| 1. Stamp various words from Text Chat and Notes for a Friend Perfectly Clear™ stamp sets on White Matte card as a background using Sea Breeze ink. Cut card down to 5-1/4" x 4" then adhere to 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" black panel.
2. Emboss phone from Text Chat Perfectly Clear™ stamp set in black onto white cardstock. Color as desired. With a craft knife and cutting mat, remove the "screen" of the cell phone. Cut out phone with scissors.
3. Layer a 5-1/4" x 1-1/2" panel of aqua onto a 5-1/4" x 1-3/4" panel of festive. Position phone near center of panel and mark position of screen by tracing with a pencil. Cut out panels with craft knife.
4. Using a hammer, cutting mat, and the largest slot punch in the set, punch a slot 1/8" from left side of aqua panel 1" down from top. Move punch to the right and repeat so that second slot ends 1/8" from right of aqua panel. The two punched holes will overlap in the center, going through both the aqua and festive panels.
5. Cut a 4-3/4" x 1-1/2" strip of acetate. Leaving 1/4" at the bottom of the strip at 1-1/2" wide, trim the rest of the strip to be 1-1/8" wide (see Figure 1).
6. Put the top of the acetate strip up through the back of the punched slot (see Figure 2). Position the widest part of the acetate strip 1/8" from the bottom on the back side. Turn to the front and stamp first greeting (from Notes for a Friend Perfectly Clear™ stamp set) through the cutout using Jet Black ink. Allow to dry. Pull acetate up until first greeting can no longer be seen and stamp second greeting through cutout.
7. With acetate panel in "second greeting position", turn panel over to the back side. Apply adhesive tape to sides of panel above tabs on acetate strip. Trim a piece of tape to 1/8" and apply to very bottom of panel and to sides at bottom. Make sure the acetate strip can slide freely into both positions. Adhere panel to front of card.
8. Emboss in black two circles (from Circle Talk Spots Perfectly Clear™ stamp set) with arrow (from Notes for a Friend Perfectly Clear™ stamp set) inside on white cardstock. Punch out with circle punch and color as desired. Glue one circle to top of acetate strip for pulling. Adhere the other to card front using sticky squares. Stamp thanks in black on white card front.
9. Adhere cell phone to front of card using sticky squares. |