Author: birch press

  • Butterfly Hugs | By Dilay Nacar

    Butterfly Hugs | By Dilay Nacar

    Hi friends and welcome back! Dee here today sharing a card featuring the Viola and Eloquent layered dies that I combined with a simple ink blending combo for pops of color!

    To begin, I first cut the Viola Plate dies (layers a, b, and c) in white, then stacked and adhered them together. Next, I watered colored two A2-panels in yellow, To begin, I cut the Viola dies (layers a, b, and c) in white, then stacked and adhered them together.

    Next, I watered-colored two A2-panels in yellow, orange, and pink, adhering one panel behind the Viola layers and die cutting the other panel with layer a of the Eloquent butterfly set. I then die cut layers b and c of the Eloquent set in gold and white, then adhered the three layers together.

    I then die cut layer b and c of the Eloquent set in gold and white then adhered the three layers together. To finish the butterfly, I die cut the body of the butterfly from the Butterfly Basics set in gold and adhered it to the center. 

    Once the layers were complete, I adhered the butterfly to the front with foam adhesive. To finish, I die cut the sentiment from the Handwritten Hugs in gold, added gold embellishments, and mounted the panel onto an A2-sized card base. 

    Thanks so much for joining me today!

    57426 Eloquent Butterfly Layer Set
    57403 Butterfly Basics
    56128 Viola Plate Layer Set
    57419 Handwritten Hugs and Outline
  • Gel Press Viola Background | By Seeka

    Gel Press Viola Background | By Seeka

    Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card featuring the Viola Plate Layer A die and a gel press technique. This is a very different style for me and I’m having a lot of fun with it!

    I started by using the cover die to cut a piece of heavy white cardstock. This piece will be used to create the pattern on the finished background but won’t itself be used on the final card.

    Next, I put a few small blobs of two acrylic paint colors onto a gel press plate. I used two jewel-toned colors for this card: Dina Wakley’s Fuchsia and Blackberry Acrylic Paint.

    Next, I used a brayer to spread and blend the two colors. I purposefully did not completely blend the colors together because I wanted to maintain a mottled color variation on the final piece.

    Immediately after spreading the paint, I placed the die cut panel over the plate and used a craft pick to gently tap over it to press the piece into the paint. It’s important to make sure that the die cut makes contact with the paint to ensure that, when you pull the die cut away, the paint it touches is lifted away from the gel press plate. After I’d pressed over multiple areas of the die cut, I lifted it away.

    During this process, some of the paint also beads up as if the gel press plate is resisting the paint. This is what creates the slightly distressed look on the finished panel. I’ve found that this happens inconsistently and that sometimes the color and the brand of paint can make a difference.

    I let this layer dry for several minutes until when I gently touched it, no paint transferred to my finger. Then I put a few dabs of an iridescent gold acrylic paint (I used Golden Iridescent Bright Gold Fine) onto the plate and used a brayer to spread it into a very thin layer.

    Immediately, while the gold layer was wet, I placed a piece of Neenah Solar White 80# Classic Crest cardstock over the gel press plate and used the palms of my hands to press it into the plate. Then I peeled it away which lifted the two layers of paint with it.

    While the panel was drying, I heat embossed a sentiment from the Happy Lingo stamp set onto black cardstock.

    To assemble the card, I trimmed the background to 4.25″ x 5.5″ and then used foam tape to adhere the sentiment. I finished by adhering the card front to a card base.

    Thank you so much for visiting!


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  • A Simple Layered Rainbow! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    A Simple Layered Rainbow! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    Today we are going to create a card using different layers from the Lumina Layering Die Set! Since the Lumina Layering Die plate had two parts to it we can choose which section we add multiple layers to add dimension in one area! Please we are going to add a rainbow in the background! Let’s get started!

    First let’s get our die cutting done and only layer the cetner cut out of the panel! Set this aside to dry and grab a piece of your ink blending card stock!

    On this panel we will create our rainbow using our ink blending brushes and our favorite inks. I chose my oxides and Bristol card stock!

    I cut my panel down to 4 1/4 inches x 5 1/2 inches so my die cut would fit properly. I am only using the ‘A’ layer of our die set for the background and setting the help circle onto its place on my card panel.

    I used a sentiment from the Big and Little Reverse Words Stamp set and placed it using double sided foam squares.

    What rainbow is not complete with out sparkle and shine! I added some iridescent drops to each opening in the die cut!

    As always, I hope you enjoyed today’s project… and if you want to see more details just click on the video below and see how these projects come together step by step!

    Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon! Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!


