Happy Sunday!
I am thrilled to have completed my 2024 Christmas cards. I have many designs to share over the coming weeks. Today's card uses Spellbinders BetterPress Letterpress system and a press plate called Let Us Adore Him.
I took some Christmas cardmaking seminars online this Fall and it was a great place to find inspiration, learn new techniques and a refresh for old techniques too. Inevitably, I saw new tools demonstrated in the videos and the Spellbinders BetterPress System was new to me. It is a Letterpress system, like a printing press, you place a metal image plate on a magnetic base. Then, ink the image plate and run it through the Spellbinders Platinum Machine to transfer the image to the cardstock with even and uniform pressure. I have to say, for large images and backgrounds, it is amazing, especially when it can be a struggle to get the full image to stamp without a stamping tool.
For this card, I used Gold Brilliance Pigment ink to ink the Let Us Adore Him plate. The impression transferred really well. Spellbinders recommends their ink and papers to use the system, however I have been using my normal PaperTrey Ink cardstock and inks I have like Mementos and Brilliance. The BetterPress plates are also compatible with the Spellbinders Glimmer Foil System, so I could have created this card with a gold foil rather than ink. It is nice to have options.
I also used a new embossing folder for this card. It is Spellbinders Holiday Floral Swag 3D embossing folder. The impression is so amazing, really has a 3D effect. I embossed a 4.25 x 5.5" piece of cardstock and cut 2 side panels from it. Added a few gold embellishments and gold mat and this card was complete.
More Christmas cards next week.
Blessings to you,
Deb