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These are the steps to take if you want to make the cards along with me.

We’re going to follow the basic instructions that Spellbinders provides for BetterPress printing. You can find their video on how to get started by clicking on the Videos tab above. We are also going to use their instructions for registration plate printing. To refer to them just click on the Techniques tab above.

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We’ll be using porcelain cotton cardstock for all four of our projects. So, you can go ahead and trim four pieces to A2 size (4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″) and then tape one of them to the plastic top of of your BetterPress System.

Versatility With Thank You Blooms Cards

Next, we’ll place the “Thank You” from the Thank You Blooms Registration Plates where it belongs according to the template. Next, we’ll ink up the plate with black ink and press it. HINT: Black BetterPress ink can be found in the Regal Tones set.

Use the same technique as follows:

• Press Azalea ink with the two largest floral plates
• Press Apricot ink with the two smaller floral plates
• For the greenery, use your blue blending brush and add Cosmic Sky ink to the tips of the leaves. Follow that by adding Leaf ink at the base of the stems. As a result, this will give you a two tone effect.

The pressing for this card is complete.

To finish the card, we’ll make a white A2 side-folding card base (see the Techniques tab). Next, we’ll trim a piece of graphite cardstock to A2 size and fasten it to the front of the card base with a tape runner. After that, we’ll use a pretty notched corner die to trim the pressed card panel. And finally, we’ll pop up the pressed panel with foam squares.

To make the colored card, make it exactly like we did the first one. And then, very carefully add in shading with colors that you wouldn’t ordinarily use to do shading with. For example, I used a blue to shade the Azalea colored flowers and bright pink on the ones printed with Apricot ink.

Veratility With Blooming Garden Cards

We’re going to follow the exact same process for the next set of cards. But for this one we’ll be using the Blooming Garden Press Plate Set.

And, we’ll use Wild Berry ink for the big upturned flowers, Saffron ink for the medium sized ones, Leaf ink for everything else but the sentiment. And, finally we’ll use Coastal ink for the framed message.

We’re going to use an Indigo card panel for the color accent. And then, we’ll use an arch die that is just slightly larger than our pressed image to die-cut it. And then we”ll use the next size up with brushed gold cardstock. Next, we’ll fasten the pressed card panel to the brushed gold panel with a tape runner. And then, we’ll pop it up centered on the card front using foam squares.

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