Category: Stamps

  • Clean and Simple Birthday | by April Antonio

    Clean and Simple Birthday | by April Antonio

    Hello everyone and welcome back to the Birch Press Design blog! April here sharing a clean and simple birthday card that was easy to pull together. I am also sharing a diecut inlay technique that I tried for the first time, so keep on reading!

    So one of my favorite things about layering dies is how easy they make it to quickly pull together a card, and the Flora Plate Layering Die set does not disappoint. I think most of us would love to always be able to spend hours crafting, but that is not usually the case because distractions…er, I mean very important obligations happen — it’s called life right?!

    For this card, I cut layers B and C of the Flora Plate set from heavyweight white cardstock and glued them together. Then I grabbed both the Floral Ballon Layer C and the word ‘party’ from the Let’s Party Sugar Script letter die set. Importantly, this set has the word ‘party’ and it’s shadow — I grabbed both the word and the shadow.

    Now here is the cool diecut inlay technique I used—

    1. I die cut the balloon twice from white cardstock. I will use one layer as a backer.
    2. I then took the shadow of the word ‘party’, laid it into the center of one of the balloon pieces and die cut straight into the balloon.
    3. I cut the shadow of ‘party’ twice more from a piece of white cardstock, then cut the actual word ‘party’ a few times from heavy weight cardstock.
    4. For assembly I put the balloon that had ‘party’ in the center on top of the backer balloon piece. Then I inlayed the shadow of ‘party’ right into the center of the balloon thus completing the diecut inlay part. Also, to give the entire piece more stability I added the shadow behind the backer balloon and lined it up with the shadow on top. This is not needed — I just wanted to give a little more stabilty to my diecut piece.
    5. Lastly, I put the word ‘party’ on top of the shadow after stacking it a few times and inking it up with navy ink.

    I love how this look turned out. I usually will diecut inlay into the background of a card, but have not did this into another diecut and I like it. I did ink the edges of the top ballon with a light pink ink.

    To finish the card off I tied some yellow twine around the balloon, curled it, and secured the curl with liquid glue. Lastly, I added some much needed bling from the Memory Box Autumn Fairy Crystals set to brighten the entire card.

    That is it for today’s post! I hope this post has inspired you to stretch your supplies by finding creative ways to use them together..and that you will find this diecut inlay on a diecut technique fun and helpful!

    Supplies

    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set

    57433 Floral Balloon Layer Set

    57430 Let’s Party Sugar Script

    CRY101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

  • Thinking of Spring | by Crystal Komara

    Thinking of Spring | by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today. Today I’m sharing two cards made using my favorite spring themed die from Birch Press Design called the Petal Egg Layer Set. There are just so many color combinations that could be used to create the perfect Easter card using these beautiful layering dies.

    Card details:

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. Using Layer Plate C of the Butterfly Garden Layering Plate, I die cut the first layer from white cardstock. I saved some of the extra butterflies off to the side (to use as added 3D pieces at the end). Using the Petal Egg Layering Set, I die cut Layer B from purple glitter cardstock (from the Twinkling Jewel 6 x 6″ glitter pad) and Layer A from white cardstock. I created a background using blue and purple alcohol inks on Yupo paper. Once this dried, I fussy cut the shape of the egg to fit it behind the egg as the third or base layer.

    I stamped the sentiment “thinking of you” from the Contempo Greetings stamp set in Versamark ink on a piece of purple Vibrant Violet cardstock. I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and then used the coordinating Contempo Greetings die to die cut it out. I adhered the greeting to the front of the egg using 3M foam adhesive. Lastly, I added a couple white butterflies (from the background) to add more texture.

    I created a second card using the same instructions (as above), but I simply changed out the background mat to a purple cardstock from the Vibrant Violet paper pack.

    I hope you have enjoyed these Easter inspired cards. Thank you for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    57369 Petal Egg Layer Set

    SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6×6 pack

    GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

    8160 Contempo Greetings clear stamp and die set

  • Sending Hugs Across The Ocean | By April Antonio

    Sending Hugs Across The Ocean | By April Antonio

    Welcome back everyone, and happy Saturday! April here sharing a card in support of #cardsforUkraine.

