Category: Stamps
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Alcohol Ink Bird | By Jeanne Jachna
Maybe Jennifer McGuire made you do it too? She’s inspired lots of people to get out their alcohol inks and start blending! You can see her original tutorial here. I too hadn’t given much thought to my alcohol inks lately. It’s really addictive once you start playing. All you need is some glossy or YUPO paper and…
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Apple for the Teacher | by Tracey McNeely
Have you had a chance to check out the brand new An Apple A Day craft dies over at Birch Press Design? This fun set of three dies is perfect for creating for school themed projects. Today I am going to share with you a fun project creating a card for the hard working teacher…
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Hooray | By Laurie Schmidlin
Hi there! It’s Tuesday again, and that means we are sharing something creative with you here on the blog! I’m sharing two of my favorite things with you – stitched die cuts and ink blending! The new Party Balloon Dies is a wonderful set that is full of endless possibilities, and that stitching detail along…
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Halloween Cat | By Jeanne Jachna
Halloween is creeping up fast! It’s time to start making some cards to send to your favorite boys and ghouls! This one looks fussy but it’s really easy! I cut the Avalon Frame from black and white card stock (layer a black, layer b white, layer c black) adhered them together and mounted on grey…
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Little Birdie | By Jennifer Svare
Hello! This card was made using so many wonderful new things from Birchpress Design – so much fun to make! I started off using the Wild + Free 6 x 6 paper collection by Prima Marketing, and chose a top layer for the card. The background was made using two of the Avalon layering dies…
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Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop & A Prize
By Jeanne JachnaIf you love to craft and you’re a coffee fan then you are in the right place! Birch Press Design is a Super Sponsor for the Fall Coffee Lover’s Blog Hop! It’s a way to celebrate two of your favorite things.. crafting and coffee! You can get all the details here on Amy Tsuruta’s blog …
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Glitz Snowflake | By Laurie Schmidlin
Have you seen all of the new items in the store? So many brand new beautiful stamps and dies! When I first saw the Glitz Snowflake set, my heart actually skipped a beat! I have long been a fan of Birch Press Design snowflakes, but these are the prettiest ones yet! And in true Birch…
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Stretching Your Stamps | by Tracey McNeely
Welcome back for another Tuesday inspiration post. Today I am going to share with you how you can stretch your stamps to create beautiful customized patterned paper to use in your paper crafting. Creating customized patterned paper with your stamps is so easy following a few simple guidelines. We are using the beautiful Birch Press Design Time…
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Celebrate | By Laurie Schmidlin
Happy Tuesday! Today I’m sharing how I like to add sentiments to intricate or busy backgrounds. By clustering images around the sentiment, it helps to draw the eye making the sentiment stand out more. Here, I embossed the flowers and sprig from the Time to Celebrate stamp set onto colored cardstock and die cut…
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Time to Celebrate Birthday
By Jeanne JachnaI hope you’re having a great day! Today I’m sharing a card made with the Birch Press Design Time To Celebrate clear stamp set! I love florals and this set is absolutely gorgeous! The set has line drawn flowers for you to color as well as solid florals that you can ink with no…
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Happy Birthday to You | By Angel Rivera
Hi all! I’m here with a funky, retro sort-of card for you today. There was no real rhyme or reason here, believe it or not. Yes, I went out of my comfort zone. I literally chose three of the images from the new A Little Birdie stamp set and randomly stamped them with a hybrid…
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Peony Blooms Birthday | by Tracey McNeely
Time for some more Tuesday inspiration using Birch Press Design’s craft dies and stamps. Today I am showing you another way to add colour using the Birch Press Design Stackable layer craft dies. I am using Peony Blooms Layer A, Peony Blooms Layer B and Peony Blooms Layer C along with Ranger Distress Oxide inks. I have put…
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Note of Thanks | by Jeanne Jachna
Thanks for stopping by! Every Tuesday we feature items from the craft section of the store! Today I made a shaker card inspired by a beautiful Summer day! I started by cutting the Fiori Plate layer C from pink card stock, and layer B from white card stock. I adhered the two layers together and…
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Peony Blooms Thank You | by Tracey McNeely
Have you had a chance to use the new Peony Blooms Stackable Dies yet? Watercolouring has become my new favourite colouring medium to use in crafting. Today I am going to use Peerless Watercolors in dilute washes for the layers of my peonies to create a monochromatic flower with lots of dimension. To begin I cut one each of the…
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Sentiments Frames | By Laurie Schmidlin
Happy Tuesday! Today I’m sharing a quick and easy way to create a sentiment frame. This simple technique can be used on almost any card! First, I have to say that the new Peony Bloom layering die set is one of the prettiest that I have seen! As soon as I saw it I was…
