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Hi there it’s Tracey and I’m so excited to share a really colourful card with you today using the new Regal Peacock Layers dies! Before I got started I looked online for photos of Peacocks to help me out in making colour selections for each layer of the tail. Here is a look at the…

Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today’s project I will be using the Grateful Frame Stamp Set! I thought this was perfect for no line coloring… so grab your favorite coloring medium, mine will be colored pencils, and let’s get started For no line coloring you want to make sure you stamp your images with…

I hope you’re having a great day! This month we’re sharing projects made with the new release, and we have lots of giveaways too! Today I’m sharing a sparkly card made with the Lumina Layer A die! That’s the giveaway for today too! This effect is as easy as one two three! First I cut…

Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today we have a couple of projects to show. The first we will work with all 3 layers of the Lumina Layering Die Set and the second will once use Layer A! Stay Tuned for the Giveaway Details! LOL For our first card and as always let’s start by…

Hello friends, Eloise here and today I have a simple Thank You card using the Make A Statement Stamp Set as well as the Stitched Heart Dies. I started off with ink blending some Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar and Scattered Straw at the bottom of my watercolour panel. I flicked on some water and dried…

Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today’s project, I chose a technique very simple using supplies we already have in our stash, cardstock! I will be using the Stitched Heart Die Set, and not just one die, but all of them! I nested the dies within each other and used my tape to secure them…

Hi there it’s Tracey here today with a fun take on using a mandala with a trendy alcohol ink background. I created this background using one colour of alcohol ink! The colour is Eggplant and with using alcohol blending solution and an air puffer with some Yupo paper I was able to get all these…

Hello Everyone and Welcome Back! For today’s project, I kept it simple featuring the Dahlia Mini Frame Layering Die Set! I started by choosing 3 colors in peach tones from light to dark and die cut my dahlia frame, making sure my card stock was positioned in the order I wanted it to be. Using…

Hello Everyone! Let’s have some fun water coloring! For today’s project let’s use the Shining Mandala Stamp Set! This is perfect to be a focal point or as a background! When I started this, I was not sure which direction I wanted to go, so I just enjoyed creating. I first started by prepping my…

Hello friends, Eloise here and today I’ll be using the Big Hugs Sugar Script Dies to create this die cut word rainbow background. I first took a piece of watercolour cardstock and cut it down to approximately 3 1/2″ wide by 5 1/8″ tall. I then took six colours of Distress Oxide Inks and blended…

Hello Everyone! I am here today making a Birthday Card perfect for any age! I am in love with the regal look of black and gold when layered together! Depending on how you layer your cardstock you will get a different look every time. I started by cutting my layers using card stock from my…

Hello friends, Eloise here and today I’m continuing on with the Summer theme and using the Let Your Dreams Sail Stamp Set once again. I started off with die cutting the anchor’s from the background. I used the die from the Let Your Dreams Set Sail Die Set and cut six from some white cardstock.…

Hello friends, Eloise here and today I have a card using the Let Your Dreams Sail and Let Your Light Shine Stamp Sets. I used the dies to create a front layer and stamped my images to create a one layer scene on the inside. I started off with stamping out my images using a…

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are having a great day! Today I’m sharing an easy way to add color to die cut backgrounds. All you need is some markers and some packing tape. I started by cutting the Waves Layer A die from white card stock. I applied packing tape to the back…

Hi there and welcome back for another week of inspiration at Birch Press Design. I just haven’t been able to stop creating with the new Big Lingo stamps and dies. The way the letters can inlay into the die cut is just so much fun! I have also been enjoying creating rainbows these days too.…

Hello Everyone! I am here today die cutting all day! Sometimes when see pull out our layering dies sets we see all colors – rainbows, blends and so one, but what if we just used minimal card stocks to create our cards! I set up my production line and started creating. Let see what this…