I was recently invited to spend an evening with a group of ladies who wanted to learn something new and I suggested using vellum. We made 2 quite different cards so I could show them how easy it is to achieve different effects using similar products. Whisper white notecards were used.
The first card had a strong coloured mat, the sample here has Island Indigo cardstock.
The vellum was stamped with the background stamp Something Lacy using Versamark and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The vellum was mounted on the mat using snail under where the gold ribbon was later wrapped with a small dot of multipurpose glue in each corner, hidden under an embossed area. Snail was used to mount the mat on the card.
To finish off, 2 flowers from Flower Shop were stamped on vellum, one using the Island Indigo Stampin Write marker, the other in Encore Gold Metallic ink then punched out with the Pansy punch. The flowers were joined using part of a Dimensional and Sticky Strip adhered them to the ribbon. A Basic Pearl was added for just the right touch.
For the second card we used very soft coloured mats, the one shown is Very Vanilla. The vellum was stamped with the Something Lacy stamp and white embossing power was used. We coloured the design on the back of the vellum, the Stampin Write markers used on the sample below were calypso coral, mariner mist, coastal cabana, crisp canteloupe and pistachio pudding. Venetian Crochet trim was attached to a narrow strip of mat cardstock using snail adhesive and Dazzling Diamonds was sprinkled over this to disguise the sticky line and add a little sparkle. The ends of the crochet trim were attached to the back of the mat. The ladies were amazed how such strong colours could be tamed using this technique.
2 hearts were cut using the Hearts Collection framelits, the mat coloured cardstock heart was stamped with a greeting from the stamp set For Being You (SAB) using one of the markers from colouring and the second heart was in plain vellum. These were edged with Dazzling Diamonds, joined with a tiny dot of multipurpose glue and a Basic Jewel placed over the glue. A dimensional attached the hearts to the card.
These cards are so versatile and so enjoyable to make, I have made quite a few for various occasions and I hope you will try them too.
Until next time, keep on crafting
Lorraine
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