We hope you’ve enjoyed seeing projects made with the new release! The blog blitz is coming to a close but there is still time to enter to win some of the new designs. You have until midnight US EST Tomorrow, August 26 to comment on the posts you’d like to enter. And don’t forget to check out our INSTAGRAM page. We’re giving away a prize, and one for your friend on each of the blog blitz posts.
Today I’m sharing a card made with the Only Fish In The Sea stamp set. I inked the large stamp with Momento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the entire panel with Copic Markers.
I had fun coloring the fish in yellow, orange, and red. The background is colored with B24 and 26. I wanted to add some depth and dimension and thought the two colors would help create that effect.
Normally I would have colored and colored to remove the uneven coloring around the fish, but I think in this case it creates a sense of movement. The set has a handful of sentiments perfect for stamping in the center of all the fishies!
When the panel was complete I covered it with Wink of Stella clear for some sparkle and shine. The results were very subtle so I added some Glossy Accents to just SOME of the fish. I love the texture and shine!
This is a really fun playful set and the stamp is BIG! My finished card size is 5 1/2″ Square. I can’t wait to explore using it more with different techniques!
I hope you’re having a great day! This month we’re sharing projects made with the new release, and we have lots of giveaways too!
Today I’m sharing a sparkly card made with the Lumina Layer A die! That’s the giveaway for today too!
This effect is as easy as one two three! First I cut the Lumina A die from a panel of white card stock that I attached a piece of packing tape to. The tape prevents the die from cutting all the way through. I used the cut lines as a guide to color in the panel with Copic Markers.
Next I applied an even coat of Deco Foil Transfer Gel. This gel is unique because it dries completely clear.
Lastly I layered a completely cut Lumina A die and adhered it to the wet panel before sprinkling it with ultra fine crystal glitter.
After the assembled panel was dry. I shook it off and added another Lumina A die cut over the first one. This isn’t necessary, but it adds a little depth to the design.
A Lingo Type Thanks sentiment completes the card. I cut it from black and white card stock, and then assembled the pieces. This left me with TWO completed Thanks word sentiments. One for today’s project, one for another day.
Now for the part you’ve been waiting for.
GIVEAWAY ALERT!! We are celebrating the new release at Birch Press Design, and are giving away the Lumina Layer A die that I used on today’s card! For your chance to win leave a comment for me on today’s post. I love to read your comments.
2) For a second chance to win one for YOU and a FRIEND, follow us on Instagram @birchpressdesign Like the Instagram post for this card and TAG YOUR FRIENDS. One tag per comment please–the more friends you tag, the more chances you have to win. Both you are your friend must follow @birchpressdesign to be eligible to win. One comment will be selected and you and your friend will both receive this stamp set.
You must comment by midnight EST August 23. Winners will be announced August 26.
Hi there I hope you have had a chance to check out the new release products at Birch Press Design. I am really excited today to introduce two of the new stamp sets! For my card today I used the new No One Like You stamp set for my background design and the Ocean Fantasty stamp set for my focal image!
I began by white embossing the fun school of fish from the No One Like You stamp set on to a panel of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I made sure that I rubbed my anti-static powder bag all over the panel so that I wouldn’t get any stray embossing powder melting where I didn’t want it. This step is so important when you are ink blending a background, especially a dark background, because those stray embossed bits will pop right out. I blended Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot Distress Oxide ink.
I trimmed the panel down to fit on my card base leaving a 1/8″ white border around it. I stamped and fussy cut the turtle from the Ocean Fantasty stamp set and coloured it with Copic markers. It was then adhered to the centre of the school of fish with foam tape.
I finished off the card with the perfect sentiment from No One Like You which was white embossed on black cardstock, trimmed down and added with some more foam tape.
The turtle fit perfectly over the the space right in the centre of the school of fish. It appears that all the little fishies are swimming to the turtle!
GIVEAWAY ALERT!! We are celebrating the new release at Birch Press Design, and are giving away the No One Like You stamp set that I used on today’s card! For your chance to win leave a comment for me on today’s post. I love to read your comments.
2) For a second chance to win one for YOU and a FRIEND, follow us on Instagram @birchpressdesign Like the Instagram post for this card and TAG YOUR FRIENDS. One tag per comment please–the more friends you tag, the more chances you have to win. Both you are your friend must follow @birchpressdesign to be eligible to win. One comment will be selected and you and your friend will both receive this stamp set.
You must comment by midnight EST August 23. Winners will be announced August 26.
