Birch Press Design

Category: Word Die

  • Jolly Herbarium Layer Plate | by Crystal Komara

    Jolly Herbarium Layer Plate | by Crystal Komara

    Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today. I am so excited to be sharing a card made using the beautiful new Herbarium Layering Plates. This 3-piece full cover layering plate set is my favorite from this latest holiday release from Birch Press Design!

    Swoon! Honestly, it’s just gorgeous if I do say so myself! With a mixture of mint green and teal cardstocks with a splash of gold glitter paper in the sentiment, it’s just pure holiday elegance!

    Card details:

    The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I die cut Layer A of the Herbarium Layering Plate from white cardstock. I die cut Layer B from mint cardstock and Layer C from a darker teal green cardstock. These beautiful colors are from the 6″ x 6″ Fresh Aqua paper pack. I layered all three layers together with a fine-tip liquid glue. I placed the layers underneath a heavy book to let them dry well and dry flat.

    I die cut the word “jolly” from the Jolly Honey Script word die. I die cut the bottom shadow layer from the same darker teal green cardstock and the top outline layer from gold glitter cardstock. I adhered the two layers of the sentiment together and then adhered them to the card using Scotch 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. Lastly, I added a couple red rhinestones as the berries on the card.

    I really, really, love how this card came out. In fact, I know that I’ll be trying to recreate it in a variety of color combinations.

    Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

    Supplies

    57458 Herbarium Plate Layer Set

    57301 Jolly Honey Script

    SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack

    GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

  • Jolly Santa

    Jolly Santa

    Hello, Birch Press Friends! Allison here, and I’m sharing a fun card with you today featuring a couple new products from the most recent release. Isn’t that little Santa the cutest?

    The first thing I did was create the wreath with the new Holly Wreath Plate Layer set. I used mint and aqua colored card stock for Layers B and C and white card stock for Layer A. I then cut a panel of the mint color to just under 4.25″x5.5″, so that there would be a small white border when mounted to an A2 card base.

    I took a plain circle die and cut a circle in the mint card panel where I would be placing my wreath. I then temporarily positioned this panel on my white card base and cut the same circle from the front of the card base so that the holes would line up, and you can see straight through the wreath into the inside of the card. I popped the panel up on foam tape and adhered it to the card base, and then I glued the wreath over the circle opening.

    Next, I prepared my Santa using the Santa Face die set. I cut everything from a piece of white card stock and then I ink blended color onto his face, nose and hat with Distress Inks. I used a black glaze gel pen for his eyes. I assembled him with liquid glue and then positioned him in the center of the wreath, glueing him to the INSIDE of the card. That way, when you open the card, the Santa is part of the inside design, as well. The sentiment that I chose for the inside comes from a retired Birch Press Design stamp set called Joy and Peace.

    For the main sentiment, I chose the Jolly Sugar Script die. I cut both the shadow and word from white card stock, and then I ink blended the word with the same Distress Ink that I used for Santa’s hat (Worn Lipstick). I glued the sentiment onto the bottom of the wreath – it kind of looks like a bow! I finished the card by adding some jewels to the wreath where the berries would go.

    Thank you so much for joining us today. I hope this card inspires you and brings a smile to your face!

    Wishing you a crafty day,
    Allison


    Supplies


    57451 Santa Face
    57450 Holly Wreath Plate Layer Set
    57301 Jolly Honey Script
    sp1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack

    Supplies


    jwl002 Pastel Jewels
  • Stylized Sunflower | by Toni M Maddox

    Stylized Sunflower | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a card using the Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and dies along with the stencil set.

    The first thing I did was to use the Gilded Grace Outside Stencil Set with Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed, and Barn Door. On the last color, Barn Door, I also used Versamark with WOW! Primary Fuschia Fusion embossing powder.

    I used Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers and Mustard Seed to color up the center medallion as well. It totally looks like a stylized sunflower, right?!

    My last step was to hot foil the Sugar Script Sentiments 1 in magenta and pop it on top of the center. So pretty.

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

     

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    BPF503 Sugar Script Sentiments 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die Sets

     

     

     

     

    BPF512 Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and Die Set

     

     

     

     

    42035 Gilded Grace Outside Stencil Set

     

     

     

     

    42036 Gilded Grace Inside Stencil Set

     

     

     

  • White on White for the Holidays | by Toni M Maddox

    White on White for the Holidays | by Toni M Maddox

    Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a white on white card for a throughly modern take on the classic wreath.

    I cut out the Holly Wreath Plate Layer Set twice, adhering the resulting wreaths onto a woodgrain background.

    I used Memory Box Open Studio Fairy Jewels as berries. These are self-adhesive but I used glue as well since I wasn’t adhering them to a solid surface.

    I cut the BPD Find Joy out of black and mounted it on foam tape.

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

     

    Supplies

     

     

    57452 Find Joy and Outline

     

     

     

    57450 Holly Wreath Plate Layer Set

     

     

     

    SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper

     

     

  • Glitter Herbarium

    Glitter Herbarium

    Hello, Birch Press Friends! I am happy to back with you today sharing another new product. I can’t stop making holiday cards, and the new Herbarium Layer Plates make it so easy to create stunning cards.

    I used several shades of teal card stock for this card. Instead of using all of the layer plates, I used just the A Layer. I cut the A Layer out of both a regular piece of card stock and a piece of glitter card stock. I offset the glitter piece behind the regular piece and adhered them together with liquid glue. I then glued those to an A2 card base made from another color of teal card stock.

    I took the glitter holly leaf shapes that were leftover from die cutting and placed them back into their spots, but I popped the tip of them up on foam dots to create some dimension. I covered the berry-shaped holes with some red Fairy Crystals.

    I used the Big Joy Sugar Script die for the sentiment, cutting the shadow from the teal glitter card stock and the main word from white card stock. To bring in some more white, I added some white dots all over the design with a white paint pen.

    Thank you so much for joining us today. I hope this card inspires you and brings a smile to your face!

    Wishing you a crafty day,
    Allison


    Supplies


    57458 Herbarium Plate Layer Set
    57164 Big Joy Sugar Script
    GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad
    sp1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack

    Supplies


    cry102 Christmas Fairy Crystals
  • Inky Season’s Greetings | Dilay Nacar

    Inky Season’s Greetings | Dilay Nacar

    Welcome back, friends! Dee here again sharing this vibrant, easy-to-recreate holiday card showcasing the Crochet Snowflakes layering dies! 

    To create the background, I used synthetic (Yupo) paper, alcohol ink, a blower, and blending solution. I chose three colors (coral, green, and blue) and used the blending solution and blower to create a background and once complete, I trimmed it down to A2 size. 

    Next, I die cut the Crochet Snowflakes layers A and C in white and silver glitter cardstock. I then adhered them together, slightly offset, then onto the center of the alcohol ink panel. To finish, I chose a precut sentiment strip from my stash and adhered it to the center!

    I hope you enjoyed learning about today’s card and are inspired to get creative, too!


    Supplies


  • Holiday Tags | By Natasha Vacca

    Hello crafty friends! I am excited to be back up on the Birch Press blog with you today! In today’s post I am going to share how I used several of the new holiday products to create Holiday gift tags! So let’s get started!

    For today’s tags I am using 2 of the snowflake dies: Adornment Snowflake and Felicity Snowflakes. I started by die cutting each of these sets using white card stock and a blue from the Stormy Blue Collection ( Memory Box Paper Pad). I started with a lighter blue from the Stormy Blue collection for the base layer of each of the snowflakes. I then die cut the inner snowflake die using white card stock, as well as a darker shade of blue. Once everything was die cut, I adhered the inner layers of each snowflake together. For some I left white on the top, others were blue on top.

    Next I embossed each of the inner snowflakes. I used a blue and a gold embossing powder. Once these were heat set, I adhered the embossed snowflakes to the shadow layer of each set (Adornment Snowflake and Felicity Snowflakes).

    Next I created a watercolor background using mixed media paper, Lindy’s Magicals, as well as sprays. Once my backgrounds were dry, I die cut them into tags. Next I splattered the tags with both white and gold paint. I allowed these to dry. Once they were dry, I distressed the edges with a distress ink and then added embossing glaze to a few areas of the tags.

    Once my tags and snowflakes were complete I chose 2 sentiments, both are from the latest Birch Press Designs release. For the larger tag, I die cut the Handwritten Merry Christmas and Outline sentiment. For the shadow layer, I die cut this using vellum. For the script I die cut it two times using white card stock, then a 3rd time using the Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad collection. I adhered the layers together using liquid glue. For the smaller tag, I used the beautiful Find Joy and Outline die set. I followed the same process as the previous sentiment. To complete the tags, I adhered the snowflakes and sentiments to the tag base and added twine from my stash. I added a few Fairy Drops as well to complete by tags.

    Thank you for stopping by today and I hope you enjoyed these! I will see you soon!


    Supplies


    57453 Felicity Snowflakes
    57483 Adornment Snowflake
    57478 Handwritten Merry Christmas and Outline
    57452 Find Joy and Outline
    FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6×6 pack
    SP1006 Stormy Blue 6×6 pack

  • Merry Christmas | By Natasha Vacca

    Hello Birch Press Friends! I am super excited to be back today to share a holiday card with you using several AMAZING and beautiful new products from Birch Press Designs latest release! So let’s get started!

