Tag: craft dies

Friendly Hello | By Jeanne Jachna

Thanks for stopping by! I sure hope you’re having a great day! Spring is in the air and I’m starting to see the return of migratory birds. I’ve got the grape jelly out for the Baltimore Orioles, and sugar water for the Hummingbirds!

It’s really a treat to see them zipping around from flower to flower! I tried to capture what I see on my card today!

I started with the Block Print Passion Fruit Flowers cut from shades of red cardstock. They were easy to assemble and are big and bold. Of course they’d attract this pretty little Block Print Hummingbird!

I added extra foliage using the new Ornamental Branch and a few smaller flowers with the Block Print Tapestry Blooms die set.

If you love this little Hummingbird you should check out the other beautiful birds in the store! I’m smitten with them all!

Finished Size: 4.25 x 5.5″

Supplies

57590 Block Print Tapestry Blooms

57579 Block Print Hummingbird

57597 Block Print Passion Fruit Flower

57601 Ornamental Branch

57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate

May 10, 2025
Purple Pumpkin | by Crystal Komara

Hello friends!

Supplies

57481 Adornment Pumpkin

57507 Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers

57426 Eloquent Butterfly Layer Set

57501 Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack

57525 Oval Leaf Branches Contour Layers

SP1008 Twilight Purple 6×6 pack

November 12, 2024
Butterfly Pumpkin | by Crystal Komara

Hello and welcome to November!

Supplies

57481 Adornment Pumpkin

57507 Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers

57426 Eloquent Butterfly Layer Set

57501 Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack

57525 Oval Leaf Branches Contour Layers

SP1008 Twilight Purple 6×6 pack

November 5, 2024
Forever Grateful | by Crystal Komara
Hello crafty friends! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here with you today sharing the first of a few fall themed pumpkin cards that I have made featuring the Adornment Pumpkin Set.

The Adornment Pumpkin Layer Set is one of my go-to products for fall cards. I love the large size of the layering pumpkin. Plus, it comes together easily with only two dies – a solid inside layer and a thin outline layer. For this card, I combined it with a variety of other products from Birch Press Design to include:

~Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers

~Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves

Card details:

There is a lot to this card, so let’s break it down:
1. To create the pumpkin, using the Adornment Pumpkin die, I die cut the large solid pumpkin from the 6″ x 6″ Gladiola paper pack from Memory Box Company. I die cut the outline layer from white cardstock. I adhered the two together with a fine tip liquid glue.
2. Using the Phlox Blooms and Leaves contour layer set, I die cut a bunch of flowers from a mustard orange and rust colored cardstock. I also cut the inside of the flowers from chocolate brown cardstock and the center of of the flowers from gold glitter cardstock. For each flower, I layered the three colors togethers with a fine-tip liquid glue.
3. Next I simply die cut a bunch of orange, yellow, mustard, gold and brown leaves from the Tiny Tufts Flowers and Leaves contour die and tucked them in and around the pumpkin.
4. I splattered gold paint all over the card for some “distressing” or a “mixed media” look.
5. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment “forever grateful” using the Brush Sentiment stamp set. I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I used an oval punch to punch the sentiment out and adhered it to the card using foam adhesive for added dimension.
I know at first glance that a lot of these intricate layered cards can seem intimating, but all it really entails is a LOT of die cutting. My little tip* – I don’t even count or measure as I’m die cutting, I just keep cutting until it seems like I have a lot. Any extra pieces can be used on the inside or saved for another card!

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

Supplies

57481 Adornment Pumpkin

57507 Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers

CL8158 Brush Sentiments clear stamp set

57501 Tiny Tuft Flowers and Leaves Contour Layers

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6 pack

GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad

Supplies

PP1027 Gladiola Plaid 6×6 pack
October 15, 2024
It’s Fall, Ya’ll | by April Antonio

Hello friends! Design Team member April here today sharing a card in honor of the first day of Fall. Time to light some cozy candles, grab a warm blanket, and sink into a fun afternoon of crafting.

