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  • Buzzworthy Bees | by Toni M Maddox

    Buzzworthy Bees | by Toni M Maddox

    Greetings, friends! I love this time of year when it’s warming up, flowers are blooming and bees are happily buzzing along. Heavenly!

    Thus, I was so excited to receive the latest release which is all about the bees!

    I think my favorite is the Honeycomb Cut Out die. Just imagine patterned paper or sponging different colors–swoon.

    I used Memory Box Golden Wheat cardstock behind the cut out, sponging some Catherine Pooler inks and spattering white for added interest.

    To coordinate with the background honey colors, I used Memory Box Key Lime for the Abundant Branch with sponged Golden Wheat flowers. The way the branch pops is amazing.

    I colored up the Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee with Copics. I applied a bit of Clear Wink of Stella to the vellum wings.

    I used the same vellum for the backer behind the embossed Vintage Everyday Greeting.

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

    Supplies

    57594 Honeycomb Cut Out

    57598 Block Print Buzzing Bumblebee

    57575 Abundant Branch

    8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings clear stamp and die set

    SH44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

    SH44005 Key Lime Paper Pack

  • Garden Hello by Jeanne Jachna

    Garden Hello by Jeanne Jachna

    Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’re having a beautiful day! Spring has sprung and I hope you’re seeing beautiful blooms and butterflies in your part of the world!

    There is still a chance of frost in my area so I won’t be planting the garden for a little longer. Until then I will satisfy myself with gorgeous die cuts from Birch Press Design.

    My cards usually start the same way. I arrange images on a piece of clear plastic the size of my card face. It helps me get a sneak peek of the design. I can even lift the entire arrangement and try different backgrounds underneath.

    My card features the Abundant Branch die cut. I cut it from green cardstock and then inked the stem and leaf centers with Distress Ink to add some depth and contrast.

    A Block Print Brilliant Butterfly can’t resist the pretty blooms. I love how the layers bring the butterfly to life. I used a yellow base and topped it with light and dark orange accents.

    I love the look of this card. It reminds me of botanical field guide drawings. Have a beautiful day!

    Supplies

    57575 Abundant Branch

    57596 Block Print Brilliant Butterfly

    57546 Hello Scripted

  • Friendly Hello | By Jeanne Jachna

    Friendly Hello | By Jeanne Jachna

    Thanks for stopping by! I sure hope you’re having a great day! Spring is in the air and I’m starting to see the return of migratory birds. I’ve got the grape jelly out for the Baltimore Orioles, and sugar water for the Hummingbirds!

    It’s really a treat to see them zipping around from flower to flower! I tried to capture what I see on my card today!

    I started with the Block Print Passion Fruit Flowers cut from shades of red cardstock. They were easy to assemble and are big and bold. Of course they’d attract this pretty little Block Print Hummingbird!

    I added extra foliage using the new Ornamental Branch and a few smaller flowers with the Block Print Tapestry Blooms die set.

    If you love this little Hummingbird you should check out the other beautiful birds in the store! I’m smitten with them all!

    Finished Size: 4.25 x 5.5″

    Supplies

    57590 Block Print Tapestry Blooms

    57579 Block Print Hummingbird

    57597 Block Print Passion Fruit Flower

    57601 Ornamental Branch

    57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate

  • Layered Floral Thank You | by Toni M Maddox

    Layered Floral Thank You | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, my friends! Toni here with a heavily layered floral thank you.

    I especially enjoyed making today’s card because I used up some leftovers, including the sentiment and the background coverplate, in addition to working with fabulous new dies!

    To start, I adhered the Flora Layer Plate to a white card base.

    Next, I assembled the Block Print Brilliant Butterfly and Block Print Tapestry Blooms using Memory Box Key Lime, Leaf Sprout, Orange Peel, Pool Party & Summer Squash cardstock with Catherine Pooler Inks.

    I decided the bottom of the card needed a bit of filler behind the embossed Vintage Everyday Greetings sentiment. So, I cut out Foliage Bunch from Memory Box Key Lime and sponged it before adhering it to the bottom of the card front.

