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Hello Birch Press fans. Sometimes I really want to experiment with backgrounds and really get inky. Today I am using the Bold Stripes Stencil to make a colorful background.

I have chosen some lovely blue shades and brush blended atop Open Studio watercolor paper.

I am highlighting the super gorgeous Memory Box Birthday Rose Corner Clear Stamp and Die Set.

Using watercolor brush pens I colored and then die cut the stunning rose and foliage image.

I added sentiments from the You are Awesome clear stamp set and the Best Friend clear stamp set.

I hope that you do some experimenting as well and share with us on social media. I can’t wait to see what you create!

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Hello, crafty friends! I am so happy to be here today sharing these two cards I made with Birch Press Designs’s Avalon Frame Layering Dies. I love using the pretty negative die cuts from my Birch Press layering dies in my cards, and these cards show how I used these pieces to make frames on my cards. I had so much fun making my first card that I had to make a second!

I started my card by die cutting all three layers from the Avalon Frame layering dies from white 110# cardstock. I saved all of the little negative dies off to the side and die cut a circle out of all three layers. I then started coloring my floral elements with alcohol markers, layering them to create different shapes and dimension (all of the elements used in each card’s frame were constructed from the pieces from the three layers; no extra pieces were used!) Once I had enough floral elements colored I arranged them around the perimeter of the circle.

To finish the card, I die cut a watercolored background to put inside the circle. I adhered the Love sentiment from Birch Press’s Love Honey Script die, and stamped the additional sentiment from Birch Press’s You Are Awesome stamp set onto navy cardstock. Some gold sequins finished up the card!

Onto the second card! This card was made the same way, just switching up the colors.

I used a summery color scheme to color my floral elements, and layered an aqua card base behind my 3 layering panels. I die cut the Love sentiment from Birch Press’s Love Sugar Script die and finished the card with some clear sequins.

I had so much fun creating these cards, and I hope you enjoyed them! I’ll be back soon with another card project… until then, happy creating!

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Hello Birch Press Fans! Do you ever want to make a stack of cards and not spend a ton of time? I know I do. These cards really are perfect for making a lovely statement and still be quick and enable you make several at a time.

I love the over sized sentiments from the Birch Press “You are Awesome” clear stamp set. They are clean lined and so fresh in black against a crisp white background.

As a backdrop for these great sentiments, I used the Memorybox Serene Mandala Embossing Folder as the card front panels.

I used 110 lb weight paper for a thick crisp emboss. Brushing on color in a circular motion from the center outward, the design and dimension of the mandala really shines through.

I cut the panels to fit onto blank card bases cut to 4 x 5.25. The sentiment strip was popped up with foam mount tape. I hope that you experiment in color blending and brushing color onto embossing folders for quick and lovely cards!

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Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

For today’s project, I used the Sparkler and Paradiso Butterfly Layering Die Set and for the background of these dies, some Washi Tape!

Let’s start by covering our card stock panels with our washi tape. The two that I am using come in a wide and 1 inch size.

I then die cut all my pieces from both the card stock covered in washi tape and plain white card stock. While I was at it, I made sure I glued my white butterfly die cuts together and set them aside to dry.

For my die cutting I only used the base and the top layer for each butterfly! I wanted to make sure we could see the beautiful pattern of the washi tape…

The panel completely covered with the washi tape it provided a perfect back drop for my layered die cut!

A sentiment was stamped and embossed for each card and set in place!

As always, I hope you enjoyed today’s project… and if you want to see more details just click on the video below and see how these projects come together step by step!

Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon! Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!

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Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

For today, instead of creating a card let’s stretch our stamps and use them in an art journal… The Lovely Butterflies stamp set is perfect for this type of project in so many ways!

I started by creating my background using my distress oxides in shades of blue. 

As my background was drying, I stamped my images and heat embossed them and grabbed my watercolors to add the bright colors to their wings!

Now back to the background…  Here is where you can have all the fun…  stencil, splatter, paste – the possibilities are endless…  I chose to make sure I added a border using an old dictionary page…

Once all my pieces were dry I fussy cut out my butterflies and placed them onto my page creating my rainbow!  I believe we cannot have enough rainbows right now!

I used two of the sentiments from the stamp set and placed at the top and the bottom of my page to finish it off!

As always, I hope you enjoyed today’s project…  and if you want to see more details just click on the video below and see how these projects come together step by step!

Make sure you stay tuned for more wonderful projects coming soon!  Have a great day and always remember… Be Creative!

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Hello, friends! I am so happy to be here today sharing this rainbow heart thank you card made with Birch Press Design’s Amour Layer A die. I have been crazy-inspired lately by Laura Bassen’s amazing colorful geometric cards. I sought to achieve a similar look using this layering die, which made it so fast and easy!

I started out my card by die cutting two panels from the Amour Layer A die. I then separated the negative pieces into two piles and attached one of the panels onto a white cardstock base.

Then the fun began! I cut each heart into two lengthwise pieces, and colored them using Copic markers (any markers would work). I then attached the two pieces to a base piece from the other pile. Before long, I had a colorful panel of hearts. I decided to leave the small hearts white to avoid the card from becoming too busy.

I finished my card by popping up all the heart pieces onto foam tape before adhering them onto the panel. I die cut my sentiment from Birch Press’s Thanks Sugar Script using gold mirror cardstock, then stamped the “you are the best” from the You Are Awesome stamp set onto vellum.

I love the clean yet graphic look that you can achieve from just one layer of the layering dies! My daughter loved this card so much that she snagged it to attach to a gift of some crocheted ear savers we are sending to nurses working on the front lines in New York City. We hope they love it!

Thanks so much for joining me here today, and I’ll see you soon with another card project. Stay safe and healthy!

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Good morning! Ardyth here with 6 happy cards that are perfect for sending to friends! And all of them use just the top layer die from the Sun Ray Triangles Layered Dies set.

For my first card, I used a form of inlaid die cuts, and I popped up the interior pieces (cut from Memory Box Twinkling Jewels glitter cardstock) and then removed the outline frame for a different look!

Next, I used traditional inlaid die cuts, and included the black frames for a more dramatic look! (Notice that the Fairy Sugar glitter glues match the cardstock!)

And of course, I needed to use up the glittery outline frames, so I glued them to a panel of white carstock, cut the panel with a circle and and then again, with a Vivid Bloom die, which I popped up with foam tape.

I have even more cards to show you in my video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LFOtN6egIk&feature=youtu.be

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