Hello friends, it’s Mari Clarke here with a card making project for you! I wanted to make something bright and cheerful, so I chose some of my favorite colors and products to create with!

Supplies | Spellbinders: Peony Celebration Etched Dies, Peony Background Press Plate, Peacock Motif 3D Embossing Folder, Hello/Smile Etched Dies; Tangerine Essentials Color Cardstock, Gold Smooth Discs, Porcelain Cotton BetterPress paper, Splatter White Opaque Watercolor, Yasumoto Pale Gold Watercolor, BetterPress Letterpress System, Platinum 6 Machine; Ranger: Archival Ink Funky Fuchsia & Squeezed Orange; Gina K. Designs: Master Layouts 2, Heavy White Cardstock; Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Squares; Therm O Web: Ultra Bond Adhesive

The Spellbinders Peony Background Press Plate is so beautiful! After placing the plate on the BetterPress Chase,  I inked the plate with both Archival Funky Fuchsia and Tangerine inks; this color combo is a favorite! Pink and orange are such happy colors! I overlapped the colors on the plate so that they would blend. I placed the Spellbinders cotton paper on the platen (secured with tape), and placed it over the press plate on the chase. Using my Spellbinders Platinum 6, I ran the BetterPress through to create the gorgeous pressed background. I used the Gina K Master Layouts 2 stitched rectangle die to die cut the background for my card front.  I used the Gina K Master Layouts 2 shadow layer die to cut Spellbinders Tangerine cardstock for the mat behind the background piece. I adhered the pressed background card front piece onto the cardstock mat.

I die cut the Peony Celebration shadow layer die from Spellbinders Tangerine cardstock. I put that die cut piece into the Peacock Motif 3D embossing folder and embossed it. I die cut the Peony Celebration outline die from white cardstock. I adhered the white outline to the embossed shadow layer. I adhered the piece onto the side of my card front and trimmed off the excess, allowing for a nice detail for the card front.

I die cut the Spellbinders ‘Hello’ greeting from the Tangerine cardstock. I die cut the shadow layer three times from white cardstock.  I adhered the white layers together to create a dimensional base for the letters.  I adhered the Hello letters onto the shadow layer. To finish the card, I glued (centered) the card front to a white A2 top folding card base. I splattered the card front with Spellbinders White Splatter and Yasumoto Pale Gold Watercolor.  I added the greeting with foam adhesive squares and then added some gold discs.

I love the BetterPress system from Spellbinders!  It is so easy to create beautiful results with all of the amazing plates available. I hope you enjoyed my post today and are inspired to create some bright and cheerful cards!

Have a wonderful day!

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