Mixed Media Monday: art that represents your country

This card for the challenge on Mixed Media Monday started off with the piece of acetate that had the word Seaside on it - I thought that seaside is appropriate for the UK because, wherever you live, you're never that far from the sea in our country.

But the piece of acetate was too large for a normal card (it was originally cut from a 12 x 12) so I folded a blue A4 card in half lengthways and used that as a base, running the acetate through my xyron to stick over the rather stormy picture (perhaps typically British!) and the deckchairs (deserted - equally typically British?). Just the addition of the ribbon and the tag.

I had to scan the card because there was no chance of getting a photo because of reflection on the acetate, but this means that the words top and bottom have been chopped a bit (down by the seashore).

And now I have a problem - I have no envelopes for this card to fit into - and I don't think I can make one because even a 12 x 12 wouldn't be long enough.