Category: Craft Dies

Hi it’s Tracey here today and I am so excited to be sharing a project with you today using the new Shining Mandala Stamp Set and the matching Shining Mandala Stencil Set! I created my card using both set and I have made a video for you to share my process with you and so you can see how easy it is to line these sets up together to make a stunning card.
To create this card I started out by stamping and white embossing the main image from the Shining Mandala stamp set onto a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock.  I chose Bristol Smooth because I am going to be ink blending with the stencil set. The colours I chose for the ink blending were all Distress Oxide inks–Broken China, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry. The way the stencils are cut out each layer exposes different sections of the overall stamp and also cover other areas allowing you to blend colours together in some places but also allowing other colours to shine on their own too! Here is the video I created to show you my process…

These colours really blended together beautifully and the stencils lined up over the white embossed linees perfectly giving a lovely texture to the front of the card!
If you look a little closer you can see the clean white embossed lines and also how the colours blended together in some areas creating beautiful new hues.
With this stencil set you could create a mandala completely independently from the stamp and still get all of the clean lines and blending depending on the overall look that you are trying to achieve.
I used the Big Script Hugs die for my sentiment and I added it to the card front with foam tape to really make it pop off the card.
Thanks for stopping in today to create with me and I hope you are inspired to give stenciling mandalas a try! We will see you next time!

Supplies

CL8140 Shining Mandala

Big Hugs Sugar Script

It’s Justine Hovey here today showing off an elegant birthday card process video tutorial using the new Shining Mandala clear stamp and the Stargazer layering dies. I began by stamping the background and using rose gold embossing powder to cover the image.

Next, I die cut all the layers of the Stargazer die. I tried to pick interesting but neutral cardstock so I decided on a pearly white, rose and white glitter cardstock. I think all three nicely compliment each other and give that elegant appearance to the card without being too overwhelming.

I layered up all of the dies using Stick It adhesive which is my go to for adhering intricate dies. Lastly, I embossed the It’s your Birthday sentiment

Supplies

CL8140 Shining Mandala

56089 Stargazer Layer Set

CL8132 Best Friend clear stamp set

Hello!  Today I am featuring a couple products from the new release and oh my goodness I’m in love!  I used the new Kaleidoscope Heart Layering Die with some holographic paper from my stash and just loved how it turned out.  The dimension and shine are to die for!

I embossed some light pink cardstock with an embossing folder I had that was the closest thing to resembling hearts.  I cut all three layers of the layering heart die in regular black cardstock for the base and used a blue and pink holographic cardstock from my stash for layers A and B.  I glued all the pieces together, adhered it to my embossed piece, then adhered that to my card base.

For the sentiment I used the new Lingo Thanks stamp and die set.  I love that Birch Press offers matching dies with their sentiment stamp set.  After stamping and die cutting I decided to use a matching Copic marker to fill in the letters and adhered the sentiment with some foam dimensionals.

To complete the card I added clear sparkling sequins.  If you want to check out the process video of me making this card, you can find it below as well as links to the layering die and stamp set.  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

57241 Kaleidoscope Heart Layer A

57242 Kaleidoscope Heart Layer B

57243 Kaleidoscope Heart Layer C

CL8143 Lingo Thanks

58143 Lingo Thanks die set

Hello Everyone!

I am back with another project, but this time I am going to use their Circle Burst stencil! I knew when I saw this stencil, there were going to be a lot of big and shiny balloons to celebrate a birthday!

Grabbed three of my distress oxide inks in spiced marmalade, worn lipstick and peacock feathers and my distress blending brushes and got my card stock panel ready for my stencil.

I made sure I taped my panel down so it would not shift while I was applying my ink through the stencil. Using my blending brushes I made sure I always went in the same direction which provided a shadow along one side of my balloons. Make sure they overlap to give a sense of the center balloon is in front of the other two!

I pulled out my black fine liner pen and added my strings and bows to my balloons and a highlight mark with my white gel pen!

For my sentiment I used the Birthday Sugar Script die. This is a great large and bold sentiment to help the celebration shine! I used black card stock for the background die and a shimmer card stock for the sentiment itself!

I popped my sentiment up using my double-sided foam tape and placed along the bottom edge of my card design with enough space to set my other two sentiments above and below to finish my wish!

I used my liquid adhesive to secure my panel to my standard A2 size top folding card base (4 1/4 inch x 5 1/2 inch).

If you want to see more details just click on the video below and see our project come together step by step!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project… Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon! Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!

Supplies

44024 Circle Burst

57207 Big Birthday Sugar Script

CL8124 Just Because clear stamp set

CL8132 Best Friend clear stamp set

Hello everyone and Happy New Year! Eloise here for my first post of 2019 and today I have a friendship thank you card to share with you all. I’ll be using the Circle Burst Stencil as well as the Best Friend stamp set for todays project.

To start off my project I took a piece of white watercolour cardstock and adhered it down to my ranger craft sheet. I then took the Circle Burst Stencil and starting ink blending.

