Hello Birch Press Design readers! This is DT member Crystal Komara here with you today and I can't believe it's November already! I have been loving the new Adornment Pumpkin dies and since I love creating with alcohol ink backgrounds so much, I decided to put the two together for this elegant card: Card details:The base of this A2 sized card was made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. To create the background, I die cut all three layers of the Viola Layering Plates from the same Neenah white cardstock and adhered them together with a fine-tip liquid glue. Using the Adornment Pumpkin 2-piece die set, I die cut the pumpkin shadow from white cardstock and I die cut the intricate layer pieces from an orange pre-made alcohol ink background. I simply used Valencia orange alcohol ink on Yupo paper to create the alcohol ink piece. Just one color! I adhered the pumpkin together and die cut the stem from brown cardstock and the leaves from olive green cardstock. I adhered the assembled pumpkin to the center of the card using 3M foam adhesive for dimension. On a thin white strip of cardstock, I stamped the sentiment "forever grateful" from the Brush Sentiments stamp set. I notched the left end of the sentiment strip before adhering it to the card. Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, Crystal
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Hello friends! This is DT member Crystal Komara here with you today with what just might be my new favorite card ever that I've designed for Birch Press Design. Now, I'll admit, I was initially hesitant to use the contour dies, becuase oh-so-much die cutting, but I promise, the end result is always SOOooo worth the work!! Card details:The base of this A2 sized card is made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I cu ta 5 1/4" x 4" piece of black cardstock and dry embossed it using the Blooming 3D Embossing Folder from Memory Box Co, a sister company of Birch Press Design. This is my go-to floral embossing folder, it's so elegant. Then I just began die cutting lots and lots of the Oval Leaves contour dies in yellow, orange and gold cardstock. I mismatched up the layers, so that I layered yellow with orange and rust with gold. There was no method to this matching up madness. I die cut the "thanks" sentiment using the Big Thanks Sugar Script die set. I die cut the back shadow layer from a mustard yellow cardstock, and the top layer from black cardstock. I adhered the two layers of the sentiment together using a fine-tip liquid glue. I then began tucking all the various leaves behind the sentiment strip, along the top and bottom until I found an arrangement that was pleasing to the eye. Lastly, I flicked some gold acrylic paint onto the entire image and I love how this effect came out! It added a bit of grunge, but also a bit of sparkle! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, CrystalHello friends and happy September! I hope you all had a nice, long Labor Day weekend. This month marks the official start of fall and it's my favorite season of the year here in New England. So, I'm kicking off the month with some fall theme cards in a variety of jewel toned colors today. Card details:*Please note, the directions listed below will be for one card, but each of these cards were made the same way, using all of the same dimensions, I simply swapped out ink and cardstock colors. A list of supplies used is located at the end of this post. The base of this A2 sized card was made from 80 lb. Neenah Solar White Smooth cardstock. I then cut a 5" x 3 3/4" piece of this same white cardstock. Using the Autumn Layered Leaves stamp set from Whimsy Stamps, I stamped the leaves and berries in orange, yellow and brown ink (or a mixture of blues/teals (for the blue card) and pinks and purples for the third card. I mounted that stamped image with a coordinating 5 1/4" x 4" piece of orange (teal or pink) cardstock. I cut a 4" x 3" piece of vellum and adhered this to the center of the card with vellum adhesive. This vellum help to soften the stamped image and to bring attention to the word die. For the word die, I used the Autumn Word and Shadow die also from Whimsy Stamps. I cut the background shadow layer from orange, pink or teal cardstock. I then cut the thinner top layer from gold glitter cardstock. I layered the two die cut images together with LineCo liquid adhesive and then I mounted the entire word die to the card using 3M foam adhesive for added dimension. Do you have a favorite colors from this trio of cards? I'm all for the magenta pink and browns! Thanks for visiting and have a wonderfully creative day! XO, CrystalProducts used:
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