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  • String Art Corner & Giveway | by Tracey McNeely

    String Art Corner & Giveway | by Tracey McNeely

    Hi there it’s Tracey here today and I’m so excited to introduce the newly released String Art Corner die! This week we re having a Blog Blitz and today I have a short video tutorial about using the corner die cuts along with patterned paper!

    I selected the pretty purple butterfly paper from the Memory Box Springtime Bouquet patterned paper pad along with the String Art Corner die, the Memory Box Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad, the Honey Script Hello dies and the Blooming Spring clear stamp set.

    The patterned paper was trimmed down to leave a 1/8″ border around it on the card base and I die cut the String Art Corner die with co-ordinating paper from the Memory Box Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad.

    Have a closer look at how gorgeous this intricate die cut is with the patterned paper and cut with the the glittery cardstock!

    We will be having giveaways on our Instagram Account March 21-29, 2020. One comment will be chosen at random from each of the Instagram posts during the blog blitz. Only one prize per person per giveaway. We use a random number generator to select winners from comments. You have until midnight US EST April 1 to leave a comment on each and every Instagram post that you want to enter. Winners will be announced on the Instagram posts on April 3.

    For your chance to win the String Art Corner die…

    1) Follow Birch Press Design on Instagram
    2) Double Tap (LIKE) the post with this giveaway
    3) Tag A Friend in the comments
    Good luck! And thanks for joining us for the Blog Blitz! 

    Supplies

    57328 String Art Corner

    57310 Hello Honey Script

    CL8152 Springtime Fun clear stamp set

    GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

  • 4 Cards with Mod Alphabet Stamps & Dies and Giveaway! | by Ardyth Percy-Robb

    4 Cards with Mod Alphabet Stamps & Dies and Giveaway! | by Ardyth Percy-Robb

    Good morning! It’s Ardyth here with 4 ideas for using the new Mod Alphabet Stamps & Dies!

    The stamp set has regular and outline letters and the die set has matching sets for both letter styles, making layering fun and easy!

    I created a blended plaid background using the Bold Stripes stencil and this helped guide the placement of my letters. My little sentiment comes from the You Are Awesome stamp set.

    For this card, I used the new Twinkling Jewels Glitter Pad and cut LOTS of ‘fat’ and ‘skinny’ o’s. My sentiment is from Lingo Thanks stamp set along with the coordinating die.

    Cutting all those O’s also gave me lots of dots from the O centres, which I used to create another card! This sentiment is also from You Are Awesome, along with the Big Lingo Type Happy die.

    Finally, I used the O stamps to create a similar pattern, and added colour by stamping the regular O inside the outline O. My sentiment was created with the regular THANKS letters!

    Here’s a video showing how all these cards came together:

    We will be having giveaways on our Instagram Account March 21-29, 2020.

    One comment will be chosen at random from each of the Instagram posts during the blog blitz. Only one prize per person per giveaway. We use a random number generator to select winners from comments. You have until midnight US EST April 1 to leave a comment on each and every Instagram post that you want to enter. Winners will be announced on the Instagram posts on April 3. For a chance to win the Mod Alphabet Clear Stamp and Die set:

    1.) Follow Birch Press Design on Instagram

    2.) Double Tap (LIKE) the post with this giveaway

    3.) Tag A Friend in the comments Good luck! And thanks for joining us!

    Supplies

    8139 Mod Alphabet clear stamp and die set

    CL8139 Mod Alphabet

    42029 Bold Stripes Stencil

    GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

    CL8151 You Are Awesome clear stamp set

    58143 Lingo Thanks die set

    CL8143 Lingo Thanks

    57226 Big Lingo Type Happy

  • Sending Quick Hugs with Nested Dies + Giveaway! | by Jennifer Svare

    Sending Quick Hugs with Nested Dies + Giveaway! | by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! Today I’m excited to share some bright, happy cards that are super easy and fun to make! I’ve used the brand new Vivid Bloom Stitched Layer Set to create a couple of different looks with the same basic design. The video below will show the techniques and how-to’s for these cards.

    The Honeycomb Beveled Layer Plate made a great, subtle background that was tone-on-tone for just a little bit of dimension and interest. I also used crystals on each of the base petals. These petals are simply staggered to create a unique look.

