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 .
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 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 .
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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Thanks for looking, I really appreciate your comments X
