Susanbcards: Spellbinders "Birch Trees" Registration Press Plates and Dies

The Spellbinders "Birch Trees" Registration Press Plates and Dies create the scene I made. What are Registration Plates? In letterpressing, they allow you to print in multiple colors. In this set, there are 4 different trees. I used each tree 2x, to make a fuller scene. In my case, I hot foiled the press plates but they were meant to use with the BetterPress System. Each tree could have been inked and pressed in different colors. I'll do that another time.

To hot foil this scene, I laid out the trees and put them onto my Glimmer hot foil system. Isn't this foil gorgeous? It's called, Silver Holographic Facets. Using the left over foil, I laid it on my desk and carefully placed the trees on the foil and using some mint tape (you could use Saran Wrap Press and Seal), I picked up the trees and placed it on my Glimmer System and reran it. Some of the trees didn't hot foil 100% but I thought it was ok. If you don't like that you could use a new piece of foil.

I diecut the deer and the birds from scrap cardstock. The spots on the deer's back cut out. There's a small die included to diecut a piece of white paper to put behind the deer and make white spots. I used some Gathered Twigs Distress ink around the edge of the deer. The birds are cut 2x for dimension.

I decided I didn't like the stark white background so I used Distress Oxide to ink blend and add color on the panel. I used a towel to wipe off any ink sitting on the foiled trees. I then adhered the diecuts to the scene.

The sentiment "celebrate the season" is from the "Christmas Sentiments" Press Plate and Die Set. I used Silver Holograhic Speckle hot foil.

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Birch Trees Press Plate and Dieset