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


    Supplies


    57596 Block Print Brilliant Butterfly
    57590 Block Print Tapestry Blooms
    57588 Foliage Bunch
    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set
    8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings clear stamp and die set
    CL8168 Vintage Everyday Greetings
    SH44005 Key Lime Paper Pack
    SH44006 Leaf Sprout Paper Pack
    SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack
    SH44017 Orange Peel Paper Pack
    SH44009 Pool Party Paper Pack
  • Block Print Star Flowers | by Crystal Komara

    Block Print Star Flowers | by Crystal Komara

    Hello friends and happy Tuesday! This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing my first card using the new Block Print Star Flowers dies and oh, just imagine the possibilities of color combinations using these dies! This is one of those cards you could make in any color and it would be beautiful each time.

    Let’s talk about how I made this card:

    The base of my card is 110 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. This heavy weight cardstock is now my go-to for everything. I say now because I previously used 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth, but have made the transition to a heavier weight cardstock and I think it makes for an even more sturdy card.

    1. I began by die cutting the Block Print Star Flowers out numerous times in three different colored blue cardstock, blue glitter cardstock and gold glitter cardstock. I didn’t count or measure anything, I just kept die cutting until I felt like I would have enough to mix and match. I used the Stormy Blue 6″ x 6″ paper pack and the Glitzy Glitter 6″ x 6″ paper pack.

    2. Using a fine tip liquid glue, I began adhering the flowers together layering different colors of cardstock on top of each flower.

    3. Once all the flowers were assembled I began placing them on the white cardstock base until I found a pattern that was pleasing to my eye.

    4. I glued down all the “base” flowers and then created the sentiment using the Hello Honey Script word die. I die cut the base layer out in blue cardstock and the thinner top layer from white cardstock. I adhered the two layers together with a fine tip liquid glue before adhering the sentiment to the card.

    5. Lastly, I added some blue rhinestones randomly around the card for added sparkle.

    I hope you have enjoyed this card using the new Block Print Star Flowers! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully crafty kind of day!

  • Soft Spring Floral Thank You | by Toni M Maddox

    Soft Spring Floral Thank You | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni with you sharing a pretty in pink floral thank you card.

    I started my card by cutting out the Abundant Branch mostly in white with the exception of Memory Box Leaf Sprout for the leaves and Summer Squash for the berries.

    I sponged Catherine Pooler inks on the elements to create a really soft watercolor look.

    Next, I cut out the Flickering Fireflies, hand-trimmed them a bit, then colored them with Copics to transform them into bees.

    I added a subtle check pattern on the background using the Linear Stripes stencil with Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina.

    I distressed the edges of the card front and spattered it with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo before adhering the dies to it.

    Finally, I attached the single layer Sugar Script Big Thanks sentiment cut from kraft, which blends in nicely with the mood of the card.

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

    Supplies

    57575 Abundant Branch

    57569 Flickering Fireflies

    57142 Big Thanks Sugar Script

    42041 Linear Stripes

    SH44006 Leaf Sprout Paper Pack

    SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

  • Folk Art Bird | by Toni M Maddox

    Folk Art Bird | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, friends! Toni here today and I’m still loving the Block Print Birds. They lend themselves to all sorts of card designs.

    For this one, I created a Scandinavian folk style of sorts using the Block Print Bright Bird, Foliage Bunch, and Hello Scripted on the Flora Plate Layer Set.

    I love the boldness of the black against the more muted Memory Box Muted Squash and Pool Party colors.

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


    Supplies


    57584 Block Print Bright Bird
    57588 Foliage Bunch
    57546 Hello Scripted
    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set

  • Birthday Wren | by Rosemary Dennis

    Birthday Wren | by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a birthday card featuring the new Block Print Little Bird. Let’s have a look at what I created.

    When I saw the new collection of Block Print birds I was so excited! I just love them and can see so many possibilities. For today’s card I decided to create a little wren. Besides papercrafting I enjoy cross-stitching and one of my favorite fabrics to stitch on is 32 count Lugana in the color Wren. So that was my starting point for my little “wren”. I die cut water color cardstock using the Little Bird die, as well as the Hillside Branch and Bramble Contour Layers die set. I then colored each of the pieces with various watercolors.

