Category: Craft Dies

  • Fuchsia & Hummingbirdby Rosemary Dennis

    Fuchsia & Hummingbird
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello, hello! Rosemary here on the blog today sharing a card made with the new Block Print Fuchsia Flowers and Block Print Flashy Hummingbird. I love all the hummingbird dies that Birch Press Design has released, but this one just might be my favorite. Fuchsias are one of my favorite flowers and so I was super excited when I saw the new fuchia related dies! Let’s look at what I made.

    Growing up we always had a fuchsia hanging basket on our front porch as both my parents liked fuchsias. I remember being fascinated by the little bell shaped flowers that hung down amongst the green leaves. When I saw the new Block Print fuchsia dies I was in heaven! I went with a similar color palette as the one on the front of the packaging as it is a classic fuchsia color way and still one of my favorites!

    I die cut the majority of the pieces for the hummingbird and fuchsias from colored cardstock. I only used white for the body of the hummingbird that all the other pieces get layered on. I then used Copic markers to color the pieces allowing me to change the colors and provide contrast.

    For the bird I started with a light aqua colored cardstock and then added color using Copics in shades of teal. Additional pieces were cut from a medium green and then shades of green Copics added to deepen the color. The pieces were set aside to dry before glueing together.

    The same process was done for the fuchsia except for the stems and the little stamens that hang down. I let them dry and then adhered together with glue. White cardstock was die cut, stamped with the sentiment from the Vintage Everyday Greetings stamp set and then I added a little bit of distress oxide ink in blue to the area where the fuchsia and hummingbird would be placed. They were then adhered with a combination of thin foam squares and glue. Added the panel to my light gray cardstock base and finished with a tiny dot of black Nuvo jewel drops for the bird’s eye.

    I just love how this turned out. Clean and simple yet a little on the bold side. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for taking the time to visit the blog. Have a wonderful day!

    57658 Block Print Flashy Hummingbird
    57667 Block Print Fuchsia Flowers
    CL8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings
    SP1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack
    SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack
    SP1011 Leafy 6×6 pack

  • Distressed Floral Birthday Cardby Toni M Maddox

    Distressed Floral Birthday Card
    by Toni M Maddox

    Happy summer, my friends! Toni here with you today and I’m ever so excited about the mini release featuring fuschia and birds, the perfect complement to my own garden.

    Let’s start with the blossoms where I combined the Block Print Fuschia Flowers along with the Block Print Fuschia Spray. In my mind this is like a hanging basket of fuschia.

    Of course, they’re irresistable to the Block Print Flashy Hummingbird. I sponged all the diecuts with Catherine Pooler inks then spattered them with water.

    For the background, I embossed a panel with a 3D basket-weave then spattered Copic Opaque white over the top. But, as I was assembling the card, I discovered that the white wasn’t fully dry so it smudged. I ran with it and randomly swiped a white pigment ink over the top to make it intentionally smudged!

    My final step was to add the Elegant Birthday Sentiment which I had inked up with a couple of green inks. Fabulous!

    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.

    57658 Block Print Flashy Hummingbird
    57661 Block Print Fuchsia Spray
    57667 Block Print Fuchsia Flowers
    8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments clear stamp and die set
  • Jellyfish Cheers by Rosemary Dennis

    Jellyfish Cheers
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a fun card created with the super cool Block Print Floating Jellyfish die set, as well as the Block Print Forest Scene die set. Let’s look at what I made.

    I just love the Block Print Floating Jellyfish and wanted to make another card with it. I also thought it would be fun to use the Block Print Forest Scene die set to help create the background for my jelly.

    I started by cutting down a piece of light blue Memory Box cardstock and then ink blending on some distress oxide inks in tumbled glass and prize ribbon. Once that was done I die cut out the pieces and assembled the octopus using glue.

    The I die cut a piece of the same light blue cardstock with a rectangle die that was slightly larger that the rectangle that I would be cutting the Forest Scene from. The Forest Scene was die cut and then I trimmed off the tree.

    Then I added a little bit of ink blending to the top portion of the light blue rectangle that would show through the cut out area. The top piece was then adhered to the light blue rectangle.

    Then I added the panel to a light gray cardstock base, added the jellyfish and lots of small blue sequins to look like bubbles. It was at that point I realized I need to put a sentiment on the panel. Honestly, that happens to me alot because I can get so focused on other elements on the card that I often forget I need to make sure a sentiment fits. Thankfully I had all the open space at the bottom and the sentiment stamped cleanly!