Thank you so much for stopping in today and I hope you were inspired to check our the new stamp sets. Don’t forget to enter the contest, GOOD LUCK!
For today we have a couple of projects to show. The first we will work with all 3 layers of the Lumina Layering Die Set and the second will once use Layer A! Stay Tuned for the Giveaway Details! LOL
For our first card and as always let’s start by choosing our cardstock colors and getting them ready for die cutting.
Once they are die-cut we can then start to glue then together. I like to use a liquid adhesive; I feel it gives a better bond to this type of intricate images.
I cut a piece of vellum to 4 ¾ inch x 5 ½ inch and scored at the ½ inch mark on the long edge. I adhered my layered panel onto the vellum and then attached a card panel that measured 4 ¼ inch x 5 ½ inch. This panel helped to hide the vellum strip I had on the inside of my card.
I continued to cover up the back side of the vellum so we would no longer see the glue marks by cutting another bottom layer of the set. Also cut out a semi-circle using the inside die-cut as a template.
I added the HUGS sentiment to the outside towards the bottom with another sentiment on the inside as well being hidden behind the panel we attached on the other side.
For our next, let’s just use one of the layering dies from the set! The layer I chose was Layer A… I wanted to create a lot of color for this die cut, so I grabbed a piece of white card stock and used my oxide inks to create a blend of colors to resemble a sunset.
Once this panel was dry, I die-cut my layer.
I adhered my die-cut to my standard A2 size card base and then used black card stock for the backing of the smaller semi-circle. This helped to make the belnded colors to pop off the page.
Added some double-sided foam squares for a little bit of dimention!
For an added touch I used my Nuvo Black Gloss Drops in the die openings!
And our cards are completed and ready for any occasion!
GIVEAWAY ALERT!!
Yup here are the details!
We are all celebrating this recent and new release at Birch Press Design, and are giving away this Lumina Layer A die! Here is how you can get your chance to win! It’s simple just comment on this blog post and wait patiently until August 26 when the winner will be announced!
Now of course there is a second chance for you and even your friend to win!
Just follow Birch Press Design on Instagram @birchpressdesign make sure you like this Instagram post and make sure you tag your firend!. Only one comment will be selected and you and your friend will both receive this die.
You must comment by 12 midnight US standard eastern time August 23. FINGERS CROSSED!
As always, I hope you enjoyed today’s project… and if you want to see more details just click on the video below and see how these projects come together step by step!
Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon! Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!
I started off with ink blending some Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar and Scattered Straw at the bottom of my watercolour panel. I flicked on some water and dried it off with a heat tool.
I then stamped the ‘Thanks’ sentiment from Make A Statement onto the bottom of the panel and then die cut the two smallest hearts dies from Stitched Hearts from the bottom of the panel as well.
I then decided to use the Grace Layer A Dies as an embossing folder onto my white card base. I did this by using rubber mats through my die cutting machine. Once it was embossed I added foam tape onto the back of my coloured panel and adhered it on top of the card base.
Lastly, I white heat embossed the ‘So Very Much’ onto a thin black strip, adhered it onto the card base and added a hemp cord bow on the side.
The video is linked down below if you’d like to watch.
For today’s project, I chose a technique very simple using supplies we already have in our stash, cardstock!
I will be using the Stitched Heart Die Set, and not just one die, but all of them! I nested the dies within each other and used my tape to secure them in place.
Chose my card stock colors and die cut my images, keeping the die cuts together and in order as best as I can. I cut a piece of white cards stock to place in back of my panel so my hearts have a place to rest on as I build my layers.
Let the gluing begin… Choose which section of the heart you want to have more dimension and layer that card stock onto top of each other. Make sure the color you want to be on top is last! This is a great alternative if you do not have any foam tape!
Once my hearts are in place, I grabbed my sentiment from the Best Friends Clear Stamp set and heat embossed it using white embossing powder at the bottom of my design panel.
I added some sparkle using my shimmer pen to my hearts and then for two I added glaze to the top to add even more dimension.
Our card is complete!
As always, I hope you enjoyed today’s project… and if you want to see more details just click on the video below and see how these projects come together step by step!
Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon! Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!
Hi there it’s Tracey here today with a fun take on using a mandala with a trendy alcohol ink background.
I created this background using one colour of alcohol ink! The colour is Eggplant and with using alcohol blending solution and an air puffer with some Yupo paper I was able to get all these fabulous purples, pinks and cranberry colours!
I simply started with a sheet of Yupo Paper and I added some drops of alcohol ink, followed by alcohol blending solution and then I moved the ink around quickly with an air puffer. These are the supplies I used for my card.
Once the panel was dry I cut Layer A of the Grace mandala craft die set from white cardstock which cut the panel in three pieces. I used just the centre cut mandala to create a frame for my two layer sentiment which will be the focal point of the card design. I cut the Big Hello Sugar Script die using white cardstock for the detail hello and heavyweight vellum for the shadow. I glued the two pieces together to form the main sentiment.
The second line of the sentiment was created from the Best Friend clear stamp set. I needed to do a bit of stamp surgery to create my custom sentiment to say exactly what I wanted it to say. Three stamps were cut and I pieced together for the perfect phrase to go with hello. The sentiment was embossed with white embossing powder on to an eggplant coloured cardstock and then trimmed down to a thin strip.
The mandala was adhered to the alcohol inked background directly with liquid glue. Then the two line sentiment was added on top with foam adhesive tape to add a bit of dimension.
The alcohol inked background in these vibrant colours is the perfect backdrop to really make the white mandala and sentiment pop!
A really fun technique and seeing it all come together at the end made the effort of creating the background so worth it. I hope you give a technique like this a try, it is a wonderful way to really showcase the Birch Press Design craft dies!
Thank you for stopping in today and be sure to come back again on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for more design team inspiration!
For today’s project, I kept it simple featuring the Dahlia Mini Frame Layering Die Set!
I started by choosing 3 colors in peach tones from light to dark and die cut my dahlia frame, making sure my card stock was positioned in the order I wanted it to be. Using my liquid adhesive, I layered my die cuts together and set aside under an acrylic block to dry.
Next I pulled out a piece of card stock measuring 4 inches x 5 ¼ inches and dry embossed it through my die cutting machine for added texture to my background. Using my blending brush I added some Bundled Sage Oxide ink in the area where my dahlia flower will be positioned.
I used a sentiment from the Lingo Thanks Clear Stamp set and stamped it using my versamark ink, heat embossed it in white fine detail embossing powder and propped it up on my card using some double-sided foam squares in the bottom right hand corner.
Added many sparkle gems to add some sparkle and our card is ready to be a part someone’s day!
Our card is ready to be a part someone’s day!
As always, I hope you enjoyed today’s project… and if you want to see more details just click on the video below and see how these projects come together step by step!
Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon! Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!
Let’s have some fun water coloring! For today’s project let’s use the Shining Mandala Stamp Set! This is perfect to be a focal point or as a background! When I started this, I was not sure which direction I wanted to go, so I just enjoyed creating.
I first started by prepping my water color paper with my anti-static tool to emboss two panels in gold and silver.
I then pulled out many colors from my distress inks but kept them together in a cool and warm pallet. For each panel I first added water and the dropped each color in, this is called a wet on wet technique. By having the embossed lines, it creates a barrier for your color. In some areas with will pool and others it will blend. It is wonderful to watch!
Once my panels were dry, it was time to decide what we wanted to create!
I placed my sentiments down onto a piece of card stock cut to 4 ¼ in x 5 ½ in so I could mark where I need to cut my panel.
The piece left was then placed onto the backside of my watercolor panels so I could trim around my cardstock. The panels left were then propped up onto my standard A2 size card base using double sided foam tape.
Time to stamp and die cut my sentiments and adhere them around my watercolor panels!
Added some shimmer to one card and now we have two ready for that special someone!
As always, I hope you enjoyed today’s project… and if you want to see more details just click on the video below and see how these projects come together step by step!
Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon! Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!
Hello friends, Eloise here and today I’ll be using the Big Hugs Sugar Script Dies to create this die cut word rainbow background.
I first took a piece of watercolour cardstock and cut it down to approximately 3 1/2″ wide by 5 1/8″ tall. I then took six colours of Distress Oxide Inks and blended them onto the background in rainbow order.
Once they were all ink blended I splattered on some water droplets to the background. Picked it up with a paper towel and dried off the background with a heat tool. I then cut the word ‘Hugs‘ three times from the centre of the ink blended panel. I made sure to keep all the inside pieces too, so I could adhere them later.
I added foam tape onto the back of my ink blended panel and adhered it onto a white card base. I then adhered the insides of the letters too, so you would easily make out the words.
Lastly, I white heat embossed the ‘It’s Your Birthday’ sentiment from Wishing You The Best onto a think black strip. I popped it up on foam tape and added a hemp cord bow to the side for some added texture.
