Category: Winter

Dancing Deer
by Rosemary Dennis

Hello friends! Rosemary here on the blog today. While it might still be fall, Christmas is fast approaching. With that in mind I created a Christmas card to share today using the gorgeous Dancing Deer, Block Print Alpine Trees and an old favorite: Wavy Hillside. Let’s see what I created.

I went a little overboard on this card, but I’m totally okay with that, lol! I started by pulling out two darker green cardstocks from a Memory Box 6×6 Greenery cardstock pad to die cut the trees. After layering on the top parts of the trees you don’t really see the lighter green color, but it can be seen peeking out here and there. Don’t these trees remind you of the trees from the original animated How the Grinch Stole Christmas? That is what I kept thinking as I made them, lol! After adhering the pieces together I set them aside to dry.

For the dancing deer I used kraft colored cardstock and medium brown ink that I ink blended on to certain parts of the deer’s body, legs, tail and ear. The antler were die cut from a matte gold cardstock to provide a little bit of elegance to my deer.

For the rest of the card I die cut the Wavy Hillside die from white cardstock and then adhering the pieces together. You can’t really see it, but I adhered them together in a way that reduced the height of the hillside. Then I pulled out my collage medium, applied it to the edges, poured on Rock Candy glitter and set it aside to dry.

I made a white cardstock base and then using the residual ink from the blender brush I use for blue ink I added the soft blue sky. By this time the hillside piece was dry and so I adhered it to the cardstock base using double sided tape. When I added the glitter to the hillside I also added it to the trees to give them that frosty look. Once everything was dry it was time to finish the card. I added the trees using glue and thin foam squares. The deer was added with just glue. I used a Memory Box Greetings Tab for the sentiment and placed it in the sky to look like a winter sun. At that point I thought I was done, but I decided to add more glittery “snow” around the bottom of the deer’s feet and the tree trunks.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card. I had a lot of fun making it! Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.

57699 Dancing Deer
57683 Block Print Alpine Trees
57563 Wavy Hillside

October 29, 2026
Winter Card Inspiration
by: Annette Allen

Welcome Birchpress Design friends, Annette Allen (My Clever Creations) here with you today and I am sharing a little winter fun with the new Block Print Heart Cardinal, Block Print Cardinal Duo and Block Print Birch Trees. A very simple card to create with a little snowflake fun. So let’s get started.

Create card from white cardstock A2 size.

Cut an A2 panel on tan/brown cardstock and adhere it to your card base.

Die cut the Block Print Birch Trees on a green/brown colored cardstock and adhere to the card. The larger on in the middle, add foam tape for dimension.

Die cut the Block Print Heart Cardinal and Cardinal Duo on colored cardstock and adhere the pieces to create these adorable cardinals. One large and two small. Adhere the Cardinals to the card using foam tape.

To finish I add some misc. snowflake and white sequins.

No sentiment needed.

Don’t you just love the dimension on the Cardinals? Such a simple card but oh so fun to create.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a crafty fun day!

57680 Block Print Cardinal Duo

57681 Block Print Heart Cardinal

57682 Block Print Birch Trees

October 27, 2026
Whimsical Winter Trees
by Christina Rannow

Hello! Christina here, and today I’m sharing a winter card featuring the whimsical Block Print Alpine Trees. These trees make a great focal point all on their own, which I did for this card, but they would work well for scene building too. I chose the simple additions of a few snowflakes and a stitching detail around the outside of the card to really let the trees take center stage. Let’s get started!

My first step was to die-cut the components for the Alpine Trees. I chose two shades of green cardstock and added shading to the pieces using small blending brushes and darker coordinating inks before assembling them. To customize the trees, I shortened one of the smaller trees by trimming off the bottom layer of boughs and inlaid the small cutouts in the larger tree with mint green cardstock. I also die-cut the tree trunks again, this time from brown cardstock, and added them to the trees.

Next, I die-cut the largest Scallop Pinpoint Ring from the top center of a piece of 4.25 x 5.5 inch warm gray cardstock, saving the center round piece, and then attached the panel to a top-fold card base. After that, I die-cut the ring again from plain white cardstock and used the outer white ring to frame the die-cut circle on the gray cardstock panel and then die-cut a snowy border from the center white round piece. With the pieces ready, I built a little winter scene inside the circle of the gray cardstock panel by inlaying the round gray piece first and then the snowy border piece. To finish the scene, I added the whimsical trees and secured them with foam squares.

