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Hallo Everyone!

You might want to pay

a lot of attention to 

Louise Thomson's tutorial

today - she has given us

a trio of greetings cards

The fun starts here ...........

"Hi there!

Having been challenged  to create 

something using acetate and enamel

 I decided a clean and simple style would

 work really well. 

I selected a fairly basic set of resources

 to create three different clean and 

simple cards, suitable for lots of occasions.

For card number one

I used a square white card

 and die cut 'bright bubbles' from it. 

Using a steel ruler and a craft knife 

I sliced about an inch off the edge of the card

I then added a piece of acetate the 

same size as the original card front 

and added the die cut bubbles back in.

I blended a few bright distress inks onto 

white card and die cut the bright bubbles 

die again.

I used the coloured die cut pieces to fill

 in some of the holes on the card

I blended a little more ink on to white card,

 and cut out some lettering using another sizzix die.

I stuck these on to the edge of the acetate.

Finally, I finished the card with some dots of enamel.

For card number two

I used the sizzix alphabet dies to cut out 

the word 'celebrate' (For obvious reasons this has 

to be done with a few rolls through the big shot.

I backed them with a piece of acetate

I used some bright distress inks to create

 a rainbow effect panel.

With the rainbow panel cut out, I edged it 

with 3D foam mount tape 

and filled it with sequins and seed beads

then sealed it with a piece of acetate to 

create a shaker and stuck it to the

inside of the card as a surprise

To finish the front of the card I dotted 

some enamel accents around the lettering

 and using the point of my craft knife, 

I dragged out the enamel dots to create a 

splat effect.

For card number three

I sliced the edge off a square white card

Using more of my rainbow inked card 

I cut out the letters 'happy'

I replaced the missing piece of card with 

acetate and added a strip of white card back

 on to the very edge.

I stuck the lettering on to the acetate 

and stamped a birthday sentiment below

Finally, the card is finished off with some more

 lovely dots of enamel accents"

Materials List:

Sizzix die - bright bubbles

Sizzix die - Delicate letters

Distress inks - scattered straw, abandoned coral, wilted violet, lucky clover, mermaid lagoon.

Acetate 

Enamel Acents - Grape soda, Forget-me-not, Lemon Twist

Craft knife

Steel edge ruler

Birthday stamp (by Craft work cards, similar one here)

Thank you very much Louise for

showing us how to make these 

 very effective cards

I feel a purchase coming on

those dies would be such a

useful addition to my stash..........!

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx