Last July Christmas card

Buona giorno care creative! come state ?

Oggi vi voglio mostrare la mia ultima card per questo Christmas in July!  

Good day dear creatives !!! how are you ?

Today I want to show you my last card for this Christmas in July !  

Ho usato la betterpress con l'inchiostro distress ink Waltnut Stain con la press plate Buffalo Plaid usando come base un cartoncino Kraft.

I used betterpress with Waltnut Stain distress ink with Buffalo Plaid press plate using Kraft cardstock as a base.

In seguito ho usato la press plate Merriest Christmas  con un cartonino d'acquarello che ho ritagliato con la fustella Notched corner frames etched dies, e poi acquarellato lo sfondo con i distress ink reinker Bundled Sage e Rustic Wilderness.

Next, I used the Merriest Christmas press plate with a watercolor card that I cut out with Notched corner frames etched dies, and then watercolored the background with Bundled Sage and Rustic Wilderness distress ink reinkers.

Ho voluto incorniciare questa scritta con una cornice dorata  che ho ottenuto fustellando insieme due fustelle del set Notched corner frames etched dies , uno della stessa dimensione del mio cartoncino ed una più grande, con un cartoncino dal set  Gold treasured cardostock.

Infine l'ultimo tocco son state le stelle di natale che ho creato con il set Delivering Joy etched dies.

Spero vi piaccia il risultato, vi ringrazio di cuore di esser passate di qui a leggere il blog, 

Vi auguro una splendida giornata!

I wanted to frame this inscription with a gold frame that I made by die-cutting together two dies from the Notched corner frames etched dies set , one the same size as my cardstock and one larger, with a cardstock from the Gold treasured cardostock set.

Finally the last touch were the poinsettias I created with the Delivering Joy etched dies set.

I hope you like the result, thank you very much for stopping by and reading the blog, 

Have a wonderful day!

Quyen

Christmas in July...

ou idée pour utiliser le même pressplate pour différentes occasions.
J'utilise ici la plaque qui est comprise dans le pack de la BetterPress pour en faire une version pour Noël.
J'ai disposé les fleurs de façon a occuper les coins et bords de la carte, puis j'ai coloré avec mes feutres SpectrumNoir pour les pétales et les feuilles et un crayon jaune pour le coeur.
J'ai utilisé un or de ma palette aquarelle FineTec pearlescent colors ( mais le papier n'est pas top et on voit les traces 😟) pour remplir tout le fond.
Le sentiment vient d'un ancien SpellbindersClubKits de 2022, il a été fait avec la Glimmer Hot Foil System et le rouleau Blanc Opaque sur cardstock rouge de mon stock mais vous pouvez utiliser celui-ci et pour mettre le sentiment le plus droit possible je me sers du T Square/Ruler et quelques embellissements transparents.

Douce soirée et éclatez vous en créant !

*SandraFée*

or idea to use the same pressplate for different occasions.
Here I use the plate that is included in the BetterPress pack to make a Christmas version.
I arranged the flowers to occupy the corners and edges of the card, then I colored with my SpectrumNoir markers for the petals and leaves and an yellow pencil for the heart.
I used a gold from my FineTec pearlescent colors watercolor palette (but the paper is not great and you can see the marks 😟) to fill the entire background.
The sentiment comes from an old SpellbindersClubKits from 2022, it was made with the Glimmer Hot Foil System and the Opaque White roll on red cardstock from my stock but you can use this one and to put the sentiment as straight as possible I use the T Square/Ruler  and some transparent embellishments.

Have a nice evening and have fun creating!

*SandraFée*

Press plate Night and Day

Buongiorno a tutti! 

come state?Spero stiate bene nonostante questo caldo estivo arrivato all'improvviso!

Ho visto che negli ultimi anni va molto di voga il "Christmas in July" ho deciso di cominciare anch'io a creare qualche card natalizia.

Good morning everyone! 

How are you doing? I hope you are doing well despite this summer heat that has suddenly arrived! I saw that “Christmas in July” is very much in vogue in recent years, so I decided to start creating some Christmas cards too.

