Birch Press Design

Category: Craft Dies

  • Fall Colored Snowflakes | by Toni M Maddox

    Fall Colored Snowflakes | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a modern holiday/winter card using fall colors. Say what?!

    I cut out the BPD Snowy Circle Layer Set in Memory Box Sunny Orange and Fresh Aqua 6×6 cardstock, and the top layer in white.

    I also cut out a few Felicity Snowflakes in white.

    I adhered the Snowy Circle to the card front, arranging the Felicity Snowflakes as though they were falling from the sky.

    I hot foiled the Sugar Script Sentiments 1 with copper foil and diecut it with the coordinating outline die and popped it on top.

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

     

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    57453 Felicity Snowflakes

     

     

     

     

     

    57467 Snowy Circle Layer Set

     

     

     

     

     

    BPF503 Sugar Script Sentiments 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die Sets

     

     

     

     

     

    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

     

     

     

     

     

    SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack

     

     

     

     

  • Christmas in August | by April Antonio

    Christmas in August | by April Antonio

    Happy Saturday! Birch Press recently had an amazing release of a lot of Christmas goodies, and I am so excited to be sharing a card using just a few of the new supplies with you today.

    I created a card using the new Meridian Ornament layering set. As with all Birch Press supplies, this layering set is beautifully detailed.

    I started by cutting out layers A, B and C with three different cardstocks. Layers A and C use cardstocks from the new Glitzy Glitter Pad, and the gold layer B uses a piece from the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad.

    Next, I took another new goody — the Herbarium Plate layering set and used only Layer A (the top layer) to dry emboss onto white cardstock. I wanted to make an impression, not cut, the entire layer. I cut 1/4″ off each side to create a nice border.

    I used my Tim Holtz poky tool to poke holes into the top and bottom of the ornament and threaded gold thread through each hole. I tucked the thread behind the dry embossed panel and secured it with tape on the back.

    I put the entire panel onto an A2 sized cardstock, and then used yet another new goody — the Merry Christmas Sugar Script, to die cut the sentiment.

    For the sentiment, I die cut the shadow from vellum, and die cut the words twice from white cardstock and then layered them together.

    Lasty, you know I needed some bling, so I used the Christmas Fairy Crystals self-adhesive jewel set to add red and clear crystals across the card. That is it!

    Honestly, I am just getting started with making Christmas cards with this newest release — and it is AMAZING!!

    I hope this has inspired you to go craft and I can’t wait to come back with more crafty goodness.

    Supplies

    57470 Meridian Ornament Layer Set

    57458 Herbarium Plate Layer Set

    57471 Merry Christmas Sugar Script and Outline

    GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

    FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6×6 pack

    Supplies

    CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

  • A Sparkly Merry Christmas | By Natasha Vacca

    Hello friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today to share a sparkly Merry Christmas design with you! Today’s card uses several new products from Birch Press Designs latest release! I had a lot of fun, so let’s get started!

    I started with a pre-made background for today’s card. I liked the subtle layer of pink and was excited to pair this with blues, white, and lots of sparkle! I started by die cutting the Meridian Ornament Layers set using white card stock, as well as the Festive Glitter paper pad set. I cut layer A and C using white card stock, then layer B was die cut using the Festive Glitter pad. Once these were die cut, I adhered these together using liquid glue. For the ornament topper, I used the Christmas Ornament Pop Up Easel die set. I die cut the topper with white card stock, then added sparkle using embossing powder. I adhered this to the top, then set the ornament aside.

    Next I knew I wanted to create a bit of dimension behind my ornament for added texture and interest. I used 2 die sets, Eucalyptus Stems and Berries Contour Layers and Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers. I die cut several of each of these using the Stormy Blue paper pad from Memory Box. Once they were die cut, I added a bit of oxide ink to the fuddled leaves, as well as some embossing powder for added texture. On the berries I die cut an extra set of the berries and added embossing powder as well. I then adhered the top layer of the berries onto the stems.

    Next I die cut a few snowflakes using the Felicity Snowflakes die set using the Festive Glitter pad. I used the same color of glitter card stock as I used in my ornament. I then die cut my sentiment using the Handwritten Merry Christmas die set. I die cut the shadow layer using vellum and then the Handwritten sentiment using 2 paper pads: Vintage pastel Mirror Pad and the Festive Glitter Pad. I adhered these together using liquid glue.

    Next I trimmed down my pink background panel and added a bit of embossing powder to the edges. I then added a bit of ink to darken the edges a bit to add a vintage look. I then prepared all my die cuts by adding foam tape for added dimension. I then adhered these down to my card panel using a combination of adhesive (liquid glue and foam tape). I added my sentiment to the ornament to complete my card!

    I had so much fun creating today’s sparkly Christmas card! Be sure to check out the amazing new holiday items! I know you will love them! I will be back soon with more inspiration!


    Supplies


    GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad
    FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6×6 pack
    SP1006 Stormy Blue 6×6 pack
    57478 Handwritten Merry Christmas and Outline
    57453 Felicity Snowflakes
    57496 Eucalyptus Stem and Berries Contour Layers
    57500 Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers
    57470 Meridian Ornament Layer Set
    57455 Christmas Ornament Pop Up Easel
  • Flora Joy | by Toni M Maddox

    Flora Joy | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a card using my beloved blue and red combo, this time for a holiday card.

    I cut out the two bottom layers of the BPD Herbarium Plate Layer Set out of Memory Box Fresh Aqua 6×6 cardstock and the top layer out of white. I mounted this on a dark aqua base.

    I love the faux shading the layers and paper create. Did you notice the shade lines as well? Brilliant!

    I used a Copic to color the berries red and added “Joy” cut from the BPD Mod Alphabet die set.

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

     

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    57458 Herbarium Plate Layer Set

     

     

     

     

    8139 Mod Alphabet clear stamp and die set

     

     

     

     

    SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack

     

     

     

  • Purple Wispy Blooms | by Crystal Komara

    Purple Wispy Blooms | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing my passion for the color purple! I used the Wispy Blooms Contour Layering Dies to create these two monochromatic cards, however, you could re-create them in any color imaginable and have a rainbow assortment to choose from.

    For this first card, I used a piece of 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock as the base of my card. I also cut a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of the same white cardstock for the first layer. I ran this sheet of cardstock though my Big Shot using the Blooming 3D embossing folder (from Memory Box). I die cut one large white oval circle and adhered it to the center of the card.

    Using the Wispy Blooms Contour Layering dies, I cut multiple flowers from three different purple colors of cardstock in the 6″ x 6″ Twilight paper pack. I die cut the stems from two shades of green cardstock found in the 6″ x 6″ Lush Green paper pack. I adhered all the flowers together with a fine-tip liquid glue. I adhered the flowers to the center of the scalloped circle to create one giant bouquet. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment “thinking of you” in purple ink on a thin strip of white cardstock. This sentiment is from the Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp set.

    Because I had so many flowers leftover, I decided to create a second card using them, rather than waste them:

    The base of this A2 sized card is also made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I embossed a 5 1/4″ x 3″ piece of the same white cardstock using the Blooming 3D embossing folder (from Memory Box) and used a 5 1/4″ x 2″ piece of purple plaid paper for the other side. This paper is from the Spring Plaid slim paper from Memory Box. I die cut a large scalloped oval from Twilight cardstock and a smaller white oval for the center. I stamped the sentiment “hoping today is as wonderful as you are” in purple ink on the white oval. This sentiment is from the Kind Hearts clear stamp set. I adhered some of the leftover flowers into this white oval frame. I found that more than three flowers was too much, so I limited it to just the three.

    I hope you have enjoyed these cards! Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

  • Merry Christmas | By Natasha Vacca

    Hello Birch Press Friends! I am super excited to be back today to share a holiday card with you using several AMAZING and beautiful new products from Birch Press Designs latest release! So let’s get started!

    I had so much fun creating today’s card and couldn’t wait to create a sparkly holiday card using several new products! I started with the beautiful new Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and Die set! I used my hot foil system and followed the instructions per my machine. I foiled the Gilded Grace plate using a deep brown/gold foil. This foil/die set also has a middle circle you can foil/cut separately as well (I did not use this on today’s project). I wanted to mention this as this provides you with so many options with this set. Next I used the new coordinating/layering stencil. I used the Gilded Grace Outside Stencil set and chose 3 shades of blue ink. I started with the largest layer in the stencil set and the lightest shade of blue. I then continued with the next 2 stencils, using a medium shade and then my darkest shade last.

    Once I had the background panel foiled and ink blended, I set this aside. For the middle of my panel I used the new Snowy Circle die set! This is a gorgeous 3 piece die set. I die cut the bottom layer using white card stock, the middle and top layer were die cut using the Memory Box Ocean Blue Collection paper pad. To add more texture on the middle layer I added some oxide inks to darken the middle layer a bit. Next I added embossing powder to both the middle and top layers. Once these layers were complete, I adhered them together using liquid glue. I then added foam tape to the back of the Snowy Circle layered set.

    I then added a bit of ink blending to my center of the Gilded Grace background panel using Oxide Ink. Next I adhered the Snowy Circle onto the Gilded Grace panel with foam tape. To complete my card I chose the Handwritten Merry Christmas and Outline die set. I die cut the shadow layer using vellum and then die cut the inner script using white cardstock, as well as blue from the Ocean Blue paper pad collection (same blue as layer 2 in the Snowy Circle). I then adhered these layers together using liquid glue and added a bit of Foundry wax for added texture and interest. This completes my card today using several new products from the beautiful new release! Be sure to check out all of the beautiful new dies! I know you will love them!

    Thanks so much for stopping by – I will be back next week!


    Supplies


    57478 Handwritten Merry Christmas and Outline
    57467 Snowy Circle Layer Set
    BPF512 Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and Die Set
    42035 Gilded Grace Outside Stencil Set
    SP1005 Ocean Blue 6×6 pack
  • Piped Icing Star Cookies

    Piped Icing Star Cookies

    Hello, Birch Press Friends! Have you seen the amazing new, festive release? There are so many new dies, including snowflakes, ornaments, Santas, and more! And, there are new hot foil plates. I had to play with this fun Piped Icing Star die set because I love making cookies just like this for the holidays.

