It is time for another Totally Techniques blog hop. This month it is dry embossing on vellum. It has been a very long time since I dry embossed on vellum. I generally don't use vellum much, not because I don't like it, but I seem to just forget about it. Vellum is great to add a bit of a softer look and to add as a subtle filler as foliage etc.
I had a very clear idea of what I wanted to do this month, but it just didn't turn out as I had envisaged. So back to the drawing board.
I still had the Playing in the Rain stampset sitting on my desk from a few weeks ago, and I thought I could come up with something. I remembered the designer series paper that was originally released to coordinate with this stamp set. One of the sheets had a beautiful gray background with raindrops on it. This dsp retired when the last catalogue retired, so I had to come up with something else.
Cue dry embossing on vellum...
First I embossed a piece of vellum with the Raindrops embossing folder. Then I used a blending brush with Balmy Blue ink to add a bit of colour to the back of the vellum before adhering to a piece of Smoky Slate cardstock. As you know you can see most adhesive through vellum so it can be a bit tricky. However, I wanted the vellum to lie flat on the cardstock, so I used a sponge to add liquid glue to the back of the vellum. I smeared it on, so it was a very thin layer and you can't see it at all.
I cut out 3 clouds with the Cloud Punch from Basic White cardstock and stamped the greeting on one of these clouds.
I finished off the card by added some Wink of Stella to the bunny's nose, ears, cheeks and jacket as well as to the puddle. Then I flicked more Wink of Stella across the whole card to give it a bit interest.
This was a super quick card to make, and I am really happy with it, even if it was not what I originally had in mind.
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Oh this embossingfolder is a great choise for this technique Mette, especially with the blue inked backside!
ReplyDeleteThank you Annette
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