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  • Gate Fold Thank You | by Kimberly Wiener

    Gate Fold Thank You | by Kimberly Wiener

    Hello Birch Press fans. Today I bring you a clean and simple gate fold card with a lovely, slightly more elaborate interior.
    I am so thrilled to be working with these gorgeous dies. If you are not already impressed with their lovely intricate dies, and impeccable craftmanship, I’m sure that it will not take very long with all of the design team creations coming your way soon.

    The solid card stock base is cut at 8.25 x 4.25 and scored and folded starting from the left at 2.10 and again at 6.25 inches. The Hello Topper die is a perfect closure for the gate fold style type of card and was cut on white card stock and trimmed to 1 inch, then adhered to the bottom layer of the bottom fold. The Hello word die was cut in black and turquiose and adhered slightly offset against the white backing strip.

    The lovely more layered inside was fitted with a white 4 x 5.5 panel. A solid 5.25 x 2.25 strip was center cut on the Dazzle A die and adhered 1.25 inches from the bottom of the white panel. Some portions of the Dazzle strip was trimmed to have uniform open spaces.

    The sentiment from the Best Friend stamp set was centered .5 inches below the Dazzle strip.

    The lovely heart was cut with the Folk Art Heart layer A in shimmer pastel blue glitter paper and the layer B in the solid turquoise. After adhering the solid layer to the glitter layer, both layers were adhered to black cardstock, hand cut, and affixed to the center of the Dazzle burst.

    I am so smitten with this card and all of the creations I have made so far using Birch Press products. I can’t wait until you see the next release!


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  • Flora Heart Trio! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Flora Heart Trio! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    For today let’s make a trio of hearts for our Valentine’s Day Card!

    Let’s start by cutting our cardstock making sure we have three of each die. For the Hearts I chose the traditional red, pink and white, but the card base I went with a deep teal. While I had my die cutting machine out I made sure my sentiment was cut also.

    Using my liquid adhesive, I layered all my die cuts together.

    I grabbed my standard A2 size top folding card base and a slightly smaller panel of the same color cut to 4 in x 5 ¼ in. Checked my placement of my hearts and sentiment to ensure they would fit on my panel and card base so I would not have to cut any excess.

    Used my liquid adhesive to set my die cuts in place and used my pearl embellishments to accent each of the hearts!

    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 | by Kimberly Wiener

    Hello | by Kimberly Wiener

    More lovely dies to feature today! For this card I selected a lovely turquoise blue card stock as the base card and ran all of the Folk Art Heart dies in the same turquoise.

    The center heart layer was cut in a light blue shimmery glitter card stock and adhered inbetween the two turquoise hearts.

    For a stunning background for the centerpiece heart, I cut the Dazzle A in a shimmery light glitter card stock. I removed all of the die cut peices except for the center zig zag round.

    The Handwritten Hello and Outline were cut with black and turquoise card stock and adhered together.

    A snippet of black paper was added behind the hearts.

    I adore how the Dazzle background really intensifies the focal hearts. I sure hope that you are having as much fun as I am experimenting with layering the dies in all of the lovely combinations possible. I can’t wait to see what you create!


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  • Magnet Gift Card | by Jennifer Svare

    Magnet Gift Card | by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! I’m so excited to share today’s project! The gorgeous Flora Heart Layer Set is the focal image of the card, of course, but it’s also a refrigerator magnet that can be removed and used.

    For the background, I traced the outline of the heart onto watercolor paper, and watercolored a background piece. I’ll show two ideas for this in the video. I chose to watercolor because I love how the colors mix, but many different mediums could be used to create endless color combinations. It could even be made to match the recipient’s kitchen. Great gift idea for sending a Valentine to a friend, or a congrats to a new home.

    My fridge is white, but this would look stunning on a stainless steel fridge! In the video below, I’ll show you my favorite, extra strong magnets to use, and how I put this together. It’s such a fun, easy project! Many, many of the Birch Press dies would work for this project. Go through your stash and have FUN!


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  • 1 Die, 3 Ways | by Justine Hovey

    1 Die, 3 Ways | by Justine Hovey

    Hey crafters,
    today I am on the blog featuring a card with no stamping. Pretty easy to do when using the layers from Birch Press dies I have to say. I love this Regal Peacock and I’ve been meaning to use it for quite some time now.

    In today’s video I show you how to use this die in 3 different ways – normally, as an in-laid die cut and. lastly in between other dies.

    I tried to use elegant colours for the peacock and tried to be creative by not using the standard colours. So I chose some holographic cardstock, golds and blacks.

    I added in the Big Sugar Birthday Script die in between the die cut for a fun look and birthday card.


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  • The Non-Traditional Valentine’s! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    The Non-Traditional Valentine’s! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    For today’s project we will be using the Bevel Edge Layering Dies to create our Valentine’s Day Cards! The twist is in the colors we shall use! Not every Valentine’s Day Card has to be in Red, Pink and White, right? LOL…

    As always, we start by cutting our die cuts out and getting them ready our liquid glue assembly line… to get our layers together… But again, let’s choose colors that are against the norm… For one I added an aqua color and the other a lime green!