To wrap things up, I die-cut the sentiment and attached it under my scene before adding a scattering of snowflakes die-cut from plain white cardstock. The finishing detail was to add stitching along the edges of the card panel with a white gel pen.

Thank you so much for reading about the whimsical winter card I created using the Block Print Alpine Trees! Happy crafting!

57683 Block Print Alpine Trees

57644 Bright Snowflakes

57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script

2609 Scallop Pinpoint Rings

October 21, 2026
Christmas Cardinals
by Rosemary Dennis

Hello friends! Rosemary here on the blog today. Can’t believe it is already the middle of October! We are on the downward slide toward Christmas and today I have a Christmas card to share! This one uses the Block Print Birch Trees, Block Print Cardinal Duo, Merry Christmas Festive Serif and Bokeh Stencil set. Let’s see what I made.

I started this card off by ink blending a piece of white cardstock with Tumbled Glass distress oxide ink. I went heavier at the top and lighter at the bottom. Then I took the Bokeh stencils and added soft circles around the panel using additional Tumbled Glass. When I got the look I wanted I die cut the panel down with a rectangle die and set it aside.

Then I die cut the trees from additional white cardstock. I was going to die cut another set of trees without the interior inset pieces in a light gray, but decided to just let the ink blended background peek through. I adhered the trees to the panel with glue and let everything dry.

Now it was time to put together my cardinal duo. I used my favorite dark red cardstock, as well as little bits of yellow and black to complete the birds. All the pieces were adhered with glue and left to dry.

I also used the dark red for the Merry Christmas. Heavy weight vellum was used for the shadow layer. Everything was adhered together with glue and now it was time to fully assemble the card. I added the birds using glue and thin foam squares and the sentiment with glue. The finished panel was added to a white cardstock base.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

57682 Block Print Birch Trees

57679 Merry Christmas Festive Serif

57680 Block Print Cardinal Duo

42048 Bokeh Stencil Set

October 15, 2026
Warm Winter Wishes
by Christina Rannow

Hello, friends! It’s Christina, and today I’m sharing a cozy card, featuring the Block Print Heart Cardinal die set, which is perfect for the holiday season or just a wintery hello. I love cardinals, especially at Christmas time and when paired with a contrasting mint green color. I used that combination for this card design, tucking the cardinal in some winter greenery with glittery berries and framing everything with a Loop Stitch Frame. Let’s take a look at how this wintery card came together.

My first step was to create the background panel. I started with mint green cardstock and die-cut it using the largest Loop Stitch Frame. Then I used Pine Needles Distress Ink and blended in color just around the edges of the frame to create a lighter center area. To give this frame panel a frosty, snowy effect, I spattered it with both an opaque white and a glitter splatter medium. Finally, I popped this up onto a 4.25 x 5.5 inch mint green cardstock panel with foam tape.

My next step was to die-cut all the other elements for my design. I started with colored cardstock for the components of the cardinal and the greenery and, using a small blending brush, added subtle shading to each piece with a darker coordinating ink color. Then I assembled the cardinal and the holly leaves, securing the pieces with a liquid adhesive. I chose a white glitter cardstock for the berries and the sentiment but used mint green cardstock to die-cut the shadow piece for the sentiment. Before gluing the glittery sentiment onto the shadow piece, I very lightly added color to the edges with whatever color was leftover on my green blending brush.

Before assembling my card design, I spattered the greenery pieces with the same splatter mediums I used to spatter the Loop Stitch Frame panel. I let this dry before layering the greenery onto my card front, starting in the bottom left corner and securing the pieces with either a liquid adhesive or thin foam squares depending on their placement and if they overlapped another element. Generally, the elements in the very background are secured with a liquid adhesive, and the elements in the foreground are attached with foam squares. When I was happy with the placement of the greenery, I attached the cardinal, popping it up with regular foam squares in the lower left corner. Finally, I added the glittery berries and the sentiment before adhering the card front to a top-fold card base.

