Vellum for Flowers

I went with friends to the Scrapbooking Expo in Mesa yesterday and took a class with Heartfelt Creations in creating flowers with vellum. Since vellum is my best friend lately, with the Groovi plates and Pergamano parchment crafting, I thought these kinds of flowers would make nice embellishments. I wasn't wrong, and I'm so glad I took the class.

I enjoyed making these flowers so much. They were stamped on heavy vellum, die cut with matching dies, then heat embossed with white embossing powder (be careful, vellum can warp if you stay in one spot too long). A bit of color was added with inks and a blending sponge. The flowers were formed using a tool, or you can use the mold if you have one. The leaves were formed using a mold, but you can shape them yourself. There are a lot of good videos showing all the techniques for this style.

Isn't that butterfly amazing? I purchased the stamp and die cut, so I know you will see this again! Gasp! A bit expensive, but I got the stamp set for free from taking the class.

This is such a lovely technique with paper, and even more lovely using vellum. Hope you'll give it a try!


Edited to add that this was a featured card at The Outlawz!

Flyaway Butterfly

Our sponsor this month is All Dressed Up. Our optional twist over at Twisted Thursday is Butterflies.

This little sweetie is Flyaway Butterfly. The background clouds are from a Darice embossing folder swiped with inks. The ribbon and bow are from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Copic Colors Used

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Pot of Gold with MHK Butterflies

This month over at Twisted Thursday, we want to show our appreciation to all the kind sponsors we have had support us in 2017 by having a  "POT OF GOLD". This week's optional twist is Metallics. I selected MHK Designs and used the Butterfly collection.

I printed the digital images using a laser printer, then ran them through my Minc machine with gold foil. The black card is edged with gold paper and mounted on white cardstock. I used some pretty gold foil thread, punched butterflies (Recollections) using the same gold paper as the image backings and edge strips, and round golden disks to finish off this metallic medley. 

MARCH "POT OF GOLD" SPONSORS

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Rose Silhouette and Butterfly

The optional twist this week over at Twisted Thursday, The Outlawz, is "flowers". I used an SVG file, Rose Silhouette, from My Scrap Chick and cut with my Scan n Cut for the card base, and added this side-view butterfly from our sponsor, MHK Designs.
The image was colored with Copic Markers in Y11,15, 19, 38, and W2. Wink of Stella was added for a bit of sparkle and the oval cut image was edged with Distress Inks.

MKH Designs

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Butterfly Wisdom from MKH Designs

The optional twist over at Twisted Thursday, The Outlawz, is to use embossing. Our sponsor, MKH Designs has a beautiful set of butterflies called Butterfly Wisdom. I colored this image with my Polychromos and edged with Distress Inks. I also added a bit of Wink of Stella. The background was done with an embossing folder. I used a clear embossing powder and went over with Distress Inks. I made a tiny purple bow and attached a couple of dimensional butterflies from Basic Grey.

MKH Designs