I wanted to make a bursting rainbow today, so I took 10 colours of Distress Inks out and worked my way around making sure they were all getting blended in order. This stencil has cool embossed lines on it as well, so it’s easy to get it spaced out and lined up every time. Once my background was ink blended I flicked it with water and dried it off with a heat tool.

For my sentiment, I took the Best Friend stamp set, stamped and die cut the word friend and also white heat embossed the additional sentiment ‘Thanks For Being You’ onto a thin black strip. I added foam tape onto both and adhered them into place.

For a last finishing touch I pulled some white enamel dots from my stash and adhered them into place, just scattering them around.

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed. The video is linked down below for you all to watch.

See you next time!

Supplies

44024 Circle Burst

CL8132 Best Friend clear stamp set

58132 Best Friend die set

Hello Everyone!

I am back with another project, this time using the Tall Triangle Set with the believe Sugar Script Sentiment Die!

Hard to image a die so simple in shape can have so many possibilities!

For this card I wanted a deco or modern feel. So I went with a strong copper metallic card stock and shades of green and teal for my triangle die cuts. I layered most directly on top of each other using liquid adhesive but chose one layer on each triangle set to be popped up using my foam squares.

These were placed on my copper panel on an angel and trimmed of the edges even with my design base on the top and bottom.For my sentiment I used the Believe Sugar Script die. I cut multiple sentiments from black card stock and one from copper mirror to match the background.

Once these were set, I placed my sentiment between my two triangles.

I used my liquid adhesive to secure my panel to my standard A2 size top folding card base (4 1/4 inch x 5 1/2 inch).

If you want to see more details just click on the video below and see our project come together step by step!

I hope you enjoyed today’s project… Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon! Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!

Supplies

57216 Tall Triangle Set

57169 Believe Sugar Script

Hello everyone!  Today I am on the blog featuring the beautiful Shining Mandala stamp set.  I wanted to keep it simple with today’s card, but stay tuned as I will definitely be bringing this stamp set back for future products.

So in addition to the Shining Mandala stamp set, I also used the Big Hello Sugar Script Die and the Gold Rose Handmade Paper.  Isn’t it lovely?!

To start off, I heat embossed the Shining Mandala stamp set with gold embossing powder.  I trimmed it down with a stitched scallop die.  I cut the handmade paper A2 size (5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″) to completely cover the card base.  I adhered the handmade paper to the card base and added dimensional to the scalloped embossed panel.  I die cut out the sentiment in black and some gold glitter card stock from my stash. Adhered the two, added dimensions, and adhered it to my card.  Topped the card off with some gold gem stones and called it done!  I love this card.  Simple, yet classy.  You could change the sentiment and it would make a wonderful Christmas card.

I hope you enjoyed.  I do have a process video below for a quick overview of how I put the card together.  Let me know what you think!

57201 Big Hello Sugar Script

CL8140 Shining Mandala

Happy Holidays everyone! It’s Justine here for my last holiday card of the season featuring an awesome Distress Oxide galaxy background technique. When I received the Nativity Star die I was absolutely blown away by its elegance and beauty that I had to play around with a fun background technique to suit it.

I used yellow, orange, pink, purple, green, navy and black ink in order to create the background. I used a really great and subtly cardstock layer combination as well – gold, silver, white glitter and vellum.

I paired the card with the Simple Joy sentiment that I love so much die cut using silver and gold cardstock. I love how the imprints of the joy make lining up the letters so easy!

Supplies

56090 Nativity Star Layer Set

57212 Nativity Star Layer A

57213 Nativity Star Layer B

57214 Nativity Star Layer C

57215 Nativity Star Layer D

57218 Simple Joy

Hi there, it’s Tracey back today with some more inspiration using Birch Press Design craft dies. There is something magical about snowflakes and even more magical when you combine them with some sparkle.
To create this card I die cut the Issa Snowflake Layer C with some white and silver sparkle cardstock. Once the cuts were cleaned out I used the inner portion of the die to create a white sparkle snowflake with the thin innermost layer inlaid with silver sparkle.
The background was created by blending some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink on to a 5 1/4″ X 4″ piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and then the panel was splattered with Copic Opaque White. Once it was dry I stamped the sentiment from the Joy and Peace in black ink onto the panel.
The snowflake was assembled right on the panel by first adhering the larger white snowflake to the centre over the sentiment and then the thin silver snowflake with inlaid into it. Lots of pretty sparkle and the blue ink blending behind it creates a very dreamy looking snowy scene.
The panel was attached to the card base using some foam tape for dimension.
Using sparkle cardstock with any of the Birch Press Design craft dies adds a special touch to your cards. Look at  how pretty the snowflake is with two shades of sparkle cardstock.
Have another look at how pretty the card is.
Thank you so much for creating with me today to create a pretty card. Dig out your dies and give this technique a try. Have a wonderful day.

Supplies

57175 Issa Snowflake Layer C

CL8131 Joy and Peace clear stamp set