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  • Lovely Butterflies Art Journal! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Lovely Butterflies Art Journal! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    For today, instead of creating a card let’s stretch our stamps and use them in an art journal… The Lovely Butterflies stamp set is perfect for this type of project in so many ways!

    I started by creating my background using my distress oxides in shades of blue. 

    As my background was drying, I stamped my images and heat embossed them and grabbed my watercolors to add the bright colors to their wings!

    Now back to the background…  Here is where you can have all the fun…  stencil, splatter, paste – the possibilities are endless…  I chose to make sure I added a border using an old dictionary page…

    Once all my pieces were dry I fussy cut out my butterflies and placed them onto my page creating my rainbow!  I believe we cannot have enough rainbows right now!

    I used two of the sentiments from the stamp set and placed at the top and the bottom of my page to finish it off!

    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


    8150 Lovely Butterflies clear stamp and die set
  • Rainbow Heart Thank You Card | by Leigh Houston

    Rainbow Heart Thank You Card | by Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! I am so happy to be here today sharing this rainbow heart thank you card made with Birch Press Design’s Amour Layer A die. I have been crazy-inspired lately by Laura Bassen’s amazing colorful geometric cards. I sought to achieve a similar look using this layering die, which made it so fast and easy!

    I started out my card by die cutting two panels from the Amour Layer A die. I then separated the negative pieces into two piles and attached one of the panels onto a white cardstock base.

    Then the fun began! I cut each heart into two lengthwise pieces, and colored them using Copic markers (any markers would work). I then attached the two pieces to a base piece from the other pile. Before long, I had a colorful panel of hearts. I decided to leave the small hearts white to avoid the card from becoming too busy.

    Excuse the messy craft space… nothing like a little realism, huh?

    I finished my card by popping up all the heart pieces onto foam tape before adhering them onto the panel. I die cut my sentiment from Birch Press’s Thanks Sugar Script using gold mirror cardstock, then stamped the “you are the best” from the You Are Awesome stamp set onto vellum.

    I love the clean yet graphic look that you can achieve from just one layer of the layering dies! My daughter loved this card so much that she snagged it to attach to a gift of some crocheted ear savers we are sending to nurses working on the front lines in New York City. We hope they love it!

    Thanks so much for joining me here today, and I’ll see you soon with another card project. Stay safe and healthy!


    Supplies


    57042 Amour Layer A
    Thanks Sugar Script
    CL8151 You Are Awesome clear stamp set
  • Enchantment by Jeanne Jachna

    Enchantment by Jeanne Jachna

    Hi friends! I hope you’re all safe and well! Now more than ever I’m turning to crafting for a sweet escape and a way to deal with stress.

    Today I’m sharing a card made with the beautiful new Enchantment layered die set. The set includes three full size (A2 4.25 x 5.5″) cover plates with lots of versatility.

    Not only can you mix and match the three layers , you can also switch out the colors of the half circles on the left margin of the die. I cut the die from shades of red, yellow and orange and layered them over a glittery panel of card stock from the Memory Box Pastel Glitter Pad. TIP: When layering dies always complete the entire bottom layer first, then the entire middle layer etc. This allows you to fit the die cuts tightly together with no gaps.

    I die the the Thanks Honey Script word die from three shades of blue. I chose a contrasting color so the word die would contrast with the background.

    This die set has so much potential – imagine all the different shades and colors you can assemble the layers in!

    Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5″

    Supplies

     

     

    56113 Enchantment Plate Layer Set

     

     

    57302 Thanks Honey Script

     

     

    CL8151 You Are Awesome clear stamp set

     

     

    GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

     

  • 6 friendly cards with Sun Ray Triangle Layer Set | by Ardyth Percy-Robb

    6 friendly cards with Sun Ray Triangle Layer Set | by Ardyth Percy-Robb

    Good morning! Ardyth here with 6 happy cards that are perfect for sending to friends! And all of them use just the top layer die from the Sun Ray Triangles Layered Dies set.

    For my first card, I used a form of inlaid die cuts, and I popped up the interior pieces (cut from Memory Box Twinkling Jewels glitter cardstock) and then removed the outline frame for a different look!

    Next, I used traditional inlaid die cuts, and included the black frames for a more dramatic look! (Notice that the Fairy Sugar glitter glues match the cardstock!)

