Hello, everyone! This underwater scene was so fun to create. I love seahorses. And that jellyfish–look at it!
My first step was to sponge the blue card base with Catherine Pooler inks and one layer of the two-part Light Ray Stencil. I spattered this with water and set aside.
Next I fussy cut the sand layer using a piece of scrap kraft cardstock and sponged it with CP Sand Castle ink.
I cut a few of the Block Print Sea Kelp & Mini Fish from a shimmery green and silver cardstock. I sponged the Sea Kelp with CP ink for a bit of shading.
I diecut the Block Print Proud Seahorse, Block Print Floating Jellyfish, and Block Print Dancing Crabs from a few Memory Box cardstocks with shimmery cardstock scraps for highlights.
I sponged the cardstocks, including the Sugar Script Big Hugs sentiment, with CP inks. I assembled the final scene, tucking the creatures in among the greenery. So cute!
Do visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of ingredients and to check out my other projects.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello friends and Birch Press Design fans! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and found a little time to craft. This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today and I was so excited to finally be able to use some of the amazing new ocean themed block print designs that BPD has to offer right now! Let’s take a look at my first card using the Block Print Elegant Koi.
This is an A2 sized card made from a base of 110 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I pulled a pre-made background from my “scraps” pile to use as the water in the card. This background was actually made with Lindy’s “Butter the Toast” Blue Magical shaker. Then using the Block Print Elegant Koi dies, I cut the fish layers from white, peach and darker orange. The whiskers and eyes of each fish were cut from black cardstock.
I created two koi fish ad adhered them to the card using 3M foam adhesive for addd dimension. I then used a pre-made “Happy Birthday” white foil tab from Memory Company (a sister company to Birch Press Design) to add a quick sentiment.
I really love how this card came out and I hope you do too. I think koi fish are so elegant to look at, so I’m happy I was able to use these new dies to create an equally elegant card.
Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!
Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today sharing a card I made using the gorgeous new Elegant Koi die, as well as the new Honeycomb Cut Out die and the older Floral Cross layering die set. Let’s have a look at what I made.
When I first saw the Elegant Koi die set (and the Koi Duo die set) I almost immediately thought of Kubota Garden located in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle. The garden is spectacular and has several ponds with numerous koi slowly swimming about. It is fun and relaxing to watch them swim by.
I started by die cutting my koi from cardstock. I die cut the main body of the koi from orange cardstock from the Memory Box Sunrise cardstock pack. The rest of the koi was die cut from off white and gray. I then added some ink to the gray and off white pieces to give them more depth. I used what distress oxide ink was left on my blending brush to add the color.
I set the piece aside to dry. Because I wanted my elegant koi to have an elegant pond to be swimming around in I decided to use the Honeycomb Cut Out die to create some tiles for the bottom of my pond. I used Memory Box glossy black cardstock for the tiles. I also die cut a template with the Honeycomb die so that I could layout and adhered my tile background perfectly.
Once I had the background created I added some light inking using distress oxide inks in Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean to the panel. I kept the color mainly at the edges, but did add some in the center of the panel. Once done with the ink blending I made sure to wipe off the ink that got on my black tiles.
To provide even more of a look of an elegant pond I used the leafy stems and flowers from the Floral Cross layering die set to create some waterlily type flowers. Light inking was used on these pieces as well. Now it was time to complete the pond. I adhered everything using liquid adhesive.
My sentiment is from the Crystal Lingo stamp set which is unfortunately no longer available. I did ink up the sentiment strip with the same inks used for the background so it blended in a bit more. I finished with small drop of Nuve Jewel drops in Limoncello.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Hi, everyone! Today’s card has an Asian flavor with its papers and cranes.
I chose an origami paper from my stash that reminded me of lily pads and lotus pods. It’s a rather busy pattern so I cut an arch from vellum and layered that on top to soften the area behind the birds.
Next, I cut Corner Waves in two neutral colors to represent sand and two from shimmery blue for water.
With the background set, it was time to work on the Block Print Seaside Crane and Block Print Standing Crane.
I used a shimmery orange for the flashy bits of the herons and a glittery gold cardstock for the legs and beaks to pull in the gold from the origami paper.
I pulled one of my favorite Vintage Everyday Greetings sentiment stamps out and embossed it in Ranger Princess Gold on vellum. I accidentally overheated it just enough to create a sandy texture. A good oops!
Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, to see the full list of supplies used as well as check out my other projects.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello, everyone! Toni here today sharing a floral notecard with a colorful hummingbird.
