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  • Block Print Round Mushrooms Card by Nora Noll

    Block Print Round Mushrooms Card
    by Nora Noll

    Hello Crafty Friends!! Nora, from A Creative Touch here with you today sharing a fun card using the Birch Press Design Block Print Round Mushrooms, Big Hello Vintage Sentiment and the Loop Stitch Frames.

    I started off my card by dragging a Distress Ink across a panel of white cardstock vertically and horizontally. The panel was just a touch smaller than A2 size. The panel was then adhered to an A2 top folding white card base.

    Next I die cut a Loop Stitch Frame (57688) from white cardstock. I adhered this over the inked card front.

    I set the card aside and cut the bottom of my mushrooms using the Block Print Mushrooms (57610) die out of cream cardstock. I cut the tops of my mushrooms from three different ranges of red cardstock.

    I then used some Distress Ink to shade in both the top and bottom of the mushrooms. I added some white gel pen on each of the three mushroom caps.

    I adhered all three of the mushrooms over the top of the Loop Stitch Frame. I use foam adhesive to adhere two of the mushroom caps and glue to adhere the third.

    To finish my card, I used foam adhesive to adhere Big Hello Vintage Sentiment (57549) that I die cut from black and a dark red cardstock. I added some little gel print doodles to my sentiment to give it some pizzazz.

    I love how this came out. Mushrooms are so in right now and this simple design was really fun to use. 

    Thank you for stopping by.

    57610 Block Print Round Mushrooms
    57549 Big Hello Vintage Sentiment
    57688 Loop Stitch Frames
  • Birch Tree Series: Fall by Savannah O’Gwynn 

    Birch Tree Series: Fall
    by Savannah O’Gwynn 

    Hello, sweet BPD friends and fans!

    I am super excited to share my next Birch Tree Series design using Block Print Birch Tree dies! **You can read about my first Birch Tree design HERE– it was a summer theme.

    This second design is more fall themed because it’s almost October! I went with a misty, shadowy background and orange ink blended leaves.

    Here are a few tips and tricks when creating this design:

    TIP: You can use multiple hues of the same color or multiple ink colors for the leaves. You can also different cardstock types for extra dimension.

    I used three different hues of orange inks, as well as thick white cardstock, thin white cardstock, and vellum paper, for my leaves.

    TIP: There are two different ways to fill in/cover the holes of the birch tree die image. You can attach just strips [scraps] of darker paper or die cut a second tree using the darker cardstock to layer your tree image.

    TIP: Create a stencil by die cutting a tree image.

    You can die cut both sizes of trees for your stencil(s) or use just one tree image like I did. BONUS TIP: I would only one image per stencil piece this way you can cleanly add ink for your stenciled image. I also used the same ink as the background as the stenciled trees- this helped create a layer of interest but also helped the trees blend in and not stick out too much. Once the background was completed I added some darker ink blending to the left side of the cardbase.

    Join me as I continue this Birch Tree series- which type of card design or theme with the Birch Tree die do you think I will make next? Should I do winter? Or a fun design? I’ll keep you posted 🙂

    **Don’t forget to see my first Birch Tree Series designs HERE.

    I hope that you are inspired and will join me in making different Birch Tree designs and cards! 

    I’ll be back with MORE soon!

    Please remember to share what you create using these tips, tricks, and techniques or if you were inspired by my creation- I’d love to see what you make with this idea! 

    THANKS so much for stopping by! Happy crafting:) 


    HUGS <3 Sav

    57682
    57698 Fall Leaves
    CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
  • Christmas Card Timeby: Annette Allen

    Christmas Card Time
    by: Annette Allen

    It’s time to start creating your Christmas cards. Welcome everyone Annette Allen (myclevercreations) here with you today and I am all about the new Block Prints ( Puffy Penguins and Alpine Trees), so let’s get started.

    Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

    On a white panel create a fun ink pattern that you love. I used round blending brushes and just pressed them into the paper to create all these circles. You can just do an ink blended background if you can’t recreate this background. Both will look amazing.

    Die cut the Block Print Alpine Trees with colored cardstock. Pick colors that compliment your ink background. Adhere the pieces that go together. I used foam tape for a little dimension and then add them to your card. I started in the center. Make sure to leave room for both Puffy Penguins.

    Die cut the Block Print Puffy Penguins and adhere the pieces that go together and then add them to your card using foam tape.

    You can arrange how ever your crafty mind works.

    For the sentiment I added one of the new Greeting Tabs using foam tape. These are now available in the store.

    Finishing with mixing some opaque and water and splattering it on my card to make it look like snow. It is a fun addition.

    So fun to create. Make sure to check out the entire release.

    57683 Block Print Alpine Trees
    57692 Block Print Puffy Penguins
  • Birthday Greetings by Nora Noll

    Birthday Greetings
    by Nora Noll

    Can you ever have too many Birthday cards in your supply? Nora here on the Blog with a simple Birthday card using some of products from recent releases.

