Three Velum Cards

Good morning to you,

Today I am sharing three cards that use velum.

There is a process video for you to watch here if you would like to see how they came together.

All of the cards use a white card base that is 130mm x 130mm (5 1/8" square)

The first card

I cut a piece of pink cardstock 5" square, to this I added a piece of fine pale pink ribbon about 2/3rds of the way down from the top.

Using Translucent velum, Wow Opaque Bright White embossing powder, Versamark Embossing Ink and my heat tool I heat embossed all five flowers in the Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch Flower stamp set. I repeated this same process with the leaf from the Heartfelt Creations Delicate Aster stamp set to make two leaves.

These were then fussy cut.  I made two flowers by layering the three larger flowers to make one flower and the two smaller ones to make the other. The leaves were a single layer.

A clear gem was added to the centre of each of the flowers to complete them.

I used the same embossing technique to emboss the "hello" greeting onto another piece of the translucent velum. I used my Kaisercraft Nesting Rectangles die to cut the greeting out.

To attach the velum embellishments to the card I used Aleene's Original Tacky Glue behind the areas that had embossing on them so the glue could not be seen from the front of the card.

To finish the card off I used a white Signo Gel pen to add faux stitching to the edge of the pink cardstock and the greeting velum.

The second card.

I heat embossed the large flower image and leaves onto some of the same translucent velum that I used on the previous card but this time I used gold embossing powder. They were then fussy cut.

Using alcohol markers I coloured the back of the velum. I used Vivid Green and Nile Green for the leaves, Pale Pink, Pastel Pink and Pastel Violet for the flower and Lemon Yellow for the flower centre.

I chose a piece of opaque white velum with a self pattern in it for the background of the card. I cut this velum to 5 1/8" square so it was the same size as the card base

All of the embellishments were then attached to this velum piece using 3M Velum tape. This is a special tape to use with velum that, when applied correctly, does not show through the velum. It is important when using the velum tape to burnish it very well.

The velum panel was then attached to the card base using glue behind the floral embellishment.

The Congratulations greeting was heat embossed on to a piece of the pink cardstock that I used on the first card with gold embossing powder. It was then cut to 5/8" x 2 3/4". A piece of gold cardstock was cut to 3/4" x 2 7/8" and the pink cardstock, with the greeting on it, was attached to the centre of the gold cardstock. The greeting was then attached to the card with foam tape.

A gold gel pen was then used to add faux stitching to the outer edge of the velum card panel.

The third card

This card is the easiest of the three.

The front panel of the card is brightly coloured velum which has been cut to the same size as the card base.

I then cut the daisy in a frame die from Gold Mirror Card and attached it to the centre of the velum piece.

Adding glue to the back of the velum behind the pattern allowed me to attach the colourful velum to the front of the card.

I cut two of the congratulations die in white cardstock and layered them on top of each other to give the greeting a little more sturdiness and then attached the greeting to the top centre of the card with glue.

As a bonus card, and this is not on the video, I saved all of the gold pieces I pushed out of the die cut used on this card.

I cut a piece of pink patterned paper to 5" square, inked around the edges of it with black ink and attached that to my card base.

Then I die cut the same daisy image from some plain pink cardstock and paper pieced the gold pieces from the previous card into the pink die cut

I heat embossed happy birthday onto some of the same plain pink cardstock with gold embossing powder, trimmed it to size, inked around the edge of it then matted it on some of the same paper I used for the background layer. This panel was then attached to the top centre of the card with foam tape.

I hope you have enjoyed reading about my velum cards today. I have heaps of velum and I plan on using it more often. If you have any ideas on how to use velum please let me know in the comments because I am always looking for new ideas.

Don't forget to pop over and watch the video

Thanks for dropping by today
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Julie

Change Art Journal Page

Hi there

This art journal page is one that I am uncertain about. I think I should have stopped before I did, but that is what art journalling is about isn't it, learning as you go.

This is the page.

You can see the process video here.

I am happy with the background, the alcohol ink butterflies, the concept of the butterflies and the border. It is the decoration of the butterflies I am not happy with, I should have limited the application of the Nuvo Drops to the bodies only.

So let's talk about the creation of the page.

The page is from my Happy Planner notebook. I have stuck two pages together and then given it a coat of Gesso.

To colour the page I have used Mont Marte Pastel Gliders and Gelatos. I scribbled each colour on the page and then smoothed and blended each colour with a baby wipe. I repeated this procedure until I had the strength of colour I was after. I used a green, yellow, white and two blues to do this.

