Clear Card with Peony

Good Morning.

I have wanted to try creating a card from clear card stock, or acetate, for a long time and finally did it today.  This is a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch card.  I used clear card stock and cut it 11 x 5 1/2 inches.  Using a Scoreboard, I scored the clear card stock in half to create a 5 1/2 inch square card.  

In order to have a solid background I created 2 more 5 1/2 inch square white cards.  These cards were cut at an angle as shown.  These cards were then cut down the center seam because it makes it easier to close the card.  One of the pieces of white card stock was embossed with an embossing folder, but ends up not showing much of the embossing with all the flowers added to that piece.  The four white pieces were attached with strips of clear double sided adhesive to the bottom of the card - front, inside, and back.

A pink peony was created using the Garden Club Peony die set.  All the pieces were die cut using Susan's new white Specialty card stock.  Distress Spun Sugar and Picket Raspberry inks were brushed on the flower petals.  The petals were shaped using Susan's new flower tool kit.  

Susan's new Lily of the Valley die set was used to create two stems of pink Lily of the Valley.  The flowers were die cut using Susan's card stock.  Before die cutting, I brushed Distress Spun Sugar ink onto a piece of the card stock, then die cut.  The flowers were shaped using the tool kit.  I found it was easier to die cut the stems using watercolor paper because it was a little thicker and was easier to push the stem through the top of the Lily of the Valley flower.  Once the stem is pushed through the top of the flower, add a drop of glue on the inside.

The Ferns & Ivy die set was used to die cut the ferns and Ivy.  Susan's Foliage & Ladybug die set was used to die cut the berry branch. The berries were created using Nuvo white crystal drops.

The purple flowers were created using Susan's Daisy Chrysanthemum die set, from her Autumn release.  Once the flowers were assembled, yellow Prills were added to the center.

From my stash, I added a gold border sticker across the top edge of the white card stock on the front and also added a sticker butterfly.

This is a view of the card partially open.  White card stock was attached to the left side on the inside to hid the tape used to attach the white piece to the front of the card.  The other half of that card stock was attached to the right bottom portion on the inside.  You can add a sentiment and/or your personal message on the inside.

On the back, the other half of the white card stock attached on the front is attached so it hides the tape used to attach the card stock on the inside.