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Eloquent Butterfly Layered tag | By Natasha Vacca

Hello crafty friends, It is Natasha and I am excited to be up on the blog with you today! Today’s project combines the beautiful Eloquent Butterfly layered set, paired with beautiful papers from Memory Box! So let’s get started!

I started by die cutting each layer (A and C) from the Eloquent Butterfly onto white cardstock. Once it was die cut, I added Distress Oxide Ink (Brushed Corduroy and Walnut Stain) to layer A and C. For layer B I die cut the butterfly using the Memory Box Glitzy Glitter pad using a piece of blue glitter paper. Then on layer B I added a couple colors of embossing powder. I do one color at a time, adding layers and not fully covering the butterfly with one color of powder. I also added a bit of embossing powder to layer A to add more interest and texture. I then adhered the butterfly together using liquid glue and set it aside.

Next I started to work on my tag background using a pre-made tag from my stash. I then chose a few pieces of beautiful pattern paper from the Memory Box Magnolia Grove paper pad. I love these papers, they are so beautiful! I adhered the layers onto my tag, then dry embossed one of the papers using the Memory Box Ringadings embossing folder. Once this was dry embossed I tore the pattern paper to give a distressed look. I then added the same distress oxide inks to the paper. I added a bit more texture by applying an iridescent embossing powder to sections of the dry embossed paper. I then adhred the layer onto my tag,

Next I added splatters to the tag panel using a brown spray from my stash. I allowed the panel to dry, then distressed the edges using my distress ink pad. I chose a sentiment from my stash and adhered this with foam tape, then adhered the butterfly to the tag using liquid glue.

I completed the project with a twine at the top of the tag and a few gems from the Christmas Fairy Drops collection!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I will be back soon!

Supplies

57426 Eloquent Butterfly Layer Set

Supplies

pp1022 Magnolia Grove 6×6 pack
gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad
DDP101 Christmas Fairy Dewdrops

January 16, 2024
Warm Wishes | By Sandhya Iyer

Hello, BP friends! Happy New Year and warm wishes from me, Sandhya. I decided to switch things up a little and made a slim long tag. The Cielo Snowflake Layer Set is my focal point. I used the Warm Wishes Vintage Sentiment die set as a sentiment.

First, I die-cut 2 snowflakes out of white glitter cardstock using just Layer B of the Cielo Snowflake Layer Set. Next, I die cut the warm whishes sentiment out of left overs from the same white glitter cardstock.

Then, I trimmed a slim long rectangle out of dark blue cardstock from my stash. I used a corner chomper to create rounded edges on one set of diagonal corners. Next, I added a generous splatter of white gouache. I punched a hole towards the top, added a white brad and added some shimmery white laces through it.

Finally, I added my snowflakes and sentiment to complete my tag. This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you have fun crafting today!

Supplies:

57391 Mini Snowflake Frame Layer Set
57539 Warm Wishes Vintage Sentiment

January 9, 2024
Merry Christmas Poinsettia | By Sandhya Iyer
Hello, BP friends! Sandhya here and today I am sharing my Christmas Poinsettia card. I used the Splendid Poinsettia Contour Layers die set for my focal point. I used a sentiment from the Glad Tidings stamp set for my sentiment. So let’s get started!

I started by spraying a few pieces of watercolor paper with Distress Spray Stain and Distress Mica Sprays in shades of red and green. To keep the layers distinct, I tried to keep one sheet a few shades darker than the other. Then, I die-cut the base layer out of the darker piece and the detailed layer out of the lighter piece.
Next, I assembled the layers and built my layered poinsettia. I used all the layers interchangeably to get a more dense layered look. For the center, I added iridescent flatback drops in a tiny cluster. Next, I added gold details using gold foundry wax.

Finally, I trimmed some textured watercolor cardstock with a deckled trimmer to create my panel. I stamped my sentiment in black and adhered the layered poinsettia to it. Then, I inked around a kraft card base and adhered the panel down to it in a slanting manner.

This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I will be back soon with one more card before we end the year!

Supplies:

57517 Splendid Poinsettia Contour Layers
CL8164 Glad Tidings clear stamp set
December 12, 2023
Autumn Hugs | by Sandhya Iyer

Hello Birch Press friends! This is Sandhya and I am back with a fall card featuring the Adornment Oak Leaf die set. It was a fun card with just die-cutting all the way and no stamping at all!

I started by die-cutting the detailed layer of the oak leaf out of gold cardstock from the Memory Box Rainbow Reflection Mirror pad. Then, I used the Big Hugs Sugar Script die to cut out my sentiment from the same gold cardstock and set it aside. Next, I cut out the shadow layer of the leaf as well as the sentiment out of white cardstock.