Here’s how I pulled this card together:

I used layer A and B from the Forest Canopy Layer set and ink blended on the leaves and branches with green and brown inks. I glued both layers together, and then used a tape runner to attach them to an A2 card front.

I then used a sheet of orange cardstock from the Sunny Orange cardstock pack to cut the background of the Adornment Pumpkin die set. I cut this out twice and used foam tape to glue the two pieces together.

I cut the outline part from a piece of orange cardstock from the Glitzy Glitter pad. I finished off the pumpkin by ink blending the stem and leaves and adding them to the top.

For my sentiment I used the Big Hugs Sugar Script die, cutting it out three times and ink blending brown onto the layers, and gluing them together.

Lastly, I cut out all the dies from the Evening Moths die set from white cardstock.

Supplies

57481 Adornment Pumpkin

57568 Evening Moths

57138 Big Hugs Sugar Script

57534 Forest Canopy Layer Set

Supplies

sp1003 Lush Green

sp1002 Sunny Orange

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

September 22, 2024
105 days until Christmas | by April Antonio
Hello friends! Design Team member April here today sharing an early Christmas card using some of the products from the new holiday release. With Autumn almost upon us, everything is about to speed up, so why not start on creating some holiday cheer?! Also, these new dies are just too cute to put down!

Here’s how I pulled this card together:

I grabbed a pre-cut slimline card base in white, and glued a dark blue cardstock mat to the background to represent the night sky. I used the new Wavy Hillside die set and cut the largest die from white cardstock twice. I glued the die cuts twice to the front of the slimline card using foam tape, and made sure to leave a little room at the top so that I could later tuck in some of the houses and trees.

I cut the Littletown Village, Littletown Church, and Littletown Home die sets all from white card stock, and assembled them accordingly. I then did some light ink blending in blue and purple on the bottom of each building, and did some darker ink blending in green on the trees. I then arranged the trees and houses across the hillside tucking some behind the ‘snow’ and placing some on top. I also added some to the bottom of the card front in either corner.

For my sentiment I used the Merry Christmas Confection Script die with the shadow in the same dark blue as my background and the letters cut out from white cardstock.

Finishing touches: I used a white gel pen to add some ‘falling snow’ to the dark blue background. I also added some silver jewels from the Memory Box Christmas Fairy Jewels set, and used a glitter pen to add some sparkle to the roofs of the buildings.
Supplies

57563 Wavy Hillside

57564 Littletown Village

57565 Littletown Church

57567 Littletown Home

57542 Merry Christmas Confection Script

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels
September 11, 2024
Summer Ocean Blues | by April Antonio
Hello friends! Design Team member April here today sharing a beautiful, bright, blue ocean inspired card using the Budding Twigs Contour Layers die set. I visited the beach last month and was inspired to create something ocean-y.

Here’s how I pulled this card together:

I cut a piece of heavy-weight white cardstock down to A2 card size. is made from 80 lb. I used on of my favorites, the Pinpoint Contour Plate to cut a background from the Memory Box Lagoon 6×6 cardstock pack and layered that onto the card base.

Next I cut the three layers of the Budding Twigs Contour Layers die set from three different colors from the same Lagoon cardstock pack. I glued the layers together following the included guide, making sure to alternate colors, and adhered each finished twig onto the card front. The blue background with the budding twigs reminded me of seeing coral underwater!

I used the Big Hugs Vintage Sentiment die and shadow die to cut the ‘HUGS’ and adhered it to the front of the card. I used two different shades of brown I found in the Memory Box Earth Neutral 6×6 cardstock pack.

