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  • Autumn Thanks | by Toni M Maddox

    Autumn Thanks | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today after a bit of a hiatus. I’m glad to be back!

    For today’s card I used a base of Memory Box Pool Party Solid Core Cardstock which I cut with the Pinpoint Contour Plate then sponged with Catherine Pooler All That Jazz, leaving the center alone to create a highlighted area.

    Next I cut out the Adornment Oak Leaf twice from Memory Box Golden Wheat Solid Core Cardstock. This cardstock is amazing. It has two different shades on either side of the paper!

    I sponged my leaves with Catherine Pooler Limoncello, Tiara and Tiki Torch inks, and spattered with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo and Crackling Campfire. If you look at the bottom Oak Leaf, I didn’t sponge the bottom left so you can see the two colors. I just flipped the paper over as to cut out the outline.

    I added some Hillside Branch and Bramble Contour Layers cut from a dark kraft cardstock and Adornment Pumpkin curls out the Golden Wheat cardstock.

    To finish the card I cut the Sugar Script Big Thanks from the reverse side of Pool Party as well as black cardstock to create a shadow.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!

    Supplies

    57484 Adornment Oak Leaf

    57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate

    57481 Adornment Pumpkin

    57142 Big Thanks Sugar Script

    57524 Hillside Branch and Bramble Contour Layers

  • Warm Wishes | by Rosemary Dennis

    Warm Wishes | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello, hello! Rosemary here today with a holiday card to share that I made using the following products from the new release: Holly Sprig Contour Layers, Little Poinsettia Flowers and Warm Wishes Confection Script. I also used the tried and true Cora Layering die set. Let’s have a look.

    As I was looking through the new die set I noticed that the Little Poinsettia Flowers would work perfectly with the Holly Sprig Contour Layers die set. To create my little flowers I used patterned paper from the new Yuletide Cheer 6×6 pad from Memory Box. The die is all one piece allowing you to die cut as many flowers as you need very quickly. I cut the die twice in order to make enough flowers for three holly sprigs. I adhered the flowers using liquid adhesive and added yellow fairy jewels to the center of the flowers.

    I then die cut the holly sprigs from a green plaid paper from the Memory Box Yuletide Plaid 6×6 pad. Since there are touches of gold foiling on all the papers I decided to die cut the sprigs from that side of the patterned paper for that little bit of added sparkle and shine. There are also little pine like sprigs in the Holly Sprig die set. I die cut those from the reverse side of another piece of Yuletide Plaid that had a brown hue to it. I adhered the flowers to the Holly Sprigs on the spots where the berries are supposed to be. I really like the look!

    For the background I decided to use another piece of paper from the Yuletide Cheer pad that featured gold foiling. I tried just layering the three holly sprigs on to the background but decided I needed a little something else. So I went through my layering die sets and settled on the Cora Layering set. I die cut the bottom and middle layers from the patterned papers I used for the flowers and stems and the top layer from gold metallic cardstock. I adhered the layers with liquid adhesive and then added it to the background paper. Because the patterned paper is thin I die cut additional rectangles of the same size from white cardstock and adhered them behind the patterned paper rectangle using liquid adhesive. I weighted everything down so it would dry flat.

    I die cut the Warm Wishes Confection Script from the green plaid paper, as well as from the gold metallic cardstock and adhered the layers together with liquid glue. Once the background was dry I layered on the holly sprigs that I created with liquid glue. I tucked some of the little pine sprigs into the arrangement at various points. I finished off the card with a bow tied from gold metallic thread and the sentiment.

    I really like die cutting using patterned papers, especially papers with a subtle pattern to them, as it adds so much texture and interest to a card. I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

    Supplies

    57541 Warm Wishes Confection Script

    56121 Cora Layer Set

    57562 Little Poinsettia Flowers

    57559 Holly Sprig Contour Layers

  • Holiday ATC’s | By, Natasha Vacca

    Holiday ATC’s | By, Natasha Vacca

    Hello Birch Press friends, it is Natasha here today sharing a couple of ATC’s (Artist Trading Cards) using the Holly Sprig and Pine Needle Twigs die sets. I had a lot of fun creating these, let’s get started!

    I started by die cutting both the Holy Sprig and Pine Needle Twigs die sets using paper pads from Memory Box. I used the following pads: Blush, Greenery, Earth Neutral, and the Festive Glitter Pad. For each of the die cuts I used a combination of dye inks, sprays, as well as embossing powder to add texture to each of the die cuts. Once everything was completed, I adhered all the layers together using liquid glue.

    Next I chose a gelli print background from my stash. The background was made on my gelli plate using the Geometric Crystals embossing folder. I dry embossed the folder, then used the dry embossed panel to create prints on my gelli plate. I also kept the dry embossed panel as an extra piece for additional layers. I trimmed the panel down into 2 ATC’s. I then inked the edges using Distress Ink.

    Next I determined the layout for each ATC. I added additional texture to each ATC with a piece of cheesecloth, as well as pieces of the Geometric Embossing folder. I adhered everything using liquid glue and foam tape.

    I completed the project with 2 small sentiment strips from my stash. I had a lot of fun creating these and I hope you enjoyed them!


    Supplies


    57559 Holly Sprig Contour Layers
    57519 Pine Needle Twigs Contour Layers

    Supplies


    sp1012 Blush 6×6 pack
    sp1009 Earth Neutral
    GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad
    sp1003 Lush Green
  • Floral Wishes | by Sandhya Iyer

    Floral Wishes | by Sandhya Iyer

    Hello, friends! Design Team member, Sandhya Iyer here with a contrast-filled floral card to send best wishes to loved ones. I used the Floral Arch Contour Layers, Fuddled Leaf Branch Contour Layers, Pinpoint Radial Plate and Best Wishes Vintage sentiment dies for my project today.

    I started by die-cutting the layers for the floral arch, leaf branch and the sentiment out of watercolor cardstock. Next, I pulled out dye inks in shades of pinks and inked up the floral layers and the letters in the sentiment. I chose a minty cool green for the stems and leaves.

    Next, I die-cut black cardstock using the Pinpoint Radial Plate to create a background panel for my card. I bunched the die-cut foliage and tied a bow with jute twine.

    Next, I adhered the die-cut floral and leaf bundle and the sentiment to my black panel. Finally, I finished off with a sprinkling of iridescent pink sequins.

    This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have fun crafting today!

    Supplies:


    Supplies


    57560 Floral Arch Contour Layers
    57500 Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers
    57384 Pinpoint Radial Plate
    57552 Best Wishes Vintage Sentiment

  • Thanks | by Rosemary Dennis

    Thanks | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today. I have a card today that I made using the new Floral Arch Contour Layers die set. When I pulled the package for this die set out of the box I gasped at how beautiful it is! I couldn’t wait to make a card with it.

    On the packaging the image is shown in shades of pink and that is what I went with initially. As I was making the card I decided to throw a little red into the mix since there is red in the patterned paper I used.

    I decided to die cut the pieces from colored cardstock and then to blend on some additional ink for more color. The green cardstock I used to die cut the top stems was a lot lighter when I started out, but I love the deeper green color I acheived!

    After die cutting and inking all the pieces I adhered everything together using liquid adhesive. I thought that the second largest dies from Memory Box Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die set would be perfect for the floral arch. I die cut it from a sheet of paper from the Gladiola Plaid 6×6 paper pad and then embossed it with the Open Studio Gracious Floral embossing folder. When I embossed the paper I actually embossed the wrong side, but decided that I liked the debossed side as it was a bit subtler. I adhered the panel to a white cardstock base with strong double sided tape.

    I adhered the floral arches with liquid adhesive and then added the sentiment from the Sugar Script Sentiments 2 hot foil set. I’m almost out of these sentiments so time to foil some more! The foiled sentiment worked perfectly since as you can see there are little touches of foiling in the plaid paper.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

    Supplies

    bpf505 Sugar Script Sentiments 2 Hot Foil Plate and Die Sets

    57560 Floral Arch Contour Layers

  • A Blue Hibiscus Summer | by Crystal Komara

    A Blue Hibiscus Summer | by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here sharing a very detailed card using the beautiful Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers. Now, contour layering dies have been around for a while now, but in all honesty, it’s taken them a little while to grow on me. I go through my love ’em and hate ’em phases. Well, I am currently in my die cutting era right now! I can’t stop, because each card comes out so elegant and gorgeous, it just makes all that die cutting and piece work worth it!

    Card details:

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I then cut a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of royal blue cardstock and adhered it directly to the card base.

    Next, I went to town just die cutting all those hibiscus layers (from three different colors of blue) and then the leaves in two shades of green. Really, I don’t measure or count anything as I’m doing all that die cutting, I just keep cutting and then put it all together in the end. Yes, I always have leftover and mismatched pieces, but I just add a couple of the “extras” to the inside of the card and any leftover pieces go in my scrap bin for another time.

    Once I adhered all the flowers and leaves together and situated them on the card in a visual appealing way, I added the sentiment. I used the Big Hello Vintage Sentiment die. I die cut the bottom layer from white cardstock and the top layer from royal blue cardstock. I adhered both layers together with a fine-tip liquid adhesive. Lastly I adhered the entire sentiment to the card using 3M foam for added dimension.

    Now, is this card “perfect” – goodness NO! I bet you didn’t realize that I splattered silver ink all over the card when I intended on splattering gold. Do I love it? No. But there was already so much work done that I wasn’t about to start all over. And, let’s be real, no one would ever know but me! Shhhh. . .

    Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    57486 Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers

    57550 Hello Vintage Sentiment

    SP1005 Ocean Blue 6×6 pack

    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack

    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

  • Summer Ocean Blues | by April Antonio

    Summer Ocean Blues | by April Antonio

    Hello friends! Design Team member April here today sharing a beautiful, bright, blue ocean inspired card using the Budding Twigs Contour Layers die set. I visited the beach last month and was inspired to create something ocean-y.

