Acetate

Acetate

Hi There!

If you are north of the equator 

then make the most of the daylight:

it is the longest day of the year!

Sorry, but for us it will from tomorrow

be all the way downhill to the shortest

day in December.  

Don't know about anyone else but I

feel that summer has only just

started...............

Here's Jane Castle with a really

delightful card to keep our spirits up

"For my project today I had a pretty

 good idea of what I wanted 

the finished card to look like 

and I learnt a few things along the way!

The first being how difficult embossed 

acetate is to photograph.....

To begin with I started with a 15cm x 15cm 

card blank which I placed on my cutting mat 

open with the fold at the top. 

I then measured 7cm down from 

the fold and cut the bottom part off. 

From the spare piece I measured 4cm,

 cut this part off and kept this safe with the card.

I then cut a strip wider than I needed 

from my heat resistant acetate and using 

various stamps from Tracey Scott's 01 stamp set 

and heat embossed the images using white EP.

Next using various colours of Ranger's Enamel Accents

I added colour to some of the circles.

I found that the Enamel Accents flowed/spread 

more on the acetate than they do on card stock, 

so not only do you not need to add quite 

as much as you would normally to a project 

it also doesn't stay as domed in the centre.

Using another stamp from the same set 

and Versa-Magic ink in Sage I stamped 

along the edges of the card that would 

frame the acetate insert. 

Happy Birthday was stamped in the same ink 

onto a spare piece of white card.

After deciding on the position of the acetate 

I also felt colour was needed behind the acetate.

Having roughly cut the acetate to size 

I found out that the Enamel Accents don't 

cut with a craft knife when on acetate!! 

Luckily I had enough spare acetate 

so I could avoid cutting through any areas 

of enamel.

I found the easiest way to attach the acetate 

to the card was to secure the acetate 

to my cutting mat with masking tape, 

place double sided tape on the card and then 

bring the card down onto the acetate.

I then trimmed the sides to match 

the size of the card.

Before securing the distress card to the 

inside of the card I lightly sanded the area that 

would be behind the acetate and stamped 

an image on the other side to show 

when the card was opened.

The front of the card was then decorated 

with the Enamel Accents.

I love the vibrant colours of the Accents 

and I can see many possibilities for 

using them; especially on Christmas projects------ 

Sorry I know we're only just getting into Summer!!"

Items Used

Heat Resistant Acetate

PaperArtsy Eclectica ETS01

Ranger Wendy Vecchi Enamel Accents in Cactus Flower and Potting Soil

Ranger Enamel Accents in Classic Cherry and Caribbean Coast

White Embossing Powder

Versa-Magic Ink Sage

Versa-Mark Ink

Coloured Card

Thank you Jane - glad to 
see you are thinking ahead too!

Don't worry folks we might yet
have a lot of summer to enjoy.

Of course for all of you in the southern
hemisphere - we hope your winter is
as mild as ours was........!!

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx