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  • Vellum Shaker Cards! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Vellum Shaker Cards! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    For today let’s make some shaker cards using vellum and only one of the layers from the Calen Layering Die Set!

    As always let’s start by cutting our cardstock, shaker back panels (4 in x 5 ¼ in), shaker front panel (4 in x 5 ¼ in) and vellum panels (3 7/8 in x 5 1/8 in) and set those pieces aside while we set up our shaker panels…

    Using my liquid adhesive, I place my vellum piece and add my double-sided foam tape double layered…

    For your shaker component you can chose any elements or bits to have in your opening and spread them around so they are flat in this area. Remove your release paper from your foam tape carefully and then add your back panel and shake away! Be careful you may do this for a while… LOL

    Now it is time to add our die cut! By only using one layer we get to see the full beauty of the shaker element on our card!

    I grabbed my standard A2 size top folding card base and placed my shaker panel using my liquid adhesive. And there we go 4 shaker cards in no time!

    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!


    Supplies


    56086 Calen Layer Set
  • Petal Burst Rainbow Cards | by Ardyth Percy-Robb

    Petal Burst Rainbow Cards | by Ardyth Percy-Robb

    Good morning! It’s Ardyth here with my first post and today I have two rainbow-blended cards using the Petal Burst stencil.

    I love the classic shape of the petals on this stencil, but it’s really too big to use the whole thing on an A2 card front, so I got a little inventive.

    I started by isolating one of the petals with masks and blending ink through it.

    Then I moved the stencil 1/2 inch to the side and blending the next colour. I used the markings on my grid work surface to make the measuring easy!

    I blended the inks heavier on the pointy ends and lighter in the centres. And when I had worked my way to the left edge, I lifted the stencil (used new masks to avoid ink contamination) and worked to the right. I spritzed the panel with shimmer spray when it was finished.

    For my sentiment, I used the centre portion of the Big Thanks Sugar Script die, and I cut it in black cardstock and also from the centre of my panel (and I kept the letter centres!)

    I adhered the panel to a black 4.25×4.25 inch cardbase and inlaid the black sentiment along with the letter centres. I finished it with some black jewels for sparkle!

    I love the ‘glow’ around my sentiment, that resulted by keeping the centres of the panels lighter in colour.

    Next, I lined the centre of the stencil up with the lower left corner of my panel. I blended ink through the 12:00 and 3:00 petals.

    Then I isolated one petal with masks and filled in the rest of the petals, again using the markings on my worksurface for guidance.

    I finished this one in the same way as the first – but this time with the Hello Sugar Script die.

    I hope you’ve enjoyed seeing how easy it was to create these two bright, happy cards!

    Supplies

    44023 Petal Burst

    Big Thanks Sugar Script

    Hello Sugar Script

  • Vivid Bloom Frames | by Jennifer Svare

    Vivid Bloom Frames | by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! Today I’m excited to introduce the new Vivid Bloom Stitched Layer Set available now at Birch Press Design! So many wonderful things can be done with nested dies, and this set has 6 sizes to offer endless possibilities!

    The video (linked below) shows how I created frames using the dies, and also put a subtle texture into the background using the Leafy Jumble stencil and transparent texture paste.

    The new Hello and Hugs Honey Script dies each come with the letters and a background die. For today’s project, I used the letters without the background. Several were stacked on top of each other for extra depth to the letters. I went over it with a shimmer pen, topped off with glossy accents. I love, love, love this script!

    Creating frames from nested dies is just one way to use them – really, the possibilities are endless and I can’t wait to share more ideas! Enjoy the video and have a great day!


    Supplies


    57332 Vivid Bloom Stitched Layer Set
    57310 Hello Honey Script
    57300 Hugs Honey Script
    88613 Leafy Jumble Stencil
  • A Folk Art Valentine’s Day! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    A Folk Art Valentine’s Day! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

    For today I am going to make a Valentine’s Day Card featuring the Folk Art Heart Layering Die!

    Let’s start by cutting our layering dies in the cardstock colors you chose. Once they are cut I then grab the same colors and cut my squares using my paper trimmer. For these I start with a 4 ¼ inch square and decrease each cut by ¼ inch. I create four of these.

    While we are getting everything ready, let’s add our sentiment, and for this project I chose a sentiment from the Lingo Thanks Stamp Set!

    Using my liquid adhesive, I start layering all my pieces that have been cut!

    I used a Standard A2 Size top folding card base (4 ¼ inch x 5 ½ inch) for my card and arranged my pieces.

    Added a few drops for embellishment!

    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!


    Supplies


    56119 Folk Art Heart Layer Set
    CL8143 Lingo Thanks
  • Cherish Hearts Inlay | by Jennifer Svare

    Cherish Hearts Inlay | by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, it might be time to make some fast, simple cards! Birch Press Design has you covered with this quick, easy Valentine. I am sending out many cards this year. It’s such a great time to tell close friends and family that I love them! With a large family, it was important to have a simple design. This is it!

    I die cut the Cherish Layer A several times out of white and different glitter cardstocks. Check out the video below for tips on coloring glitter paper if you don’t have colors! I also used a dotted embossing folder to add some extra texture to the white layer.

    The Simple Hearts, which are nested heart dies, were used to cut a large heart out of vellum, and a smaller one for the inside to match the band. The Handwritten Love You went on the top of all layers. Make sure to watch this short video for more detailed views of this card being made:


    Supplies


    57045 Simple Hearts
    57335 Handwritten Love You and Outline
    57110 Cherish Plate Layer A
  • Valentine Gift Tag Trio by Jeanne Jachna

    Valentine Gift Tag Trio
    by Jeanne Jachna

    Hi crafty friends! It’s Jeanne here today and I’m sharing some pretty Valentine Gift tags to delight your favorite Valentines!

    Tags are perfect for dressing up anything from a simple bag of home made chocolate chip cookies to something extra special for your sweetie!

    I assembled several Flora Hearts in different shades of card stock. Each middle layer is cut with glitter paper from the new Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter 6″ pad.

    The hearts are topped with Love die cut word sentiments and a stamped “sending” from the Lingo Thanks clear stamp set.

    The hearts are layered over Poppystamps Double Stitched Tags cut from coordinating, and gold glitter card stock.

    I think these hearts are gorgeous and plan to make another bunch that I will adhere to wood picks to top cupcakes!

    Supplies

    56120 Flora Heart Layer Set

    CL8143 Lingo Thanks

    57311 Love Honey Script

    2055 Double Stitch Tags

    GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

  • 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!


    Supplies


    56119 Folk Art Heart Layer Set
    57313 Helllo Topper
    CL8132 Best Friend clear stamp set
    57001 Dazzle A
  • 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!


    Supplies


    57335 Handwritten Love You and Outline
    56120 Flora Heart Layer Set
  • 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!


    Supplies


    56119 Folk Art Heart Layer Set
    57333 Handwritten Hello and Outline
    57001 Dazzle A
  • 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!


    Supplies


    56120 Flora Heart Layer Set