Category: Craft Dies

  • Just a Note | by Rosemary Dennis

    Just a Note | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a card I created using the new Block Print Garden Heart and Ornamental Branch dies. The Block Print Garden Heart die set is now a new favorite of mine! Let’s have a look at what I made.

    I went with two bright and sunny yellows from the Memory Box Sunrise 6×6 cardstock pad and two light greens from the Greenery 6×6 pad. I know it is hard to tell that there are two shades of green, but there are! Because I used two shades of yellow and green and alternated them for the layers of the bloom and leaves I had leftover pieces that I kept to use for another project.

    Once I got all the floral and leaf piece die cut I became a little stumped as to what to do next. Originally, I thought a solid heart die cut from heavy weight vellum would be nice, but after die cutting the heart from the vellum I really didn’t like it. I also thought about using a darker shade of green, but eventually settled on a white heart. Kept the vellum heart for another time, though.

    Now it was time to figure out a background. Again, I thought of going with a darker green background, but decided to die cut the Ornamental Branch die from white cardstock and layer the pieces on a white cardstock panel. I really like how all the white makes the floral center of the heart pop.

    Now that I had everything figured out, I adhered the large leafy die cut to the heart, added the flower and then tucked the smaller leaf stems behind the flower. The two Ornamental Branch pieces were adhered to the white panel and then I added the heart. I adhered everything using liquid adhesive. The final piece was the sentiment.

    I chose a sentiment from the Vintage Everyday Greetings stamp and die set, stamped it in black ink and then die cut it with the matching die. The sentiment was adhered with liquid adhesive and a few thin foam squares. Well, that’s it for me. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

  • Bold Funky Floral Print Card | by Toni M Maddox

    Bold Funky Floral Print Card | by Toni M Maddox

    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!


    Supplies


    57602 Block Print Scalloped Butterfly
    57605 Block Print Star Flowers
    BPF506 Celebrate Today Noted Script Hot Foil Plate and Die Set
    SH44016 Raspberry Sorbet Paper Pack
    SH44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack
    SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack
    SH44009 Pool Party Paper Pack
  • Just a Note | by Rosemary Dennis

    Just a Note | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today. Have you seen the all the new Block Print products that have been added to the Birch Press Design website? They are absolutely AMAZING and I can’t wait to create some projects with them! Today I’m sharing a card I made with the Block Print Tufted Bird die set. Let’s have a look.

    For this card I went with a softer approach using some Tim Holtz woodless distress watercolor pencils to color the pieces of my bird.

    In the above photo you can see the watercolor pencils that I used and the pieces prior to assembling my little bird.

    Once all the piece were dry I adhered everything together using liquid adhesive. Once I had the bird together I worked on the rest of the card. I decided to use some plaid patterned paper from the Memory Box Anemone Plaid 6×6 pad for the background for my little bird. Diecutting the paper with a rectangle die. I also diecut pine branches using Pine Needle Twig Contour Layers die set from watercolor cardstock and then sprayed them with distress spray stain in Rustic Wilderness.

    I decided to create a frame around my plaid background by using a die from the Memory Box Curved Cap Pinpoint layers die set. I die cut cream Memory Box woodgrain cardstock with the same rectangle die I used for the plaid paper and then die cut the Curved Cap die from the center. The frame was then adhered to the plaid paper with liquid glue. I die cut the Just A Note Scripted die from watercolor cardstock twice and adhered them together.

    Now all my pieces are ready to adhere to my card front. I adhered the pine branches and the sentiment first using liquid glue. To finish off the card I added the bird with a combination of thin foam squares and liquid adhesive.

    Well, that’s it for me. I hope you enjoyed by project today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

    Supplies

    57544 Just A Note Scripted

    57583 Block Print Tufted Bird

    57519 Pine Needle Twigs Contour Layers

  • Twilight Moth | by Christina Rannow

    Twilight Moth | by Christina Rannow

    Hi friends! Christina here to share a card featuring some of the beautiful things from the new Block Print Garden release. I created a magical moth scene using the Block Print Radiant Butterfly and the Ornamental Branch plus a few blooms from the Fabulous Flourishes set. Follow along below with the steps to creating this magical twilight scene.

    I started by die cutting the elements for my card design. I used ivory and shades of brown cardstock for the Radiant Butterfly, or in this case, the moth. I used a jade green shade from the Memory Box 6 x 6 Greenery paper pad for the Ornamental Branch, and for the small blooms, I used more of the greens plus ivory cardstock. I assembled the die cuts and secured everything with liquid adhesive.

    Next, I trimmed a piece of teal cardstock from the Memory Box Lagoon 6 x 6 paper pad to 4 x 5 ¼ inches to be the background panel. Then I thinned white gouache paint with a bit of water and used a paint brush to splatter the panel by lightly tapping the paint brush across the surface. Once dried, I attached this panel, using foam tape for some dimension, to another teal cardstock panel measuring 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inches. 

    With the background completed, I got to work attaching the assembled die cuts to the panel. I attached two of the Ornamental Branches to my card, one at the top and one at the bottom, trimming off anything that overhung the panel before adding five of the blooms to the branches. Then I attached the butterfly, or moth, with thin foam squares. Finally, I added the Hugs Vintage Sentiment, die cut from ivory and brown cardstock, and a secondary sentiment from the Vintage Everyday Greetings stamped with brown ink and die cut with a sentiment strip.

    And that completes this magical card featuring some of the new things from the Block Print Garden release. Thanks so much for reading all about my latest card design. See you again soon!


    Supplies


    SP1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack
    SP1011 Leafy 6×6 pack

    Supplies


    CL8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings
    57548 Hugs Vintage Sentiment
    57600 Block Print Radiant Butterfly
    57604 Block Print Fabulous Flourishes
    57601 Ornamental Branch
  • Folk Art Bird | by Toni M Maddox

    Folk Art Bird | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! Toni here today and I’m still loving the Block Print Birds. They lend themselves to all sorts of card designs.

    For this one, I created a Scandinavian folk style of sorts using the Block Print Bright Bird, Foliage Bunch, and Hello Scripted on the Flora Plate Layer Set.

    I love the boldness of the black against the more muted Memory Box Muted Squash and Pool Party colors.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!


    Supplies


    57584 Block Print Bright Bird
    57588 Foliage Bunch
    57546 Hello Scripted
    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set

  • Tropical Hummingbird | By Christina Rannow

    Tropical Hummingbird | By Christina Rannow


    Hello! Christina here to share a sunny tropical card perfect for sending a quick note of happiness to someone. For this card I paired the beautiful new Block Print Hummingbird with the Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers and added a fun polka dot patterned paper as the backdrop. Keep reading to get all the details for this sunny notecard!

    I started by die cutting all the hummingbird and hibiscus elements for my design from brightly colored cardstock. I used yellows, oranges, and teals, with a pop of fuchsia on the hummingbird. All of the die cuts layered together beautifully, plus the Tropical Hibiscus flowers come with a layering guide to make assembly super easy too.


    After I assembled and secured my die cut elements with liquid adhesive, I created a simple background. I trimmed a piece of yellow polka dot patterned paper to approximately 4 x 5 ¼ inches and then used a large circle die to round the corners. A corner rounder paper punch would work great for this step if you have one! Then I adhered this rounded panel to an A2 top-fold card base.

    Next, I attached the flowers to the card base with foam squares and tucked the leaves under them, securing the leaves with liquid adhesive. I attached the hummingbird with thin foam squares, giving my design multiple levels of dimension. The last step was to die cut the sentiment, the Handwritten Just a Note, from a dark gray cardstock and secure it to my card.


    And that completes this sunny tropical card using the Block Print Hummingbird and the Tropical Hibiscus sets. See you again soon!


    Supplies


    57579 Block Print Hummingbird
    57334 Handwritten Just a Note and Outline
    57486 Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers
  • Perched Bird Hello | by Rosemary Dennis

    Perched Bird Hello | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello, hello! Rosemary here today and I am back with a card featuring another super sweet Block Print die set. This time I’m using the Block Print Perched Bird. Let’s have a look at what I made.

    I knew I wanted to perch my little bird on one of the big Sugar Script die sets and settled on the Big Hello die set. I die cut the word from white cardstock and the shadow from a light gray. I did this because I wanted the focus to be on my little bird.

    I decided to go with a blue/purple/green color combo because I thought it would be fun to add some flowers around the word and little bird. Since spring is on the way I decided to use the Sprouting Crocus Contour Layers dies.

    I pulled out the colors of cardstock I wanted to use and then die cut all the pieces. To add some depth to the diecuts I did a little bit of inking to each piece with an ink color that was about two shades darker than the cardstock. Once everything was inked up I let the pieces dry a bit before adhering them together with liquid adhesive.

    I wanted to add more interest to the background that my little scene would be sitting on. I initially had a different idea, but as I was looking through my products I saw the Memory Box/Open Studio embossing folders and decided to use one of them. I went with the Gracious Floral embossing folder. I embossed the white cardstock and then die cut it with a rectangle die. I did this because I wanted the embossing to be flattened just a little bit.

