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Let’s Party | by Crystal Komara
Let’s paarrrrtayyyyyyy, Birch Press Design friends! Today’s slimline card created by DT member Crystal Komara is a rainbow of fun! This colorful card features the new Let’s Party Sugar Script dies and the Floral Balloon Layer Set. Card details: This slimline card measures 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. Slimline cards are designed to fit inside…
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Rainbow Notecards | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you sharing a trio of happy little notecards using the Rainbow Days set. They were really simple to work up. I stamped the rainbow and clouds onto Memory Box Open Studio Watercolor paper with Versamark. This left me with faint lines that I could follow as I watercolored the images.…
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See You Soon | By Dilay Nacar
Happy Monday, friends! I hope everyone is having a wonderful start to their week! Today I am sharing this card featuring the new Flora Layers and Adornment Peony Dies! I started by die-cutting then adhering the Flora Layer plates together. Next, I die cut the Peony and ink blended it with shades of pink and…
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Butterfly Flora Thank You | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card made using the Butterfly Basics layer die set and a single layer from the Flora Plate layer dies. I started off by die cutting the four pieces of the butterfly from green and yellow cardstocks. I used a blending brush and green dye ink…
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Birthday Adornment Poppy
by Jeanne JachnaHi and thanks for stopping by! I hope you’re having a great day! Have you seen the new release in the store? I’m smitten with the new Adornment Poppy! Today I’m sending you some sunshine with this bright floral birthday card that looks fussy but was so easy to make! I started with the NEW…
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Vibrant Flora Hello | By Dilay Nacar
Hello and welcome back, friends! Dee here today sharing this fun and vibrant card featuring the new Flora Layer Plate and Big Sugar Script Hello dies! To begin, I cut the Flora Layer Plate dies (layers A and B only) in white, then layer A once more from a background I created with acrylics sprays.…
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Floral Birthday Wishes! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Today I will be creating a Slimline Card featuring the Floral Balloon Layering Die Set along with the Birthday Wishes Sentiment! As always, I start with getting all my die cutting out of the way and then start layering my card stock with liquid adhesive. For the middle layer I…
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Flora Hello | By Seeka
Hi there and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a simple card made using a single layer from the Flora Plate layer dies. I really like this Flora Layer B die with its little flowers! I started off by creating an ink-blended background using three colors of Distress Oxide inks: Abandoned Coral, Dried Marigold,…
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Make A Wish | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers and happy Saturday! I hope your weekend is off to a great start. This is DT member Crystal Komara here with you. The weekends are one of the few times I have to craft, so you’ll most likely find me in my craft room today. I’m so excited to be sharing some of…
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Galentine Hearts | by Toni M Maddox
Thanks for stopping by, BPD fans! Toni here with you today sharing a Galentine card using the Kinsley Heart Plate Layering dies. I started by sponging the bottom layer with Distress Oxides Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves and Festive Berries. I then adhered this to the navy card base. My second layer is white followed by…
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With Love | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today inspiring you to get a head start on your Valentine’s Day cards with this slimline card made using the Flora Heart Layering Dies. Card details: This slimline card measures 8 1/2″ x 3 1/2″. Slimline cards are designed to fit inside…
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Folksy Valentine | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, BPD fans! Toni here today with another Valentine card for the upcoming holiday. This time I’m using the Flora Heart dies, including the leftovers as a scattering of flowers on the card base. I used Memory Box Berry Red and Ocean Blue 6×6 cardstock for both, switching the colors for each layer. The middle…
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Just Add Sparkle | by Crystal Komara
Hello Birch Press Design friends and Happy New Year! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here. I live in Massachusetts (and grew up in Northern Maine) and January is essentially the “dead of winter” here with cold temperatures and typically measurable amounts of snow. So, clearly winter is on my mind with today’s card!…
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Striped Dazzle Mini Frame | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, friends! Hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and is ready to ring in the new year! Dee here today sharing a card that features a few of my favorite dies and some colorful stripes! Let’s get started! To begin, I cut the String Art Frame die and adhered it onto an A2-sized card base.…
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Arista Sun | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a very quick and easy sunny card that features the Arista Layer die set and the Pinpoint Radial Plate. To start, I die cut the three layers of the Arista set. I used white cardstock for layer A, a sunny yellow for layer B, and a…
