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Stretch Your Holiday Dies | By Amanda Wilcox
Happy Tuesday everyone! It’s Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook joining you for a bright and summery card using some holiday dies, but you’d never know because of the paper colors and sentiment I chose. I started by die cutting all 3 layers to the Nobilia Ornament set from different cardstocks – black, yellow glitter and melon.…
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Many Thanks | by Kimberly Wiener
Hello Birch Press Design fans! Today I am featuring the same design in variations of color. This is a great design to make multiple cards. On watercolor paper I created several water colored backgrounds using two shades of Brusho color crystals. Once I created several backgrounds, I cut them down to 4 x 5.25. In…
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Party Balloons | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there it’s Tracey here today and I have a card and video for a bright and fun birthday card using the Party Balloon die set along with the Modern Alphabet die set. I used the two largest balloons from the Party Balloon die set and I cut them with Bristol Smooth cardstock. I ink…
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Red, White & Blue | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing a patriotic inspired card. I don’t know if anyone actually sends 4th of July cards or not, but this idea would also work well for members of the military or law enforcement. The first time I saw the Mini Dazzle Bevel Layering Plates, I knew…
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Summer Stripes | By Seeka
Hello! Seeka here, and today I’ve got some fun striped cards for you. It was so fun and satisfying to make these, I hope you’ll give it a try! I started by using purple tape to temporarily secure the Bold Stripes stencil to a piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock. Then I laid two strips…
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No-line Watercolor with Magnificent Sunflower Embossing Folder | by Ardyth Percy-Robb
Good morning! Ardyth here with a kind of accidental discovery. I was playing with this Memory Box Open Source Magnificent Sunflower embossing folder, wondering what to do with it. So often our embossing folders make amazing backgrounds, but this sunflower was crying out for centre stage! First, here’s a look at the sandwich I used…
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Highlighting Sentiments | By Leigh Houston
Hello, friends! I am so happy to be here today to share this card I made featuring my favorite Birch Press Designs sentiments. I really wanted the sentiments to take center stage on this clean and simple card! To start my card, I made a card base using the Birch Press Designs Amour Layering Set.…
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Grateful Leaf Frames – Slim Line Card! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today’s project, I just had to revisit the Grateful Leaf Frames Stamp Set! I thought one of the images was perfect for a Slim Line Card and I just had to use my colored pencils. Let’s gather our cardstock and ink we will need to get our project started!…
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Floral Star Hello
by Jeanne JachnaHello my crafty friends! I hope you’re having a great day! It’s Jeanne here and I’m sharing a rainbow color block card made with the new Floral Star layered die set. I love using color block technique when using die cuts. The repeated crisp clean lines of the background and the die cuts themselves are…
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Dad you rock! | by Kimberly Wiener
Hello Birch Press Design fans! How about this for a great modern masculine card? The Prismatic Triangle Layers Set is perfect for any Father’s Day card. Which, I might add is currently on a great sale! The sentiment that I used for this card is the Big Birthday Sugar Script. I ran the die six…
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You Mean The World To Me | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! Who else struggles with making masculine cards? I know that I sure do! Cutesy pink dancing pigs and glittery pop-up mermaids just aren’t going to cut it for my dad! With Father’s Day soon approaching I know that we are all looking for some inspiration to create cards for the special men in…
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Friend, You Are Awesome | By Amanda Wilcox
Thanks for stopping by today. This is Amanda from Twiddler’s Nook visiting with this fun card and a new way to look at some of your full cover plate dies. I started with all 3 Grace cover plates and a stack of 2 1/4 inch square pieces of cardstock in teal, gold and black. I…
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Elegant Clip | by Jennifer Svare
Hello! Today I’m sharing how I made a magnetized clip or book mark using the gorgeous Frilly Triangle Layer Set. I started off with a 3-1/8″ x 3-1/8″ square piece of kraft card stock, and scored it down the middle. The extra 1/8″ accounts for the 1/8″ score line. I then used the die set…
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6 card ideas for Epiphany Layered Dies set | by Ardyth Percy-Robb
Let’s face it. Big layered die sets like Epiphany are an investment in your craft room. And when you make an investment, you want to be sure to get value, right? Each plate is really 3 in 1 – you get a circle, a ‘wreath’ and the rectangle outline. Multiply that by 3 plates and…
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Dimension and Texture – String Art Frame Die! | By Desiree Kuemmerle
Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today’s project, I used the String Art Frame Die to add dimension and texture to our card’s backgrounds! As before we start out by getting our die cuts ready and cutting our pattern paper down to the size of our card front which is 4 ¼ in x 5…
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Masculine Encouragement Card
