Hi there, it’s Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card featuring one of my favorite Birch Press Designs layer die sets: Dahlia Mini Frame.
I started off but cutting the three layers of the frame in three shades of violet, with the bottom layer cut out of the darkest shade.
Next, I began creating a background by masking off half-inch borders of a 4.25″ x 5.5″ inch panel of white cardstock. Using a blending tool, I blended a sunny yellow dye ink into the center of the panel, concentrating and deepening the color at the top left corner of the rectangular area.
Then, I adhered the three layers of the frame together and adhered it to the ink-blended background.
I used the die for the bottom layer to cut a piece of white cardstock, and then pieced in the white fallout pieces into the petals of the dahlia.
To finish, I adhered the card front to a card base and then stamped the sentiment, which is from the Lingo Thanks stamp set, in black pigment ink.
Hello everyone. It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook joining you for a new-to-me technique I wanted to share – embossing with dies. Such a simple idea but so cool and adds so much extra life to products you already have.
I started today’s card by mixing some Ranger Alcohol Pearl Inks around on a piece of Yupo paper. I’m still very much into Valentine themed projects so I chose enchanted and villainous for my colors.
Once those were completely dry, I ran the sheet through my die cutter with the embossing sandwich and the Kinsley Heart Plate Layer A. It turned out beautiful! Then I decided to trim it down to 5 3/8 x 4 1/8. This gives just a little border when attached to the card front.
Moving on, I die cut all 3 layers of the Kinsley Heart from white cardstock and adhered them together with liquid glue and added foam squares to the back.
For my sentiments, I chose the Big Sending Sugar Script dies. The shadow is cut from vellum while the word is cut from purple once and black 3 times and adhered together with liquid glue.
The second half of my sentiment didn’t go as smoothly. I stamped the word LOVE with the Mod Alphabet and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. Then I cut 3 more layers from black and the shadow from vellum. All the layers were adhered together and I started assembling my card. First, the shadow was lost because of the background so I added the purple from “sending” to the back of the vellum shadow and I liked that. Then, once everything was adhered together I didn’t like the black stamp lines so I cut the letters from white one more time and glued them over the top.
This is a fabulous example of being flexible during a card design and listening to yourself when you don’t like something. Sometimes it’s best to walk away and come back later too. It’s amazing what you see or think of later on.
Because I used alcohol pearl inks, the whole background is shimmery so I just added a little Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to the word “love” and let my card be finished.
I do love how it turned out in the end. I hope you’ve found some inspiration to create something wonderful today.
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
I am still cutting up our layered die panels! For this project I am featuring the Petal Heart Layering Die Set! We can take a current shape and cut it into another!
Get your die cuts ready and layered using your favorite adhesive. Having the all layers together I feel makes this process work better.
Grab your favorite shears and start cutting your shapes. I used my paper trimmer for this step.
You know have your new shapes to create a beautiful image for both the front and inside of your recipient’s card!
I added my sentiment to the inside for an added surprise with a little sparkle to the front!
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!
Hello, again! Don’t you just love it when a die set does all of the work for you? Well today, I’m featuring the Viola Plate Layer Set, and if you’re familiar with it, you already know that this layer plate die makes it super easy to create a stunning card! Let’s get started!
To begin, I die cut two white panels using Viola Plate Layer C, then ink blended them using a large blending brush with inks in rainbow order. Next, I die cut layers A and B, once in white and once in black. I then adhered the panels in order, and in this case I chose to orient the white card horizontally and the black card vertically.
Layer A, B, and CInk blended Layer CLayer A and B in black
To complete the cards, I die cut the Hello Sugar Script die twice using Polished Foil Pad Pack in Silver. To add dimension, I die cut the word die twice more in cardstock and adhered both layers under the foil. I finished the card by adhering the sentiment and adding a card base to the back of each card.
Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope to see you next time!
Hello friends, it’s Seeka here! Today I’m sharing a way to stretch your supplies by using dies to create masks for ink blending. Using the most intricate layer of a layer die set (usually “Layer A”) you can create a beautiful pattern for your background.
I began by using Layer A of the Kinsley Heart Layer Die set to cut three masks out of Avery Removable Label paper. The particular size I use is Avery 6465 but you can use any masking paper you have on hand.
Next, I removed the backing paper and positioned the hearts over an 4.25″ x 5.5″ inch piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock.
I put a piece of scratch paper under my panel and then, using foam blending tools, I blended Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide ink onto the center of each heart. Then I blended Dusty Concord over the rest of the panel. I blended the colors a little bit where they met, but as you can see, I didn’t attempt to perfect the blending.
Next, I sprayed Milled Lavender Distress Oxide Spray over the entire panel. When the inks were dry, I peeled the masks away. You can see that the splatter helps to hide the fact that the ink-blending was fast and loose.
I trimmed about a quarter inch off each side of the panel and then adhered it to an A2-sized card base. To finish, I used foam tape to adhere a sentiment strip that I stamped using a stamp from the Lingo Thanks stamp set.
Hello, friends! Dilay here and I’m back to share another simple technique that you can use to stretch your layer dies! Today, I’m featuring the brand new Kinsey Heart Plate Layer Set, but for this card we’re only using one of the dies! Let’s get started!
To begin, I cut down a piece of white cardstock to the exact size of the Layer A die plate, 4.25” x 5.5”, then used the die plate to dry emboss the cardstock. The order of the plates for this step will vary depending on your specific die cutter. Using die plates to dry emboss is a great way to stretch your dies and give your creations a new flair!
Below is a side-by-side comparison of the embossed panel and the intricate die cut, both made from Layer A.
