Becky's Stampin' Studio: Floating Bandstand Sunrise Sailing Card

As my customers were creating their own Wildflower Birthday Floating Bandstand Card, I was demonstrating how to assemble it with a new creation of my own! I finally have it completed! I used the Sunrise Sailing bundle, along with the Soft Waves Embossing Folder, and Everyday Skies DSP. I decided that this would make a nice retirement card. So, here you go! A "Becky Original"!

Measurements:

Basic White: 4 1/8" x 5 1/2" (base), 2 1/2" x 5 3/4" (bands - will cut in half after scoring!), 3/8" x 5 1/8" (back), scrap
Balmy Blue: 4 pcs @ 1" square, 2 pcs @ 1" x 1 1/2"
Petal Pink: scraps
Crumb Cake: scraps
Night of Navy: scraps
Adhesive Sheets: scraps
Everyday Skies (OE): 3 3/4" x 5" (will cut for inside pieces) (Clouds); 2 pcs @ 5/8" x 5 1/4" (Petal Pink Print)
Window Sheet: 1 5/8" x 4"

To Make This Card:

Score White "base" 3/4" from each end, along 4 1/8" side. Crease well, making "valley" folds".
Since this background DSP is a continual image, cut 5/8" off either side of the larger DSP piece. You should have a 5/8" piece, a 2 1/2" piece, and then another 5/8" piece. Lay out, if necessary for a continual image.
Adhere to the base, keeping the trimmed pieces in order, if necessary. (Make sure they fit well, before adhering! Set aside.
Now, take the piece for the "bands". Score each @ 3/4" - 2" from each end.
Cut this piece in half @ 1 1/4". (Cool, huh! Just score once!) Crease all in "mountain" folds.
Next, emboss the Balmy Blue pieces with the Soft Waves Embossing Folder. Then, lay out the small DSP pieces that will go on the bands. The 2 slightly larger pieces go on the center sections. Then the 2 smaller sections on each side. The 2 end sections will be bare. Adhere to bands.
Now, you'll adhere the bands to the "base".
Flip all the pieces over, so you can work from the wrong side. The Tear n Tape goes on the 4 wrong sides of the "band" flaps.
The end flaps will attach to the back side flaps of the base, essentially wrapping them to the back, even with the top and bottom edges. I used Tear n Tape so that they held better, and I didn't have to wait for them to dry! Add Petal Pink DSP strips over these "flaps" to hide them.
Now the Band Stand Base is done!
For the "floating" focal point. Adhere the window sheet to the wider panels of the "bands", on the wrong side, using Tear n Tape.
Now, you can decorate the "floating" panel any way you would like. I used one larger 2-piece "sailboat" on the very front, partially on top of the acetate. Then, I added 2 smaller "sailboats", to the back panel, behind the acetate.
I also added an Adhesive Sheet to the back of the Night of Navy piece, and cut out the "seagulls". I peeled and stuck them to the acetate and back panel.
Stamp the sentiment in Night of Navy ink onto scrap of White, and cut out with a "tag" from the More Messages Die.
Adhere the sentiment to the front band, and add Neutral Dots to the tag.