Category: Craft Dies

Hi all!  Happy Valentine’s Day!  My card today features the gorgeous trio of the Amour layer dies.  I went for a bold look of black, white, hot pink and gold foil.  These dies sure do make a statement, regardless of the colors used!  The white heat-embossed sentiment and small gold heat-embossed heart are from the Poppystamps Grateful Heart Clear stamp set.  Between the bold colors and all those layers, I felt the card didn’t need anything else – besides a sweet sentiment, of course!

Thank you for stopping by!

I hope you have a *sweet* day!

Angel

In today’s post we are creating a card featuring a shimmering rainbow of watercolored hearts. Sometimes a beautiful and fun card can be created with the simplest of elements. The four stacked hearts have been watercolored in bold colours and each have a lovely iridescent glow from the shimmer mist that was applied after the watercolor dried.

To recreate this card you will need watercolor paper, watercolor paint and shimmer spray. Peerless Watercolors, and Birch Press Design Perfect Hearts dies from the Birch Press Design store were used for this card but you could also use the Birch Press Designs Simple Hearts dies. Watercolor four panels, one in each color of your rainbow. After the panels dried water was spritzed on the panels and soaked up with paper towel to add some distressing. This was seen in Angel Rivera’s Rainbow Heart Shaker tutorial from last week. Shimmer mist was then generously sprayed on to the panels and once again they were set to dry. Once completely dry simply die cut one of each colour using the four heart dies.

Prepare your card base and add the sentiment to the bottom centre of the front panel. Adhere the largest heart to the top centre of the card base with adhesive tape. Then adhere the rest of the hearts going down one size at a time with adhesive foam tape.

It is so easy to create fabulous cards with just this one simple set of dies.

Thank you for joining us again this week! Come visit us every Tuesday for some crafty inspiration!

 

 

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Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you’re having a great day!  I’m making some Valentine’s Day cards!  I like to send them to friends and family (and one for my special sweetie of course!) so a variety of styles is always welcome.  My card is inspired by pastel candy conversation hearts.

I started by cutting several Loop The Loop border dies.  I left the die cut centers in place to add more color to the design.

I topped the background with two large Simple Hearts – one in pink and one in gold glitter paper.  The largest Simple Heart is the perfect background die for the Prismatic Heart.

To define the flower shapes I spy inside the Prismatic Heart I added some gem centers (who doesn’t love a little bling?).

A few small hearts from Hearts Aglow fit perfectly inside the Loop The Loop Hearts and add even more shine.

The sentiment is from Poppystamps Grateful Heart Clear Cling Stamp Set.

If you’re making Valentine’s Day cards too, you need to check out the craft section of the store – there’s lots of beautiful new dies that you’re going to ADORE!

It’s the final day of our new release Blog Blitz!  All week we’ve been sharing projects created with the brand new Birch Press Design Craft Dies!

When I first saw the Band of Hearts craft die, I was excited about all of the design possibilities!  My first card shows how beautiful this die can be when layered together.

I started by die cutting three Band of Hearts using a pink ombre color palette.  I glued them together, stair stepping each one.

After adhering the Band of Hearts die cut trio to my background layer, I trimmed the top.

The heart focal image and sentiment are from the Grateful Heart stamp set from our sister company, Poppystamps.  The hearts were die cut using the coordinating Grateful Heart die set (also from Poppystamps).

My next card also features the Band of Hearts die.  This time, I used all of the small hearts leftover from my first card.  I started by die cutting the new Amour Layer A craft die.  I filled in the larger die cut hearts with the smaller hearts.

I used another sentiment from the Grateful Heart stamp set from Poppystamps.

Would you like a chance to win the new Band of Hearts die?

 

All you have to do is leave me a comment!  Here are the details…

Our blog blitz runs  from January 10-13, 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.   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 January 15 to leave a comment on each and every post that you want to enter.  Winners will announced on this blog on January 16.  Visit our sister company Poppystamps who is also having a Blog Blitz!  I think you’ll be glad you did!!