Per queste mie due card ho usato questa nuova DOPPIA press plate Night and day pines !!! Dentro alla confezione abbiamo 2 press plate che fanno la stampa positiva e negativa del soggetto in questione! Trovo che sia geniale!!! Voi cosa ne pensate?

For these two cards of mine I used this new DOUBLE press plate Night and day pines !!! Inside the package we have 2 press plates that do positive and negative printing of the subject in question! I find it to be brilliant !!! What do you guys think?

Per la prima stampa ho usato il negativo, che ho inchiostrato con l'Altenew enchanted gold pigment ink e come cartoncino ho usato uno verde scuro dai pad di StudioLight.

For the first print I used the negative, which I inked with Altenew enchanted gold pigment ink, and as a cardstock I used a dark green one from StudioLight pads.

Per questa seconda card invece ho usato la plate positiva ed inchiostrato con il Distress ink Walnut Stain perché volevo creare degli sfondi che rimanessero un po'neutri per poter dare più importanza agli elementi successivi.

Ho usato la fustella Sealed Christmas Sprigs per creare i rametti e la Stella di natale e per dare una sfumatura maggiore alle foglie, ho intensificato alcune parti con i Copic markers. Invece per ottenere l' effetto cordino, ho usato la fustella Sealed Twine, anch'esso di Spellbinders , insieme ad un cartoncino dorato dal set Gold Assortment Treasured Cardstock.

For this second card, however, I used Positive Plate and inked with Distress ink Walnut Stain because I wanted to create backgrounds that remained somewhat neutral in order to give more importance to the later elements.

I used the Sealed Christmas Sprigs die cut to create the sprigs and the poinsettia and to give more shading to the leaves, I intensified some parts with Copic markers. Instead to get the lanyard effect, I used the Sealed Twine dies, also from Spellbinders , along with a gold cardstock from the Gold Assortment Treasured Cardstock set.

Infine per completare la mia card ho usato la cerlacca dal kit di Spellbinders.

Finally, to complete my card, I used wax from the Spellbinders kit.

Spero vi siano piaciute queste card e grazie per esservi fermate a leggere il blog!

Vi auguro una splendida giornata

I hope you enjoyed these cards and thank you for stopping by and reading the blog!

Have a wonderful day

Quyen

Summer Vibes

Happy Friday everyone!

Today I share a card with some summer vibes. As background I used the My Favorite Things Sweet Summer Blends Cardstock. Perfect for that happy Summer vibe, Then I added a focal point with the Betterpress Spotlight Circle Duo Pressplate. You could also use Hotfoil with these plates. As Leaves I used the leaves from the Spellbinders Fresh Picked Daisies. I die cut them from a light green cardstock and added some ink on top for a little bit of depth. 

The flowers from this dies Set seem a little to big for my Circle, so I added purple Flowers from Altenew. added a Sentiment and finished is a summery card.

Thanks for stopping by. 

Have a wonderful day.

Adriana

Einen schönen Freitag euch allen!

Heute zeige ich eine Karte mit sommerlichen Vibes. Als Hintergrund habe ich den My Favorite Things Sweet Summer Blends Cardstock verwendet. Perfekt für diese fröhliche Sommerstimmung. Dann habe ich mit der Betterpress Spotlight Circle Duo Pressplate einen Fokuspunkt gesetzt. Diese kann man übrigens auch mit Hotfoil verwenden. Als Blätter habe ich die Blätter aus den Spellbinders Fresh Picked Daisies verwendet. Ich habe sie aus einem hellgrünen Papier gestanzt und etwas Tinte darüber gegeben, um ihnen ein wenig Tiefe zu verleihen. 

Die Blumen von diesem Stanzset sind ein bisschen zu groß für meinen Kreis, also habe ich lila Blumen von Altenew hinzugefügt, einen Spruch hinzugefügt und fertig ist eine sommerliche Karte.

Danke fürs Vorbeischauen.

Einen wunderschönen Tag noch.

Adriana

 

Flaunt Your Feathers!

Buongiorno care creative! 

come state? spero tutto bene!

ormai mi conoscete e sapete che ho questo debole per gli embossing folder, in special modo quelli di Spellbinders!

