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!

Mixed Media May Flowers

The Three Amigos Blog Hop Challenge for May is "May flowers".

I am working on an envelope book and this is one of the pages that will be in that book. Many of the pages will be made from long envelopes that are folded in half and cut open on the ends to make double pockets. I did a mixed media page here using Color Bursts, Nuvo Crystal Drops, Tim Holtz ChitChat, Glass Bead Glitter Gel, and flowers from Winnie and Walter.








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Watercolored Flowers

So far behind on the Watercolor for Card Makers, Intermediate Techniques, class. And, it closes tomorrow for the "live" class. Fortunately, there is a lifetime access so I can finish and revisit when I can. I did want to post this card because I loved this easy technique, and am pleased with the results.

I used Gansai Tambi water colors and cut out the yellow sentiment using A Cut Above, Dee's Destinctively die.

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K Card With Paper Flowers

An anything goes challenge is up at Twisted Thursdays over at The Outlawz. This is a "K card" shaped card to which I added a couple of flowers that I made. The directions for this card came from a video with directions and ideas for use of The Ultimate Pro from Crafter's Companion.