Category: Toni M Maddox
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Santa Baby | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a simple holiday card using the BPD Adornment Santa. Isn’t he super cute?! I colored him up with Copic E00 and E11 and used a flocked red cardstock for his hat. Yes, I have flocked cardstock that’s been in my stash for years as I used it…
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Slimline Snowflake Trio | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a holiday card inspired by Scandinavian designs I’ve seen here and there. I cut out the BPD Piped Icing Star from white and Memory Box Ocean Blue 6×6 cardstock. I cut the floral centers from scrap red cardstock and added white pigment pen dots. I cut out a slimline…
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Tropical Sympathy | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a rather non-traditional mixed media sympathy card. I cut out the leaves using the Memory Box Open Studio Tropical Leaves 3D Embossing Folder & Dies. Have you tried these before? Just amazing. Cutting the leaves out then embossing was super easy–look at these results! I added a…
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Find Joy in Snow | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a (relatively) clean and simple holiday/winter card in pink and black. I love that color combination, don’t you? I cut out the BPD Crochet Snowflake using the Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter and Vintage Pastel Mirror Pads along with white cardstock. I adhered that to the card…
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Dove of Peace | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a watercolored holiday card. I started the card by cutting out a BPD Herbarium Plate layer out of white and mounting it on kraft. The BPD Adornment Dove dies are a set of two, one that I used to cut the watercolored panel and the other for…
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Stylized Sunflower | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a card using the Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and dies along with the stencil set. The first thing I did was to use the Gilded Grace Outside Stencil Set with Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed, and Barn Door. On the last color, Barn Door, I also used Versamark…
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White on White for the Holidays | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a white on white card for a throughly modern take on the classic wreath. I cut out the Holly Wreath Plate Layer Set twice, adhering the resulting wreaths onto a woodgrain background. I used Memory Box Open Studio Fairy Jewels as berries. These are self-adhesive but I used glue…
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Fall Colored Snowflakes | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a modern holiday/winter card using fall colors. Say what?! I cut out the BPD Snowy Circle Layer Set in Memory Box Sunny Orange and Fresh Aqua 6×6 cardstock, and the top layer in white. I also cut out a few Felicity Snowflakes in white. I adhered the Snowy Circle…
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Flora Joy | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a card using my beloved blue and red combo, this time for a holiday card. I cut out the two bottom layers of the BPD Herbarium Plate Layer Set out of Memory Box Fresh Aqua 6×6 cardstock and the top layer out of white. I mounted this on a…
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Simple Floral Wreath | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a card that I would call any occasion. Honestly this is among my favorite type of card to make as I can use it for about anything: sympathy, friendship, encouragement, you name it. I started the card by using the Epiphany Plate Layer A with a rubber…
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Summer Hugs | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a card using one of my favorite color combo of blues and reds. It’s fab all the time but especially with summer nearly upon us. I cut out the Floral Star Layering Dies using MB Sunny Orange & Berry Red 6×6 paper to create a large floral focal point…
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Foiled String Art Hello | By Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a card using some of the new hot foil products that Birch Press Design and its parent company, Memory Box, have on offer. How exciting! I’ve been working with hot foil for a while and definitely have my opinions on which brands/styles I like and which I…
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Summer Birthday Blooms | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a rather summery birthday card. I started the card by cutting the Linear Triangle from a sturdy white cardstock. I then cut out the Flora Plate Layer B out of a piece of Ocean Blue paper. I adhered the Flora layer onto the card front, having discarded…
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Multi Mandala | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a card that turned out amazing but was a lot more time-consuming than I had anticipated. Of course, it’s after the fact that I think of ways to make it easier! I wanted to use one of the fabulous BPD mandalas, Arista in this case, over the…
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Honeycomb Stacks | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing another idea I had using the Honeycomb Bevel Plate Layers and Memory Box Sunset Blush Wide Washi I used on a card a couple of days ago. I applied the Sunset Blush Wide Washi to a white piece of cardstock then embossed a Kind Hearts sentiment in…
