Telescoping technique for cards...

I had a sheet of punch-out images in my stash that were meant to be used for the telescoping technique. Because the images were so pretty, I decided to use them for Mother's Day cards. My only issue with the images was that there was only a 1/8" margin around all four sides when the images were stacked on top of each other. I really wanted a wider margin, so I split them up.

First, I added some lavender polka-dot DSP to each card front.

Then, as you can see, I used just two (of four) layers of the image on each card. All the images for each card are exactly the same, with one cropped smaller than the other. 

It wasn't advised on the sheet of images to mat them, but that is what I decided to do. It gives the layers a nice finished look.

I popped up each matted image with foam tape. I'm glad I only used two of the layers. Can you imagine how thick this card would have become had I put all four layers on one card? I know I could have put all the layers on without using foam tape, but I love a little dimension!

Here's a little closer look at those pretty hydrangeas. The sentiment was stamped, die-cut and added to the top layer.

A simple sentiment was stamped on the inside.

This card was made in the same way, but this time the sentiment was stamped, die-cut and matted before popping it up with foam tape towards the bottom of the card front.

It was a little trickier to cut the mats for these images because of their shape, but my small guillotine paper cutter did an admirable job.

I stamped a sentiment on the inside to finish.

These cards were surprisingly quick to make, and it can be done with a single hand-stamped image, too. Back in 2012, I made a card doing just that. You can see it here.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl