Combine BetterPress, Die Cutting and Stamping on One Simple Card
Hi there crafty friends! I’m Rebecca Keppel. Today I am sharing a step by step tutorial of how I made a floral card with the Lisa Horton Wildflowers collection.
Start by creating the background of the card. Use Best Ever Craft Tape to tape the corners of a piece of A2 BetterPress cardstock onto the clear plate of the BetterPress. Place the Script Text BetterPress Plate on the magnetic platform and swipe Tuscan BetterPress Ink on the plate to ink it up.
Place the clear plate on top of the magnetic platform and run it through a die-cut machine.
Tape the scalloped oval from the Scallop and Stitched Edge Ovals Etched Dies on top of the script background and run through the die-cut machine.
Use one of the smaller ovals from the same die set and die cut a piece of Vellum Sheets from the Card Shoppe Essentials Collection.
Then use multiple colors of cardstock to die-cut the Layered Wildflowers Etched Dies. You will have multiple stems, multiple layers for three different flowers and leaves.
Add small amounts of liquid glue to adhere the various layers of flowers together.
Add a bit of liquid glue to the top of the stems.
Place the flowers on top of the stems and add the leaves on the stems and set aside to dry.
To create the sentiments for the card, stamp the Sending Smiles Sentiments Clear Stamp with black ink. This stamp has several sentiments on one stamp. Then cut out with the die included in the set. Again, this is one die that individually cuts out multiple sentiment strips making it easy to create several sentiments at once.
Tip: I like to save the extra sentiments organized with the stamp and die so that I can use them on future products.
Then use the sending dies from the Sending Smiles Sentiments Clear Stamp & Die Set. The dies include the word die, shadow and slightly larger shadow. This means you can layer three colors of cardstock to layer your sentiment. Here I cut the word die out of Gold Mirror Cardstock. For the first shadow, I cut white cardstock. Then I cut the second shadow out of vellum. Layer them on top of each other with liquid glue.
Next, place small foam squares on the back of the die-cut flowers and adhere them to the vellum oval.
Sometimes, it is actually easier to place foam squares on the base (the vellum oval here) rather than on the back of the sending die cut. This way you can just line up the sending die cut and be sure to have it stuck to both foam squares.
Use Spellbinders Tape Runner to adhere the BetterPress background to and an A2 (4.25x5.5”) Tuscan cardstock.
Flip over the vellum and add liquid adhesive to the backs of the die cuts that you can see through the vellum. This way, you won’t see the liquid adhesive from the front of the vellum.
Place the vellum down on top of the BetterPress background. Add a small bow die cut from the Scallop and Stitched Edge Ovals Etched Dies on top of the stems. Now you have a floral card with lots of interest including BetterPress, die cutting and stamping! I hope you can see how easy and fun it is to combine these multiple techniques on one card!
Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you would like to see more of my Spellbinders projects, I share lots of them on my Instagram and Youtube Channel and would love to connect with you there!
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Absolutely adorable..