Paper and More Vellum

I am proud to say this card was out for Publication in Scrapbook News and Review.

These are the 3 finished cards

Punch vellum and glue together, add glue to top of the vellum flower,
then press the glue into the beads, it will pick them up for you.

Cut tracing paper to size, attach to card with glue dots.

Print sentiment on computer, cut into a strip and add behind tracing paper,
use glue dots here also.

Use glue dots to attach the ribbon to the tracing paper.

I really like the look of vellum, and I love to work with it. It gives you so many more creative opportunities. I found a fabulous source for vellum also, Paper And More has a beautiful selection of vellum and other card stock quite reasonably priced. I ordered the sample packs in both the light and dark colors, and I had a terrible time deciding which ones I wanted to buy! I used my birthday money to buy 2 - 100 sheet packages. I was able to split my 100 sheets into 4 colors for a few extra dollars, so I have 200 sheets, in 8 beautiful colors that I will be showing you from time to time. The flowers on the cards I am showing here were made with the Blush Pink Vellum. I used the StampinUp punch to punch out the delicate flowers, I then glued them together with Scotch quick dry adhesive. I used tracing paper on top of the card stock and it gave it a very delicate look. I cut the leaves with my Cricut expression. I posted pictures of the process with notes above. I hope you like these, I am pleased with how they turned out.~Diane

Step by step how to print an insert for your card.

For this card layout I chose Landscape (even though it is a portrait card)
The text layout is wide or landscape.


For this card I chose Portrait (because the insert, not the card, is portrait)
I have tried to highlight the actionable choices in blue, the rest is just explanation.
I have been asked how I print out the inserts I make for my handmade cards, so I thought I might share it with all of you. I have Microsoft Office Word 2007. I open a page in Word, at the top of the page I choose Page Layout, I can take portrait - the top half of this would be blank with the writing on the bottom 1/2 of the card. Or landscape- which means the left hand side of the card should be blank with the text writing on the right hand side of the card this all depends on the way my card is laid out. If I am choosing the landscape option (wide) I will then go to columns, and choose 2 columns, that will split your page in 1/2. Then I go to Size - More sizes is where you can type in the size of your full sheet of paper. My cards are mainly 5 x 7 so I would choose 9.9 x 6.9 or 6.9 x 9.9. I make the insert slightly smaller than the card itself. All of the above is done in the Page Layout, I then move back to Home (another title in your word document) and from there I can choose center alignment, (this is a picture not a title) to get the typing centerd on the page. I then type in my text, I click and drag to highlight all of the text and I then choose Font and Size. Some fonts are a small 14 and I have to increase it to a 18, or some are a large 10, that all depends and you have to eyeball it. If the text is highlighted, when you roll over the different fonts you will see a preview of what each one will look like. Now if you chose Portrait (long) the card will fold in the middle and the space above the fold will be blank. On this layout I have to press enter a few times to get to where I perceive the lower 1/2 of the page is. I then go to Print Preview, to eyeball it, or hold a ruler to the screen and see if it looks centered correctly. When I am happy with the results, this is very important, I then close the document and save it as Portrait or Landscape, or wide or long whatever is easiest for you to remember, and I save it in My Documents. The next time you want to make an insert everything above will be done and saved, all you have to do is go in to the document, highlight the existing text, start typing in the text you want for the current card and it will replace it exactly like you have it all set up. After you print the page and go to close the document it will ask if you want to save your changes, I usually say no and my original text comes back in place. Last - Printing, very important that you first cut your paper down to the size you chose. Then go to Print - Properties - Size, choose Custom 1, 2, or 3, then press the Custom button that will be on that box, enter your sizes, press Save and ok then press ok on the next page it takes you to , and then press ok again to start printing. The next time you go to print the new text you will still have to set up the printing by choosing your custom 1 or custom 2 however you saved it. Once you set this up it is a breeze to print anything you want in your cards.

4 new cards to share

I thought you might enjoy these cards I have been working on. The first two are done in some beautiful flocked paper a friend gave me as a gift. It is from K&Company-BW Mira Specialty Paper Pad. I did not have to stamp either of them, except the butterfly embellishment that I stamped and added. I made the butterfly out of the drafting vellum and I used one of the darker Pearl-Ex mica powders, it's sort of a burnt red color, it matches the colors in the flocked paper. I also used some black to accent this butterfly, I think it looks better with black because it's not as pastel as my other butterfly's. I used Sage Shadow, and Bravo Burgundy card stock from Stampin Up. The second card was made with the top half of the same 12 x 12 sheet, I only caught the top of one of the flowers and also a butterfly on the lower left. I used my new Cuttlebug folder on only the left half of the card image. I really like how it came out. I added a little of the reddish Pearl-Ex to the bird and some yellow to the marsh grasses to make them pop a little. I think the little butterfly looks cute in the grasses too. I am surprised that I was able to do a 1/2 of the card with the Cuttlebug folder. I was afraid there would be a dramatic line at the edge of the folder, but there really isn't. This looked perfect with Apricot Appeal cardstock from StampinUp.
The next card I made with a teenager in mind. I found the huge embellishment at JoAnns on clearance and I plopped it on the bright pink pomegranate cardstock from JoAnns. I embossed the pink with a Sizzix plate in my Spellbinder Wizard, added some lace and Voila! I printed the Happy Birthday on my computer onto the drafting vellum also. I mounted this onto Pacific Point, a rich beautiful blue from StampinUp.
This last card is made from some beautiful fabric my friend gave me also. I don't know if you can see it that well in the pictures. It is a black mesh fabric with small stripes of raised patterned blue, tan and yellow fabric. The center square has almost a quilted look to it, and the center of the square is black mesh (under the embellishment). I had a tough time designing this card, I love the fabric so much, I wanted to make something that would bring out the beauty of the fabric. I mounted the fabric to a sheet of black cardstock, taped that to a sheet of So Saffron and then the card is Brocade Blue. I hope you enjoyed the selection~Diane