For the ink, I chose to go with Distress Oxide since they are my go-to for blending embossed projects. For this card, I used colors Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade and blended them using a large blending brush. I prefer to emboss first, then ink blend, both for the appearance and to avoid any ink transfer onto the die.
To finish, I die cut the Big Hugs Sugar Script die 3 times in white cardstock, stacked the layers for dimension, and adhered it onto the center the panel. Once the glue was dry, I adhered the finished panel to a top folding card base.
I hope that you found some inspiration today and enjoyed this card! Be sure to follow #birchpressdesign to share your creations!
Hi everyone! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook joining you for the first time this year! Happy New Year and I hope 2021 is starting off well for you all. I pretty much dove in head first to love and heart themed cards since the new year and I’m loving it all! I have a pair of slimline cards to share with you today and I hope you enjoy them.
When I can’t make decisions in the craft room, it either leads to making multiple cards or creating a rainbow of something. Today, it led to two cards which were really fun to create! I started by choosing colors and die cutting my hearts.
Then I moved on to backgrounds. I settled on making an inky mess with the ink smooshing technique using my Tombow Dual Brush markers. I colored on my acrylic block, spritzed with water and smooshed it on my paper. When I do this, I use a heat gun to dry each layer so they don’t blend together.
After these were done I used liquid glue to adhere them to card bases and also glued my hearts together at the same time. I put acrylic blocks on top of everything while it dried to help it flatten out.
For my sentiment, I kept it simple using the hugs honey script dies. I love this font and it fits just perfectly across these hearts!
I cut the shadows once and the words 4 times each and used liquid glue to adhere them all together. After they were glued to the middle heart I moved on to finishing touches.
I used Nuvo Crystal Drops in a coordinating color for each card. On this one, I just used a like teal scattered across the background of my card.
For the purple one, I decided to also add them to a few select spots on the hearts as well. This was totally new to me and I like how it turned out. Just a little extra interest.
I appreciate you sharing your time with me. Have a fabulous day!
For today, let’s stretch our layering plate die sets! This project will feature the Kinsley Layering Plate die set and we will create 3 different looks for our card fronts!
Chose your colors and die cut your plate pieces. Once all is die cut you will find that perfect spot to cut apart the top layer in your die set! For me this is layer A!
Glue together the second and third layer, when you add your top layer from the pieces you have created you will cut along those lines. You will now have three different panels!
Take your layered panels and add them to the fornt of your cards and add that perfect sentiment. I chose the Love Honey Script die set using solid card stock and vellum!
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!
Hello crafty friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a beautiful Valentine’s Day card featuring the latest new release products from Birch Press Design. The focal point of this pink ombre card is the ink blended background peeking through the Kinsley Heart Layering Plate.
On a 5 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ piece of Bristol smooth cardstock I ink blended Distress Oxide inks in the colors Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick and Candied Apple. I began with the lightest color (Spun Sugar) at the top of the cardstock and the richest color (Candied Apple) at the bottom.
Using 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Crest cardstock, I die cut the top layer (Layer A) from the Kinsley Heart Plate.
I placed this intricate heart layer directly over the ombre background adhering it with LineCo ph neutral bookbinding glue (my go-to liquid adhesive).
Using the Lingo Thanks stamp set, I stamped the word “love” in Versamark ink on ballet pink cardstock and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I used the coordinating Lingo Thanks die set to cut it out. I also stamped the sentiment “you’re in my heart” in Versamark ink on fuschia pink cardstock and heat embossed it with white embossing powder as well. I die cut one large white heart to serve as the center focal point of the card. I adhered the sentiments to the lower right corner of the heart using 3M foam adhesive. Lastly, I added a few iridescent sequins with glue dots to the card for added dimension and sparkle.
I hope you will enjoy these beautiful new products from Birch Press Design! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!
Hi crafty friends, it’s Tracey here today and Happy New Year! Before putting Christmas stamps and dies away for next year, make a few cards while you still feel the holiday spirit. Life in quarantine doesn’t always mean that your ahead of the game and then Christmas shows up. So it’s always good to have a bit of a head start.
I wanted to make some of the Birch Press Design Ornaments using foil paper. I chose to make all of my ornaments primarily using the Marisol Ornament Layer Set. I chose red, light aqua and silver foil from the Memory Box Polished Foil Pad and made three cards all using the same three colours each with a different outcome.
To start off I prepared three top folding card bases. I die cut the Pinpoint Radial Plate from white cardstock then trimmed them down to 5 1/4″ x 4″. I adhered the panels to card bases using foam tape and set them aside.
TIP: If you get any glue onto your foil die cuts while assembling, set it aside to allow the glue to dry slightly. Then gently use a microfibre cloth to wipe the marks away.
I drew a string for the ornament onto the Pinpoint Radial panel with a Copic Mutiliner and adhered the ornament with foam tape. The word ‘Joy’ was die cut in red foil using the Simple Joy die set.
The foil papers work just beautifully with the layered ornaments.
For the next two cards I cut the ornament shape from the Ornament Basics die set in white carstock. I cut the Marisol Ornament Layer A in both light aqua and red saving the interior pieces so I could inlay the red pieces into the light aqua bauble and the light aqua pieces into the red bauble.
The ornament caps were die cut in silver foil using the Ornament Basics die set. I drew the ornament strings with a Copic Mutiliner and adhered the ornaments with foam tape. The word ‘Joy’ was die cut in red foil using the Simple Joy die set for the red inlay card and the light aqua for the light aqua inlay card.
These cards turned out even more elegant than I thought they would. There is something so beautiful about cardmaking with foil.
Thank you for stopping in today to craft with me. I hope I have inspired you to make a few more cards before for close the door on Christmas for 2020. Come back again for more inspiration here on the Birch Press Design blog!
