Thursday, June 21, 2012

Pretty Postage Birthday - Unscripted Sketches #163

This week Unscripted Sketches has a piggyback challenge i.e. use vellum on the sketch provided.
I love doing their piggyback challenges, and here is my card:

 
I used vellum in 2 ways:  First I made a vellum window into which the focal image was inserted.  Secondly, I used vellum as an embossed layer.
Vellum window:
1.  Cut as piece of vellum 2 by 2" and find the mid point
2.  Take each corner and fold so that the corner point is at the center mid point.
3.  Fold each triangle back folding over 1/2" forming the frame.
4.  Insert your focal point.
Before I started I used a marker to color one side of the vellum.

Vellum layer:
After cutting to the right size, it was embossed with the square lattice embossing folder.  The wrong side was then colored with a marker and the edges sponged.

Stamp: Pretty Postage
Ink: Markers of various colors, Riding Hood Red
Papers: Baja breeze, Whisper White, Vellum, Midnight Meuse, Patio Party designer paper
Accessories: 1 3/8" square punch, 1/4" white stitched grosgrain ribbon, Square lattice embossing folder, Fancy fan embossing folder, dimensionals

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Too, too cute! Love how you used the vellum and thanks for the "how-to" notes.

Thanks also for playing along with us at Unscripted Sketches :)

SmilynStef said...

What a fun vellum fold ... so glad you joined us at Unscripted Sketches.

CherylAnn Robinson said...

Maria, what a wonderful take on our sketch! Love your card.

Michele Cunningham said...

Very creative way to use vellum. love your card. Thanks for sharing with us at US

Patrice said...

Love your use of the vellum - thanks for joining us at Unscripted Sketches this week!