Category: Distress Ink
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Hello Sweet Friend | By Natasha Vacca
Hello Birch Press Friends! I am excited to be up on the blog today sharing the gorgeous Eloquent Butterfly layering die set! I absolutely love this set and decided to use this set today with a mixed media vibe! I hope you enjoy it, let’s get started! I started with the beautiful Eloquent Butterfly layering…
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Winsome Rose and Leaves | By Natasha Vacca
Hello Birch Press friends, it is Natasha here and I am super excited to be back on the blog today! For today’s card I had a lot of fun creating a mixed media inspired card using the beautiful Winsome Rose and Leaves Contour layers dies! So let’s get started! I started by creating 2 water…
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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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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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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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Tropical Hibiscus Friends
Hello, Birch Press Friends! Allison here, and today I’m sharing a card featuring the new Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers die set. I started by cutting all of the pieces of the flowers from white card stock. I then blended Distress Ink onto the pieces, but in a very subtle way. The most intense color is…
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Winsome Rose
by Jeanne JachnaHave you noticed it’s a flower garden around here lately? That’s because our latest release is LOADED with gorgeous layered floral die cuts!!! Today I’m sharing a monochromatic card in blue and sharing a quick way to cut LOTS of flowers with minimal effort. The Winsome Rose is three layers. I selected three layers of…
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Butterfly Hugs | By Dilay Nacar
Hi friends and welcome back! Dee here today sharing a card featuring the Viola and Eloquent layered dies that I combined with a simple ink blending combo for pops of color! To begin, I first cut the Viola Plate dies (layers a, b, and c) in white, then stacked and adhered them together. Next, I…
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Missing You | by Tracey McNeely
Hi There, it’s Tracey back today with a couple of cards that are perfect to send out to someone that you have been missing throughout the pandemic! I began by cutting two each of the Tranquility Layers die set using white heavyweight cardstock. I usually save this cardstock for my card bases. However when I…
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Sending Thanks | By Amanda Wilcox
Welcome everyone! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today with another variation on the fabulous butterflies that recently released. Today I’m pairing them with a beautiful 3D embossing folder and some ink blending for depth. I chose some of the basic things I wanted to create with straight away and started die cutting and embossing. I…
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No Cardstock? Create your own with a Gel Press | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there crafty friends, it’s Tracey here today and I have the pleasure of sharing a card I made using the new Arista Layer die set! I created my own paper to use on my project using a gel press. After making my card I realized that a lot of people are unfamiliar with what…
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Mini Slimline Butterfly Basics | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, friends! Dee (@dilaynacar) here and I am super excited to share this mini slimline card that features the brand new Butterfly Basics die set! This adorable set includes 9 dies, and coordinates perfectly with Birch Press Design’s other butterfly die sets! Let’s get started! To begin, I die cut a piece of white cardstock down…
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Rainbow Wishes | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there and Happy Mother’s Day to all the mother’s visiting here today. It’s Tracey and I am very excited to share a project using a couple of newly released products from Birch Press Design! The new Rainbow Days Lingo Notes stamp set was starting point for my card. I stamped the rainbow off the…
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Birthday Shaker Bundle | By Amanda Wilcox
Hi there! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook back with you today sharing a set of 4 birthday shaker cards. All of a sudden I needed multiple birthday cards and I thought this was a fun way to get them all finished and ready to go. I started things off by cutting all of my pieces…
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Spread Kindness this Easter | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there crafty friends, I’m back today with a landscape slimline card showcasing the fabulous Crystal Lingo stamp set and the beautiful Petal Egg Layer die set. The faceted rectangle from the Crystal Lingo stamp set was white heat embossed on to a 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I ink…
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Do the Slimline with Crystal Lingo | by Tracey McNeely
Happy Spring crafty friends! Today I’m creating two slimline cards using the Crystal Lingo Stamps and dies. The faceted rectangle stamp in the Crystal Lingo clear stamp set is the perfect size for 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ slimline cards. For both of the my cards today I started off by white heat embossing the…
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Enchantment meets Crystal Lingo | By Amanda Wilcox
Hello everyone! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today with another pair of cards to share. I seem to have a hard time either making choices or letting die cuts go to waste so I rarely make just one card anymore. This all started with my wanting to play with the Enchantment layering dies and create…
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Any Time Layered Hearts
Hi there, it’s Tracey here today with a couple square cards using the Layered Hearts dies. These began as cards for Valentines, but time got away from me. So they were finished after the 14th as cards that you can send any time of the year. Both of today’s cards are 4 1/4″ x 4…
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Linear Triangle Duo | By Amanda Wilcox
Hi again! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today featuring a couple of new products available in the shop. I was very interested in this new linear triangle die so I cut a couple out and started playing around, which is how I figured out today’s fun design. I hope you like it. I started by…
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Hugs and Kisses | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there crafty friends, it’s Tracey here with you today. I used the Dahlia Heart Layer dies to create a slimline Valentines card. Using one sheet of white cardstock I was able to make my card base which is 8 1/2″ x 7″. The remaining piece of cardstock left was 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″.…
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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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Using Your Dies to Create a Scene
Hi there, it’s Tracey back here today and I have a quick tutorial to show you how I got inventive with my dies to help me create a scene on a grassy field. I started off with a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock, my favourite for use with Disress Oxides inks. All my colouring today…
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Distressed Autumn Breeze
by Jeanne JachnaHi friends! I hope you’re having a great day! Fall is in the air and I’m enjoying the crisp cool nights and seeing the leaves turn color! Birch Press Design is known for it’s innovative layered die sets, and honestly I think they keep getting better and better. The sets are really versatile and more…
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Rainbow Joy Snowflake | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there crafty friends, its Tracey here today with a tutorial on how I created this pretty rainbow snowflake using the newly released Pinpoint Snowflake die. I divided up the snowflake into 6 equal parts. Using Post-it Tape for masking along the straight pierced lines I ink blended each section with a different colour of…
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Just One Layer | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there and Happy Fall! It’s Tracey here today and as I was blending my leaves for today’s post the leaves outside my window are almost blending just as fast. Just like a light switch summer turned off and autumn has arrived. For today’s card I used only one die, Layer B, from the Autumn…
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Using Color to Change the Mood | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there its Tracey here today and I would love to share a bit of Autumn inspiration with you. I love summer, but the nights are getting cooler, the days are getting shorter and the sunflowers are in full bloom, which for me means fall is on its way. Using fall colours along with the…
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String Art Hugs | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there, it’s Tracey here with you this morning. Today I might be using the wrong design principles to create a sparkly card that looks right in my eyes. I started by ink blending the Midnight Mandala Stencil with Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Ink over a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I cut the panel…
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Stenciled and Stitched Balloon Card | By Leigh Houston
Hello, friends! I am so happy you stopped by today. I’m here sharing how I made this stenciled and stitched balloon card using Birch Press Design’s Party Balloon dies. These Party Balloon dies are truly a must-have for creating birthday or celebratory cards. I love their stitched details! To start my card, I die cut…
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Creating Multiple Cards with One Design | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there it’s Tracey. Today I am going to show you how easy it is to use one basic card design and by changing just one element you can make multiple cards each with a different theme. Each one of my four cards uses the newly released Kinsley Layer Set. The background paper for each…
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So Glad We’re Friends
by Jeanne JachnaThanks for stopping by! Have you seen the newest release in the store? You’ll love the new layered dies and stamp sets. You can see them all here. My card features the new Viola Plate Layer Set over a rainbow distress ink background. I used only the A Layer from the set because I wanted…