Category: Crystal Komara
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Birch Press Design & Memory Box | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing two elegant cards created by mixing products from sister companies Birch Press Design and Memory Box. As Design Team members for Birch Press Design, we are fortunate to receive some products from both companies and today I’m showing you how beautifully they compliment…
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Butterfly Garden | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers and happy Monday! If you celebrate the Easter holiday, I hope you had a blessed weekend. This is Crystal here with you today sharing two cards in bright spring-like colors made using the Butterfly Garden Layering Plates. I am so in love with these beautiful layering dies and while while one layer is…
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Petal Egg in 3 Colors | by Crystal Komara
Hello friends and welcome back from the weekend! This is Crystal here with you today and I’m sharing three cards made using the beautiful Petal Egg Layering Dies for this trio of Easter inspired cards. Please continue reading to see how I made these cards: First, I die cut the three layers of the Petal…
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Tulip Fields Layering Plate | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers and happy Monday! I hope you all had a lovely weekend. Today I am sharing my first spring inspired card using the beautiful new Tulip Fields Layering Plate. For this A2 sized card, I only used Layer C (or the bottom layer) of the Tulip Layering Plate dies. I love being able…
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Crystal Lingo Birthday | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers and happy Monday! I hope you all did something fun and crafty over the weekend. This is Crystal here with you today sharing a fun rainbow themed card I made using the new “Crystal Lingo” stamp set and coordinating dies. Yes, I’d like to think this new set was named after or even…
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Black & White Valentine’s Day Cards | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers and happy Monday! This is Crystal here with you today. I hope you all found a little time to do something crafty over the weekend. Today I am sharing two simple and classic black and white themed Valentine’s Day cards using Layer A of the beautiful Kinsley Heart Layering Plates. Both of these…
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Ombre Kinsley Heart || by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a beautiful Valentine’s Day card featuring the latest new release products from Birch Press Design. The focal point of this pink ombre card is the ink blended background peeking through the Kinsley Heart Layering Plate. On a 5 1/4″ x…
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Snowflake Poinsetta | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing a unique way to turn the Pinpoint Snowflake die into a poinsettia or similar Christmas flower. The base of this A2 sized card is made from Cherry Red cardstock. I used a scalloped frame die to create the white scalloped background to allow the vibrant…
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Nativity Star Trees | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers and happy Friday! I hope you have fun things planned for the weekend ahead. This is Crystal here with you today sharing a whole new way to use the beautiful String Art Nativity Star die! I have used select pieces of this background die and fussy cut it to create some very stylish…
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Merry Christmas Ornaments | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers and happy Tuesday! This is Crystal here with you today sharing two very traditional Christmas cards using the Marisol Ornament Layering dies and the Twinkle Ornament Layering dies. I couldn’t be more excited with how elegant and sparkly these cards turned out using Evergreen and Cherry cardstock colors with lots of gold glitter…
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Christmas Roundabout Wreaths | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing two holiday cards made using the Roundabout Layer Set. When I first received this beautiful 3-piece layering die set, my first thought was “I see wreaths!” And then that was ALL I could see! So wreaths it is. . . I kept a more…
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Fall Peacock | by Crystal Komara
Happy Thursday readers! This is Crystal here with you today. I know that you have been seeing lots of beautiful Christmas inspiration here on the Birch Press Design blog recently, but admittedly I’m kind of a Grinch, so I don’t “do” Christmas until December 1! : ) I will stretch out fall (MY favorite season)…
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Colorful Thanks | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing some colorful thank you cards made just using one layer of a multi-layering die. Fall is my favorite time of year and I simply can’t get enough of the beautiful Autumn Breeze Layering plates. They are simply gorgeous, whether layered using all three plates, or…
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String Art Sunflowers | by Crystal Komara
Hello and happy September, friends! This is Crystal here with you today. I can’t believe the summer is over and fall is upon us. Though, between you and me, fall is MY favorite season! The change of season even impacts my crafting as I find myself reaching for rich, earth tone colors, patterns and textures,…
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Slimline Pumpkin Lacework | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing another design using the beautiful new Pumpkin Lacework stamp set and coordinating dies. If you missed my first post featuring this same stamp set, please click here. I just loooooove this new stamp set so much that I keep finding more ways to use it!…
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Pumpkin Lacework | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing two cards using the beautiful new “Autumn Breeze” layering plates and “Pumpkin Lacework” stamp set and coordinating dies. Fall is my absolute favorite time of the year and I couldn’t be more excited about these new products! I stuck with a traditional fall color…
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Easel Card w/ Viola Layering Plates | by Crystal Komara
Hello and happy Thursday readers! This is Crystal Komara here with you today. I hope you have been enjoying some of the beautiful new release products that the Design Team has been sharing. I am always amazed by what each artist brings to the team and how we all create such unique and diverse cards…
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Frilly Triangles | by Crystal Komara
Hello friends! This is Crystal here with you today and I have made a few cards to share using the Frilly Triangle Layering dies. I love to make my cards in multiple colors, because every card truly does look different, yet perhaps one color is more appealing to your eye than another. The first A2…
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Inspired by Pinterest | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today and before we get to today’s cards, I’m going to share with you the Pinterest photo I found that became my source of inspiration! Never in a million years would I have paired these colors together, yet when I saw this image, I was captivated by…
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Red, White & Blue | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing a patriotic inspired card. I don’t know if anyone actually sends 4th of July cards or not, but this idea would also work well for members of the military or law enforcement. The first time I saw the Mini Dazzle Bevel Layering Plates, I knew…
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You Mean The World To Me | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! Who else struggles with making masculine cards? I know that I sure do! Cutesy pink dancing pigs and glittery pop-up mermaids just aren’t going to cut it for my dad! With Father’s Day soon approaching I know that we are all looking for some inspiration to create cards for the special men in…
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A Rainbow of Mandalas | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Crystal here with you and today’s post is all about coloring the beautiful Thankful Mandala stamp set. If you love to color, then these cards will be perfect for you to try. And, well, if you don’t love to color so much then you can simply admire the beauty of…
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Lovely (Vellum) Butterflies | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing some rainbow cards featuring the Lovely Butterflies stamp set. I’ve been creating a lot of rainbow themed cards lately, because I find them very cheerful and uplifting and I think we could all use more sunshine (and rainbows) in our lives right now! The base…
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Thankful Mandala | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty friends! This is Crystal here today sharing two cards made using the beautiful Thankful Mandala background stamp. I chose to work with this stamp set because it was something very different for me, and I am so happy that I decided to challenge myself because I love how these cards turned out! In…
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Folk Art Heart Wedding | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers and happy Thursday! This is Crystal here with you today and I am sharing a wedding themed card created using the Folk Art Heart Layering dies. And yes, that is a mouthful to say! My husband and I actually had a wedding that we were supposed to attend two weeks ago in Orange…
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Regal Peacock | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers and happy Saturday to you! This is Crystal here with you today, and I hope that you are all enjoying your weekend thus far, and, more importantly, I hope that you are all happy, safe and healthy. We are fortunate to all share a common hobby that can be done from the comfort…
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String Art Frame| by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! Thank you for visiting during our exciting Blog Blitz celebration! All week long the Creative Team is inspiring you with their amazing designs, but also giving YOU a chance to win some of these fun NEW products! This is Crystal here today sharing two vividly detailed cards using the new String Art…
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Colorful Floral Stars | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing three cards featuring the beautiful new “Floral Star” Layering Dies. These dies, like all of the Birch Press Design products, are simply gorgeous and after initially making the purple card, I wanted to show you how these dies look in other colors too! This…
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Golden Thanks | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Crystal here today sharing another way to use the beautiful Butterfly Garden Layering dies. If you recall, just last week I shared these two cards created using these same exact layering dies, yet they look vastly different when they are done in a completely different color scheme! I can’t decide which…
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Butterflies in Blue | by Crystal Komara
Hello friends and happy Wednesday! This is Crystal here today sharing two cards created from one layered die! I’m always trying to find the best way to get more “bang” for my buck, whether it’s recycling or repurposing products or making my craft supplies stretch just a little bit further. Who else has one of…