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!
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!
Hello crafty friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing the first of a few fall themed pumpkin cards that I have made featuring the Adornment Pumpkin Set.
The Adornment Pumpkin Layer Set is one of my go-to products for fall cards. I love the large size of the layering pumpkin. Plus, it comes together easily with only two dies – a solid inside layer and a thin outline layer. For this card, I combined it with a variety of other products from Birch Press Design to include:
There is a lot to this card, so let’s break it down:
To create the pumpkin, using the Adornment Pumpkin die, I die cut the large solid pumpkin from the 6″ x 6″ Gladiola paper pack from Memory Box Company. I die cut the outline layer from white cardstock. I adhered the two together with a fine tip liquid glue.
Using the Phlox Blooms and Leaves contour layer set, I die cut a bunch of flowers from a mustard orange and rust colored cardstock. I also cut the inside of the flowers from chocolate brown cardstock and the center of of the flowers from gold glitter cardstock. For each flower, I layered the three colors togethers with a fine-tip liquid glue.
Next I simply die cut a bunch of orange, yellow, mustard, gold and brown leaves from the Tiny Tufts Flowers and Leaves contour die and tucked them in and around the pumpkin.
I splattered gold paint all over the card for some “distressing” or a “mixed media” look.
Lastly, I stamped the sentiment “forever grateful” using the Brush Sentiment stamp set. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I used an oval punch to punch the sentiment out and adhered it to the card using foam adhesive for added dimension.
I know at first glance that a lot of these intricate layered cards can seem intimating, but all it really entails is a LOT of die cutting. My little tip* – I don’t even count or measure as I’m die cutting, I just keep cutting until it seems like I have a lot. Any extra pieces can be used on the inside or saved for another card!
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!
Hello, friends! Toni here with you today sharing my love of all things spooky!
I masked a moon on the card front and sponged around it with Catherine Pooler Something Borrowed, Suede Shoes, and Dress Blues.
I cut out the Littletown Spooky Manor and Wavy Hillside dies. I used white cardstock for most of it but used Memory Box Cilantro cardstock for the hills.
I really like the Wavy Hillside layers as you can easily adjust their position as needed to create the vertical height you want.
I used Catherine Pooler Grass Skirt and Deck the Halls for the hills. For the trees and house, I used Catherine Pooler Midnight along with Distress Oxide Weathered Wood and Mustard Seed. Of course, I spattered the lot with a tiny bit of water for that worn look I love.
For a full list of products used and to see my other projects, feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft. Have a great rest of your week!
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a wonderful rest of your week.
Hello friends and welcome to October! Wow, how the seasons fly, but things sure are getting pretty with the fall foliage here in New England. This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here today sharing an elegant black and gold birthday card today using the Floral Balloon Layer Set.
I love the large size of these balloons, they really make a statement. By layering the balloons with black, gold and white, it really makes the card seem more elevated and elegant.
Card details:
The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using the Pinpoint Contour Plate, I die cut the background from black cardstock. Next I die cut the balloons using the Floral Balloon Layer Set. I cut one white ballon and then added strips of gold and black cardstock. For the second balloon, I die cut Layer A (the top layer) from gold glitter cardstock, Layer B (the middle layer) from black cardstock and Layer C (the bottom layer) from white cardstock. I adhered all three layers together with a fine-tip liquid glue. I adhere the top gold balloon to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. The white balloon is adhered directly to the card base, without foam.
For the sentiment, I heat foiled the “happy birthday” in gold foil on white cardstock. This sentiment is from the Sugar Script Sentiments 2 foil plate and coordinating die. I used the coordinating die to cut the sentiment out and adhered it to the card using 3M foam.
Thanks for being here and spending time exploring all that Birch Press Design has to offer for your creative paper craft hobby! Have a wonderfully creative day!
Hello, hello! Rosemary here on the blog today with a snowy scene card that was so much fun to make! Let’s have a look.
For my card I used the new Littletown Home, Wavy Hillside, and Peace Love Joy word die sets. The next few photos will show a little bit of my process for creating the card. I try to remember to take these kinds of photos, but sometimes get so involved in the process that I forget. This time I remembered!
I started by cutting piece of light blue cardstock from the Lagoon 6×6 cardstock pad to 5 1/2 by 4 1/4. I pulled out several distress oxide inks in shades of blue and blended them onto the top of the cardstock. I knew I would be covering up the bottom so no need to waste time and ink there! Once I had the blues blended to my liking I added in some black using Black Soot distress oxide. I used Blueprint Sketch, Prized Ribbon and Chipped Sapphire for the blues (could only fit the Chipped Sapphire in the photo).
Once the ink blending was done I put the panel into my splatter box and liberally splatted the panel with white acrylic paint. I let the panel dry and moved on to the next step in my card process: creating the wintry hills for my little houses!
I used Glossy Accents to cover the hill pieces, but I didn’t cover the cardstock pieces completely as you can see in the above photo. I did this because I wanted a more realistic snow look to each piece. Giving it the look of high and low areas in the snow that are there in real life. I then covered each piece with Rock Candy glitter and let them dry.
Now it was time to make the little houses, trees and sentiments. I die cut the houses from white, grey and yellow cardstocks and then adhered them together. Glossy Accents was added to the roofs and then Rock Candy glitter for that icy, snowy look. For the trees I simply added some liquid adhesive and then sprinkled on the Rock Candy Glitter. I had a scrap of the light blue cardstock so I ink blended that with the blue distress inks I used and die cut the shadow layer of each word from that. The words were die cut from white and then adhered to the shadow layer with liquid adhesive.
For the snowy hills I adhered the bottom one with foam tape. The middle layer was adhered with thin foam squares and the top layer with liquid adhesive. I layered the hills this way so that I could tuck the trees behind the bottom hill layer and the houses. The trees were adhered with a combination of liquid adhesive and thin foam squares. The houses were adhered in the same manner. The sentiments were adhered simply with liquid adhesive.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and seeing a little bit of the process I used to create the card. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!
Hello friends! Design Team member April here today sharing a card in honor of the first day of Fall. Time to light some cozy candles, grab a warm blanket, and sink into a fun afternoon of crafting.
Here’s how I pulled this card together:
I used layer A and B from the Forest Canopy Layer set and ink blended on the leaves and branches with green and brown inks. I glued both layers together, and then used a tape runner to attach them to an A2 card front.
I then used a sheet of orange cardstock from the Sunny Orange cardstock pack to cut the background of the Adornment Pumpkin die set. I cut this out twice and used foam tape to glue the two pieces together.
I cut the outline part from a piece of orange cardstock from the Glitzy Glitter pad. I finished off the pumpkin by ink blending the stem and leaves and adding them to the top.
For my sentiment I used the Big Hugs Sugar Script die, cutting it out three times and ink blending brown onto the layers, and gluing them together.
Lastly, I cut out all the dies from the Evening Moths die set from white cardstock.
