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HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES
For my first card, I am using the Poppy Background Press Plate. This is such a stunning background! You can color the poppies with lots of different coloring mediums or use the coordinating stencils to color with ink blending (which I will share a little later).
To make this card:
- Place Poppy Background Press Plate onto the Chase of the BetterPress Letterpress System.
- Ink plate using Full Size BetterPress Black Ink Pad.
- Place Porcelain BetterPress A7 Cotton Card Panel onto the Platen and hold in place with Best Ever Craft Tape.
- Place Platen onto the base (attaching with the magnets) and run through Platinum Six.
- Color background using Karin Brushmarker PRO pens, a paintbrush, and water.
- Once dry, cut panel to 4 ¼” x 5 ½” and adhere to the white A2 card base with tape runner adhesive.
- Press sentiment from Let’s Celebrate Sentiments Press Plate & Die Set using the same method as above and die cut out using the coordinating die.
- Cut the die anther two times from white cardstock and adhere them one on top of each other (with the pressed one on top), before adhering to the card.
- Embellish with Gold Mix Color Essentials Gems.
THANKS A MILLION
For my next project, I am using Yana’s Poppy Etched Dies. This is such a beautiful die that can be used in different ways.
To make this card:
- Die cut Yana’s Poppy Etched Dies main poppy twice from white cardstock. For one of the pieces, try to use less pressure so that the inside pieces stay intact.
- Color this layer using alcohol markers.
- Die cut centerpiece using black glitter cardstock and adhere onto the one colored with alcohol markers.
- Remove inside pieces of the second poppy (so that it is just the outline) and adhere on top using Bearly Art Glue.
- Die cut shadow layer from vellum and adhere behind.
- Add ink blending to a panel of Island Blue Cardstock with Distress Inks (Prize Ribbon, Chipped Sapphire & Black Soot) and Ink Blending Brushes.
- Adhere to an A2 size white card base.
- Create a banner shape by cutting panel of white cardstock to 2 ¼” x 4 ½” and punch one side using the 3 in 1 Banner Punch and adhere to card with thin foam tape.
- Adhere poppy on top with more thin foam tape.
- Hot foil Always and Forever Sentiment Strips Press Plate & Die Set onto white cardstock using Champagne Foil.
- Cut into banners using the coordinating die and adhere one to the card using more thin foam tape.
- To finish, embellish with Gold Mix Color Essentials Gems.
HELLO, FRIEND
For my last project, I wanted use the Poppy Background again, but this time hot foil it and use the coordinating stencils to add ink blending.
To make this card:
- Hot foil Poppy Background Press Plate onto white cardstock using Champagne Foil.
- Using the Poppy Background Press Plate & Stencil Bundle, place the first stencil on top of the foiled panel and hold in place with Best Ever Craft Tape.
- Using Blending Brushes, blend two shades of blue ink on top (Mermaid Lagoon & Prize Ribbon Distress Inks) to the colour the poppy petals.
- Continue doing the same with the other stencils until the petals are complete.
- Blend green inks for the leaves and stems (Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, and Rustic Wilderness Distress inks).
- Finish off with Black Soot Distress Ink for the flower centers.
- Die cut panel using Essential Diamond Etched Dies.
- Die cut the same die from white cardstock.
- Adhere foiled one on top and then adhere both onto A2 white card base with Bearly Art Glue.
- Hot Foil ‘hello’ sentiment from Hello, Friend Sentiments onto white cardstock using Champagne Foil. Die cut out using coordinating die from Wonderful Script Sentiments Etched Dies.
- Hot foil ‘wishes’ from Glitter Wishes onto white cardstock using Champagne Foil. I partially foiled this from a longer sentiment. Die cut into a strip.
- Adhere sentiments to the card.
- To finish, embellish with Gold Mix Color Essentials Gems.