Hi Birch Press Fans!
It’s Justine with my second set of cards this month! I’ve been having so much fun creating with Birch Press Dies and experimenting that I thought I would create a few simple designs. These cards can be found in my new video, My Top 7 Favourite Background Dies.
For my first two cards, I used the Triangle Fade Frame Die to create my backgrounds. I wanted to go with some softer tones in Lemon Drop and Peach Bellini. These are both relatively monochromatic cards since I chose the same colours for the sentiment die Big Friend Sugar Script Die.
These cards are literally just die cut and glue. I think the intricacy of Birch Press Designs truly make the cards pop without much effort. I can’t wait to begin to explore ways to spice up these dies, but I must say that I’m still just loving their simple look of being die cut and glued onto my cards. When I’m back next month, I’ll be showing off some super awesome techniques using them!
Supplies
Welcome back for another inspiration post at Birch Press Design. Today I will be creating a card using the new 
The Ludlow Triangle craft die cuts all the detail of the die but does not does not cut the outer edges of the die. For my card today I wanted to cut the die so that all the lovely detail would sit in the corner of my ombre ink blended panel. I did this by cutting the die in the bottom corner of a piece of black cardstock and then trimming it off with my cutter. Let’s have a look…
The Big Wishing Sugar Script die set will cut both a sentiment and a shadow for when you want to add extra depth to the design. The sentiment from 
The ombre background really showcases the elegance of the Ludlow Triangle’s design.
Thanks so much for coming by today and I hope I’ve inspired you to do something creative today. See you again next week and have a wonderful weekend.
I started by cutting the Aurora B die from a panel of card stock. I didn’t want it to cut all the way through. I wanted to create an outline of the die on the card panel that I could color. I added some clear packing tape to the back of my card stock panel before cutting the die on the front of the panel. The packing tape helps keep the die together so no pieces fall out.
Fill in the die cut openings with Glossy Accents. I used a needle to move it around and get into all the corners. It’s also convenient for breaking any bubbles you might see. This is a time consuming technique but the shine is worth it. TIP: Use a die cut with large openings to make this process easier. I chose the Aurora die for this reason.
I only applied glossy accents to the outer rings and the center circle. When the glossy accents is dry add a die cut Aurora Layer A die cut to the design. 
Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5″
Hi there are welcome back to another inspiration post at Birch Press Design. I hope you enjoyed the Blog Blitz last week where you were able to have a closer look at the new holiday release! Today I have a quick video tutorial for you to share how I made this pretty ornament card using the newly released 
I used non traditional Christmas colours for my ornament mainly because these colours look so good together but also because it is still summer and I am not quite ready to break out the reds and greens just yet.
I started off by cutting one of each of the layers in pink, green and blue, then I cut the ornament hook in silver sparkle paper and the Big Joy Sugar Script in white and backgrounds in grey and vellum (more on that later).
In the following video I will show you how I put my ornament together and hung it on the card base!
The addition of the tiny foam pieces behind the ornament gave the card some added dimension and makes the details of the die stand out more.
Thank you for joining me and I hope that you enjoyed today’s post showing you how you can quickly and easily create a clean and simple card using any of the mandala dies. Have a fabulous weekend.