Category: Word Die

Double the Mushrooms
by Savannah O’Gwynn

Hello, sweet BPD friends and fans!

I am super excited to be back on the BPD blog sharing some creations I made recently using the two mushroom die sets by Birch Press Design.

I will be honest- #SAVfact: I am NOT a fan of eating mushrooms. I’m not even sure I’ve had one! I just know I don’t like them😉 However, the BPD mushroom die sets are tooooooo cute, and paper mushrooms are definitely a FAVORITE of mine now!

I had two different designs in my mind for these mushroom die cut images- one masculine and with a deep, fall color; and the other was full of color and whimsy. Let’s check out my masculine card first.

I love how this card turned out! I think it leans towards a masculine feel but honestly it could be for just about anyone!

To achieve a more masculine look, I chose a darker green cardstock and added more highlights/shading and dimension on the mushrooms.

Here are a few tips on how to add highlights/shading and dimension like I did:

TIP: I like to use black ink for highlights and shading if I don’t have a darker matching ink for my cardstock. I think dark ink adds that extra layer of shading that makes the die cut image pop!

TIP: I like to layer several hues of the same ink color when adding highlights or shading. I kind of think about adding ink like I’m coloring (I’m a newbie at coloring with alcohol inks, but essentially you add layers for more depth. I find that works for ink blending as well!).

Tip: Add splatters for even MORE dimension! BONUS: I like to mask my die cut images to help the splatter go only on certain parts of my image. For these mushrooms, I made an organic curve using a post-it note and scissors:)

You can see that the highlighting/shading and dimension really helps these mushrooms pop on this cardbase in the next photo!!!

If I liked eating mushrooms, I would say these look good enough to eat 🙃

For my second card, I wanted to use the other mushroom die set, and I wanted to make this card design very colorful! I pulled out my Memory Box cardstock and created a beautiful rainbow mushroom garden!

For these mushrooms, I only used the splatter technique. I wanted to keep this card whimsical and fun!

You might notice that I also used a few extra dies from other sets to finish the mushroom garden- I like to mix and match my dies (big and small) to make a custom design. I added leaves and flowers from two other die sets to finish this mushroom garden.

I hope that you have been inspired by my two mushroom card designs, as well as my tips!

Please remember to share what you create using these tips, tricks, and techniques or if you were inspired by my creation- I’d love to see what you make with this idea!

I’ll be back with MORE soon!

THANKS so much for stopping by! Happy crafting:)

HUGS <3 Sav

CL8166 Elegant Birthday Sentiments
57610 Block Print Round Mushrooms
57691 Block Print Poinsettia Vase
57672 Block Print Tall Mushrooms
57571 Handwritten Happy Birthday and Outline
57633 Block Print Mod Branches

October 28, 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
Mushroom Forest Fox
by Toni M Maddox

Hello, friends! Toni with you today sharing a birthday card featuring the Block Print Wise Fox with a number of products from the new release. Let’s head to the mushroom forest!

I first cut out the Block Print Loop Stitch Frame using Memory Box Lagoon 6×6 cardstock. I adhered this to a kraft base.

Next, I cut out a variety of Block Print Tall Mushrooms and Block Print Round Mushrooms from Memory Box Greenery, Sunrise and Lagoon 6×6 cardstock.

Now comes the Block Print Wise Fox. I think it’s so cute with those mushrooms. I used the same green cardstock with the Birthday Cheer Vintage Sentiment and popped that onto the upper right corner.

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

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

57672 Block Print Tall Mushrooms

57610 Block Print Round Mushrooms

57640 Block Print Wise Fox

57688 Loop Stitch Frames

57572 Birthday Cheer Vintage Sentiment

SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack

SP1013 Sunrise 6×6 pack

SP1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack

September 8, 2026
Festive Joy
by Christina Rannow

Hello! I’m excited to finally share a little “Christmas in July” with you. I chose a non-traditional color palette for this card and used the recently released Block Print Festive Joy and Poinsettia Vase craft dies. The layered debossed leaves of the poinsettias are gorgeous, giving the flowers plenty of depth and dimension. And they pair perfectly with the delicate stitching of the new Loop Stitch Frames that I layered to create the background panel. I finished my card design with the Festive Joy word dies, which uses a classic serif font that will look wonderful on any of your holiday crafting projects. Let’s get started!

I started by die-cutting and assembling the poinsettias and the word “joy.” There are two sizes included in the set, and you can layer the petals and leaves as many times as you want. I chose to use two layers of petals for both of my flowers and die-cut them from two shades of red cardstock. For something a little different, I chose aqua cardstock for the leaves and layered them under the flowers after die-cutting them. I secured all the layers with glue and then finished up the flowers by adding the yellow centers. Next I die-cut the word “joy” from aqua cardstock and the layering pieces from red and yellow cardstock. I assembled the pieces and secured them with glue before moving on.

The background panel is simple to create. I started with a yellow A2 cardstock panel and then layered on two of the Loop Stitch Frames, one white and one a pale aqua. Then I arranged the poinsettias and the word “joy” onto the panel, securing them with glue, and finished my card design with a few yellow enamel dots.

Thank you for reading about this festive card design that I created using some of the recently released craft dies. See you again soon!

57694 Block Print Festive Joy
57691 Block Print Poinsettia Vase
57688 Loop Stitch Frames

July 28, 2026
Regal Cat Holiday Card
by Toni M Maddox

It’s July, half way to the Christmas holidays if you celebrate, so time for me to get started building up my holiday card stash. Toni here with you today sharing a simple and easily customized cat holiday card.

I knew I wanted to combine the new Block Print Kitty with the Block Print Festive Joy, maybe by having the cat off to the side or perched on top. Ultimately, I decided to replace the “O” with the regal feline.

Of course, I had to cut the Block Print Festive Joy from red Memory Box Glitzy Glitter 6×6 cardstock. This is for the holidays after all!

Next, I used the Loop Stitch Frames, one cut from Memory Box White Woodgrain Paper layered on top of another of blue cardstock from my stash. Notice how I used scraps of that same blue for the cat’s eyes and nose.

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

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

57580 Block Print Kitty

57694 Block Print Festive Joy

57688 Loop Stitch Frames

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

July 20, 2026
Thinking of You
by Rosemary Dennis

Hello everyone! Rosemary here on the blog today sharing a card created with the Block Print Wise Fox, Block Print Starry Night Scene and Thinking of You Vintage Sentiment die set. Let’s have a look at what I made.

I started off my card by making all the pieces for my fox. I had been doing another rummage through my supplies and found my Distress watercolor pencils. I hadn’t really used them before so thought this would be a good time to give them a try.

I cut down a piece of watercolor cardstock and then scribbled on a combination of Gathered Twigs and Ripe Persimmon and then blended with water. The first generation of color was pretty light so I let the area dry and then scribbled on more color to get a slightly darker patch. To get an even darker value I got heavy handed with my scribbling and was able to get a nice darker tan color.

Once my panel was dry I die cut all the parts of the fox from different areas on the sheet to get the varying shades. I used the white parts were cut from the sheet of watercolor cardstock that wasn’t colored. I assembled my fox with liquid adhesive. Now it was time for the background. For this I used a Tonic Studios aqua flow pen in a dark blue on another piece of watercolor cardstock. I love the variation in the color that I was able to achieve.

I let it dry and then worked on the top panel that features the arched opening for the background piece. I die cut cream Memory Box woodgrain cardstock down with a rectangle die and then die cut the Starry Night Scene from the panel. I then die cut the trees and the star from scraps of cardstock that I had left over from the card I posted earlier this month. I trimmed out the trees and adhered them on top of the die cut panel.

The larger trees were also die cut from scraps. The background panel was dry and so I tried adding some “stars” to the background. I discovered that the blue is so deep and intense that the white just disappeared into the background. So I added drops of Nuvo jewel drops in a clear glitter. Once the panel was dry I adhered it to the top panel using thin foam squares.

I then adhered the fox and the large trees using thin foam squares. I finished with the sentiment that I die cut from a strip of watercolor cardstock that I colored with the same blue Aqua Flow pen and the woodgrain cardstock. I adhered them together and added to the card front with thin foam squares.

That’s it for me! I hope you enjoyed today’s project. Thanks for coming by and have a lovely day.

57573 Thinking of You Vintage Sentiment
57649 Block Print Starry Night Scene
57640 Block Print Wise Fox

April 29, 2026
Spring Butterflies
by Toni M Maddox

Are you ready for nicer weather, my friends? Toni here and I’m very much looking forward to spring so I channeled that into a cheerful card.

To create the background, I used two layers of the Flora Plate set, one from Memory Box Cilantro cardstock and the other from Key Lime.

