Floating Frame Technique with Tea Together Stamp Set

I think I must have watched every video produced on how to make a card that looks like it has a floating frame.  Jennifer MacGuire apparently created the technique using Press 'n Seal paper. That trick does make it easy to transfer the elements, but I struggled every time to peel off the Press and Seal without removing the top layer of my cardstock, taking the color with it. So I had to add more color with my markers after I'd finished. Plus there is a certain sticky film that remains behind on my card stock.

I eventually came up with my own way of doing it, but the cards I'm showing here were my first ones and used the Press 'n Seal. They look great in spite of my struggles (just don't look too closely).

I stamped and colored the flowers from the Tea Together stamp set and then die cut them. Next step was to arrange them on a 4" x 5-1/4" piece of card stock which was later discarded. Then I laid a piece of Press 'n Seal over the top, pressing it to hold flowers in place.  I then cut out the center using one of the Rectangle Stitched Framelit dies—and kept it for the second card.

It was now time to remove the card stock backing, which was to be peeled off, leaving the flowers attached to the Press 'n Seal. I found it a little difficult to get it started, but then it came off fairly well.

Turning the unit over, it was now time to add Stampin' Dimensionals behind each piece used for the frame. Remember, the fronts of the flowers are still adhered to the Press 'n Seal, which was advantageous when placing the "frame" on the card front—just pick up the unit and lay on top of the card and—voilá! Perfectly set in place. But...

I found it helpful to use the mini spatula on my Take Your Pick tool to try to hold the card stock on my flowers as I peeled off the Press 'n Seal, but still lost a lot. By the way, the image in the center of this card is from the Mediterranean Moments stamp set, retiring with the 2018-2019 annual catalog.

So what happened to the center that section still attached to the Press 'n Seal? Why, it went on to another card front, of course.

You will notice I added some pearls to fill in where I lost a straight edge on the center piece.

For my next post, I will share another floating frame method.