Hero Arts | Lovely Letterpress

Hello there, I am delighted to be joining Hero Arts today to celebrate the Lovely Letterpress release, which is out today, with a fun Instagram hop. There are lots of new plates releasing today, they can work for hot foiling or letterpress. Today I went down the letterpress route, but without any ink! 

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I am using the Hero Arts Starbursts Set Letterpress + Foil Plate. The set has four starburst images, I am using three of them on my projects today. 

For my card, I started off by taking a Spellbinders Porcelain A2 Cotton Card Panel and cutting it down to 3.5" x 4.75. I then cut cardstock into strips using the Hero Arts Sentiment Strips Fancy Die. I used Hero Arts cardstock in Peony, Ultra Pink, Mist, Paradise and Bermuda. I adhered the strips onto the panel with liquid glue. 

I then placed the Hero Arts Starbursts Set Letterpress + Foil Plates onto the Chase of my Spellbinders BetterPress Letterpress System and adhered the panel onto the Platen, holding in place with low-tack tape. I ran it through my Platinum Six to press/deboss the starbursts onto the panel. It was then adhered to a US A2 sized card base made from Hero Arts Paradise Cardstock, using thin foam tape. 

I die cut the envelope die from the Hero Arts Peeking Owl Fancy Dies twice from cotton card. The olive branch from the Hero Arts Dove & Olive Branch Fancy Dies was cut from vellum. I adhered the branches behind the envelopes and then adhered them onto the card with more thin foam tape. 

At this point, I thought it would be nice to have a tag to match! So I repeated the process with the strips of cardstock added to the cotton card panel. I pressed the panel with the Hero Arts Starbursts Set Letterpress + Foil Plate again, and then this time, I took the Hero Arts Tag Infinity Dies and cut it into a tag using the second smallest size in the set. 

I adhered the same arrangement of envelopes and branches to the tag using thin foam tape. I then die cut the eyelet from the tag set from Hero Arts Pitch Black Cardstock and adhered that around the hole. For the sentiments, I stamped the Hero Arts Everyday Sentiment Strips Stamp Set onto Hero Arts Pitch Black Cardstock using Hero Arts Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink. 

I applied Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder and heat set. It was cut onto strips using the Hero Arts Sentiment Strips Fancy Die. I took two and cut the sides down using my guillotine. They were adhered to the card and tag using more thin foam tape. To finish, I embellished with Spellbinders Silver Mix Color Essentials Gems and added twine through the top of the tag and tied in a bow. 

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To follow along with the hop, please head over to my Instagram HERE. You can also visit Hero Arts Instagram HERE. Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really do appreciate it. I hope you have a wonderful day!