    This card features the Field of Blooms layering plate set alongside the beautiful, new Memory Box Rainbow Reflections 6×6 mirror cardstock pad.

    I started with the Field of Blooms plate Layer A and cut it from heavyweight white cardstock. I then cut Layer B from a bright blue piece of mirror or foil cardstock I pulled from the Memory Box Rainbow Reflections 6×6 mirror cardstock pack.

    Next, I cut die cut Layer C from a piece of yellow cardstock pulled from the Memory Box Sunny Orange 6×6 cardstock pack.

    I wanted something bright to show through the bottom of all of the layers so the most bottom layer of the card is a piece of blue glitter cardstock I pulled from the Memory Box Twinkling Jewel 6×6 Glitter Pad. I cut the 6×6 piece of cardstock down to A2 size (4.25″ x 5.5″).

    I then adhered Layer C (the die cut yellow piece) to the blue glitter cardstock using doublesided tape since I find this works well on a glitter surface.

    I then used liquid glue to adhere the other two layers (A and B) on top of Layer C, and glued the entire sandwich onto an A2 cardfront created from heavyweight cardstock. In the end I ended up with a nice sandwich made up of four layers: White cardstock (top layer), Mirror cardstock, Yellow cardstock, Glitter cardstock (bottom layer).

    I used the Big Hugs Sugar Script dies for my sentiment, cutting the shadow from the same blue mirror cardstock, and the sentiment from heavyweight white cardstock that I layered a few times.

    Lastly, I used silver jewels from the Memory Box Christams Fairy Jewels set to add some sparkle to each little leaf/swirl impression on the front of the card.

    Thank you for joining me today for this short blog tutorial. I hope everyone has a great weekend and continues to be inspired to create!

    Supplies

    57357 Field of Blooms Plate Layer Set

    FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6×6 pack

    GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

    Big Hugs Sugar Script

    CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

  • Lavender Roses | By April Antonio

    Happy Sunday everyone! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing a layered card using the new Dainty Rose & Leaves die set. Birch Press recently released a line of beautiful layering dies and they all coordinate so beautifully with each other.

    For the card I am sharing today I am using two of the layering dies along with a layering background die for some extra dimension and interest.

    To start, I used the Kinsley Heart Plate Layer A and die cut it three times — twice from heavyweight white cardstock and once from lavender cardstock taken from the Memory Box Vibrant Violet cardstock pack. I glued those layers together, putting the lavender layer on top, and then adhered it to a A2 card base.

    Next, I wanted cut florals that would match the background so I used the same Vibrant Violet cardstock pack and chose three shades of violet that were light, medium and dark to cut the flowers from so I could add some dimension to the die cuts. I cut the leaves from green cardstock pulled from the Memory Box Lush Green cardstock pad

    Fun tip: For layering flowers, starting with a light base and then working your way to the darker base on top is always a tried a true formula.

    For my florals I realized that I wanted a prominent flower so I used the Dainty Rose & Leaves layering die set to die cut the lavender roses. Later, after adhering the roses and leaves to the card I realized that I had a lot of open space so I decided to fill it in with smaller flowers and leaves from the Tiny Tuft Flowers & Leaves die set.

    Both of these sets are easy to use and I will usually die cut all of my pieces and then assemble them all at once to save time.

    After cutting out my flower layering pieces I took a piece of heavy weight vellum and die cut a small sized oval to use as the base for the sentiment on my card. For my sentiment I chose the Honey Script ‘Hello’ die set. Using the same violet paper pad as I did for the flowers, I die cut the sentiment from a medium toned purple and the shadow from a lighter, lavender color. I also cut the sentiment a few times from white cardstock and layered it all together using liquid glue for extra dimension.

    Now, here is one of my tricks for gluing down vellum to a card, since it’s very see-through. Remember that vellum oval I cut earlier? I took that oval, adhered the stacked ‘hello’ die to it, and arraned all of the flowers and leaves I had assembled around the edge of the oval. I did all of this with the oval on top of my card base so I wouldn’t accidentally go too far over the edge of the card.

