Thursday, March 23, 2017

Vellum Overlay - Stampin Up Rose Wonder


Vellum is like a lovely lady who is always the belle of the ball as long as you treat her with respect...she  just doesn't like to be tousled. I went on a search in my craft room for a large open line floral image and was elated to find Stampin Up's Rose Wonder, one of my favorite and most versatile stamp sets. The bonus is this set has matching die cuts.  I was so happy not to have to stamp and emboss my image on the vellum. All I did was glue the beautiful die cut image to the vellum overlay.  Lady vellum doesn't like too much heat either!



I usually reach for  pastels when I color my flowers with Copics but I'm glad I opted for brilliant pinks this time.  They show up so beautifully through the vellum. 






I cut my vellum flap about an inch larger than the front of my card so I could tuck it between the layers and attach it without glue showing.  The vibrant colors of my rose were subtle and pretty under the translucent vellum but I wanted to make sure the recipient of my card could lift the vellum to take a peak at the unmasked brightly colored rose  underneath ...kinda like two cards in one.



This was one of those cards that simply evolved as I created it, and I really like how it turned out. I can't wait to try it in another color...blue maybe?  I love, love, love lady vellum.  I'm going to see that she gets out more often.

I'm adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday
Stampin' Royalty
Thanks for visiting.
Go forth and be fabulous.
Nancy



14 comments:

  1. I love your description of vellum.....she does need respect! You handled her beautifully and your card is gorgeous! Glad you joined us at FMS!

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  2. Thanks for your kind encouragement, Linda. I've just started participating in challenges and I love the Freshly Made Sketch Challenge. I like "clean" cards, too!πŸ˜„

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  3. What a beautiful card! I love how you've used the vellum with the die-cut overlay. Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

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  4. This is gorgeous! Love the vellum overlay as well as your tuck tip :-) Thanks for sharing with us at The Card Concept- hugs and we hope you can join us again soon!

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    1. Thanks, Julie. I really enjoyed joining your challenge and I'll definitely be back.

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  5. So pretty, love the softness of the vellum.
    Thank you for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge x

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  6. This is simply beautiful. I love how you created the overlay. So glad you joined us this week at FMS!

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    1. Thanks, Jen. I love the FMS Challenge. I'm sure I'll be back.

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  7. What a Gorgeous Card!! I love how you added Vellum to the card. Thanks for sharing

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  8. Nancy, this is just gorgeous! I love to see new ideas for working with vellum, and I do love this one! Thanks so much for joining us at The Card Concept!

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