Hi and welcome to another challenge from the team at Freshly Made Sketches where our hostess this week is Judy Rozema. Judy has a wonderful CAS sketch for us that asks for a lot of white space. Here's what I did with the sketch:
I jumped on the Betterpress bandwagon as soon as they were available in New Zealand but hadn't really done too much with it. I decided that big open area on the top of the sketch was perfect for this big hello so I put that through the Betterpress system using the pebble paper. I then die-cut the panel with a curved die, which in hindsight wasn't a great idea because it flattened the letterpress effect somewhat. I added a strip of Blueberry cardstock under the curve to match the colour of the butterflies.
The butterflies were already pressed onto porcelain paper from an earlier play, so I grabbed a couple of Prismacolor pencils and quickly coloured them up before die-cutting them. And that's it!
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Products used:
Ink: Betterpress Black (Spellbinders)
Cardstock: White, Blueberry (MFT), Pebble Betterpress Paper, Porcelain Betterpress Paper (Spellbinders)
Dies: Butterfly Swirl, Hello Betterpress plates (Spellbinders), Stitched Basic Edges (MFT)
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils
Cheers
Karren
Karren, it's beautiful! Yes, so perfect for this fun Sketch!
ReplyDeleteHey, as long as I don't bump the plates, I have had good luck with running them through again - maybe if you lined up the top edge you could do the same after die-cutting? Worth a try - it's only paper!
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this looks great ! great card,
ReplyDeletegreetings, martina
This is gorgeous, love the addition of the little butterflies too.
ReplyDeleteFaith x
This is lovely, I like the blues!
ReplyDeleteOh this is so lovely Karren! I wondered about the Betterpress and it truly is beautiful! I love those butterflies and the little pops of blue! I don't need a Betterpress, I don't need a Betterpress, I don't need a Betterpress...
ReplyDelete🤣😂. I keep telling myself this too. Have you caved in yet? X X
DeleteJust gorgeous Karren. I'm trying to hold out on the Betterpress but keep seeing all these beautiful projects
ReplyDeleteSuch an elegant greeting Karren, and a beautiful card
ReplyDeleteBlessings
Maxine
Such a beautiful sentiment - and I love how you paired it with those sweet butterflies!
ReplyDeleteJust fabulous Karren -that sentiment is so elegant!
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