Category: Craft Dies

Spring is just getting going where I live but the butterflies have not returned to nature just yet. The Birch Press Design spring release is full of beautiful butterflies to create projects to lift our spirits after the dreary days of winter.

For my card today I started by watercolouring a soft pastel spring background using green and yellow Distress Inks. You can easily use any ink to create a watercoloured background by smooshing your ink pad on to a craft sheet or acrylic block and adding water to it. I let my background dry for a minute and then flicked some green ink on to the panel and set it aside to dry.

While waiting for my background to dry I die cut a bunch of the Genevieve butterflies in various colours using Genevieve Butterfly A, Genevieve Butterfly B and Genevieve Butterfly C. Once die cut they were adhered together. I did not use the antennae from the Genevieve Butterfly C this time.

I chose three different colour families, using the darkest colour for the Genevieve Butterfly C.

Once the background was dry it was adhered it to a card base with foam adhesive tape and then the butterflies were adhered to the panel in a random order to emphasize movement. A sentiment from Close to the Heart was stamped with VersaMark ink on the watercoloured panel and embossed in silver. Finally a few clear, Stickles filled sequins were added to the panel.

Thank you for joining us again for crafting on Tuesday. I hope I inspired you to make your own spring butterfly card today.

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Hi there!  It’s Tuesday again, and that means we are sharing something crafty with you!  The craft section in the store is brimming with gorgeous Spring butterflies!

Today I have created a card featuring the butterflies from the Close to the Heart clear stamp set and coordinating Close to the Heart craft dies.

One of my favorite things to do on a card is to create a soft and neutral background and add bright pops of color!

Spring has not yet sprung where I live so I like to bring the Spring inside my craft room!  These butterflies are so wonderfully detailed and are perfect for watercoloring!

I really wanted the only color to be the butterflies, so I kept the sentiment as soft and neutral as the background.  I cut a 1/2″ strip of heavyweight vellum and embossed one of the sentiments from the Close to the Heart stamp set using white detail embossing powder.  Here’s a tip – when embossing on vellum it is especially important to prep your surface before stamping by rubbing the vellum with an anti-static pouch or even a dryer sheet.  This will ensure the embossing powder only sticks to the stamped image.

To create my watercolored butterflies, I started by embossing the three large butterfly images onto watercolor paper using white detail embossing powder.  I then die cut the images out using the coordinating dies.  I added a bit of quick color using Zig Watercolor Brush Markers.

It’s important to leave white space when working with watercolor markers as you want some room to blend the colors.  This particular ink is very reactive to water so it only takes a second to blend them.

Here’s how I created the background.  I die cut the Circa A stackable die out of white cardstock.  I mounted it on a piece of very light gray cardstock.  I then stamped one of the tiny butterfly images  in a handful of circle openings using a light gray ink.  I really like the look of random stamping and the large circles in this die make the perfect frame for small images!

Thanks so much for joining me here today!  Make sure to stop back by every Tuesday to see new crafty creations!

Hi and thanks for stopping by!  Every Tuesday we share projects made with supplies from the craft section of the store!  I love to craft and I hope you do to!   I also like to play challenges!  It’s a fun way to share what I’ve been making and see what other people are making too!  This week Birch Press Design is sponsoring the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge.  This week they have a color challenge.

To play along you need to make a project that features these three colors – Maroon, Coral and Lemon!   They’ll select one lucky player to receive a $20 Gift Certificate to Birch Press Design!

I started by inking up a panel of white card stock with distress inks in Aged Mahogany, Abandoned Coral and Mustard Seed.  I tried to strategically put the pure colors beneath the area that each butterfly from the Flutter Plate die would be.  I kept one of the die cuts handy so I could place it over my inking while I was blending.  If you don’t feel comfortable doing this you can outline the shape on the card stock panel by tracing the inside of the die with a pencil.

This close up shows you all three layers of the Flutter Plates.  I cut the largest and smallest in white, and the middle one from gold foil to add a little bling to my design.

