Betsy's here today to push the creative envelope again, in the way only she can. We so love it. She's breaking out her brayer and impression plates to create some amazing backgrounds. Hope you'll join us this week in our challenge.
Stills of Betsy's project:
If you are joining along this week, here are the details concerning the Make It Monday Challenge.
–A new Make It Monday Challenge & video will go up every Monday morning at 9am EST.
–Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and feature this brayer/impression plate technique.
–Post your project on your blog, in your gallery or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).
–-Add your project to our —>InLinkz List HERE<—
–You will have until 7am, Monday, October 31st, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.
–We will be tweeting and posting on our Facebook page every night (between 5-9pm EST) highlighting a Featured Project. These tweets/Facebook postings will just be a shout-out regarding projects that caught our eye. The tweets/Facebook postings no longer have any special merit regarding the actual contest.
–One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday, October 31st, after 7am. The winner will be posted here on this blog post, on Twitter and Facebook. The randomly selected winner will get to select a FREE Papertrey stamp set of their choice!
Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your projects!
Editted to add: Congrats to Greta, #55, for her beautiful interpretation of this challenge. Greta, please contact Customer Service with your mailing information and stamp set choice! Thank you to all of the participants – you inspire us!
hank you for making this site very interesting! Keep going! You’re doing very well!
is there a video for this technique today?
Just wondering about the video as well, can’t wait to see this one!!
I’m not finding the video perhaps there’s a glitch?
Go to FB and you can get to the video!
Great video Betsy love the card!
Ooh! Those colors together look scrupmtious – so beautiful, Betsy! Thanks for the great idea!
Another awesome technique!!! TFS 😀
Great card and technique! TFS 😉
One question: Is Betsy running the inked brayer over the raised embossed side or the sunken debossed side? I can’t tell from the video. Just wondering how there can be no ink on the raised design if that’s the side she’s working on.
Betsy rocks. Seriously.
Such a simple technique for such a stunning result! 🙂
Diana – the PTI Impression Plates give a debossed impression, which is a little different from most other embossing products out there. I am running the brayer over the front side of the cardstock after it has been run through my machine with the Impression Plate. This is the sunken or debossed side…it gives it that kinda neat negative look. I hope that makes sense!
Oh wow, how perfectly lovely :o) Great simple technique -such pretty colours too.
Thank you, Betsy for the inspiration :o)
Wow, nice work) She create some amazing stuff!
At first glance I haven’t understood the reversed frame, but afterward, I have… Thank you for sharing, I think I’m gonna get myself a big shot 😀 am rather noobie at scrapbooking but I love that. Glad to have suscribed to your unlimited source of inspiration.
I’ve never seen this impression plate before and am wondering if it is raised or depressed. Could you do this with an embossing folder.
Fabulous video & card! Beautiful. thank you.
Yes, it does, thank you! I can’t wait to try this technique myself. 😉
Thanks for sharing such a valuable tutorial to make it easy that how you made this stunning card.
Betsy…thanks for reminding me I had a brayer! Ha! This was just the kick I needed to get some quick, easy and elegant cards done for the college kids care packages at church. Thanks!
Love your card, Betsy & enjoyed the video. I too hadn’t used my brayer for ages (probably years!), but managed to find it. I used an embossing folder & inked the raised side, so I hope my card is eligible for a chance at the drawing. Thanks for the inspiration!
Whew–got another one made inking the debossed side, so I’ll enter it. I like the other one, too, so now I another Christmas card made!
Congrats, Greta! Very happy for you! 🙂