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Steam Punk Meets Butterfly | By Renee Moran
Hi Everyone, It’s Renee’ from Delaney Jane Cards here with a fantastic challenge. Can A Butterfly Be Steam Punk? The answer: YES! I used the amazing Starlight Butterfly layering set, the Butterfly Basics, Lovely Butterflies Stamps, The Sunny Orange 6×6 cardstock, Polished Foil paper, Alcohol inks and an embossing folder Put It In Gear by…
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Dazzle Mini Frame Slimline | By Dilay Nacar
Welcome, friends! Dee here and today, I’m sharing a simple and vibrant slimline card featuring the new Dazzle Mini Frame Die! Let’s get started! First, I created the base by cutting a piece of white cardstock down to 3” x 8.5” and ink-blending it with Distress Oxide inks. In this case, I used a combination:…
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Striped Frame Card Duo | By Amanda Wilcox
Welcome everyone! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today with a pair of cards. I’m using different products with the same technique in hopes you can try it with something you have at home. It’s really fun and easy to change to fit lots of occasions and themes. To start these fun cards, I dug through…
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A Kinsley Birthday! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today’s project let’s create a simple birthday card having fun with color! For my colors I paged through the 6×6 Memory Box Solid Card Stock, Polished Foil and Glitter Cardstock Pads and prepared them for die cutting. Once all my die cutting was completed, I used my liquid glue…
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No Cardstock? Create your own with a Gel Press | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there crafty friends, it’s Tracey here today and I have the pleasure of sharing a card I made using the new Arista Layer die set! I created my own paper to use on my project using a gel press. After making my card I realized that a lot of people are unfamiliar with what…
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Arista Layers | By Seeka
Hello and welcome! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card featuring the Arista Layer Die set. I really like the detail in the middle layer of this set! I began by cutting out the three layers of the medallion. The top layer is from a metallic rose cardstock, the middle layer is from a…
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Quick & Easy Watercolor Rainbow Card | By Renee Moran
Hi Everyone! Renee from Delaney Jane Cards here today with a quick and easy project using the Rainbow Days Lingo Notes Stamp Set, Coordinating Dies, Open Studio Watercolor Paper, A fantastic Embossing folder called Waves, Polished Foil Paper and some watercolor fun. I thought this embossing folder was reminiscent of blowing wind so I thought…
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Mini Slimline Butterfly Basics | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, friends! Dee (@dilaynacar) here and I am super excited to share this mini slimline card that features the brand new Butterfly Basics die set! This adorable set includes 9 dies, and coordinates perfectly with Birch Press Design’s other butterfly die sets! Let’s get started! To begin, I die cut a piece of white cardstock down…
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Eloquent Butterflies | By Seeka
Hello! Seeka here and today I’m sharing a bright and summery birthday card featuring the new Eloquent Butterfly layer die. I started off by using the Eloquent Butterfly Layer A die and the base butterfly layer from the Butterfly Basics die set to cut a set of wings for each of two butterflies. Next, I…
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Monochromatic Torus Rings | by Crystal Komara
Hello friends and happy Monday! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing two cards using the Torus Ring Die by Birch Press Design in monochromatic colors to create some cheerful greeting cards. I’ll admit that I didn’t love this geometric shaped die initially, but after…
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Rainbow Wishes | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there and Happy Mother’s Day to all the mother’s visiting here today. It’s Tracey and I am very excited to share a project using a couple of newly released products from Birch Press Design! The new Rainbow Days Lingo Notes stamp set was starting point for my card. I stamped the rainbow off the…
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Fluttery Thanks | By Amanda Wilcox
Hello everyone. It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook joining you today with card featuring a few of the newest products in the shop! This new butterfly basics die set is absolutely amazing! There are so many possibilities, I feel like I could be making butterflies for ages without duplicating anything! Let’s get started on today’s card.…
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Lovely Butterflies on a Honey Comb Die! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Today’s project I will be featuring the Lovely Butterflies Stamp and Die Set and also the Mini Honey Comb Tile Layering Die! I chose the Memory Box 6×6 Solid Card Stock Paper Pads in Earth Neutrals and Sunny Oranges and die cut all my layers and adhered them with my…
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Rainbow Fun | by Crystal Komara
Hello friends and happy Monday! I hope you all enjoyed a pleasant weekend and hopefully found a little time to do something crafty. This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing two rainbow themed cards using a variety of products from Birch Press Design. I just love creating with rainbow colors because the end…
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Ink Sprays, Shimmer Powder & Crystal Lingo | By Renee Moran
Hi Everyone! Renee from Delaney Jane Cards here today with a super fun project using the Crystal Lingo Stamp Set, Open Studio Watercolor Paper and some messy inky fun. Layering the Ink sprays I have in my stash with some stash shimmer powder created the perfect background to highlight this amazing stained glass-esque Crystal Lingo…
