Stamping on acetate

Hi all!

Garden Sketches Acetate Card

This is my first Blog posting for myStampBOX… I hope you all enjoy it.   The kids have been playing lots this week for March Break and I’ve been playing too… with ACETATE and new STAMPS!

You can make some really great projects, but you do have to know about a few special products.

Acetate - I just use the ones from the office supply store.

Stazon Inks – Allow you to stamp on Acetate – it is alcohol based and dries instantly.  No heat setting required, and no smudging.  I prefer white and black for most of my projcts.

Paints -  All assorted acrylic paints will dry on acetate, don’t use too much though or it will smudge.

Copic Markers -   Use these fantastic alcohol based markers to colour in your stamped images and bring them to life.   Can you believe they come in over 400 colours?

Alcohol Inks -  Available in many many colours these come in liquid form in little bottles, add water to them and paint, or mist them to make backgrounds.   Lot’s of fun.

Card Recipe:

Cut acetate to 8 1/2  x 5 1/2, fold in half so you have a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 card.  Use a scoring blade or a bone folder for a nice edge.

Randomly stamp flower images from the Garden Sketches with white stazon all over your card.   I start in the center and work my way out for a more natural look. Allow some of the images to fall off the sides.   Let dry a minute or two.

Close up of Garden Sketches Acetate Card

On the inside of the card, colour in the images using copic markers of your choice.  I used BG23

Note that I colour on the back of the acetate so that the ink doesn’t smudge.

Adhere Strip of cardstock as shown around the outside of the card.   Attach scalloped border if desired.  Punch out a scallop circle and a nesting circle for the inside (I like the Marvy Uchida punches for this).   Stamp sentiment of choice from Small Greetings set.  Attach mini prima flowers,  and embellish with Dew Drops or Rhinestones for the centers.

Attach small card center with a glue dot, lining it up with where the card strip is on the outside to hide the adhesive (see photo).  I like to use double sided papers for the insert.

Working with Acetate cards requires a little pre-planning, but they are lots of fun and make really unique cards.

I hope you’ll try one.