Smackin' Acetate Technique
Supplies:
- Spitzer or Spray Bottle
- Water-based Marker
- Cardstock
- Acetate or a window Sheet
Step One
- Scribble marker directly onto the Window Sheet/Acetate
- Add the colors you want, trying not to overlap colors
- Colors may look light with some of the basic white c/s showing
- Marker colors are: Polished Pink, Soft Succulent, and Bumble Bee
Step Two
- Spritz or spray water on the window sheet/acetate
- This will moisten and mix the colors
Step Three
- Smack cardstock onto the wet window sheet/acetate
Step Four
- Lift the cardstock off the window sheet/acetate
Step Five
- Let the cardstock dry thoroughly and assemble your card
Here is what you need to put your card together
Carstock:
- 4 1/4" x 11" Basic White scored at 5 1/2
- 4" x 5 1/4" Soft Succulence
- Basic White scraps
- Taylor Made Tag(#2 of 45 degree tags with #1 being the smallest
- Penned Flower (Cut 2)
- Artistically Inked (Thanks sentiment)
- Memento
- Polished Pink
- Blending Brushes
- Tombo Glue
- Pale Papaya Ribbon
- Matte Black Dots
- Dimensionals
Putting the card together:
- Take out your Stampin Emboss & Cut machine. Die cut the two flower and the tag in Basic White c/s
- Stamp THANKS on the tag in Memento ink
- Take a blending brush and brush the edges of tag in Polished Pink
- Cut about 8" of ribbon. Threadn both ends through the tag and loop it through the ribbon. Add 6-8 dimensionals to the back of the tag
- Adhere Soft Succulent to the basic white base, then add your dried Smackin Acetate to the top
- Add Tombo liquid glue to the flowers. (Use a light touch on this glue)
- Position and adhere flowers to the center of card
- Adhere the tag in the center of both flowers
- Add 3 Matted Black Dots to the card
- Viola - card complete!
Here is a couple of other cards done with this Technique
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