Cominciamo dal principio... ho preso un cartoncino verde petrolio dal paper pad Lemonade di StudioLight.

Good morning dear creatives! 

how are you? hope all is well!

you know me by now and you know that I have a soft spot for embossing folders, especially the ones from Spellbinders!

Let's start at the beginning...I got a petrol green cardstock from StudioLight's Lemonade paper pad.

 Poi ho spruzzato dell'acqua con il mio nuovo fantastico Mighty mister spray di Spellbinders sul cartoncino in modo che una volta messo nell'embossing folder Feather Flourish e  passato attraverso la die cut machine, la carta non si spezzi.

 Then I sprayed some water with my new Mighty mister spray from Spellbinders on the cardstock so that once I put it in the Feather Flourish embossing folder and ran it through the die cut machine, the paper would not break.

Dopo che ho ottenuto la mia embossatura, ho sprayato del Distress Mica stain per dare l'effetto un po' perlato alla carta

After I got my embossing, I sprayed some Distress Mica stain to give the paper a slightly pearly effect

Per dare un effetto di rilievo ho usato l'inchiostro di Altenew Enchanted gold pigment ink ed ho fatto degli schizzi con Pale gold japanese watercolor.

To give a raised effect, I used Altenew Enchanted gold pigment ink and made sketches with Pale gold japanese watercolor.

Poi ho pensato di voler creare la  card con una forma diversa dalle classiche e quindi ho usato la fustella Essential Arches per ritagliare la card. Una volta ritagliato il cartoncino, l'effetto 3d era svanito, per cui l'ho ripassato ancora nell'embossing folder. Per dare alla card un ho ritagliato con la fustella arches della misura più grande un cartoncino dorato dal Gold assortment treasured cardstock.

Per dare un ulteriore tocco di glitter ho solorato l'interno delle piume con la Lunar paste Midnight snack e lo stickles d'oro.

Infine ho usato il sentiment dal set Betterpress elegant peacock press plate die set per completare la mia card.

Then I thought I wanted to create the card with a different shape than the classic ones, so I used the Essential Arches dies to cut out the card. Once the card was cut out, the 3d effect had faded, so I ran it through the embossing folder again. To give the card a I cut out with the largest size arches die cutter a gold cardstock from the Gold assortment treasured cardstock.

To give it an extra touch of glitter, I gilded the inside of the feathers with Lunar paste Midnight snack and gold Stickles.

Finally I used the sentiment from the Betterpress elegant peacock press plate die set to complete my card.

Spero vi piaccia e vi auguro una fantastica giornata !

I hope you enjoy it and have a great day !

Quyen

JAMAIS !

 Attention très long article !
( vu la taille de cet article, je vous laisse le soin de demander à votre traducteur préféré de faire son job , merci beaucoup !)

 Ah non,non! jamais, jamais, c'est commercial ce truc !.....
c'est ce que je disais de la Betterpress à sa sortie  il y a 1 an...sauf que...jamais est arrivé mardi 2 juillet😅

Je voyais les magnifiques créations faites avec elle et j'avoue que ces derniers 3-4 mois elle commençait sérieusement à me taquiner, cette coquine !

Elle ne fait pas QUE l'embossage (creux) mais ses plaques vont AUSSI pour la machine dite Hot Foil

Je me suis donc amusée comme une fofolle à tester mon nouveau joujou et j'avoue que je l'adooore !

 Voici la chose :

 Ma première impression/utilisation a été avec l'encre noire ( pas fait de photo sorry) et la 2ème tentative à été de faire une "impression" avec 2 encres de couleurs différentes :

 que j'ai colorée avec les feutres SpectrumNoir puis ajouté un effet "mouillé" en embossant à chaud avec la WOW embossing Powder Clear Gloss :

Puis j'ai testé avec les crayons Faber Castell et la plaque Paon :

La même plaque mais coloré avec les feutres :

La plaque fleurs qui est fournie avec la Betterpress, j'ai ressortis mes aquarelles Mijello Mission Gold :

Et la plaque qu'une amie m'a offerte, première photo avec fond distress oxide , encre noire BetterpressInk 

coloration crayons:

 et bien sûr, avec ma Glimmer Hot Foil  ( divers rouleaux ), première photo j'ai utilisé  Aura ( j'en ai faite une carte mais je l'ai envoyée et oublié de faire une photo, glups):

 

 

Et la 2ème avec la couleur Rainbow :

J'ai aussi testé plusieurs papiers l'officiel qui est top et 3 sortes de papiers aquarelle mais je m'arrête ici car sinon vous allez vous endormir profondément hihi

Bref, j'adooore la Betterpress et vous allez me voir l'utiliser souvent !

