Being Thankful

It's Wanda here today on this beautiful Wednesday!!  There is much to be thankful for and Suzanne's stamp set, Being Thankful, has some very important ones.  I have combined stamps from that set along with the beautiful Thanks die to make this card. 

I lined up all the stamps from the Being Thankful set that I wanted to use on an acrylic block and stamped them onto vellum using Archival Ink jet black.  After drying the ink, I tore the vellum into a square around the words and inked the edges with Distress Ink mowed lawn.  

The next layer is a sampler pack size piece of gold shimmer sheetz from the metallic pack.  I inked over the piece with Alcohol inks (sunset orange, rust, raisin), embossed it with the curvy leaves ECD embossing folder, sanded it, inked the edges with Archival Ink jet black and heated the edges lightly allowing the shimmer sheetz to curl a bit.  The piece of stamped vellum is attached to the shimmer sheetz using a tiny attacher just along the top edge and the rest is left lose.  

For the next layer I used the curvy leaves embossing folder as a stamp.  I inked the side of the folder with the raised leaves using Distress Ink (wild honey, barn door, spiced marmalade), lightly misted over it with water and then pressed it onto white cardstock.  I repeated this to fill the cardstock and dried it.  The edges are inked with Distress Ink mowed lawn.  

Thanks is die cut from a black velvet adhesive sheet, attached directly onto the background as shown, and the shimmer sheets piece is attached with foam tape.  Everything is attached to a folded rust colored card and then I added some black dots using a Glaze pen.  The finished card measures 6 1/8" x 5 1/2".

If Nothing Ever Changed - Cards Using Vellum

 

Hi Everyone! Holly here today, and I thought it might be fun to share a few ways to use vellum.

 

My first card uses GOLD VELLUM which has been embossed with Spellbinders

IMPERIAL M-BOSSIBILITES, and attached to the bottom of a white card base.

 

The top section has VELLUM with a distress ink technique applied. Use a piece of vellum, larger than your design area, to allow for easy handling, and tearing the edges.

Start by swiping the SPICED MARMALADE DISTRESS INK across the vellum. Press a clean, dry stamp onto the ink, lift off, and clean the stamp. Repeat. I used BUTTERFLIES / DRAGONFLIES

stamps here. Finish off by pouring clear EMBOSSING POWDER onto the ink, and heating as usual.

When cool to the touch, tear along each edge, adhere to top section of card base. Trim any excess over the card base if necessary. 

 

IF NOTHING EVER CHANGED was stamped onto card stock, then cut out with Spellbinders Floral Oval, and attached to the card. The small butterfly was stamped onto vellum with timber brown stazon ink, then coloured on the back with a yellow TOMBOW MARKER. 

After cutting it out, the wings were folded up, and it was glued to the card.

 

This card has gold embossed vellum, attached to white card stock, then attached to the card base.

FLORAL THANK YOU stamps were used on the plain vellum strip, at an angle, as shown. The Thank You was embossed with gold embossing powder, and the bouquet was stamped with JET BLACK STAZON. The image was coloured from behind as well, then embossed with a stylus.

I folded a paper towel to give me a bit of cushion to press against, without tearing through the vellum.

Embossing gives a white highlight.

 

 

I hope you give vellum a try, if you haven't already. It's a very exploratory product, and we'd love to know what you do with it.

 

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

Have a wonderful day, and thank you for looking!