Less is More #11 - Acetate

Morning everyone and yes I'm unusually early this week with my LIM card but when I get an idea I have to see it through to see if it will work .

This week is to use Acetate on , in or as our card . A bit hesitant at first then Chrissie and Mandi got the old cogs working by mentioning using plastic packaging if acetate was not to hand then ..... 'TING' (light bulb moment) I remembered a plastic bubble that had been attached to a piece of card and had some buttons in, that I was saving for just this sort of project .

The shape gave me the idea for a babies rattle as beads would fit perfectly in the space .

I basically cut a circle in my card base with a nestie to fit the bubble through and then used Nestabilitie dies to decorate the edge and make the handle of the rattle . I added a punched strip across the plastic to decorate and a white ribbon on the handle . Behind the plastic bubble I attached a piece of white card that I had stamped polka dots onto and then stamped my sentiment .

I'm sure you can't buy babies rattles like this anymore , health and safety wouldn't let you what with ribbons and beads , in fact this card would probably have to have a safety warning on it too !!!

I wanted to pass on a little tip I've picked up regarding drawing broken borders on cards .
In the photo below are a few templates I've made out of card to place over a card front and draw through when adding a broken border .

It makes it so much easier than using a ruler and possibly getting the measurements wrong .
I've cut card (cereal box card would do) to the same size as the most commonly used card sizes I make , then drawn a border inside at 1.5 cm depth all round and then cut that out with a craft knife .
All you have to do then is place the template over the finished design and hold down whilst you draw round the inside with a pen .
I hope this makes sense and helps people if they are finding a ruler and pen a problem , I know it's not ground-breaking stuff but sometimes the simplest ideas are time savers :)

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