Good morning! Ardyth here with a fun way to get more from the (Christmas) Wreath Layering die set (which is on sale right now for $30 – less than half price!) by changing the colours to create a fall card. You could easily make this wreath work at any time of year!
I cut the 4 layers plus the ring layer from Mandala Card Frame and I blended 4 colours of ink onto each layer. Then as I glued them together, I moved them so that each layer had the colours in a different place. This gave a fun, multi-coloured look!
I added a flower and branch cut from Layer A of the Avalon set to add some interest.
And to really take this card to the next level, I cut a hole in the card front, and glued my stacked-up Hello Sugar Script sentiment to the inside of the card.
Hello and happy September, friends! This is Crystal here with you today. I can’t believe the summer is over and fall is upon us. Though, between you and me, fall is MY favorite season! The change of season even impacts my crafting as I find myself reaching for rich, earth tone colors, patterns and textures, as you’ll see I’ve used on today’s sunflower card made using the new String Art Circle die by Birch Press Design.
Usually, I’m not one of those people who can take a shape and make it into something else. For instance, when I initially saw this String Art Circle, all I could see was an abstract design. But, then it came to me, I can see slightly abstract flowers!
The base of this A2 sized card is made from Neenah Solar White Smooth 80 lb. cardstock. Using this same white cardstock, I also ran a sheet through my Big Shot using a Scallop Rectangle die and a polka dot embossing folder for the base frame.
I ran the String Art Circle die through my Big Shot, once in a mustard yellow cardstock and once in a cajun rust cardstock. Then I placed a piece of gold glitter behind the String Art Circle die and fussy cut the glitter paper into the same shape, so that you could see the gold glitter paper through the String Art Circle. I then punched a 1 1/2″ circle from espresso cardstock and ran it through a polka dot embossing folder before adhering it to the center of the “sunflower.” I used an off-brand leaf die to cut out two green leaves to put behind the sunflowers to ground them on the card. I adhered the sunflowers on top of the leaves using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.
Using the Honey Scrips Thanks die, I die cut the thick shadow layer from gold foil cardstock and the thinner top “thanks” sentiment layer from white cardstock. I adhered both layers together using a fine-tip glue before adhering the entire sentiment to the card using 3M foam adhesive.
I hope you have enjoyed seeing a unique way to use the String Art Circle die. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!
Hello, friends! I am so happy you stopped by today. I am here sharing how I made this stitched card using Birch Press Designs’s new Pumpkin Lacework card. This gorgeous design lends itself to so many mediums from beautiful and delicate coloring to simple stitching.
I started my card by stamping my pumpkin, stem, and some leaves in alcohol-marker friendly ink. I then did super simple Copic coloring in soft shades of yellow, orange and green. To add texture to the card, I poked holes along the stamp lines and stitched the images using a simple backstitch with white embroidery floss. This was the perfect project for TV nights with the family! I finished the pumpkin with some yellow gems for some sparkle.
After cutting out my images, I cut out a panel using the new Autumn Breeze Plate Layer A and attached it to my card base. I adhered the pumpkin and leaves to the card base and added my “hello” sentiment cut from gold mirror cardstock. A few gold sequins and this card was finished!
I hope you enjoyed this project! Links to the products I used are below. I’ll see you again soon with another Birch Press Designs card project!
Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing another design using the beautiful new Pumpkin Lacework stamp set and coordinating dies. If you missed my first post featuring this same stamp set, please click here. I just loooooove this new stamp set so much that I keep finding more ways to use it!
This slimline card measures 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. Slimline cards are designed to fit inside a regular #10 business sized envelope and require no additional postage. The slimline trend is becoming increasingly popular and many companies are now making envelopes specifically for these cards, so we have more colors to choose from other than just plain ol’ boring business white!
The base of my slimline card is made from 80 lb. kraft cardstock. I like a nice thick cardstock for the base of all my cards. Using a slimline scallop frame die, I cut the frame out of 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth Crest cardstock. This is the ONLY white cardstock I use and I buy it in bulk.
