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Welcome back for another inspiration post at Birch Press Design. Today I have a fun card to share with you using the Viva Stencil set. The set comes as three separate stencils that work together, but for today’s card I only used Layer A so that I could do some ink blending right on the stencil.
I gathered my supplies together and made a short video to show you how I used the Mandala Card Frame along with the stencil to ensure that my ink blending only went through the stencil and not all over my white card base.
Armed with my Frog Tape I taped the Mandala Card Frame, that was cut with very thin white cardstock, over my 5 1/4″ x 4″ panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock. Once I secured the top and both sides down I lay the stencil over the circle and then taped the stencil down on the top bottom and both sides so that it would not move when I was blending ink over it. It might seem a bit much but there is nothing worse than a stencil shifting when blending ink on it. Lets have a look at how I created this card…

The stenciling is so vibrant. I used Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberry and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Inks. My ink pads were very juicy so I barely had to pick up any ink because my blenders were still a bit wet from the first run. Yes I did have to start over since I didn’t have my stencil secured enough with the Frog Tape the first time.
I used a sentiment from the Best Friends clear stamp set which I embossed in white on the same purple cardstock, that I used for the shadow on the Big Friend Sugar Script die and for mat behind the main panel. The purple really picks up the purple in the design.
A closer look at the blended colours from the stencil.
Thanks for stopping in today to create a card with me. All of the stencil sets at Birch Press Design open up so many options for colours and design. Have a wonderful day and we’ll see you next time.

Supplies

42006 Viva Stencil Set

Mandala Card Frame

57177 Big Friend Sugar Script

CL8132 Best Friend clear stamp set

Hi friends, Eloise here and today I have a card to share with you all using the Calen Layering Set as well as the new Big Shine Sugar Script Dies and Joy and Peace Stamp Set. I’ll also be using a colour combo that I found on Pinterest for my inspiration today as well.

To begin my card today, I started off with cutting out the Calen layers from their respective colours of cardstock. Below is the image for reference.

So I pulled some green, purple and mustard coloured cardstock for the layers and then two shades of pink for the sentiment. I die cut them all out and then set them off to the side.

I then took some liquid glue and adhered all my layers together. I used Layer A for the green, Layer B for the purple and Layer C for the yellow. I also reversed that for the centre panel, so the yellow would be on top.

Once they were all layered together, I adhered the sentiment together as well. I added a little Wink of Stella onto the top layer. I then made a card base out of some natural white cardstock, it has little specks in it so I thought it would be nicer than plain white.

I adhered my layered piece into the centre and tied a little bow at the top. I added foam tape onto the back of the Shine sentiment and also white heat embossed the ‘Let Your Light’ sentiment from Joy and Peace onto a strip of black cardstock and adhered that too.

That finished up my card for today, I hope you enjoyed. The video is linked down below.

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you all next time.

Supplies

56086 Calen Layer Set

57193 Calen Layer A

57194 Calen Layer B

57195 Calen Layer C

CL8131 Joy and Peace clear stamp set

57166 Big Shine Sugar Script

Hi Birch Press Fans!
It’s Justine with my second set of cards this month! I’ve been having so much fun creating with Birch Press Dies and experimenting that I thought I would create a few simple designs. These cards can be found in my new video, My Top 7 Favourite Background Dies.

For my first two cards, I used the Triangle Fade Frame Die to create my backgrounds. I wanted to go with some softer tones in Lemon Drop and Peach Bellini. These are both relatively monochromatic cards since I chose the same colours for the sentiment die Big Friend Sugar Script Die.

These cards are literally just die cut and glue. I think the intricacy of Birch Press Designs truly make the cards pop without much effort. I can’t wait to begin to explore ways to spice up these dies, but I must say that I’m still just loving their simple look of being die cut and glued onto my cards. When I’m back next month, I’ll be showing off some super awesome techniques using them!

Supplies

57185 Prism Triangle Collage

57178 Triangle Fade Frame

57177 Big Friend Sugar Script

Welcome back for another inspiration post at Birch Press Design. Today I will be creating a card using the new Ludlow Triangle Collage craft die along with some fall inspired colours to create an ombre background! I created a short video tutorial for you so that you can see the steps I took to make this card and so you can recreate this card for yourself if you like.

I started by ink blended some Distress Oxide inks onto a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock, I used Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber. I also used the Ludlow Triangle Collage and the Big Wishing Sugar Script craft dies.
The Ludlow Triangle craft die cuts all the detail of the die but does not does not cut the outer edges of the die. For my card today I wanted to cut the die so that all the lovely detail would sit in the corner of my ombre ink blended panel. I did this by cutting the die in the bottom corner of a piece of black cardstock and then trimming it off with my cutter. Let’s have a look…

The Big Wishing Sugar Script die set will cut both a sentiment and a shadow for when you want to add extra depth to the design. The sentiment from Wishing You the Best clear stamps set was embossed with white on black cardstock and was added to the card front with foam tape.
The ombre background really showcases the elegance of the Ludlow Triangle’s design.
Thanks so much for coming by today and I hope I’ve inspired you to do something creative today. See you again next week and have a wonderful weekend.

Supplies

57181 Ludlow Triangle Collage

Big Wishing Sugar Script

CL8127 Wishing You the Best clear stamp set

Hi everyone, Eloise here today to share a super quick and easy shaker card with you all using the Triangle Fade Frame Dies and the Best Friend stamp set.

I started off with die cutting the Triangle Fade Frame from two shades of blue cardstock and then cutting a light blue layer to be the same size as a backer. I poked out all the triangles and adhered them together, making sure to turn one of them 180 degrees to it would show each layer through the larger triangles.

Now that all my layers were adhered together, I then took a circle die and die cut a circle from the centre of my panel. I set that off to the side and moved onto my shaker panel.

I used my fuse tool and some plastic page protectors and made a square large enough to fit behind the die cut circle. I filled it with some glitter and shades of blue sequins and then closed it up. I added tape along the back of my circle and adhered my shaker panel to the back. I then added foam tape around it to balance it out when adhering my panel to a card base.

Lastly, I used the Best Friend stamp set and white heat embossed the ‘Thanks for Always Being There’ sentiment onto a think strip of black card stock and then I adhered that to the centre of my shaker panel. To finish up I adhered my panel onto a white card base and my card was complete.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, the video is below if you would like to watch.

Hope you enjoyed, see you next time!

Supplies

57178 Triangle Fade Frame

CL8132 Best Friend clear stamp set

My name is Justine Hovey and I’m excited to be joining the Birch Press Design Team! I tried out these beautiful layering dies for the first time (Splash and Calen) and I had a blast creating two cards to show off in my video tutorial today.

Both cards really focus on the beautiful focal point of the layered dies. I love the endless possibilities of creating with all sorts of colours and seeing which combinations look the most elegant! Combined with the beautiful, thick friend die, these cards are sure to the delight the recipient.

I have all detailed instructions about my experiences as a first time layering die cutter in the video tutorial above as well as tips and tricks on how to adhere the dies together.

I personally love how the dies speak for themselves. They are so elegant and amazing and nothing else needs to be added to the card. Simple die cutting, gluing and an amazing result!

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Hello!  Today I will be making two different cards using the Prism Triangle Collage Die.  I also brought in the Big Best Sugar Script Die and Best Friend stamp set.

First I took some scrap white card stock and die cut out the Prism Triangle Collage.  I used this scrap as a stencil and blended out the “stencil” with three different Distress Oxide Inks in pink.  I used Picked Raspberry, Worn Lipstick, and Tattered Rose.

Isn’t this look beautiful?!  Oh I just love how this turned out.  I moved onto my next card and used the same die as it was intended and cut out two pieces of silver glitter card stock from my stash, glued in opposite corners, and set aside to dry.

I then took the Big Best Sugar Script die and cut out two of the “best” with coordinating card stock and black backing.  I put fun foam on the back of my panels and then adhered both panels to my card base.  I popped up the word “best” with some foam tape, and adhered, “You are simply the” that I heat embossed with white embossing powder above the word “best.”

If you would like to catch the video process of these cards, head on over to my channel.  Let me know what you think and I’ll catch you next time!

Supplies

CL8132 Best Friend clear stamp set

57185 Prism Triangle Collage

57179 Big Best Sugar Script