Category: Block Print

  • Christmas Cardinals by Rosemary Dennis

    Christmas Cardinals
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello friends! Rosemary here on the blog today. Can’t believe it is already the middle of October! We are on the downward slide toward Christmas and today I have a Christmas card to share! This one uses the Block Print Birch Trees, Block Print Cardinal Duo, Merry Christmas Festive Serif and Bokeh Stencil set. Let’s see what I made.

    I started this card off by ink blending a piece of white cardstock with Tumbled Glass distress oxide ink. I went heavier at the top and lighter at the bottom. Then I took the Bokeh stencils and added soft circles around the panel using additional Tumbled Glass. When I got the look I wanted I die cut the panel down with a rectangle die and set it aside.

    Then I die cut the trees from additional white cardstock. I was going to die cut another set of trees without the interior inset pieces in a light gray, but decided to just let the ink blended background peek through. I adhered the trees to the panel with glue and let everything dry.

    Now it was time to put together my cardinal duo. I used my favorite dark red cardstock, as well as little bits of yellow and black to complete the birds. All the pieces were adhered with glue and left to dry.

    I also used the dark red for the Merry Christmas. Heavy weight vellum was used for the shadow layer. Everything was adhered together with glue and now it was time to fully assemble the card. I added the birds using glue and thin foam squares and the sentiment with glue. The finished panel was added to a white cardstock base.

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

    57682 Block Print Birch Trees
    57679 Merry Christmas Festive Serif
    57680 Block Print Cardinal Duo
    42048 Bokeh Stencil Set

  • Birch Tree: Fall Watercolor by Savannah O’Gwynn 

    Birch Tree: Fall Watercolor
    by Savannah O’Gwynn 

    Hello, sweet BPD friends and fans!

    I am super excited to share my NEXT Birch Tree Series design using the Block Print Birch Tree dies! I know I already did a Fall design… but I couldn’t help myself with this one!

    **Check out my first design HERE– it was a Summer theme.
    **Check out my second design HERE– it was also a Fall theme but a bit different.

    I guess you would say this third design is more Fall themed than my second design; however, I love both as the first Fall design is more when the leaves are changing and this one is more of when the leaves are gone. Both are Fall themed for sure!

    I was inspired by a card from Pinterest- it was also watercolored, similar colors, and had leaves and birch trees. I wanted to make mine MORE vibrant so I used water gem colors (these shimmer in the light! This background is GORGEOUS!). I also wanted to make my design MORE modern, clean and simple. I love when I can recreate something but make it my own!

    This background was SUPER easy to make- just follow these quick steps:

    • Gather watercolor supplies- you can literally use ANY watercolor paints you have! Just make sure you have good quality watercolor papers!
    • This step is important if you want clean colors! If you don’t mind your colors mixing, then just skip this step!

    TIP: When using a heat gun, I like to make sure that I apply heat to the BACK of the cardbase as well. This ensures the entire watercolor paper is dry- front, back, and core.

    • Now you repeat this process as many times as you want with different colors!
    • To help the card look cohesive, use the same watercolor mediums to make the Birch Trees. For example, I used watercolor paper for the top Birch Tree die cut piece, and I used a brown watercolored paper for the inset of the tree die. This helps tie everything together!

    EASY, right!? You can actually recreate this card in less than 5 steps:

    1. Watercolor your base panel and any extra pieces for die cutting
    2. Die cut your images
    3. Adhere the DRY watercolored panel to cardbase
    4. Assemble and adhere DRY die cut images to cardbase
    5. Optional- add a sentiment

    That’s it! SUPER SUPER easy! The hardest part of this card was waiting for the watercolors to dry😂

    I hope that you have been inspired by my Birch Tree Series and this second take on a Fall design!

    Please remember to share what you create using these tips, tricks, and techniques or if you were inspired by my creation- I’d love to see what you make with this idea! 

    I’ll be back with MORE soon! 

    THANKS so much for stopping by! Happy crafting:) 


    HUGS <3 Sav

    57682 Block Print Birch Trees
  • It’s Christmas Card TimeBy: Annette Allen

    It’s Christmas Card Time
    By: Annette Allen

    Welcome Birch Press Design friends, Annette Allen (myclevercreations) here with you today to share a little Christmas fun using the new release. It is never too early to start your Christmas cards. So let’s get started, shall we?

    Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

    Cut a panel measuring 4 x 5.25 on the Powder Blue Paper and adhere it the center of your card base.

    Die cut the second to largest Loop Stitch Frame on the Woodgrain Paper (White) and adhere it to the center of your card.

    Die cut the Block Print Ribbon Ornament on colors that you love. I went a little more traditional with the blue and red.

    Now adhere all the pieces together to create these pretty Ribbon Ornaments.

    Add them to the center of your card using foam tape for a little dimension.

    Finishing with the sentiment and some pretty sequins to embellish a little.

    A simple Christmas card that is just so pretty with all the details in the frame and ornaments. Don’t you think?

    Thank you for stopping by!

