Clear Acetate Card Technique

I love the look of clear cards and albums so finally got a chance to try it out myself.

Here is the supply list:

* Clear Acetate from The Angel Company, I used a 5x7 sheet

* Cotton White Stazon Ink

* Paper from Uptown Girl Collection

* Butterfly stamp from May SOTM, The Best In Me

* Punches: Scalloped Square Punch and the Square Punch

* Accessories: Beetle Black Paper Posies and Black/White Ribbon

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I took my 5 x 7 sheet of acetate and simply folded it over. Use a bone folder to help make that crease (I highly suggest a bone folder as a stamping must have!)

I had a micro fiber towel on hand to wipe off any fingerprints that show up on the acetate. I stamped the butterfly image in cottonwhite Stazon (I suggest using Stazon but I know Pallette will work too!).

I stamped numerous images all around and have a piece of newspaper underneath you and stamp the images off the acetate as well for a natural look. Set that aside to let it dry.

Note: With the cottonwhite ink I didn't have any problems with smearing the image. I tried it with Noir Palette and I had a hard time not smearing the image. I think Stazon works a lot better.

For the inside of the card, I took a piece of 8 x 8 paper from the Uptown Girl Paper Collection and folded it in half. I trimmed about .5" off the bottom of the acetate card so it fits in a legal size envelope and cut about 1 inch off the patterned paper so it fits in the clear card.

For the Thank You saying I punched this out with my Square Punch. I stamped the Thank You in Noir Pallette on the patterned paper (same Uptown Girl Collection) and then I directly punched it out of the paper. I like these punches because you can flip them over and see exactly where you will punch. Makes it very easy! I punched another square, a scalloped square from the Scalloped Square punch, in black cardstock. I layered those 2 pieces together and added a black posie paper flower (with just a dab of my adhesive).

This Thank You layer is attached to the outside of the card. When you look at the picture to the left the card is open. The black square you see at the top of the picture is the Thank You saying on the outside. To apply the patterned paper to the inside of the card (pattern on the outside, white on the inside so you can write your message inside the card), I applied my adhesive on the clear acetate on the inside where the black cardstock is so you can't see it when the card is closed. And that is what holds the patterned paper in place, plus tying the ribbon around the whole card as well.

Stamping on acetate is really quite easy with a stunning result. You just really have to think about the construction of it with the adhesive so you can't see it on the inside or outside of the card. I liked folding the patterned paper in half and using it as the center of the card so I have the design showing through but then had the white paper on the inside for writing my note.

Ellie

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