Foiled and LetterPress Cards from Pinkfresh Studio's Online Class

I wanted to learn more about letterpress with my Spellbinder's BetterPress System and decided to take the online Create and Connect Hot Foil/Letterpress Virtual Event for that reason. We received a huge box full of press plates with matching stencils and dies and a full day of classes plus two extra make and take cards with instructions for each class. It was worth every penny and I highly recommend these online events from Pinkfresh Studios.

This is one of my favorite cards we created in one of the classes. I was unable to take the classes live on the scheduled day as I was out of town. I love that we can watch when it is convenient for us, stop as many times as we want and create at our own pace! I am not sure if you can tell in the picture, but in the floral frame at the top and the bottom, there is the sparkle of foil. I looked at all the sample cards made with the beauty of hot foil and with the help of a big sale at Spellbinders, I gave in and purchased a Glimmer Machine. I had resisted for years, but all of the press plates I have now in my collection can be foiled too! I can letter press OR foil them, so I treated myself. Most of the cards I share have larger foiled sentiments from Pinkfresh Studios and smaller foiled sentiments from Taylored Expressions.

My favorite class was taught by Emily Midgett and here are the two awesome cards she taught:

I loved the layouts and everything about these cards from her class. I changed the color to purple on the roses oval card just for fun. Here is another card I made with the oval rose and floral border from another class:

For each class we were taught two cards and then we received pictures and instructions for two more cards. I loved the arches set of press plates, stencils and dies and created these two beautiful card with their instructions. It is hard to see, but the lower card has gorgeous foiled leaves and flowers. Here is another card I made with instructions from the class:

I just love the layouts of these cards and would not have come up with them myself so I am so glad I took the classes! Here are the last two cards I made with a lovely floral press plate: