Scraps and playing with the betterpress and glimmer machines

So I had some scraps leftover from scrapbooking and wanted to get them use up and off the desk and I remembered I had these two floral elements I had created when playing with the betterpress and the glimmer machines – I am still experimenting with them and working out the techniques so haven’t shared much using them so far!

The first one I created the panel for the card and then this was a betterpress play where I had done it at an angle off the edge of cardstock. I cut it out and then added it to the card panel.

The panel included part of a die cut using my favourite Bumpy Borders from Hey Little Magpie.

I then added the sentiment that was already embossed and die cut and stacked in my stash.

Really like the mix of the papers and then the detailed image that has that slight texture to it with the betterpress.

Next I took the other panel of the patterned paper and again created my background. This time it was a foiled version of the same image but on the black.

I had foiled it using the gold foil onto the black cardstock.

Again I added the sentiment from the stash that were already die cut and stacked ready.

The shine from that foil is addictive and the detail for the image is unreal! I can see why people are raving about both the betterpress and the glimmer.

I used a bright pink cardstock for the card blank and then added some more scraps inside the card on the white insert to finish off.

Love how these turned out – and not bad using my experimental pieces and scraps!

Happy crafting!

Catherine