Another Quilted Frame

I posted a card a few weeks ago using the Quilted Frames Die from Waffle Flower, and forgot to post this one that I made the next day!

These are the pretty Persimmon papers from Basic Grey (many moons ago...).  I am using the larger quilt square die that comes with the frame die set, which I cut out of four different patterned papers, then reassembled them onto a square of navy cardstock.  This was definitely fiddly to assemble!  But I am happy with my results.

I hadn't intended to put it on the diagonal, until I realized that the background paper was oriented that way, and I ended up loving it!  I added some rose gold scissors from the Spellbinder's Needleworker die set, and a copper sentiment from Spellbinder's You Are Everything Sentiments plate.

Rainbow Mosaic Path

My third project with the May Betterpress Society plate, Mosaic Path was done with a rainbow ombre background.

I used five Pinkfresh Studio inks: Blue Jay, Aquamarine, Sunshine, Sparkling Rose and Candy Violet, inking directly onto the plate, following the design.  Since I didn't want any sharp edges, I used my blending brushes to smooth out and blend the ink.

I huffed on the panel before pressing, as it takes a minute to get all five colours inked and blended - but it pressed beautifully onto a Porcelain Cotton Card Panel.

I had a bunch of "Floral Spray" die cuts already in my stash - and they just happened to work really well with my panel, so I created a little grouping on one side of my background.

I added "Best Wishes" in metallic gold cardstock, double stacked, to match the gold centers on the flowers.

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Rainbow Pattern Play

Time for another couple of cards using the Pattern Play dies from Concord & 9th.  This was an idea that I got from Maggie Haas, who did a similar card with this set.

I die cut enough bits and pieces to get four of these made!  Once that was done, the assembly went pretty quickly.

The sentiments are from the Dashing Sentiments stamps and dies from Pigment Craft Co.

I think these would look equally stunning on a black background!  But it's summer... and I wanted some light and happy cards.

Layered Mosaic Path

My second card with the May Betterpress Society plate, 'Mosaic Path' is a layered pressed card.  

I first pressed two of the leaves from the August BP Society set, Layered Leaf Prints in Apricot and Passion Fruit inks from Pinkfresh Studio, on regular white cardstock.  Then the May plate was pressed on top, using Lisa Horton Craft's metallic Copper Pot ink.

I pressed one of the sentiments from the set in Betterpress Black ink, and cut it out with the coordinating die.  I used the die to cut a halo shape from rosegold cardstock that I layered behind the sentiment.  The card was finished off with a bunch of irridescent pearls.

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Cruising Carol

I have another of the new Ai People stamp sets today - this is 6075 - Cruising Carol.

I stamped her on Cryogen Solar White paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and coloured her with Copic markers

I pulled out some older Graphic 45 papers that matched her outfit, and added some flower dies from Art Impressions to finish her off.  Ai has created some wonderful coordinating papers that have ready-made backgrounds (so travel/cruise themed ones for Carol... golf scenes for the golfer I posted a few days ago, etc.).  Check them out on the Art Impressions website.

Quilted Frames & a sketch

I am playing along with the July sketch offered in the Papercrafts Inner Circle group on Facebook.  The focal part of the sketch reminded me of a quilt block, so I pulled out my Quilted Frames dies from Waffle Flower and got die cutting.

This is an ancient paper pack from Basic Grey called Persimmon!  I thought it had a bit of a quilt vibe, so picked out a few papers that went well together and used the larger square to cut each of them out, then mixed and matched them to create my quilt look.

The sentiment is a Betterpress set: You Are Everything Sentiments from Spellbinders, pressed in metallic Copper Pot ink from Lisa Horton Crafts.

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New Ai People!

I have always love the Ai People that Bonnie creates for Art Impressions.  They are releasing five new ladies today - all with a little attitude!  I am from a golfing family, so was excited to see 6080 - in the line up!

I stamped her along with her golf bag in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Cryogen paper, then coloured her up with Copic markers.  (I just happen to own a pink & black golf bag exactly like this...)  There are coordinating dies included in the set which I used to cut them out.

I created my background with three colours of cardstock, a Memory Box die that cut the golf skyline, and my Lawn Fawn hillside for the foreground.  I glued the golf bag to the background, then double layered the golfer to give her some stability, and popped her up with some 3D foam adhesive.  There are a bunch of sentiments in the set, so I picked "Still got it" and stamped it directly on the background with Versafine Onyx Black ink.