I stamped each pumpkin in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I stamped one pumpkin on a rich eggplant cardstock, one on pumpkin orange cardstock and one on a cabana blue cardstock. I die cut the pumpkins using the coordinating Pumpkin Lacework die. I adhered the three pumpkins directly to the card base using 3M foam adhesive. I stamped three pumpkin stems in Versamark ink on espresso cardstock and heat embossed them with white embossing powder.
I stamped multiple leaves in Versamark ink on eggplant, orange and cabana cardstock and heat embossed those too white embossing powder. Yes, everything on this card was embossed with white powder! I used the coordinating Pumpkin Lacework dies to die cut the leaves and stems and I adhered these to the large pumpkins in an array that was pleasing to the eye.
For the sentiment, I used the Blessed Honey Script die. I cut the larger shadow portion from gold glitter cardstock and the thinner script portion from white cardstock. I adhered both layers together using a fine tip glue and then adhered the entire sentiment to the center of the card using 3M foam adhesive.
I hope you have enjoyed this slimline card using the beautiful new Pumpkin Lacework stamp set combined with some rich and modern fall colors. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!
Good morning! It’s Ardyth here this morning with 3 bright happy cards that focus on some new sentiment dies.
This simple 4.25″ square design starts with the Bold Stripes stencil and two colours of ink, blended to create an ombre effect.
Then I added the die cut Hugs sentiment, and stamped a sentiment from the Lingo Thanks stamp set.
Then I did it again, with the Hello die cut and different colours on my background.
And when it came time to do the third card with the Thanks die cut, it didn’t fit. It’s designed to fit on a full A2 card base. But because my square cards fit in an A2 envelope, it’s fine (and really fun!) to have the thanks hanging over the edge of this card!
Hello! Watching Jennifer McGuire make see-through cards this morning inspired me to make a mad dash to the Interlocking Frame and String Art Circle. I was so excited to make this card, it felt a bit like morning aerobics, except way more fun!
Jennifer’s video is the original and I highly suggest watching that for overall instructions; however, I wanted to offer some additional tips and tricks specific to the Interlocking Frame. This frame has a lot of intricate detail, which may offer some challenges to a card design such as this, but it’s totally doable, easy, and the results are stunning! Make sure to check out the short video below for some tips in using this particular die for this card design.
The mixture of the dies, holographic paper, and see-through design makes this an absolutely stunning card. As it sits on display, different colors appear just depending on the angle of light that is catching it. It’s almost like glass etching. In the photos above, blue turns to a gold, and even pastel as seen below:
The details of the String Art Circle are so stunning, with so many options. In the photo above, I’ve die cut one out of black. All the pieces were left intact to create a background for the holographic outline. Left over negative pieces were used to embellish the center, along with an iridescent black pearl. Wow! This has to be one of my all-time favorite cards.
For the interior, I added another String Art Circle cut out of the holographic paper to match the exterior. A light gray paper creates the background, with a white center for an embellishment. It’s a great card to have on hand because it’s so versatile. Depending on colors used, this could be very masculine or very feminine, and is great for any occasion from wedding, anniversary, birthday… even a holiday greeting would be beautiful. The inside font could be casual or formal, so it’s great for any style, too! Room for writing a note or even a larger sentiment is on the back.
No matter how hard I try, photos simply do not do this card justice. Check out the video below for some tips, tricks, and to see this card in action!
Hi there, it’s Tracey here with you this morning. Today I might be using the wrong design principles to create a sparkly card that looks right in my eyes.
I started by ink blending the Midnight Mandala Stencil with Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Ink over a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I cut the panel down to a 3 7/8″ x 3 7/8″ square making sure the flower in the centre of the stencil was right in the centre of my ink blended panel. I had to do a little math and use my T-square to move out 1 15/16″ from the centre point of the flower.
I cut of piece of royal blue cardstock from the Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad to a 4″ square. I adhered this panel to a a 4 1/4″ card base. Next I adhered the ink blended panel over the glitter panel. This leaves a tiny 1/16″ border around the ink blended panel.
The String Art Circle was cut twice, once with a bright green cardstock and once with the same royal blue glitter cardstock. I adhered the green string art circle to the centre of the ink blended panel and then I inlay the green centre. Next I adhered the royal blue string art circle over top slightly offset.
The sentiment is from the Big Lingo Type Hugs die set. I cut the shadow using white cardstock and the inner letters from the royal blue glitter cardstock. I glued the letters over the shadow. Before adding it to the card I added tiny pieces of foam tape to the back of the word hugs and then placed it over the centre of the string art circle.
So much glitter and sparkle! The best is that the glitter on the Twinkling Jewel Glitter papers stays put, no getting all over your hands and workspace or recipient!
You could use any of the Birch Press Design stencils to create magnificent backgrounds to use along with any of the stand alone die cuts. Add in some of the beautiful glitter paper and you have a gorgeous card whether you used sound design principles or not! Thank you so much for creating with me today and have a great weekend!
Hello readers! This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing two cards using the beautiful new “Autumn Breeze” layering plates and “Pumpkin Lacework” stamp set and coordinating dies. Fall is my absolute favorite time of the year and I couldn’t be more excited about these new products!
I stuck with a traditional fall color palette of white, orange, olive green and gold for these A2 sized cards.
Just look at that beautiful stitching from the Autumn Breeze Layer Plate A!
Here is the second card I created using the “Pumpkin Lacework” stamp set and coordinating dies:
I have created a step-by-step YouTube video tutorial showing how both of today’s cards were made. I hope you will enjoy it!
I still look forward to creating even more cards using these beautiful new fall products! Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!
Hello! It’s Seeka here, and today I have another example of stretching your supplies!
I began by using the Marisol Ornament Layer B die to cut three masks out of masking paper (I happened to use Avery Removable ID Labels).
Next, I remove the release paper and stuck the three masks onto an A2-sized piece of bristol smooth cardstock. Using foam daubers, I applied Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide ink over the masks, making sure to ink all the little openings.
Then I used a foam blending tool to add Seedless Preserves between the masks. This color acts as the background. Since the foam blending tool doesn’t allow for precise color application, a bit of Seedless Preserves colored the edges of the ornaments. To use this to my advantage, I used another dauber to blend Blueprint Sketch ink over the areas where Seedless Preserves and Shaded Lilac met, to soften the transition from wine to purple.
Next, I removed the masks and adhered some small clear jewel embellishments to the ornaments.
For the sentiment, I used the Simple Joy die and cut the shadow layer out of white cardstock, and the detail layer out of silver glitter paper. I adhered the detail layer to the shadow layer and then used foam tape to adhere the sentiment to the background.
To finish, I adhered the card front to an A2-sized card base.
Hello, friends! I am so happy you stopped by today. I’m here sharing how I made this stenciled and stitched balloon card using Birch Press Design’s Party Balloon dies.
These Party Balloon dies are truly a must-have for creating birthday or celebratory cards. I love their stitched details! To start my card, I die cut my largest balloon and added stenciled details using Poppystamps’s Romantic Blooms stencil and Distress Oxide Inks. I then die cut two smaller balloons and added color with the same shades of Distress Oxide inks, being sure to keep a highlight area for some realism.
To add some more interest to the balloons, I stitched through the stitch holes using gold metallic thread and a simple backstitch. I then adhered some of the same thread to the back of the balloons to create their strings.
To finish the card, I splattered a sky-colored background panel with some white paint. I then cut my “celebrate” sentiment from gold mirror cardstock. I popped up my largest balloon with foam tape and adhered my balloons to the cards, wrapping their strings somewhat loosely around the back of the panel to add to the floating effect. A few sparkly sequins and this card was finished!
I hope you like this simple but pretty celebration card! Links to the products I used are below. Thanks again for stopping by and I’ll see you again soon with another card project!
