Category: Craft Dies

  • Masculine Snowflake

    Masculine Snowflake

    Hello again, Birch Press friends! Allison here, and today I’m sharing a masculine holiday card. It seems like many of us often struggle when it comes to making masculine cards. My solution is usually to find a good plaid, or to pick some darker colors and go with a clean and simple design. In this case, I did both!

    I started with the gorgeous new Adornment Snowflake die. I cut the shadow/solid layer from gold foil card stock. I cut the detailed layer from a grayish-blue color (twice to give it a bit of dimension), and then I offset it when I adhered it to the gold layer so that it gave my snowflake twelve points instead of six. There are so many ways that you could adorn this snowflake, but I chose to keep it simple for this card.

    This plaid paper is so gorgeous – it has very thin gold foil stripes in the design. I cut the panel down so that I could leave a little margin of my Kraft card base showing, and then I glued the snowflake to the center. I only glued the center of the snowflake – that way, the points can lift up for dimension. I gold heat embossed the sentiment onto navy card stock and cut it out with the matching die.

    Thank you so much for joining us today. I hope this card inspires you and brings a smile to your face!

    Wishing you a crafty day,
    Allison


    Supplies


    57483 Adornment Snowflake
    8162 Contempo Christmas Greetings clear stamp and die set
    sp1006 Stormy Blue 6×6 pack

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    pp1018 Woodsy Plaid 6×6 pack
    fp1001 Polished Foil Pad pack
  • Holly Wreath | by Crystal Komara

    Holly Wreath | by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a holiday card with you featuring the beautiful new Holly Wreath Plate Layer set. But, there’s a lot more going on with this card than just a dimensional wreath, there is also a heat foiled background and heat embossed sentiment too, so read on for all the fun details!

    Card details:

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. This is my go-to white cardstock for e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g! Using the Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate, I foiled the first layer of the card. I use a Gemini Foilpress machine for my foiling. I used the Crafter’s Companion Foil Press paper in brass. I adhered this foiled layer directly to the card base.

    I did not foil the inner circle of the Gilded Grace Plate, so instead I stamped the sentiment “wishing you peace” in the center of the circle. Next, I created the wreath. I die cut Layer C (bottom layer) of the Holly Wreath from dark green cardstock. I die cut Layer B (middle layer) of the Holly Wreath Plate from green glitter cardstock. Finally, I cut Layer A (top layer) of the Holly Wreath Plate from light green cardstock. The green cardstock is from the 6″ x 6″ Lush Green paper pack and the 6″ x 6″ Glitzy Glitter paper pack. I adhered all three layers of the wreath together with a fine-tip liquid glue.

    I adhered the wreath to the center of the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. I stamped the sentiment “joy” in Versamark ink on a piece of red cardstock. I heat embossed the sentiment with the Red Robin embossing powder from WOW! I used the coordinating circular die to die cut the sentiment out. The “joy” sentiment and die is from the Contempo Christmas Greetings stamp set and coordinating dies.

    Lastly, I adhered a small piece of gold ribbon underneath the “joy” circular sentiment. I also added a couple red rhinestones to the wreath to resemble berries.

    This card has it all – gold foil, sparkly glitter paper and heat embossing! It sparkles AND it shines!

    I hope you have enjoyed today’s card! You can visit me on my website, Instagram and YouTube! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    http://www.crystalkomara.com

    Supplies

    57450 Holly Wreath Plate Layer Set

    BPF512 Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and Die Set

    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack

    GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

    8162 Contempo Christmas Greetings clear stamp and die set

  • Dove of Peace | by Toni M Maddox

    Dove of Peace | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a watercolored holiday card.

    I started the card by cutting out a BPD Herbarium Plate layer out of white and mounting it on kraft.

    The BPD Adornment Dove dies are a set of two, one that I used to cut the watercolored panel and the other for the white outline.

    I cut the BPD Peace Honey Script outline in the same watercolored paper (check out that fab shimmer!) and mounted the word in white on top. Super easy and pretty card–my favorite type!

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

    Supplies

    57479 Adornment Dove

    57458 Herbarium Plate Layer Set

    57304 Peace Honey Script

  • Jolly Herbarium Layer Plate | by Crystal Komara

    Jolly Herbarium Layer Plate | by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today. I am so excited to be sharing a card made using the beautiful new Herbarium Layering Plates. This 3-piece full cover layering plate set is my favorite from this latest holiday release from Birch Press Design!

    Swoon! Honestly, it’s just gorgeous if I do say so myself! With a mixture of mint green and teal cardstocks with a splash of gold glitter paper in the sentiment, it’s just pure holiday elegance!

