Hi crafty friends! It’s Jeanne here today and I’m sharing some pretty Valentine Gift tags to delight your favorite Valentines!
Tags are perfect for dressing up anything from a simple bag of home made chocolate chip cookies to something extra special for your sweetie!
I assembled several Flora Hearts in different shades of card stock. Each middle layer is cut with glitter paper from the new Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter 6″ pad.
The hearts are topped with Love die cut word sentiments and a stamped “sending” from the Lingo Thanks clear stamp set.
The hearts are layered over Poppystamps Double Stitched Tags cut from coordinating, and gold glitter card stock.
I think these hearts are gorgeous and plan to make another bunch that I will adhere to wood picks to top cupcakes!
Hello Birch Press fans. Today I bring you a clean and simple gate fold card with a lovely, slightly more elaborate interior. I am so thrilled to be working with these gorgeous dies. If you are not already impressed with their lovely intricate dies, and impeccable craftmanship, I’m sure that it will not take very long with all of the design team creations coming your way soon.
The solid card stock base is cut at 8.25 x 4.25 and scored and folded starting from the left at 2.10 and again at 6.25 inches. The Hello Topper die is a perfect closure for the gate fold style type of card and was cut on white card stock and trimmed to 1 inch, then adhered to the bottom layer of the bottom fold. The Hello word die was cut in black and turquiose and adhered slightly offset against the white backing strip.
The lovely more layered inside was fitted with a white 4 x 5.5 panel. A solid 5.25 x 2.25 strip was center cut on the Dazzle A die and adhered 1.25 inches from the bottom of the white panel. Some portions of the Dazzle strip was trimmed to have uniform open spaces.
The sentiment from the Best Friend stamp set was centered .5 inches below the Dazzle strip.
The lovely heart was cut with the Folk Art Heart layer A in shimmer pastel blue glitter paper and the layer B in the solid turquoise. After adhering the solid layer to the glitter layer, both layers were adhered to black cardstock, hand cut, and affixed to the center of the Dazzle burst.
I am so smitten with this card and all of the creations I have made so far using Birch Press products. I can’t wait until you see the next release!
Hi there it’s Tracey with a card and video. Today I will be using the Flora Heart Layers craft dies to share a way to use a floral die set to create a masculine design!
I personally love to make or receive a pretty pink Valentine card, but I may not want to give a card like that to my husband. By using colour and simplicity I was able to make the design more masculine taking the focus away from the flowers. I cut Layer A from red cardstock (for love) and Layers B and C from white cardstock. The three layers will all be visible, but the flowers inside the heart are a bit more subtle.
I used liquid glue to adhere the layers together. I like using liquid glue so I have a bit more time to get my die cuts lined up properly. I turned the layered heart over and attached small pieces of foam tape all so over the back so that you will not see the tape from the front of the card.
The cardbase was made from a soft grey cardstock to add a bit more subtle dimension. The sentiment is from the new Handwritten Love You craft dies which comes in three pieces. The outline was cut with white cardstock and the handwritten ‘Love You’ from a medium grey cardstock. I added that to the bottom of the card before adding the dimensional heart in the top middle.
By choosing the colours red, grey and white I was able to create a card that focuses more on the heart and sentiment rather than the flowers.
Thank you so much for stopping in to craft with me today. I hope you’re inspired to use your, more feminine, products in a more subtle way to make a masculine card! Pop back in tomorrow for more Birch Press Design inspiration!
More lovely dies to feature today! For this card I selected a lovely turquoise blue card stock as the base card and ran all of the Folk Art Heart dies in the same turquoise.
The center heart layer was cut in a light blue shimmery glitter card stock and adhered inbetween the two turquoise hearts.
For a stunning background for the centerpiece heart, I cut the Dazzle A in a shimmery light glitter card stock. I removed all of the die cut peices except for the center zig zag round.
The Handwritten Hello and Outline were cut with black and turquoise card stock and adhered together.
A snippet of black paper was added behind the hearts.
