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  • Turkey with Gratitude | by Tracey McNeely

    Turkey with Gratitude | by Tracey McNeely

    Today I have a fun Thanksgiving card and video to share with you. It is Thanksgiving this coming weekend here in Canada and I have used the Regal Peacock Layers dies to make a turkey. A wild turkey in fact!

    The four layers of the Regal Peacock Layers die set can create the most beautiful tail feathers and when I created the tail using browns and blacks the result was definitely the colour of wild turkeys!

    I used black for layer A which will sit as the bottom layer. Then Layer D was cut with a dark brown cardstock, Layer C a lighter brown cardstock the top layer A with gold sparkle cardstock. The combination is so rich and vibrant! The following is a video of my process turning the peacock into a turkey!

    I created three tails to make one big turkey tail.

    My turkey is bending down to much on the acorns and seeds on the grass, sorry that you only see the back of his head–lol! The grass was ink blended using two shades of Distress Oxide greens!

    The results from these dies create so much gorgeous texture and with a bit of thought the colour combinations can be endless! One more look…

    Thank you so much for stopping by today and wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving from Canada. Be sure to stop back in on Wednesday for more Birch Press Inspiration!

    Supplies

    57253 Regal Peacock Layer A
    57254 Regal Peacock Layer B
    57255 Regal Peacock Layer C
    57256 Regal Peacock Layer D
    Mandala Circle Base
    CL8147 Grateful Leaf Frames clear stamp set
  • Thank You | By Eloise Blue

    Thank You | By Eloise Blue

    Hi friends, Eloise here and today I’m using the Only Fish In The Sea Stamp Set to create a simple Thank You card.

    I started off with white heat embossing the school of fish image and a couple of the singular fish as well onto some watercolour cardstock. I then ink blended some Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Evergreen Bough Distress Inks over the entire background. I flicked on some water and dried it off with a heat tool.

    I then white heat embossed the ‘Thank You’ sentiment onto a thin strip of black cardstock. I added a hemp cord bow to the side and adhered it down.

    I finished off by adding googly eyes onto a few of the fish just for a little added interest. I also cut the panel at an angle and adhered it to a grey card base.

    The video is linked below if you’d like to watch.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWjzC7yvnDU

    Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I’ll see you all next time.

  • Thanksgiving Table Place Cardby Jennifer Svare

    Thanksgiving Table Place Card
    by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! Thanks for stopping by! Today I’ve made a Thanksgiving place card. We have a large family, so now’s the time to start creating them! We also draw names for Christmas gifts between siblings, so each year our place cards go into the name drawing and these cards a really fun, festive way to draw names after dinner.

    This year, I’m using the gorgeous Regal Peacock Layer Set along with the Lingo Alphabet to create the cards. The background is Layer A from the Delfina Layer set.

    I used a clear acetate for the card base, but any color would work. Check out the video below for more details on how this place card was made! Thanks again for stopping by, and have a great day!


    Supplies


    57019 Delfina A
    56099 Regal Peacock Layer Set
    57231 Lingo Alphabet
  • A Hug and a Wish! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    A Hug and a Wish! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    For today, let’s layer some stamps, but this time they are 6 x 6 background stamps! The two sets used are called Hugs Tile and Wishing Tile. Not only do you get a 6 x 6 back ground stamp but also some sentiments and accents that all work together! These sets are perfect on their own, but they work beautifully together!

    From the Wishing Tile I pulled the 6 x 6 stamp and used a dye ink to stamp onto my shite card stock. I stamped this twice since it was the first time, I used the stamp.

    Once it was set, I then pulled the 6 x 6 stamp from the Hugs Tile stamp set and layered it onto top of my image. These stamp sets layer together perfectly and accent each other well! Instead of ink for this layer, I used my yersamark ink and embossing powder.

    Pulled two dye inks and started stamping the small flower stamp into the areas that were open. After I got the first layer down, I used the same stamp and added the dye ink only to the center of the stamp with a sponge dauber. This added a little shading to the center of the flower.

    I then finished the flowers with the center circle stamp with the same ink I used to add the shadows.

    I cut my stamped image down and was able to make two cards from this one panel. One measured 4 inches x 5 ¼ inches and the other was 1 inch x 5 ½ inch. These were backed onto card stock from my stash and then placed onto my standard A2 size card base.

    Stamp a sentiment on one of the cards using due ink and embossing powder.

    Here are some close ups of the finished cards!

    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!

  • Inlay Lotus | by Tracey McNeely

    Inlay Lotus | by Tracey McNeely

    Hi there it’s Tracey here today and I am going to share with you a wonderful die for inlaying die cuts, the Lotus Flower Layering set which also happens to be on sale in the Birch Press Design store!

