Pawprint free acetate....

I seem to be getting a lot of people asking me how I manage to do acetate cards and keep them finger print free. Well, I don't think any of my cards would stand up to examination by the teams at CSI, but I do give them a little polish with a soft cloth carefully after completing and if any major disasters have occured 'Sticky Stuff Remover' used wisely brings them up a treat.

I don't know whether anyone else has done this but if you put a peel off on acetate and then decide it's not quite right it does leave a quite nasty mark, but this can be removed quite easily with the wonderful 'Sticky Stuff' remover. Actually, not that I would do this of course, but if you attach something in the wrong place with DST and have to pull it off the acetate can still be rescued with this marvellous product.

Thanks...

Happy Thanksgiving Day to everyone.

The challenge at http://stampchallenges.blogspot.com/ is on a Thanksgiving theme, but as here in England we don't celebrate Thanksgiving we could also make a card or gift to say 'thanks' to anyone.

I decided to finish this acetate card that has been half done in my box of projects for quite a while. I'm still not happy with it, which is probably why it didn't get completed in the first place, but my daughter saw it and said she liked it and I should finish it. So here it is!

The stamp is by Inkadinkado and the stamped image has been coloured with Sakura stardust pens.

Another cup of coffee...

This is another card made using the HOTP book 'Shaped Cards'. I made it yesterday, at the same time as my other card, but I wasn't totally happy with it.

Today, I've added a black peel off to the top of the cuttlebug embossing and roses to the corners which has improved the look of it, but I still don't like it as much as the pretty gentle pink card.

One thing I am really pleased about it the way I managed to get a really wide piece of cuttlebug embossing to give the impression of a table cover at the bottom of the card. No way would the piece fit in my machine, but using a rolling pin on the folder worked great. I would definitely recommend that for anyone wanting a wider than normal piece of embossing.