OH boy, I kept you waiting for this one! I kept my youngest home from school today. She woke up with a red, puffy, swollen eye and I feared the worst. Luckily her eye didn't get any worse, in fact it got better as the day progressed, however, I didn't. When it's just me and her, I'm "it". Ah well, better late than never.
I hope that before this month is over, you will have so many ideas you will really need to stock up on chipboard! I have really enjoyed sharing some of the different ways you can use chipboard, and there are so many cool things that I could go on and on, and still find newer and cooler ways to use it. Today's project was "brewing" for a while. There, and not quite there...certainly not fully formulated, but there. If you're creative, you probably know what I mean!
I have loved all the clear cards I have seen over the last little while. I love the possibilities of acetate, being clear and almost not there, but strong and sturdy. I just loved the idea of something appearing as though it were suspended in mid air. So with all my focus on chipboard this month there was this "AHA" moment! Chipboard could float...in midair...via acetate.
To create this card, I started with 2 nesting flowers from the On Board Blossoms and Basics, and a small chipboard circle. I used the 
direct to paper...or rather direct to chipboard to colour the larger flower in Purely Pomegranate, and the Smaller in Groovy Guava. The small circle I inked up in Soft Sky. I should mention that I don't get as even coverage with the classic ink pads, direct to chipboard as I do with the Craft inks. I needed to use a sponge to even out the colour, as the inner portions don't ink up as evenly. However, the "In Colours" don't have a craft ink option. I also heat set them to speed up the drying process.
The layers were adhered together with Mono Multi adhesive and then a hole was
pierced through the center of all three pieces and then secured to the acetate with a large circle rhinestone brad.
I chose the "Friend" flourish rub on from the Love and Happiness Rub on set, a free Sale-a-Bration selection with a $70.00 purchase, and placed it below the flower. I tied Purely Pomegranate double stitched ribbon to finish off the front of the card.
I really thought it would be cool to leave it as is, so the flower really appeared to be floating, but decided in the end to put a "back" on the card. I adhered a 4" square of Soft Sky to to the inside of the back of the card, and then to be sure the adhesive wasn't evident, I adhered a 4 1/8" square of Purely Pomegranate to the back of the back.
That's it...really fast, and totally fabulous! Here's another view from a higher angle, without so much reflection. Oh and the flower can spin..not that it needs to, but it was something my oldest dd noticed and she thought this card was "Sweet"! Good enough for me!
Have a great weekend!
**Edited to add: I purchased the acetate from Staples. I chose the cheapest they had, because it's pretty pricey, and even that worked out to about $0.65 sheet, or $16.00 for 25 sheets! Look for overhead projector sheets, or transparency film. They have many different kinds and I just chose the least expensive, since I had no intention of using them for their intended purpose!
