Category: Christmas

  • Grandma’s Ornaments | by Toni M Maddox

    Grandma’s Ornaments | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today with a couple of cards inspired by ornaments found on my grandma’s Christmas tree back in the day.

    For the first card, I used the Marisol Ornament Layering Dies cut from Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter 6×6 paper and Cottage Stripes & Dots 6×6 paper.

    I embossed the Christmas Ornament and Labels sentiment in white on kraft and cut it out with the coordinating label die.

    For the second card, I used the Belle Ornament Layering Dies along with Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter 6×6 paper and foil paper from my stash (a great substitute would be Memory Box Polished Foil). I particularly love the patterned center of this ornament.

    I embossed and cut the Christmas Ornament and Labels sentiment for this card as well, this time using Memory Box Fresh Aqua 6×6 paper.

    On both cards I embossed the front with the Memory Box Gracious Leaves 3D embossing folder as the design reminded me of mistletoe. The texture is amazing!

    Fun tip: I attached both ornaments to the card front with removable adhesive dots and included a silver hanging loop in case the receipient wants to hang the ornament in years to come.

    Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful rest of your day!

    Supplies

    56114 Marisol Ornament Layer Set

    56116 Twinkle Ornament Layer Set

    8154 Christmas Ornament and Labels clear stamp and die set

    EF1002 Gracious Leaves

    SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack

    GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

    FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

  • Follow That Star | by Toni M Maddox

    Follow That Star | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello again! Toni here with you today. I was playing along with a card challenge and went ahead and expanded on that to create a couple more cards to post here as well.

    The challenge involved using 3 shades of blue so I sponged Distress Oxide Salty Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Prize Ribbon onto the card base. I spattered that with water, Copic Opaque White and Peerless Silver Transparent Metallic liquid watercolor.

    I then added the BPD String Art Nativity Star cut from silver foil cardstock. Swoon! Btw, I used a wet wipe to remove some of the color around the star so it “glows.”

    Now I had part of the silver star leftover so I experimented with using the coverplate itself as a mask with my Copic airbrush (RV04, RV09, Y08). So dreamy! I love the unexpected holiday colors.

    Note I remove the spray from the coverplate with a bit of denatured alcohol (don’t know that the type matters; it’s just what we had on hand).

    And in another experiment, really more an attempt not to waste a diecut that got mangled when my electric diecutter went haywire, I used the star from BPD String Art Nativity Star over the BPD Dazzle Mini Frame Layer A cut from Memory Box Pastel Glitter Paper. Talk about a perfect fit.

    For the background on this one I used Lindy’s Magicals (Sassy Sapphire, Hydrangea Blue, Stormy Sky) ombre style with a spritz of Dylusions White Linen Spray on top for a nebula effect then another sprinkle of the Sassy Sapphire Magical. The shimmer and opalescence is amazing!

    I’m always amazed at how just a little sprinkling of powder becomes such a magical thing.

    I also used a bit too much of the darkest blue so blotted that off with a paper towel before spritzing with additional water and all that. A little powder goes a LONG way.

    Btw, I used my heat gun to dry this. If I had patiently waited for it to air dry, it likely would have maintained more of the speckled effect.

    I hope you were inspired by today’s creations. Have a great rest of your day!

    Supplies

    57380 String Art Nativity Star

    57406 Dazzle Mini Frame Layer Set

    CL8154 Christmas Ornament and Labels clear stamp set

    GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

  • Christmas In July | Marisol Ornament | By Renee Moran

    Christmas In July | Marisol Ornament | By Renee Moran

    Hi Everyone, It’s Renee’ from Delaney Jane Cards here with a Christmas in July card! Yes, Christmas in July. I also used an unexpected background die to create the “tree”! Sometimes it is about stretching your dies to make them really worth owning.

    I really wanted to use the Marisol Ornament layering dies because, let’s face it, they are so beautiful!!! I decided on purple, silver and green for my color scheme.

    I picked out some glitter cardstock, polished cardstock and some purple and green from the cardstock 6×6 stacks.

    I created one entire Marisol Layering Die set and used the top layer (a) to create two other ornaments. The Christmas Ornaments and Labels Stamp and Die set has this solid die that works so well with the Marisol Ornament Layering Dies and the topper for the ornament. I used that solid die to back all three ornaments.

    I added foam tape to the main image and adhered the other two down using liquid adhesive. Then snipped the excess off and adhered them to to other areas on the card. No need to create multiple ornaments when you can use just a few and place the bits and pieces in the blank spaces.

    By being creative with how I layered them atop of the String Art Nativity Star background die I was able to “hide” the star and create the look of the branches of a pine tree. What a cool way to stretch that die, am I right?

    I even stretched the Christmas Ornament and Label Stamp and Die Set and to selectively stamp the sentiment. I wanted to use the Merry Die so I only stamped the word Christmas.

