Harbor Weave

A handmade greeting card with a bright turquoise background featuring an embossed rope knot pattern. The card has white text reading "CASTING A WARM HELLO YOUR WAY" on a banner across the bottom, with small white pearl embellishments. Behind the card is the press plate used to create the rope knot pattern. To the right is an ink pad in the color Salvaged Patina with turquoise sentiment strips visible. The scene is photographed on a wooden surface with a "Valley Oak Paper" watermark visible in the top right corner.
A handmade greeting card with a bright turquoise background featuring an embossed rope knot pattern seen from the bottom right corner. The card has white text reading "CASTING A WARM HELLO YOUR WAY" on a banner across the bottom, with small white gem embellishments. Under the card is the press plate used to create the rope knot pattern. To the right is a Distress Oxide ink pad in the color Salvaged Patina. Some sentiment strips are visible to the left of the card. The scene is photographed on a wooden surface with a "Valley Oak Paper" watermark visible in the top right corner.
A detail of a handmade greeting card with a bright turquoise background featuring an embossed rope knot pattern. Only the bottom right corner is visible. The card has a sentiment with white text across the bottom. The banner rests on turquoise cordage. Two small white gem embellishments are visible above the banner. Under the card can be glimpsed the press plate used to create the rope knot pattern. A "Valley Oak Paper" watermark visible in the top right corner.

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For this quick and easy card I used the Spellbinders BetterPress Kit for June 2025. It’s called Harbor Weave. I love the round shapes!

Background

For my background I used turquoise cardstock from Recollections. I inked up the main plate in the kit with Distress Oxide in Salvaged Patina. Then I ran it through my BetterPress.

I cut it down to 4″ by 5 ¼” and backed it with some 100 lbs Accent Opaque. I also added foam tape to the back.

Sentiment

The kit includes two sentiments:

  • Sending a Net Full of Thanks
  • Casting a Warm Hello Your Way

I better pressed them twice with Versamark and heat embossed them once with Ranger Fine Detail Embossing Powder in White and once in Distress Embossing Glaze in Prize Ribbon. Then I cut them out with the coordinating die, which is also part of the kit.

A handmade greeting card with a bright turquoise background featuring an embossed rope knot pattern is standing, facing right, on a wooden surface. The card has white text reading "CASTING A WARM HELLO YOUR WAY" on a banner across the bottom, with small white pearl embellishments around it. The card stands on the press plate used to create the rope knot pattern. Some turquoise sentiment strips with the texts "Sending a Net Full of Thanks" and "Casting a Warm Hello Your Way" lie on the press plate. Above them are two ends of turquoise macramé cordage. It's the same cordage as used behind the sentiment on the card. The two small press plates with the sentiments are also present. The scene is photographed on a wooden surface with a "Valley Oak Paper" watermark visible in the top right corner.
A handmade greeting card with a bright turquoise background featuring an embossed rope knot pattern seen from the bottom left corner. The card has white text reading "CASTING A WARM HELLO YOUR WAY" on a banner across the bottom, with small white gem embellishments. To the right is a Distress Oxide ink pad in the color Salvaged Patina. Some sentiment strips and teal macramé cords are visible under the card. The scene is photographed on a wooden surface with a "Valley Oak Paper" watermark visible in the top right corner.
A handmade greeting card with a bright turquoise background featuring an embossed rope knot pattern is standing, facing left, on a wooden surface. The card has white text reading "CASTING A WARM HELLO YOUR WAY" on a banner across the bottom, with small white pearl embellishments around it. The card stands on the press plate used to create the rope knot pattern. Some turquoise sentiment strips with the texts "Sending a Net Full of Thanks" and "Casting a Warm Hello Your Way" lie on the press plate. Above them are two ends of turquoise macramé cordage. It's the same cordage as used behind the sentiment on the card. The two small press plates with the sentiments are also present. The scene is photographed on a wooden surface with a "Valley Oak Paper" watermark visible in the center.

After trying both, I felt that the white heat embossing was fresher than the blue. I touched up the embossing in a couple of spots with Dr Ph Martin’s Bleed Proof White, to make sure it was legible. When it had dried, I glued a strip of Accent Opaque to the back for stability.

Assembly

I adhered the background to my card base with foam tape. Next I found some macramé cord that matches this cardstock in my stash and cut off two pieces. I glued them across the bottom of the card. On top of the macramé cord, I glued the sentiment. Finally I added some Opal Color Essentials Gems around the sentiment.

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