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  • Autumn Leaves Card | By Leigh Houston

    Autumn Leaves Card | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! I am so happy to be here today sharing this fall-themed card I made with Birch Press Designs’s Autumn Leaves Layer Plate. This plate creates the most beautiful stitched leaves and made this card such a dream to make! I started my card by die cutting my panel using a sheet of bristol…

  • Mini Layering Tile Dies! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Mini Layering Tile Dies! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! I am here featuring the Mini Layering Tile Dies! For today’s projects we are going to feature the Grandiose and Honeycomb sets! These layering tiles measure 2inches x 2 inches and are perfect to be the focal point or to create a background design on your cards! First up is…

  • Stitched Pumpkin Lacework Card | By Leigh Houston

    Stitched Pumpkin Lacework Card | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! I am so happy you stopped by today. I am here sharing how I made this stitched card using Birch Press Designs’s new Pumpkin Lacework card. This gorgeous design lends itself to so many mediums from beautiful and delicate coloring to simple stitching. I started my card by stamping my pumpkin, stem, and…

  • Autumn Breeze | by Jennifer Svare

    Autumn Breeze | by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! Today I’m so excited to introduce the new Autumn Breeze plate set. This set is packed with die cuts to use layered or individually. It’s so well-thought-out, too, as nothing goes to waste. See the leaves in the background of the above photo? Those are leftover die cuts from the second plate, Layer B.…

  • Even More Ornaments! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Even More Ornaments! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Well I just had to make even more Ornaments! For today we will be focusing on the Ornaments Basics Set and the Ornaments and Label Stamp and Die Set! With just these items we still have endless possibilities! I started by cutting the Basics set with white card stock! This…

  • Holographic See-Through Card | by Jennifer Svare

    Holographic See-Through Card | by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! Watching Jennifer McGuire make see-through cards this morning inspired me to make a mad dash to the Interlocking Frame and String Art Circle. I was so excited to make this card, it felt a bit like morning aerobics, except way more fun! Jennifer’s video is the original and I highly suggest watching that for…

  • Pumpkin Lacework | by Crystal Komara

    Pumpkin Lacework | by Crystal Komara

    Hello readers! This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing two cards using the beautiful new “Autumn Breeze” layering plates and “Pumpkin Lacework” stamp set and coordinating dies. Fall is my absolute favorite time of the year and I couldn’t be more excited about these new products! I stuck with a traditional fall color…

  • Ornaments and more Ornaments! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Ornaments and more Ornaments! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today let’s make some Ornaments! The layering dies we will be using today are Bella, Twinkle, Marisol, Flicker and the Basic Set… When you combine all these together your possibilities for your creations are endless! What was even better I was able to dig into my stash and use…

  • Stenciled and Stitched Balloon Card | By Leigh Houston

    Stenciled and Stitched Balloon Card | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! I am so happy you stopped by today. I’m here sharing how I made this stenciled and stitched balloon card using Birch Press Design’s Party Balloon dies. These Party Balloon dies are truly a must-have for creating birthday or celebratory cards. I love their stitched details! To start my card, I die cut…

  • Ornament Tag Trio | By Amanda Wilcox

    Ornament Tag Trio | By Amanda Wilcox

    Welcome everyone! This is Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today to share a trio of Christmas tags I made with the new ornament sets. Let’s start with making the tag bases. I took a regular sheet of cardstock and folded it down the middle length-wise. Then I place my base ornament die hanging off the folded…

  • Adding Dimension with Simple Stitching with Birch Press Designs’s Viola Dies | By Leigh Houston

    Adding Dimension with Simple Stitching with Birch Press Designs’s Viola Dies | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! I’m so thrilled you’ve joined me today for this cheery, summery card. I added some texture and dimension to the gorgeous Birch Press Designs Viola die set and I’m excited to share the process with you! I started my card by die cutting Layer A from the Viola Layering Die Set twice: once…

  • Small Tile Votives | by Jennifer Svare

    Small Tile Votives | by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! Today I’ve made two types of votives to share. They are both made the same way, but one is open on the top, and the others are made to cover a flameless candle. I’ve used the beautiful Grandiose Mini Tile layer set for the walls of the votives, and when the center is cut…

  • String Art as the Focus! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    String Art as the Focus! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today’s project I wanted to create some backgrounds for the String Art Circle Die! I used a combination of oxide sprays and embossing folders and played around to see what would happen to the pattern. I used my mix media paper and my spray box to apply the color.…

  • Jumbo Lingo Trio | By Amanda Wilcox

    Jumbo Lingo Trio | By Amanda Wilcox

    Hello everyone. It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook joining you today for a trio of cards. I started with one in mind and just couldn’t stop creating! These were so fun to create! We’re going to start with the process I used to create the Thanks card first and then I’ll touch on some differences with…

  • Hexagon Box with Bloom | by Jennifer Svare

    Hexagon Box with Bloom | by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! Part of the brand new release at Birch Press Design is this fabulous Hexagon Box Base. Such a festive box with lots of room inside, and the dies are unique because they allow for total customization of height. Rather than design each side (which could be done in so many different ways with stamps…