Hello everyone. Creative Team Member Amanda with you today sharing a fun card that’s got a bit of a masculine feel. Those cards can be very difficult to create so I am excited to share this with you. I started with an A2 size panel and my bold stripes stencil. I used peacock feathers distress…
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Birch Press Designs Stitched Dahlia Heart Cards | By Leigh Houston
Hello, crafty friends! I am so happy to be here today sharing two stitched cards I created with Birch Press Designs’s Dahlia Heart die. I had so much fun making these cards! I created these cards using Dahlia Heart Layer A. I started my first card by die cutting the heart with a scrap piece…
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Using Thick Embossing Plates | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there, it’s Tracey back this week with another post using fabulous Birch Press Design along with the fun 3D Embossing Folders from Memory Box Open Source. I started off by embossing a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock using the Memory Box Open Source Crysanthemum Fields Embossing Folder. I have never used these thick embossing…
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A Rainbow of Mandalas | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty readers! This is Crystal here with you and today’s post is all about coloring the beautiful Thankful Mandala stamp set. If you love to color, then these cards will be perfect for you to try. And, well, if you don’t love to color so much then you can simply admire the beauty of…
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Triple Hello | By Seeka
Hi there, Seeka here and today I’m sharing a card that combines an ink-blended background with a stenciled overlay. I started with a 4.25″ x 5.5″ piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth cardstock. Using Post-It tape, I masked off the borders and then used foam blending tools to blend Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, and Abandoned Coral…
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Making Small Gifts Special | by Jennifer Svare
This card has been created to hold a small gift. It’s a great way to present “a little something” extra inside a card such as a tea with a packet of honey, or a package of seeds, necklace, small pen, or notepad – anything that is about 1/4″ thick. Today I’m going to show how…
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Ombre Stripes | by Kimberly Wiener
Hello Birch Press fans. Sometimes I really want to experiment with backgrounds and really get inky. Today I am using the Bold Stripes Stencil to make a colorful background. I have chosen some lovely blue shades and brush blended atop Open Studio watercolor paper. I am highlighting the super gorgeous Memory Box Birthday Rose Corner…
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Galaxy Sky with Stencils | by Ardyth Percy-Robb
Good morning! Ardyth here with 4 cards using the same, fun technique: creating a galaxy sky through a stencil! I started by adhering the most open layer of the Mandala Stencil set on a white card panel with temporary spray adhesive. I blended random areas of bright colours – lemon yellow, lime green and bright…
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Sunny Dazzler | By Seeka
Hi there, Seeka here and today I’m sharing a sunny card using the Dazzler Layer die set. First, I die cut Dazzer Layer C from white cardstock. Then I used three markers (Copic RV14, Y17, and Y15) to color the outer ring. I started with RV14, a pink, along the inside of the die cut…
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Lovely (Vellum) Butterflies | by Crystal Komara
Hello readers! This is Crystal here with you today sharing some rainbow cards featuring the Lovely Butterflies stamp set. I’ve been creating a lot of rainbow themed cards lately, because I find them very cheerful and uplifting and I think we could all use more sunshine (and rainbows) in our lives right now! The base…
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Beveled Honeycombs & Wax Seal | by Jennifer Svare
Hello! The card I’m sharing today is all about the simple elegance of Mini Honeycomb Bevel layers. The bevel set is three layers, and I chose soft pinks and corals that sit on an ivory card base. I placed one on the top and one on the bottom of the card front. I love how…
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Creating Frames with Negative Die Cuts | By Leigh Houston
Hello, crafty friends! I am so happy to be here today sharing these two cards I made with Birch Press Designs’s Avalon Frame Layering Dies. I love using the pretty negative die cuts from my Birch Press layering dies in my cards, and these cards show how I used these pieces to make frames on…
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You Are So Awesome | by Tracey McNeely
Hi there, it’s Tracey here today and I have a card and video to share with you. I remember as a kid that is was very common to receive funny store bought slimline cards for birthdays and other occasions. Slimline cards seem be popping up all over the web lately so today I created a…
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Quick Dimensional Cards | by Kimberly Wiener
Hello Birch Press Fans! Do you ever want to make a stack of cards and not spend a ton of time? I know I do. These cards really are perfect for making a lovely statement and still be quick and enable you make several at a time. I love the over sized sentiments from the…
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Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday! | By Amanda Wilcox
Hello everyone. Amanda Wilcox from Twiddler’s Nook here and I’m so excited to be joining Birch Press Design Creative Team. Today I have my first card share for you. It looks a little involved but it really is simple. Let’s get started. I die cut each of the layers for the Frilly Triangle twice and…
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