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Welcome to the Clearly Inspired Blog Hop!!

Friday, May 6th, 2011

Welcome to the Clearly Inspired Blog Hop!!

We hope you are “Clearly Inspired” to get creative with the amazing Clear Scraps
products.

As the Clear Scraps Design Team we know how fun it is to work with acrylic and
want it to be fun and easy for you too, so hop along with Clear Scraps today and
find your acrylic inspiration!

Today I am sharing a really quick and easy acrylic card. I actually made mine while watching “The Voice” show on TV this week–love that show! And that just goes to show how easy this card is to create :) Whether for mother's day or any other occasion, acrylic cards are a unique enough to make someone feel really special but they are super fast and affordable to make.

For this Mother's Day Card I used the following supplies:

12×12 Acrylic Sheet by Clear Scraps
Donna Salazar Designs Spring in Bloom Paper by GCD Studios
Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink by Clearsnap
Smooch Spritz in Green Olive by Donna Salazar Designs for Clearsnap
Butterfly Stencil by Stencil1
Acrylic Paint by Delta
Lace, Ribbons, & Pearl Trim by hydrangeahippo.etsy.com
Rubons by American Crafts

First I scored a 4″ x 11″ piece of acrylic at 5.5″ and folded in half. Then I laid the detailed butterfly stencil on the front of the card and painted with white acrylic paint. I then traced the butterfly outline stencil onto a piece of Donna Salazar Designs Spring in Bloom paper and cut out the butterfly. I mounted that to the inside of the card, aligned with the butterfly on the cover.

I then added a few leaves and a rose to the inside as well as some ribbons to the cover. Finally I added rub-ons to spell “mom” to the inside of the card. This card has dimension and playfulness because of the butterflies on the front and the inside, all visible through the clear acrylic card base.

For more clear acrylic inspiration, here is the list of blogs to stop at:

Adora- http://adoraconcepcion.blogspot.com/
Cathy- http://allofme-sofar.blogspot.com/
Irene- http://scrapperlicious.blogspot.com/
Hilde- http://www.hildejanbroers.blogspot.com/
Tonya- http://creativit-tonya.blogspot.com/
Grace- http://www.tolmanchronicles.blogspot.com/
Pinky- http://www.blueyecicle.blogspot.com/
Jennifer- http://hydrangeahippo.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE
Rita- http://letsembellish.blogspot.com/ GO HERE NEXT
Heidi- http://seesterk.blogspot.com/

Clear Scraps- http://clearscraps.typepad.com/

Did you know that Clear Scraps has a special GIVEAWAY every Friday? This Friday
is no different. Be sure to hop along to EVERY blog and follow for a chance to
win the special prize posted on Clear Scraps!

Today's prize is the Spiffy Mixable Album ! You have until Saturday at midnight to comment to enter to win.

Happy Hopping!

Author: Jennifer Priest

It started with jewelry, beading, sewing, home decor, painting, basket weaving, pottery, and cross-stitch. Marry that to an entrepreneurial spirit & at 9 years old a girl is selling her wares at craft fairs as far as her parents and grandparents would drive her. These days, Jennifer enjoys crafts of all genres from sewing to scrapbooking to jewelry with a little dabbling in the mixed media world. Her style is approachable and she wants everyone who sees her work to feel that they too can embrace creativity and make their home and life beautiful.