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Make It Monday #89: Creating Windows for Floating Images

October 29, 2012      Nichole Heady      32 Comments

Welcome to another edition of Make It Monday!  Today I am going to share with you how to create a "floating image" and a shaped window to adhere it to.  It is so easy, yet the results are so fun and unique!  Enjoy the video!

 

Here are some still shots of today's project!

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If you are joining along this week, here are the details concerning the Make It Monday Challenge.

–A new Make It Monday Challenge will go up every Monday morning at 9am EST.

–Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and a floating image within a shaped window.

–Post your project on your blog, in your gallery or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).

–-Add your project to our —>InLinkz List HERE<—

–You will have until 7am, Monday, November 5th, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.

–We will be tweeting and posting on our Facebook page every night (between 5-9pm EST) highlighting a Featured Project. These tweets/Facebook postings will just be a shout-out regarding projects that caught our eye. 

–One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday,  November 5th, after 7am. The winner will be posted here on this blog post, on Twitter and Facebook. The randomly selected winner will get a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!

Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your projects!

EDITED TO ADD THIS WEEK'S WINNER:


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Congratulations to Jill Norwood for being randomly selected as this weeks winner!  Please email Customer Service and provide the email address you would like your $25 gift certificate sent to!  And a big thank you to everyone else who participated in this challenge.  There were so many amazing entries!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

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  1. Pam W. says

    October 29, 2012 at 8:32 AM

    This is a gorgeous technique! Thanks for showing the step by step process. I will be trying this FOR SURE!

    Reply
  2. Marlena M says

    October 29, 2012 at 8:40 AM

    Beautiful card, inside & out~lovely technique Nichole!

    Reply
  3. Kathy H says

    October 29, 2012 at 8:43 AM

    I have to say I was captured by the floating technique but not real wowed by the colors…until I watched you put it all together. Now I think it all works so perfectly!! Gorgeous!

    Reply
  4. Diana K says

    October 29, 2012 at 8:52 AM

    I love to watch you work/play! Gorgeous card and I really appreciate your calmness as you put it all together. Serenity now!

    Reply
  5. KathyB says

    October 29, 2012 at 9:21 AM

    Beautiful card. This is the first time I watched one of your videos – very well done. Can’t wait to watch more!

    Reply
  6. Carolyn says

    October 29, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    Loved this tutorial. I’m definitely going to have to try this!! Thanks so much.

    Reply
  7. Melissa Ladd says

    October 29, 2012 at 9:43 AM

    What a beautiful card! I enjoyed watching this technique on this raining day!

    Reply
  8. Loly Borda says

    October 29, 2012 at 10:44 AM

    Beautiful card! TFS

    Reply
  9. Nancy Penir says

    October 29, 2012 at 10:53 AM

    Nichole, you make it look easy, can’t wait to give it a try. Monday’s are my new favorite day of the week!

    Reply
  10. TK Watson says

    October 29, 2012 at 12:34 PM

    Amazingly beautiful! I am absolutely in love with this…

    Reply
  11. Holly Saveur says

    October 29, 2012 at 12:58 PM

    Stunningly GORGEOUS!

    Reply
  12. sewa mobil jakarta says

    October 29, 2012 at 1:02 PM

    Very nice, thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  13. Charlotte says

    October 29, 2012 at 1:47 PM

    A lovely card whose technique I will use! Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  14. Larissa Heskett =) says

    October 29, 2012 at 2:58 PM

    THANKS for sharing!! I LOVE the FUN card and video!! So many neat ways you could make a card like this using your dies and stamps!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

    Reply
  15. Pendra says

    October 29, 2012 at 5:30 PM

    Great tutorial, beautiful card! Thanks for sharing both!

    Reply
  16. Dee in NH says

    October 29, 2012 at 5:41 PM

    What a beautiful card! Great tutorial too!

    Reply
  17. Anne Hartschlag says

    October 29, 2012 at 7:14 PM

    This is a simply beautiful card. I do have a comment to make about the video. I have a great deal of trouble hearing Nicole when she presents a video. I don’t seem to have that problem with the other designers. This hopefully will be taken as a little constructive criticism.

    Reply
  18. Dee says

    October 29, 2012 at 7:38 PM

    Bautiful!! I can think of ways to use this tutorial on my own cards.Thanks so much for an excellent demonstration.

    Reply
  19. Ashley says

    October 30, 2012 at 5:02 AM

    An absolutely beautiful card! I can’t wait to try this myself! Thank you!

    Reply
  20. Nancy Lempinen says

    October 30, 2012 at 9:07 AM

    A lovely card and great tutorial, thanks for sharing, now off to my craft table to see what I can do!

    Reply
  21. ColleenB. says

    October 30, 2012 at 12:26 PM

    Gorgeous card and wonderful tutorial
    Thank you
    ColleenB.

    Reply
  22. karenb says

    November 1, 2012 at 5:05 PM

    Beautiful card, Nichole! Love it! šŸ™‚

    Reply
  23. Suzy says

    November 2, 2012 at 6:29 AM

    This is the BEST card I’ve seen so far and absolutely love the technique. Thanks for sharing NIchole.

    Reply
  24. Thecountryfairy.blogspot.com says

    November 2, 2012 at 10:51 AM

    bonjour et bravo pour la vidĆ©o, une trĆØs jolie carte ! je dĆ©couvre votre blog et me suis inscrite Ć  la news pour suivre l’actualitĆ©, j’aimerais refaire cette carte, pourriez vous me dire le matĆ©riel Ć  utiliser, savoir si je peux commander sur la boutique ! merci pour ce superbe partage trĆØs intĆ©ressant sur la technique ! amitiĆ©s, LadyfĆ©e

    Reply
  25. Ann C. says

    November 5, 2012 at 10:27 AM

    This is a lovely and simple card – just what you do best! Thanks Nicole for the inspiration!

    Reply
  26. MaryAnn N says

    November 8, 2012 at 11:02 AM

    thanks for the tutorial…lovely card.

    Reply
  27. Margaret says

    November 8, 2012 at 7:04 PM

    Hi,

    I was just wondering if anyone could tell me where I could buy clear cardstock!? I love the card, thanks for the inspiration!

    Reply
  28. conniecrafter says

    November 10, 2012 at 8:07 AM

    Great technique, Beautiful stamping!

    Reply
  29. Jill says

    November 11, 2012 at 2:03 PM

    I find myself coming back every month. I love your stamps and all the projects!

    Reply
  30. venkat says

    November 12, 2012 at 3:41 AM

    It was a great run, and I hope the readers who discovered us found our content useful.

    Reply
  31. Donna Amos says

    July 25, 2015 at 6:03 PM

    Love your card and appreciate you taking the time to show us how you did this.

    Reply
  32. Lori Winters says

    February 25, 2017 at 8:20 PM

    I still love this card!!! I have made it in the past and gave them all away and had to search to find your Make it Monday again so was happy to find it. This is such a fun technique and Harvest Berries is still one of my favorite stamp sets!

    Reply

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