Betterpress Floral Squares

It’s been a long time since I managed to get a blog post up. I’ve been busy crafting for challenge blogs (one will post on 1/31 and two will post on 2/1) and for Valentine’s Day. Those will post on the 14th. We’ve also been busy organizing and packing for the “trip of a lifetime”–an African wildlife safari in Tanzania. We’re going with the two friends we traveled to Scotland with two years ago. The blog will likely be quieter for the next couple of weeks, too, although I hope to get a couple posts written this weekend while we’re staying with my brother. 

The other crafting project was creating some Thinking of You cards. I put four in the mail today, and have another two on hand. Sadly, I know far too many people struggling with grief or serious health concerns. A new Pinkfresh Studio release went live today, and I’ve saved a lovely gift certificate from my son and his family to use when I return. Hopefully, the items I want won’t be sold out by then, but it’s possible. The Betterpress plate and die, Floral Square Frame, I used for the two cards I’m sharing today are from December’s release. They were my only purchase and are so versatile.

I colored this one with Polychromos pencils and after die cutting added it to a square card base created with Paper Source’s Royal cardstock, one of my favorite blues. 

The sentiment was also a Betterpress Plate from Spellbinder’s A Little Message and die cut. The sentiment was added with a piece of dimensional tape.

The second card is the same design, but uses different colors and a different message from the same Spellbinder’s Betterpress plate.

This time I used Copic markers to color the flowers, and added two yellow jewels from Pinkfresh Studio. 

This time I decided to use dimensional tape on both pieces. 

The Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge is back looking for Stencils and/or Die Cuts. I’ll also be linking up to Darnell’s January NBUS as this is the first run for both Betterpress plates.