Are you ready for nicer weather, my friends? Toni here and I’m very much looking forward to spring so I channeled that into a cheerful card.
To create the background, I used two layers of the Flora Plate set, one from Memory Box Cilantro cardstock and the other from Key Lime.
Next, I cut out a branch from the Floral Arch Contour set from kraft. I then added Abundant Branch blossoms which I had cut from Memory Box Summer Squash cardstock.
Creating the butterflies might have been my favorite part. I cut the Linear Boho Butterflies from Memory Box Golden Wheat cardstock then sponged them with an orange and magenta ink to create a gradient. They’re so pretty!
Finally, I added the Thinking of You Vintage Sentiment, using black on white to really draw the eye.
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.
Hello! Christina here. Did you know that a grouping of butterflies is commonly called a kaleidoscope? I always thought they were referred to as a swarm, which is another common word to describe these fluttering beauties, but I think “kaleidoscope” is a better description. Don’t you?
So today I’m sharing with you a card featuring a kaleidoscope of the Linear Boho Butterflies. I love these simple yet intricate die-cuts, and they look beautiful on a soft faux watercolor background. Let’s take a look at how this card came together.
First I die-cut the butterflies from white cardstock and then inked them with a buttery yellow and a muted orange to create a soft gradient color blend. Then I applied a light spatter of black ink to the butterflies before attaching the body pieces that I die-cut from black cardstock.
For the background panel, I used a faux watercolor technique to create a soft, dreamy backdrop for the butterflies. I started with a piece of heavyweight white cardstock, larger than I needed so when I was finished with the faux watercolor technique, I could choose the part of the panel I liked the best. This technique is simple, and there really is no right or wrong way to do it. After choosing an ink color (I chose Salvaged Patina Distress Ink this time), I dabbed the ink pad on my glass mat a few times and then lightly spritzed the ink with water.
From this point, you have some options. You can lightly press parts of your cardstock panel into the ink, turning the panel different ways each time, or you can use a piece of plastic wrapping to pick up the ink and dab it across the panel, twisting and turning the plastic each time, or, lastly, you can use a sea sponge to pick up the ink and then apply it to your panel, which adds a little more texture than the other methods. All methods work well and will give you beautiful results. For this card, I picked up some ink with my cardstock panel and used a piece of plastic wrapping to achieve the results I was looking for. I also added some ink spatter to the panel for a little more interest.
I let the ink dry for a few minutes and then trimmed the panel down to 3.75 x 5 inches. Then I arranged the butterflies on the panel, and before attaching them with foam squares for some lift off the panel, I stamped a sentiment in the bottom right corner. The finishing touch was to add a few clear drops for embellishment.
Thank you so much for checking out my card featuring a kaleidoscope of the Linear Boho Butterflies on a dreamy background I create using a faux watercolor technique. See you again soon!
Hello friends and happy Tuesday! Welcome back to another post with Design Team member Crystal Komara. Today I have gotten a little extra creative and turned the new Block Print Passion Fruit Flower dies into butterflies. It sort of happened by serendipity – or a fortunate accident, but I’m not mad!
The base of this A2 sized card is made from 110 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. This is my go-to cardstock for all my card bases because it is nice and sturdy. First, to create the background I cut a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of lilac purple paper and adhered it directly to the white card base.
Using Plate B of the Flora Plate Layer Set, I cut a piece of white cardstock and adhered this directly over the lilac purple cardstock to create visual interest.
Now for the flower/butterflies: Using the Block Print Passion Fruit Flower dies, I create flowers from various colors of purple cardstock (with green stamens. I create a total of four flours and then I accidentally dropped two of them on the flower and they kind of fell into a butterfly shape and I thought hmmmm. . . . if I cut off the stems and glue them together, they DO look like butterflies, so I went with it!
I adhered two of the flowers together to create a butterfly and then I added a second set to the front of the card.
Lastly I added a tab foil sentiment from Memory Box Company (a sister company of Birch Press Design) and voila – a butterfly card made from flowers!
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!
Hello everyone! Rosemary here and today I am here to say that I LOVE the Block Print butterflies! They are sooo cool. Today’s card features the amazing Block Print Radiant Butterfly. Let’s have a look.
Many times when I start making my card I don’t think about taking photos of my process. That is the case with this card. I’m always trying to come up with new ideas or mediums that I can use when creating my cards. With this card I decided to die cut the pieces of my butterfly from watercolor cardstock and then color them with watercolor pens.
I thought that this bold butterfy needed to be paired up with something equally as bold and so I went with the Wiegela Leaf Contour Layers die. That was also die cut from watercolor cardstock and the pieces colored with watercolor pens.
For the butterfly I went with a bright yellow and red combo. The watercolor pens I have are limited in colors so I achieved the variants by mixing colors. Wished I had taken photos, but I was so caught up in the process that I forgot. Once all the pieces were dry I assembled them using liquid adhesive.
With the bold butterfly and leaf cluster I thought a simple white background with just a touch a light blue inking was the best. After inking up the background I adhered the panel to a light gray cardstock base. I arranged my leaf cluster and butterfly, adhering both with liquid adhesive. The sentiment is from the Vintage Everyday Greetings stamp and die set. I stamped it in black and die cut it with the matching die. I did die cut several additional layers that I adhered to the sentiment to give it some depth. The sentiment was also adhered with liquid adhesive.
I just love the graphic look of the butterfly mixed with the more natural look of the leaf cluster. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!
Hello, friends! Toni here with you today. You may recall I said I’d made a second card using the Linear Stripes stencil. Let’s dive right in!
