Birch Press Design

Christmas in July 2025 – Day 18

Happy Festive Friday!

It’s Day 18 of LucieG’s Christmas in July 2025!

I’ve had this beautiful Piped Icing Star by Birch Press Design for sometime now. I don’t know why it’s taken me so long to use it…. and isn’t that snowflake amazing? That will be appearing on other cards soon I think!

The card design went through MANY versions: a background die (no), an embossed background (no), foliage at the top and bottom (no), foliage at the top only (also no)… but I think I needed to go through each step to get to the final version… and it didn’t actually take THAT long to go through all the stages. The foliage I kept is by Pinkfresh Studio and the cute bow is an older Poppystamps die.

Once again, I wasn’t sure where to put the sentiment so in the end I decided it didn’t need one!

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Colourful block print radiant butterfly

Hello everyone!

First up today is my entry into this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

My focal point again today is the stunning Birch Press Design Block Print Radiant Butterfly die set – I first used it for this card that I made as soon as it arrived a couple of months ago! I don’t know about you, but I always feel pretty chuffed when I use new products a lot – or more than once at least!

This time I cut the fabulous bold butterfly from Spellbinders card and adhered it to an ink-blended background embossed with the Stampin’ Up Painted Posies folder.

The sentiment is by Clearly Besotted.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Egg Week 2025 Day 4

Hi there!

It’s Day 4 of LucieG’s Egg Week 2025! Today’s card is not what I had in mind at all… I spotted a challenge and decided to play along at the last minute. I loved the idea of using non-spring colours for an egg card (and in fact I have one in progress) but when I saw the combo for this fortnight’s CAS Colours & Sketches challenge, I pivoted!

I don’t have any Stampin Up inks or card so I just matched up what I saw on screen as best as I could! I used Basic Grey and Craft Consortium papers for the Blackberry Bliss and Pebbled Path colours and created a panel from Victorian Velvet distress ink which I felt was similar to the Moody Mauve. The colour turned out ‘muddier’ in real life than in my photos where the artificial light seems to have bleached it a bit.

I used the Petal Egg Layer die set by Birch Press Design and the Privet Branch die by Simon Says Stamp. I decided I needed more of the Victorian Velvet/Moody Mauve so added a shadow layer behind the grey leaves,

The sentiment is from a set by Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Block print radiant butterfly

Hello again!

After last week’s stress to get my card uploaded just before the Freshly Made Sketches challenge deadline, I made sure that my card was finished MUCH earlier this week!

I originally wanted to combine the sketch with my ongoing ‘Egg week’ Easter focus, but I really wanted to start using the Birch Press Design Block Print Radiant Butterfly die set that landed on my doormat this week. So I pulled out my mirror card and distress inks and got busy!

This is such a fabulous bold butterfly, it really doesn’t need a supporting cast so I opted for a simple embossed background using the Simon Says Stamp Star Lattice folder.

The sentiment is by Sugar Pea Designs.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG

Fabulous Crane

Hi there!

Today I’m playing along with this week’s challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. Cecile has shared a fabulous arty sketch and I totally thought I would use a die cut flower as the focal image… until I sat down at my craft table!

I picked up a few products that I had just received in my last Simon Says Stamp order and flicked though them… as soon as I saw the amazing Block Print Crane die by Birch Press Designs, I pivoted as I knew it would work perfectly with the sketch. I tried to resist buying this die as my common sense told me that I wouldn’t use it… but my resolve just disappeared when I placed my Simons order – I mean it is just so unique! I’m very happy I got to use it for my take on the sketch! !

For the background I used stencils by Taylored Expressions. I was going to add splatters or stamped dots but in the end decided that a few sequins would work well plus I could play around with their placement without committing!

The sentiment is from an older Sugar Pea Designs set.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Heart Week 2025 – Day 4

Hi there!

Welcome to Day 3 of Heart Week 2025!

My heart card today is my entry for the challenges hosted by Simon Says Stamp this week. The theme of Monday’s challenge is ‘bright and cheerful’ and Wednesday’s challenge is ‘love is in the air’. I think this card fits both! I’m also entering this into a brand new challenge called The Neglected Stuff Challenge. The main image in the card is a coverplate die from Simon Says Stamp called floating hearts. It’s dated 2014 and I think I picked it up in 2015 or 2016 when it was in their sale section. I really thought I had used this die before but I can’t find a card with it on my blog. Maybe I created something before I started this blog back in 2017. In any case, I think that we can all agree it is most definitely neglected, poor thing!

I cut it from some speciality paper by Tonic Studios and adhered it to a layer cut from thicker card. This was a bit fiddly so I think I would adhere the paper to the card first before die cutting if I were to do this again! Anyway, I used foam tape to adhere it to a panel cut from ombre glitter card (also by Tonic). Oh how I love this glitter card! It’s so pretty! I only wish the cardstock dimensions were smaller so I could get the full range of the ombre onto a cardbase. Maybe I should suggest that to Tonic!