    Now it was time to put it all together. I adhered the embossed panel to a white cardstock base and then arranged all my elements as you see. I used a combination of liquid adhesive and thin foam squares to adhere everything.

    Well, that is it for me. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!


    Supplies


    57523 Sprouting Crocus Contour Layers
    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script
    57581 Block Print Perched Bird
  • Bright Birthday Bird | by Toni M Maddox

    Bright Birthday Bird | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here and ever so glad to have the blog back. Let’s jump right in!

    I cut out the Block Print Tufted Bird from Memory Box Lavender Bloom and Golden Wheat cardstock which I then sponged using bright inks.

    Assembling the bird was very straightforward–whew!

    I cut out the Rosebud Arch Contour Layer using Memory Box Key Lime cardstock and sponged that as well.

    I placed that on the card front along with the bird and one of the sentiments from Vintage Everyday Greetings, spattering the lot.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!


    Supplies


    57583 Block Print Tufted Bird
    CL8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings
    8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings clear stamp and die set
    57561 Rosebud Arch Contour Layers

  • Elegant Cranes | By Christina Rannow

    Elegant Cranes | By Christina Rannow

    Hi friends! Christina here to share a project featuring the new Block Print Crane. I used red-crowned cranes as my inspiration for this lovely duo, and I paired them with the Waves Plate Die Set for a background reminiscent of Japanese woodblock art. I finished my design with the simple Big Hello Sugar Script and a few white enamel dots from my stash. Follow along below with the steps I took to create this elegant card featuring the Block Print Cranes.


    I started by die cutting the layers for the background. The Waves Plate set has three plates that die cut different layers. You can use the layers individually or together to create many different designs. I chose to use all three layers. I used white cardstock for layer A, teal cardstock for layer B, and Deep Turquoise for layer C. I secured the layers together and then mounted them on an A2 Deep Turquoise card panel.

    With the background finished, I got to work on the other elements. I started with die cut the pieces for the cranes. I used a combination of white, black, gray, and orange cardstock. To create the black necks of the cranes, I die cut the body a second time from black cardstock and used a pencil to lightly mark where I needed to cut with small scissors. I googled images of red-crowned cranes to get an idea of where the coloring was on their necks. I assembled the cranes, securing everything with liquid adhesive, and then attached them to my background. I used an acrylic stamp block to weigh them down a bit while the adhesive set.
    Next, I die cut the hello greeting from orange cardstock and the shadow from white cardstock and then attached it using the same process as I did with the cranes: liquid adhesive and an acrylic block for a little weight.

    To finish up my design, I added a few white enamel dots from my stash and the tiniest white highlights to the eyes with a gel pen. And that’s all there is to this elegant card design. I hope you’re inspired to create something beautiful today!

    Supplies

    56067 Wave Plate Layer Set

    57582 Block Print Crane

    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script

  • Birthday Wren | by Rosemary Dennis

    Birthday Wren | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a birthday card featuring the new Block Print Little Bird. Let’s have a look at what I created.

    When I saw the new collection of Block Print birds I was so excited! I just love them and can see so many possibilities. For today’s card I decided to create a little wren. Besides papercrafting I enjoy cross-stitching and one of my favorite fabrics to stitch on is 32 count Lugana in the color Wren. So that was my starting point for my little “wren”. I die cut water color cardstock using the Little Bird die, as well as the Hillside Branch and Bramble Contour Layers die set. I then colored each of the pieces with various watercolors.

    My coloring is very simple, but I did spend more time on the bird in an effort to achieve variation in the colors on the bird. Once I was done I set everything aside to dry.

    I pulled out the watercolor panels I had created months ago using the Crystal Lingo stamp set. I had two different blue panels, one dark and one light. I went with the lighter version and die cut it down with a Memory Box A2 Rectangle Frames die. I found a complimentary piece of blue cardstock in the Memory Box Lagoon solid core cardstock pack and die cut it with a larger A2 Rectangle Frames die. The two rectangled were then layered together.

    With all my pieces dry I adhered everything together using liquid adhesive and then determined how I would arrange all the pieces on my panels. I used liquid adhesive to adhere everything and then added my panels to a light gray cardstock card base.

    I finished the card with a Memory Box Birthday Greetings Tab. I really love how my sweet little “wren” turned out. I can see creating other types of birds with the Block Print Little Bird die set. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

    Supplies

    57577 Block Print Little Bird

    57524 Hillside Branch and Bramble Contour Layers

    cl8155 Crystal Lingo clear stamp set