    You’ll have to let me know if you think this “feels” like a closeup of a Christmas tree because I think it does. Also, if you’d like to see how my card came together, you can click on the video below.

    Thank you so much for checking out my card today.

    As I always say,

    Give Cards Generously

    -Renee’

    Supplies

    SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6×6 pack

    FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

    GP1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack

    CL8154 Christmas Ornament and Labels clear stamp set

    57380 String Art Nativity Star

    56114 Marisol Ornament Layer Set

    57307 Merry Honey Script

  • A Few More Foil Christmas Cards | Tracey McNeely

    A Few More Foil Christmas Cards | Tracey McNeely

    Hi crafty friends, it’s Tracey here today and Happy New Year! Before putting Christmas stamps and dies away for next year, make a few cards while you still feel the holiday spirit. Life in quarantine doesn’t always mean that your ahead of the game and then Christmas shows up. So it’s always good to have a bit of a head start.

    I wanted to make some of the Birch Press Design Ornaments using foil paper. I chose to make all of my ornaments primarily using the Marisol Ornament Layer Set. I chose red, light aqua and silver foil from the Memory Box Polished Foil Pad and made three cards all using the same three colours each with a different outcome.

    To start off I prepared three top folding card bases. I die cut the Pinpoint Radial Plate from white cardstock then trimmed them down to 5 1/4″ x 4″. I adhered the panels to card bases using foam tape and set them aside.

    For the first card I die cut Layer C of the Marisol Ornament Layer Set from white cardstock. Using the polished foil paper I cut the Marisol Ornament Layer B from the light aqua and Marisol Ornament Layer A from red. The ornament cap was die cut in silver foil using the Ornament Basics die set. I carefully assembled the ornament using liquid adhesive.

    TIP: If you get any glue onto your foil die cuts while assembling, set it aside to allow the glue to dry slightly. Then gently use a microfibre cloth to wipe the marks away.

    I drew a string for the ornament onto the Pinpoint Radial panel with a Copic Mutiliner and adhered the ornament with foam tape. The word ‘Joy’ was die cut in red foil using the Simple Joy die set.

    The foil papers work just beautifully with the layered ornaments.

    For the next two cards I cut the ornament shape from the Ornament Basics die set in white carstock. I cut the Marisol Ornament Layer A in both light aqua and red saving the interior pieces so I could inlay the red pieces into the light aqua bauble and the light aqua pieces into the red bauble.

    The ornament caps were die cut in silver foil using the Ornament Basics die set. I drew the ornament strings with a Copic Mutiliner and adhered the ornaments with foam tape. The word ‘Joy’ was die cut in red foil using the Simple Joy die set for the red inlay card and the light aqua for the light aqua inlay card.

    These cards turned out even more elegant than I thought they would. There is something so beautiful about cardmaking with foil.

    Thank you for stopping in today to craft with me. I hope I have inspired you to make a few more cards before for close the door on Christmas for 2020. Come back again for more inspiration here on the Birch Press Design blog!

    Supplies

    56114 Marisol Ornament Layer Set

    57314 Ornament Basics

    57384 Pinpoint Radial Plate

    57218 Simple Joy

    FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

  • String Art Nativity Star by Jeanne Jachna

    String Art Nativity Star
    by Jeanne Jachna

    Hi and thanks for stopping by! Today I’m sharing a glittery card made with the String Art Nativity Star background die. It’s got me singing “Star of Wonder” while I make!

    I wish you could see the sparkle on this one in person! Here’s how I made it!

    I wanted to cut the die and leave only an impression to color. I didn’t want the cuts to go all the way through the paper. You can accomplish this indifferent ways.. you can emboss the die or add a piece of packing tape to the back of your cardstock. My machine is getting old and requires a shim to cut completely. So all I had to do is remove the shim.

    You can use any media you like to color the design. I used Copic markers. You don’t have to be clean and stay in the lines – you’re going to cover this panel with a clean die cut image.

    To add some sparkle I mixed Ranger Glossy Accents with Gina K Glitz Gliter Gel. This made the gel more fluid and easier to spread. I added the clean die cut image die while the paste was still wet.

    I stacked a second clean die cut to the first to add dimension and to give the look of stained glass.

    This is a fun technique that will work with lots of different dies – I sure hope you’ll give it at try!

    Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5″

    Supplies

     

     

    57380 String Art Nativity Star

     

     

    57304 Peace Honey Script

     

  • Stitched Stripe Background | By Leigh Houston

    Stitched Stripe Background | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! Thank you for stopping by today! I’m here sharing this card featuring Birch Press Designs’s Frosty Flake layering dies. I accented this perfect snowflake with a stitched stripe background, and I’ll walk you through the process today!

    I started my card with my background. I cut an A2-sized panel of blush cardstock and some coordinating 1/4″ strips of coordinating pink and white cardstock. To create the background, I would glue one strip down at a time and then add a quick and simple line of backstitching down its side before adhering the next strip. I did the stitching by hand, but this would be equally easy to do with a sewing machine.