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Birthday Shaker Bundle | By Amanda Wilcox
Hi there! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook back with you today sharing a set of 4 birthday shaker cards. All of a sudden I needed multiple birthday cards and I thought this was a fun way to get them all finished and ready to go. I started things off by cutting all of my pieces…
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Hello Friend | By Dilay Nacar
Welcome, friends! Dee (@dilaynacar) here and today I will be sharing a clean and simple card with pops of color, perfect for any occasion! To get started, I cut multiple shades of colored and silver glitter cardstock (you can use any color for this step) into thin strips. I then used tape runner to adhere…
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Dimensional Die Cut Background with Field of Blooms Layering Dies | By Leigh Houston
Hi, friends! I’m so happy you joined us here today. I created this dimensional die cut card using Birch Press Designs’s Field of Blooms layering dies, and I’m excited to walk you through the process! I started this card using Layer A of the Field of Blooms layering dies, cutting it out 3 times from…
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Stitched Floral Accents | By Leigh Houston
Hello, friends! I’m so happy to be here today to show you how I made this card pairing the gorgeous Viola Layer Plates with stitched floral accents. This card represents everything I love about cardmaking: stitching on paper, die cutting, and simple coloring! I started my card by stamping this beautiful floral image from Memory…
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You’re In My Heart | By Seeka
Hello, it’s Seeka here and I hope you’re having a nice day! Today I have a card featuring the Kinsley Heart Layer dies and a terracotta and turquoise color palette that reminds me of the Southwest. I started off by die cutting the three layers of the heart from peach, white, and light aqua cardstock.…
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Field of Blooms | by Jeanne Jachna
Thanks for stopping by! Today I’m sharing a simple card made with the Field of Blooms layered die set. This card is simple to make by cutting three dies and stacking and adhering them together. The simplicity of the design means you can make lots of cards quickly for different occasions. The top layer is…
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Crystal Lingo in Watercolor! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Today’s project I will be featuring the Crystal Lingo Stamp and Die Set and adding some color using watercolors and watercolor pencils! Ok as always, let’s get started! I started by stamping my image on to a piece of Bristol card stock measuring 4 in x 9 in. Once stamped…
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Jewel Toned Kinsley Layer Die | By Dilay Nacar
Welcome, friends! Dee (@dilaynacar) here and today I am sharing a bold and colorful jewel-toned card featuring the Kinsley layering die! To begin, I die cut each of the Kinsley die layers with three different colors of cardstock: fuchsia, turquoise, and yellow. I cut the first two layers (A & B) in each color and…
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Tiled Slimline Card | By Seeka
Hello! Seeka here and today I have a slimline card featuring the Splendor Mini Tile Layer Set and some pretty shades of blue and teal cardstock from the Fresh Aqua 6×6 cardstock pack. I started off by die cutting each layer of the die set in different shades of cardstock, cutting the bottom layer from…
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Get the Ahhhs from Viola | Using Viola Plate Layering Dies | By Renee Moran
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! The project I have for today features the Viola Layering dies from Birch Press Designs, some Memory Box cardstock and some frosted glitter paper. I started by die cutting the Viola Plate Layer A out of a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ panel of frosted glitter paper. I chose the…
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Birthday Tulips | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there it’s Tracey here today and Happy Friday. I had a chance to play with the Field of Blooms layer die set and I can’t even begin to tell you how many things there is to love about this set! For today’s card I used Layers A and C of the Field of Blooms…
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Birch Press Design & Memory Box | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Crystal Komara here with you today sharing two elegant cards created by mixing products from sister companies Birch Press Design and Memory Box. As Design Team members for Birch Press Design, we are fortunate to receive some products from both companies and today I’m showing you how beautifully they compliment…
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Hello Tulips | By Amanda Wilcox
Welcome back everyone. It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today with a fun springy feeling tulip card featuring the field of bloom layering dies. I started things off today by getting inky, which is one of my favorites. I pulled out a white cardstock panel and did ink smooshing with my tombow brush pens. Once that…
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InLay Die Cutting! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! Today it all about the die cutting! We are going to use the inlay die cutting technique while featuring three laying die sets. I will be using Dahlia Mini Frame, Field of Bloom, and Floral Star sets, but any se can be used! Ok as always, let’s get started! Lots…
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Butterfly Garden | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers and happy Monday! If you celebrate the Easter holiday, I hope you had a blessed weekend. This is Crystal here with you today sharing two cards in bright spring-like colors made using the Butterfly Garden Layering Plates. I am so in love with these beautiful layering dies and while while one layer is…
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