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Acetate/Shaker Card
Mary Shoebridge
Crafty Cruisers
Intermediate Stamping Team Designer
I would like to share with you how this card
idea developed. Often, I think we overlook the creative process that our
artwork goes through before it reaches the final stage that you see here on RRA.
In this case, I originally had the idea of wanting to stamp on acetate since a
stamping friend had shown me this technique. However, I really wanted to give it
a new twist so I created a shaker card with the stamped acetate. I am very fond
of window cards and shakers. In this project, I have combined three card-making
ideas: the use of acetate, shrink plastic, and shaker cards. The use of
permanent ink markers on the acetate is something I have worked with before, and
it is an interesting technique to try.
SUPPLIES
Flutter By, Pansies, and Well Defined
Backgrounds (TAC)
Noir Black and Starry Nigh
Palette Inkpads (Stewart Superior)
Sky Blue Brilliance Inkpad (Tsukineko)
Green Blue Brilliance Inkpad (Tsukineko)
Violet Brilliance Inkpad (Tsukineko)
Black StazOn Inkpad (Tsukineko)
1 Sheet 9 x 12 Acetate
Grafix Dura-lar (Art Store)
1 Sheet 12 x 12 Pale Blue
Cardstock
- Cut to sizes 5 1/2 x 11 and 5
1/2 x 5 1/2
1 Sheet 8 1/2 by 11 White
Cardstock for making a template and masking
1 Sheet White Fun Foam (Fiber
Craft ~ Michaels)
1 Sheet Translucent Shrink
Plastic (JudiKins)
Prismacolor Colored Pencils
(Sanford Corp.)
Prismacolor Permanent Markers
(Sanford Corp.) or other permanent ink markers
- Colors used: 8 pink, 13 Poppy Red,
16 Orange, 18 Canary Yellow, 39 True Blue, 48 Light Cerulean Blue, 50 Violet,
53 Mulberry, 55 Rhodamine, 123 Spanish Orange, 165 Grass Green, 166 True Green,
167 Apple Green
Star Lite Top Coat (DecoArt ~
Michaels)
Diamond Sparkles (PSX)
Flat #6 Paint Brush (Loew
Cornell)
Black Diamonds Embossing
Powder (JudiKins)
Heat Gun (Marvy Uchida ~ TAC)
and a hair dryer for drying ink on shrink plastic
Scissors Regular and Fine
Tip
Pencil
Multiblade Knife (Hardware
Store)
TACKY Glue Aleenes Thick
Designer Glue (Duncan Enterprises ~ Michaels)
Sandpaper (Optional)
Instructions:
This card is made up of four layers: The
original card 5 1/2 by 5 1/2, the foam white layer, the butterfly stamped
acetate layer and the window opening layer. The directions and tips for each
layer are provided as are tips for making the shrink plastic Shrinkies to put
inside the shaker.
The foundation card for
the shaker
1.
Take the piece of 5 1/2 x 11
pale blue cardstock and fold in half.
2.
Make a window template to use
while you are stamping on the bottom card using the template provided. Cut the
template out and trace it on the piece of white cardstock cut 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.
3.
Mark the window opening on the
pale blue cardstock using the template as a mask. Ink up the saying stamps from
the Well Defined Backgrounds Set with the Black Noir Palette Pad and stamp in
the opening. Stamp the butterfly images with the same ink. Color with the
colored pencils. Brush on some of the Sparkling Star Lite Top Coat to give a
glittering effect. Set the card aside.
The Foam Layer
(This is to hold the acetate stamped art above the card back, so the shrinkies
will move freely under the acetate.
1.
Cut two pieces 5 1/8 x 5 1/8
from the white foam sheet.
2.
Glue the pieces together using
the TACKY glue. Let dry.
3.
Using the template provided as
a guideline, cut an opening 3 7/8 x 3 with the cutting knife cut. The foam
frame is to fit under the window opening. You can use this method for other
shaker cards. By using the foam, none of the shrinkies inside get stuck. Take
some of the Brilliance Sky Blue Ink and sponge it on the edges of the window
opening and around the edges. This should match the color of the cardstock.
Set aside. This is an alternative method to using foam core or foam tape in a
shaker card.
The Acetate Layer Stamped
With Butterflies
1.
Cut a piece of acetate
(sometimes called window plastic (Dura-lar) 4 1/2 x 4 3/4.
2.
Cut a piece of white cardstock
the same size. Using the template, mark the window opening with a pencil. This
is the area that will show when the card is assembled. Stamp a design with the
butterflies from both sets on this paper with the Noir Black Ink. Clean your
stamps.
3.
Place this paper under the
Acetate. Ink up the stamps with the Black Staz On Ink and stamp the images on
the Acetate. Work quickly, stamping all the images, then sprinkle with the
Black Diamonds Embossing Powder and heat emboss. At this step, you have to be
very careful not to over heat the plastic and powder. Hold the heat gun several
inches away from the acetate, only until the powder is melted. If the acetate
gets too hot, it will buckle.
4.
After the design is embossed,
color on the reverse side with the Prismacolor permanent markers. These markers
match their colors of both regular and watercolor pencils.
5.
When the design is finished,
set it aside.
Shrink Plastic
Shrinkies Shaker Embellishments
In the process of making this shaker card, it
seemed like a good idea to make co-coordinating shrinkies to go inside the
shaker. Here are the instructions for that step. You could substitute other
small butterfly items but this was so much fun and really they get small, but
these make the perfect embellishments for a themed shaker.
1.
You can either sand the plastic
or leave as it is. In this case, it was not sanded. That is optional.
2.
Clean the StazOn Ink off the
stamps. Reink with the Noir Black Palette Ink and stamp as many images as you
would like to use inside the shaker. There are 3 large butterflies, 5 smaller
ones and some and flowers from the FlutterBy Set.
3.
Dry the ink with a hair dryer.
This works great for setting the ink and does not shrink the plastic. Color the
images with the colored pencils. Using the fine tip scissors cut out the images
and place them on a non-stick baking sheet. Preheat your oven and bake them at
250 degrees for 3 to 4 minutes. Make sure they are completely shrunk. They are
flat when done with no curling edges and very small.
The Window Opening Card
Front
1.
Take the
Card front that you cut in the beginning 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 and make a window
opening following the template provided. Mark the opening with a pencil and cut
it out with the cutting knife.
2.
Ink up the Butterfly images
again with the Noir Black Palette Ink and stamp on the window frame.
3.
This is a good time to check to
see if the foam layer will be covered with the top layer. Lay the frame on the
foam; the foam should be smaller that the frame and not show. There should be
approximately a 1/8 margin.
4.
Stamp the saying on the window
frame.
5.
Color the butterflies with the
colored pencils and sponge some of the Brilliance blue, green and violet inks
around the images and saying. Brush some of the Star lite Top Coat on the
Butterflies and use some of the Diamond Sparkles around the inside frame edge.
How To Assemble The Shaker
Card
1.
Place the foundation card in
front of you. Turn the foam layer over and apply a coat of the thick TACKY glue
to the foam. Turn it over gain and carefully press it into place over the
colored design making sure it is centered.
2.
Put the Shrinkies card
embellishments into the opening in the foam. Shake it. They should move around
freely.
3.
On the foam, apply another
layer of glue and carefully place the acetate layer on top.
4.
Place the card front over the
acetate to see where it should be glued. Spread a thin layer of glue on the
edges of the acetate. Attach the card front.
5.
If you have extra butterflies
left you can add them to the card front.
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