Hi, crafty friends! Sandhya here, and I’m excited to share a card I created using some gorgeous Birch Press Design dies and Memory Box cardstock. This card was a joy to make, combining intricate layering, soft ink blending, and a little ink splatter to bring this charming bluebird to life.
I started with a white card base and lightly ink-blended blue Distress Ink around the edges to create a soft, dreamy effect. I also added subtle script details using a stencil from my collection. Next, I embossed a piece of gel-printed cardstock from my stash with a woodgrain pattern to add texture and warmth.
I used the Block Print Perched Bird die to cut out my adorable bluebird, layering different shades of blue and gray from the Lagoon cardstock pack. The result? A dimensional, eye-catching bird with intricate details!
The Rosebud Arch Contour Layers die set was perfect for adding a graceful frame around the bird. I die-cut the leaves in varying shades of green from the Greenery cardstock pack and the flowers in soft pinks, lightly inking the edges for added depth.
The Hello Scripted die provided a delicate yet bold sentiment. I cut it from deep blue cardstock and adhered it near the top for balance. I then arranged all the elements—bird, floral frame, and sentiment—onto the woodgrain panel, ensuring a harmonious composition. To bring everything together, I splattered some white ink across the background for a subtle artistic effect. This step adds a hint of whimsy and enhances the overall dreamy vibe of the card.
I love how this project turned out—full of dimension, texture, and soft, natural beauty. I hope this inspires you to experiment with layering, color palettes, and die-cutting to create your own nature-inspired cards. Happy crafting!
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Rustic Thank You Tags | By Sandhya Iyer
Hello, friends! This is Design Team member Sandhya Iyer and I am sharing a pair of rustic thank you tags. These tags feature the Evening Moths die set and Thank You Foil Greetings Black tabs.
I used Index flash cards to create my tags. First, I added a generous layer of crackle paste on 2 flashcards and set them to air-dry. What I had in my stash was ‘Golden’ brand, the cracks were very fine and barely noticeable. So after the tags dried, I crumpled them and added more interest. I ink blended around the edges with Rustic Hinge and Vintage Photo Distress inks and added black and white splatters to create an interesting background.
Next, I die-cut the Moth Layers out of watercolor cardstock. I pulled out Distress Oxide inks and used detail blending brushes to ink the wings and body layers of the moth. I have a picture showing the colors I used to create my rustic and vibrant color combos. Then I assembled the little moths and added some detail to the wings using gel pens.
Next, I inked the edges of another pair of index cards and adhered them to the back of the prepared backgrounds to make them more sturdy. I also added gold eyelets to the tags to harmonize with the sentiment tabs’ gold.
I arranged the moths to my liking and adhered them with some foam tape. Finally, I added the sentiment tabs and colorful/jute twine to my tags. I finished off with a few little sprigs of dried baby’s breath tucked under the sentiment tabs.
This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have fun crafting today!
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Floral Wishes | by Sandhya Iyer
Hello, friends! Design Team member, Sandhya Iyer here with a contrast-filled floral card to send best wishes to loved ones. I used the Floral Arch Contour Layers, Fuddled Leaf Branch Contour Layers, Pinpoint Radial Plate and Best Wishes Vintage sentiment dies for my project today.
I started by die-cutting the layers for the floral arch, leaf branch and the sentiment out of watercolor cardstock. Next, I pulled out dye inks in shades of pinks and inked up the floral layers and the letters in the sentiment. I chose a minty cool green for the stems and leaves.
Next, I die-cut black cardstock using the Pinpoint Radial Plate to create a background panel for my card. I bunched the die-cut foliage and tied a bow with jute twine.
Next, I adhered the die-cut floral and leaf bundle and the sentiment to my black panel. Finally, I finished off with a sprinkling of iridescent pink sequins.
This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have fun crafting today!
