A Graceful Vellum Wedding Card

I saw this idea on Pinterest - the blending of Graceful Vellum and Wonderful Moments.

The Graceful Glass Designer Vellum was colored with Stampin' Up Blends and then adhered to a Whisper White background before adhering to another Whisper White card stock layered embossed with the Texture Embossing Folder.  The seam created was overlaid with 3/8" white silver edged ribbon.  A bow made with the same ribbon was adhered with a glue dot.

The image of the bride, from "Wonderful Moments" was stamped and colored on a separate piece of Whisper White - then fussy cut.

A piece of glitter tulle was placed over her head and shaped around her body.  Some rhinestones added to the hair helps to keep the tulle in place.  I also added some larger rhinestones at the edge of the dress.

Using dimensionals, the bride was added in front of the stained glass window heading into the church to get married.

The sentiment, from "Floral Phrases" was embossed with Silver embossing powder on Whisper White , matted with Basic Black card stock and adhered to the card front with dimensionals.

The image layer was adhered to a Basic Black card base.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Wonderful Moments, Floral Phrases

Inks:  Stampin; Blends - Old Olive (dark), Daffodil Delight (light and dark), Calypso Coral (dark), Coastal Cabana (dark), Black Memento

Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Graceful Glass Designer Vellum

Accessories:  Glitter Tulle (non SU), Dimensionals, rhinestones, 3/8" White silver edged ribbon, silver embossing powder, Texture embossing folder

Tent Grace Glass Vellum Sympathy card

This unique card fold would make a wonderful birthday or thank you card, but I chose to make it a sympathy card.  The card stands alone and because I am using the Grace Vellum paper,  a battery operated tea candle can be inserted in the card.

I used the tutorial from Splitcoaststampers  here for directions on how to make this card

The front of this 5 by 10 card was embossed with the Striped Scallop embossing folder (Pg. 223 Annual Catalogue) and then a rectangular aperture was die cut using the Layering Square framelits (Pg. 218).

The Grace Glass Vellum piece, after coloring with blends, was adhered in this aperture.  On both sides a strip of one of the delicate lace edgelits (Pg. 217) was added.

On the inside I added a 5 by 4" piece of Whisper White card stock scored at 1,2,3" on the 4" side (which is mountain and valley folded) adhering it to the front and back of the card.

On the left side 2 branches of Garden green sprigs punched using the "Sprig punch". Three Petal Pink flowers punched with the retired Petite flower punch were added randomly along these sprigs.  A rhinestone was placed in the center of each flower.

The sentiment is from the Painted Glass stamp set.

Supplies used:

Stamp:  Painted Glass

Inks:  Black Memento, Stampin Up Blends

Papers:  Whisper White, Grace Vellum, Petal Pink, Garden Green

Accessories:  Layering square framelits, Striped Scallop embossing folder, Delicate Lace Edgelits, Sprig punch, Petite Flower punch (retired), rhinestones

Birds on a Wire Birthday - a partial case

When my husband and I were first married we had a parakeet for a pet - a bright yellow one.  He was our pet and we were very fond of him - and he knew it.
He learned to open his cage, walk along the door and flip upside down and occasionally fly around the room.
When my daughter arrived he became jealous and when he opened the cage he flew out of the open back door - something he had never done.
We never saw him again.

When I saw these birds on a wire on the Graceful Vellum paper on Pg. 188 of the Annual catalogue , it brought me back to this time. The card was partially cased from a card I saw on Pinterest.

After colouring the birds using the new blends, I reduced the size of the vellum to 3 1/2 by 4 1/2 and adhered it to Whisper White card stock of the same size.  The Sizzix adhesive sheets are perfect for adhering vellum.  Just remove the top cover, stick the vellum over the sticky surface press down and whalla  you can now adhere the vellum to the card stock. This was matted to Basic Black and then Granny Apple Green using dimensionals.  Finally these layers were added to a Basic Black card base.

I added some branches at both upper corners that were punched in Granny Apple Green using the new sprig punch (Pg. 29 Holiday catalogue)

The sentiment is from the coordinating stamp set "Painted Glass".  It is stamped on Whisper White, matted first with Granny Apply Green and then Basic Black.  Dimensionals were used on the bottom only, and tombo on the upper sentiment.

After all these years I still miss that bird.