Thanks for joining us again today!

Welcome to Day 3 of the New Release Blog Blitz, we are having so much fun sharing all the new Birch Press dies with you. Today we are sharing the new DOODLE HEART die with you and another chance for you to win a prize.

The new PERFECT HEARTS dies are a set of four dies. The largest die co-ordinates with the DOODLE HEART die and can be used as a backer.

This delicate die can be used to create a simple card.

Or you can do something creative like inlaid die cutting. Prepare the card base for the inlaid technique by applying adhesive to the bottom layer (card base). Double sided tape is an excellent adhesive to use with this technique.

Piece the die cut using different colours.

Stamped sentiments on both cards are from our sister company Poppystamps.  The set is called GRATEFUL HEARTS and you can find it here. 
Now would you like a chance to win DOODLE HEART?

All you have to do is leave me a comment!  Here’s the details…

Our blog blitz runs  from January 10-13, 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.   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 January 15 to leave a comment on each and every post that you want to enter.  Winners will announced on this blog on January 16.  Visit our sister company Poppystamps who is also having a Blog Blitz!  I think you’ll be glad you did!!

Thanks for joining us again today!

 

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What a great day for a visit!  We’ve got a brand new craft die release to share and we’re celebrating with a blog blitz!   What’s a blog blitz?  We set aside a few days on the blog to show you projects created with the new release and have a prize for you on each post.

You’ve seen our layered background dies – part of this release is a set of layered heart dies.  These three CAPRICE dies are available individually or as a set.  You can use them individually or they can be stacked for a completely elegant look.

The new PERFECT HEARTS layers coordinate with several of the other dies in the new release – the largest one (show cut here) can be used as a backer for each of the CAPRICE HEART Layers.

Here’s what they look like stacked.

There’s also a new set of layered heart background dies called AMOUR.  I used Layer C to add some color to this simple design.

I made another version by embossing the AMOUR Layer C (run the die thorough your cutting machine with an embossing matt) and then adding some distress ink to bring out the beautiful lace detail.

Stamped sentiments on both cards are from our sister company Poppystamps.  The set is called GRATEFUL HEARTS and you can find it here. 

Ok here’s the part you’ve been waiting for… Want a chance to win the CAPRICE HEART LAYER B?

All you have to do is leave me a comment!  Here’s the details…

Our blog blitz runs  from January 10-13, 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.   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 January 15 to leave a comment on each and every post that you want to enter.  Winners will announced on this blog on January 16.  Visit our sister company Poppystamps who is also having a Blog Blitz!  I think you’ll be glad you did!!

Thanks for stopping by and Good Luck!

Now that the holidays are over we are back to creating everyday cards. Today we have a colourful birthday card to share with you. The Birch Press Design Stackable craft dies make it so easy to create colourful designs that are full of depth and dimension.

To recreate today’s card are using the Tilter Stackable craft dies. Start by choosing shades of cardstock that compliment each other. When using the Stackable dies the card base will be the colour that you see the least amount of, in the case of this card the teal blue is the base.

Prepare your card base, then cut one of each of the other cardstock colours in the order you want them to appear using the Tilter Stackable Layers A, B and C. The colour you want to see the most of is your top layer, or Tilter Stackable Layer A.

Adhere the layers to the card base. To create the sentiment on this card start by embossing the stamped ‘Wishing You A’ from Brushed Christmas Greetings on the base colour cardstock and trimming down with a paper trimmer. Then stamp the words ‘Happy’ and ‘Birthday’ from Brushed Birthday Greetings on white cardstock using an ink that is closest in colour to the base layer. Die cut those words using the co-ordinating dies.

Splatter the front of the card with white spray ink or white acrylic paint.

Once dry adhere the embossed strip and the Brushed Birthday Greetings stamped words with foam tape in the bottom left of the card front.


Thank you for joining us again this week! We hope to see you again next Tuesday for more crafting inspiration!

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