    Since these dies are separated, they are made to work with each other but they can also work separately!

    Once I have my die cuts layered and set onto my standard A2 size card panel let’s add our sentiment. For this I am using the Honey Script LOVE Sentiment Die Set!

    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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  • Textured Background Layer Ideas | by Jennifer Svare

    Textured Background Layer Ideas | by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! Today I wanted to share some ideas for creating simple background textures for the brand new heart layering sets. Here are some ideas!

    Adding a watercolored a background for the layers is a fun, versatile way to create interest, and also tie all the colors of the card together.

    Embossing folders with simple designs can create stunning backgrounds that don’t draw too much attention from the focal image. Layering sheets of cardstock, then ripping the papers to create the layers offers endless possibilities of colors. Combined with the watercoloring the heart background, the card is tailor-made to any color combinations imaginable! I made sure to leave the perfect amount of room for the Handwritten Hello sentiment. The script was cut from a shade lighter than the teal, so it would add extra brightness to the letters. Two layers of the script were glued together for extra dimension.

    Flora Heart with Just a Note

    For the red and pink card, I did the exact same process, but left the top layer empty of the watercolor background. I thought the Just a Note was perfect to match the scripty background, but this would also work perfect with the Handwritten Love You for a Valentine’s Day card.

    Folk Art Heart

    The Flora Heart (above) is so beautiful! I cut all layers from the watercolor paper to match the background and ripped all four sides, framed it with a layer of pink, added the same pink to be the background for the heart, and all went onto a white card base. This would make a great gift set with a rainbow of colors!

    I wanted to share a little sneak peek of a project I’ll be sharing soon, because it also shows the watercolored background, but in very vibrant colors. (If you love this heart, you will have so much fun with the surprise this card holds, so check back soon!)

    Do you have ideas for simple textures you’d like to share in the comments below? We’d love to hear!

    Products used: Flora Heart Layering Set, Folk Art Heart Layering Set, Handwritten Hello and Outline, Handwritten Just a Note and Outline

  • Layered Valentine  by Jeanne Jachna

    Layered Valentine
    by Jeanne Jachna

    Hi friends! It’s Jeanne here today and I’m sharing a layered Valentine’s card.

    This card starts out with a the Cherish Plate Layer set in ombre shades of pink. I actually added two of the top layer in light pink to add more depth to the die cut hearts.

    Maybe you noticed something new here too? The Handwritten Love Outline is a two die set that includes the fancy script sentiment and a solid background die for layering.

    The Folk Art Heart is also new! It’s a yummy layered heart embellished with decorative folk art florals.

    These crisp cut die cut layers are so elegant and sure to make a big impression!

    Finished Size 4.25 x 5.5″
    Birch Press Design Folk Art Heart, Handwritten Love You Outline, Cherish Plate Layers

  • Dazzle Love and Hugsby Jeanne Jachna

    Dazzle Love and Hugs
    by Jeanne Jachna

    Hi friends! It’s Jeanne here today and I’m sharing two cards made with the Dazzle Bevel Layer Set.

    I think the hardest part working with layered dies is what colors to use on which layers. I’ve found that alternating darks and lights works best for high contrast and big impact.

    I made one card in ombre shades of pink and a second card in peacock colors.

    If you look close you’ll see I alternated light and dark card stock so each layer is clearly defined.

    I always like to add a touch of bling because who doesn’t love a little shiny right? Instead of adding sequins to this card I decided to add a bit of gold glitter inlay along the top.

    The Sugar Cut Word dies are cut from coordinating card stock colors. I added sentiment strips stamped with phrases from the Just Because stamp set.

    These cards have a finished size of 4 5/8 x 3 3/4″. The layers give them a thick rich feel and expensive look.

    No matter what colors you decide on I know they’ll be absolutely beautiful and your recipients will be delighted!

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  • A Shaker Card using a Layering Die! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    A Shaker Card using a Layering Die! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    For today’s project we will be using the Lumina Layering Die Set to create a shaker card! I will also be adding the Hello Topper Sentiment Die to help with the shaker element!

    Let’s start by cutting our die cuts out and getting them ready our assembly…

    I then will adhere the main panel to my card base which I chose a mat silver card stock and then using my craft knife cut out the half circle (I will use that section of another card!).

    Now I can build my shaker by adding my acetate and my double layers foam tape and strips on my card panel…

    I found some adorable shaker bits of snowflakes and iridescent stars to fill with, removed my release paper carefully and then placed my panel on the back and made sure everything was secured in place!

    I then traced my cut out on my sentiment topper and then used me craft knife again to cut this section out – but of course I did not measure and did not leave enough to cover the bottom piece of strip adhesive! So, we get creative and I cut a ¼ inch strip from another piece of card stock to cover that completely!

    Layered my sentiment three times and placed onto the background!

    Set my panel onto my standard A2 size card base which is 4 ¼ inch x 5 ½ inch top folding…

    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 this project comes 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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