    Once I had all of the florals arranged how I wanted to them I glued them down to the oval with either liquid glue or foam dots, then flipped the entire arrangement over to the back. I then only put adhesive on the parts of the vellum that were covered with the florals and leaves so the glue wouldn’t show through on the front. I turned the arrangement back over and adhered the entire thing to the front of the card.

    I added some Memory Box clear jewels as a finshing touch and the card was done!

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    For the second card I created, I used the same design but used a different color scheme and sentiment. The new layering dies are so versatile and work in a rainbow of colors.

    I used pink cardstock from the Memory Box Berry Red cardstock pad, as well as the shadow layer from the Honey Script ‘Hello’ die set. I die cut the ‘Hello’ a few times from white cardstock and once from pink cardstock, and layered it all together. One other change I made is to use an oval cut from white cardstock, instead of vellum, as the mat for my sentiment.

    I finished off the card with Memory Box clear fairy drops.

    That is all for today! Thank you so much for stopping by and I really hope you will give the new layering floral dies a try. They are fun to use and can help you create some amazing card designs.

    Supplies

    57402 Kinsley Heart Plate Layer Set

    57499 Dainty Rose and Leaves Contour Layers

    57501 Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers

    57310 Hello Honey Script

    57201 Big Hello Sugar Script

    SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6×6 pack

    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack

    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack

    JWL001 Clear Jewels

    DRP101 Fairy Drops

  • Contour Layers Rose | By Natasha Vacca

    Contour Layers Rose | By Natasha Vacca

    Welcome crafty friends! It is Natasha here today and I am so excited to share a card using beautiful new dies from Birch Press Designs new release. The new Contour Layer dies are so beautiful, be sure to check them out in the shop!

    To begin I started with 2 new die sets, the Winsome Rose and Leaves Contour Layers, as well as the Dainty Rose and Leaves Contour Layers. These 2 sets coordinate so beautifully together! I chose 3 colors of card stock for my roses and then 2 colors for my leaves. I die cut the roses in 3 colors. I then die cut the leaves from each set in 2 colors of green card stock. I then adhered these together using liquid glue. These new dies are so beautiful and so easy to use. When you die cut them you can see where each layer goes, it truly was so easy to do. I then set these aside to work on my card panel background.

    For my card panel, I am using the Tranquility layer dies. I used all 3 layers (A, B, and C). I started by die cutting layer C using the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad (Memory Box) in a gold foil. These papers are so beautiful, I love the shine! I die cut layer C 2 times using a gold foil from this paper pad. Next I die cut layer A and B using white card stock. I cut all 3 layers 2 times. I then adhered each layer together, placing layer C on the bottom, then added layer B, and placed A on top. I adhered these with liquid glue. Once these were adhered I die cut a piece of white card stock using a rectangle die from my stash. I then placed the Tranquility layers on my card panel. I used the outside layers and then the circle separately. You can see this in the photo below. Once I liked where they were, I adhered them with liquid glue and trimmed the excess off using my paper trimmer.

    Next I used all the roses and leaves and placed them on top of the Tranquility layered background. I loved this combination, as I felt it added such a beautiful elegance behind my flowers! Once I determined where my flowers and leaves were going, I adhered them with both liquid and foam tape.

    To complete my card I die cut the sentiment Hugs – from the Handwritten Hugs and Outline collection. I die cut the shadow using white card stock and then the script Hugs in the same gold card stock from the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad (Memory Box). I then adhered these together and added this to my card panel. To complete my card I adhered this to an A2 card base.

    Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you liked today’s card! I will be back soon!

    57497 Winsome Rose and Leaves Contour Layers
    57499 Dainty Rose and Leaves Contour Layers
    57412 Tranquility Layer Set
    57419 Handwritten Hugs and Outline
    FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6×6 pack
  • Time to Bloom | By Allison Frazier

    Time to Bloom | By Allison Frazier

    Hello, Everyone! Have you seen the amazing new floral dies that were just released? They are all gorgeous, and today I am featuring one of those die sets – the Wispy Blooms Contour Layers.

    I started my card by cutting a panel of white card stock to 3.5″ x 8.5″. I thought that a slimline card would really lend to the feeling of movement with these Wispy Blooms. I then used the dies from the set to cut a bunch of blooms and stems out of white card stock.