    I started off by using the Ornamental Branch die to cut two branches out of white cardstock. I then did some ink blending to color the boughs green. I glued the branches to the top left and the bottom right of an A2, top folding white card base.

    Next I cut the Block Print Sleek Bird out of white cardstock and used Copic markers to color the bird in. I glued the bird together and adhered it to the top left of the card.

    I stamped the Elegant Birthday Sentiment in brown ink and cut it with the matching die. I used the same sentiment die and cut three more out of white cardstock. I adhered all four of the sentiment pieces together and then glued it to my card front.

    My last step was to adhere some jewels randomly across the card front. This card was easy enough to create a few to have in your stash!

    I hope that this card inspires you to create your own Birthday cards. Thank you for stopping by. Have a fabulous day.

    8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments clear stamp and die set
    57696 Block Print Sleek Bird
    57601 Ornamental Branch
  • Leopard Lookalike- Take 2 by Savannah O’Gwynn 

    Leopard Lookalike- Take 2
    by Savannah O’Gwynn 

    Hello, Birch Press Design friends! I’m back to share another take on my leopard design!


    You might remember my first leopard lookalike HERE. While I liked this original design, I mentioned in the post that I thought I could do better… so I tried again! And I really like this second leopard- the colors, the face, everything!

    Here’s a look at both the lepards- the original and new one.

    Here is a tutorial on how I created the NEW leopard’s face:

    I looooooooooove how this colorful leopard turned out! Again- I love the first leopard… but this one is better 🙃

    BONUS TIP: you might have seen me do this before– if you don’t have a matching die for your sentiment, just outline your stamp image and fussy cut!

    I hope that you are inspired to create your own leopard using this BPD die and some of the tips I shared!
     

    Please remember to share what you create using any of my tips, tricks, and techniques or if you were inspired by my creation- I’d love to see what you make!

    I’ll be back with MORE soon! 

    THANKS so much for stopping by! Happy crafting:) 

    HUGS <3 Sav

    57580 Block Print Kitty
    57688 Loop Stitch Frames
    CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
  • STAMPtember Exclusive with Memory Box by Savannah O’Gwynn

    STAMPtember Exclusive with Memory Box
    by Savannah O’Gwynn

    Today is a very SPECIAL day as we celebrate STAMPtember with Simon Says Stamp and an exclusive stamp/die set by Memory Box!!

    Be sure to grab this stamp/die set soon because it is available for a limited time only! Click HERE or HERE to get it before it’s GONE!

    I’ve created two very different cards to celebrate this exclusive collaboration! The first focuses on the smaller images and the second has the larger ones from this exclusive stamp set.

    This first card was created using the smallest snowflakes in the STAMPtember Stay Cozy set. I embossed the snowflake images on red cardstock because I wanted to do something different (if you know me, then you know I’m always thinking outside the box! LOL!). I layered this snowflake holiday tree on a die cut Loop Stitch Frame, as well as a washi tape and metallic panel.

    I added a few sequins and metallic thread to finish this card. I love how it turned out!


    The second card I created focused on the larger characters from the STAMPtember Stay Cozy set.

    These three characters are just tooooooooo cute! I stamped and masked the snowman and then stamped the other two images. Since the first card was very detailed with layers, I went with a CAS, one layered card design for the second holiday card.

    I love how both of my cards turned out and definitely will be creating MORE holiday cards using this exclusive STAMPtember set!!!

    I hope that you grab your exclusive Memory Box STAMPtember Stay Cozy stamp/die set today! I cannot wait to see what you make using these images!!!

    I’ll be back with MORE soon! 

    THANKS so much for stopping by! Happy crafting:) 

    HUGS <3 Sav

    57688 Loop Stitch Frames
  • Cozy Kitty by Rosemary Dennis

    Cozy Kitty
    by Rosemary Dennis

    Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today. September is upon us. The days are getting shorter, the air crisper and all things cozy are the rage! With that in mind, I decided to create a cozy kitty using the new Block Print Kitty die. Let’s take a look at what I made.

    When I originally started this card I thought I would make my kitty out of cardstock, but then I remembered that I had some small squares of felt that would be perfect to die cut the pieces from. My felt squares were the off white and tan so in order to get the darker brown color I simply sprayed an off white piece with some distress spray stain in Gathered Twigs.

    The photo shows the felt square after I did the die cutting. In order to get the felt to dry faster I did use my heat tool and it worked like a charm!

    Once I had all my felt pieces cut I assembled my kitty using liquid adhesive. I tried not to put too much on the felt pieces so that I wouldn’t have glue showing through. Then I set my kitty aside to dry. I used scraps to die cut the word Hello using the Hello Vintage Sentiments die set. The top layer of the word did get a little stretched out, but I was able to push it back in to shape.

