In this video, I’m sharing Three Press plate Techniques for cards. I’m using the Poppy Greetings Betterpress plate of the Month for January 2024 from Spellbinders but these techniques can easily be done with many different press plates. I love how easy it is to create different looks from the same plate for whatever look you’re wanting for you project. Ad
For my first card, I’m using different betterpress ink pads to colour the different sections of the Poppy Greetings Press Plate. I inked each different area separately and putting my Betterpress system through my Spellbinders Platinum 6 machine each time a different area is inked. I started with the Lightest colour from the Flower Garden Betterpress ink kit and finished off with the Black Betterpress ink. The image was then trimmed down, outlined with a copic marker to create a faux mat and then attached to a card base. The Centres of the Poppies were finished off with a bit of Stickles for some sparkle.
The Second Card has more of a Mixed Media feel to it. I started off by creating a resist impression with the plate onto Watercolour cardstock using vaseline. The Vaseline creates a bit of a resist for the image and helped me know exactly where to put the different colours of the Magicals pigment powder. I wanted the colours to blend and bleed with each other so it was sprayed liberally with water using a distress sprayer. Once the background was dry, I used Versamark ink on the poppy plate and heat embossed the image with White embossing powder. I used white pigment ink with a script and splatter stamp to add interest and texture to the background. Masks for the flowers were created with printer paper before adding White splatter to the background. Once dry, the image was trimmed and added to the card base and the poppies were finished with some Stickles in the centres of the flowers for sparkle.
The Last card was created by adding the Poppy press plate onto Hammermill cardstock before covering it with strong double sided tape and microfine glitter. The poppes were coloured using copic markers and a copic blender pen to spread the colour. Once it was coloured the image was trimmed and added to a red card base.
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