Monochromatic Blues

My second project with the May Betterpress Society plate, Brighten Foliage is done in monochromatic shades of blue.

I had just recently purchase the new colours of Concord & 9th ink/cardstock, so I chose the Bluebell cardstock as my base, and pressed the leafy frame in Bluebell ink.  *The C9 cardstock is fairly thick, so I got some really great texture from the press!  Before I removed the frame plate, I placed the Hello plate on top of it to determine placement - then counted the grid squares on my Betterpress chase so that when I removed the frame plate, I counted and knew exactly where to place the Hello plate.

Hello was inked up in Capri ink.  I wanted a little more contrast around the edges of my panel, so used both shades of ink to blend softly around the outside.  I used both colours of cardstock to die cut a bunch of small flowers that I adhered around the hello, and added some silver gems to the centers.

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Hello

This is one of the first Betterpress plates that I owned, and pressed it on my first play day, but haven't used the impression until now!  I love the big bold sentiment, and have a bunch of ideas on how to jazz it up a little.

I pressed the plate onto a Pebble Cotton card panel using Betterpress Black ink (perfection!), and cut it out with my die from The Greetery.

I used my Spellbinders Holiday Blooms die set to cut out all of my bits and pieces, and arranged them around the sentiment, then added some Glacier Jewels from Pinkfresh Studio.  After matting it on black, I adhered it to my blue card front using 3D foam adhesive.

All supplies can be found at The Papercrafter's Workshop!