Next, I cut out a branch from the Floral Arch Contour set from kraft. I then added Abundant Branch blossoms which I had cut from Memory Box Summer Squash cardstock.

Creating the butterflies might have been my favorite part. I cut the Linear Boho Butterflies from Memory Box Golden Wheat cardstock then sponged them with an orange and magenta ink to create a gradient. They’re so pretty!

Finally, I added the Thinking of You Vintage Sentiment, using black on white to really draw the eye.

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

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

57574 Linear Boho Butterflies

57560 Floral Arch Contour Layers

57575 Abundant Branch

57437 Flora Plate Layer Set

57573 Thinking of You Vintage Sentiment

SH44007 Cilantro Paper Pack

SH44005 Key Lime Paper Pack

SH44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

April 21, 2026
Happy Birthday
by Rosemary Dennis

Hello, hello! Rosemary here on the blog today share a fun mixed media card that I made with the new Block Print Tropical Perched Bird and Handwritten Happy Birthday and Outline dies. I also used the Honeycomb Stencil for the project. Let’s take a look at what I made.

When I started the card I used just going to use some colored cardstock to create my bird. Then I started going through my supplies and I found containers of some Ken Oliver color burst medium that I had purchased long ago. So I decided to grab a sheet of watercolor cardstock and see what happened. Below is what happened, lol.

Bit of a mess, right? But I knew I could make something out of it once I cut all the pieces. I cut both dies multiple times so that I would have enough pieces to come up with the right combination.

Here are the majority of the pieces.

And here is the combination that I decided upon. Originally I was going to have more red in the bird, but in the end decided to limit that color to just the wing.

I adhered the bird with liquid glue and then set him aside to dry. I used a sketch layout for my card and decided to use the Honeycomb stencil for the background. I thought I would just do some ink blending, but then decided to take a look at some of the stencil butters that I had. I decided to combine a bright yellow and bright green and came up with this darker green that you see. I die cut white heavystock cardstock and then applied my stencil butter mix.

Once the panel was dry I got to work putting the card together. I adhered the bird with glue and then added the sentiment (which I had already had die cut and ready to go) with rolled up glue dots and glue

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. I had a lot of fun creating it using supplies that to be honest I had forgotten I had! Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

57571 Handwritten Happy Birthday and Outline
57586 Block Print Perched Tropical Bird
42046 Honeycomb Stencil

April 17, 2026
Elegant Peacocks
by Toni M Maddox

Hello, friends! Toni here with you today with a couple of thank you cards using the Block Print Pretty Peacock from the latest release.

I used an “ugly” origami paper behind the tail fan. It’s just one I didn’t prefer but looks amazing through those feathers.

I chose the colors of the Block Print Pretty Peacock from it, using Memory Box 6×6 cardstocks.

It occurred to me that the tail fan could be used twice to create a cool symetrical background. I decided they looked like mums that the Block Print Soaring Hummingbird is exploring.

For both cards, I used the Sugar Script Big Thanks die which is one of my favorites–such a great size and font!

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

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

57591 Block Print Pretty Peacock

57659 Block Print Soaring Hummingbird

57142 Big Thanks Sugar Script

SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack

SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack

SP1013 Sunrise 6×6 pack

April 7, 2026
Birthday Greetings Two Ways
by Toni M Maddox

Greetings, friends! We can never have too many birthday cards on hand, right? Toni here sharing two birthday cards, one quite feminine and the other cheerfully unisex.

I created the background of my first card using the Birthday Candle Blowout Stencils. I spattered that with ink for a funky vibe.

Next, I arrange some of the Plain & Simple Birthday Greetings on my MISTI and embossed them on sturdy vellum. I left a space at the top to add the Plain & Simple Birthday Greetings sentiment diecut.

I covered the back of the vellum panel with double-sided tape, leaving a small margin that I burnished with black glitter.

My second card definitely has a more feminine feel to it, don’t you agree?

I created an aperture and shadow with the Block Print Forest Scene die. A random assortment of Tall Party Candles cut from mirror and glitter cardstocks fill the space.

Finally, I sponged a bit of blue at the bottom of the card front before adding the Handwritten Happy Birthday & Outline. Pretty!

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

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

57576 Tall Party Candles

57571 Handwritten Happy Birthday and Outline

42043 Birthday Candle Blowout

57572 Birthday Cheer Vintage Sentiment

57650 Block Print Forest Scene

CL8167 Plain and Simple Birthday Greetings

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

SP1009 Earth Neutral

March 23, 2026