Category: Craft Dies
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Non-Traditional Holiday Cards / by Colleen Balija
Today I want to share a non-traditional holiday card! I am a big fan of testing the waters on unique color schemes for my holiday cards. I think they keep things fresh and interesting! Let’s get started with today’s card, called Merry Christmas with Love! First step was to choose the colors for this holiday…
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Floral Hello | By Dilay Nacar
Happy Friday, crafty friends! Dee here today sharing this fresh floral card featuring the Star Flowers Contour Layers dies combined with a few other favorites! First, I created the background by die cutting the Pinpoint Radial Plate die and cutting it in half. Next, I embossed an A2-sized card base with the Memory Box Blooming…
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A Country Christmas / by Colleen Balija
Hi everyone, this is my first blog post with Birch Press Designs, and I just couldn’t be any more excited! I hope that you will enjoy my cards and find inspiration to create your own version! This card reminds me of A Country Christmas with the ever-so popular black and white gingham and pastel colors.…
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Slimline Snowflake Trio | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a holiday card inspired by Scandinavian designs I’ve seen here and there. I cut out the BPD Piped Icing Star from white and Memory Box Ocean Blue 6×6 cardstock. I cut the floral centers from scrap red cardstock and added white pigment pen dots. I cut out a slimline…
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Be Merry | by Crystal Komara
Hello friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing more holiday themed inspiration using products from the latest Birch Press Design Release. Birch Press Design never ceases to amaze me with its elegant layering dies, contour dies and foil plates. Some of my most loved cards have been as a…
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Rustic Holiday | By Natasha Vacca
Hello Birch Press friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing a Rustic Holiday card using the Crochet Snowflake Layering die set! I love the layers in this set and had a lot of fun creating a rustic holiday design! So let’s get started! For today’s card I started with the…
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Clean and Simple Holiday Card | By Dilay Nacar
Hello and welcome back, crafty friends! Dee here today, sharing this clean and simple card featuring the gorgeous Meridian Ornament Layer Set! To create the base, I embossed an A2-sized white panel using the Memory Box Ringadings embossing folder, then adhered it onto the top folding card base. Next, I cut the Meridian Ornament Layer…
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Tropical Sympathy | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a rather non-traditional mixed media sympathy card. I cut out the leaves using the Memory Box Open Studio Tropical Leaves 3D Embossing Folder & Dies. Have you tried these before? Just amazing. Cutting the leaves out then embossing was super easy–look at these results! I added a…
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Piped Icing Star Holiday Tags | By Natasha Vacca
Hello Birch Press friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing a couple holiday tags using the beautiful Piped Icing Star dies! These are so beautiful and I couldn’t wait to make some holiday tags! So let’s get started! I started by die cutting 2 of the background star dies from…
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Stenciled Gilded Grace by April Antonio
Happy Thursday! Today I am sharing a project using the beautiful, Gilded Grace Inside stencil set using some beautiful warm, Fall colors. I’ve been on a stenciling kick lately and am really excited about this stencil set. To start this card I used the Herbarium Plate Layer A die with an embossing mat to dry…
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Find Joy | by Crystal Komara
Hello friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here on the blog today sharing a card that filled with love, joy and alcohol! Ink, that is! ; ) I was really pleased with how this card came out, since I had ended up pulling a random piece of alcohol ink background from my scrap…
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Glitter Ornament
by Jeanne JachnaThanks for stopping by! Today I’m sharing holiday card that is loaded with lots sparkle and shine because it’s almost entirely coated with GLITTER! But not the messy kind! This card was made with WOW! Embossing powder with glitter! I feel fairly accomplished at ink blending so I thought I’d give some glitter blending a…
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Find Joy in Snow | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a (relatively) clean and simple holiday/winter card in pink and black. I love that color combination, don’t you? I cut out the BPD Crochet Snowflake using the Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter and Vintage Pastel Mirror Pads along with white cardstock. I adhered that to the card…
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Masculine Snowflake
Hello again, Birch Press friends! Allison here, and today I’m sharing a masculine holiday card. It seems like many of us often struggle when it comes to making masculine cards. My solution is usually to find a good plaid, or to pick some darker colors and go with a clean and simple design. In this…
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Holly Wreath | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a holiday card with you featuring the beautiful new Holly Wreath Plate Layer set. But, there’s a lot more going on with this card than just a dimensional wreath, there is also a heat foiled background and heat embossed sentiment…