I finished off the card with some fun gemstones from the Winter Fantasy Fairy gemstone set. I really enjoy paper-piecing and this card was fun to pull together! I hope you are able to have fun and do something creative this weekend.
Supplies

57547 Big Hugs Vintage Sentiment

57529 Budding Twigs Contour Layers

57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate

Supplies

sp1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack

sp1009 Earth Neutral
August 11, 2024
Just a Little Something | by Crystal Komara

Hello crafty friends and happy August! Where did the summer go already!? This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here today sharing a vibrant alcohol ink card featuring the Floral Star Layer set. Because this background has so much intense color, you might not even notice that I used just three layers of white on that Floral Star.

Card details:

This A2 card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White smooth cardstock. I pulled a scrap piece of a previously made alcohol ink background from my stash and splattered some white and gold ink all over the alcohol ink. I cut it down to 5 1/4″ x 4″ and adhered it directly to the white cards base.

Next, I die cut all three layers – Layer A, Layer B and Layer C of the Floral Star Layering set from white cardstock. I adhered the three layers together using a fine-tip liquid glue. Then I adhered the full die to the center of the alcohol ink background.

Using the Contempo Greetings stamp set, I stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink on black cardstock. I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder and used the coordinating die to die cut the sentiment out. I adhered the sentiment to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension.

I LOVE using alcohol inks on my cards, they are a great way to add visual interest and unique designs. Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

Supplies

8160 Contempo Greetings clear stamp and die set

56118 Floral Star Layer Set

August 5, 2024
Bold and Bright Florals | By Natasha Vacca

Hello Birch Press friends, it is design team member Natasha back on the blog today. Today I am sharing a colorful floral design with you using a few favorites from Birch Press! So let’s get started!

I started by die cutting 3 die sets: Star Flowers Contour Layers, Rose Leaves Contour Layers, and the Peeking Flower and Leaves set. I die cut each of these sets using watercolor cardstock. Once they were die cut I added color to each of the florals and leaves using Lindy’s Magicals. I allowed each layer to dry before adding more color. I then added shine to each of the layers using gold magicals.

I made sure each layer was completely dry, then I added more depth to each layer by adding dye ink to the edges of the leaves, as well as the floral layers. I then adhered all the layers together using liquid glue. I added foam tape behind the large leaves and then set these aside to work on my card panel background.

I started with a piece of pattern paper from the Gladiola Plaid paper pad from Memory box. I then found 2 coordinating pieces of paper from my stash. I ripped each of these peices for a distressed look and inked the edges using Vintage Photo distress ink. I adhered the layers of pattern paper together using liquid glue and then trimmed the panel with my deckle trimmer. I inked the edges using Vintage Photo Distress ink and then adhered the panel onto a top folding card base.

I then arranged the florals and leaves onto the card panel and once I was happy with the layout I adhered the layers using foam tape and liquid glue. I chose a Happy Birthday sentiment from the Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Tabs set. I also inked the edge of the sentiment with Vintage Photo and then adhered this with foam tape. I had a lot of fun putting today’s card together and I hope this card inspires you to combine your die sets!

Thank you so much for stopping by! I will be back soon with more crafty inspiration!

Supplies

57505 Star Flowers Contour Layers
57522 Rose Leaves Contour Layers
57494 Peeking Flower and Leaves Contour Layers

Supplies

pp1027 Gladiola Plaid 6×6 pack
st006 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Tabs

June 29, 2024
Sending Hugs & Smiles | by Crystal Komara

Hello crafty readers! This is Design Team member Crystal Komara here today sharing a cheerful and uplifting slimline card made using the Eloquent Butterfly Layering set:

I chose to create a slimline card because these butterflies are decent sized and I wanted to add multiples of them to this card. Because I used a black cardstock base, I also wanted lots of color from the butterflies to really stand out against the dark base.

The base of this slimline card measures 8 1/2 ” x 3 1/2″. It fits inside a regular #10 business sized envelope.

I hope you have enjoyed this cheerful and uplifting card! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day!

Supplies

57426 Eloquent Butterfly Layer Set

CL8158 Brush Sentiments clear stamp set

June 18, 2024