    My coloring is very simple, but I did spend more time on the bird in an effort to achieve variation in the colors on the bird. Once I was done I set everything aside to dry.

    I pulled out the watercolor panels I had created months ago using the Crystal Lingo stamp set. I had two different blue panels, one dark and one light. I went with the lighter version and die cut it down with a Memory Box A2 Rectangle Frames die. I found a complimentary piece of blue cardstock in the Memory Box Lagoon solid core cardstock pack and die cut it with a larger A2 Rectangle Frames die. The two rectangled were then layered together.

    With all my pieces dry I adhered everything together using liquid adhesive and then determined how I would arrange all the pieces on my panels. I used liquid adhesive to adhere everything and then added my panels to a light gray cardstock card base.

    I finished the card with a Memory Box Birthday Greetings Tab. I really love how my sweet little “wren” turned out. I can see creating other types of birds with the Block Print Little Bird die set. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

    Supplies

    57577 Block Print Little Bird

    57524 Hillside Branch and Bramble Contour Layers

    cl8155 Crystal Lingo clear stamp set

  • It’s Fall, Ya’ll | by April Antonio

    It’s Fall, Ya’ll | by April Antonio

    Hello friends! Design Team member April here today sharing a card in honor of the first day of Fall. Time to light some cozy candles, grab a warm blanket, and sink into a fun afternoon of crafting.

    Here’s how I pulled this card together:

    I used layer A and B from the Forest Canopy Layer set and ink blended on the leaves and branches with green and brown inks. I glued both layers together, and then used a tape runner to attach them to an A2 card front.

    I then used a sheet of orange cardstock from the Sunny Orange cardstock pack to cut the background of the Adornment Pumpkin die set. I cut this out twice and used foam tape to glue the two pieces together.

    I cut the outline part from a piece of orange cardstock from the Glitzy Glitter pad. I finished off the pumpkin by ink blending the stem and leaves and adding them to the top.

    For my sentiment I used the Big Hugs Sugar Script die, cutting it out three times and ink blending brown onto the layers, and gluing them together.

    Lastly, I cut out all the dies from the Evening Moths die set from white cardstock.

    Supplies

    57481 Adornment Pumpkin

    57568 Evening Moths

    57138 Big Hugs Sugar Script

    57534 Forest Canopy Layer Set

    Supplies

    sp1003 Lush Green

    sp1002 Sunny Orange

    GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

  • 105 days until Christmas | by April Antonio

    105 days until Christmas | by April Antonio

    Hello friends! Design Team member April here today sharing an early Christmas card using some of the products from the new holiday release. With Autumn almost upon us, everything is about to speed up, so why not start on creating some holiday cheer?! Also, these new dies are just too cute to put down!

    Here’s how I pulled this card together:

    I grabbed a pre-cut slimline card base in white, and glued a dark blue cardstock mat to the background to represent the night sky. I used the new Wavy Hillside die set and cut the largest die from white cardstock twice. I glued the die cuts twice to the front of the slimline card using foam tape, and made sure to leave a little room at the top so that I could later tuck in some of the houses and trees.

    I cut the Littletown Village, Littletown Church, and Littletown Home die sets all from white card stock, and assembled them accordingly. I then did some light ink blending in blue and purple on the bottom of each building, and did some darker ink blending in green on the trees. I then arranged the trees and houses across the hillside tucking some behind the ‘snow’ and placing some on top. I also added some to the bottom of the card front in either corner.

    For my sentiment I used the Merry Christmas Confection Script die with the shadow in the same dark blue as my background and the letters cut out from white cardstock.

    Finishing touches: I used a white gel pen to add some ‘falling snow’ to the dark blue background. I also added some silver jewels from the Memory Box Christmas Fairy Jewels set, and used a glitter pen to add some sparkle to the roofs of the buildings.

    Supplies

    57563 Wavy Hillside

    57564 Littletown Village

    57565 Littletown Church

    57567 Littletown Home

    57542 Merry Christmas Confection Script

    JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels