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  • Black & White Valentine’s Day Cards | by Crystal Komara

    Black & White Valentine’s Day Cards | by Crystal Komara

    Hello readers and happy Monday! This is Crystal here with you today. I hope you all found a little time to do something crafty over the weekend. Today I am sharing two simple and classic black and white themed Valentine’s Day cards using Layer A of the beautiful Kinsley Heart Layering Plates.

    Both of these cards were created the same way, I just alternated the background colors, so they look slightly different. Here is the first card I created:

    And here is the second card I created using the same products, just alternating the background cardstock layers:

    Here is a step-by-step breakdown of how I created these cards:

    Step 1: Die cut the Kinsley Heart Layering Plate A once in black cardstock and once in white cardstock.

    Step 2: Layer the white die cut Kinsley Heart background over a piece of black A2 sized cardstock.

    Step 3: Layer the black die cut Kinsley Heart background over a piece of white A2 sized cardstock.

    Step 4: Cut out two large hearts from red glitter cardstock.

    Step 5: Cut out the sentiments using the Big Hugs Sugar Script dies and the Handwritten Love You Outline dies from black cardstock and white cardstock. Adhere the two layers of the word dies together with a thin liquid adhesive.

    Pop up the large red glitter hearts using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension and then add your sentiments and you have two classic and elegant Valentine’s Day cards!

    Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    57402 Kinsley Heart Plate Layer Set

    Big Hugs Sugar Script

    57335 Handwritten Love You and Outline

    GP1005 Holiday Glitter Pad

  • Hugs and Kisses | by Tracey McNeely

    Hugs and Kisses | by Tracey McNeely

    Hi there crafty friends, it’s Tracey here with you today. I used the Dahlia Heart Layer dies to create a slimline Valentines card. Using one sheet of white cardstock I was able to make my card base which is 8 1/2″ x 7″. The remaining piece of cardstock left was 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. I trimmed a 1/4″ off of the length and now had the perfect sized mat for the front of my card.

    I started by ink blended a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock using Distress Oxide Inks–Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Festive Berries. Once the panel was blended I tapped some watered down Perfect Pearls over the panel to add some interest and set it aside for now.

    Using the Dahlia Heart Layer A die, I cut a heart near the upper portion of the 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ panel.

    I trimmed my ink blended panel down and adhered it to the back of the front panel that I cut the heart from.

    Next I used the Dahlia Heart Layer A die and cut it from gold sparkle cardstock. I added liquid adhesive to the back of the gold sparkle heart and I inlaid it into the heart cutout. I panel was adhered to the card base leaving a small 1/8″ border.

    The hugs sentiment is from the Jumbo Lingo Hugs die. I cut the base layer from my ink blended panel and the top layer with the same gold sparkle cardstock I used for the heart. It was attached to the card using small pieces of foam tape.

    To finish off the card I splattered a bit of yellow gold metallic watercolour on to the card front. Then I embossed the XOXO using gold pearl embossing powder.

    Thanks so much for stopping in today and crafting with me. There is lots of time to make some Valentines cards for your loves or for friends. Have fun and get creative with your Birch Press Design dies. Enjoy the rest of your day and well see you next time!

    Supplies

    56096 Dahlia Heart Layer Set

    57351 Jumbo Lingo Hugs

    CL8151 You Are Awesome clear stamp set

  • Love And Hugs Dahlia | By Seeka

    Love And Hugs Dahlia | By Seeka

    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.

    Thank you so much for coming by!


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  • Sending Love Die Embossing | By Amanda Wilcox

    Sending Love Die Embossing | By Amanda Wilcox

    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!

    Supplies

    8139 Mod Alphabet clear stamp and die set

    Big Sending Sugar Script

  • Petal Heart Outside and In! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Petal Heart Outside and In! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    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!


    Supplies


    57396 Petal Heart Layer Set
    57300 Hugs Honey Script
  • Rainbow Background Viola Plate | By Dilay Nacar

    Rainbow Background Viola Plate | By Dilay Nacar

    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 C
    Ink blended Layer C
    Layer 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!

    56128 Viola Plate Layer Set
    Hello Sugar Script
    FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

  • Masked Ink Blending | By Seeka

    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.

    Thank you so much for coming by!


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  • Dry Embossing with Plate Dies | By Dilay Nacar

    Dry Embossing with Plate Dies | By Dilay Nacar

    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!

    Thank you so much for stopping by!

    57402 Kinsley Heart Plate Layer Set
    Big Hugs Sugar Script
  • Hugs and Hearts | By Amanda Wilcox

    Hugs and Hearts | By Amanda Wilcox

    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!

    Supplies

    57399 Kinsley Heart Layer Set

    57396 Petal Heart Layer Set

    57300 Hugs Honey Script

  • 3 Ways for a Heart Background! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    3 Ways for a Heart Background! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    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!


    Supplies


    56123 Kinsley Layer Set
    57311 Love Honey Script