Category: Flowers

  • Just a Note | by Rosemary Dennis

    Just a Note | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a card I created using the new Block Print Garden Heart and Ornamental Branch dies. The Block Print Garden Heart die set is now a new favorite of mine! Let’s have a look at what I made.

    I went with two bright and sunny yellows from the Memory Box Sunrise 6×6 cardstock pad and two light greens from the Greenery 6×6 pad. I know it is hard to tell that there are two shades of green, but there are! Because I used two shades of yellow and green and alternated them for the layers of the bloom and leaves I had leftover pieces that I kept to use for another project.

    Once I got all the floral and leaf piece die cut I became a little stumped as to what to do next. Originally, I thought a solid heart die cut from heavy weight vellum would be nice, but after die cutting the heart from the vellum I really didn’t like it. I also thought about using a darker shade of green, but eventually settled on a white heart. Kept the vellum heart for another time, though.

    Now it was time to figure out a background. Again, I thought of going with a darker green background, but decided to die cut the Ornamental Branch die from white cardstock and layer the pieces on a white cardstock panel. I really like how all the white makes the floral center of the heart pop.

    Now that I had everything figured out, I adhered the large leafy die cut to the heart, added the flower and then tucked the smaller leaf stems behind the flower. The two Ornamental Branch pieces were adhered to the white panel and then I added the heart. I adhered everything using liquid adhesive. The final piece was the sentiment.

    I chose a sentiment from the Vintage Everyday Greetings stamp and die set, stamped it in black ink and then die cut it with the matching die. The sentiment was adhered with liquid adhesive and a few thin foam squares. Well, that’s it for me. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

  • Bold Funky Floral Print Card | by Toni M Maddox

    Bold Funky Floral Print Card | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! Toni here with the first of many cards I’ve made using the new release. The florals are to die for!

    The Block Print Star Flowers remind of 60s/70s floral designs (showing my age!) so I created my own fabric out of paper.

    I used Memory Box Raspberry Sorbet, Golden Wheat, Summer Squash, and Pool Party cardstock on the various layers to create a variety of different flowers.

    I used the same colors for the Block Print Scalloped Butterfly so they would coordinate.

    Final touches include adhering the diecuts onto a piece of black cardstock, leaving enough room for the Celebrate Today Noted Script Hot Plate & Outline Die to be added.

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


    Supplies


    57602 Block Print Scalloped Butterfly
    57605 Block Print Star Flowers
    BPF506 Celebrate Today Noted Script Hot Foil Plate and Die Set
    SH44016 Raspberry Sorbet Paper Pack
    SH44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack
    SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack
    SH44009 Pool Party Paper Pack
  • Perched Bird Hello | by Rosemary Dennis

    Perched Bird Hello | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello, hello! Rosemary here today and I am back with a card featuring another super sweet Block Print die set. This time I’m using the Block Print Perched Bird. Let’s have a look at what I made.

    I knew I wanted to perch my little bird on one of the big Sugar Script die sets and settled on the Big Hello die set. I die cut the word from white cardstock and the shadow from a light gray. I did this because I wanted the focus to be on my little bird.

    I decided to go with a blue/purple/green color combo because I thought it would be fun to add some flowers around the word and little bird. Since spring is on the way I decided to use the Sprouting Crocus Contour Layers dies.

    I pulled out the colors of cardstock I wanted to use and then die cut all the pieces. To add some depth to the diecuts I did a little bit of inking to each piece with an ink color that was about two shades darker than the cardstock. Once everything was inked up I let the pieces dry a bit before adhering them together with liquid adhesive.

    I wanted to add more interest to the background that my little scene would be sitting on. I initially had a different idea, but as I was looking through my products I saw the Memory Box/Open Studio embossing folders and decided to use one of them. I went with the Gracious Floral embossing folder. I embossed the white cardstock and then die cut it with a rectangle die. I did this because I wanted the embossing to be flattened just a little bit.

    Now it was time to put it all together. I adhered the embossed panel to a white cardstock base and then arranged all my elements as you see. I used a combination of liquid adhesive and thin foam squares to adhere everything.

    Well, that is it for me. I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!


    Supplies


    57523 Sprouting Crocus Contour Layers
    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script
    57581 Block Print Perched Bird
  • Purple Pumpkin | by Crystal Komara

    Purple Pumpkin | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends!

    Supplies

    57481 Adornment Pumpkin

    57507 Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers

    57426 Eloquent Butterfly Layer Set

    57501 Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers

    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

    GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack

    57525 Oval Leaf Branches Contour Layers

    SP1008 Twilight Purple 6×6 pack

  • Butterfly Pumpkin | by Crystal Komara

    Butterfly Pumpkin | by Crystal Komara

    Hello and welcome to November!

    Supplies

    57481 Adornment Pumpkin

    57507 Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers

    57426 Eloquent Butterfly Layer Set

    57501 Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers

    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

    GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack

    57525 Oval Leaf Branches Contour Layers

    SP1008 Twilight Purple 6×6 pack

  • Forever Grateful | by Crystal Komara

    Forever Grateful | by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing the first of a few fall themed pumpkin cards that I have made featuring the Adornment Pumpkin Set.