    The above photo shows me arranging the other dies I planned to use to finish the card, as well as the felt kitty. And once, again, I used the Block Print Starry Night die set to create a backdrop for my kitty. I die cut the kraft panel with the largest Loop Stitch Frames and then die cut the panel with the Starry Night die. I inkblended yellow and orange ink on to off white cardstock and placed that behind the opening after I trimmed off the trees.

    I assembled the card using liquid adhesive and then realized that I needed a little something more. So I used a Spiced Marmalade spray stain on a piece of tan felt, dried it and then die cut two leaves using the Fall Leaves die set. The acorn was diecut from scraps of the brown and tan felt. I adhered them together and then added them to my card using liquid adhesive. I love the extra touch the little cluster brings. The last thing I did was use a black pen with a very fine tip to color in the eyes and nose of my cat.

    I hope you enjoyed my cozy kitty and it inspires you to try using felt on your cards. Thanks for stopping by and have a cozy day!



    57580 Block Print Kitty57688 Loop Stitch Frames57649 Block Print Starry Night Scene57550 Hello Vintage Sentiment57698 Fall Leaves

  • Mushroom Forest Fox by Toni M Maddox 

    Mushroom Forest Fox
    by Toni M Maddox 

    Hello, friends! Toni with you today sharing a birthday card featuring the Block Print Wise Fox with a number of products from the new release. Let’s head to the mushroom forest!

    I first cut out the Block Print Loop Stitch Frame using Memory Box Lagoon 6×6 cardstock. I adhered this to a kraft base.

    Next, I cut out a variety of Block Print Tall Mushrooms and Block Print Round Mushrooms from Memory Box Greenery, Sunrise and Lagoon 6×6 cardstock.

    Now comes the Block Print Wise Fox. I think it’s so cute with those mushrooms. I used the same green cardstock with the Birthday Cheer Vintage Sentiment and popped that onto the upper right corner.

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

    Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies used and to check out my other creations.

    57672 Block Print Tall Mushrooms
    57610 Block Print Round Mushrooms
    57640 Block Print Wise Fox
    57688 Loop Stitch Frames
    57572 Birthday Cheer Vintage Sentiment
    SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack
    SP1013 Sunrise 6×6 pack
    SP1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack
  • Pink Leopard Lookalike by Savannah O’Gwynn 

    Pink Leopard Lookalike
    by Savannah O’Gwynn 

    Hello, BPD friends!

    I’m happy to be back sharing another crazy idea I had 🙃 When I saw the Block Print Kitty dies, I thought it looked a lot like a leopard. So I decided to try and make one… a pink leopard!

    Here are a few tips and tricks (and maybe a lesson learned for next time) to make this pink leopard:

    • Use matching ink and cardstock for a subtle highlight *Lessoned Learned: I think I would do a darker ink highlight to make the pieces stand out more.
    • Use a light colored marker on the BACK of the cat face for a softer mouth look *Lesson Learned: LIGHT colored marker! I forgot and grabbed a dark marker and had to redo the face! LOL!
    • Add some thin thread or twine to create whiskers
    • *Overall Lesson Learned: I LOVE everything about this card… but I think I can make the face look a bit MORE like a leopard with just a pencil or black marker. Be on the lookout for “Leopard:Take 2” 🙃

    I hope that you are inspired to create a pink leopard kitty! Or maybe you have a better idea for how to make the leopard face- do share any ideas you have for my Take 2 project!

    Please remember to share what you create using these tips, tricks, and techniques or if you were inspired by my creation- I’d love to see what you make with this idea! 

    I’ll be back with MORE soon! 

    THANKS so much for stopping by! Happy crafting:) 

    HUGS <3 Sav

    57580 Block Print Kitty
    CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments

  • A Simple Noteby: Annette Allen

    A Simple Note
    by: Annette Allen

    Welcome Birch Press Design friends, Annette Allen (myclevercreations) is here with you today and I am mixing it up with a few Block Print sets. I am keeping it simple today with no sentiment so you can send out this card for any occasion.

    Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

    Cut an A2 panel on a deep green piece of cardstock and adhere it to your card base.

    Die cut the Block Print tall Mushrooms (57672) on colors that complement your green background. I die cut some of the mushrooms a few times so I can fill my card.

    Adhere the Tall Mushrooms pieces and then add them to your card using liquid glue and foam tape. The foam tape gives your card a little dimension.

    Now die cut the Block Print Kitty and one of the Bird Duo. Pick colors that compliment your card. You can see my theme is leaning more towards fall colors.

    Adhere the pieced together to create your Kitty and Bird and then add them to your card using foam tape.

    Add a few gold sequins here and there and mix some opaque with water and splatter it on your card. I was going for a little less white splatters but oh well, I got a little wild. HAHA.

    Mix and match your block print sets to create fun scenes. Sometimes it is the colors you choose that really pull the card together.

    I hope that you are inspired. Thank you for stopping by.

    57672 Block Print Tall Mushrooms
    57580 Block Print Kitty
    57585 Block Print Bird Duo