Once I’d sponged up the card front of my previous card shown below, I noticed I had a LOT of ink left on the stencil. I certainly didn’t want all that inky goodness to go to waste so I spritzed the stencil with a bit of water and used it to smoosh a piece of Strathmore Bristol.
Once that had dried, leaving me with subtle rainbow lines, I embossed the panel with a textured linen embossing folder. I also cut it out using a deckle edge rectangle die.
Next I constructed the Block Print Radiant Butterfly using a black glitter cardstock as the base.
I had recently seen a video about dot painting on canvas and thought I would try it on the butterfly using Art by Marlene neon acrylic paints and a stylus I had from ancient times when you had to emboss by hand (gasp!). Neat!
I diecut the Sugar Script Big Hugs sentiment from the same black glitter cardstock as the butterfly then topped it with an embossed Vintage Everyday Greeting.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’re having a beautiful day! Spring has sprung and I hope you’re seeing beautiful blooms and butterflies in your part of the world!
There is still a chance of frost in my area so I won’t be planting the garden for a little longer. Until then I will satisfy myself with gorgeous die cuts from Birch Press Design.
My cards usually start the same way. I arrange images on a piece of clear plastic the size of my card face. It helps me get a sneak peek of the design. I can even lift the entire arrangement and try different backgrounds underneath.
My card features the Abundant Branch die cut. I cut it from green cardstock and then inked the stem and leaf centers with Distress Ink to add some depth and contrast.
A Block Print Brilliant Butterfly can’t resist the pretty blooms. I love how the layers bring the butterfly to life. I used a yellow base and topped it with light and dark orange accents.
I love the look of this card. It reminds me of botanical field guide drawings. Have a beautiful day!
Hello, my friends! Toni here with a heavily layered floral thank you.
I especially enjoyed making today’s card because I used up some leftovers, including the sentiment and the background coverplate, in addition to working with fabulous new dies!
To start, I adhered the Flora Layer Plate to a white card base.
Next, I assembled the Block Print Brilliant Butterfly and Block Print Tapestry Blooms using Memory Box Key Lime, Leaf Sprout, Orange Peel, Pool Party & Summer Squash cardstock with Catherine Pooler Inks.
I decided the bottom of the card needed a bit of filler behind the embossed Vintage Everyday Greetings sentiment. So, I cut out Foliage Bunch from Memory Box Key Lime and sponged it before adhering it to the bottom of the card front.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello Birch Press Design friends! Rosemary here on the blog today with a fun design I created using more new dies from the Block Print line. Let’s get started!
I don’t know about you, but I’m loving the new Block Print line of dies from Birch Press Design. They just keep getting better and better with each release! The butterflies in this release are amazing! For this card I used the Block Print Brilliant Butterfly and the super fun Block Print Stems and Berries.
Here you can see the products that I used. I started by diecutting everything from white cardstock and then placing the pieces on a sticky mat so I could apply the distress oxide ink. Once the inking was done I set everything aside to dry.
Once I had all my pieces assembled I needed to figure out my layout. It was at this point I decided to throw the new Linear Stripes Stencil into the mix. I used the purple ink that was left on my brush to add the stripes. I just wanted them in the area where I would be putting the stem. After I did my stenciling I left the panel on the sticky mat so I could determine final placement of the pieces.
With placement determined I removed the panel from the sticky mat and placed it in my MISTI stamping tool to stamp the sentiment from the Vintage Everyday Greetings stamp set. The sentiment was stamped in black ink and then I adhered all the pieces using liquid adhesive.
I just love the fun graphic look that the Block Print Stems and Berries and the stenciled stripes provide. The beautiful Brilliant Butterfly provides a little softness to the design. Well, that’s it for me. I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Thanks for stopping by!
Hello! Christina here to share with you my latest project, a thank you card featuring a unique background that showcases a rainbow of the beautiful new Block Print Scalloped Butterflies. Follow along below with the steps I took to create my version of a clean and simple card design. Let’s get started!
My first step was to create the background panel. I started by die cutting the Thanks-Sugar Script multiple times from white cardstock and then attached them all across a white A2 cardstock panel with liquid adhesive. I chose to run them horizontally in evenly spaced rows (I didn’t use a ruler or anything – I just used the lines on my glass mat as a guide for placement) and shifted the die cuts for each row to stagger them across the panel. But you could easily place these vertically for a slightly different design. I trimmed any of the die cuts that overhung the edges of the panel and set it aside while I worked on the butterflies.
Using the Block Print Scalloped Butterfly dies and some of my favorite rainbow cardstock colors, I created three different butterflies for my card design. I love how simple the assembly of these butterfly die cuts is yet they create such an impact!
I attached the butterflies to the background panel using foam squares under the wings and liquid adhesive under the body. This gave the butterflies plenty of dimension and movement on the card front. My last step was to add a sentiment. I chose one from the Vintage Everyday Greetings stamp set and heat embossed it in white on black cardstock. Then I die cut this with a sentiment strip before attaching it to my card design.
And that’s it for my version of a clean and simple thank you card showcasing a rainbow of the Block Print Scalloped Butterflies. Thanks for reading and see you soon!
Hello, friends! Toni here with the first of many cards I’ve made using the new release. The florals are to die for!
The Block Print Star Flowers remind of 60s/70s floral designs (showing my age!) so I created my own fabric out of paper.
I used Memory Box Raspberry Sorbet, Golden Wheat, Summer Squash, and Pool Party cardstock on the various layers to create a variety of different flowers.
I used the same colors for the Block Print Scalloped Butterfly so they would coordinate.
Final touches include adhering the diecuts onto a piece of black cardstock, leaving enough room for the Celebrate Today Noted Script Hot Plate & Outline Die to be added.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
