Ombre Friendship Grows

My second project with the November Betterpress Society plate, Friendship Grows is done in an ombre style.

I pressed the plate in Betterpress Black ink onto a Pebble Cotton Card panel, and decided to use it horizontally.

Using four colours of Distress Oxide ink (Blueprint Sketch, Shaded Lilac, Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry), I mentally divided the panel into four sections, and used each of the five stencils, inking them from left to right - so I used all 4 inks on each stencil.

I die cut the Best Wishes twice from black cardstock, layering them, then added an additional layer cut in metallic silver cardstock that was slightly offset to show the black.  I added a few silver discs for some added sparkle.

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Friendship Grows Halo Card

My first project with the November Betterpress Society plate, Friendship Grows, was a Halo card.

I pressed the plate with Betterpress Tawny Brown ink, then used the coordinating stencils to colour it in with several Pinkfresh Studio inks.

The set comes with two edge dies to cut out either side, so I cut just the right edge of the image, and trimmed off about 3/4" on the left.  I cut coordinating yellow and pink cardstock with the edge die, and layered them under the right ege, leaving about a 1/8" halo of each colour.  Everything was glued onto a strip of green cardstock that served as the background.

I pressed one of the sentiments included in the set with the same Tawny Brown ink, and adhered it to the card with foam adhesive.  A few gold pearls finished it off.

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