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Stretch Our Supplies – Using 1 Layering Plate! – Autumn Breeze | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! We are always looking for new ways to stretch our supplies! I will be working with the Layer B Plate from the Autumn Breeze Layering Die Set and my favorite technique Ink Smooshing! We are going to start out with getting our panels ready for die cutting. Grab your favorite…
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Framed Ornaments | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, BPD fans! Toni here with you today sharing a couple of cards with glitter and more glitter! Both of the cards use the Marisol Frames and Ornament Layering Dies. I think it’s brilliant to be able to frame these gorgeous ornaments. I cut both in white and the red from the Memory Box Glitzy 6×6…
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Flicker Ornament | By Seeka
Hi there, Seeka here and I hope you’re having a great day! I’ve got a quick an easy card to share today, it features the Flicker Ornament and Flicker Frames dies. To start, I used the Flicker Frames Layer B die to cut white cardstock and then adhered the two sides of the frame to…
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Starburst Layers | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, friends! Dee here today to share this fun, geometric hello card! To begin, I embossed a piece of A2-sized black cardstock with the Memory Box Ringadings 3D embossing folder. Next, I cut the Starburst layer die (layers A, B, and C) twice, in white, and adhered them together, forming two stars. I cut both…
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Gothic Christmas | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, BPD fans! Toni here with you today sharing a trio of cards using the Viola Plate Layering Dies. I LOVE this set. I like gothic architecture–all those layers and lines–and this reminds me of that so much. I also read Pillars of the Earth this summer which piqued my interest in the style. For…
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It’s a Tag, It’s a Card, It’s a Gift All in One! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Today let’s dig into out stash and grab those ornament layering dies! I will be featuring the Tinkle and Radiant Ornament die set and even pulled out the Floral Star, just so you can see any layering die will work with this technique. Let’s get started! As always we are…
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Marisol Layers | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card featuring the Marisol Frames and Marisol Ornament Layer sets. To start, I cut the four layers of the ornament from three different cardstock colors. I used a red for the solid layer (which is part of the Ornament Basics die set), a peachy pink…
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Tranquility Layers | By Dilay Nacar
Welcome back! Dee here today sharing a clean and simple card with lots of white space and a pop of color! To begin, I added texture to an A2-sized white card base with the Memory Box Ringadings 3D embossing folder. Next, I cut the Tranquility layering dies (frame and circle center) in three different colors:…
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Boho Tree | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today getting sassy for the holidays. Both my cards use the Christmas Mandala stamps and dies. For the first card, I stamped the tree image onto Copic-friendly cardstock and colored it up with Copics BG49, R43, Y18, and YR09. I then diecut the tree outline from the Memory Box…
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Pumpkins in Every Color | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a couple cards made using the beautiful Pumpkin Lacework stamp set and coordinating dies. This is probably my favorite stamp set from Birch Press Design, so just like the old expression “if the shoe fits, buy it in every color”,…
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A Re-Designed Epiphany! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Today I am featuring the Epiphany Plate Layering Die Set! We do not have to use our dies only one way, let’s look beyond what they are capable of! With this set we get a plate, ring, and a medallion. So many ways we can arrange these pieces. Let’s get…
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Grandma’s Ornaments | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you today with a couple of cards inspired by ornaments found on my grandma’s Christmas tree back in the day. For the first card, I used the Marisol Ornament Layering Dies cut from Memory Box Delicate Pastel Glitter 6×6 paper and Cottage Stripes & Dots 6×6 paper. I embossed the…
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Pinpoint Radial Arista | By Dilay Nacar
Welcome back, crafters! Dee here sharing a card that combines the Arista and the Pinpoint Radial plate dies for a clean and simple geometric design! Let’s get started! I began by cutting the Pinpoint Radial plate die with white cardstock, then die cutting Layer A of the Arista layering dies four times – once in…
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Hello Autumn | by Crystal Komara
Hello friends, it’s almost the last day of September and we are officially in the midst of PSL season! That’s Pumpkin Spice Latte for anyone unfamiliar with the popular influencer inspired lingo. This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here today inspiring you to embrace fall (while dreading winter) and I’m sharing a simple, yet…
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Butterfly Hugs | By Dilay Nacar
Hi friends and welcome back! Dee here today sharing a card featuring the Viola and Eloquent layered dies that I combined with a simple ink blending combo for pops of color! To begin, I first cut the Viola Plate dies (layers a, b, and c) in white, then stacked and adhered them together. Next, I…
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Gel Press Viola Background | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card featuring the Viola Plate Layer A die and a gel press technique. This is a very different style for me and I’m having a lot of fun with it! I started by using the cover die to cut a piece of heavy white cardstock.…
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A Simple Layered Rainbow! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Today we are going to create a card using different layers from the Lumina Layering Die Set! Since the Lumina Layering Die plate had two parts to it we can choose which section we add multiple layers to add dimension in one area! Please we are going to add a…
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Close to the Heart | by Toni M Maddox
Hello, crafty friends! Toni here with you today to celebrate fall, my favorite season. I’ve used the Enchantment Layering Dies to form the leafy design on the card. I used papers from the Sunny Orange pad: layer A = yellow, layer B = orange, layer C = off white. The green is from my stash.…
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A Geometric Birthday! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today we are going to pull out an old die and give it new life! I will be using the Prismatic Triangle layering die set along with the memory Box 6 x 6 card stock pads. We always start out by getting all of our die cuts done and…
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Follow That Star | by Toni M Maddox
Hello again! Toni here with you today. I was playing along with a card challenge and went ahead and expanded on that to create a couple more cards to post here as well. The challenge involved using 3 shades of blue so I sponged Distress Oxide Salty Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Prize Ribbon onto…
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Leaf Wreath | by Crystal Komara
Hello friends! Happy Wednesday, I hope your week is going good so far. Friday is coming! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a fun way to use Layering Plate B of the Autumn Breeze Layering Plates. Card details: The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80…
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Grunge Thanksgiving | By Toni M Maddox
Hello, everyone! Toni here with you. Today is my first post with Birch Press Design and I’m so excited to be joining the design team!! My style is eclectic so you never know what you’re going to get with me–grunge today, CAS tomorrow, and the next who knows! For today’s mixed media card I’m using…
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Arista Corners | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card featuring the Arista Layer Die set. I really love how the middle layer of this set cuts some texture detail; it’s very different from most of the layer die sets! I started by cutting the three Arista layers in shades of salmon and peachy…
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Happy September | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers and happy 1st of September! For those of us who love fall (ME ME ME!) then let the pumpkin spice season begin! If you’re still sippin’ on your summer ‘ritas, no shade here, you do you! But, I’m full speed ahead to apple pies, sweater weather and all things fall. This is…
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Butterfly Hugs | By Seeka
Hello! Seeka here and I hope you’re having a nice day! Today I have a quick and easy card featuring the Glimmer Butterfly die set. I started off by cutting the three layers for the butterfly. I used the solid layer from the Butterfly Basics die set to cut light pink cardstock, and then I…
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Rainbow Hello | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! It’s Seeka here today sharing a card featuring the Viola Plate Layer die set. These intricate layers are standouts on their own, or they can be a great way to finish off a ink-blended panel, as I’ve done here. I started off by using foam blending tools to blend a rainbow (minus…
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Square Fall-Themed Thanks | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, friends! Dee (justcallmedee.com) here, and I am back today with another fall-themed card using some of my favorite dies! This square card features the Linear Triangle and Autumn Breeze Plate dies! Let’s dive right in! First, I trimmed down a piece of white cardstock down to a 4.25” x 4.25” size. Next, I die…
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Fall is in the Air | By Amanda Wilcox
Hello crafty friends! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook popping in with a festively, fun fall-themed card for you today. We got a little taste of fall at home this week and I’m so ready for pumpkins and leaves changing and all the things! I knew that I was using the awesome Autumn Breeze layering set…
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Frame your Scraps! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Today’s project uses up some of those scraps that we just cannot seem to part with! By cutting them in different widths and creating our background it is the perfect backdrop for our Mini Frame Layer Dies! I pulled out my bag of scraps from the Memory Box 6×6 card…
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Thanks for Everything | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, friends! Dee here and today, I’m sharing a clean and simple fall-themed card that features the Classic Sentimental Wreath stamp and die set combined with the Petal Triangle layer dies. Let’s get started! To begin, I cut down a piece of ivory cardstock to 4” x 5.24” then stamped and gold heat embossed a…
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