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Die Cutting Tips
with Jennifer McGuireIf you love crafting chances are you know Jennifer McGuire! Her blog Jennifer McGuire Ink is a great place to find inspiration. Jennifer is always trying new techniques that bring products to life and make you see them in a new way. Her You Tube video’s show step by step with clear instructions to make…
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Ink Blended Stenciling | by Tracey McNeely
Have you had a chance to check out all of the amazing new products at Birch Press Design? The mandala collection is so gorgeous and the possibilities are truly endless. Today I have a video tutorial for you using the brand new Mandala stencils. I have to say that they were an absolute…
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Ombre Butterfly | By Laurie Schmidlin
Hi there friends! Laurie here with you today, sharing a project featuring several brand new Craft Dies! Have you seen all of the amazing new products in the Birch Press Design store? You can see them all HERE. I combined three new dies to create this card: Butterfly Garden Plate Layer C, Sparkler Butterfly…
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Art Deco Church | By Olga
Hi there, hope you are having a wonderful weekend! The card I am presenting today is quite multi layered but it is easy to create and it is also mailing friendly. The design was actually inspired by two pictures by Van Gogh (watch the video tutorial below) although I was not trying to adopt the…
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So Happy For You | By Eloise Blue
Hi friends, Eloise here and today I have a moving house themed card for you all. I’ll be using the Home Sweet Home dies, along with Sending Love and Time to Celebrate stamp sets. I’ll also be pulling in this gorgeous handmade paper called Bouquet Handmade for my base and colour inspiration for the rest…
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Cards that say WOW! Our brand new layers work together like magic to create intricate details. Explore the new collection and see how easy it is to make a masterpiece!
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Smooth Sailing | By Jeanne Jachna
I hope you’re having a great day! Masculine cards seem to be a struggle sometimes, but they’re a breeze with the new nautical images in the store! Two new stamp sets you’ll find include Let Your Dreams Sail and Let Your Light Shine. Both sets have coordinating die cuts making them easy to create scenes. The…
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Announcing new Mandala Layer Dies!
It’s a Craft Die Revolution! We’ve designed an amazing new collection of dies with infinite combinations! Mix and match these mandala inspired designs to create breathtaking cards! Available in the store now!
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Pretty In Pink Wedding Congrats
by Jeanne JachnaI hope you’re having a great day! Today I’m sharing a pretty in pink wedding congratulations card made with lots of goodies from the Birch Press Design Store. Here’s a peek at the finished card… I started with the FIORI HEART Layers B & C die cuts from pink and gold. I didn’t use layer…
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Peony Thanks | By Laurie Schmidlin
Hello there! Laurie here and I’m back today sharing a fresh, Spring colored card with you! One of my favorite ways to add vibrant colors to a card quickly, is to use a multi step stamp set. On my card today, I chose the Delicate Peony set. For the background,…
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Birthday Balloons Trio | by Tracey McNeely
Welcome back for another inspiration post at Birch Press Design. Tracey here today with another post about stretching your supplies. When you purchase a set of craft dies, whether single dies or set that has multiple dies, it always feels good to make good use of your dies. If you are anything like me you…
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Perfect Pear | By Laurie Schmidlin
Happy, happy Friday! Today I’m sharing a technique that will allow you to stretch your dies even further! This card came about as one of those crafting “happy accidents”. I was flipping through my dies in search of the Perfect Pears Die Set and a saved die cut (I never throw away…
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Smile It’s Your Big Day | By Eloise Blue
Hi friends, Eloise here and for today’s project I have a wedding themed card for you all. This could even be used for a birthday card, or if you change up the sentiment – it can be used for so many occasions. I’ll be using the Time To Celebrate and Wishing You The Best stamp…
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Celebrate | by Tracey McNeely
Happy Monday and welcome to another inspiration post at Birch Press Design. I have a clean and simple card for you today along with a video tutorial to show you how I made it. I used the Birch Press Design Simple Church craft die to create my card which could be to celebrate Easter or…
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Textured Paper Gift Boxes | Jennifer Svare
Hello! Today I’ll share how I made some very simple gift boxes; in fact, they are so easy and fun that I made several varieties to have on hand. The new papers from Birchpress are incredible for the box tops, and add such elegance. The Ivory Swirl, Pebble Gold, and Cabbage Rose Lavender were used…
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Fiori Egg Goodie Bags | By Eloise Blue
Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have some Easter Egg Goodie Bags to share with you all using the Stitched Egg Die Set along with the Fiori Egg Die Set and Time To Celebrate Stamp Set. To begin my bags today, I first used the largest Stitched Egg Die from the set and cut…
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A Joyful Hello | By Laurie Schmidlin
The new Fiori Egg Layer Set is perfect for creating elegant Easter cards in no time at all! The beautiful stitching detail makes it look like you spent hours and not the mere minutes it actually takes to die cut and assemble these eggs! I started by adding a layer of Pink…
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Spring Sale!
Happy Spring! Shop all our new arrivals – including handmade paper, washi tapes and more. Use sale code SPRING to save 10% off your entire purchase on everything, including sale items! Hurry! Offer expires March 19, 2018 at midnight PST.
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Watercolor Birds | by Jeanne Jachna
It’s easy to make your own hand made cards to share with family and friends. One of my favorite techniques is water coloring. You don’t have to be a pro when you are coloring stamped images. I stamped the two birds and sentiment from A Little Birdie Clear Stamp Set with Versafine Onyx Black Ink…
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Miss You | By Laurie Schmidlin
Hello there crafty friends! Laurie here with you today sharing a bright and cheerful peony card. Some of my favorite Birch Press Design dies to date are the Peony Bloom Cover Plates! With these dies, it is so easy to create beautifully detailed cards in no time at all! To create…
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Coloring Easter Eggs | by Tracey McNeely
Hi it’s Tracey here today for another Birch Press Design inspiration post. Today we are colouring some Easter eggs! Not the hard boiled kind, but gorgeous jeweled paper kind. I used the newly released Stitched Egg craft dies along with alcohol inks to create some gorgeous gold embellished Easter eggs. . The video below will…
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Filigree Egg | By Olga Direktorenko
Hi there paper crafters, Today I have a special project to showcase – it’s an Easter card that doubles up as “congrats on your pregnancy” card. I have used Fiori Egg layering set to create the focal image and the top layer of Fiori Background set for the background. Other materials include watercolor paper, vellum…
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Fiori Thank You Card | Jennifer Svare
Hello! Today I’ve made a thank you card using the center of the Fiori Layer Egg Layer C for a background, framed in with Double Stitch Circle Frames by Poppystamps. I love thinking about ways to get the most out of dies, and this is a great way to stretch the Fiori Egg way beyond…
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Emerald and Teal Fiori Layered Egg | by Jeanne Jachna
Hi it’s Jeanne posting on the blog today! And wow! Have I got a gorgeous project to share with you today! I made this beautiful emerald and teal Easter Egg card. The Birch Press Design Layered dies have a rich expensive look when layered together. The Fiori Egg is no exception. With the new hand…
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Easter Brunch Table Decoration | Jennifer Svare
Hello! For today’s project, I used the gorgeous new Fiori Egg set (layers B and C) to create an Easter Brunch table decoration. I used a holographic paper for the sparkly outside layer, and a variation of two types of gold card stock in the base layers. The largest egg from the Stitched Egg Set…
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Faux Fabergé Egg | by Tracey McNeely
Have you seen the new spring release at Birch Press Design? The Fiori Egg Layer Set craft dies have all the beautiful stitched details you have come to expect from Birch Press Design. Today I have a short video tutorial showing you how I used the Fiori Egg Layer A, Fiori Egg Layer B and…
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Wishing You The Very Best | By Eloise Blue
Hi friends, Eloise here and today I have a Best Wishes card to share with you all using the Flutter Plate Layering Die Set as well as the Wishing You The Best stamp set and the Double Stitch Scalloped Rectangle Frames Dies from Poppy Stamps. To begin, I first pulled out nine colours of cardstock…
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Sending Handmade Hugs | by Jeanne Jachna
Do you love to make? I don’t think there’s any nicer way to show someone you care than to make something from the heart especially for them! When you do it yourself you can personalize your design with the recipients favorite colors and embellishments. My mom loves flowers – when I was little I’d pick…
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Central Park Trees | by Jennifer Svare
Hello! I am loving all the new products Birchpress is offering, and was especially excited to receive the new handmade papers! From the moment I saw the Folia style of sheets, I was excited to pair it with the Central Park Trees stamp. This is a see-through window card. The trees are stamped on the…
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Sending My Love | by Tracey McNeely
Happy Valentines Day! I hope that you have had a chance to play with the new Birch Press Design 2018 Valentine’s Release products! Today I have a video tutorial for you to create a beautiful glittery heart using the Stitched Hearts and the Fiori Heart Layer A craft dies. With this card sending love does…
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