I used Distress inks in yellow and orange to ink blend an ombre effect on the solid layer of the leaf. Then, I adhered down the gold leaf over the ink-blended layer. Next, I trimmed a panel out of white cardstock to measure 3″x 5.25″ and die-cut it using the Pinpoint Radial Plate. For the card base, I chose a deep orange cardstock from my stash.

Finally, I assembled the card using liquid adhesive and foam tape to pop up the sentiment die-cut. I also added a few flatback gold embellishments to tie it all together. This brings us to the end of today’s post. Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope to be back soon with more new card ideas.

Supplies:

57484 Adornment Oak Leaf
57138 Big Hugs Sugar Script
57384 Pinpoint Radial Plate

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

September 8, 2023
Summer Florals | by April Antonio

Hello and happy Saturday! Welcome back to the Birch Press Design blog. April here sharing a new card project. I am really excited about today’s post because I have been struggling with incorporating more color when I use the layering dies and finally made a card that I feel matches what I saw in my head.

Today’s card started with some inspiration from a color palette I found online that I really liked. I like to save color palettes I like to a folder on my phone, and then look them up when I need some crafting inspiration.

The photo above is the color palette that I found. I just love the teal and pinks. Now, it’s not an exact match, but close enough for me.

I started by pulling the Flora Plate Layer die set, and choosing three of the above colors that I thought would layer well together.

From what I know about color (which isn’t much!) I thought the lighter colors would be best on top, and the darker colors on the bottom.

So I purposely cut the top layer from the light blue, the bottom layer from the darker teal, and added the fuschia color in the middle of the sandwich to break up the blue colors.

Next, I grabbed that same teal color from the bottom layer and decided I wanted to highlight it on top by using it with the Big Thanks Sugar Script. I cut the ‘thanks’ in the teal and the shadow from white in order to anchor the thanks better to the page.

Lastly, I grabbed my Christmas Fairy Jewels pack and placed some of the teal jewels across the top and bottom rows of the card.

That is the finished card! I really love the pierced details on this top layer, and how dynamic the fuchsia color looks as it peeks from behind the layers.

Supplies

57437 Flora Plate Layer Set

57142 Big Thanks Sugar Script

Supplies

jwl005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

July 2, 2022
Heart to Heart Thanks | by April Antonio
Happy Friday! April here sharing an elegant, easy to pull together thank you card.

To start this card I grabbed on of my favorites, the Kinsley Heart Plate Layering set. I cut out all three layers with Layer A and C cut from white cardstock, and Layer I glued all three layers together using liquid glue.
I created an A2 card base from a piece of red cardstock, and glued the Kinsley Heart layer onto the card front. This is why the inside of the heart is red — the base is shining through.

Next, I took the Pimpernel Contour layering set to cut the flowers from red, foil cardstock and the leaves from green, glitter cardstock. I adhered them to the lower right of the card front, ensuring I glued the center of the flowers only, to leave the petals free to bend up a little bit.

For the sentiment, I used the Kind Hearts Clear Stamp set to heat emboss ‘thank you’ with black pigment ink and clear embossing powder. I cut this out and glued it to the center of the card front.

Lastly, I added a couple of clear dots from the Christmas Fairy Crystals set to the center of the flowers

That is it! The layering sets make it super easy and fun to pull together cards. I hope this inspires you to go create and have fun

Supplies

57402 Kinsley Heart Plate Layer Set

CL8163 Kind Hearts clear stamp set

57488 Pimpernel Contour Layers

SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6 pack

GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6×6 pack
June 10, 2022
Elegant Wedding Card Made Easy | by April Antonio

Happy Wednesday my crafty friends! April here sharing an easy wedding card I created using the Kinsley Heart layering plate dies and a sentiment from the newest Kind Hearts stamp set.

A friend recently requested a wedding card and I settled on using the a love theme — of course– and grabbed the Kinsley Heart layering plate set. I love this set because it basically does the work for you. It is already so elegant, and I find it easy to pick three colors, cut them out and adhere them together.

I grabbed a red and pink cardstock sheet from the Berry Red Memory Box paper pack and a beautiful pearl colored sheet from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad. I used these colors to cut Layers A, B, and C of the Kinsley Heart layering set.

PRO TIP: Adding liquid glue to the edges of the layering dies and just a few drops to the center helps you to line up each layer and will stick just as well as trying to add glue all over the center. I save so much time now that I add most of my glue on only the edges.

I then grabbed the ‘Best wishes on your journey together’ sentiment from Birch Press’ newest stamp set Kind Hearts and heat embossed it on a piece of thick vellum.

This stamp set has a beautiful mix of fonts and wonderful sentiments that I can’t wait to use such as ‘Hoping today is as wonderful as you are’ and ‘The world is full of amazing things’. It also has simple saying such as ‘thank you’ in a very elegant font.

I adhered the vellum across the all three heart layers and secure it on the back of the panel with double sided tape, which is one of my favorite ways to adhere vellum without showing any glue on the front.

The side of the card looked a little empty to me so I also cut two flowers from the Star Flowers Contour Layers set using the same pearl cardstock and a pearly-pink cardstock from the 6×6 Mirror Pad. The center of the flower was cut using a gold cardstock from the same cardstockp pad.

PRO TIP: If you would like to give your flowers a 3D look, only adhered the center to the card and once dry, use your fingers or tweezers to gently lift the petals off the page. They will flatten if you are mailing the card, but will not be fully stuck to the page so that whoever receives the card will still see the 3D effect up close.

I finished off the card by putting the entire panel onto a 4.25″ x 5.5″ folded card. Also, I could not resist adding some crystals to the center of some of the hearts.

That is all for today! Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you were inspired to break out your plate layering sets and create something beautiful.

Supplies

CL8163 Kind Hearts clear stamp set

57402 Kinsley Heart Plate Layer Set

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6×6 pack

SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack

57505 Star Flowers Contour Layers

CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

March 9, 2022
Sculpted Greeting Cards

We’ve been creating innovative craft supplies for over 20 years, so when we decided to create some new craft dies at Birch Press Design, we set out to do something a little different than what is on the market. We created a very intricate look at Memory Box, easily identified in our detailed birds and floral shapes – but at Birch Press we thought we would focus on creating some texture on greeting cards by using layers of shapes.

The result is a large collection of dies that coordinate – circles in graduated sizes, squares that layer beautifully and other shapes that play off of geometric simplicity. We designed these shapes to be used on their own – but also to be stacked.

For a paper artist, the possibilities are endless! You can layer several colored layers together for a colorful look – or if you plan on adding more to the card, you can keep the layers monochromatic, like we did here with some simple, crisp white layers. The design we used was the Circa Set – Layer A, Layer B, and Layer C.

For the Circa set, we designed the circles to “telescope” into the center, slightly offsetting each circle so that when they are layered together, the shapes seem to converge to the center. Sweet!

Adding a simple shape on top completes this pretty look – here we used the Poppystamps Delicate Dogwoods die (#1444) (cut the die out in green, red and yellow cardstock, then layer together and adhere to the front of the card). The look is beautiful – and you can make a dozen of these cards in no time!

Don’t be surprised if you want to run your fingers over the card once assembled – the little reservoirs that are created in the card create touchable texture and the way each contour catches the light is breathtaking.

Who knew you could create such lovely texture with layers of simple white paper? Just add these layers to the front of a white notecard (or any of our colored notecards!).

Wondering if you can still get an interesting look with a single layer! Absolutely!

This is the Circa Layer A by itself – adding some subtle background texture to the Poppystamps butterfly dies (1378 Devyn Butterfly Trio and 1389 Emelia Butterfly Trio). The result is subtle – but still fun and it creates a nice and simple backdrop to the colorful butterflies.

You can purchase the poppystamps dies at a craft store near you or by visiting poppystamps.com – and if you are ever in the Seattle area, we suggest you try one of the cupcakes shown in the pictures from Trophy Cupcakes! You can not go wrong with Salted Caramel or Strawberry Lemonade – yummm!

May 24, 2016
The Serious Cup

Have you ever been preparing for an important meeting in the morning and you’re in the zone until, you notice the only mugs you have are ones with dogs, cats, and snowmen on them! The level of professionalism just drops dramatically.

Everyone needs those mugs for on those important days, that make you feel at the top of your game! Why not try our dot espresso cups– these cups have a very classic look with a pop of color at the bottom of the glass so that you can show a hint of your style with a business-ready feel!

Our espresso cups come in the colors dove grey, ruby red, peacock blue, and meadow green. Don’t let those silly mugs throw you off of your business agenda ever again! Instead, add some cups that you can drink with style.

November 20, 2015
Dish Up With Safety

How many times a day do you take a platter out of the microwave or pick it up off the table and at least one piece of food falls to the ground?

I’d say, being the clumsy person I am, my number is at least two times a day! However, this number has gone down dramatically.

No, no, I didn’t gain some balance!

Instead, I have started to use the lunch plates we offer here at Birch Press. These plates actually protect my food from falling with a one inch tall rim. Thus, the only way that my food can disappear, is by me gobbling it up, especially my favorite meals!

Don’t let your habits of spilling make you miss another bite again! Instead, invest in some lunch plates and you’ll thank yourself later! Trust me!

October 13, 2015