Author: birch press

  • String Art-Inspired Kinsley Heart Card | By Leigh Houston

    String Art-Inspired Kinsley Heart Card | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! I am so excited to be here today sharing this super simple string art-inspired card featuring just one layer of the Kinsley Heart Layer set! I love how you can take one simple layer and really highlight its individual features.

    I started my card by die cutting Layer A from the Kinsley Heart Layer Set from white 110# cardstock. I glued this to a piece of red cardstock using liquid adhesive and trimmed around the edges. To add some dimension and texture, I poked holes around the inside of each of the cutouts and added some simple backstitching in pink embroidery floss. This was so simple, quick, and relaxing!

    To add even more texture and dimension, I decided to add a string art-inspired background to my card. For a detailed tutorial on how I made this background, you can check out this post. For this card, I used two shades of pink and one shade of red thread.

    To finish my card, I die cut the Love Sugar Script die four times, stacking it for dimension. I adhered it to the center of my heart and added some crystal glaze on top for some shine. All that was left to do was adhere the stitched heart to the center of the card and this project was finished!

    Thanks so much for stopping by today. I’ll be back in a couple of days featuring another way to add stitching to your Birch Press Designs projects. See you soon!


    Supplies


    57399 Kinsley Heart Layer Set
    Love Sugar Script
  • Field Of Blooms | By Seeka

    Field Of Blooms | By Seeka

    Hi there, Seeka here and I hope you’re having a lovely day! Today I have an easy card featuring the Field Of Bloom Plate Layer set and new paper from Memory Box, Birch Press Designs’ parent company.

    I started off by cutting the three layers of the Field Of Blooms set. The top layer is from white cardstock, the second layer is from a light orange cardstock, and the third layer is from green cardstock. I also cut a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel from a piece of darker orange cardstock. The orange cardstocks are from the Sunny Orange 6×6 paper pack and the green is from the Lush Green pack.

    I adhered these four layers together and then I used the Hello Topper Die to cut the “hello” sentiment from the same dark orange cardstock. I used the outline die to cut a piece of 4.25″ wide white cardstock, and then I adhered the two together. Next, I stamped the “thinking of you” sentiment from the Lingo Thanks stamp set in black ink.

    I backed the sentiment piece with foam tape and then adhered it to the bottom of the field of flowers. To finish, I adhered the card front to a card base.

    Thanks so much for visiting!


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  • Yet Another Way to Use Your Dies! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Yet Another Way to Use Your Dies! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    Let’s find even more ways to stretch our supplies in our stash! Today let’s focus on other ways we can use our layering dies. I will be using many layering die sets for today’s projects.

    One of the features in some of the layering die sets is there are separate sections that can be die cut individually! Let’s focus on them…

    I went through my dies, made my choices for my focal points and completed all my die cuts.

    Even though we are making Valentine’s Day Cards I chose neutral colors, Reds, blacks, browns and even a few pastels.

    Once all my die cuts were completed and glued together, I grabbed the Stitched Heart die to create my frame for my layering dies.

    For my cardstock, I grabbed for my stash of ink smooshed backgrounds. The best part when you use a shape die to cut from a card stock panel you get two cards! …and that is what I did with those hearts!

    I added my sentiments to my cards and we are ready to show someone just how much we love them!

    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


    57384 Pinpoint Radial Plate
    57106 Stitched Heart Set
    56120 Flora Heart Layer Set
    56095 Kaleidoscope Heart Layer Set
    56098 Epiphany Plate Layer Set
    57300 Hugs Honey Script
    57311 Love Honey Script
  • Happy Valentine’s Day! by Jeanne Jachna

    Happy Valentine’s Day!
    by Jeanne Jachna

    I hope you’re having a great Valentine’s Day whether it’s time with friends or date night with your sweetie everybody needs a little love.

    I love the layered dies offered by Birch Press Design. The designs are elegant and the option of making the designs in different color schemes is endless.

    I admit sometimes it’s hard to find ombre shades of cardstock in the same color family. That’s why I’m happy to share that our parent company Memory Box just released ombre paper pads perfect for layering.

    I cut the Kinsley top layer from white cardstock and the remaining layers from the Berry Red 6×6″ pad. The pads are white core so you can tear them, and it really streamlines the process of finding the perfect papers.

    I hope you’ll check out the new paper pads! I know you’ll find one in your favorite color!

    Finished size 4.25 x 5.5″
    Supplies

    57402 Kinsley Heart Plate Layer Set

    57335 Handwritten Love You and Outline

    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack

  • Linear Triangle Duo | By Amanda Wilcox

    Linear Triangle Duo | By Amanda Wilcox

    Hi again! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today featuring a couple of new products available in the shop. I was very interested in this new linear triangle die so I cut a couple out and started playing around, which is how I figured out today’s fun design. I hope you like it.

    I started by blending distress oxide inks in aged mahogany, fired brick and tattered rose on 4×25.5.5 inch panels.

    Then I die cut the linear triangle from 2 shades of teal cardstock – twice each so I could make both cards at the same time.

    I spritzed the inked panels with water, glued down the linear triangles with liquid glue and splattered them both with gold watercolor.

    While the watercolor was drying, I stamped sentiments from the new Crystal Lingo set and heat embossed them. The big words are in gold on white paper and the smaller sentiments are in white on black paper. I die cut the large words, cut strips from the small ones and lined the backs with foam squares.

    Last, I just removed the release paper and attached my sentiments to the card fronts. Here is the portrait version.

    And my favorite part about this design is the linear triangle die is how well it works both ways. Here is a landscape one so you can see how the panels fit the card fronts.

    Such a fun combo to make. Also, very easy to swap out sentiments and colors for different occasions and needs. I love cards like that. Don’t you?

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

    Supplies

    57393 Linear Triangle

    8155 Crystal Lingo clear stamp and die set

  • Rainbow Dahlia Hearts | by Crystal Komara

    Rainbow Dahlia Hearts | by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty friends! This is Crystal here with you again today sharing another fun idea for a Valentine’s Day card using the Dahlia Heart Layering set. I am so in love with ALL the love themed products from Birch Press Design that I just can’t stop finding ways to use them!

    This colorful rainbow themed slimline card just makes me so happy, so please follow along to the end of this post to see how I made it.

    Here is a step-by-step breakdown of how I created this card:

    Step 1: Using Layer A of the Dahlia Heart dies, die cut two hearts from white cardstock.

    Step 2: Find a scrap piece of rainbow themed paper and layer the white die cut hearts over it and fussy cut around the heart. Trust me, this won’t be perfect – you’ll see below how wonky my fussy cut heart was, but you won’t be able to see it underneath the white outline die.

    Step 3: Layer the white Dahlia outline over the rainbow paper and adhere using a thin liquid adhesive.

    Step 4: Using the Love You Handwritten Outline dies, die cut the sentiment out four times from both black and white cardstock. Snip off the “you” for the first three words to get the “love, love, love you” sentiment.

    For the base of the card I used an 80 lb. sheet of Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. This slimline card measures 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. I die cut a black scalloped rectangle background to really make the rainbow hearts pop. I adhered the two hearts to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. Lastly, I added the sentiments over the hearts using a thin liquid adhesive.

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

    Supplies

    57244 Dahlia Heart Layer A

    57335 Handwritten Love You and Outline

  • 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