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Fiori Plate Layers Card and Blog Blitz Winners Announced By Jeanne Jachna
I hope you’re having a great day! Tuesdays are dedicated to the craft section of the Birch Press Design Store! Have you had a chance to see the new Peony Bloom and Fiori Plate Layer Dies? Today I’m sharing a card made with the Fiori set! There are three stackable dies for each collection that…
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Blog Blitz May Release – Dragonfly Greetings | By Laurie Schmidlin
Hi friends! We have one final post to share with you featuring the brand new May Release! Today, I’m a project featuring the new Dragonfly Greetings stamp set. Make sure to leave a comment on this post for a chance to win your very own Dragonfly Greetings stamp set! Red and aqua are two of…
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Happy Birthday Peony | Angel Rivera
Hi all! Angel here with a card using some newly released goodies! I love these new Peony Bloom layered dies! And guess what!? I’m giving away the Peony Bloom Layer B!!! Be sure to leave a comment on this post and we’ll announce a winner in a few days! To start my card, I watercolored…
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Blog Blitz May Release and winner from last week’s giveaway | by Tracey McNeely
We are back again celebrating the May release with a Blog Blitz. Today I am using a few of the newly released products for a card. The base layer of my card was created with the new Fiori Plate B which is part of another fabulous trio of stackable plates. These incredible plates can be used…
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New May Release Revised
Glitter Peony Panel
by Jeanne JachnaOh happy day! We’re celebrating the new May release with a give away! We’ve added two new stamp sets with coordinating dies as well as two sets of stackable dies to the store! Today I’m playing with the Peony Bloom Layer A die. This is just one of the three Peony Bloom layer dies that…
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Quick & Easy Cards | By Laurie Schmidlin
Hi there! I’m excited to be back here sharing some more Birch Press Design craft projects with you! One of my favorite things to do, is to sit down and spend some quality time creating handmade cards! It is absolutely therapeutic for me! There are times, though, that time is very short and I am…
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Inlaid Flutter Plate | by Tracey McNeely
Springtime is full of wildlife and beautiful butterflies. For today’s Tuesday feature I am going to be showing you how to use a single cover plate die and some watercolour to create a beautiful inlaid die cut butterfly scene. I have created a short video to show you how I created my watercolour panel that…
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Butterfly Background | by Jeanne Jachna
Do you love to color? I’ve been addicted to coloring since I was old enough to hold a crayon! I came from a family with four kids so my mom was pretty thrifty when buying school supplies. We were lucky if we got the 24 pack of assorted colors, but my dream was…
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Happy Birthday | By Angel Rivera
Hi all! I’m here with a birthday card using the Close to the Heart stamp set and matching dies. This is such a beautiful set, I can’t stop using it! I created sort of a stencil by cutting some acetate using the two smaller butterfly dies. I then chose several pink, red and orange inks…
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Beautiful Butterflies | by Tracey McNeely
Spring is just getting going where I live but the butterflies have not returned to nature just yet. The Birch Press Design spring release is full of beautiful butterflies to create projects to lift our spirits after the dreary days of winter. For my card today I started by watercolouring a soft pastel spring background…
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Close to the Heart | By Laurie Schmidlin
Hi there! It’s Tuesday again, and that means we are sharing something crafty with you! The craft section in the store is brimming with gorgeous Spring butterflies! Today I have created a card featuring the butterflies from the Close to the Heart clear stamp set and coordinating Close to the Heart craft dies. One of…
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You Are Wonderful | by Jeanne Jachna
Hi and thanks for stopping by! Every Tuesday we share projects made with supplies from the craft section of the store! I love to craft and I hope you do to! I also like to play challenges! It’s a fun way to share what I’ve been making and see what other people are making…
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Butterfly Birthday | by Angel Rivera
Hello! I hope you’re all starting to enjoy some warmer weather! I wanted to share this card with you that I made using the Close to the Heart stamp set and matching dies. I stamped one of the butterflies and colored it with my Copic markers then cut it out with the matching die. To…
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Paridiso Butterflies | by Tracey McNeely
Happy Tuesday, and I hope that spring has found you where you are. The Birch Press Design original Paradiso Butterfly Layer Set craft dies are perfect for making gorgeous layered butterflies in any colour combination you choose. For my card today I started by blending Distress Inks on to a Bristol cardstock panel. Water was…
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Blog Blitz – Day Three – Close to the Heart Clear Stamps | by Tracey McNeely
Welcome back to the final day of the Birch Press Design Blog Blitz! We are showcasing our new butterfly exclusive craft dies and new clear stamp set. What’s a blog blitz? We’ll it’s a chance for us to show you some designs made with the new products and give you a chance to win. Today…