Thanks to a recent tutorial from Jennifer McGuire featuring cards made from vellum, I decided to give it a try . . .
Vellum is too floppy to stand up on its own, but with the addition of regular cardstock pieces glued to the inside front, inside back, and outside back, it stands up beautifully, and is just as sturdy as regular cardstock. Check out her blog for her excellent video on “Creative Uses of Vellum”.
I’m also excited about figuring out how to make word die cuts stand out against busy backgrounds when no shadow dies are included. Basically, it’s just using the familiar technique of cutting the word die in a contrasting color and gluing it offset on the back of the original word. But my idea is to make two die cuts in the contrasting color and gluing one of them offset on each side of the original word!
Yes,
two layers are involved and you might think this differentiation would be
visible and look clunky. But it doesn’t
– even a close-up look with my magnifying glass doesn’t reveal anything amiss. I don’t think even a skilled stamper who
received a card having this trick would be able to see how it was done. Experiment with various colors and cardstock
thicknesses to see if this would work for you!
Cardstock: Glama #40 Vellum, Scraps Green, Strathmore
#140 Watercolor
Inks: Tsukineko Dauber Duos Pale Blue, Raspberry, Canary,
Royal Blue
Dies: AlteNew ZeroWaste Leaf Pattern, Memory Box
butterflies:
Corden, Powell, Spellbinders Wonderful Wings,
Papertrey Ink Super Succulents
Set: Love
Doo
Dads: Class Appeals
Stickers Silver, Wink of Stella Clear