Thursday, March 21, 2013

Cupcake Acetate Card


This card's top layer is acetate, and the background you see is the inside of the card.  You can see it a little better from the side view below.




I'll start off by explaining the inside of the card.  I used a background stamp from Hero Arts and BasicGrey called Carbonated Background.  I stamped it in Versamark and then used black embossing powder.  This left me with some beautiful, shiny black dots.  Then I took 5 different Copics and filled all the dots in with color.


For the acetate layer I used the Hero Arts set Cupcakes.  I stamped a cupcake on white cardstock in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then colored it with my Copics.  I cut it out, and then added some Dazzling Diamonds Glitter from Stampin' Up.  I didn't like the back showing because of the bleed through of the Copics, so I cut another cupcake from plain cardstock and adhered it on the other side of the acetate.  This way you see a clean, white cupcake shape instead.

The sentiment was stamped from the same set.  I just used some foam tape to adhere it with a little pop and some dollar bling in the corners to visually anchor it a bit.

I thought about adding a place to write inside, but unless the card was clamped fully shut it would show and ruin the effect.  The back of the card has a clean white base that I can write a nice long message and sign and I think that will be perfect instead.

I am entering this over at A Blog Named Hero for their Challenge # 22: Free Style.

Thanks for visiting all my crafty peeps!

Amber

8 comments:

Angi Barrs said...

Looove that sweet cupcake!

Lisa said...

This is so awesome!! I love the look of the acetate!! The cupcake looks so yummy with the sparkly frosting!! Have a great day :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Lucianna Dilsaver said...

I love the acetate against the fun background, so cute :)

cuilliesocks said...

Good enough to eat Amber, love it and your colours are gorgeous, kate x

Anonymous said...

Amber, this is so cool and it looks like it was so much fun to color. I love the bright cheerful colors that you used. TFS!

Audrey Frelx said...

Hi, Amber!!! What a colorful and fun acetate card!!! Very happy card!



Yoshiras time to craft said...

Yummy cupcake card.love the glitter and see through style.

abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said...

Super yummy! Great design! Carri~Abusybee