Category: Flowers

  • Elegant Koi | by Rosemary Dennis

    Elegant Koi | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today sharing a card I made using the gorgeous new Elegant Koi die, as well as the new Honeycomb Cut Out die and the older Floral Cross layering die set. Let’s have a look at what I made.

    When I first saw the Elegant Koi die set (and the Koi Duo die set) I almost immediately thought of Kubota Garden located in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle. The garden is spectacular and has several ponds with numerous koi slowly swimming about. It is fun and relaxing to watch them swim by.

    I started by die cutting my koi from cardstock. I die cut the main body of the koi from orange cardstock from the Memory Box Sunrise cardstock pack. The rest of the koi was die cut from off white and gray. I then added some ink to the gray and off white pieces to give them more depth. I used what distress oxide ink was left on my blending brush to add the color.

    I set the piece aside to dry. Because I wanted my elegant koi to have an elegant pond to be swimming around in I decided to use the Honeycomb Cut Out die to create some tiles for the bottom of my pond. I used Memory Box glossy black cardstock for the tiles. I also die cut a template with the Honeycomb die so that I could layout and adhered my tile background perfectly.

    Once I had the background created I added some light inking using distress oxide inks in Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean to the panel. I kept the color mainly at the edges, but did add some in the center of the panel. Once done with the ink blending I made sure to wipe off the ink that got on my black tiles.

    To provide even more of a look of an elegant pond I used the leafy stems and flowers from the Floral Cross layering die set to create some waterlily type flowers. Light inking was used on these pieces as well. Now it was time to complete the pond. I adhered everything using liquid adhesive.

    My sentiment is from the Crystal Lingo stamp set which is unfortunately no longer available. I did ink up the sentiment strip with the same inks used for the background so it blended in a bit more. I finished with small drop of Nuve Jewel drops in Limoncello.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

  • Floral Hummingbird Notecard | by Toni M Maddox

    Floral Hummingbird Notecard | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni here today sharing a floral notecard with a colorful hummingbird.

    I embossed the card front and sponged the top with a little blue then added a frame.

    Next I cut out some Jovial Blooms and Leaves then nestled the lot into the bottom portion of the card along with one of the Vintage Everyday Greetings.

    My favorite part was sponging up the Block Print Hummingbird and sponging it with a bit of gold to make it iridescent. So very pretty!

    Be sure to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of ingredients and to check out my other projects.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!


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  • Block Print Passion Fruit Flower Butterflies | by Crystal Komara

    Block Print Passion Fruit Flower Butterflies | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends and happy Tuesday! Welcome back to another post with Design Team member Crystal Komara. Today I have gotten a little extra creative and turned the new Block Print Passion Fruit Flower dies into butterflies. It sort of happened by serendipity – or a fortunate accident, but I’m not mad!

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 110 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. This is my go-to cardstock for all my card bases because it is nice and sturdy. First, to create the background I cut a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of lilac purple paper and adhered it directly to the white card base.

    Using Plate B of the Flora Plate Layer Set, I cut a piece of white cardstock and adhered this directly over the lilac purple cardstock to create visual interest.

    Now for the flower/butterflies: Using the Block Print Passion Fruit Flower dies, I create flowers from various colors of purple cardstock (with green stamens. I create a total of four flours and then I accidentally dropped two of them on the flower and they kind of fell into a butterfly shape and I thought hmmmm. . . . if I cut off the stems and glue them together, they DO look like butterflies, so I went with it!

    I adhered two of the flowers together to create a butterfly and then I added a second set to the front of the card.

    Lastly I added a tab foil sentiment from Memory Box Company (a sister company of Birch Press Design) and voila – a butterfly card made from flowers!

    Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

  • Rainbow Heart Hello | by Toni M Maddox

    Rainbow Heart Hello | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! Toni here with the first of two cards using the Linear Stripes stencil.

    For this first card, I used the stencil along with Catherine Pooler inks to color up a white card base. I allowed the inks to blend every few lines to create a rainbow effect.

    I then repositioned the stencil so I could repeat the process, creating a gorgeous gradient. I love the blending of the colors so very much!

    I applied ink in a gradient pattern on the Block Print Garden Heart leaves as well as the Sugar Script Big Hello to blend in a bit with the stripes behind it.

    I used vellum behind as the Block Print Garden Heart base because obviously more rainbow showing the better!

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!

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  • Sending Warm Wishes | by Crystal Komara

    Sending Warm Wishes | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends and happy Tuesday! I hope you are all having a wonderful day so far. This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a “warm wishes” card and nothing says warm like the color yellow, right?

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 100 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. First, I created an alcohol ink background from Butterscotch Ranger Adirondack alcohol ink on Yupo paper. Once that dried, I adhered the background directly to the card base.

    Using the new Honeycomb Plate, I die cut the honeycomb frame from white cardstock. I adhered the frame to the card using a very fine-tip liquid glue. Next, using the Perky Bloom Contour Layers die, I created the flower. I die cut all pieces of the Perky Bloom Contour Layers die from white cardstock to create a solid white flower (minus a black stamen) that would pop against that bold alcohol ink background. I adhered the layers of the flower together and adhered the flower to the lower right corner of the card.

    Using the Foliage Bunch dies, I die cut foliage from black cardstock. I adhered the foliage under the flower. Lastly, for a sentiment I added a foil tab from Memory Box, a sister company to Birch Press Design.