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Best Wishes Tag | by Sandhya Iyer
Hello, friends! This is Design Team member, Sandhya Iyer, and today I am sharing a mixed media tag using dies from Birch Press Design. I used the Floral Arch Contour Layers and Best Wishes Vintage sentiment dies for my project today.
I started by die-cutting the layers for the floral arch and the sentiment out of watercolor cardstock. For the stem layer, I used green cardstock. Next, I pulled out dye inks in shades of pinks and inked up the floral layers and the letters in the sentiment.
Next, I trimmed a piece of snow tulle fabric to create a background for my die-cut layers. I used a manila tag as the base and sewed the fabric to the tag. I did a mix of zig-zag and straight stitches to amp up the mixed-media effect.
Next, I adhered the die-cut floral arches and the sentiment to the tag. Finally, I finished off with a piece of linen ribbon to tie the top of the tag.
This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have fun crafting today!
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Peace and Joy Greetings | by Sandhya Iyer
Hello, friends! This is Sandhya, sharing a pair of holiday cards featuring the latest holiday collection dies from Birch Press Design. I made my cards by pairing the gorgeous Yuletide Cheer and Yuletide Plaid pattern papers with the Pine Needle Twigs Contour Layers. For my sentiment, I used the Peace Love Joy Confection Script dies.
I started with the gorgeous foiled pattern papers from the Yuletide Cheer and Yuletide plaid 6X6 paper packs. I trimmed it down to make 4.25″ X 5.5″ panels for my 2 cards. I also used the same pattern papers to die cut the sentiments and with gold shadows.
Next, I die-cut the pine needles out of 2 shades of green cardstock and assembled 4 layered needles. I picked up 2 pieces of watercolor cardstock and ink smooshed with Distress inks to create a couple of interesting backgrounds for the die-cut needles.
For the blue panel, I used a black marker to draw stitched details and adhered some music paper and pattern paper to create a mixed media effect. For the pink and green panel I actually stitched around the panel and adhered the pine needles. Next, I used white gouache to splatter on both panels and some snow like effect on the pine needles. I also added some gold splatters.
Then I added the sentiment die-cuts and tied it all together with jute twine. I found some jingle bells in my stash and added them to the bow to add a tinkle to my cards. Finally, I attached the panels to the card bases to complete my holiday cards. This brings us to the end of today’s post. I hope this inspires you to get crafty today!
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Warm Wishes | by Sandhya Iyer
Hello, friends! This is Design Team member, Sandhya Iyer, and today I am sharing a holiday card featuring the latest collection of holiday dies from Birch Press Design. I used the Classic Poinsettia Contour Layers, Holly Sprig Contour Layers and Warm Wishes Confection Script dies to make my holiday-themed card.
I started by die-cutting the layers for the poinsettia and holly sprig out of watercolor cardstock. Next, I pulled out dye inks in shades of peachy corals and red and inked up the layers. I used mossy green shades for the leafy foliage.
Next, I assembled the poinsettia flower and holly sprig and set them aside. Then, I trimmed a watercolor panel to be a bit smaller than an A2 card base and worked on my background. I used Tim Holtz mica sprays to create a shimmery blue effect. Then I arranged the die-cut foliage to the bottom left of the card panel. I also used glossy accents on a few berries and the poinsettia center for more drama.
Finally, I used the ‘warm wishes’ confection sentiment die to create an elegant sentiment die-cut. I adhered the panel to a red A2 card base and finished with a generous white splatter.
This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have fun crafting today!
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Just a Note | by Sandhya Iyer
Hello, friends! This is Design Team member, Sandhya Iyer, and today I am sharing a monochrome floral card. For this project, I used the gorgeous Cheerful Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Just a Note hot foil plate and die set.
I started by embossing a piece of watercolor cardstock using the the Cheerful Floral 3D Embossing Folder. Next, I pulled out dye inks in shades of peachy corals and used a blending brush to gently ink up the raised portion of the embossed panel.
Next, I ink cut out a rectangular frame from coral-colored cardstock. I inked around the edges to add more interest. Then, I adhered the frame over the embossed floral panel.
Finally, I used the ‘just a note’ Hot Foil Plate and Die Set to create a glittery silver foiled sentiment die-cut. I inked around it in the same color and popped it over the floral panel with some foam tape. Then, I attached the panel to a white A2 card base and finished off with a few coordinating enamel dots.
This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have fun crafting today!
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Butterfly Birthday Greetings | by Sandhya Iyer
Hello, friends! This is Sandhya, sharing a pair of birthday cards featuring the Eloquent Butterfly Layer Dies. I paired the gorgeous Anemone Grove foiled pattern papers and foiled greeting tabs with the butterflies to make 2 mini cards.
I started with the gorgeous foiled pattern papers from the Anemone Grove 6X6 paper pack. I picked the dark green colored paper and trimmed it down to make smaller panels measuring 3″X5″. I then adhered the panels to white card bases making 3.5″X5.5″ cards.
Next, I die-cut Layer A of the butterfly out of white card stock. For layer B I used a lighter layer of pink and yellow and for layer C I used a darker yellow and blush pink cardstock from the Sunrise and Blush paper packs. I assembled the butterfly layers and added a happy birthday tab to the center.
Finally, I attached the butterflies to the card bases to complete my two birthday notecards. These were super quick and easy to put together. I hope this inspires you to get crafty today!
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Thank You Card and ATC Duo | By Sandhya Iyer
Hello, friends! This is Design Team member Sandhya Iyer and I am sharing a thank you card and Artist Trading Card (ATC) duo. For my focal point, I chose the Rose Leaves Contour Layers die set. I used the Thank You Foil Greetings black circle tabs for the sentiment.
I started by die-cutting the Rose Leaves Contour Layers out of watercolor cardstock. Next, I pulled out Distress Oxide inks in varying shades of green and used a blending brush to ink the leafy layers. For the delicate and more detailed pieces, I leave them attached to the area around them after die-cutting and ink them before popping them out.
Next, I smooshed some green and pink ink on my craft mat and inked a watercolor panel. I layered on Antique Linen Distress ink over that for a vintage look. Then I added more interest and texture to the background using pages from an old book, washi tape, and snow gauze.
I adhered the larger leaf to the panel and added the thank you sentiment tab. Then I added a generous splatter of black ink. Finally, I added a black mat to the panel and attached it to a kraft card base.
I repeated the same process with tiny variations to create my ATC. Instead of the watercolor panel, I picked a small tag from my stash and inked it with Distress ink.
As this is a mini tag, I added some twine for added interest and assembled the focal cluster with the mixed media tag, the inked die-cut leaves, and the sentiment tab.
This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have fun crafting today!
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You are the Best | by Sandhya Iyer
Hello, friends! This is Design Team member, Sandhya Iyer, and today I am sharing a floral card featuring the gorgeous Rose Bunch Contour Layers and the Sugar Script Sentiments 2 Hot Foil Plate and Die Sets. Oh! And I did grab the Dainty Rose and Leaves Contour Layers set to create my greens.
I started by die-cutting the rose bunch contour layers out of watercolor cardstock. Next, I pulled out Distress Oxide inks in varying shades of pink and used a blending brush to ink up the rose layers. For the delicate and more detailed pieces, I leave them attached to the area around them after die-cutting and ink them before popping them out.
I repeated the same process to create three sets of inked leaves from the Dainty Rose and Leaves Contour Layers. I arranged them to my liking and adhered them down to a small panel cut out of watercolor cardstock.
Finally, I used the ‘you are the BEST’ sentiment from the Sugar Script Sentiments 2 Hot Foil Plate and Die Set to create a gold foiled sentiment die-cut. I popped it over the floral panel with some foam tape. Then, I attached the panel to a white A2 card base and finished off with a few gold embellishments.
This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have fun crafting today!
