Bright Daisy Trio

Still my favourite press plate!  This is the Daisy Trio by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders.

I was inspired by a stenciled daisy card by Mindy Eggen, loving her Distress Ink blend, and wanted to try something similar.  This first one is a blend of Dried Marigold, Abandoned Coral and Seedless Preserves.

I used a medium blue with the shadow stencil, that blended in so nicely with the background shades!

My blue card was pressed a while ago, using Pinkfresh Studio inks, but coloured in faintly with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide, plus Twisted Citron and Peeled Paint on the stems.

The sentiments on all my cards are the One Word Greetings Dies from Kristina Werner, cut out of white cardstock with a vellum halo.

And now for the grunge version!  I actually pressed this one first on a Cotton Card panel, which didn't give perfect coverage (but I still love how it turned out!).  So I splattered it with white paint and blue ink for an artsy finish.  My first card above, was pressed on regular cardstock, which gave that really wonderful ink blended background.

Classic Daisy Trio

More Daisies today!  This is the Daisy Trio press plate & stencil set by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders.

This was a more classic version, I used Pinkfresh Studio ink for the background - pretty decent coverage this time, but still a little distressed (which I'm okay with!).  I blended a soft blue onto the petals, and used a yellow/green combo on the centres.

I went up one shade darker in the aqua ink for the shadow stencil.  The sentiment is from the Spellbinders Serenade Sentiments, cut in their brushed silver Treasured cardstock - and layered once more.

Daisy Trio

I have waited a while to get my hands on the Daisy Trio bundle by Yana Smakula for Spellbinders.  It sold out quickly!  Thanks to Sheri at the Papercrafter's Workshop - who was able to special order it in for me.

This was my first press of the plate, using Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink (it presses the entire background and daisy outline, leaving the daisies white), and it was hard to get complete coverage - although it's getting better the more times that I use it.  I ran it through my machine twice, and there was a slight movement of the plate, so the image is a little off - but after putting it aside for a bit, I decided to try out the stencils anyway, and am thrilled with the results!

I used Tattered Rose and Worn Lipstick on the petals, Antique Linen with a little Vintage Photo on the centres, and Bundled Sage on the stems.  At this point, I was starting to really love the slightly distressed look of the background, and the soft-focus of the image.

I added some splatters of white paint, and added the Beautiful die from Pinkfresh Studio in metallic gold, with a few gold pearls as accents.  Stay tuned... there are many more of these to come!