Fantastic Window Cards!

It's been awhile since I've used acetate, and made a window card. Toni Ellison did this card for a swap, and that gave me the incentive to try out this technique again! The front of the card is framed acetate. She stamped the butterfly images and the swirly greeting on the outside of the card with Stazon ink. Then on the opposite side, she mixed reinkers with Crystal Effects and painted it inside the butterfly, then added glitter.


This is actually a tri-fold card, so when you open it up, you can see how the butterflies are on the front window of the card, but the "Thinking of You" and other flowers are on the inside.

Then you open the 3rd fold, and there are more images, plus a place to write your own message. Isn't this just cool?

So I decided we needed to do a card like this at Stamp Camp. I made my card a little bit smaller, just to make my limited supply of acetate stretch further! I stamped the one big flower on the front with Stazon, then painted and glittered on the other side.

Inside the first fold I stamped the birthday greeting and other flower images. This stamp set is new and is called Garden Greetings. The ribbon is attached at the back of the card and when you close it, I just tied it with one little knot, bringing it to the front thru the punched slot.

And then here's the inside of the 3rd fold. Just a few more flowers and room for my message. I know this card looks hard, and it does have a lot of steps, but it went together pretty easily. The worst part was cutting out the frames. I used my Fiskars cutter, but doing a lot of them was a bit time consuming. My friend, June, gave me a great idea, and I plan to try it out soon. Rather than cutting out all those frames, she suggested I use a Big Shot die, like the scallop circle, to make the frame. Now wouldn't that be much easier?

So, I hope you liked this card! I think my Stamp Campers did!