    And of course, I needed to use up the glittery outline frames, so I glued them to a panel of white carstock, cut the panel with a circle and and then again, with a Vivid Bloom die, which I popped up with foam tape.

    I have even more cards to show you in my video:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LFOtN6egIk&feature=youtu.be

    Supplies

    56108 Sun Ray Triangle Layer Set

    57300 Hugs Honey Script

    57310 Hello Honey Script

    57332 Vivid Bloom Stitched Layer Set

    40115 Iris glitter glue

    40101 Buttercup Glow glitter glue

    40121 Sour Apple Sparkle glitter glue

    40120 Tropical Glimmer glitter glue

    GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

    PP1003 Cottage Meadow 6×6 pack

    58143 Lingo Thanks die set

  • Midnight Mandala Stencil | by Kimberly Wiener

    Midnight Mandala Stencil | by Kimberly Wiener

    Hello there creative Birch Press fans! Today I bring you a very simple and easy way to make multiple cards without stamping or coloring. My supplies are the Mandala Stencil and the Big Hello Sugar Script die.

    Stencils are an excellent way to quickly add color and dimension to your projects. I really like to have several shades to my blended colors and stencils are very forgiving in that you don’t have to be perfect. The imperfections are what adds to the wonderful uniqueness of your creations.

    To create a set of these cards for yourself you will need to cut several 4 x 5 white cardstock panels. Center the Midnight Mandala Stencil onto the panels and blend your colors darkest to lightest rotating outward in a circling motion.

    Cut the stencilled panel to 3.5 x 5 and adhere to upper postion of a standard A2 (4.25 x 5.5) card base, leaving equal distance between the top edge and doth sides of the card base. Onto the lower base of the card, add a black card stock strip 5 x 2 and add the Big Hello Sugar Script word die.

    For these samples I have used distress inks, however any ink used with the newest blender brush type of blending tools will be just as striking. I hope that you are inspired to enjoy experimenting with stencils and finding out just how easy and fun it is!


    Supplies


    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script
    42031 Midnight Mandala Stencil
  • Stenciled Color Bars | by Jennifer Svare

    Stenciled Color Bars | by Jennifer Svare

    Hi everyone! Today’s cards were made with graduation in mind, but could be used for anyone starting a new chapter in life! These are watercolored using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens. The clownfish was created by stamping in a very light ink, and colored in using a no-line watercolor technique. The turtle was stamped and embossed with gold embossing powder.

    The Ocean Fantasy clear stamp set has so many great sea life stamps. I practiced a lot with the clownfish. No-line coloring is new to me and I really enjoy it. The turtle was super quick, because it was simply embossed and colored in with multiple colors. After the colors were scribbled in, I went in with a water brush and simply blended it together. Really fun! A few gems were placed on the turtle’s shell for a little sparkle, and I coated the white parts of the clownfish with a clear glitter brush pen for shimmery scales.

    The thin bars were created using distress oxide inks and the Midnight Mandela stencil. I simply masked off the area that I wanted to color with blue painter’s tape, laid down the stencil where I wanted it to be, and colored it in. The Follow Your Dreams sentiment is part of the Lovely Butterflies stamp set.

    I wanted to show how the stencil works with very thin as well as thicker lines – two very different looks.

    So many of the sea creatures would look great for this style of card, and all are easy and a lot of fun to color in!

    Thanks for checking in today! I hope you have a wonderful day!


    Supplies


    CL8148 Ocean Fantasy clear stamp set
    CL8150 Lovely Butterflies clear stamp set
    42031 Midnight Mandala Stencil
  • Hello Crafty Friend | By Seeka

    Hello Crafty Friend | By Seeka

    Hello! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a quick and easy card featuring the Ring Tile stencil and the Hello Topper die.

    I started off by using low-tack Purple Tape to tape an A2-sized piece of bristol smooth cardstock to the stencil. Then I used foam blending tools to blend Victorian Velvet, Seedless Preserves, and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks over the stencil, blending the colors where they met to create a gradient effect.

    Next, I die cut the Hello sentiment and shadow layers out of white cardstock. I cut the sentiment four times, and the shadow layer twice, so that I could stack and adhere them together for a bit of dimension. Using the negative space of a die cut to help hold the sentiment in place, I blended Seedless Preserves and Wilted Violet over one layer of “Hello” before adhering all of the pieces together.