    I had so much fun creating today’s card and couldn’t wait to create a sparkly holiday card using several new products! I started with the beautiful new Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and Die set! I used my hot foil system and followed the instructions per my machine. I foiled the Gilded Grace plate using a deep brown/gold foil. This foil/die set also has a middle circle you can foil/cut separately as well (I did not use this on today’s project). I wanted to mention this as this provides you with so many options with this set. Next I used the new coordinating/layering stencil. I used the Gilded Grace Outside Stencil set and chose 3 shades of blue ink. I started with the largest layer in the stencil set and the lightest shade of blue. I then continued with the next 2 stencils, using a medium shade and then my darkest shade last.

    Once I had the background panel foiled and ink blended, I set this aside. For the middle of my panel I used the new Snowy Circle die set! This is a gorgeous 3 piece die set. I die cut the bottom layer using white card stock, the middle and top layer were die cut using the Memory Box Ocean Blue Collection paper pad. To add more texture on the middle layer I added some oxide inks to darken the middle layer a bit. Next I added embossing powder to both the middle and top layers. Once these layers were complete, I adhered them together using liquid glue. I then added foam tape to the back of the Snowy Circle layered set.

    I then added a bit of ink blending to my center of the Gilded Grace background panel using Oxide Ink. Next I adhered the Snowy Circle onto the Gilded Grace panel with foam tape. To complete my card I chose the Handwritten Merry Christmas and Outline die set. I die cut the shadow layer using vellum and then die cut the inner script using white cardstock, as well as blue from the Ocean Blue paper pad collection (same blue as layer 2 in the Snowy Circle). I then adhered these layers together using liquid glue and added a bit of Foundry wax for added texture and interest. This completes my card today using several new products from the beautiful new release! Be sure to check out all of the beautiful new dies! I know you will love them!

    Thanks so much for stopping by – I will be back next week!


    Supplies


    57478 Handwritten Merry Christmas and Outline
    57467 Snowy Circle Layer Set
    BPF512 Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate and Die Set
    42035 Gilded Grace Outside Stencil Set
    SP1005 Ocean Blue 6×6 pack
  • Floral Thanks by Jeanne Jachna

    Floral Thanks by Jeanne Jachna

    I’m smitten with flowers so I adore the last floral release from Birch Press Design. The flowers are generally all three layer and look great in any color combination. Each layer has embossed lines to help guide you in assembling them.

    To get started I always cut and arrange several flowers in different shades so that later when I decide to make I have lots of assembled flowers to choose from.

    I like to assemble the images on a piece of plastic the size of my card front. The clear plastic makes it easy to pick up the entire arrangement and layer it over different backgrounds to help me decide which one I like best.

    Because I cut the flowers ahead of time, before I make my cards, I find that I choose colors I might not have originally selected. Just as an example.. I wouldn’t normally think the plum colored berries would compliment the red roses, but they do, and I think they’re perfect!

    If you look close you’ll notice I changed one of the Fuddled Leaf branches in the background. The color was too similar to the lime Flora cover plate so I selected a different shade for more contrast.

    Enjoy creating your own floral bouquets with beautiful layered blooms from Birch Press Design!

    Supplies

    57495 Rose Bunch Contour Layers

    57496 Eucalyptus Stem and Berries Contour Layers

    57501 Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers

    57505 Star Flowers Contour Layers

    57437 Flora Plate Layer Set

    57500 Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers

    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack

    SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

    SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack

    SP1005 Ocean Blue 6×6 pack

  • Wispy Fireworks

    Wispy Fireworks

    Hello, Birch Press Friends, and Happy 4th of July! Allison here, and today I’m sharing this festive card featuring the Wispy Blooms Contour Layers die set. I love finding new ways to use my supplies, so why not make fireworks out of flowers?

    I started my card with an A2 panel of blue card stock, which I embossed with the Ringadings 3D embossing folder. I then adhered that to a blue A2 card base.

    I cut the two wispy shapes from the die set out of white and red card stock. These extra wispy shapes are not part of the layering flowers, but they might be my favorite part of the die set. I have used them before as background texture, and I think it was back then that I got this idea to make them into fireworks. I adhered these shapes around the card panel. For some of the fireworks, I layered one of the smaller pieces onto the larger one.

    For the sentiment, I used the Let’s Party Sugar Script die. I cut the shadow out of white card stock, and the words out of red card stock. I doubled up both the shadow and the word for dimension and then glued these onto the panel at an angle.

    To finish up the card, I scattered some clear fairy jewels all around the design.

    Thank you so much for joining us today. I hope this card inspires you and brings a smile to your face!

    Wishing you a crafty day,
    Allison


    Supplies


    57506 Wispy Blooms Contour Layers
    57430 Let’s Party Sugar Script
    SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack
    SP1005 Ocean Blue 6×6 pack

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    EF1015 Ringadings 3D Embossing Folder
    JWL001 Clear Jewels