The Stamper's Scrapbooker's & Papercrafter's Guild

Acetate is often used as an overlay for an opaque backing when making a card, but you can just as easily use it for the main focus of the piece. A folded piece of acetate gives you two surfaces to play with, adding depth and dimension to your project – and you get a different look when you open out the card!

You have to be a bit careful with the reverse of your designs, remember that it will show through, so it’s best to use glue that dries clear to fix embellishments on with. I’ve used Pritt Stick and double-sided sticky tape for gluing card on. You can also Spray Mount, but you will need the permanent kind, rather than repositionable.

by Mickie Sutcliffe

This pretty butterfly plate and the gorgeous colours combine to make this a winning card.

Mickie has worked her magic with both!

This card would suit all ages and most occasions so why not make several in one sitting, perhaps with variations in colour schemes?

This is a very pretty and unusual zig-zag card. It is perfect for those extra special birthdays as well as other special occasions too.

Are you always chasing beads, brads and eyelets around your desk? Can you remember buying that blue ribbon but just can’t put your hand on it when you need it?

That is me all over! So when I found this small wooden chest of drawers lurking at the back of a cupboard I knew just where I could keep all those little bits and pieces. However it was a bit boring, being just painted in one colour, so I decided to decorate it up a bit using the ‘Wish You Were Here’ plate of stamps with this month’s Guilded magazine. It seemed the perfect one to use as I really did wish all those bits were here, in one of the drawers! Plus it is not necessarily the first way you might think of using them.

Our competition in the December Guilded had loads of lovely embellishments up for winning!

Our prize consisted of:

• Bold Round Brads – printed and plain in three shades of purple
• Bold Sequins – assorted designs in three shades of pink
• Chipboard Alphadots – 48 letters in a monochromatic colour palette
• Buttons – multi-colour and solid colour buttons in three shades of pink
• Sassy Sequins – flower shaped sequins and brads to secure them in shades of blue, green, orange and white
• Love Letters – dainty sequin letters in shades of lemon, orange, red and white

All sorts of goodies for adding to your projects.