Fluffy TIOT #24 with tutorial!

I'm up to 4, YES, FOUR BOYS until Wednesday evening...then I'll have 7...SEVEN...kids here (4 boys and 3 girls) until Friday night and it's just going to be little 'ol me! It's a lot of work, but well worth it for the brothers and cousins to be able to spend some time together. I just hope I SURVIVE! LOL!

For today's SCACD TIOT we were challenged to Clearly Summer - using acetate in our project. I decided to make a Fluffy Magic Card which I haven't done in ages! I'm sure there are many different techniques out there for magic cards, but I'll show you how I made mine:

Here's how it came together:

It's very handy to have a Stamp-a-ma-jig when doing this technique to get perfect alignment. I aligned my acetate and acrylic block at the corner of the Stamp-a-ma-jig. Do this for the watercolor paper or cardstock, too.
Color in your image.

After I let the Stickles dry on the flower I placed my stamped acetate over my colored image. I made a folded strip of cardstock to hold the two pieces together.

Create a sleeve for the "magic" by cutting a window on the front and adhering a "screen" to the inside. Front view:

The back will not be shown so there's no need to make it look pretty. Just make sure to seal the back securely.

You want a space between the sleeve and the screen:

Slide your image into the sleeve:

Once you make your first one it's really easy and kids really get a kick out of seeing the "magic" happen right before their very eyes!

Card Recipe:

Stamp: Fluffy from Anki's Sweethearts Series 2

Ink: Staz-On Black

Paper: SU Bella Rose designer series pack, SU cs (Old Olive, Rose Red), watercolor paper

Accessories: Grafix acetate, Dress It Up Color Me Pink buttons, Distress Stickles (Worn Lipstick, Scattered Straw), watercolor markers, hole punch, white satin ribbon, Spellbinders Classic Large Rectangles

I hope my tutorial made you want to try out this technique. I also hope to keep my sanity after this week!