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Good Sunday morning all! Another panel card but this time it is the caught in crystal technique. I love this technique and just have to revisit it every so often. I selected three colours of alcohol ink: cool peri, purple twilight and aqua. On a piece of acetate, I used clear Crystal Lacquer and swizzled it all over the sheet. Next, I dripped the alcohol inks all around, being very sparing with the purple twilight as it is much deeper than the other two. I flicked some silver mica powder on to the surface to add some shimmer. I crumpled a piece of white tissue paper and then placed it over the top and used some kitchen roll to tamp it down. I left it to dry overnight. I cut the background into three equal strips and then matted it with white card (this helps to make the colours pop) for my background. I cut the Provence die from my French Collection in coconut white card. I used the smaller die from the Salzburg and cut a frame. I stamped my sentiment then glued the frame over it. I added a thin bead of dries clear glue around the edge of the frame and dusted it with Iced Snow and allowed it to dry before mounting it in the centre. I wrapped some white seam binding around the bottom of the card and added a bow. I made a couple of melted flowers and added one to my bow and one to my sentiment tag. I finished the bow with two matching stick pins. I pierced a background mat in coconut white card then finished the card with a final white mat. The finished dimensions are 8" x 8" in size.