My love affair with the Spellbinders BetterPress Letterpress System continues with this duo of cards using the Thank You Blooms Registration Press Plates from the BetterPress Place & Press Registration Collection. If you missed my last post featuring the Blooming Garden Press Plates, you can find that HERE.
This pair features two very different looks using the same colour palette. The inks and coloured cardstock are from Taylored Expressions. This first card features Pink Champagne, Mint Julep, Gumball and Macaron mini ink pads.
I experimented with using full size ink pads and, while it’s easier and faster to use larger ink pads, the ink can get all over the surrounding areas and into the flatter areas of the BetterPress dies which is not ideal.
I pressed these inks and the Thank You Blooms on to a Porcelain BetterPress A2 Cotton Card Panel and trimmed 1/4″ off the top and bottom so it measures 4.25×5″. I also cut a strip of Silver Glitter Cardstock, which I adhered to the back of the panel before attaching it to an A2 card base cut from Gumball Cardstock.
I was torn between leaving this as it to show off the beauty of the BetterPress Letterpress look and adding a few embellishments but decided to leave it as is and I’m glad I did! This is one of those cards that is hard to resist running your fingers across. LOL
This second design is much more bold and not only features the same Taylored Expressions inks in Pink Champagne, Mint Julep, Gumball and Macaron but also the coordinating cardstock colours.
This time, I started by taping pieces of Pink Champagne, Mint Julep, Gumball and Macaron cardstock to form an A2 panel. As I inked up the different quarters, I pressed the coordinating ink colour into its coordinating colour of cardstock. It’s such a cool look, wouldn’t you agree?! I wasn’t sure it would work and I did go through at least three trials to get this result.
I fussy cut the pressed image, taped it to a panel of Silver Glitter Cardstock and fussy cut it again so the image would have a beautiful sparkly border around it. I wasn’t sure that would work either but I knew want I wanted in my head and I’m really happy with the way it turned out!
Finally, I heat foiled a sentiment from (retired) Mini Sincere Sentiments using Speckled Prism Hot Foil on Taylored Expressions Poppy Seed Cardstock. I cut a panel of patterned paper from my stash and, luckily, Spellbinders has just stocked Doodlebug‘s Swiss Dot Rainbow Petite Prints 12×12″ Cardstock Paper Pack, which includes some great polka dotted options. I finished the card by adding a few Silver Pearls.
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