Pinkfresh Studio May Challenge

It’s a puzzle to me why I rarely get a card made for the Pinkfresh Studio Challenge. My collection of Pinkfresh Studio stamps and dies is one of my biggest and most favorite collections. The challenge is always on the to-do list, but rarely do I get it finished in time. Today I am down to the last few hours, but I was happy to put my newest Pinkfresh Studio purchase, Amazing Things, to work. I used just the theme for this card, and not the color palette. 

This is actually a Betterpress Plate. Once PFS realized that foiling works beautifully with a Betterpress plate, they discontinued manufacturing hot foil plates. This is the second time I’ve tried it and it works just as they promised. I think PFS’s coloring stencils are the easiest ones to use, and I love how soft and beautiful this floral is. I used just one green ink pad, but applied it more heavily at the base of the leave for some additional dimension. The blues were also used in a light application and then a darker one. I often have a hard time ink blending with a light hand, but it certainly does work well if I slow down and pay attention.

The sentiment was gold embossed with Papertrey Ink’s Banner Sentiments and die cut with Honey Bee’s Sentiment Banner dies.

This is off to the Pinkfresh Challenge (you can find the graphic here; it would not load for me this morning) and a second entry to Just Us Girls for their Anything Goes with Stencils.