Author: birch press

  • You’re In My Heart | By Seeka

    You’re In My Heart | By Seeka

    Hello, it’s Seeka here and I hope you’re having a nice day! Today I have a card featuring the Kinsley Heart Layer dies and a terracotta and turquoise color palette that reminds me of the Southwest.

    I started off by die cutting the three layers of the heart from peach, white, and light aqua cardstock. I stacked adhered the hearts together and then set the piece aside.

    Next, I used the bottom heart layer die to cut a piece of masking paper. I adhered the heart mask onto a 4.25″ x 5.5″ piece of white cardstock and then masked off the left and right borders of the cardstock using Post-it Tape. I also masked off the small die cut holes in the heart with smaller pieces of Post-it Tape.

    Using ink blending tools, I blended on a light peach dye ink over all of the exposed area. Then, I added a darker peach along the top and the bottom of the panel, blending the darker color towards, and following the contours of, the heart.

    Next, I removed the masks and used foam tape to adhere the heart. The effort I took to mask the heart before blending left the area under, and peeking through, the heart white.

    I stamped the sentiment, which is from the Lingo Thanks stamp set, onto a piece of white cardstock and then trimmed it into a strip. I used little pieces of foam tape at the left and right ends of the strip to adhere the sentiment over the heart and onto the panel.

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

    Thank you so much for visiting!

  • Field of Blooms | by Jeanne Jachna

    Field of Blooms | by Jeanne Jachna

    Thanks for stopping by! Today I’m sharing a simple card made with the Field of Blooms layered die set.

    This card is simple to make by cutting three dies and stacking and adhering them together. The simplicity of the design means you can make lots of cards quickly for different occasions.

    The top layer is simple white card stock, the next two layers are orange and violet. The two colored layers create the tulip colors. When you adhere it to a green panel – like magic – the leaves become visible. I used cardstock from Memory Box – it’s the perfect weight and there are so many colors to choose from!

    You won’t want to cover your beautiful panel once it’s assembled so a simple sentiment is best. I added a strip of vellum to soften the colors and make the Lingo Thanks sentiment more visible.

    If you look close you’ll see that the panel has a debossed pattern on it too! I love the clean lines and easy way the layered designs come together.

    Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5″

    Supplies

    57357 Field of Blooms Plate Layer Set

    58143 Lingo Thanks die set

    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack

    SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6×6 pack

    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

  • Crystal Lingo in Watercolor! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Crystal Lingo in Watercolor! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    Today’s project I will be featuring the Crystal Lingo Stamp and Die Set and adding some color using watercolors and watercolor pencils!

    Ok as always, let’s get started! I started by stamping my image on to a piece of Bristol card stock measuring 4 in x 9 in. Once stamped I applied a layer of clear embossing powder and heat set the image.

    Next, I taped my image down onto my craft matt and grab my watercolors. If you are more comfortable with another type of medium, then grab it! Feel free to use what you want to use to color your piece!

    I started to apply my colors onto my paper keeping an area open to create a shape in the design. If you start at an image like this long enough your eyes will show you what is hidden sometimes!

    I chose my next color and filed that in… I used my heat tool to set my colors and then used my water color pencils to add even more color and shading!

    Time for the sentiment, I stamped my sentiment onto the same card stock used for my image and since it is an outline sentiment, I used an emboss it pen to fill in the letters and then applied clear embossing powder to heat set!

    I cut three matts to layer with my image… Below are the measurements of the matts used for a card base measuring 3 ½ in x 8 ½ in.

    First (Black) – 3 ½ in x 8 ½ in
    Second (Aqua) – 3 ¼ in x 8 ¼ in
    Third (Black) – 3 in x 8 in

    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


    8155 Crystal Lingo clear stamp and die set
  • Jewel Toned Kinsley Layer Die | By Dilay Nacar

    Jewel Toned Kinsley Layer Die | By Dilay Nacar

    Welcome, friends! Dee (@dilaynacar) here and today I am sharing a bold and colorful jewel-toned card featuring the Kinsley layering die!

    To begin, I die cut each of the Kinsley die layers with three different colors of cardstock: fuchsia, turquoise, and yellow. I cut the first two layers (A & B) in each color and cut the bottom layer (C) in gold glitter cardstock, then stacked and adhered them before adhering all three to a piece of navy cardstock. I then cut off excess from the edges.

    For the sentiment, I die cut the Sugar Script Big Hello die three times in white, then stacked and adhered them together. I cut the shadow die in vellum and adhered it behind the stacked Hello for extra dimension, then adhered it to the center of the card. 

    Finally, I embellished the card with gold bobbles and mounted it onto an A2-sized top-folding card base. 

