I could tuck the flower buds and leaves under the flower using liquid adhesive. The sentiments were adhered with a combination of liquid adhesive and foam squares.

    I hope you enjoyed my projects today. Reverse foiling can add so much to your projects so I hope you will consider giving it a try if you have a hot foiling systems. The possibilities are endless!

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    Supplies

    57493 Morning Rose and Triple Buds Contour Layers

    57499 Dainty Rose and Leaves Contour Layers

    BPF510 String Art Frame Hot Foil Plate and Die Set

    BPF509 You Are Loved Noted Script

    GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

  • Glam Winter Birthday | by Toni M Maddox

    Glam Winter Birthday | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a fun and ever so glittery winter birthday card.

    I have a lot of winter birthdays in my life so am always looking to build my stash.

    I cut out the card front from the Memory Box Majestic Hues 6×6 Glitter Pad. I wish the pictures did a better job of showing you just how amazing this paper is. AND, no glitter rubs off. That alone is a winner in my book!

    Next I cut out a few of the Adornment Snowflakes and adhered them to the glitter using Scor-tape. I cut the Sugar Script Birthday Wishes letters from white and the backer from the Memory Box Rainbow Reflections 6×6 Mirror Pad.

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

    Supplies

    57483 Adornment Snowflake

    57438 Birthday Wishes Sugar Script

    GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

    FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6×6 pack

  • Hello Sweet Friend | By Natasha Vacca

    Hello Birch Press Friends! I am excited to be up on the blog today sharing the gorgeous Eloquent Butterfly layering die set! I absolutely love this set and decided to use this set today with a mixed media vibe! I hope you enjoy it, let’s get started!

    I started with the beautiful Eloquent Butterfly layering die set. I die cut all 3 layers. First I die cut layer C using white card stock, layer B using white and an inked background from my stash, and then layer A using an inked background from my stash. The inked backgrounds were made using sprays. Once all the layers were die cut, I added dye ink to layer B and layer A. I feel this adds a bit more texture and definition to the layer. On layer A I also added a bit of embossing glaze for added texture. I then adhered all layers together and added foam tape. I then die cut the antennae for the butterfly from the Butterfly Basics die set using a piece of card stock from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad and adhered this with liquid glue to the butterfly.

    Next I chose a gelli print from my stash and embossed the panel using the Flora Plate die set. I used Layer C from the set and followed the instructions in my die cutting machine to emboss the panel onto my gelli print. Next I distressed the edges of the panel using a paper trimmer, distress tool, and then inked up the edges with distress ink.

    I then added a bit more texture to the panel using metallic paint by adding splatters with my paintbrush. Next I added a bit more distress ink to the raised areas of my background panel using a blending tool.

    To complete my card I adhered the panel to an A2 card base. Next I added two strips of paper, one from an old book and another piece of gelli print. Both pieces were distressed using a combination of distress inks and embossing glaze. I added the Hugs Honey Script sentiment to my card. I die cut the shadow layer using white card stock and ink blended the shadow with distress oxide. I die cut the hugs sentiment 3 times using kraft card stock and adhered them together with liquid glue. I then ink blended the sentiment with distress inks. I added a sub sentiment from my stash. Both sentiments were adhered using liquid glue.

    Thanks so much for stopping by today! I had so much fun creating today’s card! I will be back soon!


    Supplies


    57426 Eloquent Butterfly Layer Set
    57403 Butterfly Basics
    57300 Hugs Honey Script
    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set
    FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6×6 pack
  • Valentine Hugs | By April Antonio

    Valentine Hugs | By April Antonio

    Happy Saturday! With January almost over, and Valentine’s Day cards lining the grocery store aisles, I thought I would be a great time to create a Valentine themed card.

    I started with the new Banner Heart Layer set. It has three layers – A,B,C to it, with each layer slightly more open than the last. I used the following cardstocks for each layer:

    Layer A – Red foil from the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

    Layer B – Silver foil from the Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

    Layer C – Glitter Red from the Festive Glitter Pad

    Once I had each layer cut, I glued them together using liquid glue, and added foam dots to the very back.

    Next, I cut my background piece using the Pinpoint Contour plate die. I also cut a few eucalyptus pieces using the stem from the Eucalyptus Stem & Berries. I cut it from white cardstock and the red foil I used for the heart.