    The Adornment Pumpkin Layer Set is one of my go-to products for fall cards. I love the large size of the layering pumpkin. Plus, it comes together easily with only two dies – a solid inside layer and a thin outline layer. For this card, I combined it with a variety of other products from Birch Press Design to include:

    ~Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers

    ~Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves

    Card details:

    There is a lot to this card, so let’s break it down:

    1. To create the pumpkin, using the Adornment Pumpkin die, I die cut the large solid pumpkin from the 6″ x 6″ Gladiola paper pack from Memory Box Company. I die cut the outline layer from white cardstock. I adhered the two together with a fine tip liquid glue.
    2. Using the Phlox Blooms and Leaves contour layer set, I die cut a bunch of flowers from a mustard orange and rust colored cardstock. I also cut the inside of the flowers from chocolate brown cardstock and the center of of the flowers from gold glitter cardstock. For each flower, I layered the three colors togethers with a fine-tip liquid glue.
    3. Next I simply die cut a bunch of orange, yellow, mustard, gold and brown leaves from the Tiny Tufts Flowers and Leaves contour die and tucked them in and around the pumpkin.
    4. I splattered gold paint all over the card for some “distressing” or a “mixed media” look.
    5. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment “forever grateful” using the Brush Sentiment stamp set. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I used an oval punch to punch the sentiment out and adhered it to the card using foam adhesive for added dimension.

    I know at first glance that a lot of these intricate layered cards can seem intimating, but all it really entails is a LOT of die cutting. My little tip* – I don’t even count or measure as I’m die cutting, I just keep cutting until it seems like I have a lot. Any extra pieces can be used on the inside or saved for another card!

    Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    57481 Adornment Pumpkin

    57507 Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers

    CL8158 Brush Sentiments clear stamp set

    57501 Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers

    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

    GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

    Supplies

    PP1027 Gladiola Plaid 6×6 pack

  • Plaid Adornment Pumpkin | by Crystal Komara

    Plaid Adornment Pumpkin | by Crystal Komara

    Hello fall friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here to inspire you today! I have been sharing a lot of detailed intricate die cut cards lately, so today I thought I would keep my card a little more simple. I know that those intricate contour dies can be intimidating to some (as they were to me at first), but Birch Press Design makes so many gorgeous products, that you can cater the level of detail to your own personal taste.

    Card details:

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. I cut a 5 1/4 x 4″ piece of Kraft cardstock and adhered it directly to the card base. Then, using Layer Plate B of the Flora Plate Layer Set, I die cut that from Kraft cardstock and adhered it directly to the previous Kraft layer (so it’s kind of see through).

    I die cut the base of Adornment Pumpkin from plaid cardstock from the Gladiola paper pack by Memory Box Company (a sister company of Birch Press Design). I LOVE their paper packs, they are all stunning. I cut the outline of the Adornment pumpkin from white cardstock. I layered the two together using a fine-tip liquid glue before adhering the pumpkin to the card with 3M foam adhesive for dimension.

    I die cut a bunch of leaves using the Tiny Tufts Leaves and Flowers contour set. I die cut these leaves in both a dark brown and gold glitter cardstock. I adhered the leaves to the top stem of the pumpkin. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment “forever grateful” from the Brush Sentiment clear stamp set. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink on dark brown cardstock and heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder. I then used an oval punch to punch out the sentiment. I adhered the sentiment to the pumpkin using 3M foam adhesive.

    Fall is one of my favorite seasons to make cards for. I promise you will be seeing lots more ways to use this Adornment Pumpkin in the very near future!

    Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    57481 Adornment Pumpkin

    57501 Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers

    SH44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper

    CL8158 Brush Sentiments clear stamp set

    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set

    Supplies

    PP1027 Gladiola Plaid 6×6 pack

  • Merry Christmas | by Rosemary Dennis

    Merry Christmas | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today. Can you believe it is already September? I can’t. Today I have a Christmas card to share with you that I made with several new Birch Press Design products. Let’s have a look at what I made.

    I love the Birch Press Design Poinsettia Contour Layer dies and the new Classic Poinsettia Contour Layers die set is no exception. It is so beautiful! I started by die cutting the layers from three shades of red Memory Box cardstock and one shade of green Memory Box cardstock. I then took the the top layer of each layer of the poinsettia and sprayed them with either Tart Cranberry or Peppermint Stick distress mica sprays. The top layer of the leaf was sprayed with Tree Lot distress mica spray.

    Once the layers were dry I adhered them together with liquid adhesive. The center of the flower was die cut from yellow Memory Box cardstock and layered together with liquid adhesive. I did the same with the leaves. All the layers of the flower were then adhered together with liquid adhesive, as well as the leaves.

    I die cut the pieces from the Tiny Berries and Leaves Contour Layers die from dark green and brown cardstock. The berries were die cut from dark red Memory Box cardstock and sprayed with Tart Cranberry mica spray. I cut down the berry stems to fit my design and then adhered the little berries to the stems with liquid adhesive.

    In the close up photos you can see some of the pretty shimmer from the mica sprays. I arranged the leafy stems and the berry stems and then glued them together with liquid adhesive. I did have to trim off a bit of the bottom before apply liquid adhesive to the piece and adding the flower on top as you see in the photos. The sentiment is the new Merry Christmas Confection Script die set and it was die cut from the same cardstock used for the poinsettia and leaves. I adhered the two pieces with liquid glue and let it dry.

    For the background I die cut some cream woodgrain Memory Box cardstock with a rectangle die and then sprayed the piece with Frozen Fog distress mica spray. Once the panel was dry I adhered two additional die cut rectangles behind it for a bit of dimension and then adhered it to my kraft cardstock base with double sided tape. The flower cluster and the sentiment were added to finish the card. Now I have another Christmas card to add to my stash!

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

    Supplies

    57518 Tiny Berries and Leaves Contour Layers

    57557 Classic Poinsettia Contour Layers

    57542 Merry Christmas Confection Script

  • Warm Wishes | by Rosemary Dennis

    Warm Wishes | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello, hello! Rosemary here today with a holiday card to share that I made using the following products from the new release: Holly Sprig Contour Layers, Little Poinsettia Flowers and Warm Wishes Confection Script. I also used the tried and true Cora Layering die set. Let’s have a look.

    As I was looking through the new die set I noticed that the Little Poinsettia Flowers would work perfectly with the Holly Sprig Contour Layers die set. To create my little flowers I used patterned paper from the new Yuletide Cheer 6×6 pad from Memory Box. The die is all one piece allowing you to die cut as many flowers as you need very quickly. I cut the die twice in order to make enough flowers for three holly sprigs. I adhered the flowers using liquid adhesive and added yellow fairy jewels to the center of the flowers.

    I then die cut the holly sprigs from a green plaid paper from the Memory Box Yuletide Plaid 6×6 pad. Since there are touches of gold foiling on all the papers I decided to die cut the sprigs from that side of the patterned paper for that little bit of added sparkle and shine. There are also little pine like sprigs in the Holly Sprig die set. I die cut those from the reverse side of another piece of Yuletide Plaid that had a brown hue to it. I adhered the flowers to the Holly Sprigs on the spots where the berries are supposed to be. I really like the look!

    For the background I decided to use another piece of paper from the Yuletide Cheer pad that featured gold foiling. I tried just layering the three holly sprigs on to the background but decided I needed a little something else. So I went through my layering die sets and settled on the Cora Layering set. I die cut the bottom and middle layers from the patterned papers I used for the flowers and stems and the top layer from gold metallic cardstock. I adhered the layers with liquid adhesive and then added it to the background paper. Because the patterned paper is thin I die cut additional rectangles of the same size from white cardstock and adhered them behind the patterned paper rectangle using liquid adhesive. I weighted everything down so it would dry flat.

    I die cut the Warm Wishes Confection Script from the green plaid paper, as well as from the gold metallic cardstock and adhered the layers together with liquid glue. Once the background was dry I layered on the holly sprigs that I created with liquid glue. I tucked some of the little pine sprigs into the arrangement at various points. I finished off the card with a bow tied from gold metallic thread and the sentiment.

    I really like die cutting using patterned papers, especially papers with a subtle pattern to them, as it adds so much texture and interest to a card. I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

    Supplies

    57541 Warm Wishes Confection Script

    56121 Cora Layer Set

    57562 Little Poinsettia Flowers

    57559 Holly Sprig Contour Layers

  • Thanks | by Rosemary Dennis

    Thanks | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today. I have a card today that I made using the new Floral Arch Contour Layers die set. When I pulled the package for this die set out of the box I gasped at how beautiful it is! I couldn’t wait to make a card with it.

    On the packaging the image is shown in shades of pink and that is what I went with initially. As I was making the card I decided to throw a little red into the mix since there is red in the patterned paper I used.

    I decided to die cut the pieces from colored cardstock and then to blend on some additional ink for more color. The green cardstock I used to die cut the top stems was a lot lighter when I started out, but I love the deeper green color I acheived!

    After die cutting and inking all the pieces I adhered everything together using liquid adhesive. I thought that the second largest dies from Memory Box Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die set would be perfect for the floral arch. I die cut it from a sheet of paper from the Gladiola Plaid 6×6 paper pad and then embossed it with the Open Studio Gracious Floral embossing folder. When I embossed the paper I actually embossed the wrong side, but decided that I liked the debossed side as it was a bit subtler. I adhered the panel to a white cardstock base with strong double sided tape.

    I adhered the floral arches with liquid adhesive and then added the sentiment from the Sugar Script Sentiments 2 hot foil set. I’m almost out of these sentiments so time to foil some more! The foiled sentiment worked perfectly since as you can see there are little touches of foiling in the plaid paper.

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

    Supplies

    bpf505 Sugar Script Sentiments 2 Hot Foil Plate and Die Sets

    57560 Floral Arch Contour Layers