    I love the clean monochromatic look of this card and that really fun jelly! I hope you enjoy my card, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

    57629 Block Print Floating Jellyfish
    57650 Block Print Forest Scene
    CL8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings
  • Pine Trees Birthday by Rosemary Dennis

    Pine Trees Birthday
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello friends! Rosemary here on the blog today sharing a birthday card with a little more of a masculine feel to it. I used the fun Block Print Pine Trees die set, as well as a sentiment from the Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings stamp. Here is what I created.

    I started by pulling shades of green from the Memory Box Greenery 6×6 cardstock pad and die cutting trees. I then mixed and matched the different colors to make the different trees and adhered them together with glue.

    As the trees dried I tried out different arrangements and settled on the one you see. Now for the background. What to do, what to do? I know… a woodgrain background, lol! I also decided to add a sun in the background and used a yellow from the Memory Box Sunrise 6×6 cardstock pad.

    I love the Memory Box woodgrain cardstock and decided to use a piece of the white woodgrain cardstock. I die cut it down to fit a card front and then searched for a sentiment.

    I settled on the happy birthday sentiment and stamped it on to the woodgrain panel. I did stamp it several times to make sure I got the best coverage I could.

    I adhered everything to the card front with glue as I didn’t want to add any more bulk to the card. I then adhered the panel to a off white cardstock base to provide just a little bit of contrast.

    Well, that is it for me. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by the blog today. Have a wonderful day.

    57645 Block Print Pine Trees
    CL8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings
    SP1013 Sunrise 6×6 pack
    SP1011 Leafy 6×6 pack
  • Time for Cake Cake Cake!by Toni M Maddox

    Time for Cake Cake Cake!
    by Toni M Maddox

    Ahoy, friends! Toni with you today sharing a nautical birthday card that’s sure to get a chuckle from the recipient.

    I started the card by sponging the background with a cloud stencil and Catherine Pooler ink.

    Next, I added the Birch Press Design Corner Waves cut from a few shades of scrap blue cardstocks beneath an angle-cut piece of kraft cardstock with the Birch Press Design Waterfront Pilings to represent a pier.

    The birds, Birch Press Design Block Print Curious Seagull and Block Print Pelican, were fun to assemble and ever so cute. Notice how I sponged just a touch of yellow on their bellies for a bit of shading.

    My final step was to add the Birch Press Design Plain & Simple Birthday Greetings stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne. I can totally hear the seagulls overhead!

    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.

    CL8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings
    57618 Waterfront Pilings
    57625 Block Print Curious Seagull
    57609 Block Print Pelican
    57607 Corner Waves
  • With Love on Your Birthday by Rosemary Dennis

    With Love on Your Birthday
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a simple design using the Block Print Lovely Flower and Elegant Birthday Sentiments stamp and die set. I also used some papers from the Memory Box Anemone Grove 6×6 paper pad. Let’s look at what I made.

    I guess this month I have a theme of using patterned paper, lol! I’m often hesitant to use patterned paper for die cutting, but decided that I would give it a try, again. For this card I decided to make sure that I used a more neutral pattern for the flowers. For that I chose a cream paper with gold foiling.

    I chose a light blue paper with gold foiled flowers to use for the flower centers. A strip of the flip side for the blue paper was used as an accent as well.

    I adhered all the pieces of the flowers together and set them aside to dry. I love the Memory Box woodgrain cardstock for backgrounds as it adds a nice subtle look. I trimmed down a piece of cream woodgrain and then added the strip of patterned paper.

    The flowers were then adhered to the paper strip. I used a thin foam square for the large flower and then glue for the two smaller flowers. A dot of a crystal lacquer was added to each of the little stymens and I set aside the panel to dry.

    I finished with the sentiment that I stamped in black on the reverse side of a piece of the cream woodgrain cardstock thus achieving a nice cohesive look. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

    CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
    57632 Block Print Lovely Flower

    Supplies

    PP1026 Anemone Grove 6×6 pack
  • Bright Floral Friendship Card by Toni M Maddox

    Bright Floral Friendship Card
    by Toni M Maddox

    Greetings, my friends! It’s Toni with you again. Today I have a bright floral card perfect for any occasion.

    I started by randomly cutting out the Block Print Lovely Flower from an orange panel of Memory Box Sunrise 6×6 cardstock.

    I adhered this panel to a base of Memory Box 6×6 Lagoon cardstock. Look at those complentary colors–love!

    Next, I diecut the flower centers from the Sunrise pad with the white stamens from scrap white.

    I used the same yellow for the sentiment layer, embossing the Plain & Simple Birthday Greeting in white.

    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.

