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  Happy Tuesday!  Today I’m sharing how I like to add sentiments to intricate or busy backgrounds. By clustering images around the sentiment, it helps to draw the eye making the sentiment stand out more.  Here, I embossed the flowers and sprig from the Time to Celebrate stamp set onto colored cardstock and die cut…

I hope you’re having a great day!  Today I’m sharing a card made with the Birch Press Design Time To Celebrate clear stamp set!   I love florals and this set is absolutely gorgeous!  The set has line drawn flowers for you to color as well as solid florals that you can ink with no…

Time for some more Tuesday inspiration using Birch Press Design’s craft dies and stamps. Today I am showing you another way to add colour using the Birch Press Design Stackable layer craft dies. I am using Peony Blooms Layer A, Peony Blooms Layer B and Peony Blooms Layer C along with Ranger Distress Oxide inks. I have put…

Thanks for stopping by!  Every Tuesday we feature items from the craft section of the store!  Today I made a shaker card inspired by a beautiful Summer day! I started by cutting the Fiori Plate layer C from pink card stock, and layer B from white card stock. I adhered the two layers together and…

Have you had a chance to use the new Peony Blooms Stackable Dies yet? Watercolouring has become my new favourite colouring medium to use in crafting. Today I am going to use Peerless Watercolors in dilute washes for the layers of my peonies to create a monochromatic flower with lots of dimension. To begin I cut one each of the…

I hope you’re having a great day!  Tuesdays are dedicated to the craft section of the Birch Press Design Store!  Have you had a chance to see the new Peony Bloom and Fiori Plate Layer Dies?  Today I’m sharing a card made with the Fiori set! There are three stackable dies for each collection that…

Hi all!  Angel here with a card using some newly released goodies!  I love these new Peony Bloom layered dies!  And guess what!?  I’m giving away the Peony Bloom Layer B!!!  Be sure to leave a comment on this post and we’ll announce a winner in a few days!  To start my card, I watercolored…

We are back again celebrating the May release with a Blog Blitz. Today I am using a few of the newly released products for a card. The base layer of my card was created with the new Fiori Plate B which is part of another fabulous trio of stackable plates. These incredible plates can be used…

Oh happy day!  We’re celebrating the new May release with a give away! We’ve added two new stamp sets with coordinating dies as well as two sets of stackable dies to the store! Today I’m playing with the Peony Bloom Layer A die.  This is just one of the three Peony Bloom layer dies that…

Hi there!  I’m excited to be back here sharing some more Birch Press Design craft projects with you! One of my favorite things to do, is to sit down and spend some quality time creating handmade cards!  It is absolutely therapeutic for me!  There are times, though, that time is very short and I am…

Springtime is full of wildlife and beautiful butterflies. For today’s Tuesday feature I am going to be showing you how to use a single cover plate die and some watercolour to create a beautiful inlaid die cut butterfly scene. I have created a short video to show you how I created my watercolour panel that…

Do you love to color?   I’ve been addicted to coloring since I was old enough to hold a crayon!    I came from a family with four kids so my mom was pretty thrifty when buying school supplies.  We were lucky if we got the 24 pack of assorted colors, but my dream was…

Hi all!  I’m here with a birthday card using the Close to the Heart stamp set and matching dies.  This is such a beautiful set, I can’t stop using it! I created sort of a stencil by cutting some acetate using the two smaller butterfly dies. I then chose several pink, red and orange inks…

Spring is just getting going where I live but the butterflies have not returned to nature just yet. The Birch Press Design spring release is full of beautiful butterflies to create projects to lift our spirits after the dreary days of winter. For my card today I started by watercolouring a soft pastel spring background…

Hi there!  It’s Tuesday again, and that means we are sharing something crafty with you!  The craft section in the store is brimming with gorgeous Spring butterflies! Today I have created a card featuring the butterflies from the Close to the Heart clear stamp set and coordinating Close to the Heart craft dies. One of…

Hi and thanks for stopping by!  Every Tuesday we share projects made with supplies from the craft section of the store!  I love to craft and I hope you do to!   I also like to play challenges!  It’s a fun way to share what I’ve been making and see what other people are making…

Hello!  I hope you’re all starting to enjoy some warmer weather!  I wanted to share this card with you that I made using the Close to the Heart stamp set and matching dies. I stamped one of the butterflies and colored it with my Copic markers then cut it out with the matching die.  To…

Happy Tuesday, and I hope that spring has found you where you are. The Birch Press Design original Paradiso Butterfly Layer Set craft dies are perfect for making gorgeous layered butterflies in any colour combination you choose. For my card today I started by blending Distress Inks on to a Bristol cardstock panel. Water was…

Welcome back!  It’s day two of the spring Blog Blitz!  We are celebrating the latest release of several new craft dies and a brand new clear stamp set!  What’s a blog blitz?  We’ll it’s a chance for us to show you some designs made with the new products and give you a chance to win.…