    These nested dies can be stacked on top of each other to reveal the layer below, but in this case I created frames by running two of the nested dies through the die cutting machine at the same time. This creates a frame that can be nested in one layer.

    Different looks can be achieved with the same basic design just by using different color combinations and frame sizes. I used a scrap piece of a watercolor. Patterned paper also makes a beautiful center! I used the Cottage Meadow 6×6 paper pad from Memory Box for the middle card above.

    Check out the video below for more info, and keep reading for giveaway info!

    We will be having giveaways on our Instagram Account March 21-29, 2020. One comment will be chosen at random from each of the Instagram posts during the blog blitz. Only one prize per person per giveaway. We use a random number generator to select winners from comments. You have until midnight US EST April 1 to leave a comment on each and every Instagram post that you want to enter. Winners will be announced on the Instagram posts on April 3. 

    For a chance to win the Vivid Bloom Stitched Layer Set…..

    1.) Follow Birch Press Design on Instagram
    2.) Double Tap (LIKE) the post with this giveaway
    3.) Tag A Friend in the comments
    Good luck! And thanks for joining us!  


    Supplies


    56104 Honeycomb Bevel Plate Layer Set
    PP1003 Cottage Meadow 6×6 pack
    57332 Vivid Bloom Stitched Layer Set
    57300 Hugs Honey Script
  • String Art Frame| by Crystal Komara

    String Art Frame| by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty readers! Thank you for visiting during our exciting Blog Blitz celebration! All week long the Creative Team is inspiring you with their amazing designs, but also giving YOU a chance to win some of these fun NEW products!

    This is Crystal here today sharing two vividly detailed cards using the new String Art Frame. Read all the way to the end of today’s post to see how you can win this die!

    For this first A2 sized card, I used a base of Neenah Solar White Smooth 80 lb. cardstock. I created a background from alcohol inks in the colors of Raspberry, Salmon and Valencia. I die cut the new String Art frame from gold glitter cardstock and adhered it directly over the alcohol ink background.

    Using the Lovely Butterflies stamp set, I stamped three of the smaller butterflies in similar ink colors (Raspberry, Salmon and Yellow). I die cut the butterflies and adhered them to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I also added a couple gold rhinestones to the bodies of each butterfly for added sparkle.

    Using the Garden Bloom stamp set, I stamped the “butterflies” sentiment in Raspberry ink on Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and the “remind us of how good change can be” in salmon ink just below it. I trimmed the sentiment strip to 4 1/4″ x 1 3/4″ to fit the card just below the butterflies.

    I have created a video for you showing how I made each of today’s cards. I hope you will enjoy it seeing the step-by-step process.

    For this second card, I used an alcohol ink background filled with blues and greens that resembled the ocean. When I die cut the String Art frame in silver, I realized it kind of looked like a fishing net! So, I went with it and created an “Ocean Fantasy” scene.

    I stamped many of the images from the Ocean Fantasy stamp set in Versamark ink on a variety of blue and green colored cardstocks. I heat embossed the images with white embossing powder and then fussy cut each image (there is no coordinating die set). I adhered the images to the card with 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I even added a coat of clear Wink of Stella to the images for even more sparkle!

    We’ll be having giveaways on our Instagram account March 21-29, 2020. We’ll use a random number generator to select a winner from the comments on each of the Instagram posts during the blog blitz. Only one prize per person, per giveaway. You have until midnight US EST on April 1 to leave a comment on each and every Instagram post that you want to enter. Winners will be announced on the Instagram posts on April 3.

    For a chance to win the String Art Frame die:

    1.) Follow Birch Press Design on Instagram
    2.) Double Tap (like) the post with this giveaway
    3.) Tag A Friend in the comments

    Good luck, and thanks for joining us!  

    Supplies

    57327 String Art Frame

    CL8148 Ocean Fantasy clear stamp set

    8150 Lovely Butterflies clear stamp and die set

  • Lovely Butterflies Card | By Leigh Houston

    Lovely Butterflies Card | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! It’s Leigh here, and I hope this day finds you well. I’m thrilled you stopped by because I am so excited to share this project featuring Birch Press Designs’s Lovely Butterflies stamp and die set. And not only that, you can enter today to win this stamp and die set… it is a MUST HAVE for all my fellow butterfly fans! All the details to enter are below.

