Foolproof Press Plate Frame and Background Techniques

Press plates for the Spellbinders BetterPress System are popping up all over the place from many different companies. The selection is amazing! In my newest video here I share many cards made with press plates from many different companies such as Pinkfresh Studios shown above. I show how to make the background with two layers of the Breezy Blossoms Press Plate and the cover plate technique. The Heart Rays cover plate is from Kat Scrappiness. Here is a look at the inside of this card I made in the video with more pretty pretty press plates from Pinkfresh Studios:

I show how to make a double plaid background with the fun Stippled Plaid Press Plate from Pinkfresh Studios. The heart was created with a Kirigami Heart Die from Anna Griffin and here is a look when the cord is pulled up showing the layered "forever" sentiment from Gina K Designs:

I also shared a couple other cards with these same techniques and press plates:

The flowers on the Pinkfresh Studios Breezy Blossoms Press Plate colored with layered stencils which are very easy to color with as I show in the video here. I am giving away a Pinkfresh Studios Hot Foil plate which will work in your BetterPress system or in any hot foil machine on my Instagram account here. Just comment on the picture of the prize before 4/1/24 and you could win!

Wax Seals Tips and Ideas for Special Occasions and Holidays Video

Well Spellbinders did it! It is all their fault - OR should I say their brilliant enabling that made me buy all the products I am featuring in my newest video here. I show how to make wax seals with lots of tips and how to make this slimline z-fold pop up card:

I learned how to make this card from Karen Aiken and it is much prettier in the video where you can see the pop up movement. The Mr. & Mrs. die is from Tonic Studios and layered forever die is from Gina K Designs. I added a heart wax seal and one I made with a plain wax stamp and some dried flowers. I also will put a wax seal on the envelope when I give this wedding card to the special couple: 

I saw an idea I loved by LaRetta Madsen where she put a mini envelope with a wax seal on a card for a gift card and just had to try it. I made a pretty patterned envelope with my Mini Envelope Punch Board from WeRMemory Keepers and used the beautiful Sealed Twine die from the Sealed by Spellbinders release to hold the envelope. I added a Christmas tree wax seal with gilding flakes. The envelope can be removed by the gift card recipient. Here are a couple more cards I made with the lovely wax seals I made:

I used some pretty foiled acetate on the first card with a wax stamp that was blank so I could rub on a Christmas 49 and Market rub on and add some gems. The second card was another made with the gorgeous kirigami dies from Anna Griffin on patterned mirror card. Showing in the inside is another beautiful wax seal and a Happy Birthday message on a Gina Marie Designs leaf die. 

I had great fun making cards and other projects with the many wax seals I made and hope you will watch the video here and give some of the ideas and products a try.

More Beautiful Kirigami Cards From My Newest Video

In my newest video here, I show how to make a similar card with the lovely scenery paper from Reminisce and a new die set from Anna Griffin called Kirigami Cut Dies. It is hard to see the beauty as the cord is pulled in still pictures, so I made a mini video to show you:

Wow- right? The bird silhouette dies are from IO and I used three different word die sets to put the "wishing you peace" sentiment on the inside. Here are the fronts of two more cards I made with the kirigami die set:

Both are pretty with new papers from Tonic Studios, but look what happens when the cord on the circle one is pulled: 

LOL, right? It looks so elegant and serious, and then the cord is pulled and the recipient is going to laugh out loud at the sentiment stamp from Kindred Stamps. Here is the wedding card with the cord pulled:

The "love" on the inside was cut with a die from Quietfire Designs and "always" is from Tonic Studios.

The front of this card is pretty with its floral paper but it is a big WOW when the cord is pulled to reveal the delicate kirigami and flowers made with rub on transfers from 49 and Market.  The sentiment die is from Sue Wilson. As I explain in the video,  the dies all come with separate outer dies so the ovals, circles or squares can be cut out of the card front as I did here, or cut out with the outer die to form a separate piece as I did in the cards above. 

I hope you will watch the new video and find time to play and create. 

Delicate Gorgeous Kirigami Cards Made In Minutes!

Once in a while I see a card on internetland made with a new product or die set and I absolutely have to get it and make a card (or many) with it. Does that happen to you? I am in love with the Anna Griffin Kirigami die set and made 7 cards with it and a new video showing how easy they are to make. 

The front of the card is pretty with the oval of watercolor flowers, but just look what happens when the ribbon is pulled:

Inside is a wax seal and new dies from Spellbinders with a Love sentiment. I will be making a video soon playing with the wax seals and more new Sealed By Spellbinders dies.

The action of the kirigami opening and closing is best to see in the new video, but here is a mini video to give you an idea of how beautiful this is: 

(If you are a subscriber, for some reason the videos do not show up, so just click the title to go to the actual blogpost and you see this mini video. Of course you can see all the cards and their kirigami movement in the full video here.) 

My favorite of the Anna Griffin Kirigami dies (I found here on HSN on sale) is the oval, but I made cards with the square and circle too. Here is another favorite card I made with the oval and 49 and Market rub ons:

I just love how this card turned out with beautiful Alena ARToptions rub on transfers from 49 and Market and a pretty "thinking of you" cut with a die from Sue Wilson and Creative Expressions.

I just got a new set of dies and wide washi tape from Pinkfresh Studio called Rainbow Floral and used it to make the front of this square card. I had an idea of a different way to use the square kirigami die on the inside of this card:

I attached the top with a glue dot to the top of the inside of the card and so the kirigami square opens as the card is opened. It is much easier to see this gorgeous kirigami action in the new video and you can see it by clicking on this link.

I am entering the first card in the Anything Goes challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday.