Hi friends! Happy Sunday! Please welcome special guest Jessica Frost-Ballas back to our blog for a very special BRAND NEW blog feature! We hope you love it! It’s called “Crafty Quintet” which is a fun musical play on saying that we will be focusing on “5 of something crafty” to apply it to your projects! The first feature is all about ACETATE! Read on and be sure to not miss the video for additional tips and tricks! Enjoy!
This was so helpful especially the tip about putting the acetate over a finished design to be able to determine how to cut a bigger design to fit your card. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much for the ideas Jess, I love to see more of the Crafty quintet in the future. I think it’s a great idea to do this, thank you SSS also.
Really great ideas. I especially appreciate the tip on using acetate for choosing the orientation of oversized stamped images on the card front. I’ll definitely be using that one.
Thanks so much for the helpful tips! I’ve always been nervous about using a white gel pen to highlight images, since there’s no way to take it back — using acetate to plan and experiment with it is a fantastic idea.
I’ve followed Jessica’s blog for some time and look forward to this feature. Great tips in the video. I’d like more info on how she created the background on the last card—just beautiful—with alcohol inks?
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Such wonderful inspiration! Love the fun backgrounds!
Beautiful way to showcase the lovely backgrounds. Can’t wait to try this. Thanks for the inspiration!
Great cards! Love them all.
Thanks for sharing.
This was so helpful especially the tip about putting the acetate over a finished design to be able to determine how to cut a bigger design to fit your card. Thanks so much!
Your tips for using acetate are wonderful and I loved all your cards. Thanks and I’ll look forward to next time! :)
Thank you so much for the ideas Jess, I love to see more of the Crafty quintet in the future. I think it’s a great idea to do this, thank you SSS also.
Super new series! Using acetate to map out white gel pen details is something I’ve never done before. All wonderful ideas!
So cute!
Great new feature! I enjoyed this very much! Gorgeous cards!
Gorgeous cards!
Thanks for sharing…
WOW! wonderful backgrounds! Great cards!
It’s always amazing to me what simple yet game-changing techniques I can learn from others! Thanks so much…great video and great new blog feature!
I never use my acetate, so this video was perfect for me!
Thanks Jessica for the great tips. Awesome cards.
very nice quintet, very much my key ;-)
I really love all the ideas for the acetate. Thanks for sharing, enjoyed this video very much.
Super cute animal cards and gorgeous flowers!
Love these – thanks for the inspiration :)
Such a brilliant series, I love this idea. And, of course, the great inspiration
Wonderful!! Have never used Acetate in my art before!! MUST try now!
Fantastic cards Jess! Great tips for using acetate. Looking forward to more in this fun series.
Thanks for all these great tips. I like the first one about trimming down a large background stamp.
Cute cards and thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Love the different creations!
Adorable cards!
How exciting! I look forward to seeing what new additions this blog feature will bring to my inbox ?
I use acetate quite often… but only in the usual ways. Thanks for teaching me to think outside of the box!
Wow!!! Awesome cards!!! I love this new segment!! Thanks Jessica!!!
All of the cards are so beautiful, I absolutely love the floral card, stunning colors!
So many great ideas! Adorable and beautiful cards!
Some terrific ideas in this video!
Really great ideas. I especially appreciate the tip on using acetate for choosing the orientation of oversized stamped images on the card front. I’ll definitely be using that one.
Thank you, Jessica, for the great tips on using acetate – I had never thought of most of them!
Awesome cards! Great idea for a series…can’t wait to watch them all!
Thanks so much for the helpful tips! I’ve always been nervous about using a white gel pen to highlight images, since there’s no way to take it back — using acetate to plan and experiment with it is a fantastic idea.
I’ve followed Jessica’s blog for some time and look forward to this feature. Great tips in the video. I’d like more info on how she created the background on the last card—just beautiful—with alcohol inks?
Great tips! I especially like the idea of using it to try out white ink highlights. Thanks!
What a great feature! I’m excited to learn new tips and ideas! Thanks!
Great cards!
Oh my !! Jessica is so talented !!
love your cards and your awesome ideas on how to use acetate – so many useful suggestions!!!!!! THANK YOU:)
That Warmest Wishes card is the cutest thing *ever*!
What fabulous cards!! I love that cobalt blue.
You have made me think of acetate in a new way! Love the different ways you used it! Thank you for sharing!
Fabulous work – TFS
Great ideas – love them all!! Thanks so much!
Great cards!
Fun cards and great ideas. I already follow by email.
Fabulous tips! I love the hula girl card. ;)
Very cool ideas–I hadn’t thought about using for the white gel pen before, the other uses, yes. Thanks Jessica for the ideas!