  • Stitched Dimension with Birch Press Designs Kinsley Die | By Leigh Houston

    Stitched Dimension with Birch Press Designs Kinsley Die | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! I’m so happy you stopped by today! I’m here sharing a new stitched card made with Birch Press Designs’s new Kinsley and Viola dies. These two dies work so beautifully together and combined to make the perfect summery thank you card. I started my card by die cutting my center medallion from Kinsley…

  • A SLIMLINE Birthday Card! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    A SLIMLINE Birthday Card! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today’s project I wanted to create a SLIMLINE card featuring the Cora Layering Die set and the wonderful Big and Bold Sentiment Die sets! I started, as always getting my die cuts ready and set them aside so I could create my card base and design panel.  The panel…

  • Rainbow Happy | By Amanda Wilcox

    Rainbow Happy | By Amanda Wilcox

    Hello everyone. It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook sharing a card using some new goodies that are available in the shop! As soon as I saw this new Torus Ring, I just had to try it in rainbow before anything else. So I pulled out some cardstock and started cutting! I cut the frame 3 times…

  • The Layer ‘A’ Dies! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    The Layer ‘A’ Dies! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today’s project I dug into my stash and found all of those leftover backgrounds we tend to collect and keep while water coloring, spraying or smooshing our inks onto our card stock! By using only, the Layer ‘A’ of the wonderful Birch Press Design Layering Die Set we can…

  • Dimensional Butterfly Card | By Leigh Houston

    Dimensional Butterfly Card | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! I’m so happy to be here today to share this dimensional butterfly card I made with Birch Press Designs’s Lovely Butterflies stamp set. This set is perfect if you’re a butterfly lover like me! I started this card with a panel of dark blue cardstock. I used white pigment ink to blend a…

  • Stretching Dies! | by Jennifer Svare

    Stretching Dies! | by Jennifer Svare

    Hello! Today I am celebrating the birth of my beautiful niece, Ava Rose! In honor of her, I have made some festive cards using the Grandiose Bevel Plate Set and a banner using the Lumina Set. I love being able to come up with whatever word fits the occasion, and I used the dies from…

  • Red, White & Blue | by Crystal Komara

    Red, White & Blue | by Crystal Komara

    Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing a patriotic inspired card. I don’t know if anyone actually sends 4th of July cards or not, but this idea would also work well for members of the military or law enforcement. The first time I saw the Mini Dazzle Bevel Layering Plates, I knew…

  • No-line Watercolor with Magnificent Sunflower Embossing Folder | by Ardyth Percy-Robb

    No-line Watercolor with Magnificent Sunflower Embossing Folder | by Ardyth Percy-Robb

    Good morning! Ardyth here with a kind of accidental discovery. I was playing with this Memory Box Open Source Magnificent Sunflower embossing folder, wondering what to do with it. So often our embossing folders make amazing backgrounds, but this sunflower was crying out for centre stage! First, here’s a look at the sandwich I used…

  • Highlighting Sentiments | By Leigh Houston

    Highlighting Sentiments | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, friends! I am so happy to be here today to share this card I made featuring my favorite Birch Press Designs sentiments. I really wanted the sentiments to take center stage on this clean and simple card! To start my card, I made a card base using the Birch Press Designs Amour Layering Set.…

  • Grateful Leaf Frames – Slim Line Card! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Grateful Leaf Frames – Slim Line Card! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today’s project, I just had to revisit the Grateful Leaf Frames Stamp Set! I thought one of the images was perfect for a Slim Line Card and I just had to use my colored pencils. Let’s gather our cardstock and ink we will need to get our project started!…

  • Dad you rock! | by Kimberly Wiener

    Dad you rock! | by Kimberly Wiener

    Hello Birch Press Design fans! How about this for a great modern masculine card? The Prismatic Triangle Layers Set is perfect for any Father’s Day card. Which, I might add is currently on a great sale! The sentiment that I used for this card is the Big Birthday Sugar Script. I ran the die six…

  • 6 card ideas for Epiphany Layered Dies set | by Ardyth Percy-Robb

    6 card ideas for Epiphany Layered Dies set | by Ardyth Percy-Robb

    Let’s face it. Big layered die sets like Epiphany are an investment in your craft room. And when you make an investment, you want to be sure to get value, right? Each plate is really 3 in 1 – you get a circle, a ‘wreath’ and the rectangle outline. Multiply that by 3 plates and…

  • Dimension and Texture – String Art Frame Die! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Dimension and Texture – String Art Frame Die! | By Desiree Kuemmerle

    Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today’s project, I used the String Art Frame Die to add dimension and texture to our card’s backgrounds! As before we start out by getting our die cuts ready and cutting our pattern paper down to the size of our card front which is 4 ¼ in x 5…

  • Birch Press Designs Stitched Dahlia Heart Cards | By Leigh Houston

    Birch Press Designs Stitched Dahlia Heart Cards | By Leigh Houston

    Hello, crafty friends! I am so happy to be here today sharing two stitched cards I created with Birch Press Designs’s Dahlia Heart die. I had so much fun making these cards! I created these cards using Dahlia Heart Layer A. I started my first card by die cutting the heart with a scrap piece…

  • Making Small Gifts Special | by Jennifer Svare

    Making Small Gifts Special | by Jennifer Svare

    This card has been created to hold a small gift. It’s a great way to present “a little something” extra inside a card such as a tea with a packet of honey, or a package of seeds, necklace, small pen, or notepad – anything that is about 1/4″ thick. Today I’m going to show how…