A bientôt,

*SandraFée*

Floral Backgrounds with the Betterpress

Hello! 

Today I’m sharing two cards I created with some backgrounds I made last week. I finally got the Betterpress! Yeah! And I must say, I really love it. I mostly like that you can use the Pressplates with the Betterpress, means with ink and also with foil. So you get a lot from a Product.

I created all the Backgrounds with the Floral Celebration Press Plate. I used mostly Altenew inks and one I foiled with gold foil. Then I colored the flowers with the coordinating Stencil. 

 

For my first card I decided to let the gorgeous background be the focal point of my card. I had so much texture because of the Betterpress. And I only added a white stripe on the bottom an added there my sentiment. 

 

For my second card I used some vellum, so the sentiment stands out more, but you still can see the background. I used the same gold foil for my sentiment to match the flowers. I also added some small Flowers, and finally I rounded two edges so it adds a little interest.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Adriana 

 

Hallo! 

Heute teile ich zwei Karten, die ich mit einigen Hintergründen gestaltet habe, die ich letzte Woche gemacht habe. Ich habe endlich die Betterpress bekommen! Yeah! Und ich muss sagen, dass ich sie wirklich liebe. Mir gefällt vor allem, dass man die Pressplates mit der Betterpress verwenden kann, also mit Tinte und auch mit Folie. So bekommt man viel von einem Produkt.

Die Hintergründe habe ich alle mit der Floral Celebration Press Plate gestaltet. Ich habe hauptsächlich Altenew-Tinten verwendet und eine mit Goldfolie veredelt. Dann habe ich die Blumen mit der dazugehörigen Schablone koloriert. 

 

Für meine erste Karte habe ich mich entschieden, den wunderschönen Hintergrund zum Mittelpunkt der Karte zu machen. Durch die Betterpress hatte ich so viel Textur. Und ich habe nur einen weißen Streifen am unteren Rand hinzugefügt und dort meinen Schriftzug eingefügt. 

 

Für meine zweite Karte habe ich etwas Vellum verwendet, damit der Spruch besser zur Geltung kommt, aber man kann immer noch den Hintergrund sehen. Für den Spruch habe ich die gleiche Goldfolie verwendet, damit er zu den Blumen passt. Außerdem habe ich noch ein paar kleine Blumen hinzugefügt und zwei Kanten abgerundet, um die Karte noch interessanter zu machen.

 

Vielen Dank fürs Vorbeischauen!

Adriana

Modern Dahlias + Hummingbird Textures

Bonjour !

Pour mon premier post du mois de juin j'ai joué avec le Dynamic Duo Modern Dahlia de Altenew et le Hummingird textures stencil de Bibi Cameron pour Spellbinders que vous trouvez en boutique en cliquant sur le lien

Hello!

For my first post of June I played with the Dynamic Duo Modern Dahlia by Altenew and the Hummingird textures stencil by Bibi Cameron for Spellbinders that you can find in the shop by clicking on the link 

 

 

  

 

 J'ai utilisé les encres Distress Ink pour cette carte ainsi qu'un tampon écriture Hero Arts et un feutre/brush brillant sur les fleurs, une couche de WOW embossing Clear Mat Dull sur un papier Sizzix White Smooth

I used Distress Ink for this card as well as a Hero Arts writing stamp and a glitter pen/brush on the flowers, a layer of WOW embossing Clear Mat Dull on Sizzix White Smooth paper

Je vous souhaite une belle journeé !

I wish you a nice day !

*SandraFée*

Clean and simple - with much love

Hello everyone!

 

Today I’m sharing quite a simple card. Sometimes I love a simple design, just to say someone, how much we love them.

For this card I used the Butterfly Swirls. Its actually a Press plate, I foiled it with pewter foil. Then I colored them with my markers. I had to be careful not to blend to much color, because otherwise I would have taken away the foil.

For my background I used little bit of ink with water to crate that soft watercolor look. I also added some splatter. And now it's ready to spread some love. 💕

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Adriana

 

 

Hallo zusammen!

 

Heute teile ich eine ganz einfache Karte. Manchmal liebe ich ein einfaches Design, nur um jemandem zu sagen, wie sehr wir ihn lieben.

Für diese Karte habe ich die Butterfly Swirls verwendet. Es ist eigentlich eine Pressplatte, die ich mit Hot Foil Pewter Folie gemacht habe. Dann habe ich sie mit meinen Markern ausgemalt. Ich musste aufpassen, dass ich nicht zu viel Farbe verwischte, denn sonst hätte ich die Folie weggenommen.

Für den Hintergrund habe ich ein wenig Tinte mit Wasser verwendet, um den weichen Aquarell-Look zu erzielen. Ich habe auch ein paar Spritzer hinzugefügt. Und jetzt ist sie bereit, um etwas Liebe zu verbreiten. 💕

 

Danke fürs Vorbeischauen!

Adriana

Combining: watercolor, hot foil and betterpress

 Buona sera a tutte,

spero di trovarvi bene! Oggi ho ricevuto un pacco da Scraphouse e non ho resistito ed ho voluto fare queste cards! Mi piace uscire dal mio solito stile e devo ringraziare Marjolein per avermi fatto notare quando sia interessante questa nuova placca per la betterpress!

 Good evening everyone,

I hope to find you well! Today I received a package from Scraphouse and I couldn't resist and wanted to make these cards! I like to get out of my usual style and I have to thank Marjolein for pointing out to me how interesting this new betterpress plaque is!

Ho usato la betterpress plate Spring Magnolias sul cartoncino apposito d'acquarello , una volta ottenuto le mie stampe, ho colorato con i Lindy's: Kissin' couple crimson e Dunka biscuit blue green. Ho messo un po' di polvere in una tavolozza d'acquarello ed aggiunto dell'acqua, una volta miscelati insieme ho ottenuto il colore per dipingere fiori e foglie. Una volta asciutti, ho aggiunto dei dettagli con le matite colorate e poi li ho ritagliati con la fustella coordinata.

I used the betterpress plate Spring Magnolias on the appropriate watercolor board , once I got my prints, I colored with Lindy's: Kissin' couple crimson and Dunka biscuit blue green. I put some powder in a watercolor palette and added water, once mixed together I got the color to paint flowers and leaves. Once dry, I added details with colored pencils and then cut them out with the coordinating dies.

In seguito ho usato le due placche Spotlight circle duo. Ho iniziato con il cerchio con le righe ed ho sfumato l'inchiostro nero per la betterpress con Rose Gold pigment di Altenew. Per un caso fortuito avevo un stencil di MFT con un cerchio della misura esatta della mia stampa, per cui lo usato come mascheratura per fare degli schizzi d'oro con il Gold pale japanese watercolor.

Next, I used the Spotlight circle duo plates. I started with the circle with the stripes and shaded the black ink for the betterpress with Rose Gold pigment from Altenew. By a fluke I had a stencil from MFT with a circle the exact size of my print, so I used it as a masking to make gold splashes with Gold pale japanese watercolor.

Per il secondo sfondo ho usato la plate circolare con i puntini insieme all' Enchanted gold pigment ink di Altenew.

Per abbellire ho usato i sentiment foilizzato d'oro dal set Must have sentiments hot foil di Simon Hurley per Spellbinders.

Spero vi piacciano queste due card,

buona serata e vi auguro un magnifico weekend!

un abbraccio 

For the second background, I used the circular dot plate along with Altenew's Enchanted gold pigment ink.

To embellish I used gold foil sentiments from Simon Hurley's Must have sentiments hot foil set for Spellbinders.

I hope you enjoy these two cards,

have a great evening and have a wonderful weekend!

a hug 

Quyen