    57632 Block Print Lovely Flower
    CL8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings
    SP1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack
    SP1013 Sunrise 6×6 pack
  • Boho Butterfly Birthday by Rosemary Dennis

    Boho Butterfly Birthday
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here with a sweet birthday card and tag made with the Linear Boho Butterflies dies and pretty papers from the Memory Box Anemone Grove 6×6 pad. Let’s look at what I created:

    As I started thinking about how I wanted to use the Linear Boho Butterflies dies I thought it would be fun to use some patterned paper. I looked through my Memory Box 6×6 pads and settled on the Anenome Grove pad. I went with papers that both had a light purple hue to them and a subtle pattern.

    I wasn’t exactly sure how I was going to use the butterflies so I decided to die cut multiples from each piece of patterned paper. The bodies of the butterflies were also die cut from the same papers. As I played around with ideas I thought it would be fun to use the Pinpoint Contour Plate to provide some movement on the background. The panel was die cut from white cardstock and set aside.

    There are three large butterflies and two tiny butterflies in the die set. I decided to layer all three of the larger butterflies together by alternating the different patterned papers. The look is very subtle, but pretty. I also layered the two tiny butterflies in the same manner. To finish off the butterflies I added clear Memory Box fairy jewels to the bodies of all the butterflies. To keep the subtle purple going I ink blended a light purple ink around the edges of the background panel and then added the butterflies and sentiment to the card.

    After I finished the card I still had one large layered butterfly and two tiny layered butterflies left. So I thought it would be fun to make a little tag. I used a scrap of white cardstock and die cut it with the Pinpoint Contour Plate and then die cut it further with a Memory Box Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die. I added the same light purple ink around the edges and stamped the sentiment. Both sentiments are from the Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings. I finished with a little bow made with purple twine.

    I love how both the card and the tag turned out. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. I had a lot of fun creating them.

    Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

    CL8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings
    57574 Linear Boho Butterflies
    57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate

    Supplies

    PP1026 Anemone Grove 6×6 pack
    94646 Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers

  • Wishful Daisies by Toni M Maddox

    Wishful Daisies
    by Toni M Maddox

    Greetings, friends! Toni here with you today and I’m sharing a cheerful birthday card featuring Block Print Daisy Flowers.

    I cut out a few of the Block Print Daisy Flowers using Memory Box 6×6 Lagoon cardstock for the petals. I then used Catherine Pooler ink to add some variation in the color.

    In addition, I sponged the Memory Box 6×6 Greenery cardstock with a bit of ink to create shadow on the stems.

    I used a Poppy Stamps Fanciful Flowers stencil with Catherine Pooler ink to add the idea of more greenery behind the daisies.

    For the Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee, I used the same shade of Memory Box 6×6 Sunrise yellow I had used for the flower centers. Super cute!

    My final step was to add the Elegant Birthday Sentiments at the top, stamped in Versafine Clair Nocturne.

    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.

    57634 Block Print Daisy Flower
    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee
    CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
    T108 Fanciful Flowers Stencil Set
    SP1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack
    SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack
    SP1013 Sunrise 6×6 pack
  • Make a Wish by Annette Allen

    Make a Wish
    by Annette Allen

    Welcome Birch Press Design friends, Annette Allen (myclevercreations) here with you today and I am sharing my first post as one of the newest design team members. YAY! So let’s get started…

    I love all things by the sea so today I am creating with the Block Print Glider Fish and Elegant Birthday Sentiments clear stamp and coordinating dies.

    I first started with die cutting the Block Print Glider Fish three times on colored cardstock. I did not plan the colors I just picked out some scraps and started die cutting. Adhere all the pieces together using liquid glue.

    Don’t worry about how the colors go because as you can see, you can mix and match most colors and they just look fun. I might add that the Block Print Glider Fish is very easy to piece together.

    Create a card, A2 size on white cardstock.

    Cut a A2 panel on white cardstock and ink blend three colors. I went more with the traditional colors of the sea. Pick colors that you love to ink blend together. I used Oxide inks, so I am going to sprinkle a little water. If you use this technique, make sure to let your panel dry completely before adhering it to your card base.

    Once dry, adhere to card base.

    Add some foam tape to the back of our cute Block Print Glider Fish and add them to the right side of the card. Try and leave an even amount of space between them.

    Adhere some small white sequins in front of each fish. Gives the appearance of bubbles.

    Stamp the sentiment from the Elegant Birthday Sentiments clear stamp on one of the colors of cardstock you used on the fish using black ink and die cut using the coordinating dies. Add foam tape to the back and adhere to the left side of the card.

    Thank you for stopping by… Happy crafting!

    57611 Block Print Glider Fish
    8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments clear stamp and die set