Winter Rose Garden Card for Spellbinders

Hello fellow cardmakers! I'm still celebrating Christmas in July, and today's card features brand new products released last week from Spellbinders Paper Arts. I'm so excited to create with the Winter Rose Background Press Plate from the Handmade Holidays collection. Do I have a BetterPress system? No, I do not. But, guess what, you can use your Platinum 6 to create letterpress impressions as well! Scroll down for all the chit chat. You'll find my clickable shopping supply list at the end of this post, too.

(FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

 

If you're like me, you might have a lot of tools in your craft space. Or perhaps, you're a minimalist and are super choosy about what you purchase. Although I love the concept of the BetterPress system, I personally could not commit to another tool in my craft space, when they were first released. 

With that being said, I just recently discovered that there are other ways to use the Letterpress plates and was happy for Spellbinders to send me this beautiful plate to play with. 

One of my fellow Spellbinders affiliates, Joanne Maddi from Joanne's Craftroom, created a very well done 8 minute YouTube video on the process and I highly recommend you check it out if you'd like to try this technique: YT Video.

If you have a Platinum 6, the sandwich that you will use will be the same as the "emboss a cut shape" sandwich. 

Top: D Adapter Plate

E Rubber Mat

Cardstock

BetterPress Plate (facing up)

B Platform Base

Bottom: A Platform Base

It's hard to see the embossing in my photo above but I was pleasantly surprised and very happy with the results. 

My personal opinion is that you will get a deeper impression using the BetterPress system, based on images I've seen. I may eventually invest in the BetterPress, but for now, I'm happy with this little "hack".

I set out to do some watercoloring with my Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real brusher markers. I did some swatching trying to decide on colors but the colors, once diluted with water look much different than the swatched colors. I'm also coloring on white cardstock, instead of watercolor paper, so it can also be tricky, as cardstock can absorbs color quickly and I didn't want a blotchy look.

I swiped my Zigs on a craft mat, then grabbed the color with a wet waterbrush. I even mixed some of the colors together to create more shade variation, and went in after coloring my images to deepen some of the colors even more. I took care not to over-saturate, but also to have enough water so it doesn't turn out blotchy. You may want to test some cardstock before you begin.

Spellbinders now has the Yasutomo Niji Aquarelle 36 color palette in their shop and this is in my wishlist for the next thing to pick up when I place my next order. You may want to consider giving these pretty colors a try! They are very reasonably priced.

I'm so happy with how this turned out. I used my Spellbinders Splatter White for my "snow". I love this stuff! Click on the product link above and check out the tutorial on it's usage. There's only a tiny amount in the jar but it's highly concentrated and a little goes a very long way. I typically mix a tiny amount with drops of water from my paintbrush and mix it on an a small acrylic block. 

It's a simple matter, at that point, to just flick the mix off the acrylic block with your paint brush and direct the splatters where you want them to go. Easy peasy!

Also, my sentiment was created using the Handmade Sentiments Etched Dies, also from the Handmade Holidays collection. It comes with a banner outline die and 3 different banner holiday sentiments.

I used Spellbinders Pink Sand cardstock as the color backing on my sentiment. For my card panel background, I used Spellbinders cardstock in Sage. My card panel and cardstock were all trimmed down to dimensions that would fit my A2 white card.

Please note, the Winter Rose background press plate also comes in a stencil bundle, if you prefer coloring with stencils. I also have that bundle linked in my supply list below.

This is how I imagine my winter rose garden would look like, if I had one, haha. I do not have a green thumb and all my friends and family can testify to that fact. I hope I've inspired you today though! Have a wonderful day!

Terri

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