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Instagram Hop & Giveaway
It’s the first day of spring! To celebrate we’re sending you flowers from the latest release at Birch Press Design! Join us in celebrating by following along on our Instagram Instahop! Hop along to each participating member’s account, follow each person, and prepare to be inspired! Make sure to leave a comment tagging a friend…
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Easy Bright Birthday | by April Antonio
Happy Saturday and welcome back to the blog! Today I am sharing another very easy card using the awesome Floral Balloon die set. Sometimes I feel like getting inky, and that’s how I felt when preparing this card. I didn’t want to choose cardstock colors, so I diecut all the pieces from white cardstock and…
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You Lift Me Up | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a mixed media card as I felt like a change of pace. My garden is starting to awaken which had me thinking of spring, flowers, and butterflies plus a healthy dose of rain in the Pacific Northwest. The card front is a combination of Distress Inks, Ranger…
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Clean and Simple Birthday | by April Antonio
Hello everyone and welcome back to the Birch Press Design blog! April here sharing a clean and simple birthday card that was easy to pull together. I am also sharing a diecut inlay technique that I tried for the first time, so keep on reading! So one of my favorite things about layering dies is…
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Thinking of Spring | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today. Today I’m sharing two cards made using my favorite spring themed die from Birch Press Design called the Petal Egg Layer Set. There are just so many color combinations that could be used to create the perfect Easter card using these…
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Star Flower Thank You | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here today with a card featuring the Star Flower Contour Layers set with a bit of foliage from the Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers set. I started off by die cutting the Star Flower layers from different shades of pink cardstock. I glued the layers together and then set them aside.…
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Contour Tiny Tuft and Leaves with a Few Butterflies! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! I cannot get enough of the Contour Layering Collection, and we are going to do even more die cutting featuring the Tiny Tuft and Leaves Die Set and pairing it with the Butterfly! We always start with our die cutting and layering with liquid adhesive and this is no different,…
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Colorful Blooms | by Natasha Vacca
Welcome crafty friends! It is Natasha here today and I am so excited to share a card using the beautiful Pimpernel Contour Layers die set. These beautiful flowers are a part of the latest release from Birch Press Designs! So let’s get started! To begin, I started by creating colorful backgrounds on watercolor card stock.…
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Elegant Wedding Card Made Easy | by April Antonio
Happy Wednesday my crafty friends! April here sharing an easy wedding card I created using the Kinsley Heart layering plate dies and a sentiment from the newest Kind Hearts stamp set. A friend recently requested a wedding card and I settled on using the a love theme — of course– and grabbed the Kinsley Heart…
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Winter Berries | By Allison Frazier
Hello, Friends! It was a snowy weekend here in Colorado, so I decided to make a wintery card. I love how versatile the new floral contour die sets are – they work for every season and every occasion. I started by die cutting the berries from the Eucalyptus Stem and Berries die set from a…
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Birthday Peony | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing another way to use the Adornment Peony dies. Last week on Valentine’s Day, I shared this very traditional card using the same dies and today I chose to create a very different look using alcohol inks as the focal point behind…
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Sending Hugs Across The Ocean | By April Antonio
Welcome back everyone, and happy Saturday! April here sharing a card in support of #cardsforUkraine. This card features the Field of Blooms layering plate set alongside the beautiful, new Memory Box Rainbow Reflections 6×6 mirror cardstock pad. I started with the Field of Blooms plate Layer A and cut it from heavyweight white cardstock. I…
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Winsome Rose
by Jeanne JachnaHave you noticed it’s a flower garden around here lately? That’s because our latest release is LOADED with gorgeous layered floral die cuts!!! Today I’m sharing a monochromatic card in blue and sharing a quick way to cut LOTS of flowers with minimal effort. The Winsome Rose is three layers. I selected three layers of…
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Layered Rose Hello | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today. I was so excited to play with the products in the latest release. I am in love and have so many ideas in my head using them! I started today’s card by diecutting the Fuddled Leaf Branches Contour Layers as well as the Winsome Rose & Leaves Contour Layers. I…
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Butterfly Hugs | By Allison Frazier
Hello, Everyone! Today, I am sharing more inspiration from the new Floral Contour Layers release. I made a mini slimline card featuring two of the new die sets – the Simple Butterfly Contour Layers and the Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers. I started by creating a white card base that measures 3.5″ x…
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Vibrant Watercolor Leaves | By Dilay Nacar
Happy Monday, friends! Dee here today to share this vibrant watercolored card featuring the brand new Fuddled Leaf Branches dies! To begin, I applied a few of my favorite colors using watercolor brush markers onto a piece of watercolor paper and once dry, I die cut the larger leaf in each color. Next, I used…
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Lavender Roses | By April Antonio
Happy Sunday everyone! I am excited to be back on the blog today sharing a layered card using the new Dainty Rose & Leaves die set. Birch Press recently released a line of beautiful layering dies and they all coordinate so beautifully with each other. For the card I am sharing today I am using…
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Dainty Rose and Leaves with a Starburst! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Today let’s see how we can use our layering die cuts as both a focal and background element in our card making! For today’s project we will be featuring the Dainty Rose and Leaves Contour Layers and the Starburst Layering Die Sets! As always, let’s get our die cutting done…
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Contour Layers Rose | By Natasha Vacca
Welcome crafty friends! It is Natasha here today and I am so excited to share a card using beautiful new dies from Birch Press Designs new release. The new Contour Layer dies are so beautiful, be sure to check them out in the shop! To begin I started with 2 new die sets, the Winsome…
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Clean And Simple Eucalyptus | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today and I’m sharing a clean and simple card featuring the Eucalyptus Stem and Berries Contour Layers die set. I started off by die cutting two sets of the base layer of eucalyptus leaves from a light blue cardstock. Then, I die cut the detail pieces from a sage…
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Layered Star Flowers | By Dilay Nacar
Welcome, crafty friends! Dee here today sharing this fresh floral card featuring new dies from the recent Birch Press Design release! If you haven’t already done so, be sure to check out the new line of Contour Layers die sets available now in the shop! To begin, I cut Layer A of the Petal Triangle…
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Time to Bloom | By Allison Frazier
Hello, Everyone! Have you seen the amazing new floral dies that were just released? They are all gorgeous, and today I am featuring one of those die sets – the Wispy Blooms Contour Layers. I started my card by cutting a panel of white card stock to 3.5″ x 8.5″. I thought that a slimline…
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Clean And Simple Wispy Blooms | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a clean and simple card featuring the brand new Wispy Blooms die set with some extra foliage from the Tiny Tuft Flowers And Leaves die set. If you haven’t seen the new florals released earlier in the week, be sure to stop by the shop! I…
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Sending Hugs Flora Plate & Adornment Peony | Natasha Vacca
Hi everyone! My name is Natasha and I am super excited to be on the Birch Press Designs blog today sharing my first card as a member of the Design Team! My card today features the new Flora Plate, Adornment Peony, as well as the Big Hugs Sugar Script Die, and Contempo Greetings! So let’s…
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Celebration Balloons | By Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with you today sharing a fun birthday card. I used the Flora Plate Layer C to impress the card front. I trimmed that down a touch and adhered it to the card base. The impression is subtle enough not to compete with the diecuts but really adds a little more visual…
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Hugs | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty friends and Happy Valentine’s Day! Whether you love or hate the holiday, it is still a great reason to make cards (and eat chocolate, of course)! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing an elegant and more traditional card using the beautiful new Adornment Peony dies. Card details:…
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Die Cutting Scraps – Flora Layering Dies! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Let’s use up those scraps that come from some of our die cutting plates! The Flora plate is perfect for this as the top layers leaves wonderful flower images left behind! Save them! I die cut all my plates using one color card stock; I chose ivory. I also cut…
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Floral Birthday Balloon | By Allison Frazier
Happy Friday, Everyone! I am so thrilled to be sharing my first card as part of the Design Team. My card features the new Floral Balloon Layer Set and the Birthday Wishes Sugar Script Die set. I started by cutting a panel of white card stock with the String Art Frame die, which is one…
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Thanks | by Crystal Komara
Hello Birch Press Design fans! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing some quick and simple thank you cards in a variety of colors that could be used for nearly any occasion. Each of these A2 sized cards were made the exact same way, I simply swapped out different color…
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Colorful Flora Thank you | By April Antonio
Happy Wednesday everyone! You’ve made it to the middle of the week and perhaps it’s time to show yourself a little self-love. How about starting with taking a break to checkout today’s card by new DT member April Antonio, created using the beautiful Flora Plate Layer Set. Card dimensions: This card is A2 size or…
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