Use Your Press Plates 3 Ways

Hi Spellbinders fans. Alanna Moses from EmbellishCraftLove.com and I am very excited to be guesting on the Spellbinders blog today. I am super excited about the Glad Tidings collection from Simon Hurley and Spellbinders. It features three press plate sets, perfect for your holiday crafting needs. In this blog post, we will be using the Betterpress system and cotton cardstock to get a letterpress effect, we will be using regular inks on cardstock to get a similar yet different look, and lastly, we will be using the press plates with the Spellbinders Glimmer machine to foil them.

SENDING HOLIDAY CHEER

For my first card, I am using the Ornamental Press Plate set. This is a registration set so it includes a clear guide to help you align the different plates. I love how easy the registration templates make it so easy to achieve multi-colored images. In this set, there are three press plates, one for the greenery, one for the ornament toppers, and one for the ornaments. I decided to ink each of the ornaments in different shades of blue, Coastal, Cosmic Sky, and French Blue.

After my inking was complete, I die-cut the panel using the Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag die set. I added it with foam tape to my card base which was created using Cosmic Sky Essentials Cardstock and added in some Capri Blue Color Essential Gems to finish it off.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

For my second card, I had fun getting inky. I first used the Layered Full Moon stencil set and added the moon mask to my card panel. I then inked up the background using blues and purple inks with my Spellbinders Blending Brushes. I splattered the sky with Frozen Fog Distress Mica Stain. I then used the other stencils from the Layered Full Moon set and added in the shading to the moon with some grey inks.

I then took the focal image which is from the Santa’s Sleigh Press Plate & Die set, and I used my Betterpress machine to press that plate with black ink. I pressed the sentiment and used the included coordinating die and cut it out. I die cut the panel using the largest die from the Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag die set. I added that to the card and then finished off the card by adding in some small pieces of confetti throughout the sky.  

‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE JOLLY

For my third and final card, I started by foiling the Candy Cane Stripes Press Plate with red foil using my Glimmer machine. After my panel was foiled, I die cut it using the largest die from the Nestabilities Label Eight die set. I added a piece of Onyx Color Essentials Cardstock with foam tape which was trimmed to be slightly smaller than my white A2 notecard.

I took the Nutcracker Trio Press Plate & Die set and foiled the nutcrackers using Opaque White foil onto the same Onyx cardstock. I love how the Opaque White foil looks so crisp. I die-cut the images out and then added extra die cuts behind the images to add dimension. I added them to my Candy Cane-striped background. I then took one of the sentiments from the Nutcracker Trio set and foiled it using the Opaque Black foil. I die cut it out again adding extra die cuts behind it, added it to the card, and that finishes off this card.

Spellbinders Supplies:

Other supplies

White cardstock, foam tape, TCFC Cosmos Dot confetti, Versafine Clair inks in Medieval Blue and Monarch, fan brush for splattering

Thank you so much for spending a few minutes with me today on the Spellbinders blog. I hope you’ve been inspired. I would love it if you would come find me on my blog, FaceBook, or Instagram. Happy crafting! ~ Alanna