Category: Block Print

  • Happy Birthday by Rosemary Dennis

    Happy Birthday
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello, hello! Rosemary here on the blog today share a fun mixed media card that I made with the new Block Print Tropical Perched Bird and Handwritten Happy Birthday and Outline dies. I also used the Honeycomb Stencil for the project. Let’s take a look at what I made.

    When I started the card I used just going to use some colored cardstock to create my bird. Then I started going through my supplies and I found containers of some Ken Oliver color burst medium that I had purchased long ago. So I decided to grab a sheet of watercolor cardstock and see what happened. Below is what happened, lol.

    Bit of a mess, right? But I knew I could make something out of it once I cut all the pieces. I cut both dies multiple times so that I would have enough pieces to come up with the right combination.

    Here are the majority of the pieces.

    And here is the combination that I decided upon. Originally I was going to have more red in the bird, but in the end decided to limit that color to just the wing.

    I adhered the bird with liquid glue and then set him aside to dry. I used a sketch layout for my card and decided to use the Honeycomb stencil for the background. I thought I would just do some ink blending, but then decided to take a look at some of the stencil butters that I had. I decided to combine a bright yellow and bright green and came up with this darker green that you see. I die cut white heavystock cardstock and then applied my stencil butter mix.

    Once the panel was dry I got to work putting the card together. I adhered the bird with glue and then added the sentiment (which I had already had die cut and ready to go) with rolled up glue dots and glue

    I hope you enjoyed today’s project. I had a lot of fun creating it using supplies that to be honest I had forgotten I had! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

    57571 Handwritten Happy Birthday and Outline
    57586 Block Print Perched Tropical Bird
    42046 Honeycomb Stencil
  • A Vibrant Hello by Christina Rannow

    A Vibrant Hello
    by Christina Rannow

    Hello! It’s Christina, and I’m excited to share this vibrant card featuring the unique Pretty Peacock Craft Dies. These dies are unique because the showy display of tail feathers is made up of the small negative spaces after die-cutting them from a cardstock panel. Then you can back the negative spaces with beautiful ink blends, iridescent spatters, or your prettiest cardstock to complete the magnificent display. For this card, I chose a yellow ink blend and a spritz of Distress Mica Stain for a little shimmer. Then I complemented this magnificent bird with some green foliage and pretty blooms. Let’s take a look at how it all came together.

    I started by die-cutting the feathers from a white cardstock panel and then ink-blended Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, and Bluepriny Sketch Distress Inks over them. Underneath the feathers, I added a tropical green ink color for the suggestion of foliage. Next, I created the backer panel for the feathers. After inking another white cardstock panel with two shades of bright sunshine yellow inks, I then spattered the panel with Flickering Candle Distress Mica Stain. I let the inks dry for a few minutes and then secured this panel behind the first one. Finally, I die-cut a circle from one last white cardstock panel and layered it onto the other panels. This last panel framed the peacock and gave it a little more definition.

    My next step was to die-cut and ink the remaining elements for my card design, including the pieces for the body of the peacock, the foliage, and the flowers. I used white cardstock for all the pieces and inked them with more of the Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch, tropical greens, and sunshine yellows. After inking them, I assembled the pieces and then secured them to my card front using either glue or thin foam squares.

    To finish up my card design, I added the sentiment die-cut from black cardstock and a few yellow enamel dots for embellishment. The last step was to secure the card front to a top-fold card base.

    Thank you so much for checking out my vibrant card featuring the magnificent Pretty Peacock Craft Dies. See you again soon!

    57546 Hello Scripted
    57588 Foliage Bunch
    57590 Block Print Tapestry Blooms
    57591 Block Print Pretty Peacock
  • Elegant Peacocks by Toni M Maddox

    Elegant Peacocks
    by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! Toni here with you today with a couple of thank you cards using the Block Print Pretty Peacock from the latest release.

    I used an “ugly” origami paper behind the tail fan. It’s just one I didn’t prefer but looks amazing through those feathers.

    I chose the colors of the Block Print Pretty Peacock from it, using Memory Box 6×6 cardstocks.

    It occurred to me that the tail fan could be used twice to create a cool symetrical background. I decided they looked like mums that the Block Print Soaring Hummingbird is exploring.

    For both cards, I used the Sugar Script Big Thanks die which is one of my favorites–such a great size and font!

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

    Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies used and to check out my other creations.

    57591 Block Print Pretty Peacock
    57659 Block Print Soaring Hummingbird
    57142 Big Thanks Sugar Script
    SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack
    SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack
    SP1013 Sunrise 6×6 pack
  • Festive Thank You by Rosemary Dennis

    Festive Thank You
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a thank you card featuring the new Block Print Festive Bird die set, as well as two older products. Let’s have a look at what I created.

    One of the things I like about the packaging for all of the Birch Press Design products is that it shares an image of the finished design in color. This provides you with a great jumping off point for creating your own little bird. I have done that in the past, but this time I decided to use colored cardstock and glitter cardstock to create my little bird. I kept my color scheme fairly simple.

