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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,…
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Gilded Grace Christmas | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a Christmas card that features the Gilded Grace Inside and Outside stencil sets. If non-traditional holiday colors aren’t your style, swap out the sentiment to use these colors for another occasion, or swap out the colors! I started off by stenciling the three bold outer layers…
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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…
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Rainbow Crochet Snowflake | By Dilay Nacar
Welcome, crafty friends! Dee here today, sharing this fun and vibrant holiday card featuring the beautiful new Crochet Snowflake layer dies! To begin, I cut the Crochet Snowflake layers A and B twice, once in white and once in silver glitter cardstock, and adhered them together. Next, I sprayed white heavyweight cardstock with acrylic spray…
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Bright Snowy Circle | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I have a sunny and bright holiday card featuring the Snowy Circle Layer Set. I started off by die cutting the three layers of the Snowy Circle set in two shades of aqua and a metallic silver. Some great cardstock options are in the Fresh Aqua and the…
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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:…
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Fall Colored Snowflakes | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a modern holiday/winter card using fall colors. Say what?! I cut out the BPD Snowy Circle Layer Set in Memory Box Sunny Orange and Fresh Aqua 6×6 cardstock, and the top layer in white. I also cut out a few Felicity Snowflakes in white. I adhered the Snowy Circle…
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More Monochrome | by Crystal Komara
Hello friends, this is Design Team member Crystal Komara back again for another monochomatic card! Apparently sticking to one color when creating seems to be “m.o.” : ) If you missed any of my monochromatic posts, please check out this trio of thank you cards, the Christmas mandala trees or these monochromatic torus rings (a…
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Christmas in August | by April Antonio
Happy Saturday! Birch Press recently had an amazing release of a lot of Christmas goodies, and I am so excited to be sharing a card using just a few of the new supplies with you today. I created a card using the new Meridian Ornament layering set. As with all Birch Press supplies, this layering…
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Rainbow Gilded Grace
Hello, Birch Press Friends! I am thrilled to be back with you today sharing a few of Birch Press Design’s new products. Are you ready for some sparkle and shine? I started with the gorgeous Gilded Grace Hot Foil Plate set. There are actually two plates in this set, along with a die that cuts…
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A Sparkly Merry Christmas | By Natasha Vacca
Hello friends! I am excited to be back on the blog today to share a sparkly Merry Christmas design with you! Today’s card uses several new products from Birch Press Designs latest release! I had a lot of fun, so let’s get started! I started with a pre-made background for today’s card. I liked the…
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Flora Joy | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a card using my beloved blue and red combo, this time for a holiday card. I cut out the two bottom layers of the BPD Herbarium Plate Layer Set out of Memory Box Fresh Aqua 6×6 cardstock and the top layer out of white. I mounted this on a…
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Purple Wispy Blooms | by Crystal Komara
Hello friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing my passion for the color purple! I used the Wispy Blooms Contour Layering Dies to create these two monochromatic cards, however, you could re-create them in any color imaginable and have a rainbow assortment to choose from. For this first card,…
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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…
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Piped Icing Star Cookies
Hello, Birch Press Friends! Have you seen the amazing new, festive release? There are so many new dies, including snowflakes, ornaments, Santas, and more! And, there are new hot foil plates. I had to play with this fun Piped Icing Star die set because I love making cookies just like this for the holidays. I…
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Sage Meridian | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card featuring the new Meridian Ornament Layer die set in shades of sage. This set is beautiful on its own but for this ornament, I added elements from the Ornament Basics die set. I began by cutting the three layers of the Meridian Ornament in…
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Tropical Hibiscus Hello | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, Birch Press Design friends! Dee here today sharing this embossed fresh and floral‘ hello’ card! To begin, I embossed an A2-sized panel with the Memory Box Blooming 3D Embossing Folder, then adhered it onto an A2-sized, top-folding card base. I then cut the Linear Triangle die and adhered it to the bottom left corner.…
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Rosy Crochet Snowflake | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a snowflake card using the brand new Crochet Snowflake Layer Die set. This die set is gorgeous and each of the three layers can be used together or separately for different looks! I started off by positioning Layer C, the base layer, just above the center…
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Rainbow Floral Star | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers and happy Monday! Welcome back from the weekend! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a cheerful rainbow themed card made using just layer plate B of the Floral Star Layering dies. Card details: The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar…
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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…
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Glossy and Bright Butterfly
Hello, Birch Press Friends! I have been loving glossy black card stock so much lately, and I thought it would be great for a butterfly. So today I am sharing this card featuring the Glimmer Butterfly Layer Set. I started by making the butterfly. I used yellow card stock for the bottom layer, pink card…
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Peony Hello by Jeanne Jachna
I hope you’re having a great weekend doing something that you love. If I get my way I’ll be in the garden seeing what’s new to discover. Maybe some new blooms or perhaps the beginnings of some summer veggies! I love when my hobbies overlap and these gorgeous blooms made from paper are just as…
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Swirling Waves of Thanks | by April Antonio
Hello and happy Wednesday! Welcome back to the Birch Press Design blog — April here bringing you some waves of crafty goodness with a new project. Today’s project features the new Curling Waves stencils, embossing folder and matching die set. I started today’s project by really wanting to use the new Curling Waves stencils. This…
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Colorful Eucalyptus Stem & Berries | By Natasha Vacca
Hello Birch Press friends – it is Natasha here and I am excited to be up on the blog today! Today I am using the beautiful Eucalyptus Stem and Berries Contour Layers die set! I love this set and had so much fun creating colorful leaves and berries on today’s card! So let’s get started!…
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Watercolor Meets Hot Foil | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today. I’m excited to be sharing the first two cards I created using the new String Art Frame Hot Foil plate. Now, if I’m being completely honest, these are actually the first two cards I have ever made using hot foil!! Heat…
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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,…
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Summer Florals | by April Antonio
Hello and happy Saturday! Welcome back to the Birch Press Design blog. April here sharing a new card project. I am really excited about today’s post because I have been struggling with incorporating more color when I use the layering dies and finally made a card that I feel matches what I saw in my…
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Golden Thanks and Soothing Florals | by April Antonio
Welcome back to the Birch Press Design blog! April here sharing a slimline card project using the Tropical Hibiscus Contour Layers die set and the new Thanks Sugar Script hot foil plate and die set. I started this card off with a piece of the white woodgrain cardstock by cutting it to be slightly smaller…
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Bright Berries | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a fresh bunch of golden berries on this clean and simple card. For this card, I combined berries from the Eucalyptus Stem and Berries die set with leaves from the Fuddled Leaf Branches die set. To start, I cut two sets of the large Fuddled Leaf…
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Arista Layers | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I have a card featuring the Arista Layers die set. I consistently come back to this set, it’s one of my favorites from Birch Press Design! I started off by selecting four shades of teal cardstock (the colors in the Fresh Aqua 6×6 cardstock pad are a good…
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