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Grateful for You Tri-Fold Window Card | by Jennifer Svare
Hello! Thanks so much for stopping by! Today I’ll be sharing a “Grateful for You” card that I made for a friend who has given me lots of great advice and direction over the years.
The compass from Let Your Dreams Set Sail stamp and die set was perfect for this type of thank you along with the Waves Plate Layer A.
This is a tri-fold card, so the oval from the front peeks through to the compass on the second layer of the card. I sketched a quick line with a watercolor marker, and filled in with water for just a touch of color. I’ll show the details in the video below.
Once opened, the “Grateful to have you in my life” sentiment is seen under the compass. The font size and line thickness makes for gorgeous embossing. This is embossed out of gold.
Open the flap once more to reveal the last sentiment and room for writing. The “Thanks for always being there” script came from the Sending Love stamp set, and I thought both sentiments went together nicely for a complete message.
Are you looking for Father’s Day card ideas? This would also make a great card for any dads on the list. I love how the sentiments are very versatile, and can be used to thank anyone who has given advice or direction. It’s a great one to have on hand!
Check out the video below, and you can watch me make this card. Have a great day! I can’t wait to see you again soon!
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Layering Wonders | by Justine Hovey
I love layering! I wouldn’t be a part of the Birch Press team if I didn’t. In today’s video, I am looking at all sorts of layering – stamps, dies and stencils and it is so much fun to create these intricate designs.
I used the stencils from the Shining Mandala Stamps and Stencils to create this super fun background in a variety of shades of pink. I topped it off with the Friend die and added a small stamp underneath which is embossed in white on black cardstock.
These two cards, I tried something I’ve never done before and I used all the pieces from my die cut – the pieces that were intended to be cut out as well as all those little pieces that fall out. I arranged them with the help of the frames. I can’t even tell which card I love more!
The card above is made with all the pieces that I would normally have thrown in the garbage. I didn’t use every single layer but enough of them to get enough contrast.
This is what the card looks like by layering the standard dies. You can see all those holes where I got the pieces from for the previous card.
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Using Dies with Alcohol Ink Panels
Hello, there! It’s Ashlea and I’m thrilled to be back again sharing some inspiration with you. I don’t know about you, but I have recently be re-obsessed with alcohol inks. They’re so fun to play with and I love the looks I get when playing around with different colors. I always end up with tons of alcohol ink panels and try to brainstorm ways that I can use them on my cards and projects. I’ve shared a few ideas in this video on my Youtube channel. Check it out here:
For my first card in the video I used alcohol ink on a die cut piece of card stock. I used the Peony Blooms layer A die and created a floral texture with the alcohol ink by using my darkest color (Cranberry)in the center of the flower shadows, then the lighter color (Pink Sherbet) and using my “air puffer” while rotating the card stock. This technique gives a great feathery texture that lends itself really well to alcohol inks, in my opinion.
For my next couple of cards, I used pre-made alcohol ink panels and used word dies on one of them while I used the other as a card front. In this first one I cut out both the shadow die portion of the Big Friend Sugar Script die and the word die. I used these inversely with white card stock cut outs of the opposite dies (white shadow die for alcohol ink word cut out and white card stock word cut out for the alcohol ink shadow cut out) and created clean and simple cards with them using also the Aurora dies.
And finally, my alcohol ink card front consisted of a pretty clean and simple alcohol ink art panel using just the color Eggplant and the gold mixative. I trimmed the card stock down to 3 3/4″ by 5″ and paired it with the inside dies of the Aurora layers A and B. For my sentiment I used the “smile” die and the “so glad we’re friends” sentiment from the Lingo Thanks clear stamp set.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope that you’ve gotten some ideas on how you can use those alcohol ink panels that you’ve created! I’ll see you again very soon!
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Transparent Spring Card | by Jennifer Svare
Hello! Isn’t it great to see signs of spring finally arriving? Today, I wanted to make a card that was light, bright, fun, and would be great for a quick Easter card, or just springtime greetings.
The card base is made out of clear acetate. The front is the beautiful Fiori Egg layering die set. There are four layers to the egg including the Stitched Egg background.
The top two layers are both white, the third layer is gold, and the background layer is a holographic pink. I love how the top two layers of the white give it dimension with the stitching showing through, while the gold and background offer such colorful, beautiful elegance to the card while still keeping it clean and simple.
I die cut the Layer A from the Avalon Frame out of white vellum, and used the negative spaces to glue onto the inside of the acetate that will show to the front of the card. Using a hole punch, I added little centers to the negative spaces of the flowers.
Using vellum allows for color to show through from the back panel, and adds to the light, springy feel of the card. Glue dots are a wonderful adhesive for the vellum. It doesn’t show through the vellum or the acetate!
The inside backing to the Fiori Egg is a background cut out of pink, with the Spring Blessings sentiment from the Spring Blessings stamp set. Room for a personal note is on the inside, hidden by the egg when closed.
Thanks so much for stopping by today, and Happy Spring to you!