    For the main flowers, I ink blended those with shades of peach and orange, making sure that the color was more intense on the front pieces. I then ink blended the stems with some turquoise ink, again focusing some of the more intense color toward the top where the stems would meet the flowers.

    Once I was finished with my ink blending, I adhered the flowers together with liquid glue and then adhered them onto my panel. For the wispy die cuts that are not part of the flowers, I left those plain white and adhered them around the card panel in order to create some texture.

    My sentiments come from the Blooming Spring stamp set. I stamped both sentiments onto white card stock with VersaMark ink and then heat embossed with white embossing powder. I took the same color inks that I had used for the flowers and blended those over my sentiments in order to make the white embossed words pop. I chose the peach color for the larger sentiment and the turquoise for the smaller sentiment. I made sure to rub a cloth over both in order to get any excess ink off of the white embossing. I trimmed both sentiments down and adhered them onto my panel, popping each of them up with some thin foam tape.

    For final assembly, I glued my panel onto a turquoise card base that measures 3.75″ x 8.75″. I also glued a small Clear Fairy Drop into the center of each of the white blooms.

    I really love how this card turned out, and I hope it brought a smile to your face. Thank you so much for joining us today, and don’t forget to check out all of the amazing new products in the shop!

    Wishing you all a crafty day,


    Supplies


    57506 Wispy Blooms Contour Layers
    CL8152 Blooming Spring clear stamp set
    CLD101 Clear Fairy Drops
  • Sending Hugs Flora Plate & Adornment Peony | Natasha Vacca

    Sending Hugs Flora Plate & Adornment Peony | Natasha Vacca

    Hi everyone! My name is Natasha and I am super excited to be on the Birch Press Designs blog today sharing my first card as a member of the Design Team! My card today features the new Flora Plate, Adornment Peony, as well as the Big Hugs Sugar Script Die, and Contempo Greetings! So let’s get started!

    I first started with the gorgeous new Flora Plate Layer dies and wow these are so beautiful! I started with white card stock and die cut each layer of the Flora Plates, layer A, B, and C. Once all 3 layers were die cut, I glued each layer together using liquid glue. It is amazing to see how these come together and the beautiful details each layer has! Next I adhered the Flora Plate panel to an A2 card base and set this aside.

    Next I used the Adornment Peony die set. I started with the base layer on both the Peony flower and the leaves. I die cut each of these using a pink and blue/green background from my stash. These backgrounds were made using powders. I then added metallic watercolor splatters to the leaves and flower in different shades of colors for added texture and dimension. Next I die cut the details using the peony and leaves dies included in the set. I die cut the detailed flower 3 times using white card stock, as well as the detailed leaves. I adhered these together using liquid glue and then adhered them to the flower and leaves.

    Next I used the Big Hugs Sugar Script die set to add the sentiment. I die cut the shadow word Hugs using white card stock and then the inner layer using both white card stock and the same pink as the peony flower. I then adhered each of these layers together. I then stamped the sentiment – Thinking of You from the Contempo Greetings stamp/die set and embossed the sentiment using Gold embossing powder. I trimmed the sentiment using the coordinating die. To complete the card I adhered the Adornment Peony on top of the Flora Plate card panel using both liquid glue and foam tape. I then adhered both sentiments!

    I had so much fun creating today’s card! I had a lot of fun!

    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set
    57480 Adornment Peony
    Big Hugs Sugar Script
    8160 Contempo Greetings clear stamp and die set
  • Floral Birthday Balloon | By Allison Frazier

    Floral Birthday Balloon | By Allison Frazier

    Happy Friday, Everyone! I am so thrilled to be sharing my first card as part of the Design Team. My card features the new Floral Balloon Layer Set and the Birthday Wishes Sugar Script Die set.

    I started by cutting a panel of white card stock with the String Art Frame die, which is one of my favorite cover dies. I adhered that to a piece of light gray card stock and then popped that up on a white card base with some foam tape. My card base measures 4.75″ x 6″, which provides a nice 1/4″ margin around the card.

