Hello, crafty friends! Dee here today sharing a card that features one of my favorite new die sets, Eucalyptus Stem and Berries Contour Layers, combined with the new Vintage Pastel Mirror Paper pad! Let’s get started!
To create the base, I embossed an A2-sized white panel using the Memory Box Blooming embossing folder, then splattered it with metallic gold watercolor paint, setting it aside to dry.
Next, I cut each of the stems and berries three times, using the lovely new Vintage Pastel Mirror Paper pad for the base and regular cardstock for the detail dies. Once complete, I adhered the pieces together.
Once the panel was dry, I adhered the stems to it using thin foam tape (trimming off any excess) then adhered the berries, cutting some apart to scatter throughout the stems.
For the sentiment, I die cut the Sugar Script ‘hello’ from the gold paper included in the Vintage Pastel Mirror Paper pad, then adhered it to the bottom corner. As a finishing touch, I added Memory Box Clear Fairy Drops embellishments and mounted the card onto a top-folding card base!
Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed reading more about my card today!
I’m so excited with the latest Birch Press Design Release because it’s all about FLOWERS! I am anxious for spring to arrive, and until I have some blooms of my own in the garden I’m making away in my craft room with these beauties.
I love that the new florals are sized perfectly for arranging together. And each layered floral die set comes with a fold out graphic showing you how to assemble each one so there is no guessing.
I always start by laying out images on a clear sheet of plastic the size of my card base. I can slide different color panels underneath to see exactly what the card will look like when it’s assembled.
My card features the Wispy Blooms, Fuddled Leaf and Tiny Tuft Flowers. The sentiment is from the Kind Hearts stamp set that has a mixed pretty handwritten and print font.
My background is just a single layer of the Viola Plate die trio background set. It’s gorgeous enough with it’s pinpoint print to leave all on it’s own.
The new layered blooms are absolutely stunning and have you smiling like the real thing! The only thing you’ll miss is their fragrance!
Happy Monday! I am so excited to be with you today sharing a floral card in celebration of Springtime.
I used the Eucalyptus Stem & Berries die to create fresh, green leaf and berry sprigs. I used two shades of green, and three shades of purple and magenta from the Lush Green aand Vibrant Violet 6×6 paper pads.
I used double sided adhesive sheets on the back of the cardstock before diecutting the leaf and berry pieces to make the layering that much easier.
Once I had all the leaf and berry sprigs cut out and and assembled, I used a sheet of the white woodgrain cardstock from Open Studio to cut a 4″ x 9″ piece of cardstock. I folded this in half to get a slimline card base on which I arranged the floral sprigs.
For my sentiment I used the beautiful Kind Hearts stamp set and heat embossed it with Versafine black pigment ink. I finished the card off with some twinkling jewels scattered around the card.
That’s it! I hope you have a great rest of your day, and can find time to create during your week.
We are always finding ways to stretch our supplies, so I figured I would add to your list! The Tranquility Layering Die Set has a center circle that is separate when die cutting! This is the perfect opportunity to not only get multiple card fronts, but to also create a wreath design! So, that is what we are going to do and add a few flowers and leaves from the Contour Layers Collection!
Complete all your die cutting at once and then start layering!
I chose very neutral colors, ivory and kraft, for the outer ring of the tranquility layering set. I also cut multiples of each layer to add more dimension!
Our flowers and leaves are die cut from the Earth Neutral and Berry Red Card Pads. I always completed my layering with liquid adhesive first before going to my card front panel.
Using double sided foam tape I placed my wreath in the center towards the top of my panel and then started adding my leaves first and then my florals on top!
I then used the Hello Honey Script die for my sentiment and placed just below the wreath and allowing some of the florals to overhang the hello. This just adds a little more interest!
To finish our card I placed this panel on an ivory card stock cut to 4 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in and adhered this to a Standard A2 size card base that measures 4 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in.
Hope you enjoyed today’s project!
Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon!
Hello Crafty Friends, it is Natasha here and I am excited to be back today to share a bright and colorful card using the beautiful Dainty Rose and Leaves Contour Layers die set! So let’s get started!