    I hope you like today’s card. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

  • Sending Hugs | by Rosemary Dennis

    Sending Hugs | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a sunny card that would brighten up anyone’s day. Let’s have a look at what I made.

    There are so many pretty flowers in the new Block Print line that it is hard to decide which one to use! For this card I decided to use the Block Print Fun Floral die set. One of the things I noticed about this set of dies and the resulting flowers is that they would be perfect for a wreath!

    I started by diecutting a circle using a die set from Poppystamps (our sister company) from bright yellow cardstock from the Memory Box Sunshine. The rest of the pieces were die cut from various shades of yellow from the same pad.

    I then assembled all the flowers by alternating colors. When I was done I had lots and lots of flowers to use for my wreath. Below is a photo of my pile of flowers.

    I die cut some cream Memory Box woodgrain cardstock for my background and then adhered the die cut circle to the panel. I flowers were arranged with the large flowers at the top, bottom and sides and the smaller flowers in the gaps that were left.

    To break up all the yellow I added some bright green leaves that I cut with the leaf die from the Block Print Stems and Berries die. I finished off the card with the sentiment from the Rainbow Days Lingo Note stamp and die set that I surrounded with lots and lots of clear Fairy Jewels.

    I love how my fun and bright wreath turned out! I hope you enjoyed learning how I created it. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.


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  • Buzzworthy Bees | by Toni M Maddox

    Buzzworthy Bees | by Toni M Maddox

    Greetings, friends! I love this time of year when it’s warming up, flowers are blooming and bees are happily buzzing along. Heavenly!

    Thus, I was so excited to receive the latest release which is all about the bees!

    I think my favorite is the Honeycomb Cut Out die. Just imagine patterned paper or sponging different colors–swoon.

    I used Memory Box Golden Wheat cardstock behind the cut out, sponging some Catherine Pooler inks and spattering white for added interest.

    To coordinate with the background honey colors, I used Memory Box Key Lime for the Abundant Branch with sponged Golden Wheat flowers. The way the branch pops is amazing.

    I colored up the Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee with Copics. I applied a bit of Clear Wink of Stella to the vellum wings.

    I used the same vellum for the backer behind the embossed Vintage Everyday Greeting.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!

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  • Tapestry Thank You | by Rosemary Dennis

    Tapestry Thank You | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello and happy May! Rosemary here on the blog today with a fun and some what elegant thank you card. Let’s have a look at what I made.

    For this card I used the super pretty Block Print Tapestry Blooms die and the elegant Thank You Scripted die set. I went with a light blue and green color combo for this card.

    To keep things simple I die cut all the flowers from a light blue Memory Box cardstock and the stem from the dark green. Then I assembled my flower stem. The sentiment was also die cut from the same light blue.

    Time to figure out my layout and it was at this point I decided to pull out the Linear Lines stencil and create a simple partial diamond pattern on my white cardstock base. I used a light blue ink that coordinated with the blue cardstock I used for the flowers and the sentiment.

    Now it was time to put the card together. I used cardstock in the same blue for my card base and adhered the background panel with thin foam squares. I then adhered the flower stem with liquid adhesive. Finally I added the sentiment. I purposefully only added glue to the main part of the sentiment to allow for some appearance of movement in the swirls on the sentiment.

    I really like the slightly monochromatic look of the card and the simplicity. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!


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  • Block Print Garden Heart | by Crystal Komara

    Block Print Garden Heart | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends and happy Monday! I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful weekend. It has been incredibly rainy here in the Northeast where I live (Massachusetts). This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing my first card made using the new Block Print Garden Heart dies.

    The base of this card is made with 110 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock.

    Let’s make this card:

    1. I cut a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock and used Layer A of the Viola Plate Layering set as a stencil. I stenciled directly over the steel die using Ranger Distress Oxide ink in the color Twisted Citron.
    2. I die cut the Block Print Garden Heart itself from white cardstock. I die cut the leaves of the heart from green cardstock .
    3. I die cut various pieces of the flower from three different colored pink cardstock.
    4. I die cut the center of the flowers from yellow cardstock.
    5. I adhered the flower pieces together using a fine-tip liquid glue.

    Once both flower hearts were assembled, I adhered them to the card front using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.

    Lastly to create the sentiment, I die cut the Happy Birthday Vintage Sentiment from two different colored pink yardsticks. I adhered the two layers together with a fine-tip liquid glue. Then I adhered the sentiment to the card using 3M foam adhesive.

    I really love this beautiful new Block Print Garden Heart die set and can’t wait to create with it again! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

  • Layered Floral Thank You | by Toni M  Maddox

    Layered Floral Thank You | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, my friends! Toni here with a heavily layered floral thank you.

    I especially enjoyed making today’s card because I used up some leftovers, including the sentiment and the background coverplate, in addition to working with fabulous new dies!

    To start, I adhered the Flora Layer Plate to a white card base.

    Next, I assembled the Block Print Brilliant Butterfly and Block Print Tapestry Blooms using Memory Box Key Lime, Leaf Sprout, Orange Peel, Pool Party & Summer Squash cardstock with Catherine Pooler Inks.

    I decided the bottom of the card needed a bit of filler behind the embossed Vintage Everyday Greetings sentiment. So, I cut out Foliage Bunch from Memory Box Key Lime and sponged it before adhering it to the bottom of the card front.

    I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!


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