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

Vellum Embossing and Colouring for Christmas

Vellum is brilliant to use as a heat emboss base and has the added bonus of being able to create a stained glass effect in a very quick way.

Today's card uses this lovely Dove, (retired) embossed in gold and matted onto a white and gold background.

Colouring the background can be done quickly from the back of the vellum - you just need to be careful not to smudge the Stampin Write Markers, as they sit "on the top" of the vellum and are not absorbed. You can however just colour blocks of shapes without being worried about staying inside the lines.

The background gold is the Gold Foil from Stampin' Up! and the greeting is a Thinlit from the retired Christmas Catalogue. 

I've coloured the Rhinestone jewels with alcohol markers. 

Just a quick post today - as always if you need further assistance, please feel free to leave a comment or contact me via my Demonstrator Business Website

Gift Boxes & the Envelope Punch Board

Don't you just love it when a new tool you purchase turns out to be even more versatile than you first thought? 

That is definitely the case with the Envelope Punch Board (133774) from Stampin' Up!

I was so impressed with the fact that you are given the dimensions for 64 different sized envelopes, in both imperial and metric measurements, but was totally enchanted with the knowledge that so many other projects can be made using the Envelope Punch Board.

Here are a couple of boxes  I made recently. One is made in Vellum (106584) and houses a set of 4 Note Cards & Envelopes (131527) that have water-coloured images. The other is a low flat box that would be perfect for a set of handkerchiefs.

It is so quick and easy to just tie a length of Seam Binding (120992) around the box, or top with a Tea Lace Doily (129399) and a flower made from the Blossom Punch. (125603)

All of these products are available to Australian residents from my On-Line store.

If you would like further information about any of the projects, please contact me via my Demonstrator Business Website

Until Next Time