I adore how the Dazzle background really intensifies the focal hearts. I sure hope that you are having as much fun as I am experimenting with layering the dies in all of the lovely combinations possible. I can’t wait to see what you create!
WOW! Have you see the newest release by Birch Press? I am so excited to join the other designers in bringing you some sweet inspiration. I’m showcasing the Flora Heart Layer Set.
For this card I selected four shades of pink and ran the three heart dies four times and stacked the layers in different color combinations.
The dies are so lovely and intricate with gorgeous pin point details. I paired the heart dies with the Hugs Topper die.
The Hugs Topper solid die was cut on the lightest paper and then layered on top with two darker colored 1/2 inch strips of cardstock. The words were cut in that darkest shade of pink.
After selecting a focal heart I chose a second favorite to use to cut in half and place beside the centerpiece.
The layering is smooth and flat, creating a rich elegant texture without bulk. This card has a finished size of 4.25 x 5.5.
I am very impressed with how lovely these dies are layered and as stand alone dies. I know you will be pleasantly surprised how beautiful your projects will be!
Hello! Today I wanted to share some ideas for creating simple background textures for the brand new heart layering sets. Here are some ideas!
Adding a watercolored a background for the layers is a fun, versatile way to create interest, and also tie all the colors of the card together.
Embossing folders with simple designs can create stunning backgrounds that don’t draw too much attention from the focal image. Layering sheets of cardstock, then ripping the papers to create the layers offers endless possibilities of colors. Combined with the watercoloring the heart background, the card is tailor-made to any color combinations imaginable! I made sure to leave the perfect amount of room for the Handwritten Hello sentiment. The script was cut from a shade lighter than the teal, so it would add extra brightness to the letters. Two layers of the script were glued together for extra dimension.
For the red and pink card, I did the exact same process, but left the top layer empty of the watercolor background. I thought the Just a Note was perfect to match the scripty background, but this would also work perfect with the Handwritten Love You for a Valentine’s Day card.
The Flora Heart (above) is so beautiful! I cut all layers from the watercolor paper to match the background and ripped all four sides, framed it with a layer of pink, added the same pink to be the background for the heart, and all went onto a white card base. This would make a great gift set with a rainbow of colors!
I wanted to share a little sneak peek of a project I’ll be sharing soon, because it also shows the watercolored background, but in very vibrant colors. (If you love this heart, you will have so much fun with the surprise this card holds, so check back soon!)
Do you have ideas for simple textures you’d like to share in the comments below? We’d love to hear!
To begin with I ink blended a rainbow background using Distress Oxide inks in Pink Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Wild Honey, Mowed Lawn and Peacock Feather. I cut all the layers from the Dazzle Bevel Layer Set from white and glued the layers together to create two panels–one for the top and one for the bottom.
I created a two line sentiment with the Hello Topper die and the Just Because stamp set. I lightly marked with a pencil where I wanted to emboss my sentiment and then embossed it in white. I ink blending a small panel with Spiced Marmalade and Wild Honey and then cut the word hello to place over the white word topper.
Thank so much for joining me today and I hope I’ve inspired you to make a colourful background to make your layered dies really pop!
Hello! Today I’ll share a really fun idea to create simple greeting cards using patterned holiday papers along with the Stargazer Layer A die.
I started out by cutting the Stargazer die a few times out of holiday papers from the Memory Box Dashing Holiday 6 x 6 paper pad. I loved using paper pads for projects like this, because the colors and patterns share the same feel and coordinate beautifully together. Makes it so easy!
Several unique cards can be made with just a few simple die cuts, because it’s all about piecing the cuts together… quilting with paper! These are holiday themed, but any theme would work with this inlaying technique.
The pieces cut from the die are simply glued into frame or outline the die creates, which is called inlaying or paper piecing. So many dies would work well with this, but I absolutely love the Stargazer’s versatility with the different looks the colors and patterns can create. I especially love the frames cut out of patterned paper, as shown below in a striped pattern.
Simply glue the frame onto a card base, and start inlaying the negative pieces and shapes from other cuts! It’s truly simple, relaxing, and fun. I matted kraft card stock against another piece of patterned paper to make a colorful frame and was done!
