Category: Flowers

  • Creative Cherry Blossoms | by Christina Rannow

    Creative Cherry Blossoms | by Christina Rannow

    Hello! Christina here to share a springtime card design featuring many of the new dies from the Block Print Garden collection. I used one of my favorite die sets in this collection, the Block Print Stems and Berries, and switched out the berries for some custom florals reminiscent of cherry blossoms – perfect for spring! Follow along as I explain how I created these custom cherry blossom flowers in order to transform the Stem and Berries into a beautiful springtime design. Let’s get started!

    My first step was to create the background. I ink blended Twisted Citron and Salvaged Patina Distress Inks on a white A2 cardstock panel. Then I splattered the panel with plain water for a little distressing and thinned white gouache paint for white spatter.

    Next, I die cut and assembled all the elements for my card design. I used white cardstock as well as pink, fuschia, chartreuse, and dark brown colored cardstock for the different elements. To create the cherry blossoms, I used various dies from multiple sets to create the custom florals. Here is a snapshot of the dies I used. 

    My next step was to assemble and finish up my card design. Starting with the sentiment and after the background panel had completely dried, I heat embossed “Thinking Of You” with white embossing powder directly onto the panel. Then I attached the stem from the Stem and Berries set with liquid adhesive down the center of the panel before attaching the cherry blossoms. For some dimension, I used liquid adhesive for some of the florals and thin foam squares for some others. 

    That completes this springtime card design featuring many of the new dies from the Block Print Garden collection. I hope you like my creative use of the dies to create something completely new and different. Thanks so much for reading, and see you again soon!


    Supplies


    57599 Block Print Stems and Berries
    57603 Block Print Fun Floral
    57589 Block Print Garden Heart
    57605 Block Print Star Flowers

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    sh44005 Key Lime Paper Pack

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    cb516 Sentimental Banners
  • Congratulations | by Rosemary Dennis

    Congratulations | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog. I hope your April is off to a good start. We have been having some wild weather here in the Pacific Northwest! Rain and high winds one day, sun the next. Today I’m sharing a card that I created with the gorgeous Abundant Branch die set. Let’s get started.

    My niece recently graduated from the University of Washington-Tacoma and so I actually made this card for her. UW’s colors are purple and gold, so I went in that direction for my color scheme. I die cut the Abundant Branch pieces from white cardstock and then colored everything with distress oxide inks.

    I let everything dry for a little bit before putting the branch together. I pulled a piece of patterned paper from the Memory Box Gladiola Plaid 6×6 pad and trimmed it down into a strip. I had previously die cut a pierced arch from cream woodgrain cardstock (Memory Box) so I added that to the mix.

    I die cut white cardstock with a rectangle die and then layered on the plaid paper strip and the cream woodgrain die cut. I used double sided tape and liquid adhesive to adhere the layers to a white cardstock base.

    Liquid adhesive was used to put the Abundant Branch together and then adhered to the wood grain panel. I made sure to not put the adhesive on the end of the branch and one of the flowers so I could slip the sentiment underneath. The sentiment from the Vintage Everyday Greetings stamp set was stamped in black and then die cut with a label die. I finished with tiny dots of yellow Nuvo drops to the centers of the flower.

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

    Supplies

    cl8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings

    57575 Abundant Branch

  • Soft Spring Floral Thank You | by Toni M Maddox

    Soft Spring Floral Thank You | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni with you sharing a pretty in pink floral thank you card.

    I started my card by cutting out the Abundant Branch mostly in white with the exception of Memory Box Leaf Sprout for the leaves and Summer Squash for the berries.

    I sponged Catherine Pooler inks on the elements to create a really soft watercolor look.

    Next, I cut out the Flickering Fireflies, hand-trimmed them a bit, then colored them with Copics to transform them into bees.

    I added a subtle check pattern on the background using the Linear Stripes stencil with Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina.

    I distressed the edges of the card front and spattered it with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo before adhering the dies to it.

    Finally, I attached the single layer Sugar Script Big Thanks sentiment cut from kraft, which blends in nicely with the mood of the card.

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

    Supplies

    57575 Abundant Branch

    57569 Flickering Fireflies

    57142 Big Thanks Sugar Script

    42041 Linear Stripes

    SH44006 Leaf Sprout Paper Pack

    SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

  • Block Print Star Flower Hello | by Crystal Komara

    Block Print Star Flower Hello | by Crystal Komara

    Hello beautiful Birch Press Design fans and Happy Monday! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today. This is actually my first time writing a blogpost in a little while as the blog was down for a, so I’m happy to be back with you and share today’s project using the new Block Print Star Flowers dies.

    Let’s talk a little about how I made this card:

    The base of my A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. This is my go-to cardstock for e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g! I use it for card bases, die cutting, ink blending, Copic coloring, etc. It’s a wonderful, good quality cardstock to use. Then using the Block Star Print Flower dies, I proceeded to cut out a bunch of flowers in a variety of blue shades of cardstock from the Stormy Blue 6″ x 6″ paper pack as well as gold glitter cardstock from the Festive Glitter 6″ x 6″ paper pack.

      I then began to layer alternating colors of cardstock to form the Block Star Flowers. After gluing the flower together, using a fine-tip liquid glue, I adhered them to the white cardstock base. I trimmed the edges as the flowers were extending off the length of the card. Then, I added the sentiment using the Hello Honey Script die. For the two-layered sentiment I used a layer of white cardstock and a layer of blue cardstock.

      Lastly, I added some blue rhinestones around the card for added sparkle!

      This is a card that you could make in a variety of colors and it would work just as beautifully. I simply chose various hues of blue, because that’s my favorite color, but I think all colors in this design and layout would look just as beautiful.

      Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    1. 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!

    2. 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
    3. 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
    4. 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

    5. 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

    6. 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

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      PP1027 Gladiola Plaid 6×6 pack