I adore the timeless elegance of BetterPress letter press cards. Today I wanted to share two cards using the press plate – A Friend Like You. One card is pure letter press….no coloring or embellishment. The second card is loosely colored with Zig Watercolor Brush Markers. I love them both!
If you’d like to read my post on Tips, Tricks and Insights into the BetterPress system you can find it HERE.
A Friend Like You – Pressed Posey Collection
My Process:
- I taped a Porcelain cotton card panel to the top plate, inked my press plates (flower and sentiments are both included in the A Friend Like You press plate set) with Black BetterPress ink and ran the sandwich through my BetterPress system.
- For my watercolor card, I repeated step one using watercolor paper.
- I cleaned the press plate and BetterPress platform with Ultra Clean.
- I taped my watercolor panel to a hardboard with painters tape.
- Using Zig markers, I applied watercolor along the etched lines and then used a water brush to move the color around. I did wet-on-dry painting. I also scribbled some watercolor on my work surface and using my water brush, I added additional color to some areas. I experimented with watercolor brushes and my round water brush and I found that I liked the result with the water brush best.
- I let my panel air dry.
- For the watercolor panel, I made a card base using Stylish Ovals Nesting Dies.
- I also used Stylish Ovals to cut down my watercolor panel.
- For the black and white panel I die cut my letter press panel with Essential Rectangles, which unfortunately is retired. I matted with black and glued to an A2 top folding card base.
- Zig Colors Used: cobalt, light blue, bright yellow, orange, yellow green, mid green, mustard, cool gray, light gray.
Products Used on My “A Friend Like You” Cards:
- BetterPress Letter Press System
- Regal Tones Better Press Ink (Black)
- Porcelain Cotton Panel
- Stylish Ovals Infiniti Dies
- Platinum 6
- Zig Watercolor Markers
- Water Brush
- A2 Top Fold Cardbases
- Best Ever Craft Tape
Sealed Cord and Faux Seal Sentiments (BP-107)
I wanted to make a traditional masculine card and I love how this one turned out. Minimalist yet elegant. The Sealed Cord press plates have 6 great sentiments, but I wanted to top my card with a wax seal. I used one of the included circular sentiments on a card that you can see HERE.
I love making and using wax seals. I have a blog post titled 18 Tips and Tricks For Making Wax Seals that you can read HERE. I used the wax beads and seal that were included in Spellbinders Wax Seal Starter Kit. I used a Posca Paint pen to highlight the sentiment. I haven’t tried it, but I think a Sharpie would also work.
- Sealed Cord and Faux Sealed Sentiments Plates
- Bisque BetterPress Cotton Panel
- Tuscan BetterPress Ink
- BetterPress Letter Press System
- Platinum 6 Die Cutting Machine
- Wax Seal Starter Kit
- Posca Paint Pen (I used black)
Thanks for stopping by!
Karen
kennyscards.com 