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Watercolored Blossoms | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a watercolor floral card featuring a mix of the new and the old. I watercolored the base layer of the Eucalyptus Stem and Berries Contour Layers dies using Zig Real Brush Markers. I also watercolored the smaller of the Simple Butterfly Contour Layers dies, keeping them separate…
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Meadow Blooms | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a Nordic-inspired friendship card. I diecut the Flora Plate Layer B from Memory Box Stormy Blue 6×6 Paper Pad and adhered it to the card base. Next I diecut the Wispy Blooms and Tiny Tuft Flowers & Leaves Contour Layers from Memory Box Lush Green and Sunny…
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You Lift Me Up | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a mixed media card as I felt like a change of pace. My garden is starting to awaken which had me thinking of spring, flowers, and butterflies plus a healthy dose of rain in the Pacific Northwest. The card front is a combination of Distress Inks, Ranger…
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Layered Rose Hello | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today. I was so excited to play with the products in the latest release. I am in love and have so many ideas in my head using them! I started today’s card by diecutting the Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers as well as the Winsome Rose & Leaves Contour Layers. I…
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Celebration Balloons | By Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a fun birthday card. I used the Flora Plate Layer C to impress the card front. I trimmed that down a touch and adhered it to the card base. The impression is subtle enough not to compete with the diecuts but really adds a little more visual…
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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.…
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Galentine Hearts | by Toni M Maddox
Thanks for stopping by, BPD fans! Toni here with you today sharing a Galentine card using the Kinsley Heart Plate Layering dies. I started by sponging the bottom layer with Distress Oxides Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves and Festive Berries. I then adhered this to the navy card base. My second layer is white followed by…
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Folksy Valentine | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, BPD fans! Toni here today with another Valentine card for the upcoming holiday. This time I’m using the Flora Heart dies, including the leftovers as a scattering of flowers on the card base. I used Memory Box Berry Red and Ocean Blue 6×6 cardstock for both, switching the colors for each layer. The middle…
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Ornament Layer Experiment | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with another set of ornament cards. I just can’t seem to get enough of these ornament dies! I’ve used the Belle Ornament Layering Dies on both cards but the layers are in different order on each. I’ve also embossed both card fronts with the Memory Box Gracious Leaves 3D…
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Masculine Holiday Wreath | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a masculine holiday card using the Classic Sentimental Wreath & Dies. I find masculine cards really difficult to make (where’s the glitter?? LOL) but the Memory Box Woodsy Plaid 6×6 paper made it a lot easier for me. I used the blue plaid as my color inspiration…
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Stunning Mandala | by Toni M Maddox
Hi, hi! Toni here with you today. I’m sharing a couple of quick holiday cards assuming that you’re in a cardmaking panic realizing that Christmas is practically tomorrow. LOL. Both of my cards use the Memory Box Stunning Mandala 3D Embossing Folder on top of Glitzy Glitter cardstock. Now I didn’t waste all that fabulous…
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Framed Ornaments | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, BPD fans! Toni here with you today sharing a couple of cards with glitter and more glitter! Both of the cards use the Marisol Frames and Ornament Layering Dies. I think it’s brilliant to be able to frame these gorgeous ornaments. I cut both in white and the red from the Memory Box Glitzy 6×6…
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Gothic Christmas | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, BPD fans! Toni here with you today sharing a trio of cards using the Viola Plate Layering Dies. I LOVE this set. I like gothic architecture–all those layers and lines–and this reminds me of that so much. I also read Pillars of the Earth this summer which piqued my interest in the style. For…
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Boho Tree | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today getting sassy for the holidays. Both my cards use the Christmas Mandala stamps and dies. For the first card, I stamped the tree image onto Copic-friendly cardstock and colored it up with Copics BG49, R43, Y18, and YR09. I then diecut the tree outline from the Memory Box…
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Grandma’s Ornaments | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today with a couple of cards inspired by ornaments found on my grandma’s Christmas tree back in the day. For the first card, I used the Marisol Ornament Layering Dies cut from Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter 6×6 paper and Cottage Stripes & Dots 6×6 paper. I embossed the…