More Lotus Field cards

 I made two more cards using the Lotus Field press plate/stencil bundle from Hero Arts.

This amazing shimmery pink card was pressed using Lisa Horton metallic ink in Lovestruck.  It gives amazing coverage.

I actually Googled photos of lotus flowers, and there are quite an array of beautiful colours!  It inspired me to experiment a bit with the stencils, and go bold with my inks.

For my tan background card, I pressed the plate with Betterpress Tawny Brown ink.  This was the first press that I ever did with the plate, so the coverage is not perfect (press plates need seasoning, just like stamps do), but I actually love the mottled look that it gives.

Even the image itself is not great, I rolled it through my die cut machine twice (which isn't recommended!), and the plate shifted a little.  I finished it up, and loved how it looked anyway.

Both sentiments were glimmered, the bottom one being a reverse glimmer image.  You can find the Lotus Field bundle at The Papercrafter's Workshop.

Christmas Whimsy Ornaments

The July Betterpress Society plate was called Christmas Whimsy Ornaments, which was a full A2 sized plate featuring a bunch of tiny ornaments, and came with a matching die.

My first project was pressed on regular cardstock, using Lisa Horton's Solid Gold metallic ink - which pressed really well!  I used the die on some patterned paper, and cut it out a second time from some matte gold cardstock which I layered under the patterned paper, slightly offset, so that a bit of it showed in each opening.

I adhered the paper over the pressed ornaments with some 3D adhesive, then added a sentiment and a few gold die cut bits around it.

You can get a Betterpress Society subscription from The Papercrafter's Workshop.

Pastel Uniquely You

My third project with the January Betterpress Society set, Uniquely You, is a softer pastel version.

I pressed the upper leaf part in Antique Linen Distress Ink, then used the stencils and a combo of four different inks from Pinkfresh Studio to blend the leaves - doing many in two tones.  The urn was pressed in Lisa Horton Crafts Copper Pot metallic ink.  

The set comes with two flower dies, their centers and matching leaves, so I cut a few of them out in peachy toned cardstock and adhered them to the bouquet, and as an accent near the sentiment.  The sentiment from You Are Everything Betterpress set, was pressed with watermark ink and gold embossed.  

I stitched my panel onto a piece of brown cardstock with my sewing machine, then attached the whole thing to my green base with 3D foam adhesive.  

You can get a Betterpress subscription from The Papercrafter's Workshop.

 

Shimmery Cupcakes

My Second card using the December Betterpress Society set, Cupcake Kisses is featuring a few new things.

I pressed the two plates onto Craft Perfect's Pearlescent Card in Blushing Pink without ink.  I was keen to try this out, and it worked beautifully on this cardstock!  I pressed the larger cupcake a second time, then fussy cut it, and adhered it over the double image with 3D foam adhesive.  The sentiment is one of four that come in the set, and was pressed onto a Bisque Cotton Card panel using Betterpress Black ink, and cut with the matching die - then adhered with foam dots.

The background swoosh was pressed onto a Bisque Cotton Card panel using Lisa Horton Crafts Cloud 9 metallic ink in Copper Pot.  This was my other new thing... I've been wanting some metallic inks for a long time, and this pressed beautifully!  This was a single pass through the machine, and it gave such a gorgeous result.

I stitched my panel onto a large rectangle of the Pearlescent Card with my sewing machine, and added a few irridescent Ballet Slipper jewels from Pinkfresh Studio.  You can get a subscription to the Spellbinders Betterpress Society by contacting the Papercrafter's Workshop.