    Thank you for stopping by today! Be sure to share your Birch Press Design projects on social media using #BirchPressDesign.

    56123 Kinsley Layer Set
    Hello Sugar Script
    GP1005 Holiday Glitter Pad
  • Tiled Slimline Card | By Seeka

    Tiled Slimline Card | By Seeka

    Hello! Seeka here and today I have a slimline card featuring the Splendor Mini Tile Layer Set and some pretty shades of blue and teal cardstock from the Fresh Aqua 6×6 cardstock pack.

    I started off by die cutting each layer of the die set in different shades of cardstock, cutting the bottom layer from a medium teal, the middle layer from white, and the top layer from a light blue. I repeated this two more times to create enough pieces for three tiles.

    Next, I stacked and adhered the three layers together to create a tile, and then repeated two more times to complete the other tiles.

    Then, I stamped a sentiment from the Awesome Ticker Tape Messages stamp set in black ink onto white cardstock. I trimmed the sentiment into a strip, trimming off the black outline that’s part of the stamp in the process.

    To assemble the card, I used glue to adhere the three tiles to a 2.5″ x 7″ white card base and then I adhered the sentiment strip using foam tape.

    For additional embellishment, I added self-adhesive Clear Jewels from Memory Box.

    Thank you so much for visiting!


    Supplies


  • Get the Ahhhs from Viola | Using Viola Plate Layering Dies | By Renee Moran

    Get the Ahhhs from Viola | Using Viola Plate Layering Dies | By Renee Moran

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    The project I have for today features the Viola Layering dies from Birch Press Designs, some Memory Box cardstock and some frosted glitter paper.

    I started by die cutting the Viola Plate Layer A out of a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ panel of frosted glitter paper. I chose the white.

    After I die cut the the first panel, I die cut the B and C plates out of some darker blue and aqua color cardstocks from the Memory box Fresh Aqua and Stormy Blue Cardstock 6×6 pads. I also cut one 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ panel of a deeper blue cardstock from that same Stormy Blue Cardstock 6×6 pad to use as a back layer.

    I die my sentiment from some scraps of the deep blue and white glitter cardstocks and mounted it in the center of the panel design. It fit absolutely perfectly between the two floral motifs. I mounted everything on a top folding A2 card base.

    Thank you for stopping by and as I always say, Give Cards Generously!

    If you’d like to see how this card came together, you can check it out by clicking the video below.

    Thank you so much for checking out my card today.

    As I always say,

    Give Cards Generously

    -Renee’

     

    Supplies

     

     

    56128 Viola Plate Layer Set

     

     

     

     

    SP1006 Stormy Blue 6×6 pack

     

     

     

     

    SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack

     

     

     

     

    GP1004 Frosted Glitter Pad

     

     

     

     

    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script

     

     

     

  • Birthday Tulips | by Tracey McNeely

    Birthday Tulips | by Tracey McNeely

    Hi there it’s Tracey here today and Happy Friday. I had a chance to play with the Field of Blooms layer die set and I can’t even begin to tell you how many things there is to love about this set!

    For today’s card I used Layers A and C of the Field of Blooms die set. I started out by dry embossing Layer C on into an A2 sized piece of white cardstock, two times. Dry embossing gives a similar effect as using an embossing folder, but usually it’s not as sharp of an image. For all intents and purposes this works out just fine because this layer will be at the bottom and you won’t see it.

    Using Copic markers I coloured over the image that was embossed so that the colours would show through Layer A which is on top. I didn’t worry about colouring perfectly, in fact my colouring is quite messy, but because it is being covered with Layer A there is no need for perfection. The picture below was my practice piece so that you can see what I mean by messy. I changed the colour scheme on a new embossed panel and realized I didn’t snap a picture until I had glued all the layers together, but this gives you an idea of what I did.

    After I finished colouring I set the panel aside. I die cut two of Layer A from white cardstock and then glued the two layers over Layer C. The whole panel was then glued to a top to an A2 top folding card base.

    The sentiment is made up of the Big Lingo Type Happy. I cut three of the shadow using white cardstock and glued them together to make the word chunkier then I cut the detail layer from black cardstock. The second line of the sentiment is from the Crystal Lingo clear stamp set. It was white heat embossed on black cardstock and trimmed down.

    Happy was glued directly to the card front and the second line was popped up using foam tape. Now the card has both positive and negative dimension. Positive because both lines of the sentiment protrude and negative because the two top layers add negative perspective of the tulips!

    Thanks so much for stopping in today and crafting with me. Take another look at your layered cover die sets and think of ways you can mix and match the dies. Whether you are adding more layers or using less, or even cutting multiples of the same layer–one change can create a completely different look!

    Supplies

    57357 Field of Blooms Plate Layer Set

    57226 Big Lingo Type Happy

    CL8155 Crystal Lingo clear stamp set

  • Birch Press Design & Memory Box | by Crystal Komara

    Birch Press Design & Memory Box | by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty readers! This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing two elegant cards created by mixing products from sister companies Birch Press Design and Memory Box. As Design Team members for Birch Press Design, we are fortunate to receive some products from both companies and today I’m showing you how beautifully they compliment each together. Do YOU mix products when you create? I love to mix stamp sets, papers and dies because it allows for an infinite amount of ideas and is a great way to use more of what you own.

    Card details:

    The base of this A2 sized card was made using 80 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. I die cut the first layer from white cardstock using Layer Plate A of the Viola Layering Plate dies. I adhered this intricate layer directly to the card base. Using the All the Happiness stamp set from Memory Box, I stamped the flowers in Versamark ink on black cardstock and heat embossed the image with gold embossing powder. I die cut the flowers using the coordinating All the Happiness dies and adhered it to the lower right side of the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo black ink on white cardstock and fussy cut the sentiment. I adhered the sentiment to the top left of the flowers.

    Here is the second card that I made using the same products, but a slightly different color combination:

    Card details:

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. I cut a 5 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ piece of black cardstock and adhered it directly to the card base. Using Layer Plate A of the Viola Layering Plates, I die cut this layer from white cardstock. I adhered this intricate layer directly over the black cardstock. Using the All the Happiness stamp set, I stamped the flowers in Versamark ink on gold foil paper. I heat embossed the image with black embossing powder and used the coordinating All the Happiness dies to die cut the flowers out. I adhered the flowers to the lower right side of the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I stamped the sentiment in Memento Tuxedo black ink on white cardstock and fussy cut the sentiment. I adhered the sentiment to the top left of the flowers.

    I hope you have enjoyed today’s elegant black and white cards and that you can see the magic you can create when you combine products. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    56128 Viola Plate Layer Set

    CL5265-D All the Happiness clear stamp and die set

  • Hello Tulips | By Amanda Wilcox

    Hello Tulips | By Amanda Wilcox

    Welcome back everyone. It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today with a fun springy feeling tulip card featuring the field of bloom layering dies.

    I started things off today by getting inky, which is one of my favorites. I pulled out a white cardstock panel and did ink smooshing with my tombow brush pens.

    Once that was dry, I chose a solid purple cardstock that complimented the inked panel, green foil paper for the leaf layer, and another white panel for the top. Then I started die cutting my layers.

    The purple pad I used was a 6×6 which left the perfect strip to cut the hello topper from so it would coordinate with the bottom layer of my card. Then I cut the hello word 3 times from white cardstock and glued everything together with liquid glue.

    I adhered all the field of blooms layers to the purple panel and then added it to a white card base and layered the hello topper last. I trimmed off the excess hanging over the edge and my card is finished.

    The green foil paper really has a cool effect when you move the card in the light. I just love it.

    I also love the modeled texture of the ink smooshing for the flowers. It gives the whole thing so much visual interest.

    I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!

    Supplies

    57357 Field of Blooms Plate Layer Set

    57313 Helllo Topper

  • InLay Die Cutting! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    InLay Die Cutting! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    Today it all about the die cutting! We are going to use the inlay die cutting technique while featuring three laying die sets. I will be using Dahlia Mini Frame, Field of Bloom, and Floral Star sets, but any se can be used!

    Ok as always, let’s get started!

    Lots of die cutting so I made sure I chose my colors from the beautiful color pallets of 6×6 paper pads by Memory Box and got my layers die cut and put together with my liquid adhesive. Now I made sure I cut an extra layer “a” for each of the design I chose and set that layer aside.

    I chose my sentiments from the honey script die collection and only used the ‘cloud’ portion of the die set and cut into the layers I set aside where I wanted my sentiment to appear! Depending on the die set you used your top layer now may be two parts!

    I then die cut my sentiments and layered those as well…

    We are now ready to inlay our sentiments into our top panel!

    All my panel designs were placed onto a standard A2 size (4 1/4in x 5 1/2in) top folding card base.

    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


    56092 Dahlia Mini Frame Layer Set
    56118 Floral Star Layer Set
    57357 Field of Blooms Plate Layer Set
    57300 Hugs Honey Script
    57310 Hello Honey Script
    SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6 pack
    SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack
    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack
    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack
    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack
    SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6×6 pack
    EF1001 Chrysanthemum Field
    EF1002 Gracious Leaves