Category: Craft Dies

  • Mixed Media Bumblebee | By Christina Rannow

    Mixed Media Bumblebee | By Christina Rannow

    Hello, crafty friends! Christina here to share my latest project featuring products from the beautiful Block Print Garden collection. I combined the Buzzing Bumblebee and the Honeycomb Cut Out with some distressed and salvaged elements for a striking mixed media design. I had so much fun creating this card that’s a little out of my comfort zone, and I can’t wait to share my process with you! Let’s get started!

    First, I die cut the Honeycomb Cut Out from a white cardstock panel that I had stamped with a text background stamp. I used a metallic gold ink to stamp the text a little imperfectly, which was the look I wanted for this design. My next step was to rip the stamped cardstock for some distressing into a smaller square, leaving the edges raw. I also tucked some ripped vellum behind this panel, securing it with glue, letting the edges peek out here and there. Then, I attached it to a square of yellow cardstock with a textured dot detail and a decorative edge using foam squares. Finally, I mounted everything to some patterned paper and trimmed out the top and bottom with strips of black cardstock die cut with the same decorative edge as the yellow square. 

    Next, I die cut and assembled the components for the bumblebee and the floral swags. I used white cardstock and vellum for the wings of the bee and looped some decorative gold twine in with them too. The body is die cut from yellow cardstock, and the black stripes were added using a Copic marker. Then, I die cut the greenery for the swag from the Foliage Bunch set and built my flowers using components from two die sets: the Block Print Star Flowers and the Block Print Garden Heart. I secured everything to my card front and moved on to the last few steps of my card design.

    First, I heat embossed a sentiment from the Poppy Stamps Sentimental Banners set with gold embossing powder and die cut it with a stitched sentiment strip. I tucked another sentiment strip die cut from vellum behind this one before attaching it to my card front. The final steps were to add a few matte gold pearls and a decorative gold twine detail. 

    Thank you so much for visiting today! I hope you’re inspired to step out of your comfort zone a little during your next crafting session!

    Supplies

    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee

    57594 Honeycomb Cut Out

    57589 Block Print Garden Heart

    57605 Block Print Star Flowers

    57588 Foliage Bunch

    Supplies

    cb516 Sentimental Banners

  • Honey Bee Hello | by Rosemary Dennis

    Honey Bee Hello | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello friends! Have you been amazed by the projects the design team has created with the most current release? Well, I have! I have been buzzing with excitement to get something made and today is the day! Let’s have a look at what I made.

    I had several ideas in mind and tried at least one of them, but wasn’t super happy with how it was turning out. I decided to shift gears and use up some yellow glitter paste I had out on my desk. I really wanted to use the Honeycomb Cut Out die and so I used it to create a stencil to use with the glitter paste.

    After doing a quick test to see how my DIY stencil would turn out I decided to diecut it from some sturdier cardstock. For this I chose (and sacrificed) a piece of Memory Box glossy black cardstock. As you can see it would have also made a pretty neat background, too. I die cut a piece of heavy white cardstock with a rectangle die and then taped that to the back of my DIY stencil. The stencil worked pretty well with only a small amount of the paste seeping under. I peeled off my stencil and let my panel dry.

    While my panel was drying I die cut my bees using the Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee from a piece of watercolor cardstock that I had initially planned to use for my background panel, but it was a bit of a fail. I think the bees I die cut from it are kind of fun and funky!

    Once the glitter paste was dry and full disclosure that did take a long time because of the amount of paste that was applied using the stencil. I let the panel dry overnight to make sure it was fully dry before assembling my card. I even at one point placed something heavy on top so that it would dry flat.

    Since I was going for a mixed media vibe. I splattered the fully dry panel with distress ink in Gathered Twigs and appropriately Wild Honey. For the bees I die cut enough so that I could cut some apart to build the bees for my card. The wings were die cut from heavy weight vellum. I assembled my bees and then what kind of sentiment I would use. I settled on the Big Hello Sugar Script. Initially I die cut the hello from heavy weight cardstock and then splattered it, but there was too much splatter. So I used another piece of glossy black cardstock and stacked it on top of the splattered sentiment. Everything was adhered with liquid adhesive and then I added my panel to a kraft cardstock base.

    Well, that’s it for me. I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Thanks for stopping by and have a truly lovely day.


    Supplies


    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee
    57594 Honeycomb Cut Out
    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script
  • Sending Warm Wishes | by Crystal Komara

    Sending Warm Wishes | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends and happy Tuesday! I hope you are all having a wonderful day so far. This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a “warm wishes” card and nothing says warm like the color yellow, right?

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 100 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. First, I created an alcohol ink background from Butterscotch Ranger Adirondack alcohol ink on Yupo paper. Once that dried, I adhered the background directly to the card base.

    Using the new Honeycomb Plate, I die cut the honeycomb frame from white cardstock. I adhered the frame to the card using a very fine-tip liquid glue. Next, using the Perky Bloom Contour Layers die, I created the flower. I die cut all pieces of the Perky Bloom Contour Layers die from white cardstock to create a solid white flower (minus a black stamen) that would pop against that bold alcohol ink background. I adhered the layers of the flower together and adhered the flower to the lower right corner of the card.