Thank you so much for reading about how this cozy wintery card featuring the Block Print Heart Cardinal came together. See you again soon!

57688 Loop Stitch Frames
57681 Block Print Heart Cardinal
57636 Block Print Holly Sprig
57656 Simple Evergreen Sprigs
57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script
57561 Rosebud Arch Contour Layers

September 18, 2026
STAMPtember Exclusive with Memory Box
by Savannah O’Gwynn

Today is a very SPECIAL day as we celebrate STAMPtember with Simon Says Stamp and an exclusive stamp/die set by Memory Box!!

Be sure to grab this stamp/die set soon because it is available for a limited time only! Click HERE or HERE to get it before it’s GONE!

I’ve created two very different cards to celebrate this exclusive collaboration! The first focuses on the smaller images and the second has the larger ones from this exclusive stamp set.

This first card was created using the smallest snowflakes in the STAMPtember Stay Cozy set. I embossed the snowflake images on red cardstock because I wanted to do something different (if you know me, then you know I’m always thinking outside the box! LOL!). I layered this snowflake holiday tree on a die cut Loop Stitch Frame, as well as a washi tape and metallic panel.

I added a few sequins and metallic thread to finish this card. I love how it turned out!

The second card I created focused on the larger characters from the STAMPtember Stay Cozy set.

These three characters are just tooooooooo cute! I stamped and masked the snowman and then stamped the other two images. Since the first card was very detailed with layers, I went with a CAS, one layered card design for the second holiday card.

I love how both of my cards turned out and definitely will be creating MORE holiday cards using this exclusive STAMPtember set!!!

I hope that you grab your exclusive Memory Box STAMPtember Stay Cozy stamp/die set today! I cannot wait to see what you make using these images!!!

I’ll be back with MORE soon!

THANKS so much for stopping by! Happy crafting:)

HUGS <3 Sav

57688 Loop Stitch Frames

September 12, 2026
Penguin Wishes
by Rosemary Dennis

Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today with a card that could be used for a winter birthday or a friendship card. Let’s look at what I made.

For my card today I used the Block Print Peaceful Penguin and Superb Penguin dies, as well as the Warm Wishes Dapper Script die set. These dies are from the winter release. I also used my favorite Wavy Hillside dies for the card. I started out by diecutting the pieces of my penguins.

I die cut the bodies from white, the beaks and second layer from a medium yellow (from the Memory Box Sunset 6×6 pad) and then a gray cardstock from my stash. I used Black Soot distress oxide ink on the yellow second layer and the gray top layer to darken them up, but still have some of the yellow and gray in each penguin. I used Fired Brick distress oxide ink on the beaks.

I let everything dry before adhering all the pieces with liquid adhesive. While the penguins were drying I die cut the wavy hill from Memory Box white woodgrain cardstock for some texture. A piece of light blue cardstock was die cut and then I did some light ink blending of a blue distress oxide ink around the edges. I don’t know what blue it is because I just used the residual ink on my blending brush for a soft look.

I added a little bit to the Wavy Hillside, as well. For the penguins I added a little bit of Pumice Stone distress oxide and then used the blue, again, over that. I layered the hillside onto the light blue panel with glue and then added my penguins, also with glue.

I finished off the card with the sentiment. I die cut the shadow layer from the same light blue cardstock as the background and the word layer from white cardstock. I adhered the words to the shadow layer with liquid adhesive and then adhere the sentiment to my card with liquid adhesive.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card. Have a wonderful day!

57641 Block Print Peaceful Penguin

57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script

57639 Block Print Superb Penguin

57563 Wavy Hillside

February 11, 2026
Polar Bear Birthday | by Rosemary Dennis

Happy the day after Christmas (or Boxing Day if you are British Commonwealth!)! I hope everyone had a lovely celebration with family and/or friends. Today I have a birthday card to share that combines three products from the BPD holiday release and one from the new release. Let’s have a look at what I created.

The Birch Press Design holiday/winter release included the fun little die set called Block Prink Hats and Scarves. I knew I wanted to pair this die set up with one (or more) of the fun Block Print animals in the holiday/winter release. For my card I obviously chose the Block Print Polar Bear.