    I then grabbed the Hugs Honey Script die and cut the word from white cardstock three times, and glued those layers together. I then cut the shadow from black cardstock.

    Assembly

    I glued my background Pinpoint Contour sheet to an A2 card base. I then arranged the eucalyptus leaves in the lower right corner of the card and glued the bottom halves down with liquid glue.

    I then placed the layered heart on top of the leaves — recall I had this popped up with foam dots. To that I added the layered hugs die cut which I also popped up with foam tape.

    The embellishments are from the Fairy Drops and Christmas Fairy Crystals set.

    That is it! A clean and very simple card to pull together. The ‘hugs’ sentiment could easily be replaced with ‘love’, ‘thanks’, or some other sentiment to fit the card need.

    I hope you have a great rest of your day!

    Supplies

    57510 Banner Heart Layer Set

    57300 Hugs Honey Script

    57496 Eucalyptus Stem and Berries Contour Layers

    GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

    FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6×6 pack

    FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6×6 pack

    Supplies

    DRP101 Fairy Drops

    CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

  • Love and Hugs | by Crystal Komara

    Love and Hugs | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing some inspiration for Valentine’s Day which will be coming up soon in February.

    Details:

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using the Flora Player Layer A, I die cut the first layer from white cardstock . As you can see from the image below, I had to do a fair amount of “poking” to get all the little pieces out! I adhered this piece directly onto my card base.

    Next I die cut Layer A of the Kinsley Heart Layering Plate from white cardstock. I adhered this over a sheet of red cardstock. Then I fussy cut the little hearts out.

    I adhered the small hearts down the center of the card, only using four of the five I had cut out. Then, using the Big Lingo Type Hugs, I die cut the shadow background from black cardstock and the thin outline layer from white cardstock.

    I adhered the two layers together with a fine tip liquid adhesive. Then I stamped the sentiment “love and” in red ink on white cardstock. This sentiment is from the Lingo Thanks Sentiment stamp set. I adhered the sentiment to the card with 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.

    I wish you all love and hugs! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    57402 Kinsley Heart Plate Layer Set

    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack

    57227 Big Lingo Type Hugs

    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set

    8143 Lingo Thanks clear stamp set and die set

  • Hugs | By Rosemary Dennis

    Hugs | By Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here with my first post as a member of the Birch Press Design team. I’m so excited to be a part of this talented team. My style tends to lean towards clean and simple, but I like to mix it up and create in other styles as well. Today’s project is a clean and simple Valentine.

    For my card I used the sweet Banner Heart layering die set. I die cut layers A and C from pink glitter paper from the Delicate Pastel Glitter pad and layer B from the Glitzy Glitter pad from Memory Box. I saved all the fall out pieces and will be sharing the cards that I made with them in another post. I adhered all the layers with liquid adhesive and set the heart aside to dry. I took a piece of off white paper from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad by Memory Box and die cut it with the Pinpoint Contour Plate.

    I adhered the Pinpoint Contour panel to a cardstock base using a strong tape adhesive. The Pinpoint Contour panel covers the entire card front and a little tip I have to making sure it goes on straight is to use something like a MISTI tool (I use a scoring board) to help with alignment. Simply place your card base in to one corner of your MISTI or scoring board so that it is securely up against two sides of the tool. Then take your Pinpoint Contour panel and carefully place it on top using the corner to help you keep things aligned. Once your panel is secured add the banner heart using liquid adhesive. Now it was time to decide on a sentiment. I decided to go with the Hugs Sugar Script hot foil plate and die set. I just love foiling. I used a scrap of the off white mirror cardstock and dark pink foil for the sentiment. I just love how well the foiling worked with the mirror cardstock. Definitely will be doing that in the future.

    I die cut the foiled sentiment and then adhered it to the card front. I used a combination of liquid adhesive and foam adhesive. The liquid adhesive was placed behind the part of the sentiment that rests on the heart and the foam adhesive on the other half. I decided to add a few dark pink Fairy Jewels as a little finishing touch.

    I hope you enjoyed my project today and that you are inspired to make a clean and simple Valentine for someone you love!

    Supplies

    57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate

    BPF513 Hugs Sugar Script Hot Foil Plate and Die Set

    FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6×6 pack

    GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

    GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

    57510 Banner Heart Layer Set