    I used just Layer A to achieve all this dimension. I started with a card base for a 4 1/4″ square card. I cut an inside panel to 4″ square and then I die cut the Lotus Flower Layer A die from it and I set all the pieces aside for now. I attached the 4″ panel to the card base. I cut the Lotus Flower Layer A once more using white sparkle cardstock and set those pieces aside. I inlaid the white outlined flower into the circle on the card panel. Once I had that set in I inlaid the top and bottom piece of the die that was cut with the white sparkle cardstock. Once those pieces were snugly in place I knew the rest of my inlaid pieces would fit in.

    I use some Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide inks to blend the petals of the flower. I sponged the whole petal with the lighter shade and used the darker pink down closer to the centre of the flower. I used liquid glue and I inlaid the remaining pieces of the flower. I chose a sentiment from the Grateful Leaf Frames clear stamp set and stamped it on the the front panel with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

    I added a few clear sequins to add just a bit more sparkle to the card. For a final touch, I put some white dots on the tips of the flower petals with a white gel pen.

    Inlaying die cuts is such a fun technique and once you get going on it’s so fun and the results are always gorgeous. Honestly the pictures do not do it justice!

    I hope that I inspired you to give inlaid die cutting a try if you haven’t already. The results are always amazing and your card much more ‘mail friendly’ without the extra bulk of layers!

    Supplies

    57258 Lotus Flower Layer A
    57259 Lotus Flower Layer B
    57260 Lotus Flower Layer C
    CL8147 Grateful Leaf Frames clear stamp set
  • Regal Peacock Slimline | by Tracey McNeely

    Regal Peacock Slimline | by Tracey McNeely

    Hi there it’s Tracey and I’m so excited to share a really colourful card with you today using the new Regal Peacock Layers dies! Before I got started I looked online for photos of Peacocks to help me out in making colour selections for each layer of the tail.

    Here is a look at the supplies that I used for my card today–cardstock, craft dies and Distress Oxide inks.

    The peacock will fit on a standard A2 size card base but I decided it would be fun to create a slimline card so that the peacock would really stand out! My slimline card is 3 ¾” x 7 ¾” and the inside panel is 3 ½” x 7 ½”.  I began my card by creating an ink blended background using Mowed Lawn, Lucky Clover and Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide inks along with my blending brushes. Once I finished blending the panel I flicked some watered down white acrylic paint on to it. Below is a link to the video I created to show you how I created my card.

    Layer A which is the body of the peacock and the full shape of the tail are all cut from a bright royal blue cardstock. This way the once all the layers are adhered together you will see the tiny dots of blue like you would on a peacock’s tail when it’s fanned out.

    I used two shades of green cardstock for Layers D and C and then layer B which is the top layer I die cut from gold sparkle cardstock which looks just gorgeous!

    The blended ink panel was adhered to the 3 ¾” x 7 ¾” slimline card base. The peacock was attached to the blended card panel with foam squares to give it a bit of dimension. The sentiment is from the No One Like You stamp set as it was white embossed on the bright royal blue cardstock and added to the bottom of the card with foam tape.

    Thank you so much for coming by today and I hope I inspired you to create something with the Regal Peacock Layer set. Come back again on Friday for more Birch Press Design inspiration!

    Supplies

    57253 Regal Peacock Layer A
    57254 Regal Peacock Layer B
    57255 Regal Peacock Layer C
    57256 Regal Peacock Layer D
    CL8145 No One Like You clear stamp set
  • Double Embossed Jellyfishby Jennifer Svare

    Double Embossed Jellyfish
    by Jennifer Svare

    This is a simple jellyfish card in a deep, clear ocean blue background. The deep ocean is clear and beautiful – so peaceful with no distractions. Can you imagine the quiet flicker of lights from a jellyfish as it floats by? The tentacles on this card sparkle and “move” with holographic embossing powder when tilted in the light. The photos capture the basic idea, but in real life, there is a lot of movement created when the light hits the tentacles.

    I remember being in Monterey Bay Aquarium several years ago, and the jellyfish exhibit absolutely captivated me. The way the jellyfish seemed to have lights running through them was amazing.

    By the way, heat resistant acetate makes a beautiful jellyfish when using the holographic embossing powder! Very hard to photograph, but it’s a must-try if using this stamp. I had a lot of fun playing with that idea as I created today’s project. In the end, the white and blue card won because it stood the better chance of being photographed, but I would like to encourage anyone to give that a try with this stamp. Gorgeous!