I arranged the three colors darkest to lightest – creating an ombre effect.   The died cut Flutter Panels in white provide great contrast to the rich colored inks.

The sentiment is from the new Close to the Heart clear cling stamp set.  It’s got lots of wonderful sentiments that would compliment this design.  The finishing touch is a few gold sequins to coordinate with the gold foil paper.

If you’re feeling crafty I hope you’ll stop by the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge and play along this week!  I’d sure love to see you win!

Hello!  I hope you’re all starting to enjoy some warmer weather!  I wanted to share this card with you that I made using the Close to the Heart stamp set and matching dies.

I stamped one of the butterflies and colored it with my Copic markers then cut it out with the matching die.  To create the background, I stamped the same butterfly repeatedly, eye-balling it to get it lined up as best as I could.  Perfection can be a bit overrated at times, right?  🙂   To add a little interest to the background butterflies, I used my W1 Copic to create a shadow around the edges of each, then used my W3 Copic to color just a little bit inside of the center of the butterfly.  The sentiment was embossed with white embossing powder onto black card stock.  The body of the die cut butterfly, which is a separate die, was cut out with black card stock.  Everything is layered with foam adhesive over a white card base.

  

Thank you for stopping by!

Angel

Happy Tuesday, and I hope that spring has found you where you are. The Birch Press Design original Paradiso Butterfly Layer Set craft dies are perfect for making gorgeous layered butterflies in any colour combination you choose.

For my card today I started by blending Distress Inks on to a Bristol cardstock panel. Water was splattered on to the panel and I waited a few second and then use paper towel to pull some of the water off. Once dry I smooshed some more Distress Ink onto an acrylic block and spritzed some water on it. Then I used a paintbrush to flick some on to the panel. Once again I pull off the excess colour with a paper towel and I set it aside to dry.

A sentiment from the new Close to the Heart clear stamp set was placed on the panel, then I cut the three layers of the butterflies. Paradiso Butterfly Layer A in vellum, Paradiso Butterfly Layer B in Turquoise blue, Paradiso Butterfly Layer C in soft blue and the antennae from Layer C with vellum.

Then I adhered layers A and B only at the centre so that the wings appear to be fluttering. Layer C was attached directly to the card base and the butterfly was adhered on top again only at the centre. The body was adhered last.

Thank you for joining us again for crafting on Tuesday. I hope I inspired you to get messy with the beautiful Paradiso Butterfly Layered dies.

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Welcome back!  It’s day two of the spring Blog Blitz!  We are celebrating the latest release of several new craft dies and a brand new clear stamp set!  What’s a blog blitz?  We’ll it’s a chance for us to show you some designs made with the new products and give you a chance to win.

There are not enough words to describe how much I love these new Flutter Plate dies!  Butterflies are always in style so these dies can be used year round!  The beautiful details truly make these special!

I started by splattering black paint on a white cardstock card base.  While that was drying I die cut Flutter Plate C (on the far left) out of yellow cardstock, the Flutter Plate B (in the middle) also out of yellow cardstock, and the Flutter Plate A (on the right) out of black cardstock.  You can see that all three of these work together so well, but they would also look amazing on their own!

After my layers were adhered together, I added a sentiment strip across the card.  To do this, I cut a small strip of black cardstock and heat embossed one of the sentiments from the new Close to the Heart stamp set using white embossing powder.  I kept the embellishments very simple, adding only a few enamel hearts and black twine bow.

 

Would you like a chance to win the Flutter Plate C?  Leave a comment here on this post to be entered!

Here’s the details for the rest of the blog blitz…..

The blog blitz runs from March 15 – March 17, 2017. We’ll be giving away a prize on every post during this time.  To enter to win you need to leave a comment on EACH of the posts that you wish to enter.   To enter ALL the posts during the blog blitz you need to leave a comment on EACH ONE.   One person will be chosen at random from each of the posts during the blog blitz. Only one prize per person per blog blitz. We use random number generator to select winners from comments. You have until midnight US EST March 21 to leave a comment on each and every post that you want to enter. Winners will announced on this blog on March 25. Good Luck!