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Monday 26 July 2021

Floating acetate cards

Good Morning all

Today im sharing 2 floating acetate cards - very hard to take decent photos of both the acetate and the foiling i used!  Using the old stash of double sided adhesive sheets again i decided to use them with a pot of cosmic shimmer aurora flakes i was given months ago which went everywhere and reminded me why my gilding flakes went to the back of the cupboard!! So i decided to just make a massive mess and use the whole tub up at once with one clean up or they would have just gone to the back of the cupboard as well!  - so i now have alot of sparkly panels for Christmas cards.....we were finding flakes around the bungalow for days after including on the cats😁 


A5 card size.  After sticking the double sided sheet to white cardstock i peeled off the other sticky side and added my die cut floral panel and then rubbed in the aurora flakes and buffed up.  I folded an A4 sheet of acetate in half and added my rose panel to the centre of the card front, leaving acetate edges all the way around gives the effect the middle panel is floating.  I die cut vellum for my flowers adding a gem centre, die cut foliage from silver mirror card and a stamped and die cut sentiment banner.  
To hide all the workings and for somewhere to write the greeting inside i cut panels of white card the same size as the rose panel on the front and glued them inside on both sides and then one on the back of the card too.

Showing it side on, you can just see the white panel inside here


Trying to show the amazing shimmer and shine of the flakes but in real life it is amazing in tones of green, blue and silver

and showing the back

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and version 2 i made with glitter.  Going on from my last uploads about this sizzix glitter - see here if you missed it last week. I was given 3 pots, the charcoal i used last time and then this pink and orange

Made exactly the same way as the first one but just using the biodegradable glitter instead of the flakes - if i did it again i would be more careful about how i put the different colours onto the panel  - its very sparkly which sadly the photos really don't show!



Items Used:
Rose panel cutting die (brand unknown)
Flower & foliage dies
MFT fishtail banner dies
Sentiment stamps
Cosmic Shimmer Aurora flakes 'lagoon'
Sizzix bio glitter - 663873 'purple dusk'  & 663870 'caramel toffee'
Papermania vellum
Gems
Hunkydory A4 acetate

Thank you all for stopping by once again.  I must admit this cooler heat much better for me, catching up on sleep now, all i did yesterday was snooze😀  I hope you all have a good week.  Hugs Emmax



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15 comments:

gwen70 said...

you never cease to amaze me Emma, you are so full of good ideas, wish I had half as manny. Love these cards xx

As.I.Do.Rodos. said...

a fabulous card
Ginny
My Blog As I do Rodos

meg said...

You created the most beautiful cards Emma,the shimmer on each and layout is spectacular

crafty-stamper said...

Both beautiful cards love all the sparkle and both colour ways
carol x

Jinny said...

Both cards are gorgeous, Emma! I especially love the sparkle. Thank you for joining us at The Crafter's Cafe, and I hope to see you again soon. Hugs, Jinny

Denise Fletcher said...

I can imagine how nice these look in real life Emma. Love the flowers!

ALI said...

Beauful cards Emma.

Witchcrafted Life said...

Thoroughly gorgeous! Nothing like the shimmer and beauty of a hefty dose of glitter.

Autumn Zenith 🧡 Witchcrafted Life

grandmaw said...

AMAZING Emma so very pretty & different too. ❤❤❤

StephW said...

Two fabulous shimmery makes, love the floating results ... Steph x

Jean S said...

Beautiful cards Emma so different and lovely xx

https://shinebrightandcreate@blogspot.com/ said...

These are really beautiful, I love the rich glitzy shimmer from the flakes on your cards and they look so elegant on the acetate card base. love these. Thanks for joining us at Daisy Chains. Happy crafting, Michelle x

Marjeta said...

Gorgeous cards. Love the sparkly touch. Thanks for playing with us at Creative Moments.

Kirsty said...

Gorgeously glittery cards Emma, love the design on the acetate. Big hugs Kirsty. xx

Kate Jeffery said...

beautiful cards Emma
Kate x