    Next, I cut a piece of white card stock with the Floral Balloon Layer A die. I saved several of the little flowers that were cut out and put those aside. I adhered the white balloon onto a pink solid balloon that I made with the Floral Balloon Layer C die. I adhered the layered balloon to my card panel, right over the circular opening of the String Art Frame. I tied a small bow with some black twine and glued that to the bottom of the balloon. I also cut a string of the twine and glued one end of it right under the bow, letting the bottom hang down until I could secure it under my sentiment.

    I used the Birthday Wishes Sugar Script Die set to cut the word “birthday” from glossy black card stock. In order to create dimension, I adhered that onto another one that I had cut out of thick white card stock. I also cut two layers of white card stock with the shadow die, adhered those together, and then adhered the black birthday layer on top. I carefully situated my balloon string before adhering the layered birthday sentiment onto the bottom of the card. I heat embossed the smaller sentiment, which comes from the Blooming Spring Clear Stamp Set. To finish my card, I added small black gemstones to the centers of all the flowers on the balloon. I also took three of those little white flowers that I had set aside, scattered them around the balloon and added black gemstones to the centers.

    Thank you so much for stopping by to join us. I hope this card put a smile on your face. Wishing you all a crafty day!


    Supplies


    57438 Birthday Wishes Sugar Script
    57433 Floral Balloon Layer Set
    57327 String Art Frame
    CL8152 Blooming Spring clear stamp set

  • Colorful Flora Thank you | By April Antonio

    Happy Wednesday everyone! You’ve made it to the middle of the week and perhaps it’s time to show yourself a little self-love. How about starting with taking a break to checkout today’s card by new DT member April Antonio, created using the beautiful Flora Plate Layer Set.

    Card dimensions: This card is A2 size or 4 1/4″ by 5.5″

    Card creation: I used Flora Plate Layers A and B and cut them each one time from heavyweight white cardstock (110# cardstock). I made sure all of the pieces from Layer B (the bottom layer) were removed and then adhered it to my A2 card base.

    Next, I decided I wanted to use some of the diecut flowers from Layer A to glue back into the layer — a technique called diecut inlay. I decided on a triangle shape on each side of the card. I then only removed the flower pieces from Layer A that I was not going to be using for the diecut inlay technique.

    I took each flower piece I was keeping and smooshed them into an ink pad color of my choosing and let the ink dry. After they were dry I used liquid adhesive to piece them back into each space to create the diecut inlay look. The pieces were very easy to pop right back into the spaces they were originally cut from.

    Sentiment creation: Now I had a beatifully colorful and background and wanted a simple and elegant greeting to go with it. I used the Contempo Greetings clear stamp set to stamp ‘thank you’ in black pigment ink, and then heat embossed over the words with clear embossing powder.

    I used the coordinating Contempo Die set to die cut the sentiment out. Lastly, I ahdered it in the center of the card with a small piece of foam tape.

    I love how the Flora Plate Layer Set can be used with all three layers, two, or even just one to create beautiful cards.

    Thank you for visiting! I hope you enjoyed this post, and will try the Flora Layering plate set for yourself.

     

    Supplies

     

     

    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set

     

     

    CL8160 Contempo Greetings clear stamp set

     

  • Rainbow Notecards | by Toni M Maddox

    Rainbow Notecards | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni here with you sharing a trio of happy little notecards using the Rainbow Days set.

    They were really simple to work up. I stamped the rainbow and clouds onto Memory Box Open Studio Watercolor paper with Versamark. This left me with faint lines that I could follow as I watercolored the images. I’m a total cheater! LOL.

    For two of the cards I used Zig Real Brush markers in the newer smoky tones (038, 052, 208, 305, 401, and 812). For the brighter rainbow card I used Zigs 025, 036, 032, 040, 052, and 080.

    I stamped the sentiments with Versafine Onyx Black so they’d be really crisp. I like the contrast with the watercolored rainbows, don’t you?

    I hope you enjoyed today’s cards and have a great rest of your week!

    Supplies

    8159 Rainbow Days Lingo Notes clear stamp and die set

    CL8159 Rainbow Days Lingo Notes clear stamp set

    WP101 Watercolor Paper