Category: Block Print

  • Thinking of You by Rosemary Dennis

    Thinking of You
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today sharing a card created with the Block Print Wise Fox, Block Print Starry Night Scene and Thinking of You Vintage Sentiment die set. Let’s have a look at what I made.

    I started off my card by making all the pieces for my fox. I had been doing another rummage through my supplies and found my Distress watercolor pencils. I hadn’t really used them before so thought this would be a good time to give them a try.

    I cut down a piece of watercolor cardstock and then scribbled on a combination of Gathered Twigs and Ripe Persimmon and then blended with water. The first generation of color was pretty light so I let the area dry and then scribbled on more color to get a slightly darker patch. To get an even darker value I got heavy handed with my scribbling and was able to get a nice darker tan color.

    Once my panel was dry I die cut all the parts of the fox from different areas on the sheet to get the varying shades. I used the white parts were cut from the sheet of watercolor cardstock that wasn’t colored. I assembled my fox with liquid adhesive. Now it was time for the background. For this I used a Tonic Studios aqua flow pen in a dark blue on another piece of watercolor cardstock. I love the variation in the color that I was able to achieve.

    I let it dry and then worked on the top panel that features the arched opening for the background piece. I die cut cream Memory Box woodgrain cardstock down with a rectangle die and then die cut the Starry Night Scene from the panel. I then die cut the trees and the star from scraps of cardstock that I had left over from the card I posted earlier this month. I trimmed out the trees and adhered them on top of the die cut panel.

    The larger trees were also die cut from scraps. The background panel was dry and so I tried adding some “stars” to the background. I discovered that the blue is so deep and intense that the white just disappeared into the background. So I added drops of Nuvo jewel drops in a clear glitter. Once the panel was dry I adhered it to the top panel using thin foam squares.

    I then adhered the fox and the large trees using thin foam squares. I finished with the sentiment that I die cut from a strip of watercolor cardstock that I colored with the same blue Aqua Flow pen and the woodgrain cardstock. I adhered them together and added to the card front with thin foam squares.

    That’s it for me! I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for coming by and have a lovely day.

  • Bountiful Bloomsby Christina Rannow

    Bountiful Blooms
    by Christina Rannow

    Hello! It’s Christina, and today I’m sharing a bold but simple card that is bursting with beautiful blooms. I chose an analogous color palette of yellow, green, and blue and used the Block Print Lovely Flower craft dies, layering multiple flowers across my card front. I wanted a big bold leaf to match these blooms and settled on using the wing of the Block Print Crane craft dies and finishing with the Thinking of You Vintage Sentiment. 

    After choosing my color palette, this card came together quickly. First I die-cut and assembled multiple flowers and arranged them on a peacock blue cardstock panel. I attached some of the flowers with glue and others with thin foam squares for some dimension. Then I die-cut the wings of the crane multiple times from chartreuse green cardstock to be the leaves and tucked them into the flowers. The final steps were to die-cut the sentiment from more chartreuse cardstock, attach it using glue, and then secure the card front to a side-fold card base.

    Thank you so much for checking out my bountiful blooms card I made featuring the Block Print Lovely Flower craft dies. I hope I’ve inspired you to create something beautiful today!

  • 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!

  • 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!

  • 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.

  • 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!

  • 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.

  • 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!

  • 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!

  • 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.