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  • Classic Sentimental Wreath | by Crystal Komara

    Classic Sentimental Wreath | by Crystal Komara

    Hello readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today. I know there is a beautiful new release of the hot foils in the shop right now, but I always love to use some of the “oldies but goodies.” Everyone seems to always get caught up in what’s the newest or latest and greatest product, but SOooo many of us haven’t even used what we already own, so that’s what I’ve been working on this month. Today’s card features the beautiful Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp set and coordinating dies.

    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. On a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of white cardstock, I embossed it using the Blooming 3D embossing folder from Memory Box (a sister company to BPD). You guys, this folder is absolutely gorgeous! I cut a scalloped rectangle from white cardstock.

    On a piece of lush green cardstock, I stamped the wreath first in pale green ink and then the leaf layers in lime green ink. I used the coordinating die to cut the wreath out. I adhered the wreath to the scalloped rectangle using 3M foam adhesive. I stamped two of the flower sprigs in purple ink and used the die to cut them out as well. I adhered the two floral sprigs to the wreath and then I tied a small bow with lilac ribbon and adhered the bow to the card using a glue dot. I stamped the sentiment “thank for everything” in Memento Tuxedo black ink. This sentiment is also part of the Classic Sentiment Wreath stamp set.

    This is one of those cards that I say can be used for every type of occasion. I could easily swap out the sentiment for a sympathy, birthday or get well expression and create a variety of quick and elegant cards.

    I hope you have enjoyed the simplicity of today’s card. Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    8157 Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp and die set

    EF1014 Blooming 3D Embossing Folder

    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack

  • Tropical Hibiscus | By Natasha Vacca

    Hello Crafty Friends! It is Natasha here and I am super excited to be back today! Birch Press Design has an amazing new release and I couldn’t wait to create!!! For today’s card I am using 2 dies from the new release – Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers, as well as the new Hello Sugar Script foiling die! So let’s get started!

    I started today’s card with the Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers die set and 3 paper pads from Memory Box. I love this card stock, as each paper pad has coordinating colors! They truly do all the work for you!! I used the following 3 paper pads: Berry Red, Sunny Orange, and Lush Green. I die cut each layer of the Hibiscus bloom. I chose 3 shades of pink, ranging from light to dark and a yellow for the center. I then chose 2 shades of green. Once everything was die cut, I added ink blending to each layer of the die cuts. I love the added dimension and texture this provides! Once everything was ink blended, I spritzed some water on the layers and once dried adhered them together with liquid glue.

    Next I set the flowers and leaves aside and created a fun and colorful background. I wanted to create a background that gave these blooms a summery feel. I created the background on water color card stock using pigment powders. I added several layers of color and once I was happy with the color, I allowed it to dry.

    To complete my card I chose the new Hello Sugar Script hot foil plate and die set! I LOVE the sugar script dies and the added foil plate is so much fun and truly beautiful! I foiled the hello using a matte gold foil, then die cut the word using the coordinating die set. I then die cut several more layers on plain white card stock for added dimension. Next I adhered the layers together using liquid glue.

    To complete my card I adhered my watercolor background onto an A2 card base. I then chose the arrangement for the flowers and leaves. I adhered these using a combination of liquid glue and foam tape. I adhered the Hello sentiment using foam tape. To complete the card I added a few clear Fairy Drops! I had a lot of fun today and I hope you enjoyed it too!

    I will be back soon! Crafty Hugs,

    57486 Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers
    BPF501 Hello Sugar Script Hot Foil Plate and Die Set and Die
    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack
    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack
    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack
    DRP101 Fairy Drops
  • Summer Birthday Blooms | by Toni M Maddox

    Summer Birthday Blooms | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a rather summery birthday card.

    I started the card by cutting the Linear Triangle from a sturdy white cardstock. I then cut out the Flora Plate Layer B out of a piece of Ocean Blue paper.

    I adhered the Flora layer onto the card front, having discarded the bits not covered by the Linear Triangle.

    I cut out the the Pimpernel Contour Layers from a piece of Berry Red 6×6 paper. I used Distress Oxide Aged Mahogany to shade the centers.

    I cut the stamens out of white then colored them yellow with Copics Y02, Y15 and Y35.

    The flowers remind me of clematis so I cut the base layer of the Fuddled Leaf Branches out of Lush Green 6×6 paper, and wove them up and through the Linear Triangle for a climbing effect.

    I cut the Make a Wish Sugar Script out of black and white cardstock, nestling it in among the blooms.

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

     

    Supplies

     

     

    57488 Pimpernel Contour Layers

     

     

     

     

    57500 Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers

     

     

     

     

    57393 Linear Triangle

     

     

     

     

    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set

     

     

     

     

    57434 Make a Wish Sugar Script

     

     

     

     

    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack

     

     

     

     

    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack

     

     

     

     

    SP1005 Ocean Blue 6×6 pack

     

     

     

  • Foiled Dazzler | By Seeka

    Foiled Dazzler | By Seeka

    Hi there and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card featuring a background made by foiling the Dazzle Layer A cover plate. Foiling with dies is a wonderful way to stretch your supplies!

    I started by prepping my foiling machine. I centered the Dazzle Layer A die over a 4.25″ x 5.5″ panel of plum cardstock and then flipped the two upside down, together, and placed them onto the heating platform. I used a piece of Post-it Tape to tape the cardstock panel down at one end, creating a hinge, and then I swung the panel up and placed a piece of gold foil over the die, shiny side down. I replaced the plum cardstock panel and then followed the instructions for my foiling machine to foil the panel. Below is an example of the order and orientation of the die, foil, and ink-blended panel on the heating plate (when I went to actually foil, I aligned all these pieces, as described above).

    With the foiling done, I started on the sentiment. I die cut the detail layer of the Big Hello Sugar Script die set from gold cardstock and the shadow layer from the same plum cardstock as the background. I glued the two together and then used foam tape to adhere the sentiment to the background. I also added a smaller sentiment from my stash. To finish, I adhered the card front to a card base.

    Thank you so much for visiting!


    Supplies


  • Layered Floral Star | By Allison Frazier

    Layered Floral Star | By Allison Frazier

    Hello again, Friends! Today I am sharing this gorgeous layered floral star card using one of my favorite color combinations. There is just something about orange and turquoise together, right? It has to be one of the more striking complementary color combos.

    I love creating texture in the background of my cards, even if it’s not with dies. For this card, I created texture by stamping and embossing the large stamp from the Christmas Ornament and Labels set. I used a textured turquoise embossing powder – the texture gives it a more muted and imperfect look. I cut the stamped panel down to 4″ x 5.25″ and mounted it to a dark teal A2 card base.

    I die cut each of the three layers from the Floral Star Layer Set, using orange paper for Layer C, dark teal for Layer B, and white for Layer A. I then traced one of the negative spaces from those die cuts onto a turquoise piece of paper and cut it with my scissors to form a solid back. I adhered the layers together with liquid glue and then adhered the entire element to the embossed panel, making sure to cover the ornament shape in the stamped image.

    Next, I die cut the “friend” shadow twice from white card stock, adhering the layers together. I die cut the friend word twice from white card stock and once from orange card stock, layered those together and adhered to the shadow. Then I placed the finished word into the middle of the floral star. The sub-sentiment is from my stash – I stamped it on the same dark teal card stock and white heat embossed it.

    This card is the perfect example of why I fell in love with Birch Press Design when I first started making cards several years ago. The layering dies and the font in their sugar script dies will always stay fresh. Fresh! Maybe that’s the word that comes to mind when I see this color combination.

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

    Wishing you a crafty day,
    Allison


    Supplies


    56118 Floral Star Layer Set
    CL8154 Christmas Ornament and Labels clear stamp set
    57177 Big Friend Sugar Script
    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack
    SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack
  • Thinking of You | By Dilay Nacar

    Thinking of You | By Dilay Nacar

    Welcome, crafty friends! Dee here sharing this card created using scraps to make a bold and colorful focal point! To start, I die cut the Pinpoint Radial die in white, then adhered it onto an A2-sized top folding card base. Next, I cut each layer of the Kinsley Layer Set from white cardstock and adhered them together. Once complete, I adhered the Kinsley Layer Set to the center of the Radial Pinpoint background.

    As a paper crafter, I tend to have a lot of scraps and look for ways to use them as much as possible! For this card, I used a piece leftover that I had sprayed with acrylic paint that I die cut with the Tiny Tufts and Leaves Contour Layers die set. 

    Before adhering the Tiny Tufts and Leaves, I stamped ‘Thinking of you & best wishes’ from the Happy Lingo stamp set in black onto white cardstock, trimmed it down (keeping only ‘thinking of’), and set it aside. I then cut the ‘you’ from Happy Lingo coordinating die set in white and black cardstock and adhered them together. I then adhered to both sentiments to the center of the Kinsley Layers. 

    Once the sentiment was in place, I tucked the Tiny Tuft and Leaves behind the sentiment and secured them with liquid and foam adhesive. To finish, I added clear embellishments l to the leaves.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and are inspired to create something new!  Thank you so much for stopping by! 

    57384 Pinpoint Radial Plate
    56123 Kinsley Layer Set
    57501 Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers
    8156 Happy Lingo clear stamp and die set
    CLD101 Clear Fairy Drops

  • A Colorful Hello | By Natasha Vacca

    Hi crafty friends I am excited to be back up on the Birch Press blog today sharing a fun and colorful card with you using the beautiful die set Wispy Blooms. For today’s card I wanted to create a colorful background to highlight these gorgeous blooms! So let’s get started!

    I started today’s card by choosing my color palette! When card making I enjoy creating bright and colorful cards. I love the loose look of these flowers and wanted to highlight them with a colorful background! I chose 2 colors as the main colors for today’s card. I selected a gel print from my stash and then chose the second color for my flowers! I love these 2 colors together! It was now time to start die cutting! I started with the Wispy Blooms die set and Memory Box card stock in 2 color pad families: Sunny Orange and Lush Green. These pads are amazing as the colors all coordinate so well together and the mix of colors is just beautiful! I chose 2 colors of orange from the pad and die cut the flowers several times in both shades of orange. I did the same for the leaves using a green from the Lush Green paper pad from Memory Box.

    Next I added some ink to each of my die cuts using several shades of orange dye ink. I love the added dimension the ink gives to the completed look. I applied the ink to the layers using a blending brush. I did the same for the floral stem. Once this was complete, I adhered the flowers together using liquid glue.

    Next I chose a panel from my stash to die cut the butterflies and the hello script font. The panel I chose had shades of purple and sparkles. This panel was created using a powder pigment. I die cut 2 butterflies using the Simple Butterflies Contour Layers die set. I die cut a second set of butterflies using the Memory Box Vintage Pearl Mirror Pad, I chose a gold color from the pad. I then adhered the butterflies together using liquid glue. I set these aside.

    To complete my card I chose the Big Hello Sugar Script die set. I die cut the shadow layer using white card stock one time, then the inner script hello 3 times for added dimension. I die cut this using white card stock and 1 layer using the same purple panel as the butterflies. I then adhered these together using liquid glue. Next I adhered the gel print background to an A2 card base and adhered the flowers, sentiment, and butterflies using both liquid glue and foam adhesive. I added a bit of sparkle using 2 sets of gems. I used the Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones and the Bright Jewels collection.

    I had so much fun creating today’s card! I hope you enjoyed it and I will be back soon! Happy Crafting!!!!!

    57506 Wispy Blooms Contour Layers
    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script
    57490 Simple Butterfly Contour Layers
    FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6×6 pack
    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack
    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack
    GEM102 Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones
    JWL003 Bright Jewels
  • Multi Mandala | by Toni M Maddox

    Multi Mandala | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a card that turned out amazing but was a lot more time-consuming than I had anticipated. Of course, it’s after the fact that I think of ways to make it easier!

    I wanted to use one of the fabulous BPD mandalas, Arista in this case, over the entire card BUT without adding the bulkiness of layering each mandala on top of the other. This meant I needed to cut the mandalas so they could nest.

    I worked up each mandala first using a combination of foil, Memory Box Pastel Glitter Cardstock and Memory Box Lush Green, Vibrant Violet, and Ocean Blue 6×6 Cardstock. Once I had my layout planned-ish, I adhere first the blue one to my card base followed by the others, diecutting with a circle die from my stash and/or fussy cutting them to nest into each other.

    I could have made it a lot easier on myself doing this with the first layer (foil) to figure out the nesting cuts then once that was done, I could have adhered the other layers down and trimmed away the excess quite easily. Ah, well, lesson so so learned!

    I finished up the card by adding the Sugar Script Big Hugs and the Happy Lingo sentiment stamped in Versafine Clair Twilight. A LOT of work but well worth it!

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

    Supplies

    57418 Arista Layer Set

    Big Hugs Sugar Script

    8156 Happy Lingo clear stamp and die set

    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack

    SP1005 Ocean Blue 6×6 pack

    SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6×6 pack

    GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

  • Blooming Peony Thank You Card | By April Antonio

    Blooming Peony Thank You Card | By April Antonio

    Hola and happy Saturday! April over here on the blog sharing a thank you card featuring the Adornment Peony die set. This set is beautiful and contains four dies: Two peony dies – one detailed, one outline; two leaf dies – one detailed, one outline.

    I started this card by deciding that I really wanted to use the Memory Box black glossy cardstock in a way that was celebrated our current Springtime season.

    1. I cut the Adornment Peony outline die out from heavy weight white cardstock so that I would have two solid peony pieces.

    2. I took a piece of the glossy black cardstock and put a piece of a double sided adhesive sheet (like Stick It) on the back.

    3. I then cut the detailed peony die from this piece of glossy cardstock. Adding the adhesive to the back before cutting made it a lot easier to adhere the delicate pieces later.

    4. I peeled the adhesive backing off from the outline piece of the peony, and put it onto the solid peony piece I cut in step #1. I decided to save the other peony pieces to do a diecut inlay on a future card.

    5. For the leaves, I used the solid leaf die, and cut it from green cardstock I pulled from the Lush Green 6×6 paper pad. I added a little ink blending to the edges of the leaves with some green ink.

    6. One of my favorite paper pads is the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad and I used it here to create part of my card background by taking a piece of the red foil paper and cutting about 1.5″ x 5.5″. I glued this to the right edge of the card front.

    7. I added the peony and leaves on the front, popped up with some thin foam tape.

    8. For the sentiment, I wanted it to match the flower, so I used the same glossy black cardstock with the Thanks Honey Script die set. I cut the background from the glossy cardstock, and the actual sentiment from white cardstock and glued them together, then adhered it to the card with the same thin, foam tape.

    9. For final touches I added a few red crystals from the Christmas Fairy Crystals pack. Also, I used my Nuvo shimmer pen to ‘color’ in the white space of the peony.

    I really like how the glossy, black cardstock adds just a little extra shine and interest to the card. Also, I encourage everyone to play around with textures and mix glitter, foil, glossy, and any other types together on a card to see how they look.

    Thank you for joining me today! I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and will have fun in all your crafting adventures.

    -April

    Supplies

    57480 Adornment Peony

    SH44004 Black Glossy Paper Pack 10 sheets

    57302 Thanks Honey Script

    FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6×6 pack

    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack

    CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

  • Butterfly Hugs | By Dilay Nacar

    Butterfly Hugs | By Dilay Nacar

    Happy Friday, crafty friends! Dee here today sharing a fun and vibrant card featuring the brand new Simple Butterfly Contour Layers dies! 

    I began with a piece of watercolor paper and applied a few of my favorite colors using watercolor brush markers. Once dry, I die cut each of the butterflies multiple times (and the antennas in gold) and adhered them together. 

    Next, I die cut layer B of the Flora Plate Layer Set and adhered it onto an A2-sized white card base, then adhered each of the butterflies onto the card panel.

    I cut the Big Sugar Script Hugs die in gold and the shadow in white and adhered it to the bottom corner. I used a sub-sentiment from my stash and adhered it above the ‘hugs’, and since I had one little butterfly left, I decided to add that on top! 

    Thank you much for stopping by!


    Supplies


    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set
    57490 Simple Butterfly Contour Layers
    Big Hugs Sugar Script
    CL8143 Lingo Thanks
    FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6×6 pack