Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop - Ways With Vellum

Another week has flown by and it's time to say Hi again and join in with the weekly Freshly Brewed Projects Blog Hop. This week we are showing you "Ways With Vellum" and I've chosen a very simple method of heat embossing and die cutting vellum.

 

 My card is a Christmas Card based on the beautiful returning Designer Series Paper Stack, Feels Like Frost. The images in this stack are photographic and are stunning. I love the colours and the images. I've chosen to heat emboss the greeting onto Vellum by stamping with Versamark ink and applying White Embossing powder.

 

You can see in the detail photo that Vellum also cuts beautifully with the detailed Ornate Layers Dies.

Embossing on Vellum requires a little care when using the heat tool. Don't be impatient and take your time with the heating - if you get the vellum too hot it will bubble and buckle.

To complete the card I used 2 of the snowflakes from So Many Snowflakes Dies in the Handmade For You Mini Catalogue. The dies are so easy to use and cut beautifully. I cut them from some retired White Velvet card stock and placed a Rhinestone Jewel in the centre of each one.

This card is quick and easy.

I hope you have enjoyed this easy take on how to use Vellum. Now it's time to see how the other "hoppers" have used Vellum. Follow the list to see all the creative ideas.

·      Libby Dyson

·      Narelle Fasulo

·      Debbie Yeomans

·      Ann Craig

·      Leonie Schroder

  Product List

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

$14.25

Feels Like Frost Specialty 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[150444]

$26.00

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

[106584]

$17.50

Ornate Layers Dies

[152726]

$64.00

So Many Snowflakes Dies

[153560]

$63.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$14.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$16.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109132]

$10.50

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$8.75

Heat Tool

[129056]

$50.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$44.00

Blue Christmas with Stampin' Up!

While the promotion lasts, I'm starting each of my posts with the Sale-A-Bration reminder about the fantastic opportunity to join Stampin Up and benefit from all the advantages of being a "demonstrator". I would love you to join with me and my team - we have fun, share ideas and our enjoyment of stamping and paper craft. And don't forget the free products with every $90 you spend.

Today's card is a simple, yet beautiful Christmas card using a retired set featuring pine trees. You could easily replicate this  by using a tree from the "Lovely As A Tree" set by Stampin' Up!

The technique involves the stamping off method, and I used both Night of Navy and  Marina Mist inks.  I also used a mask to delineate the ground line when stamping the most distant trees as I only wanted the upper halves of them. Once the darker trees in the foreground were stamped I used an Aqua Painter to soften the ground lines.

When all the stamping and layering was complete I ran the card though the Big Shot using the Softly Falling Textured Embossing folder. I find using texture on the surface really adds dimension to the card .
 

To finish off I used some of the gorgeous silver ribbon, available as a free gift via Sale-A-Bration at Stampin' Up! This ribbon comes in a pack of 2 spools - 1 gold and 1 silver. It is beautiful soft ribbon that is easy to tie and you can choose it or any other SAB item with each $90 of orders you make before March 31, 2017

I did not feel any need to add a greeting to this card as the image is lovely in it's own right.

 Thank you for looking - I hope you enjoy the card.

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