I kind of went to town this week using the new Tulips and Daffodils press & foil plate from Yana Smakula for Spellbinders. I made 3 cards, all with a very similar colour palette in three different ways.
My first card was foiled on some gingham printed Hammermill paper from Art Impressions, using Rose Gold foil. This worked so beautifully! I'm still pretty new to foiling, so when it works out this well, I'm just speechless. I've really been wanting to try using the Ai papers, as I thought they'd be perfect for foiling. The sentiment is from the Bouquet of Sentiments set, and I struggled to get this one to foil well.
Second card - just pressed with Betterpress black ink on regular cardstock. Again, great image - and I coloured it with stencils/ink. I added a little light blue ink in and around the flowers, probably wouldn't do this again, but it kept the background from looking too stark. I cut it out with my Essential Arches dies, and matted it on some Ai patterned paper. The sentiment was foiled in gold on the patterned melon coloured paper.
My third card was a bit of an experiment. I wanted to press on some yellow cardstock, and do just a pale ink blend on the blooms. I used Betterpress Saffron ink to press the image off center, and just lightly stenciled in the ink. I used the Serenade Sentiments dies cut in metallic gold, and stacked with a second layer to add my sentiment across the bottom.
For someone who isn't a huge yellow fan, I've certainly been reaching for it lately! But hey, daffodils... Stay tuned, I may try some of the 'fantasy' coloured blooms that I've been seeing others do. This collection will be available soon on the Papercrafter's Workshop site.
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