    Have you ever noticed how pretty the little negative spaces are when you die cut your Birch Press Designs layering dies? I can never bring myself to throw them away, so I decided to make this card using those pretty little pieces to accent my focal butterfly. I started by stamping my sentiment from Birch Press Designs’s Greetings Basics stamp set onto a dark navy cardstock panel, heat embossing it in white. I then die cut a butterfly from the Lovely Butterflies stamp and die set to use as a placeholder. I save the little negative die cuts in little bags that I store with my dies, so I put them in bowls so I could start my layout.

    I continued arranging my little die cut pieces, adding color and details with alcohol markers and gel pens, and layering the pieces to create dimension and interest.

    As shown here, when I settled on an arrangement I was happy with, I would adhere the pieces down with low tack tape. I also decided at this point to add some white paint splatters on my background to make it look like a starry night sky.

    Now that I had my elements arranged to my liking, I glued them down and started on my butterfly. I heat embossed the butterfly image with gold embossing powder and colored in the image using the same alcohol markers that I used on the florals. After die cutting the butterfly with the coordinating die, I used a dark blue marker to trace around the white border so the image would blend in with the background of the card. I carefully folded the butterfly down the center and adhered it on the fold like so the butterfly’s wings would pop up from the card, creating more dimension.

    And with that, the card was finished! I definitely took a “more is more” approach to this card, but those little die cuts were just so much fun to color. I wish photographs captured the dimension that all these die cuts give to the finished product… I hope that you give these techniques a try so you can see it for yourself! It is so fun and easy to create a lot of texture and dimension.

    We will be having giveaways on our Instagram Accounts from March 21-29, 2020. One comment will be chosen at random from each of the Instagram posts during the blog blitz. Only one prize per person per giveaway. We use a random number generator to select winners from comments. You have until midnight US EST April 1 to leave a comment on each and every Instagram post that you want to enter. Winners will be announced on the Instagram posts on April 3. 

    For a chance to win the Lovely Butterflies Stamp and Die Set:

    1.) Follow Birch Press Design on Instagram
    2.) Double Tap (LIKE) the post with this giveaway
    3.) Tag A Friend in the comments


    Good luck! And thanks for joining us!


    Supplies


    8150 Lovely Butterflies clear stamp and die set
    CL490 Greeting Basics
    Butterfly Garden Plate Layer C
    57095 Avalon Frame Layer A
    57096 Avalon Frame Layer B
  • Sweet Petal Triangles | By Seeka

    Sweet Petal Triangles | By Seeka

    Hello, crafty friends, I’m so glad you’re here! Today I’m sharing two cards that feature the pretty Petal Triangles Layer die set, and sentiments from the You Are Awesome stamp set.

    I started by creating two square ink-blended panels. Starting with Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, I used foam blending tools to blend on Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide inks. On one panel, I started with yellow in the middle and blended out to pink at the edges, and on the other panel, I started with pink in the middle and blended out to yellow.

    Next, using white cardstock, I used the Petal Triangle Layer die set to die cut four full sets of layers (each set has three layers, A, B, and C) for my first card. I also cut four additional top layers (layer A) for my second card.

    Using the same pink ink, I inked all of my middle layers (layer B). Then I stacked the four sets of layers and adhered them together.

    I adhered these finished layered triangles to one of the backgrounds. To the other background I adhered the four top layers (layer A) for a less dimensional, simpler look.

    Next I stamped sentiments from the You Are Awesome stamp set in black pigment ink onto white cardstock. I adhered each sentiment to a vellum layer and the use foam tape to adhere the sentiments to each card front.

    To finish, I adhered each card front to an A2-sized card base.

    We’ll be having giveaways on our Instagram account March 21-29, 2020. We’ll use a random number generator to select a winner from the comments on each of the Instagram posts during the blog blitz. Only one prize per person, per giveaway. You have until midnight US EST on April 1 to leave a comment on each and every Instagram post that you want to enter. Winners will be announced on the Instagram posts on April 3.

    For a chance to win the Petal Triangle Layer Set:

    1.) Follow Birch Press Design on Instagram
    2.) Double Tap (like) the post with this giveaway
    3.) Tag A Friend in the comments

    Good luck, and thanks for joining us!  