    I first created a 5″x7″ card base out of red card stock. I then cut all of my stars from beige card stock. I inked up the edges of the stars with Vintage Photo Distress Ink to mimic the browning that cookies get when they’re ready to pull out of the oven.

    I used the detail snowflake die to cut several pieces of white card stock. I placed each of these on a piece of copy paper and pressed VersaMark ink onto them. I then transferred them to a container of white embossing powder, made sure they were coated, and then embossed them with my heat gun. I repeated this process three times, which results in a thicker and more rounded look to the embossing powder. I then glued these to the center of the stars. It is so shiny and smooth just like real icing!

    For the sentiment, I used a retired Birch Press Design stamp set called “You Are Awesome.” I just couldn’t pass up this perfect sentiment. I heat embossed the sentiment with white and red embossing powders, cut it out with a circle die, and inked up the edges with the Vintage Photo ink to make it look like another cookie.

    After arranging all of my elements on the card, I cut off the edges where necessary and then popped them up on craft foam for dimension. I finished with some white enamel dots.

    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


    57454 Piped Icing Star
    sp1009 Earth Neutral 6×6 pack
  • Sage Meridian | By Seeka

    Sage Meridian | By Seeka

    Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card featuring the new Meridian Ornament Layer die set in shades of sage. This set is beautiful on its own but for this ornament, I added elements from the Ornament Basics die set.

    I began by cutting the three layers of the Meridian Ornament in light sage, sage, and silver carstocks (great options are available in the Memory Box Vintage Pastel Mirror and Fresh Aqua 6×6 pads). I stacked and adhered the layers together and then adhered the ornament to a solid layer, from the Ornaments Basics die set, that I also cut from silver cardstock. I used another die from the basics set to create the silver hang piece.

    To assemble the card, I used foam tape to adhere the ornament to a 4″ x 5.25″ panel of white cardstock which I then glued onto a 4.25″ x 5″ sage panel. I used a small sentiment stamp from my stash to stamp the sentiment and then added some matte silver embellishments. I finished by adhering the card front to a card base.

    Thank you so much for visiting!

    Supplies

  • Rosy Crochet Snowflake | By Seeka

    Rosy Crochet Snowflake | By Seeka

    Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a snowflake card using the brand new Crochet Snowflake Layer Die set. This die set is gorgeous and each of the three layers can be used together or separately for different looks!

    I started off by positioning Layer C, the base layer, just above the center of a 4″ x 5.25″ panel of white cardstock. I ran the piece through my die cutting machine and then set aside the resulting snowflake for another time; for this card I wanted to use the negative space which includes the small cut out out details between the snowflake’s “arms.”

    Next, I used Layer B to cut once from a light rosy mauve cardstock (some similar options can be found in the Memory Box Berry Red 6×6 Paper Pack) and once from a scrap piece of heavy white cardstock. I adhered these two layers together with the rosy mauve layer on top.

    Next, I used the Layer A die to cut from a rose gold metallic cardstock (a similar color can be found in the Memory Box Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6×6 pack).

    To assemble the card, I first glued the white panel (with Layer C cut out of it) to the center of a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of dark mauve cardstock. Next, I used a glue dot behind the center of Layer B to adhere it to the background panel. Then I used another glue dot behind the center of Layer A to adhere it to Layer B.

    Finally, to finish the card, I stamped a small holiday sentiment from my stash in black ink and then glued the card front to a card base.

    Thank you so much for visiting!

    Supplies

  • Rainbow Floral Star | by Crystal Komara

    Rainbow Floral Star | by Crystal Komara

    Hello readers and happy Monday! Welcome back from the weekend! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a cheerful rainbow themed card made using just layer plate B of the Floral Star Layering dies.

    Card details:

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. I cut a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of the same white cardstock and ran it through my Big Shot using the Memory Box Blooming 3D embossing folder. This is one of my favorite embossing folders as the detail is impeccable and the result is always gorgeous.

    I cut 5 1/2″ x 1/4″ strips of cardstock in a rainbow array of colors. I used cardstock from the following 6″ x 6″ paper packs:

    Berry Red

    Sunny Orange

    Lush Green

    Ocean Blue

    Twilight Purple

    I adhered the strips of cardstock down the center of the card. I die cut Layer B of the Floral Star Layering dies from white cardstock. I then fussy cut small pieces of the colored cardstock and adhered it behind sections of the floral star to continue the rainbow theme. I adhered the floral star to the center of the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.

    Lastly, using the Lingo Thanks stamp set, I stamped the “you mean the world to me” sentiment in Versamark ink on black cardstock. I heat embossed the words with white embossing powder. I adhered this thin sentiment strip across the center of the card.

    I love creating cards with rainbow themes. I just think they are so colorful and cheerful. Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    56118 Floral Star Layer Set

    EF1014 Blooming 3D Embossing Folder

    CL8143 Lingo Thanks

    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack

    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack

    SP1005 Ocean Blue 6×6 pack

    SP1008 Twilight Purple 6×6 pack