Just Because

 Hello crafters!  I had wanted to demo this card as the technique is nice, but I ended up using a frame around it that wasn't on the shows so opted against it.  I will do my best to explain it though.  I started by covering a piece of card with a sticky adhesive sheet (I think I used black card, but it won't show so any colour will work).  I peeled the backing off and gilded it with Persian Dawn Gilding flakes.  Out of that piece, I cut the Sydney die shape.  I find it easier to do this rather than gilding the delicate dies, and there is another piece left with the negative shape that can be used in another card too.  Next I covered a piece of acetate with a sticky adhesive sheet.  You do need to lay it down so as not to capture a load of air bubbles, so I find that starting at one end and pushing towards the opposite end works best.  Next I peeled the other half of the backing paper off and laid the Sydney face down in the centre.  I covered the remaining exposed adhesive with Iced Snow so it becomes encapsulated under the acetate.  Now the acetate is turned so it is the front of the card.  I cut a double layered frame using both of the Double Pierced Square Noble die sets.  I placed them over the acetate, centring the die in the middle of the frame.  To the top side of the acetate, I cut the centre of the Maggie die and used the edge from the Happy Birthday Circle and glued it to the centre of the die.  I stamped my tag and cut it out with the tag from the Lauren die and mounted it across the centre of the die.  I added a pieced white mat and another final mat to complete the card.  The finished dimensions are 8" x  8" in size.  All for now, Sue x

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