    I love how the jellyfish stamp from the Ocean Fantasy stamp set has very delicate tentacles, along with a couple thicker ones that are perfect for adding color or sparkles to. I stamped with VersaFine ink, then used white for the embossing powder for the main image and lettering. (I can also see a gold embossed jellyfish on a plain white card using the double embossing technique. So many options!)

    After the main stamp had been embossed, I used a VersaFine pen to create little dots on the cap, and “colored” in two of the tentacles with this clear ink. Using a VersaFine pen is a great way to add embossing to little hand-drawn dots and color fill-ins. I then put holographic embossing powder over what I had drawn in, and heat embossed a second time.

    The sentiment from Let Your Light Shine stamp set along with the jellyfish creates such a simple but strong message and I love that about this card.

    When holding this card straight, the sparkles do not stand out, but when tilted, the “lights” shine and even seem to be moving as the card moves in the light. If you’ve never seen a jellyfish glow, it is really worth seeing! In the meantime, this is a super easy, fast card to make and I hope you give it a try!


    Supplies


    CL8148 Ocean Fantasy clear stamp set
    Let Your Light Shine clear stamp set

  • New Release Winners

    Thanks so much for joining us for our new release preview! We appreciate all your kind comments and support! Congratulations to the winners who have been notified by email. Instagram winners are listed on the giveaway posts.

    DatePostPrizeWinner
    August 15, 2019Jennifer’s Post57258 Lots Flower Layer AMarisela Delgado
    August 16, 2019Desiree’s Post57247 Lumina Layer ADee Earnshaw
    August 19, 2019Tracey’s PostCL8145 No One Like YouSmilynStef
    August 21, 2019Ashlea’s Post57250 Epiphany Layer ASandra W
    August 22, 2019Jeanne’s Post57247 Lumina Layer ADenise Bryant
  • Grateful Leaf Frame! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Grateful Leaf Frame! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    For today’s project I will be using the Grateful Frame Stamp Set! I thought this was perfect for no line coloring… so grab your favorite coloring medium, mine will be colored pencils, and let’s get started

    For no line coloring you want to make sure you stamp your images with a very light ink. Once my image was stamps, I chose my colors I will be using by swatching them out on a piece of card stock, the same I am using for our project.

    Now the fun begins, we get to color our image. When using colored pencils, I like to start with a light layer of my lightest color and then come in with my mid tone and then add my dark layer to add my shadows. Over all of those layers I add one final layer of the lightest color to blend them all together.

    For the frame I used two dark colors so my sentiment would stand out, but instead of stamping the image in black ink I used a charcoal grey to keep it subtle.

    I trimmed my panel down to approximately 5 ½ inches x 5 ½ inches and used a black card stock to mat my image and placed it on to a 6 inch x 5 ½ inch side folding card base.

    Added some Vintage Drops by NuVo in Chocolate Chip around my image for an embellishment.

    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


    CL8147 Grateful Leaf Frames clear stamp set
  • Weathered Regal Peacockby Jennifer Svare

    Weathered Regal Peacock
    by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! Thanks for stopping by today! For this project, I brought the distress paints out and experimented with the weathered metal look.

    I started off by using black chalkboard paper, since there is a slight matte finish to it. I also tried adding a clear layer of gesso over top of plain black card stock, and that works as well. I simply daubed on random splotches of the blue and green and used my heat gun to get it almost dry. Before completely dry, I wiped some of the paint off, exposing the black underneath. A layer of Antiqued Bronze was added over top, and again let it almost dry (a few areas of wet remained still) and then daubed it off with a rag. Tim Holtz has a great tutorial on making a patina finish, and I just followed his steps. Here are how each layer looked before I put it together:

    I wanted more color on this layer, so went back in and applied a second coat of the blue and green.

    After I layered them all together, I went in with a very small amount of Black Soot Distress Stain on my rag, just to add some extra black into the lines. There is very little but it adds a nice effect. It looked great before and wasn’t a needed step.

    I went around the edge of the white watercolor paper with random strokes of Peeled Paint, Broken China, and Antique Bronze. I wanted it to look like rustic brush strokes.

    A thin strip was cut from leftovers for the peacock to be resting on, and also added a sentiment embossed in gold. Notice how the feathers on the body of the peacock are slightly lifted for even more dimension.

    I can see this technique applied to so many of these layering sets and even just the peacock body alone would be stunning on a card. It’s easy and so much fun! What do you think? I’d love to see your comments below.

    Have a great day, and we’ll see you again soon!


    Supplies


    56099 Regal Peacock Layer Set