I then used a baby wipe through a stencil to wipe the colour away from the patterned area. I did this in the top left hand area. Using the same stencil and some Mont Marte Modelling Paste I added some pattern to the bottom right hand corner of the page.

To help the pattern at the top of the page stand out a little better I traced around the stencil with a Uniball eye micro black pen. I did not trace around the pattern at the bottom of the page because I felt that the risen texture was enough to make the pattern stand out from the background.

Using Yupo paper and alcohol inks I created the paper to cut the butterflies out of.

I had recently bought some new alcohol inks and wanted to try them out. Each combination of colours were squeezed onto a foam blending pad and pounced onto the Yupo paper.

The colour combinations I used were:-
Papermill White, Amethyst and Citrus with Tim Holtz Cranberry and Silver Mixative.
Papermill Ruby, Amethyst and Citrus with Tim Holtz Pearl Mixative.
Papermill Leaf, Turquoise and Citrus with Tim Holts Gold Mixative.

If you are planning on using your die cutting machine to cut anything out of your alcohol ink paper I would suggest you do not use Yupo paper, it is very hard to cut and if I had of thought about it before I did it I would have realised this.

I used my Spellbinder Butterflies 2, Kaisercraft DD503 Butterflies and Cheery Lyn DL112 Exotic Butterflies Small to cut butterflies from my Yupo paper. The small detail of the dies did not cut out but I decided to use the die cuts as they were.

I attached the butterflies to the page using Atelier Regular Gel (Gloss). I applied this heavier than I needed to and this made working on the butterflies more difficult than it needed to be. Another lesson learned.

I drew a checkered border around the page with a black Sharpie and a white Post pen.

Using an assortment of black pens I outlined and detail the butterflies. I then added Nuvo Glitter Drops to the butterfly bodies and randomly on the wings.

The title was cut from black cardstock using Kaisercraft DD700 Alphabet Upper Case dies and attached to the page using the same gel as I used to attach the butterflies.

Last step for this page was to water down a little black acrylic paint and add splatters to the whole page.

I certainly learned plenty from this page and I think I may even create another page using the same ideas but better executed with a few changes.

You can pop over to my YouTube channel and see this page come together if you like. You will find it here.

Thanks for drooping by
Stay safe
Till next time
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Julie

All of Us Scrapbooking Layout

Good morning.

Today I am sharing with you the Design Team layout I created for Off The Rails Scrapbooking using their May mood board. You can see their Facebook page here. Why not enter their challenge, you could win a great prize.

I have created a process video showing how this page was made, you can see the video here

This is the mood board.
The inspiration I took from this is the colours, blue, green, red and orange and sewing/stitching.

To start the layout I used my Scan N Cut to cut a free cut file from Gwen Ruck over at Cut To You. Here is a link to her Facebook page. I cut the file out of Bazzill Admiral cardstock. I attached this in the centre of my white cardstock background using Aleene's Original Tacky Glue.

I also used the same cardstock to mat my photo. The photo is 7" x 3.25". I had previously matted this on a white/grey patterned paper because I had planned on using it on another layout but changed my mind. The light photo mat is 7.25" x 3.5" and the blue mat is 7.5" x 3.5".

The patterned papers were then cut to size, had the edges inked with Versa Colour black ink and attached to the layout using double sided tape.

The paper sizes are:-

               Kaisercraft - Sweet Nothing (Green Spot) - 10" x 5.5" and 7/8" x 2". 

                    This smaller piece has a fishtail cut out of one of the narrow ends.

               Kaisercraft - Wandering Ivy (Floral) - 12" x 4.5"

               Maja Designs - Fika (Dark Blue) - 8" x 4"

               Maja Designs - Fika (White with hearts) - 11" x 2.5" and 1" x 2.5". 

                    These both have fishtails cut in one of the narrower ends.

Using two strands of embroidery thread I hand stitches a + inside of each of the cut file diamonds.

My Scan N Cut was then used to cut the scalloped hearts, arrows, title and stamped flowers to embellish my page.

The flowers were stamped, using Close To My Heart Daisy Patch Flower stamp, onto white cardstock with black StaZon ink and coloured using Tattered Angels Chalkboard sprays in Tomate Cerise and Valencia. I applied his colour with a brush and then shaped the petals using the round section of my poke tool. I then layered three flowers to make the larger flower and two for the smaller one. A clear gem was added to the centre of each flower.

Three hearts of slightly descending sizes, were cut from the same patterned papers as I had already used on the page. I inked around the edge and layered them on top of each other with a piece of double sided tape just down the middle of the heart. This allows the edges to be lifted for added texture.

All of these embellishments were then added to the page using glue.

I used the same Chalkboard sprays to create a light covering of splatters to the background.

A Mitsubishi Uniball eye micro pen in black was used to draw a squiggly boarder around the page, I did not think this stood out enough so I used my sewing machine to add a row of straight stitching in navy blue and a row of zig zag stitching in olive green

That completed this layout. Don't forget you can watch the video, and see exactly how this page came together.

Thanks for dropping by
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Julie

Three Masculine Cards - Garage Days

Good morning,

Today I am sharing a set of three masculine cards using Kaisercraft's Garage Days patterned papers.

It is my husbands birthday in April so I thought that while I was making a card for him I would make a couple of others.

You can see the video here

Lets start with this card:-

I was recently reminded of the Alfoil through an embossing folder technique so I decided to use that on a couple of the cards today.

This card base is a brown one from Kaisercraft and is 140mm square.

I cut black cardstock to layer under each of the patterned papers so I would get a nice definition between the papers. The black is cut to:-

                5 1/8" x 5 1/8"

                4 7/8" x 4 7/8"

                3 1/8" x 4 5/8"

                3 1/8" x 4 1/8", cut a fishtail in one narrow end

                2 1/8" x 1 5/8"

                1 3/8" x 1 7/8"

                3 @ 7/8" x 1 3/8", cut a fishtail in one narrow end of each piece

The patterned paper is cut to:-

                Cream     5" x 5"

                Alfoil      4 3/4" x 4 3/4" & 1 1/2" x 2"

                Grey       3" x 4 1/2"

                Red/Orange     3" x 4", cut a fishtail in one of the narrow ends

                Denim    3 @ 3/4" x 1 1/4", cut a fishtail in one of the narrow ends of each piece

The greeting is stamped on a piece of plain cream cardstock that measures 1 3/4" x 1 1/4" The stamp is from Annaleey Crafts and the ink is StazOn Jet Black

Ink the edges of each piece of patterned paper.

Each piece of patterned paper and alfoil is attached to the corresponding piece of black cardstock using double sided tape or glue.

Attach two silver brads to the top corners of the matted Grey patterned paper.

These are then layered on top of each other on the card base. The greeting is attached using foam tape.

Card number two is the one I actually made for my husband

These next two cards use a white card base that I cut from a 12" x 12" piece of 240gsm cardstock.
I cut them 10 1/2" x 5 1/4" them scored and folded at 5 1/4" along the long edge.

All of the papers (excluding the Alfoil) and embellishments on this card have been distressed using my Prima distress tool and a black ink pad

The papers were cut to:-
               Yellow     5" x 5"
               Blue         4 3/4" x 4 3/4"  2" x 1 3/8"
               Alfoil       4 3/8" x 4 3/8"
               Orange     2" x 5"
               White cardstock for the sentiment 1 3/4" x 1 1/8"

The two hearts were punched from the blue patterned paper using punches from EK Success.

The greeting was stamped using a wood mounted stamp that I have had for many years, I do not know the brand, and Jet Black StazOn ink.

The circle and rectangles used to embellish the card came from the paper pad.

When all of the papers had been prepared they were attached to the card base using double sided tape or glue. The circle and hearts were attached using foam tape.

Our last card for today

This is a very simple card and uses a piece of foiled card from the paper pad along with one other patterned paper.

I have cut the denim coloured paper to:-
               5 1/8" x 5 1/8"
               2 3/4" x 5 1/8"
               1 3/8" x 1 7/8"

the foiled cardstock is cut to:-
               4 7/8" x 4 7/8"
               2 1/2" x 5 1/8"

and a piece of white cardstock for the greeting is cut to:-
               1 1/8" x 1 5/8"

I selected two tags and a couple of square embellishments from the pad to decorate this card.

I used my Crop O Dile to add a brass eyelet to each of the tags and then treaded some white crochet cotton through the eyelet

The greeting is stamped using the same Annaleey Crafts stamp I used on the top card and StazOn Jet Black ink

Now that all of my elements for the card are ready they are attached to the white card base using double sided tape or glue. The greeting and the square embellishments are attached using foam tape

You can pop over to my YouTube channel and see these cards being made here or leave me any question you may have in the comments below.

Thanks for dropping by today
Till next time
Stay safe
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Julie