    Supplies


    56107 Petal Triangle Layer Set
    CL8151 You Are Awesome clear stamp set
  • Frilly Triangle & Giveaway By Jeanne Jachna

    Frilly Triangle & Giveaway
    By Jeanne Jachna

    Hi Friends! I hope you’re having a great day! We’re celebrating our new Spring Release with lots of giveaways! My favorite item this release is the new Frilly Triangle Layer Set.

    I love the intricate layered design that reminds me of peacock feathers.

    My tip for getting these as tightly together as possible is to adhere them one layer at a time to your card base like I did here. Once your bottom layer is in place you can start stacking.

    I chose light and dark shades of green and blue for lots of contrast. The top layer is white to repeat the pattern of the bottom layer.

    I layered the assembled background on a panel of gold glitter paper, and repeated the gold on the background of the Hugs Honey Script sentiment.

    We will be having giveaways on our Instagram Account March 21-29, 2020. One comment will be chosen at random from each of the Instagram posts during the blog blitz. Only one prize per person per giveaway. We use a random number generator to select winners from comments. You have until midnight US EST April 1 to leave a comment on each and every Instagram post that you want to enter. Winners will be announced on the Instagram posts on April 3.

    For a chance to win the Frilly Triangle Layer Set…..

    1.) Follow Birch Press Design on Instagram
    2.) Double Tap (LIKE) the post with this giveaway
    3.) Tag A Friend in the comments
    Good luck! And thanks for joining us!  

    Finished Size 4.5″ Square

    Supplies

    56109 Frilly Triangle Layer Set

    57300 Hugs Honey Script

    CL8151 You Are Awesome clear stamp set

  • Hello Spring | by Kimberly Wiener

    Hello Spring | by Kimberly Wiener

    I don’t know about you, but I am ready for Spring! I am glad it is finally here. We are having some great sunbreaks and blooming flowers that been brightening my day.

    Lovely lavender, light oranges, spring greens and pops of small bright flowers are so cheerful.

    The sweet Hello Honey Script paired with the new paper packs from Memory Box are sure to being smiles. You can easily make a stack of cards with these lovely color combinations.

    I have die cut the Hello Honey Script onto a heavy crisp white cardstock and left the negative “bits” inside the letters. I then adhered onto the background word outline layer and added foam mount tape for added dimension.

    Lovely dotted and lined papers paired with strips of florals are such a sweet touch.

    These cards make me smile. I sure hope that you are enjoying all your creations with the newest Birch Press, Memory Box, Poppy Stamps and Open Studio products.


    Supplies


    PP1006 Springtime Bouquet 6×6 pack
    PP1007 Springtime Bouquet Stripes and Dots
    57310 Hello Honey Script
  • Dimensional Butterfly Bookmark | by Jennifer Svare

    Dimensional Butterfly Bookmark | by Jennifer Svare

    Today, I’m excited to share a happy little bookmark that makes such a wonderful gift. This could be given alone as it is so easy to mail with a handmade card, or could be included with a gifted book.

    This bookmark nestles into the book and leaves a butterfly delicately perched on the top (or side) of the pages. I used the Midnight Mandala stencil to create a pattern for the front.

    When the bookmark is taken outside of the book, a colorful design opens up to a mini-booklet for writing notes on!

    These gorgeous flowers come from the Cherry Blossom Wreath stamp set from Open Studio.

    I’ve used just one of the Lovely Butterflies for this bookmark, but there are so many to choose from in this stamp set. I love all of these flowers and butterflies. They are so easy and fun to color, and all of these can be made in so many ways.

    Make sure to check out the video I’ve made to show each step for making this fun bookmark, or check it out right here on the blog! Have a great day!


    Supplies


    8150 Lovely Butterflies clear stamp and die set
    42031 Midnight Mandala Stencil
    CL5256 Cherry Blossom Wreath clear stamp and die set
  • Colorful Floral Stars | by Crystal Komara

    Colorful Floral Stars | by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing three cards featuring the beautiful new “Floral Star” Layering Dies. These dies, like all of the Birch Press Design products, are simply gorgeous and after initially making the purple card, I wanted to show you how these dies look in other colors too! This basic flower/star design would well for a variety of occasions.

    I have created a video for you to watch and learn how these cards were made. Each A2 sized card was made in a similar monochromatic color tone. Each color was carried throughout the card both in the cardstock base and coordinating ink.

    I hope you have enjoyed today’s cards. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    56118 Floral Star Layer Set

    GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

    CL8151 You Are Awesome clear stamp set