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4 Cards, 2 Dies by Ashlea Cornell
Hello all! I’m glad to be back here with you today trying a new type of video for me. I love watching videos that show how many cards you can make with a limited number of techniques so, I put together one of my own today! I hope that you enjoy it and get some ideas on ways to stretch your own supplies.
For my first set of cards I’m using the Butterfly Garden layer set. I have a confession here: there is technically a third die in this step, infinity circle dies. But they’re basic and this step could technically be done with scissors or a craft knife if you wanted. I love the way these two came out and that they’re both any occasion cards so that I can use them whenever I find myself needing a card.
For my next set, I used the Big Friend Sugar Script die and created this one with some patterned paper and also some embellishment hearts from the Amour Arch layer A. To create this colorful stacked look, I used the word die on four pieces of different colored light weight card stock and adhered them all together slightly off center from each other. This way, all the colors peek out and create a wonderfully simple yet impactful piece.
Finally, I created the card you see above on the far left. It’s a a very simple card using the negative pieces of card stock from the “friend” word die. I love this as a masculine card and I often have trouble creating those, so this technique will definitely be one I use again and again!
Thank you so much for stopping by today! I’ll see you again very soon!
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Happy Peach Cobbler Day! | by Jennifer Svare
Kessa Arch Layers make beautiful muffin and cupcake wrappers Hello! It’s so great to be back at Birchpress Design, and just in time for Peach Cobbler Day, April 13th. It’s a great excuse to make and take delicious treats to friends and family, and today I’ll offer some ideas of how Birchpress Design has us covered!
With a slight modification to the Kessa Arch layers, gorgeous muffin wrappers can be made, the kind that can be used again and again. They simply slip on kind of like a napkin ring and are very sturdy. I’ll show how easy they are to make in the video.
The Waves Plate set make a gorgeous “peaches and cream” card – so simple and so elegant. Simply choose the colors, die cut the layers, and attach to a card base. Love those easy cards that only look like they took a long time to make. This one’s FAST.
Muffins can be delivered in disposable pan, wrapped with Birch Press Design’s Lavender Metallic Ribbon I also got brave and made a modification to an apple from An Apple a Day die set to make a peach instead. I always feel intimidated when thinking about coloring, so my challenge today if you feel the same is just to do it, and don’t overthink yourself out of trying it. Distress inks make it easy, and it’s a very forgiving shape to color. I’ll help by offering color suggestions as well as some how-to’s in the video.
In addition to the peach tag, a card could be made instead. Here I used one of my all-time favorite die sets, the Maxwell layers. The Mango Gingham made a wonderful layer, too!
This project is all about connecting with friends, family, or neighbors. Grab your apple dies if you don’t have peaches, whip up the easiest peach cobbler muffin recipe you can find on the internet, and go make someone’s day! It’s the thought that counts, and it will be so appreciated ~ fun, too!
Have a wonderful day, and I can’t wait to see you again soon!
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5 Backgrounds 1 Stamp | by Justine Hovey
It’s Justine again here on the Birch Press Blog with a fun idea on how to use the Hex Fade Frame Stamp/Die set to create 5 backgrounds. These are my favourite types of stamps because the possibilities, colours and layout are endless!
I think this one is my favourite with the woven look of stamped images and die cut stamped images. It’s so simple yet looks dimensional and complex. You can watch the creation of these cards in my video!
I think when creating bulk cards it’s either for creating a bunch of cards to give to different people OR you can create a set to use as a gift. I do this often and had that in mind which is why I chose the same colour palette to go with the card bundle.
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Hello | By Eloise Blue
Hi friends, Eloise here and today I’ll be using the Adora Layer Set along with the Big Lingo Type Hello Die to create a ‘Hello’ themed card. I’ll be using the insides of the Adora Layer Set instead of the frames to create the heart ‘wreaths’.
I started off with die cutting each of the Adora Layers from different shades of pink cardstock and layering up the hearts from the dies into the wreath shape. I used the die as a guide to adhere them down exactly how they come within the die. I started off with the larger heart first and worked my way up to the smallest.
Once I had adhered all my hearts together, I decided to also adhere the middle piece as well to create a more full design.
For my sentiment, I die cut the Lingo Hello from red and white and adhered them together. Since they got lost within the hearts, I freehand cut to banners, one from black and one from kraft and adhered them together as well.
Lastly, I added adhesive onto the back of the ‘Hello’ word and adhered it on top of the banner and also added foam tape onto the back of the banners and adhered them into the centre of my heart design.
Thanks for stopping by today and I’ll see you next time.
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Share the Happiness!
Our Adora Layer set is one of our favorites! Add it to a greeting when you want intricate and loving details. The sentiment is from our Lingo Thanks Stamp set – which pairs perfectly with the You Sugar Script die!
So Thankful
The Kaleidoscope Heart really dazzles on this artful card! Tone on tone layers inside a heart shape are a stunning backdrop for the Thanks Sugar Script Die.Supplies