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Dove of Peace | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a watercolored holiday card. I started the card by cutting out a BPD Herbarium Plate layer out of white and mounting it on kraft. The BPD Adornment Dove dies are a set of two, one that I used to cut the watercolored panel and the other for…
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Jolly Herbarium Layer Plate | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today. I am so excited to be sharing a card made using the beautiful new Herbarium Layering Plates. This 3-piece full cover layering plate set is my favorite from this latest holiday release from Birch Press Design! Swoon! Honestly, it’s just gorgeous…
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Adornment Santa | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, crafty friends! Dee here today with this layered Christmas card featuring products from the latest holiday release! First, I created the background by die cutting each of the Herbarium Plate Layers A, B, and C and adhering them together. Next, I die cut the Adornment Santa pieces using red cardstock for the hat and…
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Prime Peony Happy Birthday | By Natasha Vacca
Hello Birch Press friends! I am excited to be back today to share a birthday card using the beautiful Prime Peony Duo Contour Layers dies! I had a lot of fun and enjoyed using fall colors for my card today! So let’s get started! For today’s card I started with the Prime Peony Duo layers…
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Fall Classic Sentimental Wreath | by Crystal Komara
Hello Birch Press Design fans! This is DT member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing some fall themed cards using the Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp set and coordinating dies. I created all three of these A2 sized cards the exact same way, I simply alternated some of the background papers and ink colors. All…
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Jolly Santa
Hello, Birch Press Friends! Allison here, and I’m sharing a fun card with you today featuring a couple new products from the most recent release. Isn’t that little Santa the cutest? The first thing I did was create the wreath with the new Holly Wreath Plate Layer set. I used mint and aqua colored card stock…
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Stylized Sunflower | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a card using the Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and dies along with the stencil set. The first thing I did was to use the Gilded Grace Outside Stencil Set with Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed, and Barn Door. On the last color, Barn Door, I also used Versamark…
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Finding Joy | By April Antonio
Happy Saturday Birch Press family! Today I’m leaning far into pre-Christmas card prep and sharing a project using some supplies from the newest release. I’m fairly new to hot foiling and have definitely caught the foiling bug. I started this card by hot foiling the Gilded Grace hot foil set — both the cover plate…
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Autumn Breeze Twist | by Crystal Komara
Hello Birch Press Design readers! Happy September, and welcome to the beginning of fall, my favorite time of the year. This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a unique way to use the Autumn Breeze Layer Plate. The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah…
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A Rustic Snowflake Greeting | By Natasha Vacca
Hello crafters! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing the beautiful new Crochet Snowflake layering die set! Let’s get started! For today’s card I am using the beautiful Crochet Snowflake layering die set. This is truly beautiful and has many possibilities! I started by die cutting all 3 layers. I die…
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White on White for the Holidays | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a white on white card for a throughly modern take on the classic wreath. I cut out the Holly Wreath Plate Layer Set twice, adhering the resulting wreaths onto a woodgrain background. I used Memory Box Open Studio Fairy Jewels as berries. These are self-adhesive but I used glue…
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Glitter Herbarium
Hello, Birch Press Friends! I am happy to back with you today sharing another new product. I can’t stop making holiday cards, and the new Herbarium Layer Plates make it so easy to create stunning cards. I used several shades of teal card stock for this card. Instead of using all of the layer plates,…
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Inky Season’s Greetings | Dilay Nacar
Welcome back, friends! Dee here again sharing this vibrant, easy-to-recreate holiday card showcasing the Crochet Snowflakes layering dies! To create the background, I used synthetic (Yupo) paper, alcohol ink, a blower, and blending solution. I chose three colors (coral, green, and blue) and used the blending solution and blower to create a background and once…
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Holiday Tags | By Natasha Vacca
Hello crafty friends! I am excited to be back up on the Birch Press blog with you today! In today’s post I am going to share how I used several of the new holiday products to create Holiday gift tags! So let’s get started! For today’s tags I am using 2 of the snowflake dies:…
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Fall Colored Snowflakes | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a modern holiday/winter card using fall colors. Say what?! I cut out the BPD Snowy Circle Layer Set in Memory Box Sunny Orange and Fresh Aqua 6×6 cardstock, and the top layer in white. I also cut out a few Felicity Snowflakes in white. I adhered the Snowy Circle…