    Using the Foliage Bunch dies, I die cut foliage from black cardstock. I adhered the foliage under the flower. Lastly, for a sentiment I added a foil tab from Memory Box, a sister company to Birch Press Design.

    I hope you like today’s card. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

  • Blue Honey Hello | by Toni M Maddox

    Blue Honey Hello | by Toni M Maddox

    Blue honey? What’s going on here, Toni, you might be thinking to yourself. Well, a few years ago I read an article about some beekeepers who discovered their bees had made blue and green honey. It turns out the hives were just a couple of miles from a candy factory that had inadvertently left some product accessible to bees. Apparently bees gonna eat.

    So, I took inspiration from that and used glossy photo paper with Adirondack alcohol inks to create a randomly colored blue-green base panel.

    I cut the Honeycomb Plate from Memory Box Summer Squash cardstock, adhering that to the top.

    I colored up the large Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee using Copics and applied Clear Wink of Stella to the vellum wings.

    I cut the Sugar Script Big Hello from black cardstock and popped it on top.

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

    Supplies

    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee

    57593 Honeycomb Plate

    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script

    SH44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

    SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

  • The Butterflies & The Bees | by Crystal Komara

    The Butterflies & The Bees | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends and happy Tuesday! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a vibrant card made with some of the latest products from Birch Press Design – the Honeycomb Plate, the Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee and the previously released Butterfly Basics.

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 110 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. I created an alcohol ink background using Butterscotch Ranger Adirondack alcohol ink on Yupo paper. Once that alcohol ink dried, I used the new Honeycomb Stencil and sponged Versamark ink over the alcohol ink. I then applied gold embossing powder and heated that with a heat tool being careful not to burn the synthetic Yupo paper.

    Using the Butterfly Basics, I die cut the first layer of the two butterflies from a piece of the alcohol ink background. I then die cut the second layer from white cardstock and adhered the two layers together with a fine tip liquid glue. Using the Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee, I die cut the bumblebee from yellow cardstock and then used a fine tip sharpie to “color” the black body. I die cut the wings from vellum cardstock.

    I adhered everything to the card and then splattered the entire image with an espresso (dark brown) ink.

    The “thank you” sentiment is a foil greeting from sister company Memory Box. You can find those sentiment strips here.

    I hope you have enjoyed this vibrant butterflies and bees card. Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day.

  • Sending Hugs | by Rosemary Dennis

    Sending Hugs | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a sunny card that would brighten up anyone’s day. Let’s have a look at what I made.

    There are so many pretty flowers in the new Block Print line that it is hard to decide which one to use! For this card I decided to use the Block Print Fun Floral die set. One of the things I noticed about this set of dies and the resulting flowers is that they would be perfect for a wreath!

    I started by diecutting a circle using a die set from Poppystamps (our sister company) from bright yellow cardstock from the Memory Box Sunshine. The rest of the pieces were die cut from various shades of yellow from the same pad.

    I then assembled all the flowers by alternating colors. When I was done I had lots and lots of flowers to use for my wreath. Below is a photo of my pile of flowers.

    I die cut some cream Memory Box woodgrain cardstock for my background and then adhered the die cut circle to the panel. I flowers were arranged with the large flowers at the top, bottom and sides and the smaller flowers in the gaps that were left.

    To break up all the yellow I added some bright green leaves that I cut with the leaf die from the Block Print Stems and Berries die. I finished off the card with the sentiment from the Rainbow Days Lingo Note stamp and die set that I surrounded with lots and lots of clear Fairy Jewels.

    I love how my fun and bright wreath turned out! I hope you enjoyed learning how I created it. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.


    Supplies


    cl8159 Rainbow Days Lingo Notes clear stamp set
    57599 Block Print Stems and Berries
    57603 Block Print Fun Floral
    sh44002 Cream Woodgrain Paper
  • Celebrate Today | By Christina Rannow

    Celebrate Today | By Christina Rannow

    Hello crafty friends! Christina here to share this golden beauty featuring some of the new things in the shop. I combined the Honeycomb Stencil and the Honeycomb Cut Out to create a golden, glittery backdrop for the busy Block Print Buzzing Bumblebees. 

    I started by stenciling the honeycomb pattern on a white cardstock panel using a trio of yellow inks. I concentrated the darkest ink color around the edges of the panel and gradually blended the medium and then the lightest shade of ink, moving towards the center. Next, I aligned the Honeycomb Cut Out die with the stenciled honeycomb pattern and ran it through my die cutting machine. Finally, to finish up my background panel, I layered it on a piece of gold glitter cardstock so it would peek through the cut out and then added a few glittery honeycomb pieces (die cut with the Honeycomb Cut Out) randomly on the stenciled pattern.

    With the background panel done, I got to work on the other elements of my card design. First I die cut the bumblebee bodies from yellow cardstock, and then, to create shading and dimension, I inked the edges with a darker yellow ink. To create the stripes for the bees, I die cut the bodies a second time, but this time from black cardstock, and then snipped them along the debossed lines left by the die. I attached the stripes and the antenna to the yellow bodies and then finally added the beautifully detailed white wings. 