Supplies Used: 

Stamp:  Painted Glass

Inks:  Black Memento, Blends

Papers:  Graceful Vellum, Whisper White, Basic Black, Granny Apple Green

Accessories:  Sprig punch, Sizzix adhesive sheets, Dimensionals

Stained Glass Bookmarks

Less than a week and the new Annual catalogue goes live!!!  I can hardly wait!

I was out in the garden splitting some perennials for a plant sale I am having on June 2, and 3rd, but a pop up thunder storm brought me inside.  I can't say I'm disappointed because the flower beds were very dry and I would have had to water this evening.

Inside I'm still working with flowers - but with images on the most beautiful vellum I have ever seen!  This 6 by 6" vellum pack is very aptly named "Graceful Glass".  I've already made a couple of cards using this paper, but today I thought I'd try my hand at making some book marks. Here's a link to the cards made with this vellum: card 1

Although the blendabilites will not be available for order until mid June, I couldn't resist getting this coloring medium out and colour the flowers (on the wrong side)  I left the background alone.

The finished book mark was adhered to a 1 1/4 by 6" piece of Whisper White card stock (using the new adhesive sheets- and no the tape marks do not show).  The new triple punch was used to punch a fancy floral corner and a tag hole at the top of this piece.

Some coordinating ribbon and a bow (as well as a non SU embellishment) was added to each book mark after which it was added to a 1 1/2 by 6" piece of Basic Black card stock.  The top of this piece was rounded with the corner rounder punch.

Calypso Coral ombre ribbon 

Lemon Lime Twist ombre ribbon

Metallic edge Berry Burst ribbon

Island Indigo ombre ribbon


















Supplies Used:
Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Graceful Glass Vellum pack
Inks:  Blendabilities
Accessories:  Various colors of 1/4" ombre ribbons, linen thread, Triple punch,

Happy Birthday Graceful Vellum - another catalogue sneak peak

I'm just loving the new Graceful Vellum and here is another card made using that specialty DSP.

I start with a base slightly larger than usual - 4 1/4 by 12 folded in half to form a 4 1/4 by 6" top folding card.  This is layered at the bottom by  a 2 by 4" piece of Whisper White card stock embossed with the Trellis embossing folder.  Some 1/4" Rich Razzelberry velvet ribbon was adhered to the top of this embossed piece before adhering it to the card front.

The vellum image was colored with blendabilites and matted with Whisper White card stock before adding it to card front with dimensionals,  The sentiment is from "Hand Delivered".  Some Clear Wink of Stella applied to the colored images really make them "pop".

Some self adhesive sequins added randomly finishes the card off nicely.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Hand Delivered

Inks:  Rich Razzelberry, Blendabilites

Papers:  Rich Razzelberry ,Whisper White, Graceful Vellum DSP

Accessories:  Trellis EmbossingFolder,1/4" velvet Rich Razzelberry ribbon, Dimensionals, Clear Wink of Stella, Tutti Fruiti self adhesive sequins.

Graceful Glass Vellum - Sneak Peak new vellum DSP

My Dad made some wonderful Stained Glass window hangings, and almost 20 years after his death I still have them hanging in my window.

There's an enduring nature about this artistic medium, and for Stampin' Up to bring out a 6 by 6" Vellum pack of various patterns to color is absolutely marvelous!

Coloring can be done with markers, watercolor pencils, blender pens, but for me the preferred method are the Blendabilities.  They are not available for ordering until June but I managed to get some earlier so I am using them to color this stained glass image.

The card base is a top folding Bermuda Bay card, layered with a Striped embossed Whisper white layers.

The stained glass vellum (there are 2 images on a 6 by 6" page) was colored on the wrong side using blendabilites.  Then I matted it with glimmer paper leaving a1/8" margin around the outside before adhering it to the card front.  Some Clear Wink of Stella on the flowers and butterflies completed the picture.

The sentiment is from "Love What You Do"- and is stamped with Bermuda Bay ink on Whisper White card stock - and added to the card top using dimensionals.

To finish the card I added some  Bermuda Bay enamel shaped embellishments.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Love What You Do

Inks:  Bermuda Bay, Blendabilites

Papers:  Graceful Glass Designer Vellum, Whisper White, Glimmer Paper, Bermuda Bay

Accessories:  Stripes embossing folder, Bermuda Bay Enamels shapes, dimensionals, Clear Wink of Stella