Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a spring-theme card using the Delicate Floral Buds Contour Layers.
I found a piece of my cardstock in my stash with a circle cut out of it (why did I cut it from the middle?!) and thought it would make a great focal background for the buds.
I layered it on top of a scrap piece of aqua cardstock then added the Herbarium Plate Layer A in white on top of that.
I cut the Delicate Floral Buds Contour Layers from white cardstock which I colored up with Copics R01 and R14. The leaves are cut from Lush Green 6×6 Cardstock.
For the sentiment I used the Sugar Script Sentiments 1 Hot Foil Plate along with Therm O Web Gold Hot Foil and the Pinkfresh Studio Solid Hot Foil Plate. The latter allows you to use your hot foil leftovers, creating a solid version of the design.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Hello and happy Monday! I’m excited to be back with you on the blog. Today’s project features some leafy dies, stenciling and hot foiling all in one card.
I started this card knowing that I really wanted to do some stenciling. I grabbed three complimentary shades of blue ink in a light, medium and dark tones, along with the Gilded Petalpoint Stencil Set. I placed my stick mat in the corner of my rubber stencil mat, and put a piece of A2 cardstock on top of the mat, making sure to align it with the first layer of my stencil.
Now this stencil has 3 layers and I started with the largest layer, inking up with my lightest color. Then I took the medium sized layer, using my medium ink color, and lastly I used the darkest blue with the smallest layer. This is how I created that nice, peacock-y looking, layered effect.
Next I trimmed down that A2 panel until it was approximately 3 5/8 x 4 1/8. There was no rhyme or reason — I just started large and kept on trimming until I liked how the panel looked. I then adhered it to the front of an A2 white card base using foam tape.
The next part was really fun to arrange. I took three shades of green from the Lush Green Collection cardstock pack and cut leaves from them using the leaves from the Jovial Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers set. After cutting from each color about 4 times, I glued two of the leaves together with liquid adhesive to create a bit more dimension and thickness. I then practiced arranging them on the front of the panel before gluing them down with liquid adhesive.
For my sentiment, I wanted something that would pop since my background was a bit busy. Since I’m low on thank you cards, I decided to use the Thank you Noted Script Hot Foil and Die set to hot foil the ‘thank you’ and die cut it out. I did die cut it two more times and glued all three layers together for some more dimension. I adhered the sentiment to my card front with foam tape.
Lastly, of course I have to add some embellishments, so I used clear Fairy Drops and sprinkled a few around the leaves.
That is it! I really enjoyed adding a square sized block to a card front and mixing and matching up the stenciled background with some detailed die cuts. I hope this inspires you as you go into your week!
Hi friends! I hope you’re having a great day! Today I’m sharing a slimline card made with beautiful Birch Press Design Florals!
Flowers are my favorite and when they’re bright and bold I just can’t resist – like a little bee and think to myself… MORE PLEASE!!!
To get more from my panel dies I like to think of different uses for them. One example would be adding a texture pattern to another die cut – perhaps some alphabet letters. Just because the die is made for an A2 card doesn’t mean that you have to stick with that size. I trimmed the Pinpoint Contour Plate die cut panel to 3 1/2″ and layered it over a 3 5/8 X 6 1/2″ aqua panel to make a longer slimline card.
I added the gold foil sentiment to the center of the card with adhesive foam tape so it’s raised. Next I tucked in various shades of green foliage adhered flat to the card. The florals are all adhered with adhesive foam tape. I used berries as accents to coordinate with the blue background panel.
These gorgeous florals look amazing cut from any of your favorite shades – I made a whole bunch so all I have to do is arrange them and add a sentiment. They’re a great addition to your stash!
Finished size: 6 5/8 x 3 3/4″
Supplies
57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate
57507 Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers
57502 Jovial Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers
57503 Sylvan Berries and Leaves Contour Layers
57492 Delicate Floral Buds Contour Layers
57527 Mixed Berry Contour Layers
bpf503 Sugar Script Sentiments 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die Sets
Hello, Birch Press friends! Today, I am sharing this rainbow inspired card featuring the Epiphany Plate Layer Set. This is the second post in a row where I have reached for one of my layering background sets. Layering sets never get old for me because there is an infinite number of color combinations. This especially applies to the Epiphany set, since there are essentially three different elements on the card, each having three layers.
First thing’s first with a layering die set – cut all of the layers! Since there are three plates to the Epiphany set, each cutting out three different elements, I chose to just use each plate once to cut a panel of white card stock. For the large outer layer, I only used the piece that I cut from the A plate. I adhered that to a white A2 card base.
For the outer circle and the inner circle, I ink blended my white die cuts. For the outer circle pieces, I used green for Layer A, blue for Layer B, and purple for Layer C. For the inner circle, I used red for Layer A, orange for Layer B, and yellow for Layer C. I used circle dies to cut a white back for both of these layers. Once I had adhered the three layers together with glue, I adhered each element to its corresponding white circle background. I glued the outer circle to the card. Before adhering the inner circle to the card, I popped it up on foam tape to create some dimension.