    Card details:

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I die cut Layer A of the Herbarium Layering Plate from white cardstock. I die cut Layer B from mint cardstock and Layer C from a darker teal green cardstock. These beautiful colors are from the 6″ x 6″ Fresh Aqua paper pack. I layered all three layers together with a fine-tip liquid glue. I placed the layers underneath a heavy book to let them dry well and dry flat.

    I die cut the word “jolly” from the Jolly Honey Script word die. I die cut the bottom shadow layer from the same darker teal green cardstock and the top outline layer from gold glitter cardstock. I adhered the two layers of the sentiment together and then adhered them to the card using Scotch 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. Lastly, I added a couple red rhinestones as the berries on the card.

    I really, really, love how this card came out. In fact, I know that I’ll be trying to recreate it in a variety of color combinations.

    Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    57458 Herbarium Plate Layer Set

    57301 Jolly Honey Script

    SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack

    GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

  • Adornment Santa | By Dilay Nacar

    Adornment Santa | By Dilay Nacar

    Hello, crafty friends! Dee here today with this layered Christmas card featuring products from the latest holiday release! 

    First, I created the background by die cutting each of the Herbarium Plate Layers A, B, and C and adhering them together. 

    Next, I die cut the Adornment Santa pieces using red cardstock for the hat and glitter cardstock for the beard, then adhered those together.

    To finish, I adhered the completed Santa over the Herbarium Plate Layers and added a sentiment strip from my stash! 

    I hope you enjoyed this cute and simple Christmas card featuring Santa! Thank you so much for stopping by, friends!

     

    57482 Adornment Santa

     

     

     

    57458 Herbarium Plate Layer Set

     

     


    Supplies


    fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6×6 pack

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    gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

  • Prime Peony Happy Birthday | By Natasha Vacca

    Hello Birch Press friends! I am excited to be back today to share a birthday card using the beautiful Prime Peony Duo Contour Layers dies! I had a lot of fun and enjoyed using fall colors for my card today! So let’s get started!

    For today’s card I started with the Prime Peony Duo layers dies and the Sunny Orange paper pad collection from Memory Box. I chose 3 shades of orange from the pad (dark, medium, and lighter shade). Prior to die cutting I added some distress oxide ink in similar shades to add a bit more contrast to my paper. I added water droplets to the paper for added texture as well. I die cut the larger peony, as well as the smaller peony from each color. This allowed me to create 6 Peony flowers in total. Once the floral images were die cut, I worked to arrange each flower. Using 3 different shades of card stock allowed me to create contrast within each floral bud.

    Next I adhered the floral die cuts together using liquid glue. To add a bit more interest and depth to the flowers I used dye inks with a sponge dauber to add more texture and depth to each flower.

    Next I die cut the stem and leaf for each flower using the Lush Green paper pad collection from Memory Box. On the stem I also added some ink blending using oxide ink, as well as dye inks for more depth. I then adhered the leaf die cuts together using liquid glue.

    Next I trimmed a piece of wood grain white card stock to an A2 panel. I then adhered this to an A2 card base. I then adhered a coordinating strip of paper on the left side of the card front. I then adhered my flowers, stems, and leaf images to the front card panel. I added foam tape to each flower. To add a bit more texture I added a twine bow to the card panel and completed the birthday card with a sentiment from my stash.

    Thank you so much for stopping by today! I had a lot of fun and I will be back soon!


    Supplies


    sh44001 White Woodgrain Paper
    sp1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack
    sp1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack
    57504 Prime Peony Duo Contour Layers
  • Fall Classic Sentimental Wreath | by Crystal Komara

    Fall Classic Sentimental Wreath | by Crystal Komara

    Hello Birch Press Design fans! This is DT member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing some fall themed cards using the Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp set and coordinating dies.

    I created all three of these A2 sized cards the exact same way, I simply alternated some of the background papers and ink colors. All of the beautiful plaid background papers are from the Madras Plaid Coral 6″ x 6″ paper pack from Memory Box Co, a sister-organization of Birch Press Design.

    The base of each A2 sized card was made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I then cut a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of the plaid paper and adhered it directly to the card base. I die cut a rectangular piece of white cardstock and stamped my sentiment at the bottom in orange, brown or olive ink. All of the sentiments came from the same Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp set.

    I heat embossed the leaves of the wreath with gold embossing powder and then used the coordinating die to cut the wreath out. I adhered the wreath to the card using Scotch 3M adhesive for added dimension. I tied a little bit of gold baker’s twine to the corner of each wreath for added texture. Lastly, I added a couple clear rhinestones for sparkle.