    To finish things up, I hot foiled the Celebrate Today with black foil to coordinate with the bumblebees and then die cut it with the coordinating die before attaching it with foam squares to my card design. Lastly, I adhered the bumblebees buzzing around the sentiment with more foam squares and added a little sparkle to the wings with a glitter brush pen.

    Thanks so much for reading about my latest card making project featuring some of the beautiful new additions to the Block Print collection. See you again soon!


    Supplies


    57594 Honeycomb Cut Out
    42046 Honeycomb Stencil
    BPF506 Celebrate Today Noted Script Hot Foil Plate and Die Set
    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee
  • Buzzworthy Bees | by Toni M Maddox

    Buzzworthy Bees | by Toni M Maddox

    Greetings, friends! I love this time of year when it’s warming up, flowers are blooming and bees are happily buzzing along. Heavenly!

    Thus, I was so excited to receive the latest release which is all about the bees!

    I think my favorite is the Honeycomb Cut Out die. Just imagine patterned paper or sponging different colors–swoon.

    I used Memory Box Golden Wheat cardstock behind the cut out, sponging some Catherine Pooler inks and spattering white for added interest.

    To coordinate with the background honey colors, I used Memory Box Key Lime for the Abundant Branch with sponged Golden Wheat flowers. The way the branch pops is amazing.

    I colored up the Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee with Copics. I applied a bit of Clear Wink of Stella to the vellum wings.

    I used the same vellum for the backer behind the embossed Vintage Everyday Greeting.

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

    Supplies

    57594 Honeycomb Cut Out

    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee

    57575 Abundant Branch

    8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings clear stamp and die set

    SH44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

    SH44005 Key Lime Paper Pack

  • Elegant Bumblebee | By Christina Rannow

    Elegant Bumblebee | By Christina Rannow

    Hello, friends! Christina here to share a card using some new additions to the beautiful Block Print collection. I paired the new Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee with the new Honeycomb Plate and added some shimmery gold accents for a simple but elegant card design. Follow along below to get all the details!

    My first step was to create the background panel. I die cut the Honeycomb Plate from ivory cardstock and then attached it to an A2 ivory cardstock panel that I splattered with a mixture of gold Perfect Pearls and a very small amount of water- just enough to get the powder moving. With the background completed, I moved on to die cutting the other elements for my card design.

    I started with the arched branch from the Rosebud Arch Contour Layers and die cut it from green cardstock. Then I inked the center area with a darker green color for some shading and dimension. Next, I added flowers and berries to the arch. The flowers and berries are from the Abundant Branch die set. I die cut the flowers from ivory cardstock and painted four of them with the same gold Perfect Pearls and water mixture that I used to splatter the background panel. Then I layered the painted flowers with an unpainted flower for extra dimension before attaching all of them to the arch. Then I die cut the berries from eggplant and brown cardstock and added shading to the berries with a Copic marker and highlights with a white gel pen. I tucked these into the arch and then attached everything to the background panel with glue. 

    Next, I die cut the elements for the bee. I used ivory cardstock for the wings and yellow and dark gray cardstock for the body. The die for the body is one piece, so I snipped apart the stripes so I could alternate the colors on a base layer. Then I painted over the yellow portion with more of the gold Perfect Pearls mixture. Finally, I secured the completed bee to my card design with thin foam squares.

    The final details were to add the Hello Scripted greeting that I die cut from more dark gray cardstock three times before stacking them and then securing it with glue to my card design. A scattering of shiny gold pearls for embellishment finishes this simple but elegant card using some of the new additions to the Block Print collection.

    Thank you so much for stopping by to read about my latest papercrafting project! See you again soon!

    Supplies

    57546 Hello Scripted

    57575 Abundant Branch

    57593 Honeycomb Plate

    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee

    57561 Rosebud Arch Contour Layers

  • Tapestry Thank You | by Rosemary Dennis

    Tapestry Thank You | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello and happy May! Rosemary here on the blog today with a fun and some what elegant thank you card. Let’s have a look at what I made.

    For this card I used the super pretty Block Print Tapestry Blooms die and the elegant Thank You Scripted die set. I went with a light blue and green color combo for this card.

    To keep things simple I die cut all the flowers from a light blue Memory Box cardstock and the stem from the dark green. Then I assembled my flower stem. The sentiment was also die cut from the same light blue.

    Time to figure out my layout and it was at this point I decided to pull out the Linear Lines stencil and create a simple partial diamond pattern on my white cardstock base. I used a light blue ink that coordinated with the blue cardstock I used for the flowers and the sentiment.

    Now it was time to put the card together. I used cardstock in the same blue for my card base and adhered the background panel with thin foam squares. I then adhered the flower stem with liquid adhesive. Finally I added the sentiment. I purposefully only added glue to the main part of the sentiment to allow for some appearance of movement in the swirls on the sentiment.

    I really like the slightly monochromatic look of the card and the simplicity. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!


    Supplies


    42041 Linear Stripes
    57545 Thank You Scripted
    57590 Block Print Tapestry Blooms