    Supplies


    56097 Lumina Layer Set
    CL5259 Big and Little Reverse Words clear stamp set
  • Close to the Heart | by Toni M Maddox

    Close to the Heart | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, crafty friends! Toni here with you today to celebrate fall, my favorite season.

    I’ve used the Enchantment Layering Dies to form the leafy design on the card. I used papers from the Sunny Orange pad: layer A = yellow, layer B = orange, layer C = off white. The green is from my stash. I love these rather retro colors!

    I left off the interior arch of the Enchantment Layering Dies which created the perfect spot to emboss the Brush Sentiment in white. I also used the Big Hugs Sugar Script dies to supplement the Brush Sentiment.

    To finish off the card I used a few Bright Jewels as well as a few of the leaves leftover from cutting the Enchantment Layering dies. I’ll be saving the other leaves for more fall cards for sure. What an easy way to create a pile of leaves!

    Thanks for visiting today and have a wonderful rest of your week!

    Supplies

    56113 Enchantment Plate Layer Set

    Big Hugs Sugar Script

    CL8158 Brush Sentiments clear stamp set

    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

    JWL003 Bright Jewels

  • A Geometric Birthday! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    A Geometric Birthday! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    For today we are going to pull out an old die and give it new life! I will be using the Prismatic Triangle layering die set along with the memory Box 6 x 6 card stock pads.

    We always start out by getting all of our die cuts done and layering them using liquid adhesive.  Set them aside for them to dry and we will start working on our card bases.

    For these cards we will be working directly onto our card bases by simply adding some ink to the background using a blending brush!

    Once our color is down we can add our layered die cuts.  I matched my dye ink to the color of card stock I used for my images.

    I pulled my sentiment from the Happy Lingo Sentiment Set and stamped Happy Birthday multiple times making sure the words were not on the same strip.

    Since our image has a geometric look I am made the sentiment have that same feel by placing it along the edges of the die cuts creating angles and almost a mirror image!

    These cards are perfect to make quickly and have ready for that pop-up celebration!

    As always, I hope you enjoyed today’s project…  and if you want to see more details just click on the video below and see how these projects come together step by step!

    Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon! Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!


    Supplies


    56091 Prismatic Triangle Layer Set
    8156 Happy Lingo clear stamp and die set
    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack
    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack
    SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack
    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack
    SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6×6 pack
  • Follow That Star | by Toni M Maddox

    Follow That Star | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello again! Toni here with you today. I was playing along with a card challenge and went ahead and expanded on that to create a couple more cards to post here as well.

    The challenge involved using 3 shades of blue so I sponged Distress Oxide Salty Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Prize Ribbon onto the card base. I spattered that with water, Copic Opaque White and Peerless Silver Transparent Metallic liquid watercolor.

    I then added the BPD String Art Nativity Star cut from silver foil cardstock. Swoon! Btw, I used a wet wipe to remove some of the color around the star so it “glows.”

    Now I had part of the silver star leftover so I experimented with using the coverplate itself as a mask with my Copic airbrush (RV04, RV09, Y08). So dreamy! I love the unexpected holiday colors.

    Note I remove the spray from the coverplate with a bit of denatured alcohol (don’t know that the type matters; it’s just what we had on hand).

    And in another experiment, really more an attempt not to waste a diecut that got mangled when my electric diecutter went haywire, I used the star from BPD String Art Nativity Star over the BPD Dazzle Mini Frame Layer A cut from Memory Box Pastel Glitter Paper. Talk about a perfect fit.

    For the background on this one I used Lindy’s Magicals (Sassy Sapphire, Hydrangea Blue, Stormy Sky) ombre style with a spritz of Dylusions White Linen Spray on top for a nebula effect then another sprinkle of the Sassy Sapphire Magical. The shimmer and opalescence is amazing!

    I’m always amazed at how just a little sprinkling of powder becomes such a magical thing.

    I also used a bit too much of the darkest blue so blotted that off with a paper towel before spritzing with additional water and all that. A little powder goes a LONG way.

    Btw, I used my heat gun to dry this. If I had patiently waited for it to air dry, it likely would have maintained more of the speckled effect.

    I hope you were inspired by today’s creations. Have a great rest of your day!

    Supplies

    57380 String Art Nativity Star

    57406 Dazzle Mini Frame Layer Set

    CL8154 Christmas Ornament and Labels clear stamp set

    GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

  • Leaf Wreath | by Crystal Komara

    Leaf Wreath | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends! Happy Wednesday, I hope your week is going good so far. Friday is coming! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a fun way to use Layering Plate B of the Autumn Breeze Layering Plates.

