Birch Press Design

Category: Hugs

  • Adding Dimension with Simple Stitching with Birch Press Designs’s Viola Dies | By Leigh Houston

    Adding Dimension with Simple Stitching with Birch Press Designs’s Viola Dies | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! I’m so thrilled you’ve joined me today for this cheery, summery card. I added some texture and dimension to the gorgeous Birch Press Designs Viola die set and I’m excited to share the process with you!

    I started my card by die cutting Layer A from the Viola Layering Die Set twice: once from inexpensive cardstock, and once from Neenah Classic Crest Solar White #110 cardstock. I used my inexpensive die cut panel as a stencil, using alcohol markers to color in the negative spaces. When I was finished, I discarded the stencil and adhered the clean 110# layer on top of my colored card base using a strong liquid adhesive.

    After the adhesive had dried, it was time for the stitching. I used a paper piercer to poke holes inside the die cut lines. I then used coordinating embroidery floss (I used 4 strands) and a simple backstitch to stitch inside these spaces. This went surprisingly quickly… a couple of episodes of bad TV and I was finished!

    To finish my card, I die cut my sentiments from the Sending and Hugs Sugar Script dies from gold mirror cardstock. A few sparkly gold sequins and this card was finished!

    I hope you enjoyed this project! Links to the products I used are below. Thanks again for stopping by today, and I’ll see you again soon with another card project!


    Supplies


    56128 Viola Plate Layer Set
    Sending Sugar Script
    Hugs Sugar Script
  • So Glad We’re Friends by Jeanne Jachna

    So Glad We’re Friends
    by Jeanne Jachna

    Thanks 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 to show you the intricate and delicate design.

    I inked the rainbow colors with a cosmetic brush. You can find different sizes at Amazon. The smaller brushes make coloring thinner areas easier.

    Do you see the glittery sparkle in the distress inking? I mixed ultra fine glitter with Ranger Glossy Accents and spread it with a spatula over the inked background. While it was still wet I placed the Viola die cut over it. When it was dry I added a Pierced Rectangle Frame for a more finished look and a JUMBO Lingo Hugs die cut.

    I hope the happy colors make you smile!

    Finished Size 4.25 x  5.5″

    Supplies

     

     

    56128 Viola Plate Layer Set

     

     

    57351 Jumbo Lingo Hugs

     

     

    CL8143 Lingo Thanks

     

     

    1938 Pointed Rectangle Frames

     

  • Rainbow Roundabout Hugs by Jeanne Jachna

    Rainbow Roundabout Hugs
    by Jeanne Jachna

    Hi Friends! I hope you’re having a great day! Now that many of us are having elective medical procedures again, I thought a get well card was in order.

    I’m sending big hugs and a rainbow of colors for a quick recovery.

    I cut the Roundabout Layer C from white card stock leaving the cut outs in place. If you put packing tape on the back of your card stock before you run it through your machine it will keep all the pieces in place. I colored the chevrons with Copic Markers – much faster than inlaying the pieces!

    I cut the Layer B from gold glitter card stock – did you know Memory Box has added papers to their offerings? The glitter paper comes in a 6″ pad and lots of colors!

    If you love the Lingo Hugs die you’ll NEED the JUMBO Lingo Hugs die! It’s a nice big size to make your message is clear!

    Hugs and good health to you as we move forward!

    Supplies

     

     

    56124 Roundabout Layer Set

     

     

    57351 Jumbo Lingo Hugs

     

     

    CL8143 Lingo Thanks

     

  • Sprayed Midnight Mandalas | by Tracey McNeely

    Sprayed Midnight Mandalas | by Tracey McNeely

    Hi there, it’s Tracey back again today. You’re getting a double dose of me this week. I am a big fan of adding colour to my projects with Distress Oxide Inks and today I have a special treat for you. I have five cards that were created with the Birch Press Design Midnight Mandala Stencil and Distress Oxide Spray Inks!

    I used only two colours and one stencil and no two cards are the same. The process can be a bit messy so I use a homemade spray box. It is a 12 x 12 x 5 1/2″ priority mail box that I use whenever I splatter, flick or spray ink or watercolours inside the house. NOTE: I NEVER spray anything toxic inside the house such as spray paints or adhesive

    The first two cards are very simple, I put a piece of white cardstock inside the box and laid the Midnight Mandala Stencil over top. The first card uses Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Spray. The bottle was primed and just sprayed a few times over the stencil. Then I lifted the stencil to reveal to design on the white cardstock panel. The stencil got a quick wipe off with a baby wipe and then the process was repeated with Peacock Feather Distress Oxide Spray. I set the two panels aside to dry.

    For the next two cards I sprayed the entire background of the white cardstock panels with each colour of Distress Oxide Ink. One card was sprayed pink first and the other blue first. Once they were dry I laid the stencil over top of the coloured panel and then sprayed the other colour over top.

    The last card was a combination of both colours of Distress Oxide Spray Ink. The difference with this card is that I did not wait for the first colour to dry before spraying the second colour. I sprayed the pink at the top of the card front and the blue at the bottom. What ended up happening as they met in the middle was a beautiful shade of purple. TIP: Do a bit of trial and error with the colours you choose when wet colour mixing. You don’t want to end up with a muddied panel.

    All the panels were trimmed down to 5 1/4″ x 4″ and adhered to a white card base. The Honey Script Hello, Honey Script Thanks and Honey Script Hugs dies were used for the sentiments. All the shadows were cut from vellum and all the words were cut from white cardstock and glued together. They were attached to the card fronts with foam tape.

    This was a fun project to put together, really easy and I ended up with five unique cards.

    Thank you so much for stopping in today and I hope you are staying well. See you next time here at Birch Press Design.

    Supplies

    42031 Midnight Mandala Stencil

    57310 Hello Honey Script

    57302 Thanks Honey Script

    57300 Hugs Honey Script

  • Highlighting Sentiments | By Leigh Houston

    Highlighting Sentiments | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! I am so happy to be here today to share this card I made featuring my favorite Birch Press Designs sentiments. I really wanted the sentiments to take center stage on this clean and simple card!

    To start my card, I made a card base using the Birch Press Designs Amour Layering Set. I cut the base using Amour Layer A, then layered smaller hearts mounted with foam tape from Amour Layers B and C. I colored in the smallest hearts using an aqua alcohol marker. This provided the perfect simple but pretty card base for the sentiments.

    I then die cut my sentiments from heavy 110# cardstock. I used small sponge daubers and my favorite shades of Distress Oxide Inks to ink blend a rainbow gradient onto the sentiments. I stamped the “and” from Birch Press’s You Are Awesome stamp set, which has such a wonderful array of sentiments (this one definitely makes my “most used” list of stamp sets!) A few sparkly sequins and this clean and simple card was finished!

    I hope you enjoyed this project! Products used are listed below. I’ll see you soon with another card project. Thanks so much for stopping by and have a wonderful day!


    Supplies


    56042 Amour Layer Set
    57042 Amour Layer A
    57043 Amour Layer B
    57044 Amour Layer C
    Sending Sugar Script
    Love Sugar Script
    Hugs Sugar Script
    Thanks Sugar Script
    CL8151 You Are Awesome clear stamp set