I embossed the card front and sponged the top with a little blue then added a frame.
Next I cut out some Jovial Blooms and Leaves then nestled the lot into the bottom portion of the card along with one of the Vintage Everyday Greetings.
My favorite part was sponging up the Block Print Hummingbird and sponging it with a bit of gold to make it iridescent. So very pretty!
Be sure to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of ingredients and to check out my other projects.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello! Christina here to share another card featuring products from the latest ocean-inspired release. I adore this release, and I have many favorites so far, but this whale from the Block Print Whale Duo is at the top of the list! I paired him with the new Corner Waves Die for a fun cool blue ocean scene. Let’s jump in!
For this card, I started with the wavy ocean water. I die-cut the corner waves multiple times from two shades of teal cardstock as well as white cardstock. I inked the edges of the teal pieces and then spattered them with Uncharted Mariner, Peacock Feathers, and Salvaged Patina Distress Inks, and with a couple of Distress Oxide Sprays -Salvaged Patina and Uncharted Mariner. I stacked these, along with the white wavy pieces, onto a light blue cardstock panel trimmed to 4 x 5 1/4 inches. As I was stacking them, I layered the white pieces under the lighter teal pieces, letting only a small border peek above, and used foam tape to attach all the pieces, fitting them together like a puzzle.
Next, I die-cut the whale and his spout. I used blue cardstock for the whale and teal for the spout. I gave both pieces the same treatment as the wavy water pieces, inking the edges and adding plenty of spatter. Then I assembled the diecut pieces and attached them to my card front, tucking him slightly behind the water.
To finish things up, I added the Happy Birthday Vintage Sentiment diecut, choosing black and white cardstock, and a scattering of sparkling sequins for embellishment.
Thank you so much for visiting today and reading about my latest ocean-inspired card design using products from the latest release. 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! It’s summer and the water’s fine! Toni here with you today sharing a card made using some cute fishies from the new release. I love them so so much!
I wanted a school of fish, like what you might see in a giant aquarium. To achieve that I cut out a variety of fish using Memory Box cardstock.
I used Catherine Pooler inks with the cardstock to create variations in color for each fish.
For the sentiment I used the Sugar Script Big Hello die and outline in Summer Squash and sturdy black. The sentiment embossed on vellum is Lawn Fawn which coordinates so perfectly.
I added some glam with a no-shed aqua glitter cardstock as the card front. Swoon!
Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies and to check out my other projects.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello! Christina here, and I’m so excited to share this magical under-the-sea card design with you today featuring products from the beautiful new ocean-themed release. I paired the new Block Print Floating Jellyfish with the new Sea Kelp and Mini Fish dies, inked and spattered everything with bold, saturated color, and then framed up the scene with a simple arched window. Let’s dive into this under-the-sea card design!
My first step was to create the ocean background panel with light rays filtering through. I chose regular Distress Inks in Salvaged Patina, Peacock Feathers, and Uncharted Mariner to use with the new layered Light Ray Stencil. I used Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers for the first layer and then Peacock Feathers and Uncharted Mariner for the second layer. And when stenciling, I started in the upper left corner, using a lighter hand with the ink colors, and gradually increased the pressure and the amount of ink I applied as I moved toward the lower right corner. This helped with the illusion of light filtering down through the water. And now for the fun part! With the stenciling done, I spattered the panel with plain water and with Distress Oxide Ink Sprays in Salvaged Patina and Uncharted Mariner. I just love the texture and interest this gives, especially to a watery ocean scene.
My next step was to die-cut the other elements of my card design from white cardstock. I started with the arched window frame and attached it to my background panel with foam tape. Then, I moved on to the sea kelp. I inked them with a variety of green Distress Inks and then spattered them with plain water and more ink. The green inks I chose were Lucky Clover, Pine Needles, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, and Rustic Wilderness.
Next, I die-cut the jellyfish and inked the components with Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks before assembling them with thin foam squares. Finally, I die-cut the mini fish and inked them with Mustard Seed and Carved Pumpkin.
With the other elements of my design ready, I got to work assembling the scene. I started with the sea kelp, tucking them inside the arched window against the background and also adding some to the outside of the window. I used foam squares or partial foam squares to secure the ones on the outside of the window to the background. Then I added the jellyfish and the mini fish to my scene. Finally, I added sentiment stamped on a fishtail banner, popping it up with foam squares, and finished with a few tropical blue water droplet embellishments.
Thank you so much for reading about my magical under-the-sea card I designed using some of the new ocean-themed products from the latest release. See you again soon!
