Playing Betterpress with gelli prints

When my Betterpress arrived a few weeks ago I decided to have a little play with the Betterpress and some gelliprints I had in my stash and created two cute notecards. I am still learning how to use the system and what works best so these were part of my trial and error sessions.

Both gelliprints were ones I pulled where I had torn edges to create just a central panel of print on a piece of white cardstock. I remember many years ago watching Barbara Gray doing this on Create and Craft when gelli plates first came out and I love the effect this gives.

I decided to use the floral plate that came with the betterpress and the betterpress ink. I did the same plate in either corner so I could flip the panel and then ended up cutting down the panels into these small squares.

The red one I did do a tiny shift on the plate when I inked it so the image isn’t super clear on the top print but the bottom one is very clear and detailed.

The second one I only inked and ran it through the once so the black isn’t as dark.

For both cards I then took the glimmer plate that was in with the glimmer machine and foiled just the word hello and added that as the sentiment.

I then added just one gold gem to finish off the outside. I added a panel of white on the inside with one of the off cuts from the front panel to finish off the inside.

Simple cute little notecards. I love the mix of the gelliprint background and the detail of that press plate image. It was also fun to play with the gelliprints again – I have been watching a few mixed media videos recently so it’s making me want to play with mediums again!

Of course it’s now been a few weeks since I made these and I’ve watched so many YouTube videos since then so I am desperate for the energy to have a real play with my supplies but at the moment it just isn’t possible. Fingers crossed soon though as my energy levels were a little better yesterday and this morning so think I am slowly getting better. 🤞

Happy crafting!

Catherine