    You can see all the pieces of my bird laid out above. I used cardstock from the Memory Box Lagoon 6×6 pad, as well as glitter cardstock from my stash and a tiny piece of yellow cardstock for the beak.

    I did want to mention that before I started making color choices for my little bird I did die cut all the pieces from a scrap of cardstock so I could make sure I knew how all the pieces fit together.

    I used liquid adhesive to adhere my bird together. Once I had the bird finished I set it aside to figure out the rest of my card. Originally I was going to have the bird perched on a large die cut sentiment, but nothing was working. So, I decided to go through all my BPD dies and came across the Abundant Branch die. Perfect for my little bird to perch on!

    I die cut the branch from kraft cardstock and then from green cardstock. I trimmed the leaves off the green branch and adhered them with liquid glue to the kraft cardstock branch. I did that a second time and then trimmed apart that branch to I could position the pieces as you see. Then adhered my little bird on the branch.

    The sentiment is from the Vintage Everyday Greetings stamp set and was stamped on the same light blue cardstock I used for the background. I die cut it, a second layer, adhered them together with liquid adhesive and added it to my card front.

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

    57575 Abundant Branch
    CL8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings
    57587 Block Print Festive Bird
  • Birthday Greetings Two Ways by Toni M Maddox

    Birthday Greetings Two Ways
    by Toni M Maddox

    Greetings, friends! We can never have too many birthday cards on hand, right? Toni here sharing two birthday cards, one quite feminine and the other cheerfully unisex.

    I created the background of my first card using the Birthday Candle Blowout Stencils. I spattered that with ink for a funky vibe.

    Next, I arrange some of the Plain & Simple Birthday Greetings on my MISTI and embossed them on sturdy vellum. I left a space at the top to add the Plain & Simple Birthday Greetings sentiment diecut.

    I covered the back of the vellum panel with double-sided tape, leaving a small margin that I burnished with black glitter.

    My second card definitely has a more feminine feel to it, don’t you agree?

    I created an aperture and shadow with the Block Print Forest Scene die. A random assortment of Tall Party Candles cut from mirror and glitter cardstocks fill the space.

    Finally, I sponged a bit of blue at the bottom of the card front before adding the Handwritten Happy Birthday & Outline. Pretty!

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

    Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies used and to check out my other creations.

    57576 Tall Party Candles
    57571 Handwritten Happy Birthday and Outline
    42043 Birthday Candle Blowout
    57572 Birthday Cheer Vintage Sentiment
    57650 Block Print Forest Scene
    CL8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings
    FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad
    GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad
    SP1009 Earth Neutral
  • Spring Daisiesby Christina Rannow

    Spring Daisies
    by Christina Rannow

    Hello, it’s Christina! Spring has sprung, and I have a bright and happy card to share with you featuring the new Block Print Daisy Flower craft dies. I love that you can layer up the daisy petals to get full, beautiful blooms with plenty of depth and dimension. I combined the daisies with some more new goodies, the Mod Branches and Thinking of You Vintage Sentiment craft dies. And to round out this bright and happy card design, I added a small Buzzing Bumblebee and a few smaller flowers to complement the daisies. Grab your favorite cardstock colors and we’ll get started!

    I started by die-cutting all the components for the different elements of my design and then assembled them, securing everything with glue. I chose a pale pink and a salmon-colored cardstock for the daisy petals and a buttery yellow and an orange for the smaller flowers. For the Mod Branches, I chose a bright cilantro green cardstock, and after die-cutting two of them, I snipped a few leaves and berries from the branches, leaving me with just a few leaves on each one to accent the daisies. I decided on black cardstock for the sentiment because it coordinated with the bumblebee, tying everything together.

    With all the die-cutting and assembling done, it was time to put everything together. I kept the background panel simple and used plain white cardstock that I die-cut to give it a dotted detail around the edges. Then I placed the Mod Branches on the panel so they formed a natural frame and added the big beautiful daisies to fill in the corners. I placed the sentiment along the bottom and then embellished my design with the smaller flowers, scattering them throughout, and the sweet bumblebee buzzing into the scene. The final step was to attach the card front to a side-fold card base.

    Thank you so much for checking out my bright and happy card design featuring the new Block Print Daisy Flower craft dies! Happy crafting!

    57605 Block Print Star Flowers
    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee
    57573 Thinking of You Vintage Sentiment
    57633 Block Print Mod Branches
    57634 Block Print Daisy Flower
  • Sweet Bird Duo by Rosemary Dennis

    Sweet Bird Duo
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello and happy March everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a sweet birthday card that I think just says “spring”! I used the new Block Print Bird Duo, Block Print Mod Branches and Elegant Birthday Sentiments for my card. Let’s have a look at what I made.

    This card is similar to the card I posted at the end of February in that I die cut white cardstock and then blended on the ink. But this time I decided to use Memory Box white woodgrain cardstock for all my die cutting to give the the birds and branch a little bit more interest.