    I hope you have enjoyed these cards and are inspired to create some of your own using this Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp set, or any of the other wonderful products from Birch Press Design!

    Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    8157 Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp and die set

  • Jolly Santa

    Jolly Santa

    Hello, Birch Press Friends! Allison here, and I’m sharing a fun card with you today featuring a couple new products from the most recent release. Isn’t that little Santa the cutest?

    The first thing I did was create the wreath with the new Holly Wreath Plate Layer set. I used mint and aqua colored card stock for Layers B and C and white card stock for Layer A. I then cut a panel of the mint color to just under 4.25″x5.5″, so that there would be a small white border when mounted to an A2 card base.

    I took a plain circle die and cut a circle in the mint card panel where I would be placing my wreath. I then temporarily positioned this panel on my white card base and cut the same circle from the front of the card base so that the holes would line up, and you can see straight through the wreath into the inside of the card. I popped the panel up on foam tape and adhered it to the card base, and then I glued the wreath over the circle opening.

    Next, I prepared my Santa using the Santa Face die set. I cut everything from a piece of white card stock and then I ink blended color onto his face, nose and hat with Distress Inks. I used a black glaze gel pen for his eyes. I assembled him with liquid glue and then positioned him in the center of the wreath, glueing him to the INSIDE of the card. That way, when you open the card, the Santa is part of the inside design, as well. The sentiment that I chose for the inside comes from a retired Birch Press Design stamp set called Joy and Peace.

    For the main sentiment, I chose the Jolly Sugar Script die. I cut both the shadow and word from white card stock, and then I ink blended the word with the same Distress Ink that I used for Santa’s hat (Worn Lipstick). I glued the sentiment onto the bottom of the wreath – it kind of looks like a bow! I finished the card by adding some jewels to the wreath where the berries would go.

    Thank you so much for joining us today. I hope this card inspires you and brings a smile to your face!

    Wishing you a crafty day,
    Allison


    Supplies


    57451 Santa Face
    57450 Holly Wreath Plate Layer Set
    57301 Jolly Honey Script
    sp1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack

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    jwl002 Pastel Jewels
  • Stylized Sunflower | by Toni M Maddox

    Stylized Sunflower | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a card using the Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and dies along with the stencil set.

    The first thing I did was to use the Gilded Grace Outside Stencil Set with Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed, and Barn Door. On the last color, Barn Door, I also used Versamark with WOW! Primary Fuschia Fusion embossing powder.

    I used Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers and Mustard Seed to color up the center medallion as well. It totally looks like a stylized sunflower, right?!

    My last step was to hot foil the Sugar Script Sentiments 1 in magenta and pop it on top of the center. So pretty.

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

     

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    BPF503 Sugar Script Sentiments 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die Sets

     

     

     

     

    BPF512 Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and Die Set

     

     

     

     

    42035 Gilded Grace Outside Stencil Set

     

     

     

     

    42036 Gilded Grace Inside Stencil Set

     

     

     

  • Finding Joy | By April Antonio

    Finding Joy | By April Antonio

    Happy Saturday Birch Press family! Today I’m leaning far into pre-Christmas card prep and sharing a project using some supplies from the newest release.

    I’m fairly new to hot foiling and have definitely caught the foiling bug. I started this card by hot foiling the Gilded Grace hot foil set — both the cover plate and the insert circle, with Silver foil. I like to use the Spellbinders Silver or Gemini Aurora foil colors for silver. I trimmed the cover plate hot foil sheet down to slightly smaller than an A2 sized card, and then cut out the circle using the coordinating circle die.

    Next I used heavy weight white cardstock to die cut the Adornment Dove. I die cut both the outline and the solid piece. But before cutting out the outline piece, since it is so thin, I covered the cardstock with a double sided adhesive sheet.

    I also cut out the green sprig that came with the Adornment Dove set, using the Lush Green paper pad set.

    For the sentiment, I used the Find Joy die set that comes with the phrase ‘find joy’ and shadow. One thing that is really nice is that all of the words are connected to create only once piece. I cut this out twice and glued them together with liquid glue. I cut the shadow from vellum, and layered it behind the words.

    Lastly, I assembled everything together. I used a white A2 card base, put the background on first, adhered the hot foil circle with foam tape, glued the dove and green sprig on top and adhered the ‘find joy’ with small foam strips.

    Usually at this point I will add some sort of sparkle, but the hot foil background is so decadent this card didn’t need anything else!

    Keep on coming back to see more amazing projects by my fellow design team members, and have a great weekend.

    Supplies

    57479 Adornment Dove

    57452 Find Joy and Outline

    bpf512 Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and Die Set

    sp1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack