Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today. I was so excited to play with the products in the latest release. I am in love and have so many ideas in my head using them!
I started today’s card by diecutting the Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers as well as the Winsome Rose & Leaves Contour Layers. I used papers from the MB Vintage Pastel Mirror and Lush Green 6×6 Pads. That pastel mirror/pearlescent paper is to die for!
I noticed the Fuddled Leaf Branches negative diecut would make an awesome stencil so I used it with Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn on the card base then started playing around with the layout of the blooms and stems.
I wanted a really full look so I added diecuts of Tiny Tuft Flowers & Leaves Contour Layers, Eucalyptus Stem & Berries Contour Layers and the Dainty Rose & Leave Contour Layers. I used more of the Vintage Pastel Mirror and Lush Green papers, adding a bit of Festive Glitter to boot.
For the sentiment I used the Big Hello Sugar Script layered dies. I tied it all together using a few black Fairy Jewels.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello, Everyone! Today, I am sharing more inspiration from the new Floral Contour Layers release. I made a mini slimline card featuring two of the new die sets – the Simple Butterfly Contour Layers and the Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers.
I started by creating a white card base that measures 3.5″ x 6.25″. I used the leaves die from the Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers set to cut a bunch of leaves from the same white card stock. I then arranged these leaves on my card base and adhered them with liquid glue. I love the texture that these leaves give – it’s almost like creating your own background die.
Next, I started die cutting my butterflies. I chose to stick to a warm palette, so I used different shades of yellow, pink and orange card stock. I adhered the smaller parts of the butterflies to the larger parts, making sure to only put glue in the center, so that the sides could lift up for dimension.
The small, delicate bodies of each butterfly were the same color as the rest of the butterfly, but I wanted them all to be gold. So, rather than use the dies to cut more bodies out of gold card stock, I just used the bodies that I had. I took a piece of Post-it tape (washi tape would also work) and taped the very ends of it to a piece of paper so that the adhesive side of the tape was facing out. I then put all of the butterfly bodies onto the adhesive, inked them up with VersaMark ink and heat embossed them with gold embossing powder. Once embossed, I was able to just pull the bodies off of the Post-it tape and glue them onto the butterflies. This was the easiest way for me to emboss all of those delicate die cuts.
I arranged all of my butterflies onto the card base and then glued them down when I was happy with the placement. Again, I only applied glue in the very centers so that the butterfly wings could lift up and look dimensional. For the sentiment, I used the Handwritten Hugs die and some gold foil card stock. To give it dimension, I stacked the gold Hugs onto two more layers that I had cut out of white card stock. After adhering that to my card, I finished by scattering some tiny Fairy Jewels around the butterflies in coordinating colors.
I love the simplicity and dimension of these butterflies! I hope my card brought a smile to your face today. Thank you so much for joining us.
Happy Monday, friends! Dee here today to share this vibrant watercolored card featuring the brand new Fuddled Leaf Branches dies!
To begin, I applied a few of my favorite colors using watercolor brush markers onto a piece of watercolor paper and once dry, I die cut the larger leaf in each color.
Next, I used the Ringadings 3D embossing folder and an A2-sized panel to create a fun and textured backdrop for the leaves, adhering each one with foam adhesive. To finish, I cut the Handwritten Hugs sentiment in black and the shadow in white and adhered to the panel using foam tape!
Thank you so much for joining me today! I hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Happy Sunday everyone! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing a layered card using the new Dainty Rose & Leaves die set. Birch Press recently released a line of beautiful layering dies and they all coordinate so beautifully with each other.
For the card I am sharing today I am using two of the layering dies along with a layering background die for some extra dimension and interest.
To start, I used the Kinsley Heart Plate Layer A and die cut it three times — twice from heavyweight white cardstock and once from lavender cardstock taken from the Memory Box Vibrant Violet cardstock pack. I glued those layers together, putting the lavender layer on top, and then adhered it to a A2 card base.
Next, I wanted cut florals that would match the background so I used the same Vibrant Violet cardstock pack and chose three shades of violet that were light, medium and dark to cut the flowers from so I could add some dimension to the die cuts. I cut the leaves from green cardstock pulled from the Memory Box Lush Green cardstock pad
Fun tip: For layering flowers, starting with a light base and then working your way to the darker base on top is always a tried a true formula.
For my florals I realized that I wanted a prominent flower so I used the Dainty Rose & Leaves layering die set to die cut the lavender roses. Later, after adhering the roses and leaves to the card I realized that I had a lot of open space so I decided to fill it in with smaller flowers and leaves from the Tiny Tuft Flowers & Leaves die set.
Both of these sets are easy to use and I will usually die cut all of my pieces and then assemble them all at once to save time.
After cutting out my flower layering pieces I took a piece of heavy weight vellum and die cut a small sized oval to use as the base for the sentiment on my card. For my sentiment I chose the Honey Script ‘Hello’ die set. Using the same violet paper pad as I did for the flowers, I die cut the sentiment from a medium toned purple and the shadow from a lighter, lavender color. I also cut the sentiment a few times from white cardstock and layered it all together using liquid glue for extra dimension.
Now, here is one of my tricks for gluing down vellum to a card, since it’s very see-through. Remember that vellum oval I cut earlier? I took that oval, adhered the stacked ‘hello’ die to it, and arraned all of the flowers and leaves I had assembled around the edge of the oval. I did all of this with the oval on top of my card base so I wouldn’t accidentally go too far over the edge of the card.
Once I had all of the florals arranged how I wanted to them I glued them down to the oval with either liquid glue or foam dots, then flipped the entire arrangement over to the back. I then only put adhesive on the parts of the vellum that were covered with the florals and leaves so the glue wouldn’t show through on the front. I turned the arrangement back over and adhered the entire thing to the front of the card.
I added some Memory Box clear jewels as a finshing touch and the card was done!
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For the second card I created, I used the same design but used a different color scheme and sentiment. The new layering dies are so versatile and work in a rainbow of colors.
I used pink cardstock from the Memory Box Berry Red cardstock pad, as well as the shadow layer from the Honey Script ‘Hello’ die set. I die cut the ‘Hello’ a few times from white cardstock and once from pink cardstock, and layered it all together. One other change I made is to use an oval cut from white cardstock, instead of vellum, as the mat for my sentiment.
I finished off the card with Memory Box clear fairy drops.
That is all for today! Thank you so much for stopping by and I really hope you will give the new layering floral dies a try. They are fun to use and can help you create some amazing card designs.
Welcome crafty friends! It is Natasha here today and I am so excited to share a card using beautiful new dies from Birch Press Designs new release. The new Contour Layer dies are so beautiful, be sure to check them out in the shop!
To begin I started with 2 new die sets, the Winsome Rose and Leaves Contour Layers, as well as the Dainty Rose and Leaves Contour Layers. These 2 sets coordinate so beautifully together! I chose 3 colors of card stock for my roses and then 2 colors for my leaves. I die cut the roses in 3 colors. I then die cut the leaves from each set in 2 colors of green card stock. I then adhered these together using liquid glue. These new dies are so beautiful and so easy to use. When you die cut them you can see where each layer goes, it truly was so easy to do. I then set these aside to work on my card panel background.
For my card panel, I am using the Tranquility layer dies. I used all 3 layers (A, B, and C). I started by die cutting layer C using the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad (Memory Box) in a gold foil. These papers are so beautiful, I love the shine! I die cut layer C 2 times using a gold foil from this paper pad. Next I die cut layer A and B using white card stock. I cut all 3 layers 2 times. I then adhered each layer together, placing layer C on the bottom, then added layer B, and placed A on top. I adhered these with liquid glue. Once these were adhered I die cut a piece of white card stock using a rectangle die from my stash. I then placed the Tranquility layers on my card panel. I used the outside layers and then the circle separately. You can see this in the photo below. Once I liked where they were, I adhered them with liquid glue and trimmed the excess off using my paper trimmer.
Next I used all the roses and leaves and placed them on top of the Tranquility layered background. I loved this combination, as I felt it added such a beautiful elegance behind my flowers! Once I determined where my flowers and leaves were going, I adhered them with both liquid and foam tape.
To complete my card I die cut the sentiment Hugs – from the Handwritten Hugs and Outline collection. I die cut the shadow using white card stock and then the script Hugs in the same gold card stock from the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad (Memory Box). I then adhered these together and added this to my card panel. To complete my card I adhered this to an A2 card base.
Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you liked today’s card! I will be back soon!
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today and I’m sharing a clean and simple card featuring the Eucalyptus Stem and Berries Contour Layers die set.
I started off by die cutting two sets of the base layer of eucalyptus leaves from a light blue cardstock. Then, I die cut the detail pieces from a sage cardstock. I glued the small sage pieces to the base layers and then set them aside.
Next, I cut the base layer of the berries die from the same sage cardstock and I cut the berries from a very pale pink cardstock. I glued the berries to the base layer and then set the piece aside.
For the sentiment, I used the Hello Topper die set. I cut the detail sentiment from a mustard yellow cardstock and cut the shadow layer from white cardstock.
I used a rounded rectangle die form my stash to cut a panel of white cardstock and also to cut the shadow layer of the sentiment. Using foam tape, I adhered the sentiment shadow layer to the bottom of the rounded rectangle and then I added the leaves and berries, gluing them down and using foam tape to add a bit of dimension behind some leaves.
To finish, I used foam tape to adhere the rounded rectangle piece to an A2-sized card base.
Welcome, crafty friends! Dee here today sharing this fresh floral card featuring new dies from the recent Birch Press Design release! If you haven’t already done so, be sure to check out the new line of Contour Layers die sets available now in the shop!
To begin, I cut Layer A of the Petal Triangle twice and adhered them (mirrored) onto a piece of white cardstock that I cut down to 4”x 5.25”.