    I trimmed the background to 4″ x 5.25″ and then adhered the sentiment’s shadow layer along the bottom, trimming off any excess that extended past the edges of the background. Then I stamped the “my crafty friend” sentiment in pigment ink. This sentiment is part of a stamp from the Just Because stamp set.

    To finish, I adhered the ink-blended sentiment onto the shadow layer, and then adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base.

    Thank you so much for visiting!


    Supplies


    42030 Ring Tike Stencil
    57313 Helllo Topper
    CL8124 Just Because clear stamp set
  • Folk Art Heart Wedding | by Crystal Komara

    Folk Art Heart Wedding | by Crystal Komara

    Hello readers and happy Thursday! This is Crystal here with you today and I am sharing a wedding themed card created using the Folk Art Heart Layering dies. And yes, that is a mouthful to say! My husband and I actually had a wedding that we were supposed to attend two weeks ago in Orange County, California, that was canceled due to coronavirus. There were over 300 people anticipated to attend and travel in from across the country. Ugh, I can’t even imagine what that poor bride (and groom too, of course!) have been going through. . .

    *You can see full details on how to make this card in the video at the end of this post.

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. I also created a white scalloped frame from the same cardstock. Using Memento Tuxedo black ink, I stamped the sentiment at the top and bottom of the card, so that there would be room for the two hearts in the middle. I tried to create each heart to resemble more traditional bride and grooms colors, though you could easily make the hearts to match the wedding colors, or create two pink and white hearts if there were two brides to be celebrated!


    Here is a video tutorial that I created showing how to create this card:

    Thank you for visiting and I hope you have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    56119 Folk Art Heart Layer Set

    GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

  • String Art Corner Die! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    String Art Corner Die! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    For today’s project I am going to be featuring the String Art Corner Die with some bright and bold backgrounds…

    I started by creating my backgrounds first so they would have time to dry while I did all my die cutting! Since our backgrounds are so bright and bold I only used white card stock for all my die cutting!

    Using our liquid adhesive, we can layer our die cuts in different combinations!

    Once each of my panels were dry, I cut them down to 4 ¼ in x 5 ½ in and using my liquid adhesive I placed my die cuts in the corners of each of my backgrounds.

    For one of my backgrounds I made sure I made a die group in a rainbow and then offset them from each other when using my glue to put them together.

    All panels were set onto a Standard A2 size top folding card base (4 ¼ inch x 5 ½ inch)!

    My sentiments were stamped and them placed onto our cards using double side foam squares.

    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


    CL8151 You Are Awesome clear stamp set
    57328 String Art Corner
  • Glittered Hugs | by Tracey McNeely

    Glittered Hugs | by Tracey McNeely

    Hi there, it’s Tracey here today with a super glittery card and video using the String Art Frame die along with some other products from the recent Spring release.

    For full start to finish instructions see the video below.

    To create my background I started off by ink blending a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock using three shades of Distress Oxide Inks–Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Shaded Lilac. I used the Ring Tile Stencil to stencil over the panel using Nuvo Glimmer Paste in Moonstone.

    Once the stenciled design was dry I adhered it to the front of my card base with tape runner. The String Art Frame die was cut from heavyweight white cardstock and then glued it to the glitter stenciled, blended ink panel with liquid glue.

    TIP: Try dotting liquid glue around the outter edges and on any connection points when working with an intricate die cut for good coverage.

    The Honey Script Hugs word dies were cut with vellum for the base and white cardstock for the word and glued together also with liquid glue. It was adhered over the circle in the centre of the String Art Frame by adding a bit of glue to the left and right edges of the word.

    To add a sentiment on the inside of the card, I cut of panel of white cardstock to 5″ x 3 3/4″. Then I stamped ‘spread kindness this Easter’ using the Blooming Spring clear stamp set and attached the panel inside the card.

    The glittered stenciling with the die cuts on top add so much dimension and depth to the finished card.

    Thank you so much for stopping in and creating with me today. Wishing you and your family a Happy Easter and hope that we will all be able to celebrate once again with the people we love.

    Supplies

    57327 String Art Frame

    57300 Hugs Honey Script

    CL8152 Springtime Fun clear stamp set