    57688 Loop Stitch Frames
    57693 Block Print Ribbed Ornament
  • Block Print Round Mushrooms Card by Nora Noll

    Block Print Round Mushrooms Card
    by Nora Noll

    Hello Crafty Friends!! Nora, from A Creative Touch here with you today sharing a fun card using the Birch Press Design Block Print Round Mushrooms, Big Hello Vintage Sentiment and the Loop Stitch Frames.

    I started off my card by dragging a Distress Ink across a panel of white cardstock vertically and horizontally. The panel was just a touch smaller than A2 size. The panel was then adhered to an A2 top folding white card base.

    Next I die cut a Loop Stitch Frame (57688) from white cardstock. I adhered this over the inked card front.

    I set the card aside and cut the bottom of my mushrooms using the Block Print Mushrooms (57610) die out of cream cardstock. I cut the tops of my mushrooms from three different ranges of red cardstock.

    I then used some Distress Ink to shade in both the top and bottom of the mushrooms. I added some white gel pen on each of the three mushroom caps.

    I adhered all three of the mushrooms over the top of the Loop Stitch Frame. I use foam adhesive to adhere two of the mushroom caps and glue to adhere the third.

    To finish my card, I used foam adhesive to adhere Big Hello Vintage Sentiment (57549) that I die cut from black and a dark red cardstock. I added some little gel print doodles to my sentiment to give it some pizzazz.

    I love how this came out. Mushrooms are so in right now and this simple design was really fun to use. 

    Thank you for stopping by.

    57610 Block Print Round Mushrooms
    57549 Big Hello Vintage Sentiment
    57688 Loop Stitch Frames
  • Birch Tree Series: Fall by Savannah O’Gwynn 

    Birch Tree Series: Fall
    by Savannah O’Gwynn 

    Hello, sweet BPD friends and fans!

    I am super excited to share my next Birch Tree Series design using Block Print Birch Tree dies! **You can read about my first Birch Tree design HERE– it was a summer theme.

    This second design is more fall themed because it’s almost October! I went with a misty, shadowy background and orange ink blended leaves.

    Here are a few tips and tricks when creating this design:

    TIP: You can use multiple hues of the same color or multiple ink colors for the leaves. You can also different cardstock types for extra dimension.

    I used three different hues of orange inks, as well as thick white cardstock, thin white cardstock, and vellum paper, for my leaves.

    TIP: There are two different ways to fill in/cover the holes of the birch tree die image. You can attach just strips [scraps] of darker paper or die cut a second tree using the darker cardstock to layer your tree image.

    TIP: Create a stencil by die cutting a tree image.

    You can die cut both sizes of trees for your stencil(s) or use just one tree image like I did. BONUS TIP: I would only one image per stencil piece this way you can cleanly add ink for your stenciled image. I also used the same ink as the background as the stenciled trees- this helped create a layer of interest but also helped the trees blend in and not stick out too much. Once the background was completed I added some darker ink blending to the left side of the cardbase.

    Join me as I continue this Birch Tree series- which type of card design or theme with the Birch Tree die do you think I will make next? Should I do winter? Or a fun design? I’ll keep you posted 🙂

    **Don’t forget to see my first Birch Tree Series designs HERE.

    I hope that you are inspired and will join me in making different Birch Tree designs and cards! 

    I’ll be back with MORE soon!

    Please remember to share what you create using these tips, tricks, and techniques or if you were inspired by my creation- I’d love to see what you make with this idea! 

    THANKS so much for stopping by! Happy crafting:) 


    HUGS <3 Sav

    57682
    57698 Fall Leaves
    CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
  • Christmas Card Timeby: Annette Allen

    Christmas Card Time
    by: Annette Allen

    It’s time to start creating your Christmas cards. Welcome everyone Annette Allen (myclevercreations) here with you today and I am all about the new Block Prints ( Puffy Penguins and Alpine Trees), so let’s get started.

    Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

    On a white panel create a fun ink pattern that you love. I used round blending brushes and just pressed them into the paper to create all these circles. You can just do an ink blended background if you can’t recreate this background. Both will look amazing.

    Die cut the Block Print Alpine Trees with colored cardstock. Pick colors that compliment your ink background. Adhere the pieces that go together. I used foam tape for a little dimension and then add them to your card. I started in the center. Make sure to leave room for both Puffy Penguins.

    Die cut the Block Print Puffy Penguins and adhere the pieces that go together and then add them to your card using foam tape.

    You can arrange how ever your crafty mind works.

    For the sentiment I added one of the new Greeting Tabs using foam tape. These are now available in the store.

    Finishing with mixing some opaque and water and splattering it on my card to make it look like snow. It is a fun addition.

    So fun to create. Make sure to check out the entire release.

    57683 Block Print Alpine Trees
    57692 Block Print Puffy Penguins
  • Birthday Greetings by Nora Noll

    Birthday Greetings
    by Nora Noll

    Can you ever have too many Birthday cards in your supply? Nora here on the Blog with a simple Birthday card using some of products from recent releases.

    I started off by using the Ornamental Branch die to cut two branches out of white cardstock. I then did some ink blending to color the boughs green. I glued the branches to the top left and the bottom right of an A2, top folding white card base.

    Next I cut the Block Print Sleek Bird out of white cardstock and used Copic markers to color the bird in. I glued the bird together and adhered it to the top left of the card.