    Here’s how I pulled this card together:

    I cut a piece of heavy-weight white cardstock down to A2 card size. is made from 80 lb. I used on of my favorites, the Pinpoint Contour Plate to cut a background from the Memory Box Lagoon 6×6 cardstock pack and layered that onto the card base.

    Next I cut the three layers of the Budding Twigs Contour Layers die set from three different colors from the same Lagoon cardstock pack. I glued the layers together following the included guide, making sure to alternate colors, and adhered each finished twig onto the card front. The blue background with the budding twigs reminded me of seeing coral underwater!

    I used the Big Hugs Vintage Sentiment die and shadow die to cut the ‘HUGS’ and adhered it to the front of the card. I used two different shades of brown I found in the Memory Box Earth Neutral 6×6 cardstock pack.

    I finished off the card with some fun gemstones from the Winter Fantasy Fairy gemstone set. I really enjoy paper-piecing and this card was fun to pull together! I hope you are able to have fun and do something creative this weekend.

    Supplies

    57547 Big Hugs Vintage Sentiment

    57529 Budding Twigs Contour Layers

    57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate

    Supplies

    sp1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack

    sp1009 Earth Neutral

  • Best Wishes Tag | by Sandhya Iyer

    Best Wishes Tag | by Sandhya Iyer

    Hello, friends! This is Design Team member, Sandhya Iyer, and today I am sharing a mixed media tag using dies from Birch Press Design. I used the Floral Arch Contour Layers and Best Wishes Vintage sentiment dies for my project today.

    I started by die-cutting the layers for the floral arch and the sentiment out of watercolor cardstock. For the stem layer, I used green cardstock. Next, I pulled out dye inks in shades of pinks and inked up the floral layers and the letters in the sentiment.

    Next, I trimmed a piece of snow tulle fabric to create a background for my die-cut layers. I used a manila tag as the base and sewed the fabric to the tag. I did a mix of zig-zag and straight stitches to amp up the mixed-media effect.

    Next, I adhered the die-cut floral arches and the sentiment to the tag. Finally, I finished off with a piece of linen ribbon to tie the top of the tag.

    This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have fun crafting today!

    Supplies:


    Supplies


    57560 Floral Arch Contour Layers
    57552 Best Wishes Vintage Sentiment

  • Just a Little Something | by Crystal Komara

    Just a Little Something | by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty friends and happy August! Where did the summer go already!? This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here today sharing a vibrant alcohol ink card featuring the Floral Star Layer set. Because this background has so much intense color, you might not even notice that I used just three layers of white on that Floral Star.

    Card details:

    This A2 card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. I pulled a scrap piece of a previously made alcohol ink background from my stash and splattered some white and gold ink all over the alcohol ink. I cut it down to 5 1/4″ x 4″ and adhered it directly to the white cards base.

    Next, I die cut all three layers – Layer A, Layer B and Layer C of the Floral Star Layering set from white cardstock. I adhered the three layers together using a fine-tip liquid glue. Then I adhered the full die to the center of the alcohol ink background.

    Using the Contempo Greetings stamp set, I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink on black cardstock. I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and used the coordinating die to die cut the sentiment out. I adhered the sentiment to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.

    I LOVE using alcohol inks on my cards, they are a great way to add visual interest and unique designs. Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    8160 Contempo Greetings clear stamp and die set

    56118 Floral Star Layer Set

  • Peace and Joy Greetings | by Sandhya Iyer

    Peace and Joy Greetings | by Sandhya Iyer

    Hello, friends! This is Sandhya, sharing a pair of holiday cards featuring the latest holiday collection dies from Birch Press Design. I made my cards by pairing the gorgeous Yuletide Cheer and Yuletide Plaid pattern papers with the Pine Needle Twigs Contour Layers. For my sentiment, I used the Peace Love Joy Confection Script dies.

    I started with the gorgeous foiled pattern papers from the Yuletide Cheer and Yuletide plaid 6X6 paper packs. I trimmed it down to make 4.25″ X 5.5″ panels for my 2 cards. I also used the same pattern papers to die cut the sentiments and with gold shadows.

    Next, I die-cut the pine needles out of 2 shades of green cardstock and assembled 4 layered needles. I picked up 2 pieces of watercolor cardstock and ink smooshed with Distress inks to create a couple of interesting backgrounds for the die-cut needles.

    For the blue panel, I used a black marker to draw stitched details and adhered some music paper and pattern paper to create a mixed media effect. For the pink and green panel I actually stitched around the panel and adhered the pine needles. Next, I used white gouache to splatter on both panels and some snow like effect on the pine needles. I also added some gold splatters.

    Then I added the sentiment die-cuts and tied it all together with jute twine. I found some jingle bells in my stash and added them to the bow to add a tinkle to my cards. Finally, I attached the panels to the card bases to complete my holiday cards. This brings us to the end of today’s post. I hope this inspires you to get crafty today!

    Supplies:

    PP1031 Yuletide Plaid 6×6 pack
    PP1032 Yuletide Cheer 6×6 pack
    57543 Peace Love Joy Confection Script
    57519 Pine Needle Twigs Contour Layers