Look up to Glittery Rainbows

Hope everyone had a great Mother's Day weekend!  We had great weather here in VA, which is fortunate since we had to help my parents move.  I'm still in the process of trying to get them to simplify, but I'm glad they're settled into a place that is comfortable for them.  Back to the card!  I've been on a bit of a glitter kick lately, and I thought how cool would it be to do a glitter rainbow?  So I got out my favorite rainbow die (a MFT die) and die cut a rainbow from a sheet of Be Creative (Sookwang) double-sided tape.  

 

I worked carefully and slowly to remove it from the die.  To keep the rainbow pieces together and aligned, I applied it to the cardstock by slowly pressing the white label side down onto the cardstock as I pulled the brown side off the back (pic above right). 

One by one, I peeled off the white cover pieces and adhered the glitter.  To make sure that the glitter didn't get in the grooves of the rainbow, I used Post-It tape as a mask.  After the glitter was applied, I used my wonky scallop die to cut across the bottom.  This allowed for my printed sentiment to show from the base card.  The die cut vellum clouds were added last.  {Tip: The vellum clouds are glued down only where they touch the rainbow to disguise the adhesive.  In the picture above (right), I highlighted in gray where I've put the adhesive (cut from a Be Creative sheet).  So when you attach the clouds, the adhesive seems to disappear and the clouds float off the page.  

Between the glitter and the rainbow, this card really makes me smile!  I'm going to hop over and add it to the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol flickr group.  I hope everyone has a fantastic week!  Thanks for taking a peek!

{Aloha, jj}

Paper: Cover Smooth White 100 lb 188091 (International Paper), Vellum

Font: Aaargh (free from Dafont.com)

Embellishments: Glitter (Martha Stewart)

Tools: Adhesive sheets (Sookwang), Post-It label roll

Dies: Clouds (Memory Box), Clouds (PTI), Wonky Scallop Border, Rainbow (My Favorite Things Stamps)