The current challenge over in Butterfly Challenge is F for Floating Strip Card, Flowers, Fuchsia, Fawn, Flame, Flax + a Butterfly. Mrs A has put the instructions for making a Floating Strip Card HERE.
I wanted to make a circle with the floating strips, but the clear acetate I had was too thick to die cut a circle, so I had to come up with a Plan B. My thinner acetate had a yellowy tint which would have shown against the white background. So..... I used the yellowy acetate to die cut a circle. Then I stuck a snippet of patterned paper onto a piece of stiff card, before cutting it into strips. Using repositionable glue on the patterned side of the strips, I stuck them patterned paper side down on the acetate circle. I trimmed off the excess strips to cut into a circle using the acetate as a guide, then I put foam pads on the back of the strips, still leaving them on the acetate. I turned the circle over and stuck the circle in place on the card with the acetate on the top, then gently removed the acetate circle. I removed the repositionable glue from the strips with an adhesive eraser. Hope this makes sense. The patterned paper was from a paper pad which came as a cover gift with a magazine in 2012! The butterfly was made with Memory Box 'Pippi Butterfly' and 'Isabella Butterfly' dies. The flowers are punched and the sentiment is a SU stamp, stamped in Versafine Clair 'Charming Pink'. I used snippets for the floating strips, butterfly and flowers, so I'll be sharing my card over in the Playground.
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Great idea to form your floating strips this way Liz,the bright colours are gorgeous
ReplyDeleteGreat idea and such amazing result!!! LOVE so much this card!
ReplyDeleteHi Liz, your card is super pretty - love the patterned paper. I've not tried this technique, you've inspired me to have a go! Sarah
ReplyDeleteI love the bright and pretty colours Liz and the floating stip circle looks great using that beautiful green paper and the pink die cut butterfly and punched flowers are just perfect as embellishments to finish it. x
ReplyDeleteWhat a great way to get such a clear circkle! Your card looks great with the bold and fresh colours! Hugs, Gerrina
ReplyDeleteLove that you've explained your ingenuity in obtaining the end result for this floating strip idea. Brilliant colour scheme too and it certainly covers the various challenges.
ReplyDeleteA great technique Liz- your design looks wonderful in the beautiful vibrant colours.
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Fabulous card Liz, but sounds complicated to do. xx
ReplyDeleteThanks for the step by step on how you made this beautiful and creative card. It is so pretty Liz x.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Liz, I love the paper you used as well as the flowers and butterfly. I just was thinking of making a floating circle card myself! lol Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteA very pretty card xxx
ReplyDeleteMe again Liz! Thanks for entering this lovely card into the Snippets Playground. Do you fancy a game of Hopscotch?? I'm game if you are! LOL! xxx
DeleteI'm in..... I'll bring the chalk. 😀 xx
DeleteWhat a brilliant effect Liz and I absolutely love that paper, citrus green and bright pink...gorgeous!! xx
ReplyDeleteOH! What a wonderful card Liz, I wouldn't have thought of acetate as a base, what a clever idea and you have pulled it off beautifully, love the paper.
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Gorgeous card Liz, the fresh colours really pop against the white background. Thanks for the instructions, a great workaround.
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This is so pretty. I love how you improvised to be able to use the yellow tint acetate on your card. That is lovely paper and a fun card.
ReplyDeleteLovely card Liz and a different approach as well. Super use of snippets of course!
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Wow, this is such a cool technique (and your hack to get around the yellow acetate was ingenious!) and created a really stand-out creation! This was a great way to incorporate our Tic Tac Toe challenge, thanks for playing!
ReplyDeleteVery fancy creation Liz - love it! Shabneez x
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous card. Love the design and layout. Thank you for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge xx Lynda/Loopyloo DT
ReplyDeleteGreat design and layout - Thank you for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge xx Lynda/Loopyloo DT.......I may have put another DT as previous comment - please ignore my brain issues!!!
ReplyDeleteOh goodness Liz, Go to the top of the class with this card. My mind was boggling at how you made it. Where there is a will there is a way certainly springs to mind. Love the resulting card. Thankyou so much for coming and playing in the butterfly garden. We had a rob buck deer visit not actually in our garden but on the other side of our fence that overlooks a wooded area yesterday. so lovely to see. Hugs Mrs A.
ReplyDeleteHi, A brilliant idea for the floating strips, such an unusual card. Thanks for the link. We greatly appreciate you entering our challenge at Alphabet Challenges. Caz. DT.
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