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Peace on Earth | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, friends! Dee here today sharing this clean and simple design that’s perfect for those last-minute holiday cards! To begin, I die cut the Pinpoint Radial background plate in white cardstock then die cut the Flicker Ornament layer dies in shades of solid green and green glitter cardstock. Once complete, I adhered the layers together…
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Christmas Mandala Trees | by Crystal Komara
Hello! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing my last holiday themed cards for 2021! I know there are only four days left until Christmas, so by now it’s more than likely too late to send those cards out, so think of it as a head start on next year’s…
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Offset Delight | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I have a card featuring the Delight layer die set. Even though winter hasn’t officially started, I’m already looking forward to spring so I chose some light and bright colors for this easy card. To start, I used the three layers of the die set to cut white,…
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Ornament Layer Experiment | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, Birch Press fans! Toni here with another set of ornament cards. I just can’t seem to get enough of these ornament dies! I’ve used the Belle Ornament Layering Dies on both cards but the layers are in different order on each. I’ve also embossed both card fronts with the Memory Box Gracious Leaves 3D…
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Be Merry | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! I can’t believe we are only 11 days away from Christmas! I am proud of myself for getting all 121 of my handmade Christmas cards out (and on time) this year! Although, my friends in Austria and Germany may see their cards around Valentine’s Day. . . I tried. Today I am sharing…
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The Christmas Mandala – Two Ways! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today I will be creating two cards featuring the Christmas Mandala Stamp and Die Set! We can now combine stamping and die cutting together to achieve the look of layers! First, I stamped all of my images using a clear sticky ink for the embossing powder application! I chose…
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Jolly | by Crystal Komara
Hello Birch Press Design friends! This is DT member Crystal Komara here with you and it’s a mad dash to the finish line to create those holiday cards and get them out in time! Today I’m sharing a fun and festive way to use a simple holiday shadow word die as the focal point of…
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Masculine Holiday Wreath | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today sharing a masculine holiday card using the Classic Sentimental Wreath & Dies. I find masculine cards really difficult to make (where’s the glitter?? LOL) but the Memory Box Woodsy Plaid 6×6 paper made it a lot easier for me. I used the blue plaid as my color inspiration…
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Linear Triangle Christmas | By Dilay Nacar
Hi, friends! Dee here today sharing a fun, clean, and simple Christmas card created with the Linear Triangle die! I began by cutting the Linear Triangle die twice in white then multiple times in a few of my favorite colors. I adhered the white pieces to an A2-sized card base, then filled in the spaces…
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Joy | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today. Hopefully by now you have started making your Christmas cards or maybe even some of you are already done. And then the real overachievers have them all stamped and addressed ready to be shipped! Well. . . I’m not! I’m always…
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Blue Frosty Flake | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card featuring the Frosty Flake die set over a background made with Distress Paint. I started with the background. I dropped several drops of Broken China Distress Paint onto a craft mat and then sprayed the drops with a few spritzes of clean clear water.…
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Frosty Flake | By Dilay Nacar
Hi, friends and happy Friday! Dee (@dilaynacar) here today sharing a fun snowflake card featuring one of my favorite layering dies and a background that I created using acrylic sprays and die cuts! Let’s get started! To begin, I took an extra background that I had previously created and cut it with the Pinpoint Radial…
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Stunning Mandala | by Toni M Maddox
Hi, hi! Toni here with you today. I’m sharing a couple of quick holiday cards assuming that you’re in a cardmaking panic realizing that Christmas is practically tomorrow. LOL. Both of my cards use the Memory Box Stunning Mandala 3D Embossing Folder on top of Glitzy Glitter cardstock. Now I didn’t waste all that fabulous…
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A Marisol Gate Fold Card! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today we will be creating a Gate Fold Card featuring the Marisol Ornament and Frame layering Die Sets! We start with getting all our die cutting out of the way and then start laying our card stock with liquid adhesive. For two of the layers, I chose glitter card…
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Honey Script Holiday Sentiments | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! Happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and hopefully found the time to do something crafty. This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing two cards using the Honey Script Holiday sentiments “Jolly” and “Believe” and the Linear Triangle Die in festive red and green glittery…
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