    Card details:

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using a separate sheet of this same white cardstock I die cut Layer Plate C of the Delfina Layering Plates (retired) which became the background. I cut this twice (because I was making two cards):

    Next I die cut Layer B of the Autumn Breeze Layering Plate four times, one each in red, orange, yellow and green cardstock. This would give me all the leaves I needed to complete these two cards. (*Note, I actually had enough leaves to create a third card).

    I created a circular frame to act as a guide to adhere all the leaves to. I did this by placing a smaller circle die inside of a larger one:

    Then I began to adhere the leaves to the frame in a circular pattern using a Tombow adhesive runner:

    Using the Thanks Honey Script dies and the Blessed Honey Script dies, I die cut the larger shadow sentiment from white cardstock and the thinner sentiment from gold glitter cardstock using the 6″ x 6″ Holiday Glitter pad.

    I hope you have enjoyed this different way to use the Birch Press Design layering plates. Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

  • Grunge Thanksgiving | By Toni M Maddox

    Grunge Thanksgiving | By Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni here with you. Today is my first post with Birch Press Design and I’m so excited to be joining the design team!! My style is eclectic so you never know what you’re going to get with me–grunge today, CAS tomorrow, and the next who knows!

    For today’s mixed media card I’m using the Delight Plates A & B. I cut the mandala from cardstock from the Memory Box Sunny Orange & Earth Neutral 6×6 pads.

    To create the background I sprinkled Brushos on Open Studio Watercolor Paper and lightly spritzed with water. After dry, I applied a light coat of gesso then more Brushos and water. I then spattered with a bit of Distress Crackling Campire paint, Distress Oxide Mustard Seed spray, Dylusions Black Marble Shimmer spray and a bit of Posca White Pigment Ink.

    To finish the card I added a sentiment from the Brush Sentiments set with Versafine Onyx Black. I also brush Clear Wink of Stella over the Delight layers–how could I not?!

    I’m so glad you stopped by today and hope you have a wonderful rest of your day!

    Supplies

    57423 Delight Layer Set

    CL8158 Brush Sentiments clear stamp set

    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

    SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6 pack

    WP101 Watercolor Paper

  • Arista Corners | By Seeka

    Arista Corners | By Seeka

    Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card featuring the Arista Layer Die set. I really love how the middle layer of this set cuts some texture detail; it’s very different from most of the layer die sets!

    I started by cutting the three Arista layers in shades of salmon and peachy pinks.

    Next, I adhered the three layers together and then cut the resulting piece into quarters. I adhered each of the four pieces to the corners of a 3.5″ x 4.75″ panel of white cardstock.

    For the sentiment, I used the Handwritten Thanks die set. I cut the detail sentiment from a piece of light gray cardstock and I cut the shadow layer from vellum. I adhered the layers together and then used very thin pieces of foam tape to adhere the sentiment to the center of the Arista panel.

    To finish, I used foam tape to adhere the panel to the center of a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of pale pink cardstock and then I adhered the combined card front to a card base.

    Thank you so much for visiting!


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  • Happy September | by Crystal Komara

    Happy September | by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty readers and happy 1st of September! For those of us who love fall (ME ME ME!) then let the pumpkin spice season begin! If you’re still sippin’ on your summer ‘ritas, no shade here, you do you! But, I’m full speed ahead to apple pies, sweater weather and all things fall. This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a fun (and mildly Halloween inspired) card using the Autumn Breeze Layering plates:

    Card details:

    The base of this A2 sized card was made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using two out of three layers of the Autumn Breeze Layering Plates, I used a piece of garden green cardstock as the bottom layer (in lieu of Layer B). For Layer C I die cut the plate using pumpkin orange cardstock. Layer A was cut from basic black cardstock. You can see my photo below for all three layers:

    I adhered all three layers together using a Tombow adhesive tape runner before gluing the three layers down to the card base. I cut a 3″ circle from vellum cardstock, cutting of the right side just a bit before adhering it to the card. Using the Big Thanks Sugar Script dies, I die cut the large shadow sentiment from garden green cardstock and the thinner sentiment from gold glitter cardstock from the 6″ x 6″ Holiday Glitter Pad. I adhered the two layers together with Tombow adhesive before adhering the enticement sentiment strip to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.

    On a thin strip of white cardstock I stamped the sentiment “for your friendship” in Memento Tuxedo black ink. This sentiment is from the Lingo Thanks stamp set. I adhered this sentiment strip below the large “thanks” using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.

    I hope you have enjoyed this card! Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day.