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Sending Love Die Embossing | By Amanda Wilcox
Hello everyone. It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook joining you for a new-to-me technique I wanted to share – embossing with dies. Such a simple idea but so cool and adds so much extra life to products you already have. I started today’s card by mixing some Ranger Alcohol Pearl Inks around on a piece of…
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Petal Heart Outside and In! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! I am still cutting up our layered die panels! For this project I am featuring the Petal Heart Layering Die Set! We can take a current shape and cut it into another! Get your die cuts ready and layered using your favorite adhesive. Having the all layers together I feel…
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Rainbow Background Viola Plate | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, again! Don’t you just love it when a die set does all of the work for you? Well today, I’m featuring the Viola Plate Layer Set, and if you’re familiar with it, you already know that this layer plate die makes it super easy to create a stunning card! Let’s get started! To begin,…
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Masked Ink Blending | By Seeka
Hello friends, it’s Seeka here! Today I’m sharing a way to stretch your supplies by using dies to create masks for ink blending. Using the most intricate layer of a layer die set (usually “Layer A”) you can create a beautiful pattern for your background. I began by using Layer A of the Kinsley Heart…
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Dry Embossing with Plate Dies | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, friends! Dilay here and I’m back to share another simple technique that you can use to stretch your layer dies! Today, I’m featuring the brand new Kinsey Heart Plate Layer Set, but for this card we’re only using one of the dies! Let’s get started! To begin, I cut down a piece of white…
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Hugs and Hearts | By Amanda Wilcox
Hi everyone! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook joining you for the first time this year! Happy New Year and I hope 2021 is starting off well for you all. I pretty much dove in head first to love and heart themed cards since the new year and I’m loving it all! I have a pair…
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3 Ways for a Heart Background! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today, let’s stretch our layering plate die sets! This project will feature the Kinsley Layering Plate die set and we will create 3 different looks for our card fronts! Chose your colors and die cut your plate pieces. Once all is die cut you will find that perfect spot…
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Ombre Kinsley Heart || by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing a beautiful Valentine’s Day card featuring the latest new release products from Birch Press Design. The focal point of this pink ombre card is the ink blended background peeking through the Kinsley Heart Layering Plate. On a 5 1/4″ x…
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A Few More Foil Christmas Cards | Tracey McNeely
Hi crafty friends, it’s Tracey here today and Happy New Year! Before putting Christmas stamps and dies away for next year, make a few cards while you still feel the holiday spirit. Life in quarantine doesn’t always mean that your ahead of the game and then Christmas shows up. So it’s always good to have…
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Petal Heart || by Crystal Komara
Hello friends and happy New Year! This is Crystal here with you today sharing some beautiful new Valentine’s themed products with you and I absolutely love this new Petal Heart die! Card details: The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. black cardstock. Using the Pinpoint Radial Plate die, I cut…
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Dazzling New Year | with Ardyth
If there’s one thing we can probably all agree on, it’s that we’re happy that 2021 is almost here! I created a colourful New Year’s card with a fun technique using alcohol inks and the Delicate Pastels Glitter Card pack. I started with a 6×6 inch piece of white glitter cardstock: I liberally spread rubbing…
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Hello Friend | By Seeka
Hello there, it’s Seeka here and today I have a card featuring the Viola Plate Layer die set over an ink-blended background. I picked a pink and red color scheme, fitting for Valentine’s Day; what colors would you choose? I began by creating the ink-blended background. I used foam blending tools to blend Candied Apple,…
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The Flora Heart! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! I am here today featuring the Flora Layering Die set and using the Pinpoint Radial Plate for the background setting! I chose only two colors of card stock for my card design today. Once all my images where die cut, I used my liquid adhesive to make sure I had…
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One Layer Friend | By Dilay Nacar
Hello, friends! Dilay here and I am back to share a clean and simple card that I created using one of my favorite dies: the ‘Kinsley Layer Set’. However this time, I used it a bit differently – I only used one layer! By using just the first layer, I was able to create an…
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Sending Winter Thanks | By Amanda Wilcox
Hello everyone. This is Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook today getting a jump on winter thank you cards that I’ll be sending out after Christmas. For these cards, I die cut the layers for the Floral Star from two different blue cardstocks and then the bottom layer from white and silver glitter cardstock. I was playing…
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Pink Poinsettia Joy | By Seeka
Hello there! It’s Seeka here and today I’m using the Floral Star die set which, this time of year, reminds me of a poinsettia. For a modern twist on traditional Christmas colors, I used pinks and teals instead of reds and greens. I started by die cutting the three layers of the Floral star set…
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String Art Nativity Star
by Jeanne JachnaHi and thanks for stopping by! Today I’m sharing a glittery card made with the String Art Nativity Star background die. It’s got me singing “Star of Wonder” while I make! I wish you could see the sparkle on this one in person! Here’s how I made it! I wanted to cut the die and…
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Stitched Stripe Background | By Leigh Houston
Hello, friends! Thank you for stopping by today! I’m here sharing this card featuring Birch Press Designs’s Frosty Flake layering dies. I accented this perfect snowflake with a stitched stripe background, and I’ll walk you through the process today! I started my card with my background. I cut an A2-sized panel of blush cardstock and…
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Rainbow Snowflake | By Dilay Nacar
Welcome back, crafty friends! Dilay here from justcallmedee.com sharing a fun, holiday-themed rainbow snowflake card! Today’s card is quick and easy to recreate, perfect for your last minute cards! To begin, I die cut the ‘Frosty Flake Layer Set’ A, B, and C layering die and adhered them together. I also cut an additional layer…
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Snowflake Poinsetta | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing a unique way to turn the Pinpoint Snowflake die into a poinsettia or similar Christmas flower. The base of this A2 sized card is made from Cherry Red cardstock. I used a scalloped frame die to create the white scalloped background to allow the vibrant…
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A Dimensional Christmas! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! I am here today featuring a few die sets! For today’s project I will be using the Pinpoint Snowflake Die, String Art Frame Die, Frosty Flake Layering Die Set and the Merry Honey Script Die Set! Layering all these dies together will give your card added dimension and make your…
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Peaceful Snowflake
by Jeanne JachnaHi friends! Thanks for stopping by! I hope your holiday preparations are going smoothly and you’re enjoying time with the family! If you like a little bling then this card is for you! There’s something about winter that makes me want to bring out the glitter and foil that remind me of ice and snow.…
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Versatile Mini Snowflake Frame Layer Set | with Ardyth
Good morning! It’s Ardyth here with the new Mini Snowflake Frame Layer set, to show you how versatile it can be! Last week I made a see-through tag with it by discarding the inner pieces of the snowflake, but keeping the pieces between the frame and snowflake for the bottom layer in place with some…
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Nativity Star Trees | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers and happy Friday! I hope you have fun things planned for the weekend ahead. This is Crystal here with you today sharing a whole new way to use the beautiful String Art Nativity Star die! I have used select pieces of this background die and fussy cut it to create some very stylish…
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Merry Christmas Poinsettia | By Amanda Wilcox
Hello everyone, it’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook joining you today for another idea to stretch the dies you may already have. I’m taking the Dahlia Mini Frame and choosing colors to make it look more like a poinsettia for Christmas. Isn’t the red and gold glitter a perfect combo to make this dahlia look enough…
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String Art Stitched Holiday Card | By Leigh Houston
Hello, friends! I am so happy you stopped by today for this holiday string art card made with Birch Press Designs’s Flicker Ornament Layering dies. I had so much fun making this card… let’s walk through the process! I started my card by making a string art base on a panel of kraft cardstock. You…
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Thinking Of You | By Seeka
Hello, I hope you had a nice holiday! Seeka here, and today I have a clean and simple card featuring the Layer A die from one of my favorite sets, the Dahlia Mini Frame Layer Set. I began my card by using the Layer A die to cut a piece of heavy white cardstock. I…
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Traditional Christmas Layers! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! I am here today featuring the Cora Layering Die Set! These layering dies are perfect to dig into those scraps bins we have all around! I grab traditional Christmas Colors – Red, Green and Ivory and started my die cutting. For my card base I chose a stain mirror cards…
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