Hello once again. I have a card to share utilising a technique I haven;t tried for ages – years in fact. It is the ‘caught in crystal’ technique I first saw from Sue Wilson.
The current challenge at CASology made me think of that technique again – so I went hunting through my stash for products I could use. Here is one of the results:
I started with a piece of acetate and added some glue, smoothed it out a little, then added alcohol inks, mica powders, ink sprays – well, I added a whole load of stuff to the background, but tried to keep it a deep red/purple look, as I knew I wanted to use this Simon Says Stamp ‘Streaming heart’ die – a recent purchase.
I then added some pink tissue paper – I didn’t have any white, so used the pink. Once dry it looked like this on the tissue paper side:
And on the shiny acetate side it looked like this:
It’s very difficult to picture the shine and metallic look to this – but I promise there is some in there somewhere………..I chose which area of the acetate piece I wanted showing through the die-cut heart, cut out a square piece, and glued it down beneath the white heart piece.
The sentiment is from an Altenew set called ‘Wishing You’ – I wanted a short but sweet sentiment.
I shall be entering the following challenges:
CASology – Crystal
As You Like It Challenge – anything goes
Mowing Along With The Times – all things new (heart die)
Crafters Cafe Blog Challenge – CAS
Stamplorations CAS January Challenge – CAS option metallic
Aud Sentiments – anything goes with a sentiment
loopyloocards 
Gorgeous! Simple and striking and I love your acetate piece, stunning effect. Thanks for entering the Aud Sentiments Challenge
Jenny (DT Team)
https://gingerninjacrafts.wordpress.com/
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Thanks Jenny xx
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Oh wow what a total success, I love the bright colours and CAS design. Thank you for playing along with the STAMPlorations CAS Challenge. We hope to see you back again soon! Karola, DT, InvisiblePinkCards
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Thank you very much xx
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Very pretty! I love this technique – perfect for the challenge. Thank you for joining us at CASology!
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Thank you very much š
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What a great design for our Anything Goes theme. What an amazing background! Thanks so much for sharing it with us. Hope you share with us again this week!
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Thank you xxx
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What a fabulous project for our Anything Goes theme, thanks so much for sharing your make with us for this AYLI challenge. Hope to see you at the next one too! Squirrel Xx
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Thank you Shirley xx
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This is a really pretty CAS card. Love that crystal technique you created for the heart. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology.
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Thank you Joyce xx
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A lovely card. Thanks for joining Aud Sentiments challenge. Elaine
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Thank you Elaine xx
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Amazing card. I’ve never tried this technique. Love Dawn x
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Thanks Dawn – can be messy – but worth it xx
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Wow this is stunning and what a fab technique that you have used to perfection. I love the depth in colour and how it all blends together so well. Adore the heart shape-so unusual and then still all this yummy white space. Thanks for joining CASology.
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Thank you Sandie xx
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