Bright Autumn Cheer

 My second version of the cascading leaves card featured some pretty vibrant colours!  This is the September Betterpress Society plate set, Autumn Cheer:

I ink blended several colours of Distress Oxide ink after masking about a 2" strip over my Cotton Card panel.  The leaves were then pressed with Betterpress Black ink.

I pressed one of the sentiments from the set, and added it with 3D foam adhesive.  A few black jewels finished it off.

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Cascading Autumn Cheer

My third project with the September Betterpress Society plates, 'Autumn Cheer' was made with a pattern cascading leaves on a Bisque Cotton Card panel.

I began by ink blending an ombre masked strip using several shades of Distress Oxide inks.  The leaves were then pressed over top of it using Lisa Horton's metallic Solid Gold ink.

The sentiment is one included in the set, also pressed in gold ink, and adhered with 3D foam adhesive.  A few gold pearls finished it off.

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Autumn Cheer without ink

My second project with the September Betterpress Society set, 'Autumn Cheer' is featuring one of my favourite ways to use my Betterpress - without ink.

There are four leaves in the set, so I pressed them multiple times onto a Porcelain Cotton Card Panel - without ink, to just leave the impressions.

I pressed the oak leaf, with three colours of Distress Oxide ink blended on it, and cut it out with the coordinating die.  I adhered it onto a postage edge rectangle, and adhered it to the base with 3D foam adhesive.

I pressed one of the sentiments that is included in the set with Lisa Horton's Solid Gold Metallic Ink and added it with another strip of foam adhesive.

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Autumn Cheer

The September Betterpress Society plates, are a lovely set of fall leaves, that impress a wonderfully irregular design - so many possibilities!  I'm going to be using these a lot.  My first card, was a take on one made by the talented Carissa Wiley.

I call this a Z fold card, made by simply scoring and folding the front of the card to the left.  I die cut arches to go on both the outside (glued to the half fold), and a matching one to go underneath it on the inside.  I used a brick stencil and some Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink to break up the plain background a little.

The leaves were all pressed onto a peachy/melon, a warm yellow and a mocha cardstock with Lisa Horton's Solid Gold metallic ink.  I arranged them on either side of the arch, and also had them peeking out underneath, but adhering a few to the inside arch.

The sentiment is one of the four that are included in the set, pressed in the same gold ink on watercolour paper, and adhered with 3D foam adhesive.  I added a few gold pearls to continue the glimmer.  You can get a Betterpress Society subscription from The Papercrafter's Workshop.