Let's Craft and Create - Purple and Green Challenge

I'm entering this card (and I guess the second card qualifies, also) into the "Let's Craft and Create" challenge. You can find it here. The challenge is to use purple and green. 

I was going to try to convince a friend (who asked about a gel press) to get a gel press. I just can't do it. I'm not very successful at it! But I have a few pieces that I'm going to use, nonetheless. I used the gel press on both of these cards. First I had stamped and white heat-embossed the image, from Gina K. I used the gel press about three times, I believe. Then I added the dots - from Altenew. The "Hello" die is from Altenew, also. I matted with black and added a few green and purple gems.

Same technique on this card. I matted it with a black piece that I die-cut a few weeks ago. The sentiment is from Hampton Arts. I used a black Perler Pen for the "pearls."

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