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A Colorful Hello | By Natasha Vacca
Hi crafty friends I am excited to be back up on the Birch Press blog today sharing a fun and colorful card with you using the beautiful die set Wispy Blooms. For today’s card I wanted to create a colorful background to highlight these gorgeous blooms! So let’s get started! I started today’s card by…
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Blooming Peony Part II | By April Antonio
Happy Tuesday and welcome back to the Birch Press Design blog. On Saturday I shared a card I created using the Adornment Peony die set – post found here. Today, I’m sharing what I did with the pieces I saved after using the outline for the previous card. First, I cut the Adornment Peony die…
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Let’s Dye More Eggs! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! I know Easter has past! However I never get bored dyeing eggs! So, let’s have some fun with the Petal Egg Layering Die set and some dye ink sprays! For our die cutting you want to use a card stock that can handle a lot of water, so the best…
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Blooming Peony Thank You Card | By April Antonio
Hola and happy Saturday! April over here on the blog sharing a thank you card featuring the Adornment Peony die set. This set is beautiful and contains four dies: Two peony dies – one detailed, one outline; two leaf dies – one detailed, one outline. I started this card by deciding that I really wanted…
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Butterfly Hugs | By Dilay Nacar
Happy Friday, crafty friends! Dee here today sharing a fun and vibrant card featuring the brand new Simple Butterfly Contour Layers dies! I began with a piece of watercolor paper and applied a few of my favorite colors using watercolor brush markers. Once dry, I die cut each of the butterflies multiple times (and the…
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Rainbow Star Flowers | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! Thanks for taking the time to be here as the Design Team shares inspiration ideas, tips and tricks for creating beautiful cards using Birch Press Design products. This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing an amazingly detailed slimline rainbow card using the Star Flowers, part of the all-NEW Contour Layering…
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Watercolored Blossoms | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a watercolor floral card featuring a mix of the new and the old. I watercolored the base layer of the Eucalyptus Stem and Berries Contour Layers dies using Zig Real Brush Markers. I also watercolored the smaller of the Simple Butterfly Contour Layers dies, keeping them separate…
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Bright, Star Flowers – Zero Sentiment Card | By April
Hello and welcome back to the Birch Press Design blog! Today I am sharing a quick to create card, centered around the concept that sometimes the best sentiment, is no sentiment at all. I had a busy week and wanted to create a quick, colorful card. One thing I love about the Birch Press layering…
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NOT a Card – A Bookmarker! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Little surprise for today! We are NOT going to create a card, LOL! Our stash can be so much more… So, today we are going to make a couple bookmarkers in no time featuring the Pimpernel Contour Layering Die Set along with the Pinpoint Radial Cover Plate! Start by getting…
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Floral Balloon Birthday Wishes | By Natasha Vacca
Hi crafty friends! I am excited to be back up on the blog today! Today I am sharing a bright and colorful birthday wishes card using the Floral Balloon layering dies! I adore these beautiful balloon dies and there is so much you can do with this set! I had fun creating a bright and…
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Pastel Watercolors & Easter Egg Greeting Card | By April Antonio
Happy Thursday and welcome back to the Birch Press Design blog! I am excited to be sharing another Easter themed card this week using the Petal Egg Layering die set. I wanted to change up how I used the layering dies, so I have a couple of ideas on how to stretch your supplies. Read…
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Easter Greetings | by April Antonio
Happy April! This month is not only my namesake, but my birthday month and I always get really excited! Also this month, many will be celebrating the Easter holiday. Whether you’ll be celebrating Easter or Spring break, the card I’m sharing today is festive enough for the entire month. To start this card, I wanted…
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Eucalyptus Stems & Berries | By Dilay Nacar
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…
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Sending Sunshine
by Jeanne JachnaI’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…
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Fresh, Green, Springtime | By April Antonio
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…
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A Star and Fuddled Leaf on a Layered Wreath! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! 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…
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Dainty Rose Hugs | Natasha Vacca
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.…
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Fresh Floral Wreath | By Dilay Nacar
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”…
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Instagram Hop & Giveaway
It’s the first day of spring! To celebrate we’re sending you flowers from the latest release at Birch Press Design! Join us in celebrating by following along on our Instagram Instahop! Hop along to each participating member’s account, follow each person, and prepare to be inspired! Make sure to leave a comment tagging a friend…
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Easy Bright Birthday | by April Antonio
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…
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Clean and Simple Birthday | by April Antonio
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…
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Contour Tiny Tuft and Leaves with a Few Butterflies! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! 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,…
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Colorful Blooms | by Natasha Vacca
Welcome crafty friends! It is Natasha here today and I am so excited to share a card using the beautiful Pimpernel Contour Layers die set. These beautiful flowers are a part of the latest release from Birch Press Designs! So let’s get started! To begin, I started by creating colorful backgrounds on watercolor card stock.…
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Elegant Wedding Card Made Easy | by April Antonio
Happy Wednesday my crafty friends! April here sharing an easy wedding card I created using the Kinsley Heart layering plate dies and a sentiment from the newest Kind Hearts stamp set. A friend recently requested a wedding card and I settled on using the a love theme — of course– and grabbed the Kinsley Heart…
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Sending Hugs Across The Ocean | By April Antonio
Welcome back everyone, and happy Saturday! April here sharing a card in support of #cardsforUkraine. This card features the Field of Blooms layering plate set alongside the beautiful, new Memory Box Rainbow Reflections 6×6 mirror cardstock pad. I started with the Field of Blooms plate Layer A and cut it from heavyweight white cardstock. I…
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Layered Rose Hello | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today. I was so excited to play with the products in the latest release. I am in love and have so many ideas in my head using them! I started today’s card by diecutting the Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers as well as the Winsome Rose & Leaves Contour Layers. I…
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Vibrant Watercolor Leaves | By Dilay Nacar
Happy Monday, friends! Dee here today to share this vibrant watercolored card featuring the brand new Fuddled Leaf Branches dies! To begin, I applied a few of my favorite colors using watercolor brush markers onto a piece of watercolor paper and once dry, I die cut the larger leaf in each color. Next, I used…
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Lavender Roses | By April Antonio
Happy Sunday everyone! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing a layered card using the new Dainty Rose & Leaves die set. Birch Press recently released a line of beautiful layering dies and they all coordinate so beautifully with each other. For the card I am sharing today I am using…
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Dainty Rose and Leaves with a Starburst! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Today let’s see how we can use our layering die cuts as both a focal and background element in our card making! For today’s project we will be featuring the Dainty Rose and Leaves Contour Layers and the Starburst Layering Die Sets! As always, let’s get our die cutting done…
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Die Cutting Scraps – Flora Layering Dies! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Let’s use up those scraps that come from some of our die cutting plates! The Flora plate is perfect for this as the top layers leaves wonderful flower images left behind! Save them! I die cut all my plates using one color card stock; I chose ivory. I also cut…