Next, I cut the Star Flowers Contour Layers twice in each size and layered them together, repeating this step three times. I then die-cut the Fuddled Leaf Branches, assembled them, and adhered them onto the center of the panel, adding the flowers last with foam tape for added dimension.
For the sentiment, I die cut the Handwritten Thanks in gold foil cardstock and adhered it to the card. As a finishing touch, I added embellishments in coordinating colors to the center of each flower!
I hope you liked today’s card! Thanks so much for stopping by, friends!
Hello, Everyone! Have you seen the amazing new floral dies that were just released? They are all gorgeous, and today I am featuring one of those die sets – the Wispy Blooms Contour Layers.
I started my card by cutting a panel of white card stock to 3.5″ x 8.5″. I thought that a slimline card would really lend to the feeling of movement with these Wispy Blooms. I then used the dies from the set to cut a bunch of blooms and stems out of white card stock.
For the main flowers, I ink blended those with shades of peach and orange, making sure that the color was more intense on the front pieces. I then ink blended the stems with some turquoise ink, again focusing some of the more intense color toward the top where the stems would meet the flowers.
Once I was finished with my ink blending, I adhered the flowers together with liquid glue and then adhered them onto my panel. For the wispy die cuts that are not part of the flowers, I left those plain white and adhered them around the card panel in order to create some texture.
My sentiments come from the Blooming Spring stamp set. I stamped both sentiments onto white card stock with VersaMark ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder. I took the same color inks that I had used for the flowers and blended those over my sentiments in order to make the white embossed words pop. I chose the peach color for the larger sentiment and the turquoise for the smaller sentiment. I made sure to rub a cloth over both in order to get any excess ink off of the white embossing. I trimmed both sentiments down and adhered them onto my panel, popping each of them up with some thin foam tape.
For final assembly, I glued my panel onto a turquoise card base that measures 3.75″ x 8.75″. I also glued a small Clear Fairy Drop into the center of each of the white blooms.
I really love how this card turned out, and I hope it brought a smile to your face. Thank you so much for joining us today, and don’t forget to check out all of the amazing new products in the shop!
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a clean and simple card featuring the brand new Wispy Blooms die set with some extra foliage from the Tiny Tuft Flowers And Leaves die set. If you haven’t seen the new florals released earlier in the week, be sure to stop by the shop!
I started off by die cutting the two layers of each bloom’s petals from two shades of salmon pink cardstock. Next, I cut the stems, as well as the extra leaves, from green cardstock. I cut them from two shades of green cardstock but ended up using just the light green leaves on this card.
I glued the two layers of the each flower together and then glued on the stems.
Next, I used the Pinpoint Radial Plate to cut a piece of white cardstock. I trimmed 3/16″ inch off each side of the panel, and 3/8″ off the bottom of the panel. Then, I used glue and foam tape to adhere the blooms and the leaves to the panel.
I created the sentiment using the Handwritten Hello die set. I cut the detail layer from a piece of cardstock from the Memory Box Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad and adhered it to the shadow layer which I cut from white cardstock. Then I used foam tape to adhere the sentiment over the base of the flowers’ stems.
To assemble the card, I adhered the card front to a very slightly larger piece of light pink cardstock and then used foam tape to adhere the combined piece to an A2-sized white card base.
Hi everyone! My name is Natasha and I am super excited to be on the Birch Press Designs blog today sharing my first card as a member of the Design Team! My card today features the new Flora Plate, Adornment Peony, as well as the Big Hugs Sugar Script Die, and Contempo Greetings! So let’s get started!
I first started with the gorgeous new Flora Plate Layer dies and wow these are so beautiful! I started with white card stock and die cut each layer of the Flora Plates, layer A, B, and C. Once all 3 layers were die cut, I glued each layer together using liquid glue. It is amazing to see how these come together and the beautiful details each layer has! Next I adhered the Flora Plate panel to an A2 card base and set this aside.
Next I used the Adornment Peony die set. I started with the base layer on both the Peony flower and the leaves. I die cut each of these using a pink and blue/green background from my stash. These backgrounds were made using powders. I then added metallic watercolor splatters to the leaves and flower in different shades of colors for added texture and dimension. Next I die cut the details using the peony and leaves dies included in the set. I die cut the detailed flower 3 times using white card stock, as well as the detailed leaves. I adhered these together using liquid glue and then adhered them to the flower and leaves.
Next I used the Big Hugs Sugar Script die set to add the sentiment. I die cut the shadow word Hugs using white card stock and then the inner layer using both white card stock and the same pink as the peony flower. I then adhered each of these layers together. I then stamped the sentiment – Thinking of You from the Contempo Greetings stamp/die set and embossed the sentiment using Gold embossing powder. I trimmed the sentiment using the coordinating die. To complete the card I adhered the Adornment Peony on top of the Flora Plate card panel using both liquid glue and foam tape. I then adhered both sentiments!
I had so much fun creating today’s card! I had a lot of fun!