For my sentiment, I used the “sending hugs” from the Sugar Script Sentiments 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die Set. I hot foiled the sentiment onto black card stock using white opaque foil. This is my new favorite foil! Before adhering the sentiment to the card, I added clear fairy jewels around the die cuts to highlight the design. I made sure not to place any jewels in spots that would interfere with the sentiment. I had so much fun making this card. There is something very satisfying about adding all those jewels!
Thank you so much for joining us today. I hope this card inspires you and brings a smile to your face!
Hello Birch Press Friends, I am super excited to be back up on the Birch Press Designs blog today! Today’s card features a few floral dies from the latest collection. I had a lot of fun creating today’s card, so let’s get started!
For today’s card I started with 4 die collections and 2 pads of colored card stock from Memory Box. I am using the Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers, Mixed Berry Contour Layers, Delicate Floral Buds Contour Layers, and the Sylvan Berries and Leaves Contour Layers. I used 2 pads from Memory Box: Berry Red and Lush Green. I love these pads of paper! The colors are amazing and they die cut beautifully and they are super easy to add ink blending on top as well! From each of the die sets listed above I die cut the leaves and stems using 2 shades of green paper from the Lush Green pad. Then for the floral dies (shared above) I used 2 shades of pink from the Berry Red paper pad.
After my leaves and florals were all die cut I laid them out on my ink blending mat. For the green die cuts I used a combination of a light and green dye ink. On the pink layers I used a combination of dark pink and a purple dye ink. Once all the inking was completed I added water droplets to add a bit more texture to each piece. I added the water droplets, then picked up the color with a paper towel.
I set each piece aside and allowed them to dry. Once dry I adhered the leaves and floral layers together with liquid glue. I then added metallic gold splatters to the flowers. I allowed these to dry.
Next I chose a background from my gelli print stash. I trimmed the gelli print panel down, then adhered this to a piece of cream colored cardstock and adhered this to an A2 card base. I then worked on the arrangement for the flowers, stems, and leaves. Once I was happy with the layout I adhered all the layers down using liquid glue and foam tape onto the gelli print background.
To complete my card I chose to use the foiled sentiment Just a Note from the Sugar Scripts Sentiments 1 die set. I foiled the sentiment then adhered this to my card front using foam adhesive. Finally I added a few Fairy Drops to finish my card.
I had a lot of fun creating today’s card! I hope you like it! I will be back soon to share more crafty inspiration!
Happy Friday everyone! I have a bold jewel toned card to share with you today. Let’s take a look.
I love the new Gilded Petalpoint stencil set. You can use it in combination with the Gilded Petalpoint hot foil plate or by itself like I did on my card. I decided to go with a bolder color palette for this card and chose shades of purple with a pop of blue.
I don’t often make the decision to use the color purple, but it is so pretty in combination with the blue. I inked up the first stencil with a medium shade of purple and then started to blend on a slightly darker shade, but it wasn’t showing up so I switched to the darkest shade of purple I had. With the third stencil I used a bold blue embossing paste. It has a little bit of shine to it in real life.
Once the stenciling was done I set the piece aside to dry. Thankfully even with the addition of the embossing paste there wasn’t much warping of my cardstock. After the piece dried I trimmed it down to fit my card front. I then moved on to doing a little bit of hot foiling. I used the medallion from the Gilded Pinpoint hot foil plate set and the sending hugs sentiment from the Sugar Script Sentiments 1 hot foil plate for these elements. The medallion was foiled using purple foil and the sentiment using dark blue. I used the darkest purple ink and blended it on the medallion after I die cut it with the matching die.
Now it was time to create my butterfly using the Eloquent Butterfly layering die set. I die cut the top butterfly from a dark blue glitter paper from the Memory Box Glitz Glitter pad. To make sure that everything matched I used the inks that I used for the stencil to ink up some white cardstock. I used the direct to paper method in order to get good saturation of the cardstock. I let the cardstock dry and then die cut the second and third layers. I adhered the layers together with a dot of glue in the center of the butterfly. I then layered the medallion on to the main panel, added the butterfly and the sentiment. I finished off the card with a purple-blue Fairy Jewel to the center of the butterfly.
I hope you enjoyed my project today. Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!
Happy Spring everyone! Today I’m sharing a sweet card showcasing the new Slyvan Berries and Leaves Contour Layers dies and the Thank You Noted Script hot foil plate and die set.
Over my years of crafting I have learned a couple of things that help me when it comes to ink blending on small die cuts. One of those things is that when I die cut the pieces I do not remove them, but flip my cardstock over and add some kind of low tack tape to the back to keep them in place.
As you can see from the above photo it isn’t very pretty looking, but it is so very helpful in allowing you to ink up those small pieces. The next photo shows some of the inking and masking that i did on the die cut cardstock.
Using this method also allows you to be able to add more ink in some areas and less in others. I wanted the very top leave on the sprig to not have alot of ink and I was able to do that by keeping the die cut in place. I used two shades of light green ink for the leaves and two shades of yellow for the berries. For a bit of contrast I used a brighter green for the stems of the berry sprigs. After I inked up all the pieces to my liking I removed them from the cardstock and got to working out the placement of all of the elements. As I was working this out I decided that I wanted to add some interest to the background. I pulled out the Viola Plate die set and die cut the top layer from white cardstock to use for the background, but didn’t like it. Then I looked at the bottom layer of the die set. Inspiration hit… emboss it! The bottom layer has piercing on it and once embossed created a lovely background. Don’t forget that when you are embossing with dies you need to use a flexible embossing mat and the embossing sandwich that works for your machine.
Once the background was set I worked on determining the placement of all the elements. As you can see from the photo above I didn’t have the berries and leaves completed and the sprig arrangement is slightly different from the finished card. Doing the initial arrangement is just a good way to make sure that you are happy with your idea and you can take a photo of it for reference when you complete your card. I assembled the berries and leaves using liquid adhesive.
I adhered all the stems and berries using liquid adhesive. I used the die that comes with the Thank you foil set to die cut two additional layers that I adhered to the foiled one. Liquid adhesive was also used to adhere the sentiment and the little bow tied with some spring green baker’s twine. I finished off the card with some tiny yellow-green Memory Box Fairy Jewels. I must say that I took my inspiration for this card from the cheerful yellow daffodils that are blooming everywhere here in western Washington. I hope I was able to inspire you today!
Hello Birch Press Design friends, I am excited to be back up on the blog today! For today’s card I am sharing ideas on how to use a foil background die with sprays in your collection! Today I am using 2 new dies from the latest Birch Press release, Gilded Petalpoint Hot Foil Plate and die set, as well as the Thank you Noted Script Hot Foil Plate and die set. Let’s get started!
I started my card today using 5 colors of sprays and mixed media card stock. I added each color to mixed media card stock. I allowed the layer of color to dry, then spritzed the panel with water droplets. I picked up the color with a paper towel, then repeated the process again using the 5 colors. Once the panel was dry it was time to hot foil!
I love the new Gilded Petalpoint hot foil plate and die set. I started with the large background foil plate and my glimmer machine. I chose a matte gold foil for the background. I foiled the background panel and then trimmed the panel using a die in my collection.
Next I used the same matte gold foil for the center of the Gilded Petalpoint hot foil plate set. I foiled the center and then die cut the center using the included die. I added foam tape to the center die cut and set it aside.
Next I hot foiled the Thank You Noted Script hot foil plate and die set. Once the thank you was foiled, I die cut the shadow layer of the thank you die 3 times, then adhered all the layers together. To complete my card I adhered the panel onto an A2 card base. I then adhered the center of the panel using foam tape, then adhered the thank you sentiment using liquid glue.
I had so much fun creating today’s card! I hope it gives you some ideas on how to use your foil dies using sprays! I love the sparkle and texture these 2 products give you!
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a colorful holiday card with a really cool rainbow look.
I started the card by using the Gilded Petalpoint Hot Foil Plate & Die with Spellbinders Glimmer Rainbow Confetti Hot Foil. It was my first time using this foil which has the colors in random splotches rather than ombre rainbow style. What fantastic results!
The inside of the Gilded Petalpoint Hot Foil Plate leaves a blank area so I cut out the center using a 3″ circle die and added a couple of layers of the Piped Icing Star done in leftover pink and Glitzy Glitter 6×6 cardstock.
I didn’t want to waste the leftover foil from the background so covered a piece of cardstock with Scor-Tape then pressed the foil onto it. This is an alternative to using the hot method. When I ran the piece through my diecut machine with the Find Joy die, it created this amazing textured look. LOVE it.
I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!
Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing a St. Patricks’ Day inspired card using the beautiful Herbarium Plate Layer die set. Scroll down to find detailed instructions on how I pulled this card together.
To obtain the beautiful layers of green and gold, I grabbed the Lush Green and Rainbow ReflectionsMirror Pad 6×6 cardstock packs.
First, I took the lime green from the mirror pad, cut it to A2 size and glued it to my A2 card base. Next I cut Layers A, B, and C using the Herbarium Layer set as follows:
Layer A – light green cardstock
Layer B – gold mirror cardstock
Layer C – medium green cardstock
I glued all three layers together using liquid glue, then put small foam squares on the back. I then took the backing off the squares and placed the entire layer onto the A2 card base.
Adding the foam squares before putting the layers onto the card base is what helped the card to have extra dimension and highlight the lime green mirror cardstock I glued in the very back.
For my sentiment I used the Your Are Loved Hot Foil plate. I used a gold foil on 100lb Hammermill Cardstock for the sentiment. I used the coordinating die to cut out the sentiment, adding a second cutout and foam squares behind it for extra strength and dimension.
Lastly I added a few green dots from the Christmas Fairy Crystals set.
That’s it! I hope this green and gold project made your day and has inspired you to take some time to create this weekend.