    To make the snowflake, I die cut all three layers of the Frosty Flake layering dies from white cardstock, adhering them together with liquid glue. I then cut an additional layer A from heavy 110# vellum, adhering it on top of the snowflake only in the center to allow the edges to raise up for some dimension. I finished the snowflake by adhering a silver gem in the center.

    To finish the card, I die cut my “thanks” sentiment from the Thanks Sugar Script die (die cutting it from white and a darker pink, slightly offsetting the white on top to create a shadow). A few glittery sequins and this card was finished!

    I hope you enjoyed this project. Links to the products I used are below. Thanks again for stopping by and I’ll see you again soon with another Birch Press Designs’s project!


    Supplies


    Thanks Sugar Script
  • Rainbow Snowflake | By Dilay Nacar

    Rainbow Snowflake | By Dilay Nacar

    Welcome back, crafty friends! Dilay here from justcallmedee.com sharing a fun, holiday-themed rainbow snowflake card! Today’s card is quick and easy to recreate,  perfect for your last minute cards!

    To begin, I die cut the ‘Frosty Flake Layer Set’ A, B, and C layering die and adhered them together. I also cut an additional layer A and set that aside to place under my snowflake for added dimension. 

    Frosty Flake layers A. B, and C
    A, B, and C layered and adhered together

    Next, I ink blended the snowflake using colors in rainbow order and set that aside to dry while I worked on the background. For this step, I cut an A2 sized background using the ‘Radial Pinpoint Plate’ die then adhered that onto another piece of A2 sized white cardstock for added stability. 

    Pinpoint Radial Plate

    Next, I created the sentiment using the ‘Warm Wishes’ stamp from the ‘Christmas Ornament and Labels’ stamp set, first stamping it in black ink then die cutting it with the coordinating banner die. 

    Sentiment
    Layer A adhered to center of background

    To put the card together, I glued the extra layer A to the center of the ‘Radial Pinpoint Plate’ panel background then glued the snowflake on top of that. Once dry, I added a few iridescent flat back pearls and adhered the banner sentiment with foam tape.

    Embellishments

    I hope you enjoyed this fun, non-traditional holiday card! Thank you so much for visiting and I wish you a very happy holiday season!

    57388 Frosty Flake Layer Set
    57384 Pinpoint Radial Plate
    8154 Christmas Ornament and Labels clear stamp and die set
  • Snowflake Poinsetta | by Crystal Komara

    Snowflake Poinsetta | by Crystal Komara

    Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing a unique way to turn the Pinpoint Snowflake die into a poinsettia or similar Christmas flower.

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from Cherry Red cardstock. I used a scalloped frame die to create the white scalloped background to allow the vibrant red Pinpoint Snowflake Poinsettia to POP!

    Here is a step-by-step instructional video showing how to use the Pinpoint Snowflake die to create this card:

    I hope you have enjoyed seeing a more non-traditional way to use this die while learning another way to get more use from your Birch Press Design products. Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful holiday season!

  • Versatile Mini Snowflake Frame Layer Set | with Ardyth

    Versatile Mini Snowflake Frame Layer Set | with Ardyth

    Good morning! It’s Ardyth here with the new Mini Snowflake Frame Layer set, to show you how versatile it can be!

    Last week I made a see-through tag with it by discarding the inner pieces of the snowflake, but keeping the pieces between the frame and snowflake for the bottom layer in place with some clear tape on the back.

    I spritzed it with some shimmer spray, then added mica flakes on the frame for a really frosty look!

    I finished the tag with just the shadow layer of the Simple Joy die (which fits perfectly inside the frame!), cut from silver glitter card from the Holiday Glitter pad.

    That hole in the top of the snowflake is the perfect place to add some sparkly twine to attach the tag to your gift!

    But it also makes a perfect addition to a card! I created another tag in the exact same way, and then popped it up onto a plain white card base. The dimension allows you to see through the snowflake again, creating interest and depth.


    Supplies


    57391 Mini Snowflake Frame Layer Set
    57218 Simple Joy
    GP1005 Holiday Glitter Pad

  • Nativity Star Trees | by Crystal Komara

    Nativity Star Trees | by Crystal Komara

    Hello readers and happy Friday! I hope you have fun things planned for the weekend ahead. This is Crystal here with you today sharing a whole new way to use the beautiful String Art Nativity Star die! I have used select pieces of this background die and fussy cut it to create some very stylish triangular Christmas trees! Please continue to the end of today’s post for a video showing I made these trees.

    This slimline card measures 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. Slimline cards are designed to fit inside a regular #10 business sized envelope and require no additional postage. The base of this slimline card was made from 80 lb. cherry red cardstock.

    Here is a step-by-step YouTube video showing how I created this card:

    I hope you have enjoyed seeing another creative way to use the beautiful Birch Press Design products. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!