Creating a Clear Card

Happy Saturday everyone! I’m so glad you’re stopping by today as I am sharing a clear card featuring products from Neat & Tangled, Winnie & Walter and Pretty Pink Posh!

I love coming up with new ways to make my cards go from ordinary to really interesting. In this card I’ve used a sheet of transparency to create a beautiful clear card that has a dry-embossed background.

I started by cutting my transparency down to an A2 card base. I ran it through my Big Shot machine with a  stencil to create an embossed background (I used a sandwich made by using tab 1, the Sizzix Texturz pad, the Sizzix silicone mat, my card base, the stencil and then finally a clear cutting pad). I then layered a scallop frame from Pretty Pink Posh’s exclusive die set on top of the embossed card front.

My poinsettia and berry branches were stamped from the Winnie & Walter Elsa’s Flora stamp set and I colored everything with Copic markers and then fussy cut them all out. The colors I used are:

• R27, R46, R59, R89, W7, W9, Y21, YR23 for the poinsettia

• YG01, YG11, YG63, RV95, RV99, E31, E37, E49 for the berry branches

On the front of the card I have layered up the images with a couple of gold loop die cuts from the Simon Says Stamp Circle Loops die set.

I also die cut a sentiment from black cardstock using the Neat & Tangled Happy Holidays die set, and heat embossed sentiments from their coordinating stamp set; the sentiments on the inside are stamped onto a white cardstock panel.

The effect of a clear card is just beautiful, isn’t it?? I love how the images and sentiments appear to be “floating” on the card… a very different and fun effect!

MORE INSPIRATION

If you enjoyed this card and are looking for more ways to use transparency sheets in fun ways, you might want to check out these other recent cards I’ve created! Clicking on the photos will take you to the direct blog post for each project.

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I’ve submitted this card into the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge “Just a Pinch”.