Tuesday Tutorial # 39 Rose Wonder Wedding Wishes

Has it been awhile since you have tried using vellum on your paper creations? Vellum softens the appearance of the card.
For this card I put the vellum through the Decorative Dots embossing folder. I like how it added texture and softened the stark lines of the rose die cut.

You can get the tutorial now by using this link.  

Have a blessed day,  

Trude 

Throwback Thursday # 17

I couldn't get a photo of this card that is a true-to-life image. I think it is just too glossy and golden. With a little help from PicMonkey it is very close.

I used the polished stone technique to create the background for this card. Then I used the heart stamp to stamp all over the background using the new Stampin' Up! archival ink pad.

I also tried the new archival ink on the vellum overlay and it worked great. I used my heat tool to dry it and it dried really quick without warping the vellum at all!

I really wanted to put some ribbon and an antique looking bow on this card but I didn't have any ribbon that would work. Oh well.

Retired products I used:
Kindness Shared stamp set
Glossy Paper
Blendabilities
Large Delicate Doilies Sizzlit

Current Products I used:
Gold Foil card stock
White Vellum
Basic Black Archival ink pad
Dimensionals

Other:
Adirondack Strawberry ink
Adirondack Cranberry ink
Adirondack Gold Mixative
Tiny black brads from a local craft store
Krylon Gold leafing pen
Fuchsia card stock scrap from my bin

Wednesday 101 - Rubber Stamping - The Basics

Okay, you know this is all about the basics...
Today's subject is paper. There are so many types of paper that I could talk about paper for many blogs. But I am just going to mention a few of the many types out there because I don't want this to be overwhelming.
I'll start with the ones that you can purchase from Stampin' Up! at my online store.

Background papers:

Stampin' Up! calls theirs Designer Series Papers and they come in color coordinated stacks that make cardmaking and scrapbooking so much easier!

English Garden Designer Series Paper

This shows the 4 different patterns in Melon Mambo. There are 9 more colors in the Brights stack!

 

Designer series papers are not as heavy as cardstock. They are heavy enough to use as scrapbook page bases but not card bases. They work great for layering and all the types of ink that Stampin' Up! sells will work great on them. They are acid and lignin free.  Each 12" x 12" page has 2 designs, one on each side.

Watercolor Paper:

Watercolor Paper

 

Use this paper when you watercolor your stamped images. This paper is heavier (140 lb) than cardstock. It is highly absorbent. Use watercolor paint and paint brush as well as Classic Stampin' Ink, Blender Pens and Aqua Painters to add color.
I don't use this as the card base, I use it as a layer on cards.

White Vellum Cardstock:

Vellum

 

I'm not sure why Stampin' Up! calls this cardstock. It is a vellum, a translucent paper that is great for layering. It can be tricky to heat emboss because the heat can warp it. It is also tricky to pressure emboss with embossing folders because the pressure tends to cause the embossed designs to punch through the paper. Not all inks are suitable for vellum. Stazon and Memories inks work best because the surface is very smooth and not very porous. Because you can see through it you have to be creative in how you attach it to the card base. Some ways to attach it to a card are to:

• use brads that go through the vellum and the base layer.
• use a glue dot between the vellum and base layer and then cover it with something on the top layer to hide the glue dot...for example a button.
• use snail tape to attach it to the base layer and then hide the tape with ribbon and/or bows.
• attach it to the back of the card by creating a tab that folds around to the back side and adhering it there.

Vellum is acid free and lignin free.

 Glittered Paper:

Red Glimmer Paper

 

Stampin' Up!'s glitter paper is called "Glimmer Paper". It has the most glitter on it of any glitter paper I have seen on the market. It is a cardstock weight so it can be used to create card bases but I just use it for accents on my cards. I either punch out shapes, die cut shapes or cut strips to use on my card to add an extra bit of texture and sparkle. Glimmer paper comes in 12"x 12" sheets and is available in 4 different colors. Try it, you'll love it!

 Foil Paper:

foil papers

 

Stampin' Up!'s foil paper is a card stock weight and can be used for card bases. It can also be stamped on with Memories ink or Stazon ink. It can be punched and die cut. I usually use it in the same ways that I use Glimmer paper, as accents. I have also used it for matting layers, it makes beautiful mats. It comes in 12" x 12" sheets and is available in silver and gold. I've seen some people use it for pressure embossing (with embossing folders) but it may crack around the embossed design. Try it and see how it works for you!

This isn't even all of the specialty papers that Stampin' Up! carries, but these are the ones that I use the most. Probably in discussing certain techniques later on in Wednesday 101 posts I will share some more papers with you.

Have a blessed day!
Trude

Vellum Snowman Card

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I embossed the blue background with a snowflake embossing folder by Sizzix or Cuttlebug, not sure which one. Then I cut a strip of vellum and stamped a snowflake down it and adhered it to the left side of the embossed card front. Then I used ribbon glue (Hobby Lobby) to attach the ribbon and a Glue Dot to Adhere the snowflake embellishment. Then I stamped a snowman on vellum, cut him out and adhered him to the lower right edge. I don't recall what sentiment I put inside...maybe, "Warm Winter Wishes" or some such.