Because we are now past Christmas I made the little hat and scraf using light and dark teal cardstocks. The polar bear was die cut from white and a soft white cardstock for just a tiny bit of contrast. I used black glossy cardstock for the nose and eyes. The glossy black cardstock and teal cardstock are from Memory Box. After adhering the hat together I added some glossy accents to the band and little pompom and then poured on Rock Candy glitter.

Once the glitter was set I assembled my little polar bear using liquid adhesive and set him aside to dry. Then I worked on my background. For that I used the Block Print Forest Scene die set. I diecut the trees from Memory Box green cardstock. I did have to trim out one of the trees because it is attached to the hill. I then die cut the scene from white cardstock and a patterned paper with snowflakes. I inlaid the patterned paper into the white cardstock panel and secured the back with lots of scotch tape.

I placed the panel in my stamping tool, positioned my bear where I wanted him to be and then stamped a sentiment from the brand new Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings using black ink. I then made a card base from white cardstock and secured the panel to the card base with double sided tape.

Before securing the trees and polar bear to the panel I added glossy accents to the trees and then poured on Rock Candy glitter. I love me some Rock Candy glitter, lol! Once the trees were dry I completed the card by adding the trees and the polar bear. Here is a close up showing all the fun glitter.

I just love this fun little polar bear with his jaunty hat and scarf and I hope you do, too! Thanks for stopping by and have a very happy new year! See you in 2026!

Supplies

cl8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings
57638 Block Print Polar Bear
57650 Block Print Forest Scene
57637 Block Print Hats and Scarves

December 26, 2025
Christmas Cardinal Tags | by Christina Rannow

Hi friends! I’m excited to share my first Christmas tags of the season with you featuring the Block Print Winter Cardinal. I combined this handsome cardinal with plenty of holiday greenery, an embossed background, and a sentiment that is the perfect fit. Let’s get started on these handmade tags while we still have time!

I started with two kraft cardstock tags that measure 2.5 x 3.5 inches. I embossed each tag with a snowflake pattern using an embossing folder and then lightly swiped a white pigment ink pad over the tags, letting the ink pad highlight the embossed areas.

Next I die-cut the layering pieces for the cardinals and the pieces for the Christmas greenery, including the berries, a holly leaf, and two pine sprigs for each tag. I used two shades of red cardstock for the cardinals and the berries and two shades of green for the Christmas greenery. Then I assembled the layering pieces for the cardinals, secured each piece with glue, and then added a tiny white highlight to the eyes.

To assemble the tags, I arranged the greenery first, gluing each piece in place, and then tucked the cardinals and the berries into the greenery, attaching them with thin foam squares. With the cardinals and greenery in place, I lightly spattered the tags with thinned white gouache paint for a snowy effect.

To finish up the tags, I added the die-cut sentiment and a few small die-cut snowflakes. Before looping a ribbon through the tag topper, I layered another tag, this one die-cut from green cardstock, behind the cardinal tag to be used for writing a personal message or the recipient’s name.

And we finished in plenty of time to adorn some gifts with these beautiful Christmas Cardinal tags! Merry Christmas, friends!

Supplies

57635 Block Print Winter Cardinal
57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script
57656 Simple Evergreen Sprigs
57636 Block Print Holly Sprig
57644 Bright Snowflakes

December 18, 2025
Cozy Winter Bear | by Toni M Maddox

Are you staying cozy this season, my friends? Toni here and I’m loving the cold weather (from inside by the fire cuddling with my cat, of course). For today’s card, we have a winter scene.

First, the Pinpoint Contour Plate sponged in blue and spattered with water and Copic Opaque White reminds me of a blustery day.

On top of that I added a couple of Wavy Hillsides and Block Print Evergreen Trees.

But, the Block Print Polar Bear, disguised as a brown bear, is all ready for winter dressed warmly in his Block Print Hats and Scarves.

You know my love of pink so I had to match his winter accessories to the Warm Wishes Dapper Script sentiment.

Feel free to visit my blog, Frankie Helps Craft, for a full list of supplies used and to check out my other creations.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card and have a great rest of your week!

Supplies

57653 Warm Wishes Dapper Script

57648 Block Print Evergreen Trees

57637 Block Print Hats and Scarves

57638 Block Print Polar Bear

57563 Wavy Hillside

57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate

December 17, 2025