    To do the blending on these small pieces I love to use my Waffle Flower 0+ blending brushes. You can see them in the photo. Inking tiny pieces with them is a breeze!

    I decided to keep a relatively cohesive color scheme to keep things simple and allow me to complete the card rather quickly. I used two shades of green ink for the leaves, stem and parts of the bird. Then I threw blue, yellow and a little bit of red for the berries into the mix.

    Here I have the branch mostly completed. Below are all the pieces of the birds inked up and ready to be assembled.

    I love dimension on my cards, but with the cost of postage being so high now days I often refrain from using foam squares. In order to obtain some dimension without adding thickness I will often not completely glue down pieces. For example, the leaves are only glued down at the base of the stem and the wings of the birds at the top. That way I can lift up the pieces and give the illusion of dimension.

    Once everything was assembled I die cut another piece of white woodgrain cardstock with a medium sized rectangle and adhered that to a bright green cardstock base with double sided tape. I then adhered the branch (which was a little tricky, lol) and the birds using glue. I finished with the sentiment that was stamped and die cut with the matching die.

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

    57585 Block Print Bird Duo
    57633 Block Print Mod Branches
    8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments clear stamp and die set
  • Tropical Birthday Greetingsby Toni M Maddox

    Tropical Birthday Greetings
    by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, my friends! Toni here today sharing a birthday card for any bird lovers in your life. Who am I kidding? This is perfect for anyone with a birthday!

    I used the Pinpoint Contour Plate on the pale blue card front then sponged it with a darker blue Catherine Pooler ink (aquatini?).

    Setting the panel aside to dry after spattering it with a bit of water, I die cut the Abundant Branch and blossoms from Memory Box cardstock.

    I particularly enjoyed assembling the  Block Print Perched Tropical Bird where I used Memory Box cardstock sponged with Catherine Pooler ink for shading.

    My final step was to emboss and diecut the Elegant Birthday Sentiments. Such a great font, isn’t it?

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

    Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies used and to check out my other creations.

    CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
    57586 Block Print Perched Tropical Bird
    57575 Abundant Branch
    57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate
    SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack
    SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack
    SP1013 Sunrise 6×6 pack
  • Birthday Greetingsby Rosemary Dennis

    Birthday Greetings
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! February is winding down and I am starting to think of spring even though we really haven’t had much of a winter here in the Pacific Northwest. While there are lots of pretty dies in the newest Birch Press Design release the beautiful Soaring Hummingbird and Daisy Flower dies from the Block Print line caught my eye and I just had to use them first. Let’s look at what I created.

    I love the other hummingbird die set from Birch Press Design (Block Print Hummingbird) and so was delighted to see this new hummingbird die. I started by die cutting all the hummingbird pieces from white cardstock. Initially I was just going to use them to help me determine how the bird went together, but then I decided to use distress oxide ink color the pieces instead of diecutting from colored cardstock which was my original idea. I used small blending brushes to color all the pieces.

    In the photo you can see some of the inks I used as well as the inkblended pieces.

    I die cut the daisies and centers from white cardstock as well. You will need two die cuts per flower to create the daisies on my card. I think it would be fun to die cut a third flower to create an even fuller daisy – like a gerber daisiy. In this photo you can see the small blending brush I used to color the die cuts. My blending isn’t perfect because in real life flowers are perfect, either!

    The bird and the flowers were assembled using liquid adhesive and then set aside to dry.

    Then I die cut the stems and leaves added the inkblending and added the leaves to the tall stem. I die cut white cardstock using a Memory Box Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die and then layered that onto light gray cardstock that I die cut with a rectangle die.

    Now it was time to layer on all elements. I used liquid adhesive to adhere everything to the card front except for the hummingbird. For him I used a combination of liquid adhesive and foam squares. I stamped the greeting from the Elegant Birthday Sentiments stamp set with black ink and die cut it with the matching die. The die was used to die cut two more layers that were adhered behind the stamped sentiment and then adhered to the card with liquid adhesive.

    I really love how this card turned out. It will be going to my sweet mom who will be turning 89 at the end of April. I hope she loves it too!

    CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
    57634 Block Print Daisy Flower
    57659 Block Print Soaring Hummingbird

  • Geometric Floral Birthday Wishes by Toni M Maddox 

    Geometric Floral Birthday Wishes
    by Toni M Maddox 

    Hello, friends! Toni here with you today sharing a modern birthday card with lots of edgy edges.

    Firstly, I stamped the Elegant Birthday Sentiment then embossed the front panel using Memory Box Open Studio EF1016. It features a lovely geometric pattern that complemented the  Block Print Mod Branches perfectly.

    In addition to the Mod Branches, I added blossoms from the Abundant Branch die set for a pop of color and to add softness.

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

    Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies used and to check out my other creations.

    CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
    57633 Block Print Mod Branches
    57575 Abundant Branch
    EF1016 Geometric Crystals 3D Embossing Folder
    SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack
    SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack