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Hi all!  Happy Valentine’s Day!  My card today features the gorgeous trio of the Amour layer dies.  I went for a bold look of black, white, hot pink and gold foil.  These dies sure do make a statement, regardless of the colors used!  The white heat-embossed sentiment and small gold heat-embossed heart are from the…

In today’s post we are creating a card featuring a shimmering rainbow of watercolored hearts. Sometimes a beautiful and fun card can be created with the simplest of elements. The four stacked hearts have been watercolored in bold colours and each have a lovely iridescent glow from the shimmer mist that was applied after the…

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you’re having a great day!  I’m making some Valentine’s Day cards!  I like to send them to friends and family (and one for my special sweetie of course!) so a variety of styles is always welcome.  My card is inspired by pastel candy conversation hearts. I started by cutting…

It’s the final day of our new release Blog Blitz!  All week we’ve been sharing projects created with the brand new Birch Press Design Craft Dies! When I first saw the Band of Hearts craft die, I was excited about all of the design possibilities!  My first card shows how beautiful this die can be…

Welcome to Day 3 of the New Release Blog Blitz, we are having so much fun sharing all the new Birch Press dies with you. Today we are sharing the new DOODLE HEART die with you and another chance for you to win a prize. The new PERFECT HEARTS dies are a set of four…

What a great day for a visit!  We’ve got a brand new craft die release to share and we’re celebrating with a blog blitz!   What’s a blog blitz?  We set aside a few days on the blog to show you projects created with the new release and have a prize for you on each…

Now that the holidays are over we are back to creating everyday cards. Today we have a colourful birthday card to share with you. The Birch Press Design Stackable craft dies make it so easy to create colourful designs that are full of depth and dimension. To recreate today’s card are using the Tilter Stackable…

It’s Tuesday again, and that means it time to share something crafty with you!  Usually this time of year, after all of the festivities of Christmas is over, I am very ready to create with some bright, fun colors again!  I keep a stash of pre-made cards and I noticed that my birthday section is…

Christmas is creeping up fast!  If you’ve got a few more cards to make like me you better hurry!  For this one I used the Beaded Ornaments Clear Stamp Set.  These stamped ornaments are exquisite!  They’ve got lots of detail and shading that you can only find with multi stamp images.  I used Memento Ink…

Hi and thanks for stopping by!  Today I’m sharing a card I made with the Flourish Ornament set.  I’m also sharing it at CASology‘s Challenge. A challenge is a great way to spark your creativity.  CASology gives you a “CUE” word and you make something inspired by that word.  This week’s CUE word is BOW.…

There is nothing is more beautiful than the look and dimension of layered stamping. The Birch Press Design Let It Snow layered snowy tree looks so real it is hard to believe that there isn’t actually snow on it. As beautiful as layered stamps are sometimes they are not the easiest to stamp. Today’s tutorial…

Thanks for stopping by!  I’m sharing a card today featuring the Birch Press Design Watercolor Wildflowers!  They’re three layer stamps – so they have lots of dimension.  Always start with the lightest color first and then add darker colors for each layer.  The leaves and stems are clean and simple and there are coordinating die…

Hello!  Here is a Christmas card that uses the Delfina A craft die, along with the Brushed Christmas Greetings die and stamp set.  The only stamped images on this card are the leaves and berries.  The leaves were inked with two different green inks.  A darker green ink was used on the edges of the…

Nothing says Christmas quite like beautiful snowflakes and frosty trees!  Today I’m sharing a card that I created using a combination of stamps and dies from the Birch Press Design store.  I especially love how so many of the dies and stamps work so well together! I really love the look of white on white,…

Every Tuesday we focus on items from the craft section of the store.  Today I’m showing this pretty Holiday Poinsettia card.  It’s fun and easy to make using the multi layered stamps and coordinated die sets. Usually when I work with a new set I will stamp lots of flowers and leaves in different colors.…

What a great day for a visit! The Poppystamps  and Birch Press Design Teams have gotten together to have a blog hop featuring products you love from Poppystamps AND Birch Press Design!  You can always expect new and innovative die designs from Dave Brethauer (the creator of Memory Box, Poppystamps, and Birch Press Design). The…

Another look at a new stamp and die set from the Birch Press Design store. There are so many stamps and dies that are perfect for holiday crafting but also for everyday crafting. The Brushed Birthday Greetings stamp set is one set that can be used all year round and perfect that there is a…

One of my favorite tricks to cut down on the Holiday rush (and subsequent stress) is to prepare early!  I usually start my Christmas cards in September, making several different kinds each month making sure to finish by the end of November.  I love that there are so many different Holiday stamp sets and dies…

If you’re a paper crafter you’re going to love all the latest additions to the craft section of the store.  There’s lots of new dies and stamp sets perfect for Holiday crafting!  There are a few for every day makes too including this Delicate Peony stamp set with coordinating dies.    This is a 3-step…