This week I have been making Floating Frame cards. To make these cards you lay out lots of little stamped and punched images like these flowers from the Petal Park bundle. I used Press and Seal cling wrap from GLAD ®️.It holds all the pieces in place while you cut out the frame. Then you need to adhere foam dimensionals to the back of each piece before adhering to your card.

Keep reading for step by step instructions on how to do this technique.

I kept the inside of my card fairly plain. That way i coukd use it for a variety of occasions.

This technique creates two cards, one with the frame and the other using the rectangle that you removed to make the frame.

I used one of the small notecards and envelopes for the centre floating panel. It was the perfect size.

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut, punch or diecut all the pieces you want for your card and lay them on top of a 14.9 x 10 cm white card base. Do not adhere, just lay in place. Then cover with some Press ‘n Seal cling film from GLAD ®️. Sticky side down. This will hold everything in position while you cut out the centre rectangle. I used the deckled rectangle dies from Stampin’ Up!

Remove the centre rectangle and trim the cling film to edge of card. Including any pieces hanging over the edge of the card.

Turn over. If there are pieces that are too small to put foam dimensionals on, like the ones pointed to, in above photo, remove them. They will peel off with a bit of help. You can shift any pieces if you notice gaps, or add more in, like I did. (See next photo). The important thing is not to have any pieces overlapping.

Now add dimensionals. Cut some dimensionals in half or use the edge of the foam to get the right size for all the pieces.

Peel off all the backing from the dimensionals. This is a bit fiddly as everything is sticky.

Then adhere frame on to another piece of 14.9 x 10 cm piece of white card. I started in one corner and then tried to line up the other corners as I adhered it all in place.

Make sure all the pieces are stuck down, the slowly and carefully peel off the cling film. If you are not slow, it will rip and lift off some colour from your stamped images. If this happens, go back afterwards with a blender pen and draw in some more colour.

Throw away cling film. Stamp in the centre of your frame.

Don’t forget to stamp inside your card as well.

Repeat the process with the rectangle that you removed at the beginning. Adhere dimensionals to the back of all the pieces on the rectangle shape. Then adhere to a small gift card base. Peel off cling film. Add a sentiment and stamp a couple of small balloons inside.