I started by die cutting the the Dainty Rose layers using the Vibrant Violet card stock paper pad. I love these paper pads as the colors coordinate beautifully together! I chose 3 colors of card stock from this paper pad for my roses. I die cut all the layers for the 3 roses and set them aside. Next I die cut the leaves from the Dainty Rose set using the Lush Green paper pad. For the leaves I chose 2 coordinating colors of card stock from this paper pad.
Next I ink blended on each layer of the roses and leaves die cuts. I used Distress Oxide Inks to ink blend on the card stock. I used a combination of Distress Oxide colors. I was so happy with the result! I love the added dimension this provides. Once my ink blending was complete, I carefully adhered each layer together using liquid glue.
For the background today I used a gelli print I had previously created from my stash. I loved the combination of colors with these gorgeous roses and leaves! I trimmed my panel down and then adhered this to an A2 card base. I then started to work on placement for my roses and leaves. I first adhered the leaves with a both liquid glue and foam tape. Once these were adhered I added some metallic watercolor splatters to my leaves and and background for added dimension. Once this was dry, I then adhered my roses to my card panel.
To complete my card I chose a sentiment from the Kind Hearts stamp set. I stamped the hugs sentiment using black ink. This completes my card! I hope you enjoyed today’s card and I will be back soon with more inspiration!
Happy Monday, crafty friends! Dee here today sharing this fresh floral card featuring the Star Flowers dies from the latest Floral Contour Layers collection!
I started by cutting Layer A, B, and C of the Petal Triangle dies twice, then adhered them (mirrored) onto a piece of white cardstock that I cut down to 5.5” x 4.25”.
Next, I cut layers A, B, and C of the Tranquility Layer die (saving the center circle for a future project, then adhered it to the center of the two triangles.
I cut the Star Flowers Contour Layer dies twice in yellow cardstock and once in coral. I layered each flower then adhered them together and onto the Tranquility frame. Next, I die-cut leaves from the Dainty Rose and Leaves dies set in shades of teal then adhered them tucked behind the flowers.
For the sentiment, I die cut the Handwritten Hugs in gold glitter cardstock and adhered it to the card with foam tape. As a finishing touch, I added embellishments in coordinating colors to the center of each flower!
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Happy Saturday and welcome back to the blog! Today I am sharing another very easy card using the awesome Floral Balloon die set.
Sometimes I feel like getting inky, and that’s how I felt when preparing this card. I didn’t want to choose cardstock colors, so I diecut all the pieces from white cardstock and did ink blending to add color.
I started by die cutting layers A, B and C of the Flora Plate set. I ink blended with pink onto Layer B, and with yellow onto Layer C. Then I adhered all of them to an A2 card front.
Next I die cut Layers A, B and C of the Floral Balloon die set from white cardstock. Similar to above, I ink blended on the layers, but this time using yellow for Layer B and pink for Layer C. I then adhered those together in order — placing the white Layer A on the bottom, then stacking layers B and C on top of that.
I assembled the card by gluing my ink-blended balloon die cut in the upper left corner of the card, and tying yellow cord around the end.
For the sentiment, I used my new favorite — the Contempo Greetings set, to heat emboss ‘happy birthday’ onto white cardstock, and then die cut it out using the coordinating dies.
The final touch was to add a few well placed pink jewels for some sparkle.
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—
I die cut the balloon twice from white cardstock. I will use one layer as a backer.
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.
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.
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.
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!
I cannot get enough of the Contour Layering Collection, and we are going to do even more die cutting featuring the Tiny Tuft and Leaves Die Set and pairing it with the Butterfly!
We always start with our die cutting and layering with liquid adhesive and this is no different, except not everything needs to be layered, like our leaves.
Once our layers are completed, we can now start to build are card front. I use a white panel cut to 4 in x 5 1/4 in and started placing our die cuts. I started with the HUGS sentiment. I wanted to give the illusion the flowers were coming out of our sentiment!
I then propped that up using foam square and then started placing in the leaves until it looked full. Flowers were then adhered on top using liquid adhesive!
Once the focal point was in place and secured, I set my butterflies below and above the sentiment, creating a triangle setting.
To the flowers and sentiment, I added a little sparkle using my pen and adding liquid drops to my butterflies!
To finish our card I placed this panel on an ivory card stock cut to 4 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in and adhered this to a Standard A2 size card base that measures 4 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in.
Very clean and simple with a great impact from the die cuts!
Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon!
