Happy Wednesday friends!

I'm back on the blog sharing several ideas to use the new Dainty Floral Frame Press Plate. As I did on one of my previous post, I used different techniques to get the most out of this gorgeous press plate.

For my first project I dry embossed an A2 panel with this press plate. I trimmed the  borders about 2/8 inches on each side and cut out the oval center too with the largest of the new Nested Oval dies. I wanted this card to be very clean and bright with a pop of color, so I ink blended the borders of another panel with Ballet Slippers, Mustard Seed and Sky blue . Next up I hot foiled the largest of the Nested elongated ovals Press plates with Matte Silver Glimmer hot foil and foam mounted in onto the oval center. I embellished this oval with some flowers and leaves from the new Garden Party die and stencil set

The sentiment is from the Here for you sentiment stamp.

For my second project I decided to use Opal Glimmer foil with the Floral Frame Press Plate. The detail of this plate is just so pretty in real life... It adds such a beautiful and subtle dainty look. To add a little extra texture, I created a background with the Slim Argyle Layering stencil set in Ocean Breeze ink and cut out a light blue Oval shape with the Nested Elongated Oval dies.

I went a little bit overboard decorating this front panel with my Garden Party die set. I used Ocean Breeze, Spruce Tips, Grassy Knoll, Olive, Sparkling Rose and Raspberry Bliss. The sentiment is also from the Here for you stamp set.

For my third and fourth projects I wanted to try a technique that the amazing Carissa Wiley shared a while back: using regular cardstock with press plates. 

I started this project ink blending an A2 panel with Ballet Slipper with the new 1" blending brushes.  I taped a Spellbinders Cotton cardstock to this panel and adhered it to the Platen. Next up I applied Ballet slipper onto the Dainty Floral Frame Press Plate too, placed the platen on top and run it through my die cutting machine. Look at this tone on tone texture pattern you can get,  it's just so lovely. 

Once I cut out an oval with the Nested Elongated Oval dies, I foam mounted my light pink texture panel onto another panel I had previously dry embossed with the Dotted Petals Press Plate. I decorated this oval frame using flowers and leaves from the Stylized Floral die set, Sweet Blossom die and Garden party die sets. I used the coordinating stencils to color these flowers with Ballet Sleeper, Candy Apple, Olive, Evergreen and Grassy Knoll. The sentiment I used is from the Here for you Stamp set.

 For my last project I used the same technique. This time I inked the background first with Mint, Sweet Mustard, Mimosa and Coral Reef. I added a little bit of Peony in the end to lighten up the coral blend. I applied these same colors onto the  Dainty Floral Frame Press Plate, adhered my inked background to a Spellbinders porcelain cardstock and taped it to my platen.

Once I run it through my die cutting machine, I also die cut an oval shape in the center of this panel with the Nested Elongated Oval dies and decorated it with another textured oval die cut I dry embossed with the Charming Stitched Florals Coverplate die. I foam mounted all these elements onto my card base and adhered lots of flowers I had created using both the stencil and die set from the Garden Party set. The sentiment is from the Beautiful Branch Stamp set.

These techniques are so easy and so fun, so I encourage you to try them out.

I hope these ideas inspire you and have fun creating!

Thank you so much for stopping by,

Raquel