These would make a great set of cards to give as a gift, too… Thanks so much for stopping by today ~ I hope you have a wonderful day!
Hello, it’s Tracey here this morning! I am excited to share a card and a tag using the brand new Nobila Layering craft dies.
The Nobila Layering die set has three layers and cuts 5 different sections that layered together create a gorgeous ornament, card front.
I cut Layer A from white sparkle cardstock, Layer B from green cardstock and Layer C from red cardstock. The die panel is 4″ x 5 1/4″ and to easily centre my card front I used a little trick. I took the outer panel that I cut the bottom layer, Layer C from and temporarily adhered it to my card base. I did this so I could inlay the bottom pieces using the panel as a grid.
Once the pieces were glued into place I removed the outter panel leaving the design perfectly centred.
Once that was set I glued on the remaining layers. The dimension is just stunning. To finish the card off I die cut the Merry Honey Script die in red and the shadow in white. Then I stamped the word Christmas from the Joy and Peace stamp set. Both sentiments were added with foam tape.
I cut another set of the three colours from the Nobila Layering set but just for the ornament in the centre that I used today to make a tag. I also cut the largest ornament from the Classic Ornament craft die set for the background out of the white sparkle cardstock. The layers were glued together and adorned with ribbon and jingle bells!
GIVEAWAY ALERT!! We are all celebrating the new release at Birch Press Design, and they are giving away a layer from the Nobilia Ornament Layering Die Set that I am using today.
Here is how you can get your chance to win! Just comment on this blog post and on December 1st the winner will be announced!
Now of course there is a second chance for you and even your friend to win!
Just follow Birch Press Design on Instagram @birchpressdesign make sure you like this Instagram post and make sure you tag a friend!. Only one comment will be selected and you and your friend will both receive on these dies.
You must comment by 12 midnight US standard eastern time November 30! Good Luck!
I am also excited to let you know that Birch Press Design is a sponsor today for the 25 Days of Christmas tags over on my blog In My Creative Opinion. Head over there for you chance to win another prize being offered by Birch Press Design.
I’ve been playing along in (and thoroughly enjoying) the 25 Days of Christmas Tags event, and I am SMITTEN today with Birch Press Design as the sponsor. Your beautiful layered dies were showcased so magnificently today by everyone (your Design Team and Tracey’s) and I am over the moon in love with your amazing, unique (dies) products. I just became your newest Follower on Instagram and I tagged a talented crafty friend. Blessings to you all at Birch Press Design for your generous support of the crafting community and for sponsoring this FUN event. Karen Letchworth www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspotl.com
Thanks for stopping by the blog today! White-on-white with glitter paper adds a gorgeous sparkle and elegance to any layering set for holiday greetings. Today, I’ve used the Wave Plate Layer Set as snow flurries, along with the beautiful Shimmer Snowflake Frames.
I love the look of snowflakes and barn wood together. It is such a simple-yet-elegant look, and reminds me of cottage/farm house style. Such a fun, easy card to make, and would be a great design for mass producing holiday cards.
I simply cut Layer A out of pixie dust shimmer card stock, and Layer B out of white. This also creates a white frame, so I cut Layer A out of the same barn wood background, and cut the snowflakes off so it would just be the frame to glue over top. I saved one of the snowflakes for the inside.
For the next card, I used the same technique using the top two layers of the Waves set, but this time I die cut both layers out of pixie dust shimmer card stock. The layer below is almost a holographic red vinyl which creates a different look against the two layers. The glimmer card stocks don’t release glitter on the recipient, which I also like.
I love dressing up the insides to match the outside and black, shimmery “Ho, Ho, Ho” using the Lingo Alphabet letters was fun and fitting for the whimsical snow flurries of the card front. I’ll be including a gift card inside this card. Another fun sentiment would have been, “Let it Snow!”
I hope this post has inspired you to keep things simple and let the gorgeous dies from Birch Press Design do all the work for you this holiday season! Let the holidays begin!
