Juddaca- I thought I saw a tutorial on Gel Cards, but I didn't see it in resources or techiques, either. I"m sure I read some posts about it, but can't find them. I can tell you how I do a Gel Card though. I use my Square Punch for the front, and choose a light background for the backing. You'll need a small baggie, approx. 2x3 inches, some blue gel (I get mine from the Dollar Tree if I don't have any in the cabinet!), a piece of Window Sheet/Acetate, and some Fun Foam. Fun Foam and the baggies are both sold in craft stores like Michael's or Walmart's craft section. I got the fun foam 10 pieces for a dollar, so it's not much. The little baggies were near the Cake Decorating section at Walmart, by the Beads and DMC floss. They have about three sizes to choose from and won't be more than $3 for a pack of 50 or so. Okay....punch the part of the TOP piece of cardstock. You can use a wheel or stamp to put dots or bubbles all over the front. Then, stamp your fish on the piece of Acetate with Staz On and adhere behind the hole you made w/the punch. (Or Coluzzle, I keep forgetting you can make better holes with that, I don't have one though.) Okay, now put a little gel in the baggie. Not too much, because you don't want it to pop in the mail! Just a bit, and seal the baggie and squish it flat. What you're going to do is take a piece of Fun Foam that is cut to the Card Front size and then cut just enough from it to fit that Gel bag into. Align it with the window sheet first, because the Gel needs to be right behind the Fish you stamp. It's okay if the Gel bag is bigger than the window, but you don't want to see the foam through the window itself. Just adhere the back of the card front to the front of the Fun Foam/Gel Bag you just made, that will be the middle of the card. Then put that whole thing on a folded card. The result will be that you see the gel behind the fish, as if he is floating in water!
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