    I stamped the Elegant Birthday Sentiment in brown ink and cut it with the matching die. I used the same sentiment die and cut three more out of white cardstock. I adhered all four of the sentiment pieces together and then glued it to my card front.

    My last step was to adhere some jewels randomly across the card front. This card was easy enough to create a few to have in your stash!

    I hope that this card inspires you to create your own Birthday cards. Thank you for stopping by. Have a fabulous day.

    8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments clear stamp and die set
    57696 Block Print Sleek Bird
    57601 Ornamental Branch
  • Bright Butterfly by Rosemary Dennis

    Bright Butterfly
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello friends! Rosemary here on the blog today. Summer is gone, but I wanted to share one more design with a summer feel to it. In fact, I made this card earlier in the summer but had to put it on the backburner for other projects. I have been itching for a chance to share it and now is the time. It features the gorgeous Block Print Roundel Butterfly. Let’s see what I made.

    The card is very simple in design, but I think the bright colors make it very impactful. I started by pulling out some yummy bright cardstocks from my Memory Box cardstock collection. Specifically a bright green and a bright blue.

    At first I thought I would die cut all the pieces from those colors, but instead decided that I would use Copic markers to color all the pieces in order to get varying shades of the base colors. So I die cut everything from white cardstock.

    Once I had all the pieces colored I assembled the butterfly using liquid adhesive. I used the Ornamental Branch die to create a butterfly “trail” for my butterfly. It was die cut from Memory Box white woodgrain cardstock and then colored with a Copic marker that was very close in color to the bright aqua blue I was using for the background so that it would blend in a bit more.

    I die cut the bright aqua blue cardstock with a rectangle die and adhered it to the bright green cardstock base using double sided tape. I then arranged the butterfly “trail” and the butterfly on the card front.

    When I adhere die cut pieces that have the appearance of movement like the Ornamental Branch I like to only apply the adhesive to certain portions like the stems in order to allow the unglued parts to pop up slightly. This allows for the appearance of more movement on the card. The butterfly was adhered in the same way. I finished with the simple sentiment stamped on the same bright green cardstock as the base. Because I didn’t glue the entire branch down I was able to slip the sentiment slightly under it and then adhere it down.

    I hope you enjoyed my last “breath of summer” card. Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

    57665 Block Print Roundel Butterfly
    57601 Ornamental Branch
    CL8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings

  • Autumn Deerby Toni M Maddox  

    Autumn Deer
    by Toni M Maddox  

    Hello, everyone! Toni with you today with another Autumn-themed card, combining older and new products from the latest release.

    I used a Loop Stitch Frame die with Memory Box Nutmeg Forest 6×6 cardstock and mounted that on a gray cardstock.

    Next, I cut out a bunch of the Fall Leaves from Sunrise 6×6 cardstock and a pale blue similar to the Nutmeg Forest paper.

    These I arranged beneath the Block Print Deer which I had cut from a kraft cardstock that I sponged with Catherine Pooler Sand Castle to create a variety of browns.

    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.

    57698 Fall Leaves
    57578 Block Print Deer
    57688 Loop Stitch Frames
    PP1034 Nutmeg Forest 6×6 pack
    SP1013 Sunrise 6×6 pack
  • Frosty & Festive Christmasby Christina Rannow

    Frosty & Festive Christmas
    by Christina Rannow

    Hello! Christina here, and today I’m sharing a festive and frosty Christmas card featuring three Block Print Petal Ornaments on a highly textured background that I created using the Simple Evergreen Sprigs. I chose a more modern color palette of pink and red with just a touch of green, and for some sparkle and shine, I incorporated some glitter and matte silver cardstocks. Let’s take a look at how this card came together.

    My first step was to create the background panel. I started with a piece of blush cardstock trimmed to 3.75 x 5 inches and used Lumberjack Plaid Distress Ink to lightly ink the edges and to add splatter to the panel. Next I die-cut multiple Simple Evergreen Sprigs from white glitter cardstock and adhered them to the panel with a liquid adhesive. Once the glue set, I trimmed whatever sprigs were overhanging the edges with a large pair of scissors. Finally, I popped the panel up onto a 4.25 x 5.5 inch blush cardstock panel using foam tape. 

    Next, I die-cut the components for the ornaments. I chose red and white glitter cardstock for the base of the ornaments and added subtle shading to the red pieces before assembling them. Then I topped each ornament with a matte silver cap and tucked in small leaves from the Block Print Poinsettia Vase die set. I attached the ornaments to the background panel with thin foam squares and then tied bows onto each one using silver metallic cord. 

    To finish up my card design, I die-cut the Merry Christmas Festive Serif from red and matte silver cardstocks, and after assembling the text to the shadow piece, I attached it to my card front using thin foam squares. My last step was to attach my card front to a top-fold card base.

    Thank you so much for reading about my frosty and festive Christmas card featuring the Block Print Petal Ornaments. See you again soon!

    57679 Merry Christmas Festive Serif
    57655 Block Print Petal Ornament
    57691 Block Print Poinsettia Vase
    57656 Simple Evergreen Sprigs