Oooh Acetate!

Well, it's official...I'm in love. With this new technique! I've seen examples of these cards on Splitcoast and just had to try it myself. I of course bought a giant box of transperancy sheets for the Shaker cards that I did this past Christmas, and used only 3 or 4 of them. They are a little more flimsy than the "Window Sheets" that you can get from SU, but they are way more cost effective. To create the window in the centre of the background stamp I simply stuck on a sticky note...no messing with "temporary" glue. StazOn is a must for this project, and it comes off your stamps very easily with the StazOn cleaner. I did run it under water after I cleaned it, as I do with all of my background stamps, just to get the ink and leftover cleaner out of all the nooks and cranny's. It's so hard to clean them properly on the Stampin' Scrub, there's just not enough room to rub it. KWIM? I'm not sure how I feel about using markers vs. the blender pens and pastels technique that I've used in the past with the Blooming with Happiness stamps. The blender pens and chalk gave it a softer edge and the markers kind of make it look like the flowers are floating in a Jell-O mold. There is glitter in the centers of each of the flowers, but it didn't show up in the photo at all. I hope my Mom likes it...I'm sending it to her for her Birthday. :)